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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

through the town. The Socarrao be-
ing chased by gunboat!
"You should have seen what happened
now. A genuine revolution, believe me,
caballero. Half the town was related to
one or the other Of u.s. and the rest made
their living more or less from our busl-
ness The beach looked like an anthll.
Men, women and children followed us with
anxious glance, shouting with satisfaction
as they saw our ship, making every effort,
gain gradually on its pursuer and win a
half hours advantage over it.
Gwen the alcalde Clown magistrate) was
here to help in the good cause. And the
coastguards, excellent boys, that live among
us and are almost part of the family, dis
appeared, understanding the situation and
not caring to ruin US poor fellows.
"sAshore boys!' shouted our captain
We're going to run aground. We must
make sure of saving the cargo and our
selves The Socarrao will get out of this,
all right
"And almost without furling sail we
struck the beach, forcing the prov into the.
sand Lord, you should have seen US work!
1t still seems like a dream, as l recall It,
The whole town boarded the boat and took
it by assault; the urchins scampered about
it like rats.
'Lively. there! Hurry, The government
officials are coming!'
"The bales were thrown from the deck;
they fell into the water, where they were
seized by barefooted men and women with
their skirts gathered between their legs;
some disappeared here, others there; now
YOU saw them and now you didn't, and in a
short space of time the whole cargo had
vanished, as if it had been swallowed by
the sand tidal wave of tobacco swamped
Torresalinas, filterng into every house.
"The alcalde interviewed in fatherly
fashion.
"'Man, this is too much he said to the
captain. They're taking away everything
and the coastguards will complain. Leave,
at least few packages to justify the seiz-
ure'
"Our master was willing.
avery we'll. Make q couple of packages
from the bales containing the worst brand.
They'll have to be satisfied with that
"And he went off toward the town, taking
with him all the ships papers But he came
low thought of everything.
"'The name plates Eface' the name
plates!
at seemed as if the boat had grown feet
1t already out Of the water and was
being dragged through the sand in the
midst Of that busting, laboring crowd that
vented its spirits in happy shouts.
"'What jokel And maybe the govern.
ment officials won't be disappointed
"Our comradc Of the broken leg was car.
fied aloft by his mother and his wife. The
poor fellow was grooming with pain a
every brusque movement, but he swallowed
his tears and laughed like the rest Of then
at sight Of the cargo being saved and a
thought of the joke which was tho cause O
the universal merriment.
"When the last bales had disappeared il
tho streets of Torresalinss, the pillage O.
the boat began, The crowd carried of thu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

sails, the anchors, the oars; we even cut
down the mast, which was placed on the
shoulders Of mob OF boys who took it to
the other end of the town. The boat was
left mere hull, as bare as you see 1t now
"And in the meantime the calkers, brush
in hand, were painting away at top speeo
The socarrao was disfgured like gypSyS
donkey. With four strokes of the brush
the name on the prov was erased and Of
the name plates on the sides-those cursed
signs that are the passport of every boat
there remained not trace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
The Empty
Cargo

THE gunboat anchored at the very mo.
ment in which the last spoils of the vessel
were disappearing at the entrance 10 'ne
town. I loitered about on this spot, De-
cause I wanted to see the rest Of the anai''
and the better to deceive the officials
helped few friends launch fishing oOsI
THE government vessel sent small
armed boat, out of which don't know how
many men, armed with gun and bayohe'
jumped ashore. The boatswain, who was ~
their head, swore like trooper, looking q
the Socarrao and at the coast guards WY
had taken possession of it.
"The whole population OF TOrresallns'
was laughing at the moment, celebrating
the trick, and it would have laughed eve"
louder had it seen, as l did, the faces 0H
those fellows when they discovered tha'
few packages of bad tobacco was ail '''
cargo aboard"
And what happened after that?' l asAsu
the old man. Wasn't anybody punisneO'
who? They could punish only the po0.
Socarrao, which was taken prisoner ~
of paper was covered with ink and hai Wv
town was called to testify. But nopO0'
knew anything. How was the boat fes's
tered? Silence! Nobody had seen the hs"s
plates Who composed the crew? 's'
men, who, on running aground, had neu y
the interior And nobody knew any'h"s
else
And the cargo?" | asked. -.
Eve sold the whole business. You 00D.
know what poverty is. When We ~
aground, every one grabbed the oaie W.
est to him and ran TO hide II IN ms ''',s'
But the next day it was all placed :" -:
disposition of the captain. Not pOA1.
of tobacco was lost. Those who expose w,
lives in the struggle for bread anu lin,
death daily are more free from temp'S'''
than the others. hi
Ever since that time" continued 'h' ~.
man, 1.-THE Socarrao has remained mp
here. But it won't be long before i 81, !,
to sea again with its former o""s nj
seems that the case has been settieo. sD %
offer it at public auction and II wiz -, y
the captain for whatever he cares " a.
And if some one else bids higher: ;,
"And who's that going to be- a me
know? Do you take us for paho's, snsr
whole town knows who is the reai ...,t
of the abandoned boat. and noboaS lin.
is so wicked that he'll try to ha's "a
There's deal of honor in TINS p,~ .,s,
every man what belongs to him. - vhe
which Is Gods, is for us poor w. ssy.
earn our living from 1t, even Il
eminent objects"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

dency Of the Birmingham and Midland In
d monarchy with democratic tendencies, the
United States q democracy with conserva-
tive instincts" 1t had taken a generation
of the rank and file in both countries to
realize how closely they were bound to-
gether in that phrase, but looking back
upon it in the light of the war in which
both countries fought together for COM
mon cause, and that the ideal which
Lowell makes the subject Of his address,
can regard him as the earliest prophet and
exemplar of that Anglo American mood
from which the dividing shadow Of the
Revolution is lifted to let the light of per-
feet accord and good feeling flow together
in flood of reciprocal knship.
The celebration of the centenary of
Lowell's birth is to have its most sign-
fcant expression under the auspices of the
National Institute of Arts and Letters at
nifcance lies largely in the two facts that
the chief celebration does not take place
in Cambridge, the place of his birth, and
where his literary and PROFESSIONAL duties
were performed, but in New York, which
represents the nation in its chief interests
and accomplishments, and that the commit
tee of the institute so far recognizes the
Anglo-American character of Lowell's Off
cial, literary and social life that it is max
ing the affair one of an Anglo American
unity in its literary Importance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

them to nickname it the Socarrao, as if it
were person of evil temper. And now
listen to what happened to this poor Socar
rao little more than year ago, the last
time it came from Oran."
The old fisherman looked about in all di-
rections, and convinced that we were alone,
informed me with genial smile;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Authorized Translation from the
Spanish, by Isaac Goldberg

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE-"Lu Barca
A6andonada" is one of the best kmo1O1a of
Blasco Ibdnes's early tales 1t IS an
excellent example of his sea stories, of
has deep (often uehement) sympathy for
the lo1cly, and Of q halmor that is rare
in both his shorter and longer fiction.
''Socarrao," the name of. the vesseL
hero Of the tale, Is dialect form for
"soeorrodo," aohich Moons, literally,
"siaged' or "scorched." The acord has
also conmototion of cunning and the
ability to inspire fear.
The or-boats mentioned in the maora-
the are pulled into the aoater by onem
The boats set out in pairs, each pair
casting net jointly. The nickname
"Costelar" refers, of course, to the great
Republican leader and orator, Emilio
CASTELAR,, 18S2|99
"Lo Barca Abondonada" vas early
am,pIifed by the author into his movel
"Flor de Moyo," achich Is noaU BEING
translated into English.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
e of the crews

falling, the rigging broke one of the crews
legs.
81 must confess that we trembed just bit.
We could ourselves caught, and the
devil!-to go to prison like robber be-
cause you are earning living for your
family is something more terrible than a
night of storms. But the owner of the
Socarrao is a man that's as good as his
ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

TINE beach Of Torresalinas, with it's
many grounded boats, was the
- rendezvous Of all the fsherfolk.
The children, stretched out upon
their stomachs, would play at cards in
the shade Of the ships; the old men, smok-
ing their clay pipes that came from Algiers,
were fond Of speaking about the fishing or
the remarkable expeditions that used to be
made in former times to Gibraltar and to
the coast OF Africa, before it had occurred
TO the devil to invent what thew call
the Tabacalera government monopoly in
tobacco).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

NV HEN in the spring of 1885, James
M Russell Lowell retired as the
American Minister to England,
he came home with greater
social than diplomatic achievements to his
credit, and on that foundation had estab-
lished an entente between the two countries
more lasting than often exists in more for
NAL political agreements There were delicate
problems of diplomacy for him to settle,
notably the question of the Irish agitators,
who claimed American citizenship on the
technical point of naturalization, and he
settled them with tact and precision,
though in the Irish case he won the dis
pleasure and censure of the Irish element
of our population which was but the more
violent expression of charging him with
that Anglomania which was more less
a common rumor at the time
If he had like for English society and
institutions it was the spontaneous response
of his own urbane nature to nourishment
and sympathy. And in spite Of DR.. Edward
Everett Hale Skelcn OF MIN |SnuDDlHS INC
Anglomaniacs who are sometimes found in
New England" it was, I think, due more
to his sense of patriotism and moral de-
voton than to his social sympathies and
intellectual tastes that he refused so many
f1attering invitations to remain in England
wien he retired from his diplomatic post.
Each summer, after leaving the Court of
ST. James's, he returned to spend in Eng
land at Whitby, until the last before his
death, and in one of his letters he speaks
of "The charm of this place and the kind
heartedness of the weather have Capuaed
me here longer than I meant" which has
kind of mellow affection in it that makes
the place almost as dear to him as Elm
wood. And it Is significant that in the
earliest stage OF the final attack of the
malady of which he died in August, 1891,
during some days of delrum he "fancied
he was meeting royal personages and
seemed continually imporing to be taken
home to Elmwood"
Tho EHoC< rs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
The Effect of
England

The fact is, as Henry James sketched him
hctionally in that richly tapestried post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
By William Stanley Braithwaite

wv 7 HEN in the spring of 1885, James
M Russell Lowell retired as the
American Minister to England,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS

The e1cruciating agonies of rheuma-
tism are usually the result of failure of
the kidneys to expel poisons from the
system. If the irritation of these uric
acid crystals is allowed to continue, in
durable bladder or kidney disease may
result. Attend to it at once. Don't
resort to temporary relief. The sick
kidneys must be restored to health by
the use of some sterling remedy which
will prevent return of the disease.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules immediately. They have
brought back the joys of life to count
lNss thousands of sufferers from rheu-
.latism, lame back, lumbago, sciatica,
call stones, gravel and other affections
of the kidneys, liver, stomach, bladder
and allied organs.
Iney will attack the poisons at once,
clear out the kidneys and urinary tract
and the soothing healing oils and herbs
will restore the infamed tissues and
organs to normal health.
All others are limitations. Ask for
GOLD MEDAL and be sure the name
GOLD MEDAL is on the box. Three
sizes, at all good druggists.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

In the good old summer time when
fruits of all kinds are getting ripe
and tempting when cucumbers rad
ishes and vegetables fresh from the
garden are too good to resist, when the
festive picnic prevails and everybody
overeats and your stomach goes back
on you, then is the time for August
Flower" the sovereign remedy for
tired overworked and dsordered stom-
achs, a panacea for Indigestion. fer
mentation of food, sour stomach sick
headache and constipation. 1t gently
stimulates the liver, cleanses the In
testines and alimentary canal, making.
life worth living. Sold everywhere. Adv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
May investigate Strikes.

Under the Nolan Cancellation bill
upon application of the employer or 2;
of his employees strikes In the stat,
may be investigated. The new concill
alton board has no compulsory power
II has merely the right 10 make an In
vestlgation OF the conditions that ex
list and to give the widest publicity &c
the findings. Under the terms OF the
bin the Cancellation board will hav,
full power ana access 10 all books anc
records OF the Office and can call upon
all persons interested in the strike tC
give information before that body
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Expenses of the Legislature.

Up TO July 10 the total expense of
the legislature had reached $751; ,02T 9S.
according to accounts filed in the sec
rotary of states Office The total ex-
pense of the 1917 session was but S1S3.-
59S.66 BY the time the remaining 80
bills are signed il Is believed the pay
of clerical help and the appointive leg
lslative officials for 1919 will run the
total close to 100000. The 1915 SEES
sion holds the record, with a cost of
S20G,674.76 for seven months work
Increased cost Of living, supplies and
other ESSENTIALS account in part for the
$l1,000O00 increase in appropriations
in The 1919 legislature
Money spent by the legislature In
visiting Camp Grant and Milwaukee, en-
maSse TO welcome returning soldiers,
in addition to small amounts spent In
printing minor committee reports, to-
tails S2.67772, as compared with the
contingent expenditures In 1917 Of
S493O7 The sum expended out of the
contingency fund is the largest by 81
200 of any amount spent in the last
eight sessions. An extra appropriation
was necessary after the trip to Milwau-
kee
Special Joint committees cost the
state $2.4S3.41, while the two regular
Joint committees-fnance and visiting
cost So, 11001.
Up to the present, Legislative print
Ing has cost the state $40, 26SS5, with
SG,29374 for postage and other sup
plies. Seat contests, which failed 10
unseat any of the elected members.
cost the state 81 ,152S6.
Legislative employees salaries for
the most part represent nm increase
over 1917. Increases In pay were al
lowed senate and assembly head Off
GERS including the sergeants at arms
and chief clerks. The senate chief
clerks department cost Sl77S7 an in
crease of $1,000. The senate sergeant
at arms department cost $40 ,4S9, an in
crease Of more than $1,000 The as
sembly departments were run at about
the same cost as before. Legislators
salaries and mileage remain the same
with total Of S7l ,14850.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
81 Foreign Students at U. of w.

With Ga students from II foreign
countries enrolled in its student body
during the last quarter. the University
of Wisconsin appears to be regainlng
its pre-war popularity among students
from other lands. China led with 10
students. Other countries represented
we're as follows: Norway, o; Canada.
S; Philippines 9; Brazil, 8 France, . !;
japan, s; India, 2; Porto. Rico. .
Chile | Cuba, Denmark, Hawaii,
/ :; Iceland, l Peru. l ; South Africa. / !;
and Spain, /.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

and my troubles caused by that weak
ness are a thing of the past. All women
who suffer as | did should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. JAS. RoHRBERG, $40 Knapp ST.,
N. s., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women who suffer from any form of
weakness, as Indicated by displacements,
inflammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
"the blues" should accept HRS. Rohr-
berg's suggestion and give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q
thorough trial.
For over forty years it has been
correcting such ailments. If you have
mysterious complications write for
advice to Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Why Banks Increase Stocks.

Dozens Of state banks Of Wisconsin
are securing authority from the com.
missioner Of banking to increase thel,
capital stock for one Of two reasons or
Goth. In some cases the capital stock
IL the banks, all Of which are In the
most flourishng condition Ii the his.
DRY of the state, l. increased 10 per.
lit more general distribution ~ Tie
sock. This. ~ most cases IS 10 lessen
IL yhatce ~ The organization III new
anks IN towns where banks are III.
InallN InNaIal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
MAY POSTPONE Yank Reunion.

The general homecoming celebration
for Wiscousin's returned soldiers
which was planned for this fall, muy
have TO be postponed. II hod been ex
pected the governor stated that Y
cent mile railroad fare could be Sc
cured for soldiers, but so far cents d
nile Is the lowest rate promised by the
railroad administration, 4 fare lower
than cents mile can hardly be ex
pecred Unless the railroads are return.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
License Plant Operating Soon.

The new auto license manufacturing
plant at the Waupun state prison will
soon be completed, according to state
officials, 1t is planned to have all the
1920 auto licenses made at the plant
II has been estimated the state will
save much by this innovation. Con
tracing for the plates from private
firms coupled with the uncertainty OF
a ready supply, has been source OF
irritation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
A LEADING Question.

"Oh, Meestare Soapking," ex-
claimed Count de Bustup. 81 love your
daughtaire Eet would give me re
supreme plalsure to marry wis herr
Alright count. but now listen L
me; Are you able t he supported in
tn manner in which my daughters are
accustomed t supporting their hus-
bands?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
To Offer Aid in SAVING Cattle.

At a conference by A. T. Van Scoy,
president Of the Association of Com
merce; William George Bruce, general
secretary, and II. w. Luening. assist
ant secretary. 1t was determined that
Mr.. Luening Immediately start for the
drought-stricken districts of Montana
and Wyoming to offer the help of wis
consin and to aid in the movement
of cattle and sheep from the West into
the Great Lakes basin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Old Paper Brings State $500.

What becomes of the thousands of
old pamphlets, books and waste paper
discarded by the many departments Of
the state capitol? The sum Of 81 800
turned in to the state treasury is the
answer. An averageof 125 tons of waste
paper during the year is baled and sold
to the highest bidder by NJ. f. Blumen-
field, superintendent of public proper
ty. The high price of GO cents per hun
dred pounds is received for the paper,
which is gathered daily.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Dithmar in Race for Governor.

First signs of an active campaign to
put Lieut.. Governor L. r. Dithmar in
the running for the governorshif in the
1920 campaign have appeared in petit
tions put in circulation by senators
friendly to Dithmar, urging him to be-
come candidate. He was mentioned
several weeks ago as the probable la
Toilette candidate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Compile capltol Directory.

A capitol directory with the name OF
every state employee, telephone num-
Der and office will be issued by the de-
rartment of public property early in
August. The directory, as now planned
will comprise 26 pages and will be prin-
ted on one of the capitol multigraph
machines. The last directory was is.
sued in 1915.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Vetoes Vocational School Age Limit.
Governor Philip vetoed the bill
which would increase the age limit re
quirement to attend vocational schools
to eighteen years, commencing with
1921. A similar bill which would apply
the same provisions in 1920 was vetoed
some time ago by the executive.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Warns Dealers of Oil AduIteratlon..

= Dairy and Food Commissioner
George j. Weigle, Who has just return
ed from a brief vacation declares that
a wholesale fraud is being perpetrated
upon the farmers of the state princi-
pally in the sale of so-called linseed oil
and turpentine, and as soon as he has
sufficiently warned dealers he proposes
to start prosecutions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Figuring It Out.

The Income Tax Man-Is there
anything you don't understand, ma
dam?
Mrs. Grabbit-Yes. In listing my
income am l entitled to deduct the
dollar a week l allow my husband
out of his salary for carfare and
lunches2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

u WCdhDCo5 WhASh
caused ba * a C h e
and headaches. A
friend called m y
attention to one of
your newsp ap err
advertisements and
imm e dia tely my
husband bough t
three bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V eg e "a BILE Com
poun d for M e.
After taking two
L1AA111 4 Ga f.-o
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Queen a Photaaraper.

Queen Helena of Italy is a clever
amateur photographer, her favorite
subject being her children at their out
door play.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Good Excuse.

Can you lend me u bit OF loose
changer
Sorry, but my moneys tight"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Some fellows seem satisfied 10 be
to the world what tartar is to a
horses teeth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
Its Class.

"Do you believe in metempsycho-
sisr' "Never heard of IT. Is it a new
mind cure?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31
in1nnrtanf 20 Mothara
Not That Kind.

81 see where new jack Is lifting
automobiles"
"Can't the police catch him?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Brokers who sell short and wait
for a fall often get hard one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Self-important men seldom get out
of the wage-worker class.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Wise is the married ran who keeps
private affairs to himself.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-31

Discussions are for details-before
the bugle blows.