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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
GOOD PROOF OF RETICENCE
Testimony Should Have Convinced
Jury That This Woman Was
Able to Keep a Secret.

In a suit recently tried in Boston
It happened tnat cue Of the witnesses
was personal friend of a lawyer
on the other side and that 1t was his
duty to cross-eXamine her. BY rea-
son of their friendship he was, if pos
sble. a rine more personal with her
than he would have been with another
witness.
Can you be trusted with secretT'
he asked mt one juncture Of the cross
examination.
The woman drew herself up proud
ly. "Nou have known me for ten
years, haven't you?" she asked in
turn
yes
"Wel, do You know how old | ann"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
Tractor HauIs Gun over Water

In line with similar experiments in
France and England, submarine trac.
tor has been developed in this country
which * capable Of travelling through
water to a depth Of ten or twelve feet
by the simple eNpedient Of equippiug
the carburetor with periscopr. air Is
insured for the gasoline mixture. The
seat of the driver Is high enough SO
that ordinarily there Is no particular
danger Of his taking an involuntary
bath Provision Is mndc for the
mounting Of small neldpicce on top
The vehicle is shown by a full page
illustration in the August Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01

They're so busy out there with the
wheat harvest they don't have time to
think Of the poor man much. The re-
suit is, they don't give. Here in New
York things kinda steady down In
summer and the New Yorker shows
his pace. He notes our condition and
is willing to give more.
well, In winter, when the harvest
is over out West, they're more liberal
because things slow down. They have
time to think about our condition.
New Workers are 50 busy when they
start the winter stride they forget
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
NOW MIGRATES WITH THE TIMES

Wichita, Kan, last winter How do
you happen TO be clear back here?'
The beggar who lacked both arms,
laughed,
Human nature" he said. That's
the most important part of our trade,
boss. I've been at this business for
several years found that during the
summer In the Western states they're
like New Workers during the winter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01

The Hudson river rises In the hills
10 the west Of Lake Champlain and
after a southerly course Of about 200
miles falls into the Atlantic ocean
below the city Of New York. 1t is
nayiu ale as far as Troy, 100 miles
above New York. and Is connected
by canals with Lakes Champaign auo
IAsfa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS

Is greatly relieved by constitutional treat
mcnt. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining OF the Eusta-
chan Tube When this tube Is iuilamed
you have a rumbinE sound or imperfect
hearing, and when IL is entirely closed
Deafness is the result. Unless the in
nammation can be reduced your hearing
may be destroyed forever HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE acts through the
blood on the mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn, thus reducing the Inflammation and
assisting Nature in restoring normal con
ditions
Circulars free. All Druggists.
Il. ]. Cheney e. Co., Toledo Ohlo.-Ad-
vertsement
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
Thrifty Beggar Proves He Has Studied
Human Nature, and Profited by
His knowledge.

The man in the llght-green Palm
Beach suit paused in front Of the beg
gar near Thlrty-fifth street on Broad
way.
Haven't | seen you before some
wheref' he asked, according to the
New York Sun. II think Ii was Ia
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
Enliuhteninu Willie

Willie-Pa what's a padded cell?
Pa CATER looking cautiously about
Your mother and sister are both
padded cells, Willie. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
A Commandment

WHEY tSternly) Where have you
beenl
Hubby (Meckly) out In the sun.
Wifeyl am your sun; you shall
nave no other suns before me
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01

about us, I've nearly doubled my in.
come by shifting East aud West at the
right timen
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

- ONALD b. MACMILLAN is off for
ID ! Z: :. !: :: i: !: !:
- find? Probably he himself doesn't
l 81. know. But Baltin Land offers that
- strongest of lures-the lure of the
~-l -1& unknown And if Macmillan reaches
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
coNQUERoR COULD NOT WRITE
William Of England Signed His
Name by cross to Charter
He Granted.

In the collection Of Norman char
tiers sold recently In England. the
property Of Baroness Beaumont OF
Carlton Towers, York, there is strong
presumptive evidence that William
the ConQueror was unable to write,
for grant signed by him and NATL
da, the queen, bears their crosses.
This collection Of Norman charters
was made by the antiquary Thomas
Stapleton, one Of the ancestors Of
the barony Of Beaumont, and has been
preserved for centuries at Carlton
Towers It's sale is attributed to the
costs of the war and the present high
taxes.
The earliest grant is undated, but
was made between the years 1867 and
1919. 1t is in Latin, on vellum, and
Is grant by Walderand (de Moulin y
for the salvation Of the soul Of his
lord, William I, king Of the English.
and others, to st. Stephens church.
Caen, of the Church of st. Mary. In
serted in their names are the crosses
of the witnesses, William, king OF the
English; Matalda, the queen; John,
archbishop (of RouenO Roger Bel
montensis (BeaumonD and Robert
Belmontensis (Beaumont). The docu-
ment is one of the most interesting
autographs that Is likely to come into
the auction room for some time. The
evidence Of William the conQueror's
illiteracy is not conclusive, however,
as it may have been thought beneath
the dignity Of the king to write his
name, as William Roberts suggests.
King Henry I also signed one Of the
charters with his cross.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
MIGHT LEARN FROM FRENCH
Things His countryren Gould
Probably Absorb.

They are a wonderful folk, these
French, and there is no people from
whom Americans can learn more of
the art Of living. While we, with our
high rents, are harassed by the ques-
ton Of where to live, they, in spite OF
their high rents, think only Of how to
live. We would do well to spend less
thought on the abode and more on the
mode. We could learn from them to
forget our national timidity and to dis
cover our next-door neighbors, says
writer in Leslie's.
The contrast between the excited
buzz and chatter and gayety that
strikes one on entering even the most
homely French restaurant and the
frightened and tremulous whispering
thrown in between long intervals Of
logged eating that goes on In our own
restaurants Is enough to shame any
good American. We could learn from
them to put aside our little pamphlets
on Facts About Sugar" long enough
to enjoy the beauty of hillsde-and
still make enough money out Of the
sugar business.
Our shopkeepers could learn that
politeness does not drive away trade.
We could have learned, alas, how to
drink and how not to drink behind
swing-doors, or too strongly or too
much. The American business man
who hopes to do business with the
French must learn to deal with for
efgners as well as they do and not to
look upon what seems to him an eX-
aggerated politeness as a rich bit of
comedy fault of which our business
men are, unfortunately, too often gull
~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
WANT VIEW OF WEALTHY
Visitors to New York More Interested
in MultimilIionaires Than in
Architectural Attractions.

The biggest attraction in New York
is the multimillionaire. Sightseers
from the hinterland who crowd Fifth
avenue buses are not half so interested
In such SpectacleS as the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the great railroad ter
mifal stations, the WooIworth build
ing and other skyscrapers, the long
eXpanse of water front with its great
sea craft, the palaces along the worlds
greatest and most gorgeous thorough
fare, or the rabble under the nitrogen
lamps of Broadway as they are in get
ting a tirst-hand, intimate view of the
great captains Of industry and finance
So say the men that whirl these
sightseers over and across New York
by day and by night.
Sightseeing buses ply the financial
district, it is true, but the conductors
are as ignorant of who's who down
around Wall street as their passen-
gers from Oshkosh, Alfalfa Center or
Deer Trail, but Wall street is the de-
mand of the passengers. nevertheless,
and when the sightseeing buses reach
> all street they invariably discharge
at least 30 per cent Of their cargo,
which goes abroad to see the sights
Cor itself
The sight of Vanderbilt or an AS
Tor would repay most of these sight
seerS, say the bus conductors. y close
up Of John \. Rockefeller. Jr.. might
cause stoppage of traffic. they de-
clare. and a glimpse of ]. Pierpont
Morgan would fix New York irrevo-
~'ably in their minds.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
EAST INDIA SLOW TO CHANGE
Eight Varieties of Marriage in That
Region Remain as They Were
In Manu's Day.

There are eight varieties of mar
rage in India. all of them outlined by
Manu-, the great Hindu lawgiver, and
it is not until one comes In contact
with such examples Of custom that one
realizes how little the native Indian
has advanced to meet modern ideas,
an exchange says. The eight ways Of
marriage are:
Brahmya, which consists in a gift
of a girl bedecked with ornaments to
learned and virtuous bridegroom
who has been invited for the purpose,
accompanied by proper religious eere-
monies.
Daiva, or gift of a girl decked with
ornaments to priest who is at that
time officiating at a sacrifice.
Ad~ha, or gift of a daughter In con-
siteration of a pair of bullocks given
by the bridegroom.
Paraiapatya, or gift of q daughter
nfter the father has thus addressed
the couple; May both of you perform
your duties together"
Asura, or gifts of q girl after her
relatives have given as much wealth
as possible.
Rakashasa, or forcible capture of a
girl after her relatives have been killed
or wounded.
Gandharba, or a voluntary union be-
tween young lady and a man.
Palsacha, or the seduction of a
maiden who is asleep, intoxicated or
crack-brained.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
SAMPLE OF DUTCH THRIFTY
In the World 10 Abbrevats
Written Words.

The Dutch are the greatest people
In the world for authorizations, says
the Detroit News. 1t seems to be a
national trait Of the Hollander, and
not only are the missives between New
rouw and her daughter and Mynheer
and his son literally sprinkled with
the shortening of Dutch as she Is
spoke, but the advertisements in the
Dutch newspapers are also thrifty
abbreviated so as 10 permit Of the
maximum amount Of expression with
the minimum of type.
Private correspondence as well as
business correspondence In Holland Is
q network of Authorization, so much so
that a Hollander who has not been in
his native land for a good many years.
hut still retains a knowledge Of his
mother tongue, is likely to fall by the
wayside in reading a letter from an
old friend from whom he has not
heard in a long time.
The Dutch lover is quite accustomed
TO he told In letter by his sweetheart
how much she loves him in abhrevia-
lions that suggest more q Russian
stock ticker news item than the love
laden words OF romantic maid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18

Idea, That They Would TaIss Kindly
to American Built Houses Proved
70 30 Wrong.

With the double hope Of business
success and social service, a certain
firm in Japan some years ago began
the importation Of American-made
movable houses on a large scale. The
houses. the firm believed. would offer
very comfortable and coy little homes
at reasonable prices to the salary-earn.
ing classes Of Nippon and would bring
about q great improvement in the do
nestle life Of the Japanese.
The enterprise. well-meaning a. It
undoubtedly was, turned out to be a
failure. It was like an overzealous
but enlightened missionary trying to
impose the dogmas of Christianity on
heathens, regardless Of the latter's
ideas, temperament and history. The
Japanese have their own customs.
modes of living and traditions. which,
irrespective of whether they be good
or bad, are dear to their hearts and
hard to give up in fortnight. Homes
are the most basic Of institutions,
and house construction Is the result
Of centuries Of home life to nation.
To try to induce the japanese to give
up their houses Immediately and dwell
in the American-made houses Is like
trying to urge them to give up all
Japanese ways Of feeling, believing
and thinking, and to adopt occidental
ways Of behavior. 1t is preposter-
ous.-East and West News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
WILD DOGS CAUSE PROBLEM
Threaten to Wipe Out the Sheep In
dustry in Some Breeding Districts
in Australia.

Wild dogs are presenting a serious
problem in Australia. according to a
Central News dispatch in the London
Westminster Gazette The correspond
ent at Broken Hill. New South Wales,
says that unless immediate measures
to protect the fiocks of sheep are
taken. they will have to he replaced
by cattle in the districts north Of
Broken Hill.
The seriousness of the situation is
described by John Dunno, president Of
fhe West Darling Pastoraliets' 'Ssocia-
ton. who states that. althou-n there
has been a good season, pastoraliSts in
the Darling River district and north as
far as the Queensland border are faced
with one Of the greatest problems
within the memory of settlers in that
part of the country.
Reports are coming TO hand from
all parts of the district" he added, "ot
the enormous losses incurred owing 70
the prevalence of wild dogs. Already
country which before the drought was
admirable sheep country, is now
stocked with cattle, and likely to con-
tinue to be stocked unless the dog
nuisance is successfully dealt with. -
Last year the western vermin board
was formed at Wilcania and the gov
ernment then in power granted $3.50
0o0 for fencing in the western division
against wild dogs. but owing to q
none If the money has been forthcom-
ing and the wild dogs have now come
rieht into the western division and are
creating havoc among the flocks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
MONOPOLY LOST BY GERMANY
American Chemists Are Now Produc
Ing the Rare Sugars Required
for Scientific Purposes

Not least among the triumphs Of
the new American chemical industry
has been the production Of the rare
sugars, so long a German monopoly.
The sugars were called for by the
small hospitals, as they are required
in small amount in meteorological
laboratories-one Of them, for In
stance, being the most sensitive stiH
ulent Of typhoid growth, while 9th
ers serve in the detection Of cholera
germ. The infinite care necessary to
prepare them in a state of absolute
purity makes their cost seemingly
enormous. The most expensive rare
sugar catalogued is stated by Drug
and Chemical Markets to be dulcitol,
at 1915 a pound. while mannose Is
worth $40 a pound. This Is a deli
cate and delicious sweet derived from
mama, which is secreted in thin scales
from certain trees and shrubs, and
with which the children of Israel were
miraculously fed during their wander
ings in the wilderness. Xylose, quoted
at S12O pound, is made from the corn
cob: inulin Is obtained from the bulb
or the dahlia at certain seasons Of the
year. Other rare sugars are-aribi-
nose. at 500 at pound; levulose. $50
a pound. and raffinose, $75 a pound.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
WANTED ALL TO UNDERSTAND
'cicerons at Holy sspuIehrs At Jsru.
salem Careful 70 Impress Gospel
Facts on Visitors.

Either I was particularly fortunate
or others are particularly fastidious.
The guide who showed me the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem was not par
ticularly noisy or profane or palpa-
bly, mercenary; he was rather more
or less sympathetic than the same
sort Of man who might have shown
me- Westminster abbey or Stratford-
on-Avon.
He was a small, solemn, owlish old
man, so far from deserving the charge
Of not knowing the Bible, he deserved
rather a gentle remonstrance against
his assumption that nobody else knew
1t. If there was anything to smile at,
in associations so sacred, it was the
elaborate simplicity with which he
told the first facts of the Gospel story,
as if he were evangelizing a savage.
Anyhow, he did not talk like a cheap
Jack at stall, but rather like teach
er in an infant school.
He made it very clear that Jesus
Christ was crucified, in case anyone
SuppOSe ue W dS DSlGtiNiNN' tAhA~
often stopped in his narrative to re-
peat that the hero of these events
was Jesus Christ, lest we should fancy
it was Nebuchadnezzar or the duke of
Wellington. I do not in the least mind
being amused at this, but l have no
reason whatever for doubling that he
may have been better man than L.
gave him what l should have given
a similar guide in my own country; l
parted with him as politely as from
one of my own CONTAMINATION
the New Jerusalem by G. X. Chester
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
Razor Strokes To Shave

There is 4 barber in London. Eng.
land, with nice taste for figuring. and
he has computed the number of razor
strokes that 20 to Il clean shave. He
offers to prove the general correctness
of his count on any customer. "Yor
shall keep the count yourself, SIR
says he.
The first man counted $50 strokes
made by the barber. Much too low,
SIR said the barber. "But knowing
you were counting I couldn't help TAX
ing longer strokes. 1t takes more, sir,
usually"
His own computation is that, on an
average. it takes 200 strokes to shave
a man. Now if he shaves so many per-
sons day, so many days a week. how
many times does the barber use his
razor a week?"
Undreds of thousands sir" saws
the barber. Pinned to something more
exact, he claimed 2SS,0OO for one week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
Cause for Terror.

~ couple OF months ago" related
the landlord Of the Fen!nia tavern,
this town was afflicted by a Jack
the Kisser,' who grabbed girls and
women in the dark corners, and
Rugged and kissed 'em like a maniac.
Altogether he manipulated some forty
nine ladies that way"
Il presume such outrages cause a
veritabe reign of terror among the
feminine portion of the populationY'
replied a guest
st did so. Why, for quite spell
after the scoundrel lad quit his d.
abolical capers entirely Miss Lucretia
Lanks, Miss Arabella Flutters Miss
Twiny Thynn, and several other cid
maids, were roaming around unIit
Streets and lingering in dark corners
every night, in terror Of missing their
chances, and it is whispered that they
haven't entirely quit terroring, even
yet E'-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
MEMENTOES OF GREAT ACTOR
Diary Of Junlus Brutus Booth and
Other Interesting Relics Are
Found In Old Theater.

Diaries and relics of Junius Brutus
Booth, famous in the annals Of the
American stage, were brought to light
by wrecKers working on the recon-
struction Of the famous old Walnut
Street Theater, at Philadelphia, Pa,
the oldest playhouse in the United
States.
Away up in the caves, and there was
no evidence to show how they were
put there, were two big hampers Of
wicker, falling to pieces from age. The
theater's manager had ladder put up,
and he and q workman started to as
cend.
The ladder broke and the workman
had some ribs fractured. but the ham
pers, when finally brought down.
proved well worth the trouble.
They were full Of oldtime costumes,
a diary of the famous actor, a license
for Booths father to practice law,
signed by the king Of England, and q
collection of old playbills and pro-
grams that are invaluable today.
Alongside the hampers. resting
across two beams. was a big, thin slab
of marble. 1t was found to be litho-
graph stone on which were made tho
pictures advertising John Sleeper
Clark.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
Wonderful Poison Casea

Canned. solidified, poison gas, which
is claimed to be absolutely foolproof
and mobile. has been perfected for use
by the American soldier, according to
Popular Mechanics Magazine. That
two studies-defensive and offensive
gas research-go. hand in hand al
ready has been demonstrated, for, in
addition to the development Of new
forms Of gas, army experts Ut the
Edgewood (Md.) arsenal, have had to
improve the gas masks to make them
effective against some of the new
gases brought into existence there. IN
technical military progress, every new
weapon means call upon the armores
for new defense. As q result, this
country today has not only gases
which surpass anything used du-ine
the World war, but a mask which, h
recent tests was worn "a hours Z dr.
~ . week, except at mealtime, WITH
~ auy discomfort whatever. BREATH
~ OEmal. speaking W. slsneso,
l Is - ont III the ensss tAae ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
Peanuts Gain in Popularity.

More than 100000 acres in this
country were planted with peanuts
last year. The demand for them is
increasing by leaps and bounds. They
are one of the most nutritious foods
known TO man. one pound Of them
(shelled) containing nearly half
pound of fat and quarter Of pound
of protein. both high grade and read
lily digestihle. For running the body
machine they are three times as eff
cient as an equal weight of beef and
five times as efficient as an equal
weight of eggs.
Peanuts yield a sweet. wholesome
cooking oil. A hushel Of them In the
shell will produce a gallon of oil.
Many lard substitutes now sold and
popular are peanut oil converted into
solid fat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
Arc and Microscope.

Before the ROYAL Mcroscopical so
clcty in London there was described a
method OF photographic objects mag
nitied by the microscope. The light Of
the electric arc itself is employed,
that OF the incandescent lamps being
shielded; the light itself is filtered,
and thus a powerful mOnochromatic
light, at the extreme limit of visible
ity, is obtained.
With this light excellent photographs
IF minute objects under a magnitica-
tion Of 1900 diameters, were made and
exhibited upon a screen. The ex,
perimenter suggested that lenses spe-
cially corrected for the ultraviolet
rays would enable photography to do
for the microscope what it has already
done for the telescope.-NeW York
Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-18
ART AND SCIENCE IN TOYS
Playthings for the Riddles Necessary
to the Proper Conduct Of
Their Society.

"H1LE the making of toys Is al
w art that is probably PRACTICAL,
as old as the world itself, It has beer
only within recent years that science
has bothered itself about them. Les<
than half a century ago they were re
garded merely as playtlnngs-amus
ing diversions for children that were
by no means necessary to their well.
being. Today, however, science insists
that there Is a well-defned philosophy
underlying the use Of toys; that they
are the tools with which the little ones
ply their trade; the paraphernalia nee.
essary to the proper conduct Of their
society; that dolls, for example, are
more to them than the associates that
help to entertain them In that they
aid them in the attainment Of their
mental growth by stimulating the
natural emotions which must be ex-
perienced in later life.
Whether this theory Of the scientists
is correct or not, the fact remains that
children have always had the play
things requisite for their limitations Of
the domestic life and business affairs
Of older people; that they have always
required their elders 70 provide them
with such inventions, and that, when
they could not obtain these toys BY
any other means they themsalves have
sought and found objects that might
BE- made to snit their purposes. Even