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THE VICIOUS MOCCASIN. Ptesllsr Habits of Ihr Wsfr Snakfi in the St. Krancli Valley, Arks n isi, “When it comes to downright vi ciousness among snakes," said a man from Arkansas, reports the .New in leans Times-Democrat, “I will pul the water moccasin against every other kind of snakes on earth. I was reading a story about the snakes of Martinique in one of the New Vork papers, and it see.ns that they are afflicted on the island with a rather bad brand of snakes, snakes that really go around looking for trouble. 1 could not help thinking that the Martinique reptile must be related in some way to the vicious water moc casin which is to be found in the St. Francia basin, up in Arkansas. They are savage, and, what is ‘worse and more of it,' they seem to have organ ized for offensive and defensive pur poses. There are millions upon mil lions of these snakes in the basin of the St. Francis river between the Sunk lands and the mouth of the river, a few miles above Helena. I have seen the lakes alive with them, i have known of instances where it would be impossible for a farm hand to water his horse after bis day's work or account of the snakes. The snakes feed in the edges of the lakes during the evening, and as soon as an effort would be made to water the horse at u cer'aiu place they would make a charge on that partic ular place, wriggling in from the lake in gn at numbers. They seemed to reseat It as an encroachment upon their ; ;ghts, and no amount of ‘shoo ing’ or chunking would drive them away. They would simply choke the drinking place. 1 have seen this sa: tiling happen a number of times. t," course, it would be necessary to take the horse elsewhere for watering purpose*. They are extremely poi sonous, and I have heard of many in stances where the moccasin bite killed animals. Dogs in that part of the country frequently die as the re sult of being bitten by a water moc casin. They are not bad about run ning away when they are in a flock In fact, the running bad better be on the other side if it. happens to be cither near the beginning or at the end of the snake season, for they really seem to be more vicious and more petulant, If 1 may say It, at the extremes of the season than at nth er times. I suppose there is some natural reason for the fact. At any rale, it Is a fact. Coming back to tin point, I will put the particular brand of Arkansas water moccasin to which I have teferred against anything in the reptilian Une to be found in Mar tinlque, or at any other place, foi that inatter. for 1 really believe they are the most desperately vicious snakes on the face of the earth." A PHYSICIAN’S MISTAKE. Fireiveb norlor Muutkil to Fwrce ( l- I M'l lon r r IIIU WII 111 n I'ultvnl, nllli Hail llraulls. The odd experiences of a consul, m narrated by a writer ia the Huston Transcript, illustrate in home degree the widi range of duties which theni men perform. Americana who vihil foreign countries are often greatly indebted to the prompt assistance id their consul. Mr. .lames T. Dubois formerly consul general at St. (lull tells this htory of a physician's mis take at Air la-Chupelle: An American woman who had been visiting at Aix la Chupclle had em ployed a physician, 1 lie Dill which lie submitted as she was about to leave Cue town was so large that sin could do no better Ilian pay several hundred murks on account, wilii tin promise that she would remit the rest from I’arls. To this the doetoi objected, and demanded the whole amount of his bill at once. While the woman was sitting in a car of the i’uris express at the stu tion she was surprised by the ap pearance of the doctor, who asked to see her ticket. With that once In hand, lie hurried away. The unfor lunate woman left the train and came straightway to the consulate. Comnlaint was at once lodged at the police headquarters. The doctor was arrested, tried and convicted of ttieft. lie was fined 100 mark . Ins name stricken from the list of physi cians ami from the guide-books. His punishment virtually ruined him in his profession. I,nld H l l iu H i of Aneleiit K mer leu n ■ (ire.-d is responsible for tin loss of some priceless objects that were found in ancient shafts in a little island ofl the coast of Ecuador that would, no doubt, have cast valuable light on the high stage of civili/a lion reached by the prehistoric in habitants of Ecuador and Colombia. The objects consisted of many small articles of jewelry and two magnifl cent solid gold helmets. 'Tin* latter were fortunately rescued from the smelting pot in time. Imt almost all the rest of the precious ornaments were lost to science. The helmets are beautifully made and richly or namented, showing not only an ad vanned condition of industrial art, hut a high state of decorative art. —Knowledge. beaus to Turkish Farmers. Turkey possesses an extensive sys tem of agricultural banks under gov ernment management, the purpose of which is to furnish small loans to farrnera The capital ia provided by a light annual tax on agricultural property. Principal agencies have been established in 05 cities, capitals of provinces (vilayets) or counties (sanjaks), and there are so:j branches in b s important places.—London yaws. PROMISES MANY INNOVATIONS Kleffnnl mi*l Complete llnilronil Srr-- Ice lo He Olven .\ew York Thronirh Knpol Transit Innnel. New Yorkers will be riding from one end of the rapid transit tunnel to the other in less than a year, according to the announcement made by Chief Engi neer William Barclay Parsons. Prac tically aii the tunnel digging will be finished within the next six week*. •‘By nex* New Year's day it will be gin to look like a railroad,” said Mr. Parsons. “We shall then have seven miles of four-track railroad laid and ready for businee*. And by that time we expect the work of excavation and inclosure to be completed. In all there are 60 miles of single track road to be built. The electric motors will begin to arrive about January 1, and the cars w ill soon follow. The stations w ill be beautiful and artistic as well as illuminated by sunlight and perfectly hygienic. “A color scheme has also been adopt ed, by which to distinguish the various section* of the road, so ns to enable t he passenger to toll at a glance when he Is nearing the station at which he wants to leave the train. “This will tie in addition to an auto matic device in the cars by which the next station will be announced. "At all important stat lons telephone booths- will be established, and at the more important stations telegraph sta tions also. There will tie both ascend ing and dewending elevators at all the deep stations. "Stairways have been planned so at to keep the incoming and outgoing streams of passengers entirely sep arate. The stairway* will lie wider in. the average than those of the elevated railways and there will be twice as mn ny. "I believe we shall throw the main section open to traffic on October 1 of next yea r, and that will tie 15 months within the time limit fixed In the con tract." TO UTILIZE SNOW WATER. Plans for IrrlKallim Itleh Ileneh I, noit ■ In 5V ynin In g n > Menus of tViitrr Now Wonted. Investigations by the United States geological survey are now in progress in northern Wyoming with a view to extending the u.c of the available wn tereupply in that portion of thestafe. Jeremiah Ahern, an engineer of the geological survey, is in charge of the work. Particular attention In directed to the eastern slope of the Bighorn mountains, where important storage problems on the head wafers of the Sul phur. Powder and Tongue river* await solution. These stream*, after leaving the mountains, tb w through fertile bench and valley land*, which, with proper Irrigation, would be valuable for agri cultural development The rainfall of Mint region is light during the lime water is needed for Irrigation, but the winter snow* on the mountain slope* are unusually heavy and furnish large quantities of water to the streams. The source of supply nt present Is an extremely unsatisfactory one, for the warm rnln* of spring melt the snow rapidly and produce disastrous floods, In which large quantities of water pass through the streams' unused. There are, however, a number of lakes in the region, favorably situated to be used for storage. One of these Is Lake de Smet. whose water surface Is said to be 30 feet Ivelow the lowest part of Its rim In this lake it Is pro posed to store part of the headwaters of (lie Powder river, thus saving a large body of water for Irrigation which Is now entirely wasted. Mr. Ahern has been engaged during the present summer In gauging the flow of the streams on the eastern slope of the Bighorn mountains and In investigating the possibilities and probable cost of water storage In the region WON’T STRIKE WATER. IdapnrlnK-nls Cos nd not oil hr Vrnt, Trowbridge Throw !w 1.1H !■ t on Al'llon of Mu l> t n I n(. Experlmentsconducted by I’rof. John Trowbridge, of Harvard university, have b-il to the definite statement that lightning will not strike water. By means of a battery of 20,000 cell* he obtained n voltage of 6,000,(100, which force, he any*. is at least comparable to lightning and enabled him to de duce. hi* conclusions. He said: “With my buttery 1 was able to ob tain an electric spark about seven feet long, nod found that instead of strik ing the water a spark of six or seven feet In length invariably jumped to some adjacent object in preference to striking the liquid surface, A spark of only a few feei Jn length, however, will strike the water, but such a spark is not comparable to lightning. “Beyond n million volts the initial resist!.;,: of atmospheric air to elec trical discharges becomes less and less, and the discharge therefore Is shunted through the sir Instead of upon thn water and strikes some object adja cent to the water.” Side SlluplK of Autos. Alfred Harmswurtb, who Is an en thusiastic motorist, of London, has called upon the automobile clubs to appoint u committee of experts to con sider the subject of side slipping, in or der to devise means of rendering it im possible. Mr. Harmsworth regards it ns one of the drawbacks to motoring, and says he himself had some side - slipping experiences this summer, both in England and on the continent, which made him doubt whether the game was Wurth tlie candle. Why II• Fulled of Voir* VVUN fill* of flit* M'HhOllN a London nut;tiuiiN r for his ioaolvttucy. SAGE TO RETIRE, New York Financier, It le Said, Bi peds Noon to Drop Active Business Cares. Russell Sage, it was said on good au thority, has decided to withdraw from active business life. Ills reported that lie has so arranged his business affairs that they will not neeo his constant watching and attendance. According to the story, Mr. Sage liascontemplated this step h>r some time. Convinced that age has taken a firm grip on his iron con.titution and that if he had not possessed the most re markable vitality he would have yield ed long ago to the strain to which he has been subjected for so many years-, Mr. Sage lias concluded to take more rest. He had hoped to resume his finan cial operations long oefore this time, but Mrs. Sage and the attending physi cians have finally persuaded him lie must lie prudent if lie desire* to pro long hi* life. In the last year Mr. .Sage has so sys temati/.ed his business' that now it will not need his entire attention. It is in. such acomlition that it may he intrust ed to the care of others. One of Mr. Sage’* closest friends is Or. John I’. Munn, of New York city, who is not only his medical adviser but Is said to have represented the aged financier in many of his enterprises'. The doctor lias insisted that Mr, Sage should look more carefully to his phys ical welfare than he has of late, and it was with tiie greatest reluctance that this sound advice lias been accepted. BIG SUM FOR MISSIONS. Over 9.10,000 I'ledaeil nt h Slnnle Meeting In l.oiprl Tlernnele In New York City. Pledges for $53,476 for missionary work were given the other day hy the people who assembled at the Gospel tabernacle, 0!)3 Eighth avenue, New York city, and listened to the appeal of Hev. A. 15. Simps.on. Over $6,100 in cash was given. The promises to pay have a year to run. Dr, Simpson says they always are paid--that is, less than one per cent, of the note givers default in payment, and this loss is made up by contributions from other sources. A recent collection war. the last for the year of the Christian and Mission ary alliance. From similar services at Old Orchard, Me., and other places Mr. Simpson has collected SIOO J&0, so he has $150,000 pledged. He expects to get in $300,000. Last year be collected $166,000. The largest gift was a promise of $5,500. Three pledges of $5,000 each were found in the baskets, one of $4,000, one of $3,000, one of $",500, two of $3,000, ami one of $1,500. NEW AIRSHIP INVENTED. Frenchman Biprrti In <>u Irlv la I Smi- I mill) 11 1 with Ilia lin pro teal He vice. Aeronaut dc Hradsky’s new alrshipis lying ready in the shed at Paris, whence Severn’s ill-fated balloon start ed, and is expected by its owner to out rival Santos Dumont's when a favor able day comes. It is egg shaped, 110 feel long and 00 feet in diameter at the thickest part. \ light wooden framework running around the bal loon supports a car on steel wires. The ca r, const meted of hollow steel tubes, ij 55 feet long, and weighs, with a 16- horse-power motor, 1,400 pounds. The propeller is 14 feet in diameter, and can make 350 revolutions a minute. This airship is built on an entirely new theory. With its Iwo aeronauts St dis places its own weight of air. Thechief danger is that a failure of the motor would cause it to fall rapidly, lie ilrudsky is confident and relies on the motor working properly. SCATTERED THE GODS. William Iv . Va n ile rlil It's Anlii In vades nn Old Curiosity Min|> In Franre, While W. K. Vanderbilt was at Deau ville recently lie run Ids automobile Into nn old curiosity shop, scattering ( bines, gods and Itnrniese idols every where. The shopkeeper came out and kicked up an awful row, gesticulating as only a Frenchman can. Mr. Van derbilt told Itiin not to make such a fuss ami asked how much damage had been done. The dealer replied: “Two thousand franca ($400)." The millionaire immediately w rote a check for the amount and left. A Frenchman standing by remarked: “What fool- these English are.” The damage ditl not amount to more than 50 francs (ten dollars). NEW VEIN OF GOLD FOUND. All Cripple Creek llecords Sntd to lime Hern llroken by Hie Wild llorer Mine. The largest body of bonan/.a ore ever opened up in a (Tipple ('reck gold mine Inis just been encountered in the Wild Horse of tin- Halted Minos company, controlled by Warren Woods A Sons, who clinic to Colorado Springs, Col., ten years ago from Cleveland, O. The pocket is on the eighth level, and is the to "ii feet wide and over 50 feet high. It has been opened up right feet. Cross-vein values average 50 ounces of gold per ton. Select samples carry phenomenal values. IXrvrr Ssllsllrd. Columbia university wants $10,000,- iHin. There is nv reason to feel sure, however, says t he Chicago Kccord-Her ald, that it wouldn't want more if it got tin* ten million. Ilrnlh from Fly llllr. After Herr Krltiof, a Hungarian police mng rule, was bitten by a fly, blood poisoning set in and lie died in excruciating agony. New Facilities' for Reaching the Pacific Coast- Low Rates. Improved Train Service and Unprecedented Travel to California and Oregon- The Service this Winter to be better than ever. Special Attention is being given to Tourists Sleeping Car Parlies. The tranc continental lines have been making extensive efforts lat.'y to improve their service to and from the Pacific Coast, the latest development announced being that the personally conducted feature of the Chicago & North-Western and Union Pacific ser vice is to be expanded and extended to include personally conducted excursions to the Coast twice a week from Chicago via Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake City, jin addition to the three a week now , operated to the Coast via Omaha and Cheyenne. This gives the tourist a chance to enjoy the most beautiful scenery that Colorado affords,the route being through Colorado Springs, past Pike's Peak and via the Royal Gorge, Glenwood Springs and Salt Lake City. This, with the two tours a week via Cheyenne and Ogden to Sacreuiento, San Francisco aad Los Angeles and one a week to Portland, makes five person ally cond acted excursions per week from Chicago to California, Oregon and Washington. This pe> sonaily conducted feature has expanded wonderfully in the last few years. The service has steadily im proved, so that Pullman tourist sleep ing cars have all the conveniences of the standard sleeper and are particular ly well adapted to the use of family parties and those who desire economy in travel. With the low rates now in effect to the Coast,this branch of the service promises to he very popular in deed, and will doubtless enable thou sands to visit the Coast who otheiwise would have been unable to go. These thosands will include a large percentage of people who hope to find on the sunny slojas of the Pacific a place where life's hard struggle may be made easier and whore a competence may lie gained with a small investment in fruit raising or some similar occupation; to which class is added the invalid who finds in the far West the dry and balmy air and sunshiny days that bring health and strength that the East failed to pro vide. IN CAMpO* ft'iLD men. Children of m. Rnnlan Convict Found In th Heart of a Siberian Foreal. A party of Russian geographers un der Col. Pavovoski, traveling through an unknown tract of Siberian forest country recently, came upon a large natural clearing, where they found about n hundred wild-looking indi viduals clad in skins and speaking line! Russian. They were the children nml grandchildren of an escaped con vict, who hud managed to run away from the mines in 1830, reports a London exchange. The convict, whose name was Mat veyeff, came upon a camp of wander ing Kirghz (natives) and, after living with them some time, married one of their women. The tribe left to wander and Mntveyeff, finding a suitable spot in the midst of a dense forest, settled there with his wife. After ten years of incredible hard ship and toil tiny built a house and managed to till a little soil. As the years went on the children managed to secure Kirghize wives, hut as they feared to visit the Russian settle ments they were obliged to lead a Robinson Crusoe sort of existence. The patriarch Matveycff died five years r.go. MISFIT QUOTATIONS. r*ai*(r< from Shakt ipcn re Deliv ered I'nalrr Ihe llclicl That They Were from Ihe lllble. Tn a letter to the Boston Transcript on the subject of misquotations, a cor respondent says: “I have ir my scrap book three notable quotations from ♦ he Tlinnksgivingproclamntions of the governors of different states, flov. Bell, of Texas, began his with ‘Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer in the words of Holy Writ.’ 1 once attended a funeral in the country where the clergyman’s open- Ing remark was,‘My bereaved friends, yon have loved and lost the demised. It has been truly said: “It is impossi ble to solve the biography of death.” That is, my bereaved friends, the only way for ns to look at it.’ An acquaint ance of mine tells me tjjat Cyrus Bur leigh. one of the well-known writersof 50 years ago, told her (hat he had just conic from a Quaker meeting, where he saw a woman speaker rise and with n ‘Quaker tone’ say, * “A boss, a hos*. my kingdom for a boss." Doubtless, my friends, the inspired Psalmist, when he penned these words, meant a ipnitual hios.’ That was all she said, and- lie solemnly resumed her place mi 1 he ll i<r',i . ee 1 s." • * . It Ml,I El'’ IN SIX HOURS. Distressing Kidney id Bladder dis cases relieved in six houtt by the “New (Treat South American -vidney Cure.’’ This m w remedy is a gr >at surprise on account of its exceeding romptness in relieving qam in the blalaer. kidneys, 1 Mick and every part of the urinary jias sages in male or female. It relieves re tention of water and pain in passiugit almost immediately. If you wantquick relief and cure this is your only semedy Hold by F. C. Bnerstatte, Druggist, .Man to woe. Wis. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of fooa. It gives Instant relief and never falls to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for ihe stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on It. First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary. Cures all stomach troubles Prepared only by E. C. Dr. Win 4 Cos., Ohicagt The st. buttle contains 2H tin. s the 50c. size Schmidt Bros. C. A. Qroffman. Moiqnllori in India. A scientific journal says that mos quitoes in India, when they can not get blood, enjoy the pollen or the sap of plants and preserved fruits and other sweets about the houses. ir lIIHIK MAII.KD FitEE. A. A, I FEVERS, Congeatlona, Inflaiunia cures t lion*. Lung Fever. Milk Fever. 11. 11. I M'RAINH, I.ameneu. Injuries, cures S KlieiiiiialUm. C. C.IWIKK TIIKOAT. Qulnty, Epizootic. curesl llUtemper. "a2i| WORMS, Dots, Grub*. K. E.jCOI'OHR, Cold., Influenza, Inflamed ecus) I.iuigM, Pleuro-Pneuinonia. F. F. (COLIC, Bellyache. Wind-Blown, CURES) IMarrhea, Dysentery. 0.0. Preventa MISCA'a HI AGE. cures I kidaey A BLADDEH DISORDERS. I. I. (SKIN DISEASES. Mange, Eruption*. cures {I leer*. Grease, Farcy. J. K. i BAD CONDITION. Staring Coat. cures I liidigeHllon. Stomach Stagger*. <Mc. each; Stable Case, Ten Specifics, Book, Ac., s7* At druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt of price. Humphreys’ Medicine Cos., Cor. William A John Streets, New York. More smallpox.— Another case of smallpox was reported in the city Tues day morning and John Tadych s home, on Eighteenth streit.Jwhere the disease has a patient now unper quarantine restrictions. CITYLOTS We have desirable residence lots on easy terms. MANITOWOC LAND & SALT CO. Dealers In Coal, Wood and Masonry Supplies. Quay Street, East of Eighth St □phone 37 —^ Is HENRY huh insane?— Henry Bub, a young man whose home is at Kiel, was brought here Tuesday for examina tion into his mental condition. He is IS years of age and his mind has been affected for some time. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY... of the United State*. W. E. TEN BROECK. General Mtfr. for Wisconsin and Northern Mlchlg.~'. Suite 602-606 Pabst Building. MILWAUKEE. WIS. ‘Strongest la tbo World." A Good Citizen Provide, for hi* wife anil children. ' Ye* -and he goe* further ■ He provides for hi* widow ami orphan* He provide* for hi* own old axe Life AH*nranr form* an Ideal Investment fo, UU wan of family The Equitable 5 per cent. Gold Bonds •II the want. Let me teU yon about them. A. J. SCHLOERB, District Agent. MANITOWOC, SMKBOVCiAN DR. TURBIN Of Berlin, Germany, tbs Expert Specialist and Surgeon. Who ha.' visited Manitowoc for the past SIX YEARS, Once a Month, will again be in Manitowoc* Friday, Nov. 7th. AT THE WILLIAMS HOUSE. D|, TURBIN Buslnens Men All Cases He Undertakes Guaranteed. YOUNG MEN ,f “ re iwed wth ivyuivtj IHI-ri nervous debility, stnptd ness, or are otherwise unfitted for butines' or study, caused from youthful errors or excesses, you should consult this specialist at once. Don’t delay until too late. MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MANIKIMH Thel re thousands of yon mnmxi tiu troubled with weak, aching backs and kidneys and other unmistakable signs of nervous debility. Many die of this diffi culty, ignorant of the cause. The most obstinate cases of this character treated with unfailing success. AI t HKFAtFt ot d*lloate nature—ln nut. L/IJLnjLJ flammations and kindred t-oubles—quickly cured without pain or inoon \ jnience. C * ATARRH w hlcu poisons the breath, vnmi\i\ii stomach and lungs and paves the way for Consumption, also Throat, Liver, APRW POINTS I let— I The doctor gives bis rOu lUin 10 I gj—All business conducted Id—Names and pictures never published unless are his friends. WRITE your troubles If living away from city. Th juaands cured at home by correspondence iiunu and medicine tent as directed. Absolute secrecy In ail professional dealings. Address al’ letters, giving street and number plainly. Send stamps for list of questions. DOCTOR TURBIN, 103 Randolph St, Chicago, 111 ALL MUST GO. All of the Goods in our Shoe Store comprising all the STAPLE LASTS and BEST KNOWN MAKES ' Must Be Sold at Once Regardless of Cost, As we are GOING OUT OF BUSINESS One of the largest stocks in the city to select from. Three Reasons for Buying of Us: Long 1 Experience in the Shoe Business. Honest Dealing's with You. Prices Almost Your Own. Burt Sc Stahl, shoe Dealers. York Street. One Door West of Chas. Salak Cos. DR. P. H. GEHBE. DENTIST COR. BTH AND FRANKLIN OPR. WAGNER’S STORE I & MUELLER >’ fleece lined combination suits at..soc aed combination suits at 25c V" full line of Gent’s, Boy’s and Children's W /ear at lowest prices. go St., betw. 7th and Bth. (J) WALL PAPER See the Pittsburg Line Before wiSf\ %yil vMR hqJ Buying. THf if n .. AMERICAN Exclusive Patterns and European Only on sale at 'ff CHARLES F. FECHTER’S SOUTH SIDE BOOK STORE. NEAR THE BRIDGE. Heart, Kidney, Bladde; and all constitutional and internal troubles; also Rupture, Piles, Fistula, Dyspept'a, Diarrhoea and all diseases of the stomach and bowels treated far in ad vance of any institution in the country. BLOOD AND SKIN ff&VVISS Scrofula, Tumore, Tetter, Eczema and Blood Poison thoroughly eradicated, leaving the sys tem in a strong, pure and healthful state, I ADIFt If you are suffering from persistent Headache, Painful Menstruation. Uterine Displacements, Pains in Back, and feel as it it were impossible for vou to endure your troubles and still be obliffed to atterd your household and social obligations. There are many women doing this to-day. However, a ;reat many have taken treatment ot this spe cialist, and he can refer you to those who have been cured by him. Give the doctor a nail. He can give all the encouragement in the world and will cure you if you trust yourself to bit care. personal attention to each individual ease, on a professional basis and strictly confidential, requested to do so. Ith—The doctor’s patients