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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-06-29

THE lev. Charles d. Mott, of st. Louis,
sends tothe independent a story suggested
by the pmark of DIR. McCosh, that he had
"doubt whether the lower animals can
abstract whether they can generanZe
" A former pastor of mine" says Mr.; Nott,
"tOld NJ the following: When BOY ne
had fn, which, | regret to say, bore the
reputat,n of possessing far more BRAIN
than pesOnal piety The fox was kept IN
the var, in a sort of raised den, nicely sod
ded Owe, and was confined by chain that
aIlowedhim quite generous circumter-
ence one evening IN the fall, the farm
wagon ,eturning from the field with load
of corn passed near the den, and by chance
dronne an ear where the fox could reach
if IIewas seen to spring out, selze the
corn. md carry it quickly back into the
den What he wanted with 1t was mys-
tery, ascorn formed no part OF the gentle
mans oct. The next morning, however,
the mysery was solved, Tor the io& was
Obseryel, out of his den, ana consluelaply
within he length of his cham, hlpDlhg Oh
some ofthe corn and scattering IL ABOUT
| in full vew of the poultry, alter whlch ne
| took The remainder back into lhe uen anu
awaitedavents. Sure enough, INC chlCA-
ems can't; and while eating, out spialE Z.
| the fox, aabbed his man, and quletiy t"oh
! his breakfast in his back parlor' NC" IL
| seems d me that this IS pret'y Soou
generalzing.' The fox may Hot nav aN,
reasoned upon the most sublime theliie 6iii, p,i,
aginable. / regret to say he ana not. bu.
| if he didn't evolve that chicken out VI th'
depths of his own consciousness, thel
there is no such thing as logic, ana,
| Logic is logic;
| That's all | cay. >"
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Car PeddIers.

AND there were the peddlers. l Dought
out the pop corn boy to get I'D OF MN, pc
cause | was trying to compose poem lor
q Young Iady's album, and did not want 10
he disturbed. But he came right back
with n stock of peanuts. | took a few ana
hurried him away, and he returned with
some ice cream candy. | don't hike Ice
cream candy and peanuts together, Dut
invested at once, because an Inspired rhyme
had been borne to me- and | wanted TO set
it down before it slipped nay mind. lhen
the scOundrel came back to me with tobac-
co and cigars, and afterward with oranges,
imitation ivory baby whistles, hg-paste, ana
apples then he went away and was gone
some time, and | was encouraged 10 nope
the train had run over him. lie was only
keeping his most malignant outrage TO the
last, He was getting MS literature ready.
And from that time forward that degrad-
ed youth did nothing but march from one
car to another, and aiilict the passengers
with specinen copies of the vilest blood
and-thunder rOmances on earth. ne
Periurcrs Doom" and The Desperate s
Revenge" were some of his miider works,
| and on their backs were pictures OF stab
bing af'rays and duels, and people showing
| other people over precipices, and wretch
! ed woodcuts of women being rescued from
| terrible periis of all kind; and they are al
ways women who are so crimlnally nome
ly that any right-minded man would take
a. nIacid satisfaction in seeing them suffer
srIdden and violent death But that ped
dIer how peddled these atrocious books
Tioht along for hours together, and | gave
up nv poem at last, and devoted all my
energies to driving him away, and trying
Ia say things that would make him un-
happy.-KdTk Ioain.
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and minutes in pitching horse shoes, an
occupation which certainly does not great
ly enlarge the intellectual faculties, or in
crease ones business reputation, when in
dulged in to excess.
Had Horace Greeley, Robert Bonner,
and scores of others who have attained
positions and honor, spent all their earn
ings and hours of leisure in the billiard.
saloon, the ballroom and the grocery, they
might yet be setting type, or holding the
position sof clerks and walters, while re-
ceiving but few dollars per week in pay
ment for their services At any rate, they
would have remained in obscurity, and the
world would never have been the wiser
for their having lived in it,
recreation Of some kind is good thing
Tor those engaged in hard labor, either
mental or physical, yet no young man
need ever expect to Use above mediocrity
if he devotes one-third of his time to
work, while tEo-thirds are spent in seek
ing pleasure. He need hardly aspire to
be called Mister; he will only be known
and designated as John, or Tom, or Jim or
something There are scores of such men
all around US, aud as they pass away,
twice as many young men are fitting them
selves to till their places. and such heart
aches as these young men cause their pa
rents, they don't realize now, but will
some day. Surely young men, if you live
TO reach the age of forty, you will see the
folly Of a misspent youth, and then, when
too late, many of you will repent and
vainly regret that you did not listen to the
advice and counsel of those whose age and
experience fitted them TO give just such
advice and counsel as they most needed.
Not long since young man of our ac-
quaintance married girl who, like him
self, was poor. He left his old habits of
dissipation and idleness, and now, with his
really industrious and good wife, he is
striving hard to secure home. Yet had
he the time and money he squsndered be-
fore marriage, he might be comfortably
situated. You may some day be in like
situation. Be warned in time, and for
once realize the value Of your time, help
your fathers, learn trade, study profess
sion or farming, do something, be in earn
est about it, improve your leisure, especial
ly your evenings, in reading and study, not
altogether as a pastlme, but for improve
ment. If you do not reach eminence and
fame, you will feel a consciousness of hay
done your best with such talents as were
given you.-Be6 Keepers Journal
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y -
The Sabbath.

The following remarks Of Hon. Thomas
Russell, Collector of the Port of Boston,
were made at the recent anniversary the
New England Sabbath Association, held
at Mount Vernon Church, Boston:
" | shall pitch my remarks In low key,
and aim at practical points | speak of
the Lords Day as made for men, especially
the workingman, whether he works with
his hands or his head. 1t has been pro-
fanely said, If there We're no Supreme
Being, it would be necessary to invent
one We may say if the Sabbath be not
decreed by revelation, it must be enacted
by statute. Man needs stated times of
rest. In order to have rest he must have
! quiet. Therefore, we must agree on a
| time when all shall rest together, and, in
| order to be etfectual, that agreement must
take the form of law.
Every sentiment, faith, tradition which
sustains the law, makes the rest more com.
plete. Again, rest is found not merely by
| giving up work, not by talking of busi
ness, not even by reading secular news il
religious newspapers, but by turning oul
whole current of thought away from the
affairs of the world.
New England shows the value of the
Sabbath. Here and in Scotland it is mos
strictly kept. Hence comes something o
the thrift, energy, endurance, which mari
the New Englander and the Scotchman
The enemy Of the Sabbath Is the enemy
of the human race, especially of the work
ingman. What would it avail him to pas
a ten-hour law, or an eight-hour law, anC
rob him of his day of rest? Yet the sam,
men are contending for these two re
| forms
Let US be practical. Some men, som,
ministers, not believing in the texts OF
which the Christian Sabbath is gener
ally defended, assail it-even from the pul
pit. But is Sabbath keeping practica
danger? How many families in this Stat
have been ruined by it? And again, il
which parish of New England is excess o
faith the prevailing sin? If you stumbl
over some text in Genesis, or Exodus, O
Deuteronomy, read with me the chapter O
daily life, and human need, and commo,
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Building Lighthouse under Diff
culties.

THE English Government has built
light house upon Wolf Rock, which is
situated about nine miles southwest of
Lands End. The surface of this rock is
very rugged consequently, to land upon
it is at all times very difficult matter.
AS it is, moreover, in deep water (about
twenty fathoms On all sides) and exposed
to the full force of the Atlantic Ocean,
terrific sea falls upon it, as may readily be
supposed From this cause the building
of the new light house has been no childs-
play. The light was first exhibited on the
1st of Janury, 1S1C, and has since burned
regularly every night, from sunset to sur
rise But the structure has taken nearly
eight years to erect. On the 11th OF
March, 1862, the workmen first got upon
the rock, to cut out the foundation; but
owing to the insecurity of the foothold,
and the constant breaking of the surf over
the rock, stanchiOns were obliged to be
fixed in the rock where the wOrkmen
were digging, and each man worked with
safety-rope lying near him, one end of
which was attached to the nearest stanch-
| ion. An experienced man was always
| stationed on the summit as crow" to
| look out for the sea, and give warning
when a wave was likely to sweep over the
rock: when the men would hold on, head
to the sea, while it washed over them.
| Then, when the wave had passed over, and
there was temporary lull, picks, nam
mers, and jumpers, some over twenty
pounds in weight, were frequently found
| to have been washed away. An addition
al danger to the men was in the necessary
blasting of the rock with gunpoWder-
their only protection from the showers OF
shattered fragments of rock being tem-
| porary pent house. formed each time they
landed. In building lighthouses, the pro
| gress of the work must always depend
upon the humOr of the weather. Very
often it is impossible to land on the rock
at all and, when you do, you may often
find large portion of the last days work
washed away; and this has TO De done al
over again. In the eight working seasons
occupied over the WolfRock lighthouse
there were two hundred and slXty-slA
landings; and of time spent IN labor, elgn
hundred and nine and half hours-belne
only one hundred and one working
days, of ten hours each, for the erection o
the tower. In this lighthouse, tog-bel
weighing five hundred weight, is fixed OF
the lantern gallery 1t is struck by TIVE
hammers worked by machinery. For th
purpose of giving the signal distinctly
character for the station, the machinery
arranged for striking the bell three blow
in quick succession, at intervals OF hfteel
seconds. The cost of building this light
, house, considering the exceptional dlff
/. culties, may be reckOned moderaie-beln
, about sixty two thousand seven huudre
and tweniy-six pounds.-Appleton's JON
, | nal.
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How to Keep Cool.

a CORRESPONDENT furnishes the Lon
don Times with the following hints, which
VIII be found pertinent 70 our own climate:
In these hot days cool apartment is a
| real luxury to be had far oftener than most
people suppose possible. The secret con-
slsts, not IN letting in cool air, for naturally
all do that whenever they have the chance;
but IN keeping out the hot air If the air
outside room or house be cooler than the
air inside, let it in by all means but if it
be hotter, certainly keep it out
a staircase window left open during the
night will often cool the passages of a
house, and the rooms, too, iftheir doors be
not shut; but 1t must +, closed at or .
O'Clock IN the morning, uI, ION the sunny
side, at or O'Clock, an the blinds drawn
down. The mistake people generally
make Is to throw open their windows at
all hours Of the day, no matter whether
the atmosphere outside be cool or scorch-
ing.
Let US have some air, they say, and in
comes the treaCher0us breeze-for even
hot air IS pleasant while it is gently blow
ing, taking away perspiration, and thereby
cooling the skin; but the apartment is
made warmer, instead of cooler and as
soon as they move out of the draught they
ind thci, room to be more uncomfortable
than before.
Let in cool air-keep out hot-that is
| the onlyformula to insure the minimum
of discomfort. Sitting rooms may gener-
ally be Eept cool during the whole day if
the doc be only opened for the ingTess
and egrss, and the windows kept closed
and shidded from direct sunshine bv
blind. f the atmosphere ola room be i'm
pure from any cause, let it be renewed;
hot air less injurious than bad air If u
room be small in comparison with the
number )fpcrsons engaged in it, free venti-
latiOn becomes Indispensable
In cooking apartment the temperature
will probably be higher than outside,
hence th free admission even of hot air
will be desirable. If persons do not OBJ
ject to 81 in direct draught of air, win
dows &ro odoOrs may BE opened, a breeze
nearly Nj Otner Unuo,Ir,e,,---~---r --7,.a..
should e kept closed as much as possible
until afr sundown, or till the air outside
is coolelthan that inside. Let in cool air;
keep GU hot.
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Poetry.
GIVEN, NOT HIRED.
By ETHEL LYNN.

By ETHEL LYNN.
WE hired the roof above our heads,
And walls TO grid us round,
The garden walk, the dropping vine,
The rose and blossom mound;
But oh, that streak of sunset sky
Between the budding trees,
The moonlight on the little porch,
Who shall we pay for these!
We have musicians too, all day,
Whose flutes we did not bring;
An oriole trills all the while,
And saucy robins sing;
While il the bush Of evergreen
i cat-bird, gray and shy,
A solo gives. Who pays the birds
For all these songs; Not |.
Just when the twilight turns to dusk,
And reveries are sweet,
piping voice. exceeding small,
sounds by my idle feet
And bids NE listen to it, tale
OF home and household fire
Our cricket, that we did not bring.
The song we did not hire.
The summer wind that lifts the leaves
fhen whispers soft and low.
DO" roses and syringas bloom.
How sweet acacias blow.
Win memories OF childish hours
In garden pathways sweet.
no sends he southwiud 20 my door,
With soft uushodden feet:
Nay, these are gifts one cannot buy,
Nor pay ia market gold;
Oae debt unCancelled eyermore,
When cycles shall have rolled,
So, .if:ing up thankful heart
To God, Who gives. | cry;
" ThOu knOwest, Lord, | cannot pay
For all these things; not l."
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Value Of Time.

Iwould gladly impress upon the mind
of every young man and maiden the value
of time. Not so much of weeks and
months as of hours and minutes. They
are the golden opportunities that are SO
irretrievably lost to many. How think
you would Elihu Burritt-the learned
blacksmith-have acquired such perfect
knowledge of ancient languages, had he
like many of the young men around our
village corners-spent his leisure hours
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sense. Cla7e your attacks, not from fear
OF God on Sinai, but for the sake of man
on his footstool
"Ihave pleaded for the dav as a need of
humanity. you believe, with the mass
of Christian men, that it has the divine
sanction, il is but one more proof that our
Father loves us better than we do our
selves, as he knows US better than we do
ourselves "
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Youths Department.
LITTLE HOlkEBODI,

LITTLE Home-body is mothers wee pet.
Falre-t and sweetest of househ,s pers vet:
Up when the roses in golden light peep
Helping her mother TO sew and to sweep
Tidy and prim in her apron and gown
Brightest of eyes, of tie bonniest brown;
Iiniest fingers, and needle so feet
Pattern of womanhood, down at my feet!
Little Home body Is grave and demure,
Neeps when you speak of the wretched and poor
Though she can laugh in the merriest way
While you are telling tale that is CAV
Lily that blooms in some lone. leafy nook:
Sly little Eide away, moss-sided brook:
Fairies are fine, where the silver dews fall:
Home fauies-these are the best of them all!
-UerryS AuSsunl.
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A GENTLEMAN addicted to scientific in
auiry has discovered that 33 days complete
the cycle of the potato bug generation ;
that seven hundred of the critters are the
average product of one female, from which
the family grows in the second generation
to 245 900, and in the third to o5,7oO,000'
There are not ciphers enough in any exist,
ing type foundry to express the number IN
the tenth generation.
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imp proof of che Darwinian theory, an
infantile visitor to the Central Park Mu-
scum recently insisted that tine monkey
looked like his grandfather!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-01-13

twenty thousand dollars. Their ankle
ties for this life are, consequently, over
Three poor Capetown fishermen, who
had fought with fortune and the ocean
storms for thirty years, sold their boat
and fishing tackle and went to the dig
gings. After few weeks absence, they
returned worth over fifty thousand dol
lars. A farmer, who was among the
first to 90 diamond hunting, hunted in
vain for long time, and had just sold
his walking stick for a shilling, and was
about to start for home when he acct
dentally stumbled over two gems, which
have realized six hundred thousand dol.
lars \ shoemaker, carpenter and a
waiter went from Natal to the diamond
tracts, and in Il week or two had stones
in their possession which have brought
seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars One Of the gems weighed one
hundred and five carats
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is Withheld for months. Indeed, bathing
is not the only way in which its health.

is Withheld for months. Indeed, bathing
is not the only way in which its health
full action can be maintained by those
living under the conditions at present
existing. Dry friction over the whole
surface of the body, once day. or more
in two days, is often of more service
than the application of water. The re-
ply of the centenarian to the inquiry, to
what habit of life he attributed his good
health, and extreme longevity, that he
believed it due to rubbing himself al
over with cob every night, IS sgnit-
cant of an important truth.
If invalids and persons OF low vital
ty would use dry friction and DR..
Frank ms "air bath every day for
considerable period, we are confident
they would often be greatly benefited
Cleanliness is next TO goodness, no
doubt, and proper and iudieous use Of
water is to be commended but human
beings are not amphibous. Nature in.
dicates that the functions Of the skin
should be keptin order mainly By mus
cular exercise, by exciting natural per
spiration by labor; and delicious as is
the bath, and heaIthfu under proper
regulations, it is no substitute for that
exercise of the body without which oil
the functions become abnormal
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From the Journal OF Chemistry.
R.FTYRg.lV'G.

Regular bathing, so far as the people
of this country are concerned, is certain
~ a habit of pure modern adoption
The fathers and mothers, and grand
fathers and grandmothers Of those who
have reached middle life, seldom or
never batbcd except in the warm months
of summer. Their dwellings afforded
no conveniences for the act, if they felt
the need of performing it. As a gen
cral thing the health was unaffected by
this omission Why was this ? Be
cause Of their occupations and methods
of living. They were active workers,
they wore but a small amount of cloth
inc, they lived much in the open air,
and their dwellings were without stove
and furnace heat. If any one of these
days will exercise in the open air, 50
that each day he will perspiro moder.
ately, and if he will wear thin under
garments, or none at all, and sleep in a
cold room, the functions of the skin will
suffer little or no impeachment if water
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gGomance or the Diamond FYelas.

The most marvellous stories concern
ing the richness Of the South African
diamond, mines are published in the
Fab NaH Ga.eH. The diggins now
extended over a hundred miles of coun-
try, and the population has reached ff
teen thousand. The other day, an old
couple, living in great poverty, and
earning few occasional cents by carry
ing fire.wood to the tents of the diggers,
picked up large diamond worth about
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TIE method of making bowl of
oyster soup that can be re,aicd for
five cents, four OF winch will be profit,
Is as follows; Take five Baltimore oys.
tiers, photograph them, to each photo.
graph add five gallons of water season
to suit the taste.
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y Ghost Runs .SfoHE ora SieCl3- Walker
Scene at a Pump The Expedition
SI' q soar .iPIlie Tree.
From the Sioux City Journal, Dec. 20.
4 laughabe case of somuambuhsm
occurred at Dakota City on Wednesday
morning last The particulars are these :
i party Of our leading Masons, mum
bering FIVE in all, went to Dakota City
on Tuesday evening to install the officers
of 4 newly organized lodge Of Masons
at that place. After the installation
ceremonies, dance was given in honor
Of the event, and our townsmen were
prevailed upon TO remain and take part
in the festivities. The dance continued
till an early hour yesterday morning
Our folks danced every set, we are told,
and consequently became very much ex-
haustcd by the time the party broke up,
and some of them, owing to their pom
derous stomachs through the swift
changes of the cotilIion, were utterly
incapacitated for sleep, and rolled and
tumbled about the bed like children
with the collie.
But there was one in the party who
was in "cshoots" with Morpheus, and he
slept like log, until nearly daylight,
when he was seen by bis comrades to
assume a sitting posture in the bed In
few minutes he sprang to the floor and
began wandering about the room. His
companions not knowing that he was
subject to somnambulistic excursions,
thought he was trying to play a joke on
them, and. they watched every motion
he made, He continued to stumble
about the room until the others conclud-
ed he was out of his head and told him
to 90 to bed or they would throw him
out of the house But the sleep-walkcr
said never q word, but kept right on
feeling about the room Finally he
opened the door which led to the stair
way, and went out.
The occupants Of the beds then got
up and wrapped the bed clothes about
them and continued to watch the move
ments Of their companions who after
going down stairs, unboIted the door
and stepped out into the bitter cold air,
in his night shirt, and walked around
the house to the pump, where he halted.
lie soon seized the pump handle and
began to work it up and down very rap
idly until the water spattercd on his bare
feet, and then he awokc from his sleep,
bcwildered and half frozen.
Not knowing which way to turn or
where he was, he began to cry out for
help, and the Judge who had been
watching him from the corner of the
house, made his appearance, with a white
blanket wrapped about his towering
form, and was mistaken by the sleep
walker for ghost.
With one wild look of terror ne " lit
out" like a quarter horse toward the
back end of the lot. The Judge by
this time firmly believed his friend was
demcntod, and put after him. The
chase was short. The somnambulist at
tempted to climb crab apple tree, and
was captured by the judge and returned
to the house
The scene which took place on the
return OF the ghost with the half
frozen sleep-walker, beggars description
The party agreed among themselves to
keep the matter dark, and not let their
friends in the city get hold Of 1t, but
there are few outsiders at Dakota City
who got wind of the affair, and stated
Gao whole thing to our reporter as above