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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
A Confidence Man IN Wall Street.

They are telling this good story today
on Andrew Y. Stout, the well known Pres
ident of the Shoe and Leather Bank. A few
mornings since, Mr.. Stout was coming
down in the cars, when lie sat in such con
tidentlal proximity to sympathizing pick
pocket that the latter was tempted into
the acceptance of Mr.. Stout's pocket-book,
containing valuable papers and $50 in
greenbachs. Then the plckpocket said
good morning to Mr. Stout and left.
On arriving at the bank Mr.. Stout dis
covered his loss. lie was astonished that
he, shrewd old New Yorker, should have
had his pocket picked.
"Pshaw . y he said to hi, secretary, ono
man could ever pick my pocket. I'm too
smart for that
But the pocket book, with the money
and valuable papers, was gone, and the
Htraid. lie said # the ners Ig who to 'nS
the pocket-book would return the paners,
he would give HIM the money and S25 be-
sides. The next day he got a confidential
note from party, who said a friend of his
had the pGcket-book all safe. and that he
would call at the bank the next dav to ar
range the matter. The next dav the man
was at his post. He told Alr. Stout that
be would have to 90 with him few blocks
where the party who hal the pocket-book
awaited them. So off they started-Mr.
Stout and his honest friend-for the Cen
ter restaurant. As they entered the res
taurant, Mr.. Stout's friend 1old bl,, ia
await III the front room a moment and he
would go inside and see the man who had
the pocket-book. In moment he return
ed with the message that the man wouldn't
give up the pocket book for s25-he want
ed $50.
50 But | only advertised to give s25,"
said Mr.. Stout, with an eye to business.
L" This is an extortion"
w ell, said Mr.. St0uts friend. I'll 20
back and reason with him, and try ana
get the pocket book for SD" And he
disappeared in the back room.
In a moment he returned smiling.
"Well, Mr.. Stout" he said, The Will
take s25, but he wants the money before
be gives up the pocket book
All right, said Mr.. Stout, blandlv
!" here is S25. Take it to him and bring
back the papers
"One word, Mr.. Stout" said the man.
ccnfidentialiy: this thing is to be strictly
o0t"oeH ouisciNcs' lou Will never ask
any questions, tell anybody, or seek fur
Their knowledge, will you p
NO, never. give YOU my word as
President of the Shoe and Leather Bank, !
not to say anything about it,
"All right then-mum is the word"
SAID Mr.. Stout's friend, a. he passed into .
the back room with the money.
Mr.. Stout waited patiently for his re-
lurn. Waited five, ten. fifteen minutes, but /
alas, bis friend never came back, and the .
'hrswd president returned to the bank a .
sad and ruined man. He says his friend
$ welcome to the s2j, but he wouldn't
nave the story got into the newspapers
or $4,000. lie SAYS it wouldll be fair.
or he promlsed-soiemnly promisee his
riend when he gave him the S25not to
mention the matter.-Neic YORK 43rerfis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
Soothing Exercise.

A lady living at a well-known hotel in this
city has little black and tan dog of which
she is very fond and very careful. Yesterday
morning she rang the bell and asked the
boy who answered it to take the dog out in
the hall for a walk for exercise. The boy
took the dog in his arms, went down stairs
and began pacing up and down the hall,
holding the dog carefully in his arms.
The clerk, pious young mau, asked him
what he was doing, after watching his
careful steps for half an hour. The boy
told him he had been ordered to take the
dog to walk and he was doing it, at the
same time inquiring if he didn't think the
dog had had about enough. The clerk
demurely told him that he had better walk
him for about three quarters of an hour
longer and then perhap. it would do. So
that boy toted that dog up and down the
hall for three quarters of an hour longer,
with one eye constantly on the clock, when
the clerk told him he guessed that would
do. How that dog must have laughed
when he got back to his quarters. An
easy way OF taking e1erciss-for the dog.
-Nluduhee Ners.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
Our Claims Against England.

The following is a statement Of the
character and amount of the Alabama
claims presented to the Geneva Conference
BY the United States:
1, For the destruction of vessels and pro-
perry belonging TO the government Of the
United States, S25 900.
IL For the destruction Of merchant YES
sells, cargoes and property. sailing under the
flag OF the United States, SIT 900 ,633.
Ill For other damages injuries 10 per-
sons growing out of the destruction of each
class of these vessels In respect to this
item the case says 1t Is impossible at
present for the United States to present u de-
tailed statement, but the amount Of the
claim cannot be less than hundreds of thou
sands and possibly million. of dollars. on
account OF hardy, helpless seamen and their
families.
". For national expenditures in the pur-
suit of the cruisers, 81 $50, 478.
'. For'loss in the transfer of the Amerl-
can commercial marine to the British flag
In respect to this item the United States
ask the arbitrators to estimate the amount
which ought to be paid to them. after we
submit statistics in respect to our tonnage
before and after the rebellion.
VI. For enhanced payments of insurance
by citizens OF the United States, SO far as
now known, 81. 100 ,795.
VII. For prolongation Of q civil war, the
addition of large sum to the cost thereof
and of the suppression of the rebellion A s
to this item the United States claim that af
ter the battle of Gettysburg offensive opera
tons by the insurgents were conducted only
at sea, through the glo-Confederate
cruisers, with the hope of involving this
coantry in war with Great Britain, and
that the latter ought in equity to reimburse
the United States for the expenses thereby
entailed upon them.
VIII. Interest upon all the claims up to
the day when the award i. payable by the
terms Of the treaty, which is twelve months
after the date of the award, at the usual rate
Of interest in the city Of New FORK, where
most of the claims of individuals are held
which is seven per cent. per annum. The
! United States claim THAI interest should be
computed from an average day. say July
/ 1868
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
The Reason.

In Indiana, husband, after a spree,
was led home by one of his friends, who,
after posting him safely on the door-steps,
rang the bell and retreated, somewhat
OBVIOUSLY, to the other side of the street.
TO sec If it would be answered. Promptly
the port wa. diverted and the fond
spouse, who had waited up for her truant
husband, beheld him in all his toddlene.s.
Why, Walter, is this you?'
Yes, my dear
What in the world has kept you so?
Been out on little turn with er bows.
my d-d-arllng.'
Why, Walter, your intoxicated, =
Yes, dear, / estimate that's So
" hat on earth made you get so drunk /?
And why-oh, ,chy do you come to me in
this dreadful state?
Because my darling, tn other places
arc Shut up
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15

a LADY school-teacher in Omaha. hay-
ing an lnordinate dread of the smallpox,
sent home little girl because she said her
mother was sick and had mark. on her
lace The next day the girl presented
herself at the schoOl-house, with her fin
ger IN her mouth and her little bonnet
swinging by the string, and said to the
teacher; Miss, we've got leetle
baby at our house; but mother told me to
tell You that II isI't catch.u'.' The teach
or said she was very glad, and told her
pupil to take he seat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
County CHRIS OFFICE.
Spptemher 1S 1871

September IS, 1871.
The following resolution was adopted at
the special session of County Board of Su-
pervisors, held in the city and county Of
Manitowoc, which session commenced the
lltE day Of September inst:
WHEREAS, There are many mistakes made
by ?. P. Fuessenich, while in the Office Of
County Clerk therefore,
Reso!red, That the present Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors be authorized to ask
through the four city papers Of Manitovoc,
that parties holding receipt. of P. P. Fues-
senich for the redemption OF taxes, present
them at the County Clerks Office to a.cer-
tain if the proper entries are made in book,
Of sale to cancel sid t 1es, and that the
present Clerk be authorized to make the
proper entries on said books and report
each case to th. 30 ri, thereby saving this
county great amount Of trouble and eX
pensc from illcg,l tdx-dced.
n lie EIbd at fe IFS o thst heA s Se GaYG III
hours Of 9 4. IN. and p m each day, ready
aud willing to attend to thu duties assigned
TO him in the foregoing resolution
ii. :. PIERPONT. County Clerk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15

The Republicans of Georgia are unhap-
Pill, divided. The State Committee elected
delegates to the National Convention. seven
ot whom are members of the Committee,
anu all OF whom wear Grants collar The
opposing radical faction assert that the
Committee had no authority to do this.
Consequently, a State Convention has been
called to meet May 22, to reorsanize the
party and to select another delegation to
Philadelphia. The Democrats 10 denlore
the existence Of this diversion in their
= ror- H.ilraukrs Nt7-s.
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TAKE NO EICE.

Please call and examine my goods and
prices 13-25-lyl J f. REARDON.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
IN TIE TUNNEL.


The disastrous consequences whic
sometimes ensue from young people Q
opposite sexes being brought into pro1imi
ity to each other in railway tunnels ar
cleverly set forth in the appended verse
from the Harvard 4drocate:
Riding up from Bangor,
On the Pullman train,
From six weeks shooting
In the wood, of Maine.
Quite extensive whiskcrs,
Beard, moustache a. we'll,
Sat a " student fsller,n
Tall, and fine, and swell.
Empty seat behind him,
No one at hi. side;
Toa pleasant station
Now the train doth glide.
Enter aged couple,
Take the hinder seat:
Enter gentle maiden.
Beautiful, petite,
Blu,hingly she falters:
: l, this seat engaged }"
See the aged couple
Properly enraged,)
Stu1cht, quite ecstatic,
Sees her tickets through"
Thinks Of the long tunnel
Knows what he will do.
SO they sit and chatter
While the cinders fly,
Till that student fellcr''
Gets one in his eye;
And the gentle maiden
Quickly turns about
3" May, l, if you please, sir,
Try to get it out 2''
Happy student feller'
Feels dainty touch;
Hears gentle whisper
g Does it hurt you much ?"
Fizz, ding, dong moment
In the tunnel quite,
And glorious darkness
Black as E9ypts night.
Out into the daylight
Darts the Pullmantrain,
Students beaver ruffed
Just the merest grain:
Maidcn's hair is tumbled,
And there soon appeared
Cunning little earring
Caught in students beard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15

A Cleveland saloon keeper is the mas
ter of a tame coekrosch which comes at
his call and eapers about over the cracker
dish TO the tinkling of spoon in cham
ragre glass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
A Mysterious Skeleton Clock.


A matchmaker in an Illinois town has
local journal describes it as follows:
1t is simply a dial-plate with two hands
An hour hand and minute hand. The
dial is a inches in diamet er, with large
opening in the centre. The minute hand
is twelve inches in length, and the hour
hand nine and half inches, fastened IN
the centre of the dial, upon a small pivot.
That Is all that can be seen by looking at
it. BY looking closely on the large ends
Of g te a ha ada OF e ta r 59ySd ,G %
see what appear to be weights, intended to
balance the hands, but which, in reality,
contain the secret Of the movements of the
hands. Within these small weights are
miniature works ike those of small watch.
strong enough to control the large hands.
a person may whirl the hands until they
shall spin like top, but each will invari-
ably return to its proper place, and indicate
the time OF day correctly. The hands may
be taken OFT and lsid away for an hour or
two hours, or ten, or any length of time
and upon being replaced upon the pivot
they will instantly ONT the precise hour
and minute. There is no electicitv or any
thing of that sort. The dial hangs bv a
tiny hook from a nail 1t NAV be suspend
ed by string or held in the hand, and the
movements of the hand. are all the same.
The hands do not move with the regularity
and precision Of those of regulator, but
the correct time of day is always indicated,
and when the hands of the regulator, or
any properlv regulated clock, are upon the
bsurcs or minute marks those Of this
strange timepiece will agree exactly. 1t is
really remarkable piece of workmanship,
and e1citcs much comment. Nothing is
seen by looking at it or examining it, save
the rim OF the dial and the hands. That
is all; and when they move so correctly
and mark the time of day it seems as
though some unseen spirit must represent
and impol their movements.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
what sprins Bring. with Il.

Regarded from a medical ST andpoint,
Spring is not the deIectable season de-
scribed by vernaI poets. On IL contrary.
its Yield of intermittent fevers, bilious at
tacks, rheumatic pains, disord srs Of the
stomach, nervous complaints, and pulmo-
nary diseases, Is almost as large as its crop
of violets. snowdrops and cherry blossoms.
Tie Invisible seeds of innumerable mala-
dies rise with the morning mists, and are
scattered broadcast by the vapors OF night.
Who can resist their mephitic influence?
Certainly not the weak by nature, or those
whose nervous energies have been over
tasked by mental or physical labor, unless
they tons and inyisorate their systems, and
thus enable them to cope with the un-
healthy Influences by which they are sur
The only medicinal agent by which tn Is
object can be rapidly and safely accom-
plished, is the great vegetable renovant and
invigorant. Hostetter's Stomach Bitfers
The operation OF this celebrated specific l.
feur-fold. IL strengthens the digestive ors
condition Of the blood, supeIinduces a reg
ular habit OF body, and thereby imparts
such vigor and elasticity to the whole ply
steal structure, as to render 1t capable OF
resisting the action of the poisonous MAS
ma, with which tie spring atmosphere Is
always to some extent jim pregnated. Here,
then, is a ready TapN certain means OF
escaping the disorders prevalent at this
season, or (if they have already fastened
upon the systefn) OF conquering them
speedily and thoroughly. The flavor of a
medicine Is not of much consequence, pro-
vided Ii does Its work properly, but OF Hos
letters Bitters IL may be fairly said, that
they effect cure without outraging the
patients sense OF taste. i' .-. ' n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
Beans among Corn.

On the hill of New England, stony OF
gravelly soil, in days that are past, and
to O certain extent at the present, 1T was
the practice to plant white beans, OF the
smaller varieties, between the hills OF
corn at the time of wedding, or some
times even as late rs "half-hilling the
corn and generally there was as much
corn at harvesting as where no beans
were planted; at least such were facts
of observation, according to the best
recollection of the writer. The variety
of corn grown was somewhat dwarf,
only six or seven feet high and yielding
not to exceed forty bushels of shelled
corn. The corn was planted about
three and half by four feet, and the
beans planted between each hull, three
or four to hill. In those days it was
customary to top the corn at q Joint
above the ear as soon as itwOuldanswer.
This would give the beans n chance to
ripen better, the stone in the soil OPP
Grating as sort of bottom heat IN adj
yancing growth and ripening OF both
the corn and the beans. The beans are
usually harvested, or pulled rather, be-
fore the corn was picked, and placed IN
the corn hills SO rs to be free from the
ground, where they would cure finely.
At corn picking the beans were gather
ed, taken to the barn and threshed,
cleaned, ETC.; the yield was not usually
very great to the acre; but each hill
would give two-thirds to three-fourths
as much as VIXEN planted alone. The
beans planted are the true dwarf, no
runners to climb the corn, etc. The
practice of planting beans among the
larger growing varieties of corn could
only prove wasteful one, and by all
improved culturists of the present day
is not practiced. I only give in the
above what l have seen practiced in my
younger days on our sterile New Eng
land hills.-CO,aatyy Gentleman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
The Flower Garden.

If the flowers have been growing in
the ground many years, new soil does
wonders. Rich manure makes flowers
grow, but they do not always flower well
with vigorous growth. If new soil can.
not be had, wheelbarrow of manure to
every fifty square feet will be enough.
II the garden earth looks gray or yell
low, rotten leaves-very rotten leaves
will improve it. If heavy, add sand, il
very sandy, add salt-about half a pint
to fifty square feet. If very black OF
rich from previous years. manurings,
use little lime, about pint, Stacked,
to fifty square feet. If the garden be
full of hardy perennial flowers, do not
dig it, use fork, and that not deeply.
Dig garden soil only when the ground
is warm and dry. DO not be in hurry
or you may get left behind. When a
clod of earth will crush to powder when
you tread on it, it is time TO dig-not
before. -GGrCLacr' Monthly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
The skeptical Convinced.

u Every advance in Medicine, every
new remedy has encountered an oppo-
sition, which is the test of truth. Galen
md Jenner only were believed when
they had proved their discoveries
against opposition. But men are OBJ
serving, and benefits always make be-
levers. No increduity can stand the
silent argument of good results. When
DIR. Walker proclaimed that he had
produced from the medicinal herbs of
California an Elixir that would regen-
crate the sinking system and cure dis
eases not organic, the incredulous
shook their heads. Yet his VINEGAR
BITrERs is now the Standard Restora-
tive of the Western World. The truth
could not be resisted. Under the oper-
alton, of the new remedy, Dyspeptics
regained their health, appetite and
strength, the Bilious and Constipated
were relieved of every distressing symp-
tom; the Consumptive and Rheumatic
rapidly recovered; Intermittent and
Remittent Fevers were broken up; the
faint of Scrofula was eradicated! Who
could gainsay facts like these? Not
even the Faculty. Skepticism was
routed. All doubts as to the claims of
the Bitters to the first place in the first
rank of modern medicines were silenced,
and this wonderful preparation is to-
day the most popular Tonic, Alternative,
and Blood Depurent ever advertised in
America. In common with other jour
nalists, we are free to add our testimo-
ny to this remedy. 1t is domestic
medicine, and no household should be
without it. -s.4.tsi.y p.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.

1t is proposed to plant the cuts along
the Sioux City Railroad with hedges of
white willow, which are said to be as
board fences.
Rich placer gold diggings are report
ed on the Colorado River, above the
mouth of the Virgin. Nearly fifty men
have left ST. George, Utah, for the new
diggings.
They don't keep any whisky for
sale in Greeley. Colorado, but they
have a medicine for rattlesnake bites
which is quite as good, and it has a
very ready sale.
The soil on the plains of Colorado,
which has for ages been increasing by
the deposit of the mountain streams, is
of unsurpassed fertility; and wherever
irrigation has been resorted to. the re-
suits have been extraordinary.
What pleasure people can take in
satin bed-covers it would be difficult to
discover, unless it is that they are as
expensive as they are absurd; yet there
is one on exhibition in New York valued
at $4,000. .- .'
An aurora-borealis, visible in Havana
the other evening, frightened the Ha-
banese into prayerful commissions.
They hadn't had one in thirty-seven
years, and thought it portended the
wind up of the world.
Minnesota employed last year in her
public schools 1885 teachers, and paid
them in salaries $40, 3SS.12. The aver
ages wages of male teachers was 237.6S
per month. and females. S25.51. TTr,
Cape of Good Hopefuls have reduced
the ostrich of the desert to the humilia-
ting level of the barn-yard fowl In its
domestic state the bird will stand three
pluckings year, or more than Har-
ward undergraduate. Each pluckin8 of
the bird is worth from $15 to $50, and
the total annual product amounts to
100000. -. --s -,-.- 49, ~,
1t is said of the Swedish colony II,
Maine, that these Scandinavians through
the winter dress warmer than their
Yankee neighbors. Skin jackets, fur
lined overcoats, and fur-lined boots are
worn. The wooden snow-shoes, used
enable the Swede, with the aid OF pole
he carries, to glide over. the SNOW in
utter defiance of drifts. d"
An appeal made by Mr.. Moody, of
Chicago, to Sunday School children
throughout the country, to contribute
"one brick worth, :" or five cents apiece,
to the erection of his church, has
brought in any quantity of half dimes;
but the candy dealers don't like the
operation at all, and many little throat
has gulped the heaving sigh when shat
Moody plate went round. tf
The climate Of Colorado is dry, the
air light and free from miasmatic
vapors, and very salubrious. Persons
with tendency to pulmonary and bron-
chial diseases are greatly benefited by.
its exhilarating influences, and, unless
deeply affected, are often permanently
cured. t..s
The eleven Territories, as accurately.
as can ut present be ascertained, contain
over one billion and quarter acres,
exceeding by nearly two hundred thou
sand square miles the aggregate terri
tory. of all the present admitted States
of the Union. The Territory of Alaska,
containing $50, 529, 600 acres, is included
in the number of acres stated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

SUCH filthy and profuse nasal dis
charge! Where does it all come from ?
The little glands in the tissue lining
the chambers of the nose are liberated
and diseased, drawing from the system
its corruption. It is an outlet for its
impurities, ! Stop this discharge by
using the many advertised strong
liquids, snuffs. and inhalants, and you
make an outlet in the lungs or else
where. The disease is translated to
another locality more fatal. The ra-
tional way to cure is to correct the sys-
tenn by using DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
icaI Discovery which tones it up,
cleanses the blood and heals the dis
eased glands by specific influence up
on them, and to assist, use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy with DR.. Pierce's Ma
sal Douche, the only way to reach the
upper and back cavities where the dis
charge comes from. No, danger from
this treatment, and it is the only sure
cure. The Douche and two medicines
sold ut once by Druggists for 81. p 566