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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-30
A Revolutionary Blackmailer

A lady correspondent in Washington has
encountered some record of Mrs. Ann Roy
81, c revolutionary heroine, and writes:
"5hi ras the widow of revolutionary
officer, and during bis lifetime was very re
spectacle, bG: after his death she became
reduced and bad to support herself She
selected a singuln- mode for So doirs. She
published two periodicals, Paul Pry and
The Hastress. SIZE kept what she called
the Black Book" 10 which she gaze De
seripti,ns OF the charas ters of ditareren. resi-.
dents Of the city. She compelled persqns
to subscribe to her publications ~ threaten
ing them with place in her black book =
She WAS very sh-ewd and uEsttupulous
besides Possessing some intelligence. Her
assistant was mascu'ine female, CALLED
Sally Brass" Those who accedei to sirs
Re: a. -dsss,a nds for money were sure y
be rexar1e! by fulsome fattery. Armed
with tvo such weapons as defamation q
character and sduiat,on, Mrs. Royal pros
pcred, hsf after her DEATH, which was /,
crest relief % the citizens, she vas knowr
to all il Der true character. There NJ.
many fiving who remember hes, and tn,
osarsi fntabitants' association p!essrv.
! her :ecord among their Hrchires"
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2. ~. young hsrS1 b. par.
ed his hair hks.t asslage Beau, in tn
middle: b. VI pfoad. BE- va, bold. bu'
0s truth mss bS told, be played Ike ,
faend on tn" fiddle. Barring his vote, b.
was everything nice and 81. heart was 20
loving and tender, that he always turned
pale when. he trodan tie tail Of the eat
lying down BY tie fsdsr. He slerked in a
ssore, aod to- vay that be tcfe % calico,
jean. ans-bro~n sheeting would have
ticklsd a .~f, ard made the brute laugh 10
the face of.a quarterly meeting. He cut
| quite a. -h with darling musn che, which
| De. harmed to aaore~snd eheri-h for one
pirI hid sad, while she dropped her proud
head tina, 'twould kill her to see the thing
| perish. On Sundays Fed search the
straight ROAD to the church, unheeding the
voice of the ecorne.; ssd d-mnreIy he sal,
ike young tabpy cat. with the saints in
the amen corner. IIs sang like a birh, and
bis sweet voice Wa, heasd fairly tugring
away at long n sfer; and We speak bat the
truth waen We .ay that this youth could
ou.sing a hungry mosquito.
She was young, she was fair, and she
scrambled her hair ike the ave,ar" belle of
the city; she va. proud. bat 20. boil,
vet The truth must be told, toe way she
chewsj wax wasa,pitv Barring this vice
she was everything nice, and the world al
mred her hustle; and the Fayetteville
boys. tsing calmeds BY the noise, walked
miles to hear it rustic. She cut qnite q
swell, did this wax, chewing telle, and men
aocked in crowds TO meet her: but she gave
them the ssh irk, for she loved the young
CLERK, who sang like hungry mosquito
So she hemned and she hased, and she
sighed and she "chawed," ill her heart and
her jaws we're broken; then she walked by
bis store, while he stood at the door nv ait
ing some Ioyirg token. She raised up her
eyes with mock surprise. and tried to en-
act tie sooner: bot % tell the truth, she
g-inned at the youth who loved TIA amen
corner.
s - z They met-.;as,, what came to
pass was softand sweet and precious; they
wooei, they cooed, Re talked, she chewed-
o, how they loved, good gracious! They
had to part, he rose to start; her grief can
not be painted; these are the facts; she
swallowed her wax, then screamed, ,hen
choked, then tainted. Her pa appeared:
her beau, quite scared, rushed out to get
some water; the Watchdog spied bis ten
der hide, and BIT him where he "oughter"
The tale ID sad, me sequel stern-so thinks
The youth thus bitten. He sings no re.
as oft Of yore- lie gave thai gil the nit
ten.
She pired apace, her pretty face looked
slender and detected; her father kind, but
somewhat blind, behed her and reflected
His income tax he spent for wax-she
sin'lsd md called him cle5er. She vent to
work, forgot thst alerk, and cheTad in bliss
forever!
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4 Solitary Twin.
The "E.t Contributor" furnishes the !
Utica Observer the following strange story |

The "T4t Contributor" furnishes the
Utica Observer the following strange story
Of Ga twin:
"There vas woman out West who gave
birth to one twin,-just one; that's all
there was Of him. She never had another
solitary twin so long "a she lived. He was
a melancholy child from the first, and
wore such lone me. look. lie always
seemed to be Satcnins and listening for
Somebody who never came. II, appeared
20 realize tSas he wasn't ai.cgeth sr-that
he was kind of human parenthesis with
one bracket gone-animated dumb bells
and one dumb cell missing pair" that
! couldn't beat deuces and hardly worth
drawing to. lie used to moan in his sleep
and raw around on his pillow for his miss
ing brother. When that boy grew up he
cas different from airy bay ever knew
that is to say, any one boy. He seemed
more like two boys-ls least, he vas alto
ge.her two boys-tercus for one. If he had
@ - WAC "ith u wv iSc 10 or, Nv
was, for ne seemed to feel, somehow, as
though there were two of him, UT ought to
be. lie always managed to get Two pieces
of pie a, the table, just as if one was for
'he other CT lam who WASH: there, and
there was thin pretex, .S sakirg care of
it for him. but he always took care To eat
it | noticed, lie only half learned his les
sons, and double edsry bookkeeping nigh
about set hirn crazy, because, rs told you,
there wasn't bot half of him there, and he
could't double entry He wouldn't sleep
with any other boz because, he said, It crow
ded 'em. He grew W, tut he neVeE get
hurried. Once CT twice he ATTEMPTED to
conrt girl, but left her only wien it wa.
half done, as though that other twin Of lis
would be along aha court the other half
| don't know " hat tecame Of him, ,eard
sha. he died from sheer loneliness, but
only believe half'I heard abou. that boy,
anyhow. If he be dead, you can bet he is
only half dead
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TAKE no CICE.
CoUSTYCTsnKs OFFICE,

September IS, 1871.
The following resolution Was adopted a,
the special session CT County Board of Sn.
pervisors, held in the city and county Of
Manitowoc, which session commenced the
lltk day Of September inst:
WHEREAS. There are many mistakes made
by P. P. Fuessenich, while In the Office Of
County Clerk therefore.
RESOLVED, That the present Clerk OF The
Board of Supervisors be authorized to asl
through the four city papers Of Manitowoo
that parties holding receipts of P. P. Fues
senich, for the redemption of taxes, present
them at the County Clerks office to ascer.
tain if the proper entries are made in book,
If sale TO cancel said taxes, and that the
present Clerk be authorized to make the
proper entries on said books, and report
each case to this Board, thereby savingt =;
county great amount of trouble ano
pense from Illegal tax deeds.
Notice is hereby given, that the County
Clerk can be found at his Office, between the
hours Of a. m. and p. N. each day, ready
and willing to attend to the duties assigned
to him in the foregoing resolution.
If u. S. PIERPONT. County Clerk.
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YeIseipeaa.


When these tvo-whseled creatures ssn'
into our country, they made : CREST deal o
merriment. It was = 'sart Of nine day.
wonder, and then rapidly died away. The,
seem to have gained a foot'ro in England
and are made "obje:ts Of encoora gemeut'.
at agricultural fairs, as much so as ouI
horse races or blowing matches. A con
| temporary says Of this English success with
| them /: - '--s
TN England bicycling has department,
| assignsf to it in such journals az the Field.
and is not only practieed as pastime, bu.
turned to good, practical dccount in taking
JOURNEYS Oecas ionally We road of bicycle
rid'rs rdaning race with the St Alban- $
or some ether fast stage coach, and The two
wheeled vehicle generally comes out winner.
Recf ntly trial on speed was had to test
the question, man versus horse A race
of 20 miles, for 22s side, was arranged,
she competitors being John Keen OF
SarbitOn, the champion bicycle rider, and
Polly good pony, belonging TO Mr.. Coop
er OF Birmingham. At FIRST, TIE bicyclist
led considerably towards the middle of
the race the pony go. ahead during the
l4th mile Keen took the lead, the POM
beginning to be a good deal tagged and
Al the close or the 18th mile the pony was
led of the course, and the triumphant BIZ
cyc:ist 1ss duly notitsd b Polly's hackers
that they did nc. requre hil TO finish the
distance. The pony was well ridden, and
everything so managed as to make it a fair
competition. Kssn,s best time was run in
8 minutes 80 seconds, and he made the FIRST
10 railes-half the race-in 81 minutes and
- Se-'rSs- - a.. . +ssg ---.- g. s.H-..
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Starvation vs.. the Ruling Passion"

starvation vs.. the "KEling Passion
An observer among the English ftctory
girls describes their dIancr hour amu.ingly.
The crowds had assembled outside of a
certaiC cheap cook shop in the half lour
allowed for dinner. Among the girls vas
one ragged, scantily clothed child of about
fourteen. Sic stood for long time wis.,
fully before the cook shop window. All
the others had gone, and this foTlorn object
still stood there rattling few half pence
IA her hand. Finally, With longing look
at the precious display. she paused for a
las; sniff at thu open dcer, and then dashed
off down the street. The observer follow
ed, thinking that she was seeking cheap
er cock shvop, and pi'yiag her. But che
stopped ut a store where second hand iue-
~ was for sale, entered, ard IN few mo-
ments returned with some what faded but
stlll gorgeous bunch Of artificial flowers,
consisting CT rose full. blown, a poppy or
two, and a fair sprnkhng Of wheat. With
glow Of triumph on Ltr wzened face, che
cast an eager gIance to the right and left,
and spying close ct hand the secluded gate
way of a timber yard, da-ted across the
road, and crouchug In a corner, was soon
busy with her battered hat On ks- knees
re- trimming Il. - -
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Ruskin'S New Movement.

Mr.. Ruskin is said to be now the apostle
of II new movement fer the combination Of
beauty and utility, the culture of health and
the giori6caticI Of labor. and eyer SC many
other fine purposes. 10 ore CT the essays
in the Spectator some suggestion is made
about using the sighs of stray lover. by
having them all brought together and direc-
ted to the turning Of aindmi!ls' NJ. Rus
kin. says the London DAILY Ne.os, has I'M
dertaken to turn to accoun. various ener-
gies and muscularities which are at present
running to waste. lie proposed that the
undergraduates, vic are now gwen up to
boat racing and cricket, should, instead of
them, devote their superau6us time md
strength to the cause of 1dast;y and i'm j..
provement. His idea, to begin with, is that
band of undergraduates should 'pro7ide
themselves witt. spade, pick, and shovel,
ard set tic work at once to clear the roads
AID besutify the country about IIink'ey. 50
as to tro1sform it into a neighborhood suit
cd to tie '1ovelidst town in England"
, Fired by the eloqu nee IF his appeal, City
/ or sky InderSraiulte. have, we learn, al
ready enrolled themselves in hi, band, and
Nr Rrskg himself is, when his health
allows hitn, to join and leei tl.a.a il their
generous work .'''' 49,
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BUN, BOYS, RUN.
FROM YEAR OF JUBILEE.0

10 my fever now is high;
Ely, my boy, in pity fly;
Bring me PAINPAINT, WoLcoTT's BALM
l. viii soon my fever calm. g
Cool my lips-they burn-they burn
Fan my temples, too, in turn;
Give relief or e1pirej- -.
Painting il this blaze OF Ere.
Give me PAIN PAINT, by the ,xers;
Drop it o'er my head in showers;
Oh! how cooling to my brow;
All! Pm breathing cas-, now,
PAIN PAISr Gains ny frantic brain,
Burning body free Of pain;
WoLCoTr's PAIN PAINT | adore,
Perfect health so quick restore.
Drugs and doses, understand,
Degrade an ass-much more n man;
Filthy compounds that they make,
Shall not, will not, cannot take.
Observe, when Mother Earth is dry,
She drinks the droppings of the sky;
And e7ening'd ey her CORDIAL gives
20 every dropping plant that lives.
Thus man, self-taught by instinct, will
Drink deep from fountains or the rill;
False guides will snatch the cup away
Cram poison down--our stomachs fay
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LEvlTGE8.


A "eoed War horse is said to Be on
Ihxt "wouid rather die than run"
| The poor father Of bootblack says b
never enjoys himself more than when b
sees the son shine. ~ ..
4 musical ship owner in Boston proposes
to na1e his next brig Bisnoli. It is in
tendedfor the high C's.
In North Caroiina, the other day, Judge
| Wheat sent John Rice to Jail for bigamy
and the lawyers were na1.ed 'O.es snt
Hays. '" 81
Ia going to parties. jns, mind wha, you're at
Beware of your head and take care of you,
Les you hnd that faverite son Of your
Has an ach. in tie one and 3 brick in the
otAer. Ia -
4 bolt Of lightning struck Parson Brown
loves house in Knoxville the other night,
but after f:ndidg that the parson was absent
t went out ~ tie way of the celler.
Turf Field and Farm says that Beech
er is one Of the recognized horsemAn of
America. Forty years ago he WAS poor,
bar~footed boy, but honesty and integrity
will count.
4 gentleman in Pottsvill, Pa, has named
his de- Penny" because i, was one cent
to him and had ten mills with the cat. If
the dog brought the ca: to grief, he couN
yaise it to "dolor."
Jones says the talk about shortening
the hours of labor" is all nonseIse, because
f the hours were shortened he would haze to
take more of them to do his work. He
doesah't want to work more hours.
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Wood Books.


In the museum at lIesse- Cassel, Germa ny
is a library made from FIVE hundred En-
ropean tees. Ihe back of each one is
formed of the bark of tree, the sides of
perfect wood, the top of young wood, and
the bottom of cid. When opened, the
book is found IT, be box containing the
flower, seed, fruit and leaves Of the tree,
either dried or initiated in wax. A. the
Melbourne Inter colonial Exhi eition of 1865
Colonel Clamp exhibited specimens Of Vic
torian wood converted into small boxes OF
book form, according to n design adopted
by that gentleman at the Victoria Exhibit
ton IN 1891, and then suggested by Baron
Ferd. Mueller. Nothing could be more in-
terestng than library Ito speak allegoric-
alyl of such imitation books, reT resenting
the different timbers Of various countries
which could be y>tematically,o or alphIbetic-
ally, or geographically arranged. Aus.
iralia alone qo.l4 furnish for su;h a collec.
ton over thousand Volumes. At TIE
Paris Exhibition Of 1867, Russia showed
IA similar collection OF wooden books ciey!
erly designed, showing the bark as" the
back binding, and deferred with the popular
scientific names Ct the wood. Each book
contained samples Of the leaves and fruit
CT the tree, and section aud sharing, or
veneer If the wood. 80
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-30

The TRANSIT or NESCs.-Iae prepare
IONS made for vieAins the Forthcoming
tan i, al VEINS in December arc very com
plcte. Great Britain. from the extent of
her empire and the number of ,ob>.rsato-
ries ste has in pll parts Of the world. viii
som hand by far the rtrost means OF obser-
rasion. But, in addition to .ae p~rmanen.
resources existing in tine colonies, she has
special stations in the Sand ~ich Islands,
Eeodrigues Islands, rKerrueiEd4 Island,
Auckland Island, Aletand,ii, Peshawur,
:ls Cape of Good Hope, the Mssri,ias,
View South Wales, sad vEtor.s. ~: The
United States come next, WITH stations n
feddow, Pekin; ifiebatt Town, New Zea.
land. Chatham island. KerEseianTs Land.
end Msuritius, and soine plate in Ro<s,an
T<tary. France gil! occupy tire ate tioa.i
Rusait four or &c. AID Gcrmenr four.
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The earth Is in a melting mood,
Thi. morning Of the year
nj cla.ped around by mists that brood.
,e smiles TO find herself so wooed,
With, now and ,bsn. tear. A q e
The ,opmo.t fastn.st of the hill,
Has let the winter 60 ); :. 90 ~ l.T
! ne happy-hearted little rill
% longer shiYers pasr toe mill
To i,eadows ushed with SNOW
fhe birds let fall their newborn dreams
Upon me from above
nd many sshsdov @edwith beams,
! nd ms ny q wind.kissed blossom seems
To sly a word for love '''ss' -
Eat is there in this tender air
To thrill me like dart s-v ,re SCI
} quickens places poor and bare,
nd every eo{ertsvs set and fair, +.
Except one naisien,s heart ~ =
b, ar. such changeful CLEANS Of light
Made only to beguile
Then. am Bat a-feolisbswight, -v -. 3
70 be 30 e1d escar se Hast night,
She blessed me with smile
but o. VII en- ice and snow relent, E~
And every cold6st thing q - &
y ight not, perchanSe, 0fe moro repent,
I'd melting into warm consent, g
Flood all my hetrt a-ith Spring q ssas I
= - v" -Seribner's for My.
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THE urtmely taking OF p" on che lin,b
of 5 cottonwood ot'a gsntlemar in San
Fiiipo. N. NJ. is graphically described By
The Golden Crescens ~ that tow u: Wien
our esteemed fellow ait;ssa Pedro hosd,
Esq. called the roll for breakfast On :Yss.
terdsv morning be f6und inask one c:sn
s6ost- That maa Shs himself. Friends CT
ths CORPSE viii fad eoh lcnch at .te rsaM
at I's!atk tt;serE-noer. - :,
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Tyuy Isse ,ncreases the psp0lar!sy
this valuable Hair Preparation which 10
due to merit aldne. We can assure our
old patrons that it il kept fully up to its high
standard; and it is the only reliable aud
perfected preparation for restoring GRAY
OR FAprD Ham to its youthful color, max
ing 1t soft, instrous, and silken. The
scalp, by its use, becomes white and clean.
1t removes all erup,ions and dsndruf. and,
BY its tonic properties, prevents the hair
from falling out, as il stimulates and
noar:shes the hair-glands. By ITS use, the
hSir saews, thicker and stronger. In bald
ness, it restores the capillary glaais to
their Ddrmst visor, and will create new
growth. e,sept in extreme old age. II is
the mo-- sconoz1ica1 HAIR DrKss,Ss ever
used, as.i requires fewer applications, and
gives the hair splendid. glossy sppesr-
anee- A. A. Hayes. NJ. D., State Assay
er Of Massachusetts, says, "The constitu.
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excellent quality and consider it the
Best PRErARArIoS for its intended pur,
poses" -..-.-.
Sold BY oil Druggists, and Dealers ia NOD
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As our Remover IN many cases require,
toolong Tins and toe much care, 70 ,e
store gray or faded whiskers,. we have pre-
pared this dye, IN owe preparations: which
will quickly and effectuallT accomplish this
result. II is easily applied, and pro lucas
coler which will neither rub nor wash of.
Sold by all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents
Manufactured by K. P. Hall & %.
NASHUA, N. II.
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Thankful for the patronage heretofore generously bestowed
upon me- request unaance of the same anil that you will
also recommend your neighbor and er Is 1t viii be
my endeavor customers by Offering them
fstass goods at the lowest prices and by strict attention
my bpslness '"' go" ERNST WAGNER
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-18

The most Intense excitement still prevails at
Breslau, L. l., over the shooting OF Andrew
Muller, at HELPS Hotel, on sunday evening last
On Monday evening strong threats were made to
lynch August Kellerman, the prisoner, and a large
crowd gathered Tor the purpose. Justice william
Ganckler, fearing they would put their threat into
execution swOre In q number OF special con-
stables, and managed to have the prisoner
removed to Babylon for safe keeping. The
body Of Muller lies in a room at
his brewery, and will be removed to-day
for burial. The inquest on the body of the
murdered man was commenced yesterday, by
Coroner Hamlll, OF Islip. The investigation was
held at Nehrlng's Hotel. The prisoner, a man
apparently about torty-dve years OF age, appears
seat beside his counsel, as did his wife and
daughter. He has resided at Breslau for several
years, Is tinsmlth by trade, and for the past
twenty years has been in the employ Of Frazier,
Bell Loughlan, corner OF YORK and Adams streets,
Brooklyn.
death sssa Ipi Keep
d t1oW the Of
Muer have known him Inn ABOUT year and have had
syenIns about eight o'ciseS was sober; there
DO not Know whssher they 0' were SOBER n Or
the came Sas"S Ss aS x sas
was called e the gun BY the prisoner a
taway the prisoner then went out but soon back
ara ana ASKED my WE or nd gun anu oe heI not 70
and back the third ime he then took the
aud stood front of the counter with the gun on his
Ranneser told him TO put The gun away,
! and not to play with it; prisoner then said
you had better look out is loaded " the gun was dis
charged he SAID this did hear the deceased
say anythng prisoner then the to his side and
said ~ shot this man arrest mo " he made no attempt
escape; heard HIM cock the but did not thinH
that he would shoot sitting at the table with the
man who shot; the shooting took place about ter
O'Clock on Sunday evening" the muzzle of the gun was
about two from the when Il discharged
other were sitting around the table when the
| deceased was shot
Mary He'll, wife Of the former witness, testified
| TO the same acts as given Dy ner nusoand AL tue
opening OF the afternoon session counsel for the
prisoner objected to the jury on the ground that
four of their number, II not five, were OF the party
the prisoner, and that, too, after they had been
sworn and had viewed the body. Counsel also OBJ
ected TO the interpreter, did not III all cases
translate the witnesses testimony.
The Coroner overruled the objection and will
continue the inquest to-day.