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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11
A Mystery.

In the Louvre, Paris, is TO be seen Leon
ardo da vinci's famous ''Mons Lisa" and
. writer says: "Who is this singular
woman, with brown bair, falling like veil
about her full, rounded oval of the facet
Whoever, she was, she was siren, and
swayed mems hearts and women destinies
Us she would. For the dropping eyelds.
though they half concealed the deep eyes,
90 not prevent them from reading you;
the soft outlines of the chin persuade you
70 overlook bow strong and firm il is; the
flexible lips are curved with a smile which
hides q something stern and almost SIMS
Yer. But the singular fascination of the
face resides in its air Of mystery; in the
story it hint aud will no, reveal. 1t is
not enough that tradition will tell you her
home, ber husbands nsrne, and that of the
painssr who idolised her. He painted the
greatest Christ Of any age, and yet wher.
ever he went those eyes followed him:
every lace be hmned was . shsdow Of hers :
But, for all that you shall not know her
secret; .he has kept it for three hundred
oars, and she keeps it still. To many il
seems that With the exception of the Last
Supper, ~ Milan, this ,ins's portrait at the
Louvrs gi7es the bes. iea OF Leonardo ds
Xinc' power As an - q.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11
Artificial Lakes In the Sierras


From the Trsexss RspnbHc1a.
The increasing denasd for water for by.
dsaul,c mining and irri<ation purposes. on
she western slope of the Sierrss, . beeem-
ing of more serious importance every year.
A great superabundancs of water falls on
these mountains every winter but left t.
It's natural course it rapidly d.sceuds through
steep gorges and canons ID the Sacramento
and San joaquin valleys. The mountain
streams that are swollen to torrents in May
and June, from melting SHOWS, dwindle
down in July and August to issigni6can,
brooks, Or become dry beds.
Within the last few years the attention
Of miners and capitalists has been directed
70 the most favorable localities " n Sierras
for forming artificial lakes for the stor, &c
of water supplies until such time as it ma
be needed ia the summer months for min
ing irrigation, aud manufacturing purposes.
The South fuba Canal Company of Neva-
ds City last season purchased Fordyce
valley. near Meadow Lake, built an expen-
sive dam, and now have an artificial lake
OF several hundred acres in extent. The
supply of water they will be able to obtain
from this new reservoir will be greater
than that which they have derived hereto
fore from all their other sources.
In the summit Valley, on the head waters
of the south fork of the South Yuba, is an
other locality favorable for the formation
Of an artificial reservoir of 700 acres or
more in extent. The valley is nearly 1900
feet in altitude above the sea level, and the
amount of moisture falling in that locality
is said to be greater than in IN ost any 9th =,
er portion of the Sierras. Nearly all such
moisture is deposited in the form of snow,
which remains op the ground until the sum
ner season is well advanced On some of
the higher points at the head of the valley,
the snow, some seasons, remains the year
round, and at this time lies on an average
of thirty feet in depth. The valley, or
portion GIFT, lies nearly fiat, having fall
OF only fourteen feet in distance of over
two miles. The valley drains a snowy re-
gion of over twenty square miles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

A CoNsIDERATE SUICIpE-Tbe St
Louis suicide who left note expressing
bis regret that he had not paid his landlsdy
what be owed her, and mentioning the hope
that she wouldn't think hard of him for us
ing her premises as dying place, WAS not
all that be should have been as man, hul
yet retained to the last some remnants oil
courtesy. Another fellow would have run
of With the bill unsettled, and not given
tie creditor the satisfaction of kpowi ey
that be Was past the performance Of any
more such tricks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11
THE BAOBAB.


The baobab 10 plant of mons trous size,
the most colossal and The most ancient
vegetable monument on erth, has round,
wooily leaves, which consist offrom thres
to seven leaflets radiating from . common
centre. and giving them somewhat the sp-
rearance Of hand and magnificent white
aower. 1t is an enormous tree, holding
among plants, the place that the elephant
builds among animals hoary witness Of
the last changes which the earth has un-
dergope, and deluees that have buried be-
meath their waves the production of early
ages. Several baobabs that have been
measured were found to be near seventy
seven feet in circumference. From It's
branches bang, at times, colossal nets, three
feet in length, and resembling large oval
baskets open at the bottom, and looking
from the distant like SO many signal flags.
It would take fifteen men, with their
arms extended, to embrace the trunk Of
one of these great trees, which, in the
countries through which the Senegal flows,
a-e venerated as sacred monuments Enor-
nous branches are given off from the
ground and spread out horizontally, Civ
iDg the tree diameter OF over 100 feet.
Each of these branches, says Mr.. Danton,
"would be monster tree elsewhere, and,
taken together, they seem to make up a
crest rather than a tree"
1t is only at the age of 800 years that
the boababs attain their full size, and then
cease TO grow.
The fruit of this tree is ob!ong the COL
Or of tie shell passes 10 ripening from green
to yellow and brown. The fruit is called
monkey bread" 1t contains a spongy
substan. ., paler than chocolate, and Tiled
with abundant juice.
The bark is ashy gray in color, and al
most an inch in thickness. The negroes
of the Senegal grind it down to powder, and
in this State they use it to season their
food and to maintain a moderately free
preparation, which enables them the more
easily to withstand the heat. 1t serves,
also, as an an.ido:e for certain fevers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11
Sea.BirdS.

Passengers on ocean steamers find con.
siderable amusement 10 watching Mother
Carev's chickens" The birds invariably
follow in the wake of the vessels for the
refuse that is thrown overheard, and often,
10 their greediness, come very near the
screw. They have been known to follow
steamers for hundred, of miles, resting oc-
casionaliy on the top Of the water. or at
night on the masthead. Sometimes pas.
sengers attempt to shoot them, but no one
has ever been known to hit the awkward
looking but graceful BIRDS Sailors con
slider them omiuous. and ere opposed to the
shooting. They have peculiar cry, and
beautiful wings which many young lady
passenger has whished she had in her bat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

A SHARP KEroRr.-At q Western eat
ing house, the other evening, q young and
fully mustached dandy was seated 1T the
table at rather a late hour, when the waiter,
according to custom, after the work of the
day was over, came 10 and took q seat
directly opposite. TIE dandy tipped back
hi, chair, and, gazing at the waiter, ex.
claimed, " Fellah. do the servants mix up
with gentlemen in this house mo,
SIR" vac the reply. care you not the
~aits- !" Yes, sir" "WeIl, . waiter 10
% much . servant A. the s:uily- maid. ("
=" True, replied the waiter, /" but did not
enter the room until looked in and sa~
that there wac not gentleman at the
table = Hero the conversation ended.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

A BOY about eleven years of age fshsl
off the lock at Detroit for four hours Sun
day, without once leaving his post. His
patience and perseverance attracted the st
teItlon of a policeman, who asked: "Weil,
sonny catching any fish :" "No, not yet, y
answered the boy, " but I've come mighty
near having three or four big bi ss,'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

A SUNDAY-scHooL superintendent at
Galena, H., on his way to school, noticed
that the FIRST boat of the season had ar.
rived, and feared be would only have a
small attendance. He found a crowd and
praised them for being there in spite of the
boats arrival. In two minutes every
scholar was at the river. They had no,
heard of 1t before.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

CeScERNING the recent rows among the
relgionists East and West, the Cincinnati
F'mes says: If they were suffered to de-
part 10 peace FROM. the fold and permitted
to set up a little church and heaven of their
own, without any fuss or fuore being
made about it, such noveiists would have
lens attraction 70. the average schismatic
pastor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11
PILOT,
THURSDAY, JUNE IL, 1874.
MY RICMEs.
BIT DAVID D. HUDSON.

-Four light feet, that patter, pat.er
All the hyelonY day;
-Four small hands, that scatter, scatter
Piaythlngs In my way. .r..
-Four po-s eyes. that sparkle, sparkle
Tender, bright and clear;
Tour wnIte Ids to droop and darkIe
Underneath q tsaS..
-Four red lips that eesselsss utter
Wise and s,sty things,
Yellow carries that futter, futter
In. Like tar golden wings.
Wee. soft fingers, cliuging, clinging
10 my faiher-heads;
Two sweet voices, singing, singing
Songs Of baby lands.
Two warm hearts, forever beating
One in each young breast,
Two fair, fondled forms retreating
To my arms TO rest.
Z These my riches-grouing, growing
Every hour they stay,
An unesrthly brightness throwing
On the dullsst day.
Little Corpora
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-11

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Price One Dollar.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Corn Acclimated in England.

About a hundred years ago Indian
corn was introduced into England with
the expectation that it would furnish
the bread about the supply of which the
fast-increasing population were getting
nervous. The country must then have
been experiencing cycle Of hot sum-
mers, for the corn ripened all right for
three IL years in succession. In the
fourth year it was largely planted, but
failed to mature. The attempt to grow
corn was then abandoned, it being clear
that the summer heat was not great
enough, while the liability to June
frosts, similar to those of this year, was
alone enough to make the attempt
hopeless.
The English papers now state that
William Cobnett, son of famous
Liberal agitator, has successfully ac-
cl1mated corn at Hounslcw, near Lon
don, where he has three acres growing
which have withstood the severe frosts
of last June, and are now very promis-
ing: Ii our English cousins have
really got frost-proof corn, it will be
as valuable to us as to them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
A Famous Medical Institution.
From the Chicago Times.

"The name of DR.. r. Y. Pierce has
become as familiar to the people all over the
country as household words. His wonderful
remedies, his pamphlets and books and his
large medical experience have brought him in
to prominence and given him a solid reputa-
ton. The Times, in the present issue, pre-
sents Whole-page communication from DR..
Pierce, and our readers may gain from it some
idea of the vast proportions Of his business
and the merits of his medicines. He has at
Buffalo mammoth establishment, appropri-.
ately named the Worlds Dispensary. where
patients are treated, and the remedies COM
pounded. Here nearly a hundred persons are
employed in the several departments, and a
corps of able and skilled physicians stand
ready to alleviate the sufferings Of humanity
by the most approved methods. These physi-
clans are In frequent consultation with DR..
Pierce, and their combined experiences are
brought to bear on the successful treatment
of obstinate cases. The doctor is man of a
large medical experience, and his extensive
knowledge of materia medica has been ac-
knowledged by presentations of degrees from
two of the first Medical Colleges IL the land.
How meritoriouE his works are may be infer
red from the fact that his pamphlets and books
have been translated into German. Spanish
and other foreign languages. and have been in
heavy demand. AS all evidence Of the bus
mess of the dispensary. it is only necessary to
state that for the quarter ending March 81,
1874, the sum expended for postage alone,
not to speak Of that paid On newspapers re-
ceived, was S2,0S0.70 A perusal OF The COM
mun1cation viii be found interesting reading,
and will show to what proportions a medical
institution can grow under able management
and well directed effort"
If you would patronize Medicines, scientific
ally prepared by skilled Physician and
Chemist-use DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious. tonic,
alternative, or blood cleansing, and an unequal
ed cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
scarcely larger than mustard seed. constitute
an agreeable End reliable physic; Fayorite Pre-
scription-a remedy for debilitated females;
Extract of Smart-Weed, a magical remedy for
Pain, Bowel Complaints. and an unequaled
Liniment for both human and horse-fesh;
while his Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy IS known
the world over as the greatest specific for
Catarrh and Gold in Head" ever given to the
pubIic.-COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

present themselves are infinitely sug-
gestive. What glimpses may we
not get of cruel uncle sending his
ward, not to be covered with leaves by
pitiful robin red-breasts, as we're the
children in the wood but to be hidden
in the forest OF Saratoga county by a
mysterious old crone who gets postal
money orders from Brooklyn. Or, there
may be an abduction here; the woman
is the custodian Of stolen child, and
when the Brooklyn father reaches the
cabin he May find that the unknown
has vanished like stage Zaniel in
a Christmas pantomime. Only zaniel
is a myth, and the melodramatic
woman of the backwoods is a
reality. Of course this suggests
also the my sterious case of the long lost
Ross boy, though there is no actual con-
nection between the two incidents.
Giving the facts already known about
the Ross child, his father, family, home,
and disappearance, and there rise at
once numberless strange and exciting
dramatic situations. Each Of the many
theories of the affair is story in itself.
An ingenious playwright could make
from this material a vastly more strik-
ing drama than that of "The Child
Stealer,''' sensational placarding of
which, by the way, greatly terrified the
people of Philadelphia some years ago.
These are only two or three of the in
Vulnerable incidents constantly coming
to the surface Of the daily current Of
life and illustrating the strangeness of
it's details There is something pathetic
in the poor exile's baffled life and pau
per's death. He showed Spartan firm
ness in refusing aid from friends whom
he had involved with him, or conces-
sions from the government he had plot
ted to overthrow. In how many other
lives about us are similar vicissitudes
and half-hidden tragedies? To be sure,
the boy of the Saratoga county woods,
with his ground face and pug nose," Gas
per description is not specially senti-
mental figure; but perhaps he repre-
sents tragedy or melodrama in some
body's household. There are the pos
sibilities; and scores of other instances
promise quite as much. At any rate,
the American dramatist, when he does
come, need not go to France for his
plot or incidents. 9'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

party at those in the building. After
the killing of Cain there would seem
to have been an entire cessation Of hos
tilities on both sides, and outside par
ties were allowed to approach and carry
off the dead. -
The presumption is that when Mr..
Kellogg advanced to the building some
of his men made move to follow, 9th
erwise the killing of him was most
treacherous and cold-blooded murder,
as he went to the building after being
assured that he would not be harmed.
The bloody affair caused the most in
tense excitement IN Silver City, Gold
Hill, and this city-indeed, along the
whole line of the Comstock. In oul
whole mining history such terrible
and bloody battle has never before oc-
Cured over the possession Of any piece
of mining property.
The parties who done the shooting
were arrested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
A PENNSYLVANIA Romance.

Two farmers, living on adjoining
farms in Girard township, Erie county,
have for years been unfriendly on &C
count Of the disagreement about the
line fences which separated their lands,
both claiming the ten feet which was
| formerly the lane running between the
two places. Their children have grown
up inheriting their parents animosity,
and their eldest sons have several times
| been subpenaed as witnesses in law
suits which have grown out of this diff
fculty. The case had been sort of
suit in chancery, having run on from
year to year, both men spending their
money in lawyers fees without any legal
conclusion.
About a year ago the two farmers
awoke Oh, Monday morning to find that
each had lost child-one his youngest
son, and the other his only daughter.
Like the houses of Montague and Cap
ulet, in " Romeo and Juliet" the scions
of the two rival houses had secretly
cherished a fondness for one another,
and, knowing the feud between the fam
lies, without divulging their passions
or intentions, they met clandestinely
and carried into effect the elopement.
A week passed, at the end of which
the father of the runaway daughter was
called on to go to Erie to attend again
the everlasting lawsuit. He went in
early to the Office of the lawyer, and,
taking up one of the weekly papers,
read the marriage notice of Emma It
was terrible blow, and he went out
into the yard to try and walk off his ex-
element. All that passed through the
old gentleman's mind is not known, but
there seemed to be desperate struggle
within, which resulted in his returning
to the lawyers Office and postponing the
business. Then he drove directly to
his farm and had long private inter-
view with his wife; then he did what he
had not done for twenty years-went
over and called on his enemy. He was
found sick, having been confined to his
room since the abandonment of his IA
vorlte son. The two farmers met, and
both for few minutes stood face to face
in profound silence.
At length the father of Emma spoke:
81 have come to settle the dispute; let
the children have the lot on either side
OF the lane. and [ will build them q
house." a.
"And will furnish it.
So the recreant children were sent for
and forgiven, and came home to receive
their parents blessing And now there
are no more lawyers for the two farm
ers, but each has fulfilled his contract
III regard to the house and furniture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
A Short COurtsllip and a Happy Mar
rage.

Four years ago broad-sholldered,
bronzed ranchman of California, who
was in Detroit, en- route to visit his
parents in Massachusetts,, entered the
dining-room of hotel, fell in love with
the pretty girl who waited on him at
the table, and, as he was about leaving,
requested an interview with her. At a
later hour she met him in the parlor, and
received an offer of the ranchman's hand
and heart and abundant worldly goods.
She said she would consider his propo-
sition, and give him an answer at the
breakfast table. During the night she
thought the matter over seriously, and
when, in the morning she took her
eccentric lovers order, and he asked in
a low tone, care you going to Cali
fornia ?" she replied eyes," and then
went for beefsteak and potatoes. A few
days ago they we're seen riding about
the streets Of Detroit happy-looking
wife and mother; with a curly headed
boy in her arms, and the ranchman by
her side.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
The Country SkOOl Nom.

She IL invariably just about % years
and 6 months old, and remains rite
thare for term ov years.
She wears her hair either kut short Or
hanging around in ringlets, and IL az
precise in all things az one ov Fairbanks
improved platform skales.
She never laffs out loud, and seldum
even smiles, but when she duz, she duz
it ackordin to the rules laid down bi
Murray for speaking an pronouncing
the nglish language korrecktly.
She liz the very essence ov bubble ex-
trakted prop1iety, and would rather be
four years behind the fashions, in her
dress and bunnet, than to spell word
wrong, or parse sentence inkorrektly.
She keeps scrap book. and an album,
and would prefer rather to hav the au-
tograff of sum -andWater poet than
the name of sum good man to a sixty
days note.
The country skool nom seldum dies
an old maid, she gifts married generally
to- some man who has but little eduka-
shun, and he thinks (az he ought toy
that there amt another sJltch larnt
woman az hiz wife on the face ov the
earth.
With all her precise pholishness, her
pompous knolledge, ersikly sentimen-
talism, and her almost allwuss mistak-
ing manner for matter, respekt the
country skool nom. She taught me mi
letters, she waz pashunt while i waz
stupid, she soothedme wheni waz Track
shus, and she often good souD give me
titbit from her luncheon at noon time.
May kind heaven strew sum kind ov
happiness III her pathway, for she IL
paid poorly, worked hardly, and the
step-mother to everybody's children, she
never receives from the world emmy
thing better than the most formal re-
spekt.-JOsh Billings.