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Camel.Breeding in Texas.

y Texas camel-breeder, speaking of
the rearing of the ships of the deserts"
says: They are no more trouble to
raise than horses or cattle. The colts
for the first three or four days are rath-
er tender and require close attention,
but after that take their chances with
the herd. They feed on cactus and
brush, eschewing all grasses that cattle
and horses eat if the fayorite cactus can
be had. The females, with proper care,
give a colt every year, and the price at
which they are sold, the ease with which
they are raised, their extreme docility,
and the adaptability of our climate to
their nature, would seem to indicate
that camel-raising is a profitable busi-
ness in Texas. Mr.. Lanfear says there
is one camel III the herd that has trav-
elled $50 miles between sun and sun,
and that almost any well broken camel
is good for more than 100 miles in a
day.
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The plan of raising carrots with
onions is considered great improve
ment by many who have adopted it, as
the yield of carrots is thought to be
clear gain, diminishing but little or
none the yield of onions. Carrots are
planted in two ways; one by sowing
them i'll drills between every other row
Of onions, and the other, which is con-
Sidered an improvement, called the
Long Island plan, by planting the
onions i'll hills, from seven to eight
inches from centre to centre, dropping
Il number of seeds i'll each hill, and
from the lst to the 18th of June plant
ing the carrot seed between these hills
in two rows, then skipping one, and
thus on through the piece. The onions,
as they are pulled, are thrown into ey-
cry third row, the carrots being left TO
mature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-16

There is i'll Berkshire County, Mass,
a society known as the Agassiz Associ-
alton, formed by pupils OF the Lenox
High School for the purpose of making
scientific investigations. They hold
meetings weekly, and whenever circum-
stances will permit make excursions in
search of specimens. Members become
interested, and the same feeling that in
duces children to collect stamps, coins,
buttons, ETC., will induce them to gather
pebbles, insects, flowers, etc. Besides
all this. the teacher gets composition
once week, without the pupil having
a suspicion that he is writing one, but
thinking it is only report.
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A Perfect Day.
BY MARY CLEMAfER

Go, glorious dayl
Here W lille You pass I make this sign:
Earth swinging on her silent way,
viii bear me back unto this hour divine,
And viii softly say, "Oncc thou vert mine"
''Wert mine, o perfect day!
The light unknown, soaring from sea and
shore
The forests eager blaze,
TIE flaming torches that autumn bore.
The fusing sunset, seas when storms we're DER.
'Were mine the broodins airs.
The pulsing music of the weedy brooks,
The iewelled fishes and the messy lairs
Wherein shy creatures, with tlcir free bright
looks,
Taught blessed lessons never found in books.
"All mine the peace Of God,
When it was Joy enough to breathe ana be,
The peace of nature ooZing from her sod,
When face to face with her the soul was free,
And far the false wild strife il fafn would liee.
stay, beauteous day!
Yet why pray 1? Thy lot like mine, to fade;
Thy light, like yonder mountains golden
haze,
Must merge into the morrows misty shade,
And l, an exile in the alien street,
Still gazing back, yearn toward the vision feet.
'Onca thou vert miner I'll say,
And comfort 80 my heart as with old wine.
Poor Pilgrims! Oft we walk the self-same
way
To weep its change. 10 kneel before the shrine;
The heart once buildcd to happy day,
When dear, il died. I'll say Thou day divine,
Life presses sore, but once, once thou vert
mine"
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Fa.cfai Moments.

an every serious fire, says Conrad
Wilson the ultimate amount of dlsas-
Ter Is determined by the duration of
line between the first moment of the
outbreak and the arrival of efficient
aid. Whether this interval is 80 sec
onds, or 80 minutes, is question often
on which great values are staked, and
IL frequently makes all the difference
between the extinction of the fire with
ont loss. on the one hand. and Infinite
rain on the other.
Men talk gravely of the value of time
even in the ordinary affairs of life
Bat have they ever referred its value to
standard like this? Have they ever
considered the intense reality of disas-
ter, or the sublime conceptions of ruin
by which alone can be measured its
priceless value in the first brief stage of
a conilagration, when vivid events
crowd each other in an endless series,
as they flash through the little eternity
Of that half hour.
Then seconds are expanded into days
and minutes into months; moments are
measured by millions of value; every
tick of the clock is prophetic Of a ware
hense Ill ruins, and each vibration of
the pendulum swings an unhoused fam
lily into the street.
In the origin of most fires the breath
of child that puts out candle would
extinguiSh the incipient flame. Give
that flame few more seconds, and
neither child nor man could lift from
the ground the weight of waterreQuired
to Subdue it.
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Fifty years age, when snuff taking
was all the go, the Lord Stanhope of
that day estimated that every profess
ed and incurable 'snuffer' takes. by
moderate computation, one pinch every
ten minutes. Every pinch taken, with
the splendid ceremony of whisking
about a big silk handkerchief and
other incidental circumstances connect
ed with it, consumes a minute and a
half out of every ten. This amounts TO
one day out of every ten, which makes
363 days in the year, and if the practice
be continued for forty years. two years
will thus have been spent in tickling
and blowing the nose"
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In Paris the consumption of butter in
1850 was only about IS s,000,0C0 pounds;
in 1860 it had increased to 30.40O, 900
pounds, being an average of twenty
five pounds per head per annum of the
population. Since that period the in
crease in demand has been very mark
ed. In the first rank stands the butter
of lsigny, which includes not only the
butter made in the department of La
Manche, from which it takes its name,
but also the superior buffers of Nor
mandy and Calvados. After this comes
the Gournay butter, made III the de-
partments Of Eure and Seine. The
salted butter comes from Brittany, es-
peciaily iorlaiy, Rennes, Nantes and
Vannes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-16

A church congregation in Ohio was
recently sued for compelling a mans
wife and children to desert him. About
three years ago James Leichty, mem,
Der of the Mennonite Church at Bryan,
was communicated, and his wife and
children were directed to leave him.
This they did, although he begged them
to remain. A strong church influence
was brought to bear upon the wife, and
she refused to live with her husband,
dreading the same ban, which, accord
ing to their creed, would have consign-
ed her soul to everlasting damnatiOn
Mr. Leichty brought suit against the
church authorities for compelling his
wife to leave his bed and board, with
out his fault or consent, and demanded
$4,000 damages. The case was on
trial for nearly week, and the jury re-
turned verdict of g, 800 for the plain
tiff
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During the FraEco-Prussian war d
Eerlin cook named Grunberg discover
ed process for preserving aprepara-
ton of peas without becoming sour.
and lie obtained a reward of S27, 500
from the Prussian government for the
secret. They also es ablished a manu-
factory at Berlin for making sausages
with this preparation, mixed with ba-
con, onions and the like. As many as
800 of them, weighing pound each
we're daily made and forwarded to the
;roops in France, a single sausage be-
ng the daily ration of soldier, and it
WAS easily cooked by boiling it for a
short time in water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-16

a popularity in the composition of
the cloyers and allied plants, such as
peas and beans, is the occurrence of IA
comparatively large proportion of lime
amongst their mineral constituents.
1t is for this reason that clover flourish
es best on calcareous soils, or those
which naturally contain high proper
ton of lime, and cannot be profitably
cultivated on soils deficient in this
material. On soils of this latter char
acter dressing OF sulphate of lime or
gypsum, applied to the clover crop
usually has marked beneficial effect
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-16

Facts are facts, even when pro
nomced by savage lips. 1t was pecu-
liar notion Of the Mohawks that some
great misfortune would happen if any
one spoke while crossing Saratoga Lake
a white women, who was ferried over
by an Indian, talked all the Way, and
on arriving safely on the further shore
rallied her boatman on his superstition.
He simply grunted, ''The Great Spirit
is merciful and knows that the pale
face women cannot hold her tongue
and then recr0ssed the lake III silence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-16

A bill to prevent pool selling, which
has passed the lower House of the Mass
achusetts legislature, provides lone
years imprisonment or less, or fine
not exceeding $4,000, for people who
sell or register bets wagers, or sell or
buy pools upon the result of any trial
or contest of skill, speed or endurance
of any man or beast, or upon any polit-
ical nomination, appointment or cleo
tion, and the same fine for persons leas-
ing their buildings for any of these pro-
hibited pnrposes.n
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----Dr- Rush, whom quite a young man,
was educated in the country, III very
remote part Of which he was in the
habit of visiting, in company with a
farmers daughter, various scenes of
beauty and sublimity, and among 9th
ers, the nest of an eagle in Il romantic
situation. For some time these visits
were very frequent. Rush afterwards
left school, and settled in Philadelphia,
Where he found his former associate a
married woman. Many years after she
had an attack Of typhus fever, under
which she lay in complete state Of III
sensibllity. apparently lost to all sur
rounding objects. In this state, Rush,
then physician, was called to visit
her. lie took her hand, and said. with
a strong and cheerful voice, 1.-The Ea-
giles Nestn' The words revived an
association of ideas comprehending the
actions of her youth. She Immediately
grasped his hand, opened her eyes, and
from that hour recovered rapidly.
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In China criminals are permitted to
hire substitutes to be punished i'll their
stead. The same practice has been at
tempted in Reno, Nevada. All Choney
murdered ACKNOWLEDGING, aud
was arrested; but, by paying Sheriff
five hundred dollars another Chnaman
was substituted for him, the latter
agreeing to take the chance of hanging
for a specified sum. Ah Choney was
detected before he could get out Of the
place, and the Sheriff was also put I'M
der arrest.
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The average age of the horse, when
allowed to live without the risk of acci
dents and disease, which he incurs in
his usual work, is about twenty-five
years. Instances Of greater longevity
are recorded, on good authority, and
there is reason to believe that OCCASION
ally he has reached thirty-iive or even
forty years, but these are rare eXcep-
tiOns, and there are few which live be-
yOnd the twenty-eighth year, While
large proportion die before the twenty
fifth,
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Origin of the RaYOnet.

The bayonet is an arm peculiarly
French. 1t was invented, it is said, at
Bayonne, in 1911, and employed in 1870
in the regiment OF the Kings Fusileers.
1t sensibly modified the system of mill
tary art in Europe, as it made cavalry
less redoubtable to infantry, and caused
the fire of lines of battles to be regarded
as the principal means of action. The
bayonet has become the decisive arm
of combat. According to a local tradi-
ton, it was in a small hamlet i'll the Ell
virons of s yonne that this arm was
invented. What led to the invention
Of it was, that, in fierce combat be
tween some Basque peasants and some
Spanish smugglers, the former having
exhausted their ammunition, fastened
their long knives to their muskets and
by means of the weapon SO formed put
their enemies to flight. This arm rap
idly came into general use in Europe
In 1878, at the time of the peace of Nj
meguen, all the French grenadierS had
the bayonet, but the socket, which
makes the use of it so easy. was not in
vented until a later period. Bayonets
at that time were sort Of dagger, of
which the handle was placed in the
muZzle of the musket. and of course
prevented the musket from being fired
The first battle at which the bayonet
was seriously employed was that of
Turin i'll 1852; bat it was not until the
battle Of Spires, in 1908, that the first
charge of the bayonet was execute t.
After that epoch up to 1892, the bayonet
was often employed in combat, but the
real value of it was not revealed until
the wars Of national independence.
Then the bayonet really became a
French arm.
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There is some pleasure in annOunc-
ing that Freodore Nassilef, of Moscow.
has had 81 children by two wives if it is
only because the announcement renders
any further inventions by American
paragaphers certain to he looked upon
as very weak inventions indeed. Vas
slieis first wife was brought to bed
twenty seven times, having twins six
teen times and triplets seven times
While at the other four births sixteen
children were born to her. She then
dieu, and her successor. at eight births
enabled eighteen other children to rise
up and call FreOdore Vassilef blessed
because he had several quivers full of
them. NJ. KaniOff, Russian sayant.
youched for this fact few years ago.
declaring that the Vassilefs-how
many of the eighty seven children sur
Ylved was not stated-still lived at Mos
COW, and were pensioners of the gov
ernment. The first Nine. Vassilefs
could have organized a very respectable
baby-shoW Of her own without being
compelled to take in any other mothers.
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In France about 60 ,000, ,000 of rabbit
skins are collected annually. The prin-
cipal portion are used for their hair. for
hat makers, and few million for furs.
when dyed different shades. More
than sixteen different transformations
are given to the skins IN France. while
they are made to assume the appearance
OF costly furs. to suite the tastes and
customs of different nations. France
works up about seven-eighths of the
quantity, and Belgium the other eighth.
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4 breed of sheep to produce fine wool
is distinct from breed to produce
mutton and wool OF fine-woolled
sheep the pure Merino takes the first
place, producing heavier fleece and of
equal quality. 1t has another great
advantage over the Saxon Merino in
being much larger, harder and less
liable TO disease. The Saxon Merino is
found by farmers, even in SaXony. 10
be 50 Improbable that the numbers
kept are being gradually diminished.
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All the foods of plants enter them
either as invisible gases through the
leaves, or in state of perfectly limpid
solutions, through the roots. Water
will dissolve itself and hold in solution
81 times its bulk of oxygen, Il its bulk
Of nitrogen, Il its bulk of hydrogen,
once its bulk of carbonic acid. and
many times its bulk of ammonia. In
this way water acts as fertilizer, con-
veying these and other nutritious gases
as food into the plant
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If cows are kept in a half-Starved
condition, they yield but little if any
milk, and this of poor quality The
food they get under these circumstances
may not even be sufficient to meet the
more immediate requirements Of the
body, SO that little, if any. is available
for milk. Not only is there no profit
gained by keeping cows under these
circumstances, but the food thus con-
sumed may be said to be wasted, since.
il given to fewer COWS, it might yield a
proper quantity and quality of milk.
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TObacco-s smoking is on the increase.
In 1911 the quantity Of tobacco used in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland was less than fourteen
onnces per head of population: in 1879
il was one pound seven and one half
ounces a head.
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QUESTIONABLE TAILOR. ALL GOODS
made hy the subscriber are warranted 10 IA
the form, Prices, reasonable and | am bound 10
please those who give me their custom. shop
on York Street, two doors West of the Windiat,
House
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The celebrated Eddystone Light
house III the British channel. which
has buffeted the waves of century.
viii probably soon disappear, owing to
the undermining of the reef below it by
the waters.
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IrASHONABLE TABOR HAS REMOVED
Il 10 Bufatp Street two doors " est ct T. x. K
+. II. ksud Hardware Store. Ail work warranted
We'll dnur and 10 it,
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PASSAGE TICKETS

per sall Or Steam from and TO any Port in Europe
II Nrw York rates
WI purchase United States Bonds and keep
constantly on hand and tor sale a. market rates
in!I supply ot al descriptions
= vi! convert nitcG States 7-50 Notes into go
bonGs' a1G easy interest Coupons Free Of C1ar-e.
~! coiIeGt bounties, Pensions auG other Clains
ssaIust the 7. ;. Government
highest market rates
vii receive deposits and srr,,- ,,-.rs. Ia. ,,,
agreement.
CHARLES LCLING. Cashier
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EREh SEEGER-

OFFERS TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
" lir generally. q choice selection OF Fresh
Meats Salt Pork and Beef. smoked Beef and
Hams, shoulders. Sau~a-e~. Tallow and Lard @t
the lowest rates. Market on Commercial Street
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$. SANDERSON

MANUFACTURER AND DEALERI N ROOTS
vi Shoes. Leather. &c. Gc. shop on RUtSlu
Street, near the corner OF Eighth Repairing
neatly and promptly executed
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NORTHWE WESTERN HOUSE EFRANKLTE AND
y ninth streets, Manituwoc. Travellers Will
here find the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached
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ard privilege to increase 10 100000.
VIII buy sEd sell Drafts on Tie principal cities
oi the Union
VIII buy aud sell Drafts on Great Britain. Iro,
land. Norway. Denmark. or the Continent oi En-
rope, 40 Ness York rates and in sums 70 suit
lEt
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Il. CGaXiEY. VI. D.

4 TTORNEY AID COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
n once, corner 81 8th and Quay streets, Man
iLat tlc. M.-ra.ls. ~
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CAPITAL OF $4,000,

This bank organized under the provisions or
tie National B.nkns Law. with ! paia lp
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NJ. KETIENHOFFEN.

y ZEMAN. PROPRIETOR. CORNER BUT
l., lalo and Main st. North side.
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NORTH CapE lIOTSE-

F. ,NTISDEL. PROPRIE OR, BROAD
J, way and Michigan StS.. Milwaukee. Wis.
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Two double cousins married, perhaps
eighty years ago. They are now dead
They lived in Harris county, Ga, and
raised twelve children, all of whom
lived to be sixty years old and upward
Alternately a deaf and dumb infant
was born, making six of sound body
and six afflicted. The six deaf and
dumb children lost their sight at sixty
years. Three of the unfor,unates are,
or were, boys 1--WE don't know how
many live or have died. and three girls.
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WILLIAM RAIIR,

DREWF AND MALSTER, CORNER SIXTH
ID ana Washington streets South side. The
highest cash prize paid for Barley.
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The postal telegraph is complete
success throughout Great Hritain,
vast benefit to the public, and pecuni.
arly profitable to the government.
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FARM FOR SALE.

farn q 10 acres in the towu of Rocklapd.
on sec q, Town 81, Range u east,-60 acres
under euluvation. VIII be sold on reasonable
terms. Apply at this Office or on the premises.
&EE uHttVI Es pafte1jss. DH C4zLTos,
W BSuvu fFi THhiastqa s., cGs.s5, IL.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, TENDERS
his professional services to the people Of the
Citv and County Ot Manit0w0c ONCE on York
street bstwet Eighth and Ninth, where night
calis will Eiad to.
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nR. 4. J. PATCHEN, DENTIST. OFEICE
IL in shermau's building, on 5th Street, Mani
towac Wis
sy-Teeth extracted without pain.
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RICK & GRIDLEY,
NEWIIALL HOUSE,

DENTAL PARLOR. CORNER EIGHTH AND
II Franklin Streets Rudolph Book All work
warranted.
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anito}poc 1nilot,
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ONEI\NN SPACE MAKES 4 SnIrARE

Business notices 10 cents per lire. When con
tinucd more than one week, half of the above
rates for each subsequent week.
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WHITE & FORREST.
j. D. MARKHAM,

TrORNEYS AT Law. OFFICE on sTH
| Street, South -ide,oVposite schuette's store
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NACLE & BORChERDT,
PUBLISHERS.
TERMS. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
FRANZ & TREAT.
9. z. ESTABROOK

y AW. INSURANCE AND ABSTRACT OFFICE
| Franz Block. South Eighth street: Hauito-
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homeopathic PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
1 and AccOUcheEr late resident Physician at
the Iahuemann Hos pital, Chicago. hs- pcrman
emily located at MaHituWoc Office. over Plumb
4 Nelson's store, corner Sth and Buffalo streets.
&c.,, rr D to . A. H.,
oifioI 10 50 20 , and 70 2. n.
.sea-es o. the eve and ear treated
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j. z. PRITCuARD. NJ. D..

OFFICE, IN sHERMAE'S BRICK BLOCK,
" North Eighth street Manit9woc, Wis.
l,,.,.,,.,, Frr,r-,s. z to Q \. Vi.
off'0f- ii'o is' / to , and : to p. VI.
Residence, on Sth street, opposite j. +. Platt's.