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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
THE COMING WAR IN EUROPE.

1t 10 longer seems possible to doubt
that in due time war will be declared be-
tween England and Russia. How long a
time may elapse before this declaration
will doubtless depend upon Russia. The
interest of England is to protract negota-
tons, to bring forward side issues and
novel propositions, and to put off the de-
cisive moment as long as possible.
Meanwhile the Russian rulers are COM
PEELED to maintain their great armies far
from home, and even to increase them,
though the cost of transportation and of
supplies is something enormous; and
thus every day that this condition en-
dures Russia is weakened by an expendi-
ture which she can ill afford, while Eng
land leisurely prepares, and, gathering
together her immense military and naval
appliances, becomes stronger as her enc
my is debilitated.
The bringing of the British Indian
army into such a struggle is new and
rather startling feature. 1t indicates
the possibility of change in the fight
ing relations of the world which shall
place the British empire in the very first
rank as military power. Out of her
two hundred and forty millions OF peo-
pie, India can furnish an almost unli M
tied number of frst-rate soldiers, and
the cost to the British Treasury of put
ting into the field in Europe military
force Of vast proportions derived from
this new source Is so much smaller than
that of maintaining similar force of Eu-
ropeans, that all European statesmen
must at once perceive that they here
have to dea, with elements as formidable
as they are unexpected.
There can be no doubt, we think, that
in war between England and Russia
the latter power must go to the wall.
She is exhausted by the immense efforts
she had to make last year against Tur-
N.Y. iiOi treasury ID empty, po'Clhy
and distress are among her people.
England, on the other hand, is both rich
and strong. She has money; she can
have as many soldiers as she pleases; and
she has the most powerful navy in the
world. Single handed she is, we think,
more than match for Russia; but if she
has Austria and Turkey to back her, she
will have Russia at her mercy just as
much as for the last six months Russia
has had Turkey at hers. But how can
such conhagration be kept from spread
ing. Will not Germany be compelled to
intervene to save Russia from too fatal
an overthrow? Can France remain en-
tirely neutral when such a struggle is
going on? The mind is bewildered by
the boundless possibilities of this I'M
paralleled problem.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
Fine Stock the Glory of the Farm.

Farming would be very dull indeed,
were 1t not for live stock, and as the
live stock is. SO, in a measure, is the
cultivation Of the farm, Show me q
farmer that keeps scrub stock, and |
will show you farm poorly cultivated.
lie will tell you farming don't pay
call at his home and he will talk poll
ties grumble about the weather, but
never a word of encouragement about
farming-go to his barn and you will
find scrub stock, poorly kept which he is
ashamed of, and if there is any avoid
ing it he will not let you see them.
The farmer that keeps good stock
has good farm and well regulated
home; just the place to spend an hour
pleasantly. You will find his table
well supplied with books and papers,
and he will be enthusiastic over any
thing connected with farming. Go to
his barn and you will find it well filled
with grain and hay, but his stock is the
center of attraction. How sleek and
contented they are. and with what
satisfaction he points out here and
there special favorite. All here's
his pride-here's what makes him a
better and a happier man than the 9TH
er. Here's what adds dignity to labor.
money to his pocket, and above all,
contentment and happiness to his
home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
The cid Convict.

The Raleigh IN. c. Observer tells
the following affecting story:
Benbury Floyd of Ciowan County,
aged about so years, was convicted of Il
trivial larceny in 1873, and sentenced to
four years imprisonment. He had
been good soldier, and lost leg in the
Confederate service, and was said by
his neighbors to have been q kind
hearted and obliging man. He had no
wife, chick or child i'll the world, except
a little blind daughter, about fifteen
years old, who was in the blind asylum.
Last week. superintendent Gudger
came to Gen. Vance and told him the
condition of this little girl, and that,
having been in the asylum the full term
which the law permitted, she would
have to be discharged, and he did not
no home or friend to go to, except this
poor felon father. The Governor prom
ised at once to pardon him.
This week, the pardon was issued,
and Mr.. Gudger, placing it in the hands
of the little girl, went with her to the
penitentiary to liberate her father. The
scene between father and daughter was
melting III the extreme. She could not
see the felon's stripes and The haggard
prison look, and he, poor man, could
look with pride and fondness upon the
fair but sightless face Of his child;
something pure and innocent still loved
him. Throwing themselves into each
others arms. they wept uncomfortable
After little, hand in hand, they went
away.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

Here is fresh illustration of the
way people are poisoned all the while
by foul wells. y family living on
elevated ground in West Hartford, III
region remarkably healthy in all its
natural conditions, We're for years suf
ferers from various forms of fevers,
headaches and an endless variety of
ills, which kept doctor in pretty
prompt attendance. At last, three
years ago, Worn out with this expert
ence, the owner determined to sell out
and move away, believing the locality
TO be an unhealthy one. At this june
ture, friend of the family asked and
obtained permission to do what the
owner of the place. or at least what the
physician should have done long before
-laake an examination of the preml-
SEES. lie found privy vault only ten
feet from the WE'LL 1t was evident
that this was the cause of the continu-
Gus illness among members of the FAM
lily, and he obtained leave to remove
the bucket from the we'll and prom
Use from the family to 90 to the barn for
their water where it had been intro
duced in pipes from the great main
that leads into Hartford. From that
time forward there was a cessation of
the sickness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
Sensitive as TO Age.

Not only women but men are sensi-
tive as to the number of their years.
Even though they are led to the grave,
as WadSworth says, by
fan old age. serene and bright.
And lovely as a Lapland night
they prefer to conceal the year of their
birth.
Mr.. Sumner remarks in one of his
letters from London that the rudest
thing he uttered in England vas a ref
erence he made to the age Of Lord
Lyndhurst. They were dining togeth-
er at the house Of Lord Broughman,
and thus tells the incident:
"We had been at table an hour or
more before he was aware that | was
an American. / alluded to America
and Boston. and also to Lord Lynd-
bursts relatives there, with regard to
whom Lord Brougham had inquired,
when Lyndhurst said, When were you
in Boston?' 1t is my native place, |
replied. Then we are fellow-towns-
men, said he, with a most emphatic
knock on the table, and something like
al oath. He left Boston, he told me,
when year old.
''Brougham asked me the meaning
and etymology of the word caucus l
told him it was difficult to assign any
etymology that was satisfactory. but
the most approved one referred It's orr
gin to the very town where Lord Lynd-
hurst was born, and to the very period
of his birth,--in this remark abiding
to his age, in which l was not justified,
especially as he wears chestnut wig.
Lord Brougham at once stopped
me-"
Yes said he, 'we know what peri
cd you refer to,-about 179S."
Somewhere in the latter part of
that century, replied, anxious to get
out of the scrape as well as | could by
such generality"
Lord Lyndhurst, the son of Copley,
the artist, was born in Boston, 1772,
and was at that time sixty-seven years
of age. He died in 1868.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
Fruit Orchards in the Economy OF the
farm

The ideas expressed below, by an ex-
change, with reference to particular
locality, are generally applicable:
In the economy of the farm fine
fruit orchard ought to cut an important
figure. When once planted and in
bearing, trees form a source of revenue
which will go far TO improve the in
comes of the farm. They require but
little labor to maintain them in a thriv-
ing condition, and they constitute, be-
sides a source Of actual revenue,
means of domestic economy which will
greatly reduce the currant expenses
of the family of the farmer. In every
respect fruit orchard is an advantage
to a farm. 1t improves its appearance,
and no farm is complete without one.
A bare farm which is worth two thou
sand dollars, ought to be worth three
times that amount with good orchard
on it. While the former would secure
a purchaser with difficulty at any price,
the latter would be sought for at
round figure. There is something in
trees which excites the affections. No
man can plant trees without taking in
their growth an interest which is very
much akin TO the interest he takes IN
the growth of his own children. He
viii care for them with tender solicit
tude, and the more he cares for them
the more they will seem dear to him.
In this sense tree-planting gives NOR
al as well as q practical value to the
farm. 1t cultivateS the finer feelings
and elevates the sentiment of the agri-
culturist. 1t counteracts the spirit of
vandalism developed by grain-farming,
and surrounds the husbandman with
friends of his own creation, who remain
with him always and contribute by
their products to his prosperity. But
there is still another result from tree
planting which should not be lost sight
of. The experience of ages has shown
| that trees produce very positive effect
upon climate, and that country which
is denuded of them will be subject to
drouths, While the one which is well
supplied with them will have rain sea-
SONS upon which it can count with
great certainty. Every fruit orchard
planted in this country becomes an i'm
portant factor in increasing the humid
ity of the atmosphere and in condens-
ing the vapors into rain. So satisfied
is science CT the truth of this PROPOSE
lion, that governments have taken
steps to secure tree planting extensive
ly in arid districts, and have adopted
stringent regulations against the wan
ton denudation of forests. Standing
premiums are held out by all govern
;ncnts for the planting of trees.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
Washington Irving.

Hear the s'Sketch-Book" tell of three
fine, rosy-cheeked boys" who CHANGED
to be Irving's companions in stage
coach. This is what he writes:
''They were returning home for the
holidays in high glee and promising
themselves world of enjoyment. 1t
was delightful to hear the gigantic
plans of the little rogues.
They were full of anticipations OF the
meeting with the family and house
hold, down to The very cat and dog, and
of the joy they were to give their little
sisters by the presents with which their
pockets were crammed; but the meet
ing to which they seemed to look for
ward with the greatest impotence was
with Bantam, which / found to be a
pony" When he had heard what a
remarkable animal this pony was said
to be, Irving gave his attention to other
things until he heard d shout from the
little travellers. Let him tell the rest of
the story.
'sThey had been looking out of the
coach-windows for the last few miles,
recognizing every tree and cottage as
they approached home, and now there
was a general burst of joy. There
John! and there 8 old Carlo! and there s
Bantamy cried the happy little rogues,
clapping their hands. At the end of a
lane there was an old, sober-lOoking
servant in livery waiting for them; he
was accompanied by a superannuated
pointer, and by the redoubtable Bantam,
little old rat of pony, with a shaggy
name and long, rusty tail, who stood
DOING quietly by the roadside, little
dreaming OF the bustling times that
awaited him. Off they set at last, one
on the pony. with the dog bounding be-
fore him, and the others holding Johns
hands, both talking at once.
We stopped few moments afterward
to water the horses, and on reSuming
our route turn of the road brought us
in sight of neat cOuntry-seat l could
Just distinguish the forms of lady and
two young girls in the portico, and
saw my little comrades with Bantam.
Carlo, and old John trooping along the
carriage-road. | leaned out of the
coach window in hopes of witnessing
the happy meeting, but grove of trees
shut it from my sight"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
New and True.

1t is indeed fact worthy of remark,
and one that seems never to have been
noticed, that throughout the whole an
imal creation, i'll every country and
cline of the earth, the most useful ami
mails that eat vegetable food work. The
elephant, and the patient,
uutiring camel, in the torrid zone; the
horse, the OK, and the donkey, in the
temperate; and the reindeer in the
frigid zone, obtain all their muscular
power from natures simplest produc-
tions-the vegetable kingdom. But all
the flesh eating animals keep the rest
of the animated creation in constant
dread Of them. hey seldom eat veg
etable food until some other animal
has eaten it first and made it into flesh.
Their own flesh is unfit for other ami
mails to eat, having been itself made
out of flesh, and is most foul and often
Sipe. Great strength, tieetness of foot
Usefulness, cleanliness, and docllity,
are, then, always characteristic of vet
etable flesh eaters.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

The London Lancet protests in the
strongest terms against doctors allow
ing their patients to inject morphine
simultaneously for themselves, and
mentions that young lady, the VIC
tim of neurotic symptoms, was actu-
ally taught by an eminent London ply
stefan to carry ont this system of self
doctoring, and has never ceased to
soothe herself with it nightly, whether
necessary or not, since she was so edu-
Gated. A middle-aged lady, who has
been in the habit OF administering it
to an invalid sister for some years, re-
wards herself at the same time with a
dose in the neck, which is scanned with
ugly scars from the frequent repetition
of an operation conducted too often in
very close propinquity to the external
guar vein.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

SURPRISING VoLTAIRE.- adj
mirers of Voltaire in France have deter
mined to celebrate Voltairean centena-
~ by the appropriate method of wide
diffusion of Voltaire's thoughts. They
have made selection of passages from
his writings, and propose a gratuitous
distribution of volume of these through
out France, and they put a chance to
take part in the centenary at the easy
rate of q contribution to the fund for
this purpose. War is made on this pro-
iect by the Catholic prelates, and one of
them has asked the government to in
terfere. But the government happily
responds that it cannot prosecute writings
that haze been printed a million times
and are III circulation. IT is certainly
rather late ia try to head off Voltaire
with censorship.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

Concealed hooks about the poultry
yard or its neighborhood have great at
fractions to many hens; and but for
chances of accident, better clutches
may be expected than from the most
artliciallY constructed nests; In fact
many of the most successful breeders
prefer having the nests formed on the
ground by placing little soft straw in
a slight hollow. 1t cannot be denied
that the secret places selected by the
hen herself for incubation, produce a
larger number of strong, healthy chick
ems than the best constructed nests
in the hen-house. Whatever care NAV
be taken in keeping eggs, their vitality
is better preserved when they are al
lowed to remain in the nest. Perhaps
the periodical visit of the hen, while
adding to her store of eggs, has stim-
ulating influence. The warmth CON-
municated i'll the half-hour during
which she occupies the nest, may have
a tendency to preserve the embryo in a
vigorous state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

A London correspondent, referring to
the recent court reception at Bucking-
ham Palace, says: "Such a display of
naked arms. bosoms and shoulders was
never beheld by daylight before. The
corsage Ia Jeanne dare is scarcely
decent, so tightly is it made TO lit the
figure, and the skirt so strained over the
stomach that the whole of the outline is
as clearly defined as when an artists
model stands before him in wet dra-
perry. The one novelty was the intro
duction OF the jardiniere, a small bas-
ket either of very fine wicker-work OF
gilt or silver filagree. 1t is made fat
on one side, so as to lie quite close to
the wearer, and is filled with cut flow
ers. which hang gracefully pendant
over the edge on the other"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
The Morning. Moon.
BY ADELINI 7. u. WHITNEY.

An old moon with a waning breast
Quietly fingers down the West:
An old moon, worn and faint and sad.
over the East the. Dawn climbs, fresh an siar.
she walks straight on before the Sun;
Bars of amber and cinnamon
Kindie. and fuse AMI separate:
Then up the King rides through the fanny gate.
The old moon smiles above the hill;
Slips toward her setting meek and still;
Across the earth's morn-burnished brim
This brief space, face TO face she looks on hlnl
Soon the wide blue is softly paled;
The perfect day moves giqry-veiied,
And beauty burns on things below. .
lust as IL comes why must the sweet moon 60:
For her long patience of the night
o EARTH in her long patience bright,
swing slow. and let the meek moon stay
Foolish. with her il has been always day!
What far-off splendor makes her fair
When your small night seems everywhere:
Above the worlds low curving rim
Across her sky. she always looks on Him!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

The bread on the waters has return.
ed to a young lady in Clappertown,
Penn, after few years. On Deem
Der 2S, 1873, she met on the railroad
train, a lady who was very i'll, and she
kindly ministered unto her, taking care
of her and accompanying her to her
place of destination. When they part
ed the sick woman offered to reward
the young lady for her kindness and at
tention, but she would take nothing.
The old lady wrote down the name and
address, nodded Familiarity to her and
said, You will be paid some day"
The young lady never saw her chance
acquaintance again, but the sum of
$4,000 has recently been bequeathed
to her. The old lady had no relatives
in this country, and left all her money
to the girl that had befriended her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

A beautiful young nelress in Moscow
has married a beggar eighty-six years
old. The young girl-she is only TWEEN
ty-two-could not enter into possession
OF her fortune until she was married.
and the young men whom her guar
dams introduced to her were empty
headed creatures, to whom she was I'M
willing to bind herself for life; so she
resolved to marry an old beggar and
get the money without sacri!gcing her
Independence. The old man was one
OF her pensioners, and readily consent
ed to marry her and then keep out of
her way, retiring on comfortable al
lOwance. All the beggars in town feast
Ell and made merry on the wedding
night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
Dreaming.

That volition is not suspended dur
ing sleep says Moor's Wonderland, is
proved by many facts; and probably
the experience of every person who
remembers his dream affords evidence
that The will is as busy during sleep as
when awake. But the fact is striking
ly illustrated by examples Of remark
able eXertion of will in the employ
ment of intellect and genius during
sleep. Tartini, celebrated violin
player, composed his famous Devils
SOnta," which he dreamed that the
devil challenged him to trial OF skill
on his own violin. Cabarris often, dur
ing his dreams, saw clearly into the
bearing of political events which baffied
him when awake. Condorcet frequent
ly left his deep and complicated calcu-
latiOns unfinished when obliged to re-
tire to rest, and found their results
unfolded in his dreams. Coleridge'S
account ofhis wild composition, ''Kubla
Khan" is very curious. He had been
reading "Purcha's Pilgrimage" and
fell asleep the moment he was reading
this sentence, Then the Khan Khubla
commanded palace to be built and a
stately garden thereunto." He contin-
ued in profound sleep about three
hours, during which he had a vivid
confidence that he composed from two
to three hundred lines; if, as he says,
that can be called composition in
which all the images rose up before
him as things III parallel production
of correspondent expression. On
awaking, he appeared to have distinct
recollection Of the whole, and proceed
ed to write down the wonderful lines
that are preserved, when he was inter
rupted, and could never afterwards re-
call the rest
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

AT the dinner of the Romsey Agri-
cultural Society, in England. a clergy
man said that the records of RomSey
Abbey showed that his predecessors in
the livings of st. Leonard and st. Law
renee received in the north aisle their
tithes in kind. They received every
tenth COW, calf, or pig. a rather POM
pous, tight-laced clergyman was one
day called upon to christen a child. but
on asking its name. the woman who
brought it said, Il don't know. sir; it's
your child, sir" My childlr exclaim-
ed he. Yes. sir, it's the tenth child,
sir" replied the woman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30
The English have recently been test

The English have recently been test
ing the effect of projeetiles upon steel
plates, and the following is the result:
Low steel is better adapted to resist
the blows of heavy ordnance than hard
steel, which stars and cracks on i'm
pact, and the Constructive Department,
SO far as can be at present seen, will
have to determine between iron armor,
which, though it docs not assure, al
lows the projectiles to penetrate, and
steel armor. while it breaks up the shot
is also tyeSea up by repeated dis
charges"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

There is great running after minis
ters in our day, and this argues a desire
for something or other-but desire OF
what? Well. be it what it may. if it is
not desirousness to further youI spir-
itual welfare. it will not help you for
ward, but rather prove an impediment
in the way OF your eternal salvation.-
Dr.. Chalmers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

According to the Springfield Repub-
lican, Boston has quite an elephant on
its hands in the shape of the Benjamin
Franklin fund which is the accumula-
ton of $4,000 left by the philosopher in
1879, for the purpose of furnishing
loans to young mechanics. Franklin
reckOned that in one hundred years the
fund would amount to about $3.50, eco,
of which S50O,OO0 should then go to the
city for public improvements, and the
remaining $4,000 be invested IL the
same way for another hundred years.
The sum has now amounted to over
800. 900, but for some reason the young
mechanics don t avail themselves of it,
and the trustees are puzzling their
brains to devise some means by which
the intentions of the testator can be
carried out and the fund kept from ly-
ing still.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-30

Gen. w. S. Rosencrans, Gen. Gil
more, Judge Fullerton, and others have
organized company with 100000.
capital, to settle lands in the southwest
with northern people A large tract Of
timber land in Missouri has already
been secured.