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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
DOWN CARPET SEASON.

Goldsmith & Co. are displaying the
finest line of carpetings that they have
ever brought here, and their establish
ment is thronged by wild looking men
with dust on their ears and rpet-tacks
in their mouths, who proclaim by their
looks that spring has come, and that
there is general overhaullug of things
at home The new carpets are more
beautiful and serviceable than carpets
were ever made before, and very cheap.
While we were in the store Friday
minister came in. He had one thumb
bound up in a rag, and it was plain to
be seen he had been putting down car
pets. The hammer will miss the tack
and knock the nail ofi'a ministers thumb
as quick as anybody's. His left eye
was BACKED, as though the head of the
hammer had few off in such moment
ye think not, and he held his hand on
the small of his back as though he had
been trying to stretch carpet by stand
ing on his hands, and pulling with his
weight. 1t always makes..one's back
lame. He declined an offered chair, as
though saucer full of carpet tacks had
been left on the carpet where he sat
down to rest after stretching it. He
called Mr.. Goldsmith one side, and with
look at his thumb, a thought of his
black eye, and a crick of the back asked
If they didn't send out men to put down
carpets. On being told that they did,
with carpet stretcher, and all the
modern improvements, the minister
sighed, put his handkerchief to his eye,
and said the answer had taken a great
load off his mind, and he ordered men
sent to his house at once, and as he
went out he pulled his hat down over
his eye, and put the thumb with a rag
on in his pocket. This new style of
hiring man to put down carpets, who
can do it 50 much better, and stretch it
even, saves half the swearing. There
is nothing that so incapacitates minis
ter for the sublime duties of his position,
as to knock off thumb nail with tack
hammer. Goldsmith & Co. will be glad
to see everybody in want of carpets.
during the next few eks.-Pecks
Sam
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

STRAwBERRIEs.-So Some Of our readers
will be asking themselves "Shall l plant
stra wberries now or wait until summer or
fall p We say plant now. This will in
sure full crop for next year. If 1t be de-
ferred until late in the season, q partial
crop only will result next year. Select your
plants which may be known by their fbrous
whitish roots, while those of old plants are
longer, darker and more stingy. For home
use, use manure without stint, almost any
kind. Ashes and bone-dust are excellent.
But barnyard manure will suffice. Plant
in rows two feet apart and eighteen inches
apart in row. Triomphe de Grande, Jo-
cunda, BoJden go Charles Downing are
fine varieties. Capt. Jack with US is pre-
ferable to tue old Wilson. Try the Great
American, Beauty, President Lincoln
Upon number Of plants we last year tried
the effect net chi of combination Of all
tie manures at hand, bat we also applied
liquid manure, beautifully. The result was
a surprising growth of leaves such as we
have never before seen in the straw berry,
and very large berries, but fewer than
those borne by other plants not So treated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
SOUND PASSING THROUGH SOLID
ROCK.

1t now appears from an official state
ment made by Mr.. Sutro last Saturday,
that the header OF the Sutro tunnel was
at that time l, 1873 feet distant from the
point where it will strike the Savage in
cline. The statement is undoubtedly
correct, yet the workmen in the Savage,
at the 1000 level, are able to hear the
steam drills used in the tunnel header
so distinctly that all have heretofore be-
lieved the face of the tunnel to be not
farther away than 800 feet 1t was
thought impossible that the drills could
be heard greater distance through
solid rock. At the Combination shaft
they now say that they were able to
hear the blasts fired in the header of the
Sutro tunnel when it was l, 900 feet dis
tant. Afterward when the tunnel was
opposite the shaft, they heard nothing
of the blasts, nor could the men at work
in the tunnel hear those fired in the
shaft, and Sutro finally sent to inquire
if they had discontinued work. 1t is
supposed that the qualification and hard
ness of the rock have much to DO with
the facility with which it is traversed
by sound. Hard rock no doubt conveys
sound to a greater distance than that
which is decomposed and mixed with
clay. Sound would also be likely to
follow qualification. Oflate the header
of the Sutro tunnel has been much hard
er rock than that through which it pass
ed when in the ne,ghborhood of tho Kind
called heavy" being wet, spongy and
much inclined to swell.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
AN OLD PUZZLE REWRITTEN.

eff you please, sir, I'm a poor boy,
but I'm awfully smart and l want to
work"
The storekceper looked at his CUSTOM
re in astonlshment. The boy was a
little bit of a fellow, and his chin came
just over the top of the counter.
"Well," said the storekeeper. you
seem to have pretty good idea of your
self"
That's So" said the boy, Il lost my
last place cause was smart
"All right, then I'll show you where
you make great mistake, when you say
you're smart. Do you see that jug
over there?"
"No, sir" said the boy, looking hard
at a box marked six gross safety pins. )"
Not there; way back in the store"
ooh, yes said the boy
"Now that Jug is full of vinegar; it
holds eight quarts. I've an order for
four quarts. but haven't any empty
measure excepting one holding five
quarts and one holding three quarts.
Now, if you're as smart as you say you
are perhaps you can measure the four
quarts from the eight quarts by using
the three and fvo''
Il can do it." said the boy, lust as
easy as fishing"
If you do, I'll give you two dollars
week and your clothes. No guessing,
now YOU must measure exactly -
"All right said the boy, "have
your tailor here in fifteen minutes to
measure me, please" =
The tailor might have come even ear
lier. as the boy Lad the four quarts of
vinegar measured out in less than five
minutes.
How did he do it?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
4 STORY of notable darlnp by n TurI

y STORY of notable daring by Turk
during the battles of the recent war,
has just been related. A very steep
rock, go feet high, was to be stormed,
and at its top frowned the Russian bat
teries. A Turkish Colonel DESTROYS to
set an example to his men, scrambled up
first, by the help of projecting bushes
and pieces of rock, but when he reached
the top he found himself entirely alone.
The Russians looked at him with amaze
ment, and their General, ordering them
not to fire, fastened up to the Turk and
said, Colonel, BECOME at once; you see
you are alone!' The intrepid soldier
looked at lis enemies a moment, then
turned and went back safely as he came,
amid the cheers Of the Russians.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
MRS. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS AND
THE BACKWOODSMEN.

During the life OF the little giant,
thece was no wife in America more de-
voted to husbands interests than the
slender little beauty whom Douglas won
for his second. after he had well started
On the road to fame. A politician, an
ineriguer, a diplomat, she lent the aid
of her woman's tact to the cause OF her
liege lord. She travelled with him, on
his electioneering tours; she showed her
sweet face at the country huskings; she
kissed the country babies, and praised
the ruddycheeked girls; and listened to
the coarse jokes of the backwoodsmen,
and took no offense at their honest FAM
iliarity; she reigned very queen in his
elegant home in Washington; she adj
yised with wisdom, she counseled with
shrewdness I have heard that once
while in the cars. two gentlemen having
heard her mention to passing friend,
that she was on her way from Washing
ton to Pennsylvania, asked her if she
lived in Washington long.
Several years" she replied
"Well; how is Douglas getting on
now? I've heard that he was going to
the dogs, drinking and carousing"
Il think you have been mlsinformed.
/ am sure his habits are no worse than
they have been heretofore
The gentlemen during the converse
ton told many scandals that had circu-
lated relative to the senator from Hi
nois; the lady heard them with calm
ness, sometimes asserting that things
they said were not correct, or at times
answered that she knew nothing of the
follies they named.
''Y our names, gentlemen" said the
traveller, sweetIy gathering her things
together at her journeys end. The
names were given.
ITO whom are we indebted for ou1
present hours conversation" returned
the enraptured gents.
The lady handed them each a card,
on which was the name, "Mrs. Stephen
A. Douglas. = | heard one of the
gentlemen relate this incident "May-
be didn't feel mean he said. "May
be ! wouldn't run a mile any time to
keep from meeting that angelic wife Of
Douglas Maybe | didn't learn a les
son chat day; | rather think did"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

THE Quitman, Ca, Free Press says:
A very excellent farmer living in the
Marven District, undertook, few eve
nings ago, to cure his hogs of vermin by
rubbing them with coal-oil. He provided
himself with fat lightwood torch, and
commenced work. Unfortunately, just
as he had gotten them we'll creased q
spark from his torch fell on the back of
one of them, and in an instant he was in
a light blaze. The flames communicated
to the others, and in few moments the
drove was running wild, fleeing with
lightning speed, appearing in the dark
ness like fire tends. The next Cay the
farmer found his bacon not only cured
but doue up brown.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

THE production of precious metals in
America is nearly $1,000, 200 per an
mum. During the past eight months we
have shipped abroad s.. $40, 600 in gold
ard silver bullion more than we have
received from Europe. Other years.
during the same length of time. we have
exported from $50, 600, 600 to $40, 000,-
600. There is heavy balance in our
favor, and gold and silver are rapidly
accommodating. Our exports for the last
eight months amount to S46l, 900, 900,
gain of $50, 900, 600 over those of any
former year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
Josh KILLINGS.

The following, with the spelling cor
rected, are culled from couple of
columns of his sayings:
Anger always hurts US more than the
one We get mad at.
Make yourself necessary, young man,
and your success is certain.
What man gets for nothing he is apt
to value at just about what it costs.
Pills will sometimes refuse to act on
the liver, but saving wood never will.
When man amt good for anything
else, he's just right to sit on jury.
About as low down as man can get
and not quite ''spile" is to live on his
wife's reputation.
[ don't bet on precocious children; the
huckleberry that ripens the soonest is
always first to decay.
Everybody seems to consider himself a
sort of moral half bushel to measure the
worlds frailties in.
He who has nothing to do in this world
but to amuse himself has got the hardest
job on hand know Of.
L have always said, and L believe it
still, that the time to be carefullest is
when you have hand full of trumps.
When you strike oil stop boring.
| Many man has bored clear through and
| let the Oil run out at the bottom.
If you want to find out just how mean
and dishonest you have always been, get
| nominated and run for Office.
Next in point of meanness to doing
man an injury is to do him favor, and
every now and then remind him of it.
Woman has always been more than a
| match for man. Adam held the best
cards, but didn't know how to play them
| WELL
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

THE people of Wisconsin employ over
$4,000 agricultural laborers, and 1000
domestic servants-the wages of the
former varying from Sl5 to $50 per
month, and of the latter Fl lm s To $40
In the manufacturing, mechanical and
mining establishments of the State 3D.
5l1 people find employment. and receive
for their labor upward of s15. 000,0
annually.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

Oh has been struck at the Black
Hills, 100 miles south Of Deadwood.
The oil wells of California are rapidly
increasing in number, and the produc-
ton besins to be ofsimportauce. The
oil is claimed to be. in many respects.
better than that Of Pennsylvania; in one
instance it can be used for lamps just as
it comes from the we'll
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

A. j. CosHow, while gathering Pc
cans in Gonzales County, Texas, recent.
ly, saw from his place on the limb of a
tree something giittering on the ground
below. 1t was Mexican silver dollar
He dug at the root of the tree and I'M
earthed SIS, ZOO worth of the coins.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
A GREAT CURIOSITY,

Silver Spring, Florida, is one of the
greatest euriositics in the south. 1t
bursts forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the state. 1t bubbles
up in a basin near one hundred feet
deep and about an acre in extent, and
sending from it a deep stream sixty to
one hundred feet wide, and extending
six to eight miles to the Ocklav aha riv-
er. In the spring itself sixty boats may
lie at anchor-quite feet. The spring
thus forms natural inland port to which
three steamers now run regularly from
the St. Johns, making close connec
tons with the ocean steomers at Palatka.
The clearness of the water is truly won
derfnl 1t seems even more transparent
than air; you see the bottom eighty feet
below the bottom of your boat, the ex-
act form of the smallest pebble, the out
lines and color of the leaf that has
sank, and all the prisrnatic colors of the
rainbow are reflected. Large fish swim
IN it, every scale visible, and every
movement distinctly seen If you 90
over the spring in boat you will see
the assures in the rocks, from which the
river rushes upward like an inverted
cataract.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25
WHERE did this haby come from

WHERE did this baby come FRONT"
asked three year old girl of the nurse,
who was washing the squealing little
stranger. Why, from heaven of
course" replied the nurse. well, if
it screamed like that there, don't Won
der they sent it off," was the stunning
rejoinder.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

PATRICK and John Reilly, who went
over Niagara falls some days ago, were
experienced boatmen of the neighbor
hood. They owe their destruction to
drunkenness. 1t is customary to cross
the Niagara river above the falls, from
Niagara village to point higher up on
the Canada side, in small boats. In do
ing so the oarsman first rows up stream
along the American shore, so that, when
he turns into the powerful current that
sweeps toward the Canadian fall, the
boat can be impelled across the river be-
fore being carried perilousiy far down.
The undertaking is dangerous at best,
and tie Reillys were drunk when they
started from the village. They headed
their boat directly across the river, and
were almost Immediately in the power
of the current. They kept rowing until
the boat capsized on the brink of the
waterfall, some think because they were
too drunk to know where they were,
while others suppose that, finding them
selves powerless to stem the current, they
took the meagre chance Of reaching shore
in the smooth water below the reefs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

HORSES are cheap In Texas. Pretty
fair horses adapted to the saddle or
wagon, but unbroken, can be had for
Sl2. The finest Spanish pony, wild as
a gazelle, aud costing So to break, sells
for $40.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

KENTUCKY beats them all. She now
furnishes case where man clipped
with whole family except the old man.
who had a lame back, and couldn't get
to the depot In time,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-25

The man who is honest from policy
needs as much watching as hive of bees
just getting ready to swarm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

FAMILY MEDIcINEs.--Eyery fam
lily should always have certain reme-
dies in the house to meet the COM
mon accidents or emergencies which
may occur at any time. An emetic
promptly administered hes often saw
ed q life which would have been lost
if left to tho delay OF calling phys
iciar. A medicine which combines
thu most essential features-,uch as
q pain -killer-that will cure rhen-
matism, neuralgia, headache--stop
bleeding, whether internal or sxtes-
pal-a most excellent corrector Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

For SALE-A BASKET PHAEToN.
Set double carriage harness, saddle
and bride, buffalo robe, horse blank
cts, and single seat cutter, will he
sold cheap for cash or on time TO
reponsible parties. Enquine at the
TRIBUNE OFFICE, or of William
Brown, Collector.
w. II. BENNETT.
April I'd, 1878.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
State Teachers Exa nina ton.

The Annual Examination OF Cam
didates for State Teachers Certifl.
Gates will be held, as provided ty
law, at Madison, beginning Tuesday,
August l3, 1878, at 9 o'clock A. NJ.
The Board of Examiners consists
Of Prof. Albert Salisbury, of White
water, Prof. Stephen II Carpenter,
of Madison, and Prof. George w.
Peckham, of Milwaukee.
Applicants FOX Certificates will bo
examined in the following branches
of study:
(l) For an UNLIMITED State
Certificate the branches now re-
quire for first grade County Ger
tillcate, with the addition of English
Literature, and the rudiments OF
Botany, Geology, Political Economy.
General History and Mental Philos-
ophy.
This Certificate will issued only 70
those who furnish satisfactory evi-
Of successful teaching for at least
NINE terms
(2.) For o lAnTED (lve ysarr>
State Certificate, the branches now
required 1er . first grade County Ger,
tiflcate, with'the addition Of English
Literature and Mental Philosophy.
This certificate will be issued only
to those who furnish satisfactory ev.
idcnce Of successful teaching for al
least THREE terms.
Applicants who fail In any of ths
branches required for either OF tho
above Certificates, may present for
re-examination in such branches
within ono year. A re-examination
in those in which they are successful
will not be required. Candidates
who last year failed in any Of tho
branches, or did not complete their
examination for either Certificate
are earnestly solicited to I've pressn
with the new Applicants this year.
All stationery needed will be fur
nished by tho Examiners.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
DoDGEvILLg, April 9th.

DoDGEvILLE, April 9th.
To THE TTlBUNE Election day
caused considerable excitement and
interest here. On the morning be-
fore the polls were opened there
could be seen men going hither and
thither with roll of papers in their
hands, which, on close observation,
proved to be tickets, and the bearers
candidates for town Offices. There
were thirteen tickets in the field.
Some six hundred votes were cast,
aud tho following candidates were
elected: Il Chas. Paul, Supervisor
The day being warm, Frost Geo. L.
gave way, aud Ricll'd Arundel was
chosen clerk by an overwhelming
majority OF one. w. B. Williams,
Assessor The people thought "Treb-
or" Owens too old for hard labor, and
lcnitivc with the tax payers last year,
decided to re-elect him Treasurer.
Thos. Carkeek, M. Evans, Justices.
Thos. Thomas, Il. g. Potter, and II.
Pengelly Constables.
There's many slip twixt tho cup
and lip. Two weeks ago we were
sure of narrow gauge railroad, but
now we hope to have one.
Quite sad occurrence took place
on Sunday morning during church.
An old lady being taken sick in
church started 20 go home, and by
hard struggle succeeded in reaching
the sidewalk, when she stopped and
called for help, but before a helping
hand could como she fell back on the
walk in o fainting fit. She was taken
to house near by where she recov-
cred. 1t was a sight long to be re-
membered.
G. W. C. T., P. Allen, Jr., Of Your
city, delivered q Temperance lecture
here last night to respectable house,
considering the incleinency of the
weather. Tho speaker held his
hearers in such rapture that the fall
ing of pin could be heard at any
time. Phil. il q young man whom
any city might feel proud Of. He
will always be welcomed in Dodge
vile. ECHO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

offered five-hundred-mile tickets for
SO each, by which arrangement
seven hundred tickets will have to
be sold to secure the required
amount. Not rail will be laid or
q sod turned by the contractors till
the sum called for in the contract is
raised.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

THE average law student, when
he comes across good point in con-
stitutional law, makes a note of 1t,
and whispers softly to himself: "That
will come in handsome some day when
I'm addressin' the u. S. Senate" OF
course we don't mean anybody
around here.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

LosT.-On election day, a large
Black Overcoat, between Isl ward
city square and Priestley's harness
shop. Anyone bringing the coat to
this Office, or to MIR. David Brown,
at his residence will be paid for
their trouble. 15-1w-l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
Sole months since a man by the

Sole months since q man by the
name of George Carver, OF Avoca
went cunning fog PedaSogues, and
shot at one Mr.. Wilkie, principal! OF
the high school At that place, the
circumstances are about Is follows !:
carver's daughter, : girl about IA
years OF age, tho attended the school
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

THE frame part Of tho building on
Commerce street occupied by Curry,
the harness maker, is being rapidly
torn down. We understand the
owner of the property, Mr.. Jas. Polk
inghorn, will have erected in its stead
a large warehouse. Thus another
has great faith in a prosperous fu-
ture for Mineral Point.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
VOLUME XXI.
The Local Field.

,x- Business Notices in local columns,
,sdrd and in same type as local news, will
:. charged for at the rate Of 10 cents per line'
.cb insertion. No business notice published
IN this department, first issue, Tor less than
" cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

A LITTLE kitten with two heads
was ushered into this city and the
world the other day. The remain
der of the body was an exact imita-
tion of all other cats. Poor Barnum,
death beat him out of this curiosity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
NUMBER Is.

the stomache-will cure sore throat.
ETC., should be in every household.
In Lawson's Curative we have the
best combination Of medicines, W hich
makes it tho most excellent of all for
family use.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

GROCERIES greatly reduced in
prices at B. Larkin's, Darlington !:
IA lbs choice peaches for 81; II lbs
new choice currants for 81; II lbs
new dried apples for 81; 10 lbs choice
raisins for ST.; s BIB cans standard
peaches for 81; Choice syrup 70 cts.
to Scots. per gal, at B. Larkin's Cod
Grocery store, Darlington. 14-2
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10

THE annual message of Mr.. Chris.
Kessler, county treasurer, is laid be-
fore the readers this week. It is of
an unusual length and will prove
interesting to the property-holders
of the county. The delinquent tax
list is what we are talking about.