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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-13
The American FIaming0.

The American fianingo, with his
gorgeous scarlet feathers, is a superb
fellow He is very shy, and peculiarly
afraid of man. On account of its line
apparel, it has been more closely pur-
sued than almost any other bird. 1t
does not go north like some of the her.
ons. but Audubon says it has OCCASION
ally been seen in South Carolina. Its
constant home, however, is i'll the
southern part Of Florida and along the
Gulf coast.
Like the heTOns, the iamingoes are
Sociable, and live III flOcks. They have
webbed feet, which give them an ad-
vantage over the herons III enabling
them to swim as we'll as to wade l
have never been able to get near
enough to these birds to gain any per-
sonal knowledge Of their habits.
The nest of the flamingo IS curious
affair; usually built in a narshy, muddy
place, in the form of a mound. 1t Is
made of sticks and grass and mud to
the height Of two or three feet, with a
hollow in the middle to hold the eggs.
The male is said to assist in the con-
struction of the nest, but this is proba-
Div mere conjecture, for | think no one
living at the present time has been able
to get near enough to these birds to
watch their habits, and their nests can
be reached only with great difficulty.
The female lays two white eggs about
the size of those of a goose. 1t is said
that she sits astride the nest in an I'M
calmly fashion, and that the young, as
soon as they are Matched, take to the
water like young ducks.
If a law only could be passed to pro,
tect these birds, what grand sight the
| waters of Florida would soon present.
| These great, brilliant, scarlet birds,
dallying and playing in the water, OF
wading near the shore in quest OF
game. would be a sight never to be for
gotten. Can it be possible that Florida
does not care for such glorious crea'
lures. and will allow, year after year
! these marauderS from the North to XII
them without single protest? Unless
something is done for the protection OF
these splendid creatures, they must
soon become extinct; for their range is
quite limited, and l fear the boy anc
girl readers of to-day, by the time they
grow to men and women, can only reaC
of these as gorgeous birds OF the past.
st. Nicholas.
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Domestic Recipes.

Bread and Cake.-Keep bread and
cake in a stone jar carefully covered
up. and it will then retain Its freshness
and moisture any reasonable length OF
time
Poached Eggs.-When the water has
boiled in the frying-pan break the eggs
separately in a saucer; remove the pan
from the stove, and slip the eggs lone
at time on the surface Of the water;
when all are in place the pan again on
the fire, and boil three minutes; take
them out with a skinner. drain well.
lay them upon pieces Of buttered toast,
place on hot dish, salt to taste; gar
nish with parsley.
To Mend China.-Take very thick
solution OF gum Arabic in water, and
stir it into plaster of Paris until the
mixture becomes the proper consisten-
cy. Apply it with brush to the frac-
tured edges of the china, and stick
them together. In three days the arti
Gle cannot be broken in the same place.
The wliteness OF the cement renders
it doubly valuable.
Cream Pie.-For the cake, two cups
Of sugar; piece of butter the size Of two
eggs; four eggs; two spoonsful cream of
| tartar; one Of soda; three cups of flour.
| Bake III Jelly-cake pans, or i'll a single
| cake, and split as one chooses. For
| the cream, one pint OF milk; two eggs;
a cup of sugar; half cup of flour.
! Beat the eggs, sugar and -four together;
pour in the milk and put over the fire
until it thickens, stirring all the while;
flavor to taste. When cold, spread be-
tween layers of cake.
a Good Apple Pudding-Better than
lard crust pies: Make stiff batter of
sour milk Or buttermilk and graham
flour, all the better if an egg is used;
grease deep dish, such as will set in
the steamer; put in batter an inch or an
inch and half deep, then layer Of
good sour apples cut smaller than quar-
| ters. sprinkle with sugar according to
the acidity of the apples, flavor with
cinnamon or nutmeg; some would like
a little butter; cover with the batter
about the same thickness. A two quart
basin needs to steam one and half or
two hours. This is excellent with
cream, and can be cooked with less fire
than to heat an oven.
Spanish Pudding.-To pint of water
put two ounces of fresh butter and a
little salt; when it boils, add as much
flour as will make it the consistency of
hasty pudding; keep it well stirred all
the time. After it is taken off the fire
and stood till quite cold, beat it up with
three eggs; CRATE little lemon-peel and
nutmeg add them to the mixture; drop
the batter with IA spoon into frying
pan with boiling lard; fry them quickly.
When taken up, heap them in the dish
high in the middle; throw some pow
dered sugar over them.
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Honorable SeusitiyeueSS,

Chief Justice fancy is the subject Of
a pleasant Renaissance, which shows
his SenSitiveness to anything like a
stain upon his official honor:
While holding the Office Of Secretary
Of the Treasury, friend sent him two
boxes OF cigars, of which peculiar
brand he was known to be very fond
Not knowing from whom they came, he
retained them unopened. Soon after
vacating his office, on ascertaining his
donor, he wrote to him:
Il cannot accept the cigars from you
as a present But l will be glad to
keep them and pay you the market
value of them. And Unjust ask you the
favor to say how much they are worth,
that l may send you the money. You
will, perhaps, smile at what you may
think my fastidiousness about such a
tritle as your cigars. But l have
thought it the rule for public man,
and that it ought to be inilexibIy adj
hered TO in every case, and without any
exception in the smallest matters"
The donor replied, demurring to the
rule on the ground that Nil fancy WAS
then private citizen. But this was
not satisfactory, and it ended in send
ing his correspondent the cash value of
The cigars.
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4 Shark Story.

A correspondent of Forest and Stream
thus writes about an adventure with
shark that ended with the diSappolnt-
ment'o the fish and to the JOY OF the
sailor:
In February, 1873, was on board OF
a vessel owned by members OF my
mothers family, which sailed from
Messina III Sicily, bound for st. Peters
burg. The captain was far gone III
consumption. He hoped he might live
10 be landed in the island of Jersey, his
native place, OH our way up channel.
But he died fortnight after leaving
Messi1a. and we consigned his body to
the deep between Cape de Gatta and
Cape Palos, on the coast of Spain.
For some days previous to his death,
large shark followed the vessel, and
was daily seen by all hands; but strange
to say, he did not put in an appearance
on the dav Of the burial, though we
were beca!med al the morning. Two
days later, us we We're nearing Glbral-
tar, with light air from the eastward,
proposed to the new captain to give
the white streak a touch OF paint, to
make the Old craft look ship-shape. No
sooner said than done.
A ladder was Slung over the side with
a board on the rungs, forming d safe
Scaif0ld, and another young man and
myself went to work. One side was
finished, and we had only the port quar-
ter 10 paint, when d man in the maintop
shouted. in an excited tone
''Alongside there! IIallo0. Look
out. the shark is close to you!'
turned round quick as thought, and
to my inexpressible horror, beheld the
huge monster, for lie was twelve to
fifteen feet in length, within SIX feet of
us. evidently about u make his deadly
spring.
Shouting to my companion, l dropped
a large paint-brush overheard, and
surang up the rope which held the lad
der. and gained the deck. AS | write,
| fancy see the leering eyes of the
monster in anticipation of glorious
feed The stage was about two feet
from the water.
The man in the top said that the mo-
ment / dropped the brush, the shark
followed it. Sorry it did not hold few
ounces of arsenic OF other deadly poi
son. We finished our job nevertheless
the man in the top keeping watch, and
the captain on the quarter with a loaded
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-13
1 Snake isStfia.

The black snake is the bitter enemy
of the fattiesnake. When they meet, a
fight takes place, aud the black snake
generally conquers. 4 correspondent
of the Forest and Stream thus describes
a combat which he saw between two Of
these snakes:
In the middle of the road lay an
ordinary black snake, and quite large
rattlesnake cycling one another tiercely,
both ready for an attack. The party
stood motionless to see the battle take
place: but he waited long, and still the
combaiants did not move. At length,
tired of watching. he slightly shook the
bar of the fence, which caused the rat
tlesnake to look from its opponent TO
himself. Instantly. the black snake
sprang on the other, twisted itself tight
IL around its neck, and then its body,
and glided off, and there lay the rattle
snake, dead. The victim, we all know,
was powerful Toe. the victor as harm
less a snake as there is il the land
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No Paw No Preach.

The pastor of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church at Sandlake, n, Y, instead
of preaching sermon on Sunday made
this announcements: The Board Of
Trustees have not paid my salary, have
taken no notice Of my demands, circu-
lated no subscription paper, nor made
any other effort to fulfill their obiiga-
tons to me. am badly involved in
debt, and do not propose to continue
preaching for nothing. | therefore de-
clare the pulpit vacant until God in his
mercy can send you minister who can
live on air and wear buckskin breeches
of his own make
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Protect your Fowls and Houses.

Many fancier has had cause to sigh
and 30 seriously deplore the loss OF
some fine bird or birds which have dis
appeared during the night rather mys-
terlOusly. In most cases it is folly to
attempt to discover the last resting
place of the missing birds, or to find a
clue to aid in tracing them, and the
most that can be done is either 10 set d
trap, stand guard yourself some night
until the thief be found, or have d guard
placed in your chicken yards every
night whose Watchfulness and integrity
cannot be doubted. The latter is, by
far, the best plan, and the best guard
is the ever faithful shepherd dog. Not
only viii lie give warning of the APP
preach of strangers who have taste
for chickens, but he will generally
drive them off quickly himself, often
giving the iutruders convincing asSUr-
ance that it Is best TO try other fields
of labor. When it once becomes known
that you have a faithful, fearless dog,
one capable and willing TO do his duty
which The shepherd dog has ever
proven himself 10 be-IQnning III your
yards at night to guard and protect
your fowls. there need be no fear Of
tramps or others borrowing the fowls
after business hours. The shepherd
dog is also a good rat-catcher, for many
L fine, fat rat have we seen suffer the
penalty between the jaws OF the active
shepherds.
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Inc Yalee dc Chopin.
BY HERNAN KARPELs.

Play me once more-I care not for the name
The air loved Twas careless, quaint and
sweet,
Yet wild and passionate as words Of blame
Spoken by 0beron in jealous heat.
Yes, il began in fuQue-like fashion, slow;
1t brings TO mind landscape stretching far,
Bathed in the mellow light OF evening glow
Park. river, terraces, and lawns are there.
Fun many an odorous shrub and climbing
flower
Cling round the flights Of marble steps that
lead
INTO castle, graced with keep and tower,
And painted windows rich with stoTied deed.
Through cedar avenues there comes breath
OF aromatic fragrance, orient balms:
Day stored them up against her hour Of death
Night. pious, scatters them with cool, moist
palms.
Now melancholy owls tiy forth and boot;
They heed not who from dusky boughs
advance.
Where, in the distance. sounds OF planning flute
And iocund pipe TO the rustic dance.
Thanks for your musics most melohous close!
Come, ere the mists that wait the suns
decline
B!ur these fair fields through which the river
Come, we will seek earth's tabled boundary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-13
Science and Religion.

1t is a common notion that men of
science are, as class, iutidelS in reli-
gion. But Prof. Gladstone, of the
Royal Institution, London, says this
notion is founded in error. After pa
tient inquiry as to the religious attitude
Of leading scientists, he believed that
rs large proportion are believers in
revealed religion rs are found in any of
tile learned professions, except the
Christian ministry. And we believe, s.
says the advance, that statement is IS
true on this side the Atlantic as on
that -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-13
Fifty Years as Il iiearSe- Driver.

William Boyle is man Of probably
seventy years of age, but who carries
his years well, and whose hair and
Whiskers are still dark, says the Phila-
delphia Times. Il have been in the
country forty-liVe years" said Mr..
Boyle, who is supposed to have pen
chant for the ladies, but | won't tell
you my age. Ever since | have been
IN this country | have been driving a
heavenly mail wagon, but the letters l
deliver have only one post0ilice-the
graveyard. | drive a hearse, and for
thirty-One years | have been in the en-
ploy Of one firm, and during that time |
have attended a funeral at least three
times day. You can tell from that
how many bodies | have hauled to the
grave. | am the Oldest hearSe-d driver
in America, and l have carried more
people to the grave than any living
man. | held the ribbons when John
Quincy Adams body passed through
Philadelphia; l aid the same over
Zachary Taylor. l drove the dead cart
at the mock funeral of Andrew jackson,
in this city, and a great time we had.
drove the hearseS when President
Lincoln and Vice-President Wilson
had their funeral ceremonies in this
city. The greatest funeral | was ever
connected with was that OF John Price
Wetherill, and that day | headed a pro-
cession of three hundred carriages. 1t
was a splendid turnout. Talk about
the Old Sexton gathering them III, it S
me that has turned them in. How old
am |. and Where was | born? My inn
preston is that was never born at all
but that | tloated down the Susquehana
on a log. | am as old us the halls.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-13
Shiifui aturrnrY.

The New York Medical Journal re-
ports the following case, where hot
water was successfully used i'll very
severe MASKING of the hand:
The patient was engaged III ma
chine shop, and While his hand was
upon the anvil of Il trip-hanmer, the
hammer. weighing seven hundred
pounds, fell. 1t so happened that a file
was on the anvil, and III this way the
force of the hammer was arrested about
half an inch before 1t reached the bed.
When the hand was examined, it was
found that the whole palm was a mass
Of pulp. The metaclrpal bones were
comminuteQ extensively, and there
was, apparently, but small chance Of
saving the hand. 1t was, however,
placed in hot water, and kept there for
two or three weeks, ana then taken out
and dressed.
In three months the patient was suf-
ficiently we'll to leave the hospital, and
nine months after the accident able to
move the fingers, and has quite a usefm
hand.
Bruises and injuries do much better
when treated with hot than with cold
water. The temperature should he
about l03 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The Teachings OF Experience in 1gri-
culture,

My father, says correspondent Of
the English Agricultural Gazette, in
variably planted small-siZed potatoes,
and was careful, when none such were
to be had, to cut. the large ones until no
piece contained more than Il single eye.
He had neighbour, a brother, whose
rule through life in this matter was the
exact opposite. The fields adjoined,
and III so far as anything could be dis
covered, there was no difference what
ever in either the quality Of the soil Or
method of cultivation. Yet there were
failures and successes on both sides, IS
often on the one as on the other; and
an experience Of 80 years potato grow
ing left both satisfied as to the sound
ness of their individual views, without
any other perceptible difference except
that my father had the satisfaction of
eating his finest potatoes, While my
uncle dined on small ones. This is but
a single instance by way of example,
and every one will remember plenty of
others in his own experience.
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Walking.

Walking briskly, with an exciting OBJ
iect of pleasurable interest ahead, is
the most healthful of all forms of eXer-
else, except that of enc0uragingly re-
munerative, steady labor Ill the open
air; and vet multitudes IN the city,
whose health urgently requires eXer-
else, seldom walk, when they can ride,
if the distance is mile OF more. Ii is
worse in the country. especially with
the Well-todo; a horse or carriage must
be brought tothe door, even if less
distances have to be passed. Under
the conditions first named walking is a
bliss: it gives animation to the mind, it
WHITES the circulation, it paints the
cheek and sparkleS the eye, and wakes
up the whole being. physical, mental
and moral. We know q family Of
children in this city who, from the age
Of seven, had 10 walk nearly two miles
to school, Winter and Summer: wheth-
er Sleet, or storm. or rain, or burning
sun, they made it al ambition never to
stay from school on account of the
weather, and never TO be late" and
one of them was heard to boast that in
seven years it had never been necessary
to give an excuse" for being one min
ute behind time, even although III win
ter it was necessary TO dress by gas
light. They did not average two days
sickness i'll a year, and later they
thought nothing Of walking twelve
miles at time in the Swiss Mountains.
Sometimes they would be caught in
drenching rains and wet to the skin;
on such occasions they made it point
to do one thing, let it rain, and trudge
, on more vigorously, until every thread
was dry before they reached home
HJIHe TO,truul of HAHN
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Fashion in Fiji.

Moralists are prone TO talk about The
slavery Of fashion to which civilization
subjects men and women. But the
slavery is due to vanity rather than to
civilization. Sayages live III that state
of nature which is said to be one OF
ease and freedom. But their vanity Is
strong, and to crafty it, they put them
selves to as many Inconvenience as
does a fashionable woman or a city
dandy. Fashion in the Fiji Islands
tattooed at the corners of the mouth
and in other parts of the body. 1t is a
painful and tedious process. The skin
is punctured by an instrument made
of bone, and vegetable dye injected
into the puncture. The women do not
like to be tattooed; but ii is hefashion,
and they might as well be out OF Fiji
as out OF the fashion. So they endure
agony in order to be fashionable
When a festival approaches, all the
natives who belong to fashionable soci-
ETY. have their hair dressed. 1t is
washed in lime-water TO make it friZ-
Zed, and then dyed in several coi0rS,
and arrangedin various ways. Several
days are required to get the head dress
es in shape. When the hair is liked
up" the native, for fear of disarrang-
ing it, sleeps Oh a pillow or head-rest
made of a length of bamboo, resting on
the short CROSSINGS. \ European
would have violent headache if he
rested five minutes on such a pillow.
Fashion may not wear out in Fiji as
much apparel as it does in Paris. But
the Fijian is put to quite as mitch in
convenience to appear stylish as is the
Partisan
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4 TaiiGr's Device.

Many are the devices to which credi-
tors resort in order to collect their dues.
A gentleman recently called at sta
toners establishment to order some
note-paper with a heading. He was
shoWnnumberless designs, monograms,
etc. Finding nothing suited to his
taste, he said
Il want something simpler-just a
flower, such as forget-me-not."
But, sir" said the attendant, ''that
would surely be more suitable for a
Young lady"
Il know what / WANT was the
prompt reply. I'm tailor, and the
paper is for my customers"
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The fve-year-old daughter of an
Eighth street family, relates the Gin
cinnati Breakfast Table. the other day
stood watching her baby brother, who
was making a great fuss over having
his face washed. The little miss at
length lost her patience. and stamping
her tiny foot said: You think you
have lots OF trouble, but yoa Gon'tknow
anything about it. Wait till you're big
enough To get a licl1in', and then you u
see-Won't lie mammal
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We read in London weekly. Il
have been staying at country house
with my friend Edwin. He is on the
best Of terms with Angelina, the
daughter of the house. They started a
telephone, by means of which soft no.
things were interchanged in the most
delightful manner; but he was rather
surprised when he came down 10 break
fast TO lind the 'pencillings Of the even
ing IN in envelope OIL his plate. Nam
ma had attached her private Wire"
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Three Edinburg newsDoys have been
arrested and tried on charge that they
did shout and brawl and make great
noise. whereby the lieges We're greatly
annoyed and disturbed" and two of
them sent to prison for FIVE years, while
the third was released with a fine of
s. upon promising never again to sell
a newspaper.
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Ink faded from. age may he revived
by damping the manuscript with very
weak vinegar, and allowing it to remain
damp for an hour or two. Then care
fully wash the paper over with solu-
ton of prussiate of potash. Ii Tie
writing does not appear clear at once.
expose the paper to the air for few
hours, keeping the whole slightly damp
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i definition OF bankruptcy, lately
given by Ri English Judge, is reported
to have been: when man owes a
lot of money, and lawyer and accoun-
tant divides the estate between them
The Chicago definition is, when a man
owes lot Of money, transfers it to his
wife, leaving only second hand safe,
dilapidated coal bin, two cork screws,
three tWo-legged stools, and q dozen
samples of Mo- Spring wheat to cred
itOrs.
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In certain districts in South Island.
New Zealand, the Merino sheep are
forced to eat large quantities of a clay.
forming a range of low, bare hills in
Mackenzie County. The sheep do not
appear to suffer in any way from The
effects of this strange diet, and it is
supposed that as the clay contains a
large percentage OF salt, the animals
eat the earth FOR The sake of this prop.
erty.
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A laboratory assistant in phiiad-l-
phia, having severely burned the last
phalanx OF the thumb, while bending
glass tubing, applied the solution of bi-
carbonate of soda, and not only was
tie pain allayed but the thumb could
be at once freely used without income
Ojppcp
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Mich cows in Holland are turned
out to grass generally by the end Of
March or the beginning OF April.
They are, when first sent out, provided
with very thick cloth OF tow, cover
ing the back and sides, from the Shout
ders to the tail, TO prevent diseases
from cold.
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IF l was as fiat-footed as you are, l
wouldn't be afraid of slipping on the
ice" said one gent to another, i'll front
of our Office the other day. Yes,
was the response. ''some people are fat
on one end and some on the other.
The first speaker looked thoughtful, but
said nothing.