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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-03
WHOLE NO. 1913.
Writing Materials.

The materials used for writing on,
says the Edinburgh Review, have va
ried in different ages and nations.
Among the Egyptians, slices of lime
stone, leather, linen and papyrus, es-
pecially the last, were universally en-
ployed. The Greeks used bronze and
stone for public monuments, wax for
memorandums, and papyrus for the
ordinary transactions OF life. The
kings of Peragamus adopted parch-
ment, and the other nations of the an
cient world chiefly depended on a asup-
ply of the paper of Egypt. But the
Assyrians and Babylonians employed
for their public archives, their aStron
omical computations, their religious
dedications, their historical annals, aud
even for title-deeds and bills of eX-
charge, tablets, cylinders and heXago-
mol prisms of terra-cotta. Two of these
cylinders. still eXtant, contain the his
tory of the campaign of Sennacher.b
against the Kingdom of Judah; aad
two others, eXhumed from the Birs
NimrOud, give Il detailed account Of
the dedication Of the great temple by
NebuchadneZZar to the seven planets.
To this indestructible material, and to
the happy idea of employing it in this
manner, the present age is indebted
for detailed history of the AsSyrian
monarchy; whilst the decades of Livy,
the plays of Menander and the lays Of
Anacreon, conGded to a more perisha-
BILE material, have either wholly CT
partly disappeared amidst the wreck
of empires.
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Phosphorus as Food for f.ie Intellect.

In an article on the Hygiene OF
Chronic Nervous Diseases" read by
DR.. q. II. Beard before the Kings Co.
Medical Society, the author says: Al
though the generalization of AgaSSlZ,
that fish f, eds the intellect, IS among
the widest and most unscientiiic ever
made, yet there is little doubt that the
so called ''sea-food," fish ard oysters,
is excellent for the nervous system, and
very likely in part by virtue of the
phosphorus it contains; but it no
more feeds the intellect than phospho-
rus given III any other way. \ healthy
brain and an intellectual brain are not
synonymous. One may be perfectly
well, and, at the same time, perfectly
stupid; fool may eat Ike lower an
imal, While the great philosopher bare
ly keeps himself alive. While food is
essential to thought, yet the force i'll
food is not converted iuto thought
force. Good thinkers, like go ath
letes, are usually liberal feeders; but
thousands who eat as much or more
have very little intellect or muscle.
The effect of a diet largely of fish
seems TO be sedatiye, caImatiyc, like
that of bromide of potassium, or phos-
phorus, or electricity-lilIet these reme-
dies, producing dullness rather than
intellectually, and inducing Il disposi-
ton t. sleep more than to think; not
accelerating but slowing down the
wheels of the mind, and therefore ex-
cellent and adapted for the nervous,
and over worked, and over-worried.
The mistake of Agassiz was analogous
to the mistake of the Italian physician.
Paggi0li, who used electricity OH the
brains Of children, il order TO stimu-
iald their inteilects and help them get
their lessons and take the Iirst prizes i'll
SCH, Ol.
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A Little Island.

Far, far away, in the German Ocean,
or North Sea, there is a pretty island
called Heligoland.
1t is only mile long, and not more
than half mile wide, but tsmall as it is,
the children who live there dearly love
their island home. will give you
description Of the interior of one OF
their homes.
1t is a tiny cottage, with a roof made
of red tiles. There are two little girls,
Gretchen and Ilsie Wasa; and their
grandma is giving them their lunch of
black bread and caviar, which they
like as much as you do white bread
and honey.
The black bread is a queer-shaped
loaf. 1t has thick, sweet crust, and
is very nice after one has learned 10
like it.
Caviar is the roe of the sturgeon pre-.
pared and salted, and in many places
is considered great luxury, aud
serves as birthday treat to children
who have been good all the year. To
me it is very "Gshy," and exceedingly
diSagreeable.
The children are happy as birds all
day long. They play on the shore and
among the rocks, where they find
many curious things which the sea
tosses up to them.
In summer Heligoland is very
lovely place. The beautiful blue waves
dance about in the sunshine, their
white foam-caps gliStening like snow.
Sea-gulls and swallows come in great
fiocks, and the water is so clear that we
can look way down to the ocean-bed of
bright pebbles, and can see the eXquis-
ite plants or sea-weeds, rs they are
called, pink, and green, and white, and
/ brown, waving f"r below US.
! These sea-weeds are gathered and
pressed, and if well done, they are as
delicate and fine upon the paper as if
/ painted there. Some of them are as
/ red as roses, others are purple and
pale brown, green, and variety OF
/ tintS. There are no trees on the island
only low shrubs, grass and wild-fiow-
ers.
Very few of the people have ever
seen horse or cow; goats and sheep
are the only animals to be found there.
Shouldn't you think it would be
strange olive way out at sea on a
/ solitary rock is:and2
Yet suppose poor little Gretchen
and Isle would pine away from home
sickness, if we were TO bring them to
our green fields, and mountains, and
woods. and meadows; for home is the
sweetest place, after all, wherever il
may be.
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Chased by a Man.Eater.

Mr.. Daniel Talcott, of Glastonbury,
Conn, says the Hartford COurant, IS
the owner of very vicious stallion.
lie broke from his stable just as Mr..
Joseph Stevens, a merchant of South
Glastonbury, was passing by on horse
back with very fleet horse. The stall
lion went for him with great fury, ears
back, mouth extended, and believing
ferociously. 1t didn t take MI. Stevens
long to take in the situation, but being
very nea!sigted, he did not discover
The nature of his pursuer till he was
close upon him. Then he put spurs to
his steed, and cried out to the gathered
crowds on each side of the street, as lie
went sweeping by, stop that horse,
for Gods sake; can't you help me?"
But it was more than a mans life WAS
worth to interfere. Thus the chase
lasted for we'll nigh a mile. Making Il
short corner, and with q vigorous use
Of stones and clubs, Mr.. Stevens got
rid of his pursuer, who wheeled about,
,an back to his all, and was captured
OV his owner
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Farming in HeSSe.

Farming in Germany may be profit
able, but it is not pretty. The COWS
from 80 to 60 in number. all live i'll one
large stable TO the right of the great
gateway. Each cow has her own stall
aud manger, and receives bountlful
she stays all her life, never knowing
the sweets Of freshly-cropped grass,
nor the freedom Of the sunny meadow.
The very pigs live in close confinement
and seldom get the chance Of exerc Sc;
While the sheep, which are taken out
every morning between eight and nine,
are marched back at nightfall and
locked up in their stable. Now aud
then, when harvest is over, they are
allowed to spend few nights in the
fields, where a curious wooden erection
IUuKIng IKE gray cClhn on WheelS,
serves as bed FOR the shepherd, who
never leaves them to themselves. IL
Winter their daily exercise is curtail-
ed, and, when the cold is intense,
ceases altogether. The farm servants
live in the stables; that is, one man
sleeps in each stable, with the horses,
COWS and sheep. Wages are moderate
compared to other parts OF Germany
very moderate compared to those III
England-and the men all receive their
board at the farm. Those who have
families III the village are allowed TO
carry their portion away with them II
they like The Hessians are not an in
teresting peop,e-rough, hard featuitd,
with a keen eye to their own interests,
a very hay idea about their neighborS
rights of property, a fatal penchant for
spirtuous liquors and a strong desire
to fight with everybody when they are
not sober. Pitched battles between
husbands and wives, mothers and sons,
are not unfrequent; and it is we'll when
they use only the weapons with which
nature has provided them, for scythes
and reaping hooks are sometimes
snatched up in family disputes.
Among Germans they have the repu-
tation of being stupid and obstinate.
English annals have had many Oppor-
tunities of testifying to their bravery;
and they We're loyal TO their Prince, Il
long as they had one, and still speak
kindly of the last one, who if he did
little for them, let them alone, and
neither worried them by interference
in their domestic concerns nor eXac ed
many taxes. Now King Stork has sue
ceeded King Log; taxes are trebed,
quadrupled; old laws, civil and relig-
ious, are swept away; vaXatious new
ones introduced, and grumblngs are
proportionately bitter. Emigration has
gone on for generations; there are few
families which have not some near rel
atiyes in America, usually in a far
superior position 10 those at home.
The energetic and adventurous spirits
have left their fatherland, and only tn
dull and supine have remained i'll II.
This is almost the only way to account
for the difference between the German
as he is supposed to be abroad and the
German as he really is at home.
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Wonderful JeWeIrv.

y Parisian jeweller, says a French
Pper, makes brooches and other orna.
ments III which mechanical movements
are introduced and set in motion bv
very small galvanic batteries, which
are concealed in a part of the wearers s
dress. The moving object may be
rabbit, which is made to strike bell
with drumsticks; the head of a skele-
ton, with rolling eyes and a mouth that
opens and shuts; a grenadier beating a
drum; monkey playing the fiddle; or
bird moving its wings as if in the act
of flying. The batteries are construct
ed of minute slips of zinc and platinum
or zinc and carbon, which act in the
same manner as the larger arrange
ments of the sans kind aasd for ordin-
sry purposes
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Ages of Celebrated Men.

UippOcrates. the greatest physi cian
the world has ever seen, says the Spec
tatOr, died at the age Of l09, i'll thr
island of Cos, his native country, Ga-
len, the most illusirious of his success
sors. reached the age Of 104. The three
sages of Greece, SolOn, Thales and Pit
cairn, lived for century. The gay
Democritus outlived them by two
years. Zeno wanted only two years of
"a century when lie died. Diogenes ten
years more; and Plato died at the age
OF 81, when the eagle of Jupiter is saiu
to have borne his soul TO heaven. Ken
ophon, the illustrious warrior and his
torian, lived so years. PolemOn and
FpichaTmus, 81; Lycurgus, s.; Sapho-
cles more than 100. GeOrgias entered
his lOSta year; and AsclepiadeS, the
physician, lived a century and a half.
Juvenal lived 100 years; Pacuvius and
VarrO but one year less. Carneade
died at 90: Galieo at IS; Cassini at So;
and Newton at s.. In the last century
Fomtenelle expired in his 99th year;
Button in his Slst: Voltaire in his S4th.
In the present century, Prince Ialley-
rand, Goethe. Rogers and NiemcWieZ
are remarkable instances. The Cardl-
nal du Belloy lived nearly a century
and Marshal None Y lately terminatej
Il glorious career at So.
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Ancient Manners of the italians.

about the year 12SS, the food of the
Italians was very moderate, or at least
rather scanty. The common people
had meat emily three days Il week.
Their dinner consisted 3f potherDs,
boiled with meat; tEeir supper, the
cold meat left from dinner. The hus-
band and wife eat of the same dish
and they had but one or two cups in
the house. They had no candles made
of wax or tallow; but torch, held by
one of the children or a servant, gave
them light at supper. The men, whose
chief pride was III their arms and hors-
es, wore caps made with iron scales
and cloaks of leather, without any 9th
er covering. The women wore jackets
of stuff, with gowns of linen, while
their head-dresses were very simple.
Those who possessed Il very small sum
of money were thought rich, and the
homely dress Of the women required
only small marriage portions. The
mobiles were proud OF living i'll towers;
and hence the cities were filed with
those fortified dwellings,.
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The Fungus on the Apple Skin.

DR.. Tschamer, of Gratis, has discov-
cred that fungus grows upon the
skins of apples and oranges which is
precisely similar to the fungus which
forms the peculiar germs of infection
in whooping cough. He says that on
oranges and apples which have been
kept some time may be found dark
brown and black specks which, when
scraped off, appear as a damp powder.
Under the microscope this powder is
seen to consist of the spores of a fun
gus Identical with those of the whoOp
ing cough fungus. Taking two of
these specks from the skin of an
orange, DR.. Tschamer introduced them
by strong inhalation into his lungs.
The next day tickling of the throat
began, which gradually increased until
at the eighth day thoroughly develop
ed whOoping cough set in. The expec-
torata, or microScopal examination
exhibited tie same white corpuscles
which characterise the expectorata o.
the usual childIen's whooping cough
Should this discovery he confirmed
there is an additional reason to see
that children abstain from eating ap-
pies with tie skin on, and from chew
ipg orange peel, which many are SO
fond OF doing.
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assured him that he had seen him do
tlat feat three times.
Thrice, my lOrd?-thrice?" nser-
rdpted another ccsrtier, i'll rather a
cUutemptu0us tone; ''why, l can pledge
my honor that | have seen him at it
eight times"
Say ten times, my lord duke" cried
mother, "and you are nearer tie
nUth."
And nearer still if you say fifteen,"
said the Marquis LIE Verd. Il have
watched the fellow this whole evening,
and can assure your highness this is
the fifteenth time that have witness
ed his repasts."
Say you sol" replied the prince, all
| curiosity. Call the master OF the
/ ceremonies; we are anxious to know 4
little more of our guest"
The master Of the ceremonies, how
ever. on being asked, knew nothing
about him; ana the yellow domino was,
OF course, very unceremoniOusly, as
we'll us unseasonably, interrupted, inst
as he was lifting bumper of claret to
his lips.
The prince desires that monsieur
who wears the yellow domino will i'm
mediately unmask," repeated the mas
ter of the ceremonies, with awful
solemnity.
The yellow domino stared at him
and hesitated.
The command with which his high
ness honOrS monsieur is absolutely ii-
perative," continued the master Of tle
ceremonies.
"Oho!" bawled the mask, with q
shrug of his shoulders; against i'm
perative orders there is no contendinG."
The yellow domino Immediately
threw off his mask and domino, and
revealed TO the astoniShed prince and
his attending mobiles a private trooper
Of the Irish brigade, then i'll the ser
vice of France. At this unexpected
discovery the Dauphin had extreme
difficulty in restraining both his own
and the mirth of his attendants. In
Producing, however, as much severity
could, he commenced with:
"Now in the name of all that is rave
nous, my good friend-nOt tolnqulre
how you obtained admi5Sion-how
have you contriyed to sup tonight so
many times?"
MANY timesl" repeated the trooper;
"Why, with all due Difference be il
spoken, sire, | was but beginning to
sup when your royal message brought
me to Il halt"
"Beginning!7 exclaimed the Dlu
phln, in amaZement. Then what is
il that | have heard and seen? Where
are the fowls and the joints that have
disappeared, along with the dozens of
bottles of Burgundy, claret and cham
pagne? l insist upon knowing how I'll
this is"
'It is, sire replied the trooper, af-
ter considerable hesitation, lit IS, may
it please your highness' grace, because
the troop belong to is on guard to-day,
| and we purchased a fete ticket among
US, providing ourselves at the same
time with a yellow domino, which fills
us all. by this means, the whole OF
our front rank-myself being the last
man-have supped, if the truth must
be told, most gloriously: and the first
of the rear rank, saving your royal
! hichness' command, is now below
waiting anxiously outside the door,
ready to fall i'll and take his turn"
The Dauphin laughed, and ordeled
I'D all the men to finish what was on
| the tables.
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Excuses for Smoking,

In a northern town, the lads of
school acquired the habit OF smoking.
and resorted TO the most ingenious
methods to conceal the habit from the
master. III this they were successful
until one evening, when the master
caught them putting most vigorously.
GLOW now," shouted he to one of the
culprits. ''IIow dare you be smoAing?n
Sir" said the boy, Il am subject 10
headaches, and pipe takes of the
pain"
"And you? and you? and your" in
quired The pedagogue, questioning
every boy in his turn. One had rag
ing tooth; another, cholic; the third, a
cough; in short, they all had something
for which the weed was an unfailing
remedy. Now, sirrah.n beloved the
master to the last boy, Pray what dis
order do you smoke for?'
Alas, all The excuses were exhausted;
but the interrogated urchin, putting
down his pipe, and looking up i'll his
masters face, said, in whining, hyp-
ocritical tone, "Sir, | smoke for corns." !"
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TraHslati0Hs from Hcine.


o. the sweet lies lurk in kissesi
o. the char. f make-hciieyei
o, to be deceived sweet bliss i,
Bliss stilI sweeter 70 deceive.
What lhnu'll grant, know, my fairest
NowiHg, Nay, ] never must
Twill trust whate'er thou swearcst,
i will swear what thou Wit trust.
The sea doomed wide. q shining fiat,
The eve lis parting smile lent;
By the fls4eI mans lonesome house We sat
Alone we sat, AMI were silent.
Up rose the mist, the surg,es rose,
The sea-mew kept round US sailing,
And tears fell thichly and fast from those
Sweet eyes with i gentle wailing.
Upon thy hand / saw them fall,
And there on my knees | sank down;
From thy white hand ! saw them fail.
These tears / kissed and drank down.
Since then ihave withered away,--fOr years
Ny soul like dead thing to me:
That ill-starred woman with her fears
Has sent very poison through Inc.
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Another Isc for NheeD.

In an establishment at Oakland, Cal
ifornia, the entrails of sheep are used
for making very serviceable betting for
machinery. First the entrails are
cleaned and soaked for a few days III
brine. The prepared material is then
wound on bobbins, when it is ready for
working up either in ropes or fiat belts.
A three-quarter inch rope of this ma
terial is capable of bearing a strain of
seven tons. The material, farther
more, is very durable, more than twice
as durable as hemp,
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ST CHARLES HOTEL.

IL ESLIEN. PROPRIETOR, FRANKLIN ST.
Il Having leased the above well known house,
mich has been newly furnished throughout,
.ospcctiuliya~k for share Of the pul lie PATRONAGE
A GOOD STABLE is kept in connection with the
lou>e where stock will he Ecl provided for.
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WINDIATE HOUSE.

- WINDIATE PROPRIETOR. YORK ST.
/ Th, Gr-t-c}gss House j. i'm excellent condi-
tiun and the Proprietor is confident that he can
rive perfect satisfaction "a The travelling public. \
Iu4 g,fI alNays he ready to take travellers to and
from the boats. \ coon LIVERY STABLE Is kept
Ill connection With the House.
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WILLIAMS u0TSE.

EY a. REUSS PROPRIETOR, CORNER
IL. Eighth and Franklin streets. Manitowoc.
This house has recently been enlarged and reiur
1-hcd. ana offers every iuducemcnt to the travel
Iug public.
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CONVEYANCER.

roHN +. WICkERT. COUNTY CLERK, HAS
u maGe arrangements by which he is able 70
execute Deeds Mortgages. etc, in proper form, on
tltr shortest notice II will be to the advantage
III 4Il Ni-niu- such documents 10 give him call
IN County Cfrrl, Oate, near the Court House
~outE side MauirOWoc
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WISCONSIN u0ISE.

FERE DALEY. PROPRIETOR, CORNER
u orglh and JAY St This is new House, and
well u,ted up With all the modern Improvements.
A GOOD STABLE i also IN connection with the
lua4U
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CHAKLES SCHAFFER,

r,,.r,a\ ABLE TAILOR HAS REMOVED
l. ia Ratafa traat, TWO doors West OF +. *. X
i H. Rand hardware Store. hlwork warranted
,Ntll UaUe ANA to i'll.
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NORTHWESTERN HOUSE. FRANKLIN AND
y NintH streets NauitoWuc. Travellers viii
IIegc dnd the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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CHARLES HOVER.

1tARL PANGEURN. EIGHTH ST, SOUTH
I sac Work -aag4ntecda~ good IS anybody :.
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The ruling passion cropped out in
barber, who While shaving the face of
IL dead man gave the corps the whole
history of the European war, the rise
and fail of gold, and the progress of the
rapid transit railroads.
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TAEfEIICI Ply.

TAR. A. ]. PATCUEE, DENTIST. OFEICE
i'm Shermau's building, Oh sth Street, Mani
tonoc Wis.
.-5~Tceth extracted without pain.
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WILLIAM R&HR.

DBEWEB AND MASTER. CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets. South side. The
highest cash price paid ior Barley.
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OFFICE. Is SHERMAN'S BRICK BLOCK,
u N0rlh Eighth street. Manitowoc, Wis.
l, r4.,-. 4 $ 10 3 !. VI.
uFflGa h"ll'7' Z i to !: ana Z to 8 p. VI.
Residence, on s.h street, opposite j Il. Plttt 5.
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NJ. KETTENHOFFEN,

- ZEMAN. PROPRIETOR, CORNER BUi
L fAIuand Main 81. North side.
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NEWIIALL HOUSE,
NORTH CAPE HOUSE

I T. sNTISDEL. PROPHET OR, BROAD
u !, Ma. Mnh MieAigan SIS. milwaukee,. Wis.
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS FER YEAR,


!, 4W.I%SURANCE AID ABSTRACT OFFICE
/; Franz 8ock South Eighth street Hahlto-
- VII Collections promptly attended 10.
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. TroP<EYS AT LAW. OFFICE o. sTH
u street South side, ever k'ehlers store, Man
it1yyos. Wisconsin.
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rGATIEY. NJ. D.,

. TToPSFY And CoJNSELOR At LAW
a ONCE, corner Of sth GHd t1Gay streets, Man
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ASH A. CCE[NITI,

rTqRSEY ASD Cot-NsELGR At LAW,
4 .fire corner Eighth and lRay streets
SaUtn side. aeat the Post Didce.
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II X PAINE 81. D..

rDFECE CORNER BUFFALO & NINTH
reefs NauitoWee, Wis