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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Walter Scots ProIiiicness

4 true son of genius was scott; but his
haste to be rich, the failure of Constable
il Co., his publishers, and his Eisfor-
tunes with the Ballantynes in publishing,
led him TO too much and too rapid writ
ing. Hence his later works exhibit less
care and more hurry. But it should be
remembered that the poor man, III his
last years, WAS writing, not for fame, but
to keep the sheriff ont of Abbotsford.
Only think Of iti-thirty-two novels writ
ten in seventeen years-between 1911 and
1881. In his eagerness to enlarge and
embellish Abbotsford, and to maintain
his then princely style of living, Scott
had been in the habit Of receiving from
Constable Il Co. large sums of money in
anticipation Of works in progress or which
he proposed to write; and when they
failed, in 1926, Scott was found TO have
incurred liabilities to their creditors to
the amount Of $500, 600. Then. soon
after, when the Ballantynes failed, it was
found that Scott had been their secret
partner from 1905, and was held for their
total Indebtedness, amounting to $780,
600. But half of his debt tosConstable
& Co was included in the debts of Bal
lantyne K Co., so that SCOTS actual La
biiities were fl50,000, or $4,000 in
American currency. What debt on the
shoulders of literary man, which he
CALAMITY proposed to ''wipe out with
his pen! His age was then 55, and he set
about his herculean task. His work was
both heroic and marvellous. Eleven
novels were written between 1926 and
1S3l-fve years! Need it be surprising
that they lacked the strength and finish
of his earlier works, when he was writing
for fame, rather than for pounds, shill-
ings, and pence? But alas! the task kill
ed him. Mental exhaustion and bo5iIy
ilhealth were the penalty of oyerwork.
Paralysis came in 1880, and two more
years of WEAKNESS succeeded. On the
Dist of June. 1892, the author of the
Waverly Novels went to sleep at Abbots-
ford, and awoke not again.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
Whoever saw a cat nip tea?

Whoever saw a cat nip tea?
Who ever heard oysters whoop.
MISUNDERSTANDING in slumber.
The feathered tribes-The Indians.
Bar silver-''Sample room" change.
Lorne IS only 4 fiat Marquis after all.
The miners cry-give us coal'd wealth
er.
How to rear n mule-Tickle his hind
legs.
Satisfied at last-A contented shoo-
maker.
Bla k lead -The followers Of 4 negro
guide.
Isn'ta lawyers personal attendant a
legal tender?
Meats foot soiI-Thc mark left by 4
natty little boot.
The man who was ''close at hand" was
a nigh witness.
4 philosopher fell sick, and was or
dered to drink sage tea.
Did you ever hear n hogshoad speak;
If SO, what was it the hogshoad2
If you would have yonr clothes well
washed, wash them in we'll water
y mans food is boiled when his wife
locks the cupboard door against him.
The violinist who carried The house
by storm used a rainbow afterwards.
Fat is not conducive 70 long life. A
fat hog rarely lives through the winter
The viccroy of India should remember
that the best laid plans of Again agley.
"Good chants for you, sonny" said
the man when he gave the boy hymn
book.
In q Danb,uy clothing store IS n card
announcing Perfectly fitting garments;
every article sets as good as a hem
The price of pork has so seriously de
clincl that, according to an Iowa paper,
10 respectable pig can afford to take on
fat
Il am not particular" he remarked
when the tailor refused to trust him.
81 ali not particular, but I can't be suit
ed here"
Tildon says now he can understand
how these cyphors came to be found on
him. lie must have caught them while
riding IN the street cars.
y tramp, who received a blow from an
Alazonian widow, declared that, uutil
then, he had never realized the full sig
Iilic"nco Of the widows smite.
''Be polite, sonny, sad the boarIer
to an impcrtinont youngster, "be polite,
and when she offers you a cup Of tea,
don't youtake a cup and sauce 'or."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Precious Metals.

In giving the entire value of precious
metals one cannot secure anything like
close figures.
1t is estimated however, that the en-
tire value of the precious metals taken
from the earth up to the commencement
of the Christian era, was $4,000, 100000;
from then to the discovery of America,
$4,000, 100000 more; to the year 1900,
$4,000, 100000; to the close Of 1912, ST.
O00, 100000; from then to the close of
last year, $4,000, 100000: making a grand
total of So, 10000. The amount
now in existence is estimated at S13,000,-
100000, the balance having been con-
sumed in art, or lost by casualties, fire
and shipwreck. Of the amount still in
existence 100000, 900 issupposed to be
in coin and bullion: 100000, in
watches and the remainder in plate and
jewelry. The greatest annual product
was in 1858, when it reached S25G,000,-
DO1
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Keeping Apples.

A correspondent asks how he can keep
his winter apples until late in spring, say
to the end Of May. There is but one an
swer to make: 1st, the apples must be
good keepers, free from bruises or blem-
ish. I'd, they must be spread out on
shelves or packed in barrels, and kept in
an atmosphere Of from forty to fifty de-
grees, better from forty to ty-fvc-that
is, at temperature as equable as possible.
Some cellars are just the thing and pre-
serve them beautifully. Others are too
moist. Where this is the case a few
bushels of stone lime should be used.
Sliding shelves, six inches apart, latticed
bottom with single layer of fruit, are
extremely convenient, as they allow of
constant examination without disturbing
the fruit. A friend informed us some
years ago, that with large stand of
these shelves in his cellar, with few
inches Of lime on the bottom of the cellar,
he kept his apples into May in perfect
condition and good flavor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Books.

Books are not made for furniture, but
there is nothing else that SO beautifully
furnishes house. The plaineSt row OF
books is more significant of refinement
than the most deliberately carved side
board. Give home furnishedwithb books
rather than furniture-both if you can,
but books at any rate. Fo spend several
days at friends house, and hunger for
something to "ead, while you are treading
on costly carpets and sitting on luxurious
chairs and sleeping upon down is as if
one was bribing your body for the sake of
cheating your mind. Books are the win
dows through which the soul looks out.
A house without them is like a room with
out windows. No man has a right to
bring up his children without surround
ing them with books, if lie has the means
10 buy them. 1t is a wrong TO his family
Children learn to read through being in
the presence Of books. The love of know
ledge comes with reading, and grows up
on it; and the love of knowledge In a
young mind is almost warrant against
the inferior excitementS Of passion and
vice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Where BOxwOOd Comes From.

Not every one is aware that the wood
used by the engravers Is the growth Of
those far away regions around the Black
and Caspian Seas, the very names of the
ports from which it is shipped being IN
familiar
Very few who consider themselves
good geographers have ever heard Of Poti
or Abrassia, or Tzartisan, and vet these
are fiourishing commercial towns, reach
ed by the way of. the Golden Horn Of
Constantinople.
For all fine engravings, Turkey box
wood is used, and as its quality varies
much. some skill is necessary to a good
selection The best is of delicate vel
low color, clear and free from spots; it
cuts smoothly and evenly, with no crumb-
ling or tearing, but every line cut will
be perfect.
1t is to the use of this wood by our ar
lists that the superiority of their designs
and wood engravings must in a measure
be attributed. In consequence Of its
scarcity and high price, many substitutes
have been resorted to; maple, apple, pear,
mahogany have been experimental upon
but hitherto no wood, metal or compost
ton has been discovered that possess the
requisite qualities.
In addition to engraving, lockwood is US
ed for scales, rules, gauging rods and
similar articles on which figures are
made; and there are factories in Connec-
ticut that consume hundreds of tons an
nually for this purpose alone.
Any one that has ever held carpen-
l.;
wood is like. 1t differs in color and tex
ture from all other wood, and it is some
what remarkable that it comes to perfec-
ton only in comparatively limited re-
gion of country in the vicinity Of the
Black Sea. 1t weighs about seventy-fvc
pounds to the cubic foot, and varies in
price TO land it in Boston from $75 to
$3.50 toa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

The power behind the throne-The
balky horse.
Some folks can't feel natural even after
being naturalized.
Dead beats are always on the lookout
for good turn-up.
A critic is on double nettles when he
dips his steel pen in his zinc,
The police official paper in England
and Ireland is called the Hue and Cry.
A correspondent speaks of the "tuba
rose" Bass SANDER on the fragrant lily.
"Not lost" said the man who had bet
on the wrong horse, "but only gone be-
hind"
Nearly all the needles made in Great
Britain come from Redditch, in Worces-
tershire.
A lady said of her nose: II had moth
ing TO do in shaping it. 1t was birth
day present"
Talk of Chinese ways that are dark;
why, there are over 100 miles of tunnel in
Great Britain.
"Books," says a profound thinker, care
becoming the burden Of our land" That's
so; account books.
an tunnel improvement" the man said
when he kissed his wifes cousin while
the train was shooting through the tun-
mel.
Invarious cities of Germany boys under
16 are prohibited, under the penalty of
fine and Imprisonment, from smoking in
public places.
G. A. Sala, in his letters from Paris.
says that the cuisine at several places in
New York is superior to that of any res
taurant in Paris
Since the advent of the Conservatives
to office, the public expenditures of Eng
land have averaged an increase Of nearly
Sl,500,000 year.
Wagner is engaged in rewriting one of
his earliest works. symphony, com
posed in 1892, and performed at Prague
and Leipzig in 1888.
Emigration to the sparscly settled re-
giOns of the Southwest and Far West is
daily increasing beyond any other period
since the panic OF 1878.
Three hundred kegs of bad beer,
thrown into a pond at Insterburr. Prus-
STA, proved that an intoxicated fish is a
very queer fish indeed.
1t is estimated that $50 publications,
more or less, concerning Dante have been
issued within the seven years, dating from
July, 1876 TO July, 1877.
4 devoted husband says that the phon-
ograph is simply machine that talks
back" and that he has had one of that
kind in his house ever since he was
married.
A famous artist once painted an angel
with six toes. 'WhO ever saw an angel
with six ~oes?" people inquired. who
ever saw one with less!' was the counter
question.
A Hackensack boy about years old
said to his mother the other day: ooh!
mamma, looked up at that little star in
the sky and he winked at me. Wasn't
he naughty9n
Nobehng's remains were inferred, after
dissection, IN a cemetery-the name of
which is kept secret-in presence of a
very few relatives and great many po-
lice at 4. NJ.
1t is reported from Goa, the capital of
Portuguese India, that in consequence of
the unhealthineSs Of that place the Portu-
guese Government have decided to re-
move the seat Of government.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
FUy-Erlcs.-Atarecont teachers meet

Observation-Disclosures teachers meet
ing a professor made some very interest
ms remarks upon phonetic spelling. As
an example Of one Of the coming posi-
bilities in orthoglaphy, word from the
professors vocabulary may be given. To
use his own language: "WIl you pro
nounce for me the following word:
MISUNDERSTANDING No, you can
not answer. Wen, it spells potato. Do
you see? No? Then III prove It to you.
Oh stands for p, as youu find from
the last letters in 'hiceongh.' 'Oueh'
stands FOR, 'o,' as in dough 'Phth'
stands for IT, as in 'phthisis.' Tigh'
stands for a. as in 'neighbor.' 'Tte'
stands for t. as in gazette, and 'eau'
stands for o. as in bean. and so from
that tumble Of letters you uacarH the
simple potato. '"-IHonctic J1ruaI.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

a FABLE FOR COMMUNISTS. Hero is Il
shoe shop. One man in the shop is al
ways busily at work during the Gay-al
ways industrious. In the evening he
goes counting good, nice girl. There
are five other men in the shop who don't
do any such thing. They spend half of
their working hours in loaing, and their
evenings in dissipation. This first young
man by and by cuts out from these others
and gets boot and shoe store of his
own. Then he marries this girl. Soon
he is able to take his wife out to ride of
an evening. The five laborers, his for
mer companions, who see him indulging
in this little luxury, retire TO a neighbor-
ing saloon and pass resolution that
there is an eternal struggle between la
Dor and capital. Col. RoJt. In
gEySOWS Speech
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Advanced PHYSICIANS.

Manyof the more advanced physicians,
having found Dr.. Pierce's Family Medi-
cines prompt and sure, prescribe them
regularly in their practice.
TwISvILLE, Tenn, May 2Sth 1877.
Dr.. Il. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dear Sir-For long time 1 suffered
with catarrh. I finally called in DIR.
Zachary of this place. He furnished me
with your nasal Douche, Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and your Golden Medical Dis
covery. These remedies speedily effected
an entire cure. Yours truly,
Holm & CHANT ,FSS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
JOHN S. CHAMLESS,
Brethren, before we sing the next

Brethren, before we sing the next
verse of "Jchn Browns body lies all
mouldy in the grave" let rs take look
into the grave and see that it is there.
In these days Of Ohio medical colleges a
cemetery isn't no safer than a savings
bank, ana it may be that politica! glee
clubs, who have been singing the songs
quoted above, have been chanting a
rhythmic lie for the past fifteen years.
burlington Ha,ckcye.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

A writer in the London Times says
that in Mr.. Gladstone's notable article,
entitled kin beyond Sea-" the couplet
from Heber's PALESTINE" is strangely mis-
quoted. Instead Of the lines,
mo workman steel, no ponderous hammers
rung.
Like some tall palm the stately fabric sprung"
as incorrectly given by Mr.. Gladstone,
they should read,
NO hammer fell. no ponderous axes rung,
like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

Tho UIinoie ami g. Tonis hr;,l,.o w..
sold at thn east front Of Tho Coprt gon.o
December 90 1878 undar dooroa If
court forecIosino the first and second
mortoooc bonds II was nnrcboead IN
the name Of Anthony 7 Thomas Of
New York. who maid $40 oOO cold 90
earnest money The ny;ca hid y,os 60
coo OO0 AIthonrb tha hriaoo voe I,i3
in for Mr.. Thomas. Of New York who is
said 70 REPRESENT . 10 roo npmbor of hord-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
Silver.

But little silver was mined in this
country previous to 1855, and no record
of the amount produced can be had:
The following shows the amount produced
each year for the last twenty three years:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

Delays are dangerous in everything,
except marriage; the longer you delay
that the better you are off.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02
The devil fisheth best for souls of men
When his hook is baited with lovely limb.

and at the bottom is the following:
"Wanted, for the above company, two
burlesque actresses. None need apply
unless they are thoroughly respectable"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

The Coventry coach, which, under the
auspices of the Earl of Aylesford, COM
menced running between Birmingham
and Coventry some three months since,
has stopped for the season. The horses
have been sold. Coaching has everywhere
declined, and the fancy for it apparently
is fast dying away.
Victor Saunders was married in Rock
ingham, Va, four fyears ago, and on the
next day killed man. He was sent to
prison on 4 conviction of manslaughter,
His wife got divorce and married an
other man, but she was widow when
Saunders was discharged, recently, and
on meeting they remarked.
American cigars are sold at a verT low
rate in London. The interior Of the roll
is said to consist of cabbage leaves and
the exterior of brown paper, which, with
the contents, are well soaked in the Juice
of good tobacco, and the Londoners who
use them have been heard TO exclaim,
"Dom'd good cigars for the price,
If Edison's theory in regard to furnish
ing light by electricity at a trifing cost is
soon realized. he Will probably become
one of the richest men in the United
States should he live decade longer
His yearly income from present patents
is said to be about 100000, and has thus
far realized from all Of them over 100000.
A compositor on an agricultural paper.
whose girls father had helped him down
the front steps on the evening previous.
had some copy entitled ''The Perforating
Power of RootsT given him to set up. He
composed it in sympathy with his own
feelings, and the next day the article came
out headed, THE Perforating Power o.
Boots"
The three Fox sisters, who originated
the rapping phase of spiritualism twenty
nine years ago, are all alive. Margaret,
the youngest, who claimed to be the wife
of DR.. Kane, is giving exhibitions in Eng
land Kate is living in France, having
married a titled Frenchman. Leah is
Mrs. Underhill, and a resident of New
York City.
4 constable in Fulton, N. Y, has dis
tinguished himself. He observed that
Frances Earl, girl employed in the mill,
was somewhat masculine in appearance.
She Wore her hair short, had large hands
anu lCCt, au1 vas NGiy IIiNtC iCIitGut. Do
he reasoned that she was boy in dis
guise, and arrested her; but his error was
soon proved, and Frances still wears pet
ticoats.
A city ordinance of San Francisco
makes it misdemeanor to sleep in
room containing less than 500 cubic feet
of air TO each person. 1t is enforced
against Chinese only. Last month many
were arrested for violating it, and 81 were
squeezed into cells that gave them % feet
of air to each man What a notion this
must give a heather of the justice of
Christians.
at Dalmellington Station, Ayrshire,
lately, an elderly Irishwoman who had
arrived a few seconds after the train had
started set off to run after it. She of
course soon came to halt, when she be-
gan to abuse the accommodating en-
CINE, adding, with q "nate" brogue,
"Faugh, the great black ugly lump!
When she gets as ould as me, bedad she
won't run so quickw
An advertisement of "lIay Fisk's
Troupe of English Blondes is headed
with the lines:
rrbo 5o1-I RSboth bns+ for souIe of man
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-02

Egg Bread.-One pint corn meal, one
egg, buttermilk TO make thick batter.
Be sure to get the right quantity OF soda
and YOU will have a delicious loaf.
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SCRAPS.

The power behind the throne-The
balky horse.
Some folks can't feel natural even after
being naturalized.
Dead beats are always on the lookout
for a good turn-up.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-10
TO THE PUBLIC.

No $40 Pine street. Ho"" >". ~.
san Franc sc,,...........,..........- iifOrn n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-31
RULING PASSIONS.

The Washington Capital published
the following anecdote, related by
Geo. Vest, Of Missouri, illustrative
of the propensity on the part Of some
people for speech making:i .g
sit occurred iu Virginia." said
Vest, "Old Fayette McMullin was
canvassiug his district for nomina-
ton for congress, years ago, aud dur
ing the cauvasslng a man was hanged
for murder in that locality. About
ten thousand people collected to wit
ness the scene, and among them. Old
Mac, who, by favor of the sheriff, oc-
cupied place on the platform in rear
of the gallows-his oratorlcaI mouth
watering at the sight Of the magnif-
cent audience i'll trout. When every
thing was ready the sheriff, as usual
in such cases, asked the culprit if he
had anything to say before the sem
tence of the law was executed up N
him; to which the condemned re-
sponded that he had nothing to say.
"Whereupon," says Vest, Old Mac
stepped forward, rubbing his hands,
and remarked: "Mr. Sheriff, if the
gentleman will yield his time to NE,
[ will embrace this occasion to make
a few remaks upon t!e political situ-
alton and announce myself as a cam
didate for congress ~
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-31
GERMAN WArcHMAk's SONG.

Hark, ye nsixhbors, and hear me tell
Ten now strikes on the belfry bell!
Ten are the holy commandments giv'n
To man below from God in heaven.
Hark, ye neighbOrs. and hear me tell
Eleven sounds ON the beifry bell!
Eleven APOSTLES of holv mini
Taught the gospel to mInkind.
Hark, ye neighbors. and hear me tell
Twelve reSounds from the belfry belll
Twelve disciples to Jesus came,
Who suffered for their Savior's name.
Hark, ye nelghbors. and hear me tell
One has pealed on the belfry bell
One God above, one Lord indeed,
Who bearA US forth in hour of need.
Hark, ye neighbors. and hear me tell
Two resounds from the belfry bell!
Two paths before mankind ale free;
Neighbor, choose the best for thee!
Hsrk, ye neighbors, and hear me tell
Three now sounds on the belfry bell!
Threefold reigns the heavenly host
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-31


Madam G., dressmaker. has q
great deal OF trouble with her sewing
girls. The other day one of them came
to her and said:
MADAME, l fear that will not be
able to work much longer; think am
getting blind.''
why, how is thatP You seem to
get along pretty we'll with your work"
"Yes, but can no longer see any
meat on my plate at dinner"
Madam G. understood; and the
next day the young ladies were served
with very large but very thin pieces OF
meat.
What happiness" exclaimed our
miss. ."My sight has come back; can
now see better than ever"
"How is that, mademoiselle?"
why at this moment l can see the
p ate through the meat"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-31
TO the POET LAUREATE.
(For the Intslligencer ]

(For the Intslligencer.l
Hail. noble bard, all hail
Let envIous boys and saucy college girls
Decry the merits of thy verse, assaIl
Thy budding genius! Laugh At all such churls
Git up and git, say to thee. o. bard
Most nobIeI Give thy song Tree vent;
Rise and shine, let on steam, hit hard
Thy Toes; unlsose the throttle valve. and lei
her Vent.
Full many youthful poet at the first
Has had to hgnt his way TO fame;
There's Byron; when upon the world he burst
In poetry, WAS cut up all the same.
There's Kirke White, toe. alas! by critics killed
Perhaps 1t were best should not mention him;
But then. he, too. In verse was skilled
Because, fOrsooth. he wrote q hymn.
But other poets have had better luck:
So plume thy wings for fancy's airy flights.
And snatch the moon, and give it to thy duck,
II not afraid to venture out of nights.
Courage. my boy, the laurel wreath is thine;
And thou, 1 vow. deseryest 1t full well.
Thou votary of poesy divine:
Thou village Tennyson. farewell, farewell!