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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-06-03

INFORMATION from Mosul in Asia Min
or states that the inhabitants in that vi
cinity are dying from starvation. The
living are eating the corpses and becom-
ing sick in consequence. Hew widely
the famine extends is not stated; but it is
represented as terrible. The Turkish
government is so demoralized and mon
eyless that it is hopeless to expect relief
from that quarter, and help from the
more civilized parts of the world must be
slow in coming, if indeed it comes at all
to any considerable extent. The condi-
ton is represented as being much worse
than that of Ireland. The cereals are
completely exhausted, and the harvest OF
death can not but be fearful From tie
country and the villages the people are
crowding into the larger towns, only to
swell the volume Of terror, despair and
suffering there aggregated.-.MltUaukee
Sentinel.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE,

IT A. REUSS, PROPRIETOR, CORNER
IL. Eighth and Franklin streets, Manitowoc.
This house has recently been enlarged and rcfnr-
nisaed aua offers every iuducement TO the travel
ing public.
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W SAA; -N---ft 49, . '-NA'~ ~ =
service, and you are my prisoner.
''This iig's played, them
''That'5 about correct estimate of the
situation"
Didn't you smoke that cigar, sir?'
s'Do I look as green as you thought
me?"
Curse i'll" and. Porter" shut his jaws
together with a snap.
Giving him into custody, I secured the
services of two determined officers OF the
police force, and repaired with all possi-
BILE speed to the suburbs where the
'sheadquarters" was located. Arriving
there, placed the police SO that ''Del-
isle" could not possibly escape. l saw
''the light in the window" as at my first
visit, and, entering by the front door, L
ascended the stairs. 'Delisle" was ner-
vously pacing the floor, and his back
was toward me as I entered the room.
''Did you fasten that front door? What
kept you SO long9 feel so uneasy-hello,
you here?
That's the measure, my dear sir, and
you are my prisoner!"
"Not by plaguey sight!' and Del
isle" discharged pistol full in my face
and jumped through the window into
the clutches of the police. His efforts
to escape were most determined, and it
was only after being handcuffed, gagged
and corded thathe desisted. Hisattempt
to shoot me failed, because Of his excite
ment and nervousness.
The plunder of the precious scoundrels
was examined, and an enormous amount
of valuable jewelry, gold watches, dia-
monds and other precious stones were
brought. to light, showing, that their op-
erations had extended over quite period
of time, and that the headquarters were
in this isolated spot. From "Delisle" we
could learn nothing. He preserved a
sullen silence to the last
"Porter" managed to escape from the
New Orleans police in some unaccount-
able manner. "Delisle' was taken to
the scene of his former exploits, tried,
convicted and sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for life. He is hammering granite
at Joliet, Illinois, to-day.
A chemical analysis of the unsmoked
cigar, which was to reduce me to COM
atose state, confirmed my suspicious of
its character. 1t contained a powerful
drug known in Eastern countries as has
Heesh
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CHARLES HOVER.

~vEECUANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
INl ment on Sth street, near south end OF Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete and con-
tains large assortment Of fashionable cluths ana
Please call and examine before purchasing else
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n0NNEYANNER-

ToEN P. WICKERT, COUNTY CLERK, HAS
81 made arrangements by which he Is able 10
execute DEEDS Mortgages etc, in proper form, on
the shortest notice. IL viii be TO the advantage
II County Clerks Office, near the Court House,
South side Manitowoc.
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When you are in pain you want prompt
relief. If the pain is caused by bruise,
corn. rheumatism, burns, sore throat or
chest, the colic or any csher of the iniur-
les or disorders, use DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tric Oil.
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MRS IL KERN.

WORK STREET, MANIToWOC, WIS, DEAL
er in Dry Goods Groceries, Crockery, Fancy
Goods Glass ware, Boots I'D shoes, Ready made
Clothing Paper Hangings, Hats, Caps; Toys Chll-
Kerosene Oh and LAM :, &C, sc. y share OF pub
ic pAtronage is solicited.
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s. SANDERSON.

.-ANUFACTURERAN AND DEALER IN BOOTS
IA Shoes Leather, &C, &C. shop on BuaaiO
Street, near the corner Of Eighth Repairing
neatl and prGmptly executed.
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WINDIATE HOUSE.

II WlNDIATE, PROPRIETOR, YORK ST
L. This hrst-class House is in excellent condl'
tion and the Proprietor is confident that he can
give perfect satisfaction 10 the travelling public
Bus win always be ready to take travellers TO and
from the ats 4 GOOD LIVERY STABLE -+s kept
In connection with the House.
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IF- PRITCHARD. NJ. D.,

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON.-o Eighth
Street tour doors North of flrst National
bank q. j. Examining surgeon Tor Pensions
Manitowoc, Wis
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RARY PRIZES eeon

An eminent bankers wife ON. Y,
has induced the proprietors of that great
medicine, Hop Bitters, to offer 5000 in
prizes to the youngest child that says
Hop Bitters plainly, in any language,
between May 1, 1880. and July 4, 1881.
This is a liberal and interesting offer,
and every body and his wife should send
two cent stamp to the Hop Bitters Mfg.
Co, Rochester, N Y, Z. S. A, for cir
cular. giving full particulars, and begin
at once to teach the children to say Hop
Bitters and secure the prize.
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EFFECTS OF BULLET ON THE HUMAN
SKULD.-The victim of the Billings mur.
der having come to her death by a rifle
ball, as is charged, fred by her husband,
it became important to ascertain from
what distance the fatal ball was fred
DR.. Jacob S. Mosher of Albany was the
first witness whose testimony regarding
the effects OF bullets upon human skulls
became the sensation of the trial. 4
large number OF skulls having been ar
ranged in frightful array upon the clerk s
desk, DR.. Mosher was called to the wit
ness stand and undertook the task of ex.
planning how a small bullet could destroy
so large portion of the skull of the muir
dered woman as appears to have been the
case. The doctor alleged that concus-
sion was the cause. A bullet may DO
injury beyond its track by transmitting
pressure. ''If / send bullet" said the
witness, "at high velocity into melon
/ do not make hole in the melon, but ]
shatter it. If | send q bullet into stone
I shatter it. If [ send bullet at high
velocity into pail of water, shooting
down into the water at right angles to its
surface, [ burst the hoops which sur.
round the pail. know ali the facts from
| experience, and some of them are men.
toned in books. The witness went on tc
say that the ball which was taken from
the head of Mrs. Billings did not en-.
counter the full resisting power of the
petrous portion of the skull; the ball
passed directly through the skull. II
must have destroyed the central process
upon which all the lobes of the brain act
In passing between the walls of the skull
the ball would have encountered only the
resistance of the brain itself. That might
| be very strong resistance. Under the
conditions named in the illustration oi
the water in the pail, the braiu might
stop the ball. In making the experiment
with the pail of water, the witness had
picked up the ball perfectly fattened
from the bottom of the pail, which it had
failed to penetrate or even indent.
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4 KEVTFNUOFFEN,

NrOPTHWESTERN HOUSE, FRANKLIN AND
N Niuth streets. Manitowoc- Travellers VIII
here nd the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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Manltomoe g5ilpt.
ADVERTISING G. SCALE.
ONE INCH SPACE MAKES A SQUARE.

Business notices 10 cents per lire. When con
tinGed more than one week, half OF the shove
rates for each subsequent week.
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NAUsEoUs medicines seem all that the
doctors can think of. Try Sellers
Cough Syrup" aud you will be delight
ed beyoud measure.
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nR q E- GRIDLEY

DEyTAI, PARLORS, RUDOLPH'S BLOCK,
IL Corner Eighth and Franklin Streets, souih
SIDE, aauitowoc, Wis. Odice hours from A ID.
foF = ~ feD-1
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r X. PAINE. N. D..

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
IL and Accoucheur, late resident Physician ~
ne Hehnemanu Hospital, Chicago, has permau-
emily located at Mauitowoc. Office on Buffalo
streets west OF Rands store.
- r 5 TO . A. NJ,
oFflCs hoohs' / ! TO > and : 10 S p. NJ.
Diseases Of the eve and ear treated
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DR. A. J. PATCHEN, DENTIST OFEICE
ID in sEermans building, on 5th Street, Mani
t0woc, Wis,
rfy-Teeth extracted without pain.
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ESTABROOK & WALKER,
/. TyroK<EYs At LAW. Office corner Eighth
~ and Franklin streets, in Woods BLOCK over
Wagner's store, South Side, agnitowoc, Wis
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23
Window Glass.

Some boy writes to 1.-The D0CtG
asking how window glass is made ,
flat and smooth, especially those I
the large windows OF store fronts
There are two kinds of window gG
one called "cylindern and the Oth
plate glass. All the large paneSG
plate-glass as the size of the cylin5
glass cannot be increased beyond acc
tain point. in this kind OF glass vi
inder is blown; those who have been
a glass house and | advise you, whs
ever you have an opportunity, to Vi
one and see how this wonderful mate
al is worked-know that to make aG
inder, a glass is first blown. This th.
is worked into a cylinder, by rolling
upon an iron table; after a cylinder
made its ends are cut OFT, and it is q
vided lengthwise and tlattened out
form fiat smooth sheet. All pa
glass is cast; a polished iron table
lodges at the side, as high as the thd
ness of the plate of glass. The mel
glass is poured upon this and spn
and hattened by copper roller. u
plate is then annealed; that is, putt
a very hot furnace. which is so arran:
that the glass will cool very SLOWLY
order that it shall be tough when, at
end of week or so, it is cool. But
glass IS now dull and rough, like
which you see in roofs and sky-ilsi
To become the beautiful plate-gIs9
must be ground and polished
plates are so arranged that they msl
rubbed together, one upon the ou
by machinery. First sand and w
are placed between them, then en &
of different sizes, and after being gro.
with the finest emery, they are poIs
by rubbing them with some kind OF
ishing powder. American Agr'A@A {
iSt.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

There are husbands who would hasten
to assure a neighbor's wife, who had IN
her haste burned her biscuits, that they
greatly enjoyed them where they
were so nice and brown" who would
never think their own wives needed the
same consideration. ,
For my part, | think the laws OF
politeness are equally binding upon us
at home, no unkind language or thought
less behavior being allowable there that
would not be proper in society. No man
can be a gentleman, though ever so
genial abroad, who is 9 tyrant or habit
ual fault-fnder at home; and no woman
is a real lady who is not lady at home
in her morning wrapper as well as IN
silks in her neighbor parlor.
One member of the family who begins
the day with fretful words and harsh
tones. is generally enough to spoil the
happiness and temper of the whole for
the day. Not all who hear the lmPa-
tient word give the angry answer, Tor
MANY choose to suffer in silence; but
every such word makes somebody's
heart ache. and, as rule, it is some
body whom we love and would do al
most anything for, except to keep oacH
the unkind, sarcastic word.
The life of hurry and oyerwork many
of us live has much to do with our I'M
patience, and if we can do anything to
remove the cause we ought to do it as
matter of duty. know there are many
fathers and mothers upon whom the
burden of life rests so heavily they can
hardly get needed sleep. But many
times the tired housekeeper and mother
might " tighten the ship" a little.
When God sends trouble and care let
us bear it in His strength, but let US be
very careful about the unnecessary
burdens we take upon our own shoul-
ders. Plain, neat hens, with a CHEEKY
hearted mother are infinitely better for
children than a multitude of tucks and
ruffles, with a sad, disheartened mother
who has no time to help her family to
be wise and good.
Don't let an ambition to outshine our
neighbors, or even to have the best kept
house and most glittering windows.
blind us to the fact that sunshine and
cheer are good for both body and soul.
Then do not let us make ourselves
miserable by borrowing trouble that
NAV never come. We sometimes utterly y
unfit ourselves for the work of life by
anticipating sorrows God never meant
us to bear.
Don't cross bridge till you come to it,
Is pro7erb old and OF excellent wit"
A little time spent judiciously in pre-
venting the causes of sickness in a fam
lily, is better than years of walling over
" what might have been" or what may
be.-Artiur'S NGgazine.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23
Gar gomlg 8eadfrs.
ROBBIE S THANKSGIHING.

Robbie at the window stagds,
With cake and candies in his hands;
Dainty frOck, with trimmings bright,
About ais little limbs so white.
Robbie hears the people say:
E. This Is he Thanksgiving Day.
Much he p0nderS "what dat is.'
Till his puzzled little phiz
Lifts itself and eager eyes
10 !istan 10 mammals replies.
She tells him IN. should thankful be
For all mis- comforts. Don't you see!
- For things to wear and things to eat, =,
Fog hum and all things warm and neat
And !iit.e Robbie three years old,
With curls all full of shining gold,
Listens with sober face and eyes,
Grown -uddenly dcmure an dwlSe,
.,us uy. the window stands awhile,
Almost forgetting how to smile.
Tut presently upon the street
Al y sneS By with weary feet,
aud limbs All Snlyering in the cold,
Poor bcsEar-bOy, with clothes so Oh.
Tan, tap, against the winaOw-pane
Goes Roohic hand. once and again,
And cs.ls he: Little boy, l say,
Amt You dot any thankful day!
o Tum right in here and det some tlose. -,
Y-o1 tlnt b thankful when yOu's toze.'
pelr U.;ic ncIr-. The mother heard;
VIII lpiry, too. her heart was stirred.
For Robbie plead: "P'easa, mamma, may
DIV him half my thankful day.
Aniuu- baac th the winter skies
TIe beggar plead, with wisttul eyes.
And SO, while generous little Robbie
Told papa all his story, Bobby,
The Uesgar-b0y, went singing home,
No more on that cold day to roam.
For in his basket there were food
And many thing so warm and good;
And glad was he. ere day was through,
To give his thanks for comforts, too.
-NlrI D. Brine, IN ~ Y. Independent.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

"How dye do, Aunt AmanO, so;a
Clarkson, as he came pantilto o f5o
! lady's side, with his eyes on theIonl;o lo
pede; and then, without pay, t5s
slightest attention to his aunt S5root n0
ing. said. rudely, "Get of, Bob,,diIo.,,
me see how it works
Robert had come to full stco
was about to dismount, when U mn!
Amanda interfered. "What dGnu~'
mean, Clarkson?" she inoiloyS"
sternly.
"Why, it's my velocipede-isn'tn
he replied, impertinently. And !,
is mine, | don't see why l can't l."
it," he added, giving Robert a hd
push at the same time.
why, Clarkson, l don't want Y.
velocipeden' said Robert, kind
"Let him have it, Miss Day, please a,
give me the rest of the bundles
Robert, get on to that veIocipedo
Aunt Amanda replied, land don't sa
another word;" and then, turniBc +,
her nephew, said. "Clarkson. RSv
didn't YOU meet me at the depot?n
Because was shining my runners
the boy replied, and Bob said he d 90
and so mamma let him. o.
"You were ashamed to be seen
carrying auntie's bundles" the ladr
went on; "but when you found tben
was Velocipede, you were quite williD,
to ride that hOme.n
an be even with you, Boo Clifton
for telling tales said Clarkson. givjDs
himself away completely. .
"Well, you did sa, you wouldn' brng
the. bundles, spoke up one of the bows
quite ready to give evidence for. the
winning side.
Robert has told no tales said
auntic, sternly; land now. Clarkson
have something to tell you. did bur
that velocipede for you, but you haye
forfeited all right to it by your unga.
::!!cmanly and disobliging behavior, and
it is yours no longer. Robert, | give
the velocipede to you, with my thank
1or the many 1aVOrS you nave done me
Ride straight home now, and Iwillcoms
in and tell your father and mother ali
about it by and BY"
"Oh! please don't!" Bob began, witt
sympathetic look at his crestfalle,
companion.
Nothing on earth would induce N.
to allow Clarkson to have it, SAID
auntie, with decision; land now a
me see, Bob, how fast the machine vii
60"
Clarkson's face was dark with ps
sion as Robert rolled on ahead. Buth
had made all the trouble himself,
there was very little he could say in h
own behalf
This was a sorry Thanksgiving ia
poor Clarkson; but who will say that
was not well served?
The next time Aunt Amanda was G
pected to make a visit, ClarksOn wal
the depot an hour before the train
rived, bat he has not been givenar
locipede yet.-S~ndaY School TINES.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23
The Story OF a Pet Rat.

A colored man whom l shall call
Elias, who serves as coachman for my
friend Mr.. NJ, says 1.-THE Philosopher
of the Syracuse Herald, was once en-
ployed in clearinghouse which was
infested with rats. He devised an ap-
paratus, consisting of an empty barrel
with an inviting but untrustwOrthy top,
which he put to effective use as a trap
for the sleek marauders. The landlady
was delighted and paid him cent for
every rat he caught-and the name Of
his victims was legion. Each morning,
after he had counted the spoils of the
night and received his pay he would
take his rats in bag to the proprietor
of a sporting establishment down town,
who paid him two cents apiece for them
and presumably turned them to profit
able account in his pit. Among hiscatch
one day was handsome female Specl-
men to which Elias took a decided fam
cy and he resolved to tame her. She
responded kindly to his advances, and
became in time so gentle that she would
eat out Of his hand and play about his
person, running up and down his
sleeves and so forth. Her affection for
him and her faculty Of memory were
once proved in notable way. Some
body carelessly let her out of her cage
during her owners absence, and in a
few moments she had found her way
into one of her accustomed holes in the
wall and was glorying in her freedom.
Weeks passed, and, as she did not
appear again, she was given up for
lost. One evening Elias was smoking a
quiet pipe in the laundry, when he saw
a rat put its head out of chink in the
wainscot. By way of experiment, but
scarcely hoping for success, he called
softly the name of his old pet: " jimmy!
Jinnym To his surprise the animal
emerged from its hiding-place, ap-
preached him cautiously, and then ran
up his trousers-leg into his lap and COM
posed itself for his careSses. 1t was in
deed his missing jimmy. She allowed
him to carry her back to her cage, and,
when there, went straight to the saucer
llOlu WHICH lolNl DCC1 tlCCuoJOillCu
to eat her food and drink. For a long
time after that master and rat were in.
separable; but by and by the former
changed his quarters, and in his new
home had no convenience for keeping
his little companion, so he sold her tor
two dollars to u retail liquor dealer,
who put her behind his bar for the en-
tertainment of his customers and grew
very much attached to her.
One day Elias was passing the shop,
and its owner called him in. /" | have
lost jimmy" said he, and none of us
can recover her. If You get her for me
| will give you fifty cents" The chal-
lenge was accepted on the spot and the
colored man tried the magic of his
voice. 1t was as efficient us before
Out cf hole near by trotted jimmy, up
parently overjoyed to see her friend
once more, and surrendered herself to
his hands with. ingenious confidence.
From that day to this. il | recall his
story Alright, he has never seen her.
-Parapet,-A doc and cat.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23
POlitenesS al Home.

There is no reason why man should
put his own wife to the trouble of wip-
ING up tracks when he takes great pains
80 cleanse his feet before crossing his
neighbor's threshold; neither is it con-
sistent that we women should be too
severe on our own husbands and sons
for a little carelessncss, while we assure
our caller with the most gracious of
smiles that lit isn't of the slightest
consequence"
would not have any one less con-
siderate of those abroad. | hope we all
enjoy seeing our husbands and wives
polite to our ueighbors, only let us be
sure to practice our good manners at
zome.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23
Put Life into Your Work.

A young mans interest ana :
both dictate that he should make
self Indispensable to his empI'.
He should be so industrious, pE,9
and careful that the accident o.
temporary absence should be DO,
by his being missed. A young /
should make his employer his Ip
by doing faithfully and minute!
that is intrusted to him. 1t IS u
mistake to be over-nice and fa'ta
about work. Pitch in readily, anu
willingness will be appreciated
the "high-toned" young man
bubbles about what is and wha'
his place to do will get th5
shoulder. There is story that w
Washington once helped to ron
that one of his corporals wouia
handle, and the greatest Empe,
Russia. worked with a ShiPe
in England-to learn the Od,'
That's just what you want TO 'io, ~
energetic, look and act with nl~ ai1
take an interest in your emp I,,
success, work as though the W.
was your own, and let your emE ng
know that he may place abSolu,
lance on your word and on yqn
Be mindful; have your mind y
business, because it is that "n
going to help you, not thGsS tso q. d
attractions which some OF tne
are thinking about. Take pleS,
work; do not 60 about it in az AZ
formal manner, but with alaclE
cheerfulness, and remember tna'
working thus for Others you arS l,os
the foundation of your own SUI
life.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

EXPERIMENTS on rabbits have I
that coffee is a good antidote !, sOs u:
MIA. Therefore, in cases OF Pur r
from overdose of strychnia or Nv
lea, large and repeated doses u
will be as convenient and go9o'
dy as can be obtsiaaA
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

The Rochester clergy have conclud-
ed to officiate at weddings for nothing
less than $5 couple. The Norristown
Herald asks if they won't make liberal
reduction to a club of six or upward.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

"A poor rider always has an eye on
the name chance.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-23

the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-03-19

Why should stake my happy youth.
Ny days ot spring,
Upon a mans unteSted truth.
And prorered rtngs
You praise me for my golden hair.
My eyes Of blue.
But change o'ertakeS the fairest fair.
Then what Of your
when all yon praise has suffered wrong
And am old.
Win love that did - youth belong
Ny age enfoldf
Since YOU but prize my smiling eyes
And blnshing cheek.
Then breathe no more your tender signs
The things you seek
Are but the shadow Of a shade.
Will vanish fast
Mirage. oi rnisrs OF morning made,
That can not last
lis he who seeks a woman's soul
Who wins her heart:
One reaches not Loves final goal
With shallow art
Louise Chandler Aosiion. in fh< Independents