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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-12-10
SHAMELESS SHAMS.

Thirty years ago tlaeaSharp pen Of
Charles Dickens prickedtehe bubble
OF American titles and made our
militia .Gcncr&IsM corner grocery
Judges aid town council Honor.
ables'i as ridiculous as our spittoons
and our dollar aristocracy.
In aristocratic countries the titles
arc hereditary; but, in this country
they arc Infections Abroad, the son.
or lord becomes his lordship @flep
his father diesy butin this free re-
pNblic one title generates anofhei rs.
fast as,jt aies in the SUM- When tbs
head or5aNpmily becomes q Judge or.
n General, all the boys are dubbed
,Co!onels or NIl%or9 or Commodores,
,yo as .to.lssahpp @ittl the oldtgcntle-
Sfan yilqsahipthprs ap&.brotFers IN
iSw .t.ai9htNar confer upon them
shes titles ofhonor oslfstincfionin
ord9ath:it tt8,orignatJuilge or Gen
crat Ma. nos eclipse them by the
hfiiIinAaa Of. hrs prefix, Thus ithap
pens thaGa lsifs Democratic repubicis
now inbaSiRFa aimost cXcluSiYeN by
me1l af citis, {E;E.Senerals, "Gqionels'
;ssi "At$spfs are as pleatifnl as
caMberries,,5aitl everqho4y out of
.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-12-10

II. :.." 1@ l0"l,.lA >g.gG.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
KEEPING ONIONS.

A Minnesota writer says, in the
New York Sun, that he makes as
deep pit as he can with the pillow
for onions and cabbages in a dry,
sheltered place near the house,
scraping out all the loose dirt with "a
hoe, and putting in some chaff or
straw from the straw stack, and
tramping down well. Then he
hauls the onions from where they
grew and piles them in carefully on
this, and puts more chaff on top and
covers up with a foot of dirt from
each side, and packs it smooth with
the spade, where hey can remain a
part or all of the winter, or until
wanted. They were quoted at S1.25
last winter and spring in Minneap-
oils. If they freeze it will make no
difference; they will come out all
right when the fros. leaves the
ground. Cabbages may be pulled
up on dry day and packed IN the
other end of the pit, roots up, and
also covered with straw and dirt,
when they or the onions can be tax
ep out as wanted. The cellar is one
Of the worst places to keep onions
or cabbages in, as it is almost always
too damp or warm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
yANDERBILTIANA.

Some one has made very curious cal
culation of what Mr.. Vanderbilt could do
with his money. William 81. Wander
bilt's income from his investments in
S51 600, 600 per cent. Government
bonds is represented at 5000 daily,
which is S206. % per hour, 50. Al per min.
ute, or over cents per second. Assum-
ing that he is paid by the second be can
lot possibly spend his money, as lie
could not select his purchases and lay
down the pieces fast enough. He could
not throw it away; to pick up, cast, re-
cover, pick up and cast again would
take him two seconds, and if he worked
all through the twenty-four hours with
out rest, he could but dispose of one
half his income. By living economically
and saving up for four years he could.
placing his cent pieces side by side,
make nickel belt around the earth, or
by converting his savings into cent
pieces and mounting them into pile,
he would, in twenty years, erect road
to the moon and have $500 to invest when
be got there. Should his amusement
take a charitable twist, he could out of
years receipts donate to every man, wo-
man and child in the United States 20
cents and have money left over. Other
vast possibilities occur to the glowing
fancy of the calculator. In one day he
could go to 5000 different circuses, eat
10000 pints of peanuts, drink 5000 glass
es OF lemonade, and have money left to
get his boots BACKED. He can afford to
have 5000 shirts washed il one day,
and on the day of his death his. income
will buy ten first class funerals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
ON THE SUBJECT OF ROADS.

The public roads of district show
the spirit and enterprise of the peo-
pie in the district to certain extent,
and all will admit that good public
roads add to the value of the land
as much, if not more, than anything
of equal cost. A bad road means a
small load with great wear and tear
to wagon and team, and bad roads
are the complaint generally. Why?
First, they are badly drained and
not enough work done on them;
second, there is but little thought
given to making roads, and the work
is often done la.e in the fall; third,
men pillow and scrape more than
there is any need of, and make a
narrow, poor road when they got
TIM cugh, 1t is cheaper to make a
good wide read when the land will
permit, than narrow one, from the
fact that in making wide one You
simply bring the dirt from the ditch
es upon the road bed, which should
never be plowed up or disturbed
A public road should be IS feet from
outside to outside of bitches, highest
in the center, and curving gradually
to the outside of the bitches. The
road bed THAT is the part between
the inside of the ditches) should be
% feet wide. The bitches should
be 5 feet wide and one foot deep on
the outside, and deeper, if necessary,
with sufficient grade to draw off the
water, otherwise there will be bad,
muddy road. Now with such a road
the bed is solid, and the soil scraped
on top will soon pack and become
hard. There is no danger in being
tipped over, and travel is not oblig-
ed to follow in a single rut, as it
must in a narrow road. Dry roads
mean good bitches. To fill up mud
holes without draining is simply
putting in more dirt to make more
mud
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
manitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1880
NINETY MILES A MINUTE.

There was turned out from the
Grant Locomotive works in Patter-
son, n. j., yesterday, a new locomo-
tive of peculiar construction, intend
ed for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railroad. Eugene Fon-
taine, the inventor, claims that this
locomotive can be made to 90 90
miles an hour, while the machinery
is run no faster than that of an or
binary locomotive travelling at the
rate of go miles an hour. The
machinery is all on top Of the boiler
instead of under it. The irving
wheel rests on another wheel, which
in turn rests on the track. The
lower wheel has two rims, one foot
smaller than the other. The outer
rim touches the track, and the inner
or smaller rim supports the driving
wheel. The motion of the driving
wheel thus communicated is magni-
fed by this arrangement so that the
lower wheel turns one-third faster
than the driving wheel, and so the
speed is increased. The smaller rim
of the lower wheel bears to the larg-
er rim a relation similar to that of
a very large hub to any wheel. OF
course any rate of motion communi-
Gated to such hub is greatly mag
nifed at the periphery of the wheel.
In the same way the motion of the
driving wheel in this case is magni-
fed by the peculiar arrangement of
the wheel it rests upon. Mr.. Fon-
! tame believes that his locomotive, if
it were not for the increased resis-
lance of the air, could be run at the
rate of 101 miles an hour. He ex-
poets it to make SO miles an hour
easily. The machinery of the new
locomotive, which stood propped up
on blocks, was put in motion on Sat
urday with satisfactory results
Many railroad men have visited it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
A JEwELER in New York was rob-

A JEwELER in New York was rob-
bed of valuable set Of diamond ear
rings in the following manner. A
gentlemanly appearing fellow made
a bargain for the ear rings, counted
out the money, hesitated, was not
certain that his wife would like them.
would ask the privilege of taking
them home before completing the
purchase. The money was handed
to clerk who put it in an envelope
and sealed it. The stranger then
wrote his name upon it, and, as the
jeweler supposed, handed it back to
be put in the safe till his return
The sharper had changed an enyel-
ope filled with strips of paper for
the one containing the money while
.sblotting" it with a newspaper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
HOW THE CHINESE MADE
DWARF TREES.

We have all known from child
hood how the Chinese cramp their
women's feet, and SO manage to make
them keepers at home; but how they
contriye to grow miniature pines and
oaks in flower pots for half a cen
fury has always been much of a Sc
cret. They aim first and last at the
seat of vigorous growth, endeayor-
ing to weaken it as much as may be
consistent with the preservation OF
life. Take young plant-say a
seeding or cutting of a cedar-when
only two or three inches high, cut
off its tap-root as soon as it has 9th
er rootlets enough to live upon, and
replant it in a shallow earthen pot
or pan. The end of the tap-root is
generally made to rest on a stone
within it. Alluvial clay is then put
into the pot, much of it in bits the
size of beans, and just enough in
kind and quantity to furnish scanty
nourishment to the plant. Water
enough is given to keep it in growth,
but not enough to excite vigorous
habit. So likewise is the application
of light and heat. As the Chinese
pride themselves on the shape of
their miniature trees, they use
strings, wires, and pegs and various
other mechanical contriyances to
promote symmetry of habit or to
fashion their pets into odd fancy fig.
urcs. Thus, by the use of very
shallow pots, the growth of the tap
root is out of the question; by the
use of poor soil and little of it, and
little water, any strong growth is
prevented. Then, too, the top and
side roots being within easy reach
Of the gardener, are shortened by
his pruning knife or scared with his
hot iron. So the little tree, finding
itself headed on every side, gives W
the idea of strong growth, asking
only for life, and just life enough to
look well. Accordingly each new
/ set of leaves become more and more
stunted, the buds and rootlets are
diminished in proportion, and a
length balance is established be.
tween every part of the tree, max
ing it dwarf in all respects. Ii
some kinds of trees this end is reach
ed in three or four years; in Others
ten or fifteen years are necessary
Such is fancy horticulture among
the Celestials.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

The reports of our school inspectors
often reveal very remarkable state of
things in our schools and among our
teachers, but, thank heaven, they show
nothing so bad az the report of an exam
nation of German candidates for the
schoolmaster's certificate, which we have
Just read. One candidate, on being asked
what countryman Jesus was, replied that
he was an Italian. Another, on being
shown a stuffed squirrel and asked to
name it, succeeded in doing SO, but on
being further asked what sort OF SOUR
rel it was, guessed that it was stuffed
one. "Where," continued the examiner,
sis this species of squirrel to be found?''
"'In the dealers window" was the reply.
"What is tbis?" asked the professor,
showing another candidate butterfly
That's butterfly, sir" "No doubt,
but what kind of butterfly" "Mein
Gott.' was the answer, we have so many
of them in our parts that we never pay
any attention to them" cit is now 4
o'clock here" remarked the examiner to
candidate for honors in geography,
awhat time is it in London2" "Well, it
must be quite as late there was the
reply. "How many square miles does
the north pole coverl" was another ques-
ton, to which came the answer: ono
one knows. A great number of people
have tried to go there. but no one has
succeeded in the attempt" How do you
teach children the difference between the
right and left bank Of riverl, 81 don't
teach them that because there is no river
in our parts" Another candidate was
shown a skeleton map and asked to name
a particular mountain, but he observed
the map was bad one, as the names
were not marked on it like the one at
home, which was far superior. why
did the companions of Columbus refuse
to go further?" was another question:
because, replied the candidate, ''they
had come to the spot where the ship
would have tipped over. for You know,
sir. the earth is round" These examples
will suffice to prove that if the school
master is generally abroad In Germany,
the candidates for that title are not sell
dom at sea.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

Rev. GEO. II. Thayer, of Bourbon,
Ind, known 10 every one IN that vicini-
tv as a most influential citizen, and
christian minister of the III. E. Church,
says: II wish every body to know that
l consider that both myself and wife owe
our lives, TO SHILOHS CONSUMP-
TON CURE" Drs. Matchett S France,
physicians and druggists of the same
place, say: at is having tremendous
sale, and is giving perfect satisfaction
such as nothing else has done. For lame
back, side or chest, don't fail to use Shi-
loh's Porous Plaster. We recommend
these remedies Sold at the Central
Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

FIFTEEN POUNDS GAINED IN THREE WEEKS.
and cured of consumption. Messrs. Craddock &
Co., 1892 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen:
Please send me twelve bottles of .'Dr. II. james
Cannabis Indica, one each of Pills and Ointment,
for friend of mine who is not expected TO live
and as your medicines cured me of consumption
some three years ago, want him to try them. !
gained fifteen pounds while taking the first three
bottles, and know it is just the thing for him.
Respectfully, w HULL.
Aawrenceburg. Anderson Co. Ky.
This remedy speaks for itself. One bottle will
satisfy the most skeutical. There is not a single
symptom OF consumption that it docs not dissi-
pate ut once, and it will break up fresh cold in
q hours. $50 per pint bottle. Address, BRAD
,CK ( Co, 1922 Race ST., Philadelphia. Pa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

THE wall of the St. Petersburg
Golos, published of course under
official sanction, over the grain crop
Of Russia ends any possible doubt
over the demand for American wheat
abroad. Russia exports, not 49,
100000 quarters as thslispatch-
es make the Golos say, but about
100000 bushels annually, of
which from one third to one half 60
to Great Britain. This export has
remained for years unchanged, and
under the present government pro-
gress was impossible. The supply
now collapses altogether, and the
demand from Europe is increased by
this amount. This leaves the gap
to be filled by American grain not
much smaller than last year, and
western farmers, who have been
stubbornly holding on to their wheat
will probably be rewarded by higher
prices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

a CoUaH, Cold or Sore Throat should
be stopped. Neglect frequently results
in an Incurable Lung Disease or Con-
sumption. Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCH-
Es are certain TO give relief in Asthma,
Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh. Consump-
tive and Throat Diseases. For thirty
years the Troches have been recommend
ed by physicians, and always give per-
feet satisfaction. They are not new or
untried but having been tested by wide
and constant use for nearly an entire
generation. they have attained well mer-
tied rank among the few staple remedies
OF the age. Public speakers and Singers
use them to clear and strengthen the
Voice. Sold st twenty-five cents box
everywhere. oct1 ~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
WHAT ONE NEW YORK GIRL DID.

When girl concludes to put up her
hair and make herself look sweet, the
best policy is to let her have her own
way. She can't be drawn away from her
mirror by any of the ordinary things of
this life. A fire will sometimes do it,
but it has been shown that even a fire
may fail to excite some girls. The other
night New York lodging house took
fire. and at most uncomfortable hour,
when most girls probably have their back
hair down. One OF the young ladies
heard that the place was burning down,
but she didn't feel like making her ap-
pearance before the crowd which had
gathered in the street, looking like per
feet fright. She shut the door Leading
into the hall to keep out the flames, and
went to her mirror to fix her hair Any
body who has waited for girl to fix her
hair knows that it takes time and great
deal of it. This girl wasn't any quicker
than the average, and she was very par
ticular about having her hair done up ex-
actly as it should be. The fire had cut
off her chances of escape by the stairs,
and her lover, after appealing to her for
some time, finally lost his patience and
got away without her. A fireman got up
to the room on ladder, and she made
him sit on the edge of the window and
wait until she had arranged her hairpins
and ribbons for right sort of public ap-
pearance, then che threw herself into his
arms-it was so romantic-and slid down
the ladder with him, looking just sweet.
The whole thing was tremendous snc-
cess, but when the careful young girl
was safely landed on the pavement she
found that she had forgotten her stock
ings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

The steamer Alaska, now building on
the Clyde for the Guion Line, is to be
$500 tons. Her owners say that cher
dimensions will be: Extreme length, 500
feet: breadth OF beam, 50 feet, and depth
of hold from EaiG deck. 80 feet. There
will be $50 state rooms in the first cabin.
and the saloon will accommodate $50
passengers. The second capin will con-
tain berths for 30 persons, and on the
after end of the main deck will be quar-
tiers for 40 steerage passengers. The
Alaska will have capacity for carrying
1000 steerage passengers if necessary
Her engines will have greater power
than those of any vessel now sailing the
Atlantic. Her boiler will be heated by
fifty four different furnaces. The Alaska
will. in good weather, be able to cross
the Atlantic in six and one-half days.
She will carry four masts, and will be
provided With two smoke tunnels"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the er
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
&c, will send recipe that Will cure
you, kREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary
in South America. Send self addressed
envelope to the REV. JOSEPH L. INAIAN,
Station d. NeiO York city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

PRoF. DARE, the daredevil who skip
ped around on tight rope stretched
across the street in this city about two
months ago, was making similar exhib-
ition in Racine few days since when a
misstep brought him to the ground-a
distance of forty-fve feet-breaking his
neck and producing almost instant death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
Vol MAY RITZ

You may, drink glass of ice water
when you are thoroughly heated by exer-
else. but be careful to have DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil by you. The best remedy
in the world for Collie. Sold at the Cen
trail Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
HOW SMOKING AFFECTS BOYS,

The evils Of juvenile smoking were
recently considered at a conference of
Suuday-school and day school teachers
in Manchester, England. DR.. Emrys
Jones, of the Royal Eye Hospital, who
presided, laid special stress upon the
injurious influence of tobacco upon the
sight, and be was convinced that the use
of tobacco, say of half an ounce day
for ten or fifteen years, resulted in ser
ious injury to the eyes, and sometimes in
absolute blindness. Resolutions were ad-
opted setting forth that as physicians of
the highest eminenee declare tobacco to
be injurious to health and longevity; as
smokers smoke to satisfy the same arti-
fetal craving which induces drinkers to
drink; as careful statistical investigation
shows that the smoking teetotaler is five
times as liable to break his VOW as the
non-smoking teetotaler; as smoking is an
unmanly leaning on a solace to care and
labor, neither sought nor needed by wo-
men, enabling the smoker to be idle with
out growing weary of idleness, tending
to take the ambition out of him, and to
make him happy when he should be mis-
cradle, and content when his divlnest
duty is discomfort; as it is almost impos-
sible to smoke in an inhabited country
without causing discomfort or nausea to
others; and as, finally, the passion for
tobacco has been the cause of many SER
ious fires and disastrous explosions, par
ents, teachers, and all others who have
influence with British boys should warn
them against the barbarous habit both by
precept and example.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

SHLoH's CATARRH REMEDY. i mar.
vellous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria,
Canker mouth, and Head Ache With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal in
jector for the more successful treatment
of the complaint, without extra charge
Price SOC. Sold at the Central Drug
Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

STEEL pens to suit every purpose, and
OF excellence of temper, are manufacture
ed in all the popular styles by the Ester
brook Steel Pen Co., and are to be had
oil all stationers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11
MOTHERS! MOTHERS! MOTHERS

NIL hEIso. NIL I1IhO. MIL hLhO.
Are you disturbed at plight and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with the excruciatlng pain of cut
ting teeth? If SO, 60 at once and get a
bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTH-
ING SYRUP. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately upon
it; there is no mistake about it. There is
not mother on earth who has ever used
it, who will not tell you at once that it
will regulate the bowels, and give rest to
the mother, and relief and health to the
child, operating like magic. 1t is perfect
ly safe to use in all cases, and pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of
one of the Oldest aud best female physi-
clans and nurses in the United States
Sold everywhere. &c bottle. oct7 ly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

Are the most eff
fective and congo
NAL purgative ever
discovered. They
are mild, but Ell
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
AID without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

hnuf rs lFtiE yOHT evenings end spare time 60 I'll
h.saesz l. cost. nothing to try the business Moth
if2 ia ia ftT money making offered befs re
Buslas%~ i}-asant ard strictly honorable Reader If
You 20 know all aboGf the best paying business
before the public. send your address and We viii
send you full particulars and private free,
pies worth 3 also free; you can then make up vour
mind for yourself Address GEO. STTNs0S CO..
Portland. NsiBe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-11

n a - week in your own town. S 0utft free
No risk Reader, II you want business
AnHst which persons % either sex make
W. ~ great pay all the time they work, write
for particulars 70 H. HALLETr Co., Portland, Maine