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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08

WHY AMERICAN GOODS ARE PRE-

WHY AMERICAN GOODS ARE Pre-
FERRED.-The growing reputation
Of American manufacturers in the
markets of the world has alarmed
competitors abroad. Whatever
Americans undertake, whether it
be machine tools, cutlery, silks,
flour, cotton, cloth, or any other
merchandise, they make their
brands the leading ones, selling Cor
the most money, and universally
sought after. The reasons for this
are plain. It is not on account Of
the better and more direct process
es employed; it is not by discard
ing workshop traditions and old
time methods; it is not by such adj
ventitious aids that we have achi-
eyed so great an eminence that our
trade marks are counterfeited and
foreign goods are represented as
Of American make. 1t is because
our manufacturers have found that
merchantile honesty is the only
policy, and that when they attempt
to adulterate OF lower the standard
the criticism of competitors expos
es them at once.
American machine tools of first
class makers are not cut in weight
or in workmanship. 1t is a race to
see who shall discover a weak part
that can be made stronger, or a de-
tail exposed to wear that can be
made more durable. The same is
true Of cotton goods and silks. The
senseless weighing Of both with
adulterants Of one kind or another
is not practiced here, for experience
teaches our people that the best is
the cheapest MechunjcaJ En-
gtl9eer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08

Hen FARMING.-Iigh farming
is a system of tillage and farm man
agement that is selt-sustaining, a
system that takes nothing but the
bare land, the domestic animals,
the farm implements and machine
ry, and cultivates the soil, sustains
the family and the animals, pays
the annual taxes, defrays the ex-
penses incidents to the improve,
ments that must be made on the
farm, cancels the annual interest
on the money invested in the land,
eventually pays for the land, all
from the products Of the soil cult
waited; and after one, two or three
decades of years, leaves every acre
in a far better state of fertility than
the soil was at the beginning. This
is high farming. There are untold
numbers of quiet, unobtrusive til.
lers Of the soil in many of our Stat
es, who have commenced precise
ly as we have indicated, without
one dollar Of cash capital, who have
had no revenue whatever besides
the natural resources of their cul-
tivated fields, and who have by hard
work and judicious management
sustained their families, paid fol
their lands, erected all oftheir build
ings, paid for all their valuable i'm
provements, and at the same time,
have brought their land to that
state Of productiveness by theil
judicious management, that every
acre yields a much, if not more,
than it did originally in a state o.
nature. This is high farming. Yet
such system is often sneered al
simply because the proprietor knew
how to save his money to defray
expense Of improvements. There
is no need Of land becoming impov
erished, even when it bears a crop
every year. Proper cultivation
with plenty of manure is the key
to high farming. = NinneapoJis
Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
DANCING IN NEW MEXICO.

The orchester, who was jolly dog of
a fiddler, so full of frolic and excitement
that every now and then, in sheer exu-
berance of spirits, he gave whoop of
JOY that could be heard half amile, struck
up 4 lively tune about O'Clock, and then
the performance got under way. At this
stage of proceedings, and between the
dances the evening through, the group
ing Of the company suggested Quaker
meeting. Around the wall, on the row
Of benches, everybody sat who could find
q seat, the men at one end Of the room,
the women Mt tho other-the young wom-
an very jealousy watched by their moth
ers, and allowed to speak to the men on
" when asked to dance. 4 highly un-
Quakerlike characteristic Of our quests
was the way in which they smoked. BIen
and women, everybody but the very
young girls and the seven babies, puf-
fed away at cigarritas made with corn
husk wrappers or atociously bad cigars.
Even when dancing the men smoked.
Between the tobacco smoke, the fumes
from the tsllow candles, tho dust and
damp from the floor, and the vitiation of
the air by being breathed over and over
again, the atmosphere was tarrific. It
was thick enough TO cut IN slices with
knife and foul enough to poison a goat
or bat. But the Mexicans did not
mind it. Even tho seven babies slum.
bered plaeidly in their mothers lap the
whole night long. waking up only now
and then to be fed. The only ventiIa-
tons was through the low door, usually
crowded with men, and through q brok-
en- pane III the single window. It was a
Mexican version Of the black hole Of
Calcutta. After the first hour watched
what was going on through the window;
puffs of foul air would come throug the
broken pane that almost knocked me
down. And in this fiery furnace our
guests danced, and danced with a hearty
good will. There was no grace about
their dancing-it was heavy and labored,
performed with solemn countenances AMI
with the sir Of those who discharge a
duty. The dances were all in figures,
broken Ivy waltz or polka step-some-
thing like polka quadrilles. The couple
caught each other by shoulders and ell
bows and danced far apart; and while
they danced there was no talk between
them. There vas q funeral solemnity
about their fun that WAS positively pain
full. Bai they only howled little they
might have passed for bowling derYish-
es eDgegad in religious rites; but they
didn't. Nobody howled but that merry
scamp Of fiddler. The only sound be-
side the fall OF the heavy feet, the rustic
Of the whirling bodies and the 'thud" of
collisions was that of coughing. Even
Mexican lungs could not stand that at
mosphere without coughing in it pretty
much all the time. For people who
We're enjoying themselves, and they rea-
lily were, q more disnal lot than these I
never saw.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
HOW A TORONTO JOURNAL PROPOSES
To HEAD OFF THE ANNEXATION
QUESTION

The surest way to head off the
growing feeling Of annexation is TO
make Canada an independent ma
ton. There is a community of
feeling and interest between peo-
pie living next door as neighbors
that will eventually ripen into some
thing more substantial than mere
neighborly sentiment. Although
the SUPERFICIAL journals tell us that
there is nobody in Canada in favor
Of annexation, it is notorious that
the merchants and commercial men
of the border towns are largely in
favor of it. They do not 90 on the
house-tops and preach annexation,
to be sure, but they admit that
they are in favor Of it You discuss
the point in a good natural way.
That the great majority of the Can
adian people are in favor Of annex
alton is, of course, quite another
question. We do not think they
are. 1t is possible that if a vote
were taken it would be found that
the great majority of them are not
even in favor of independence, pre-
ferring to leave things as they are
and drift with the tide. At the
same time, what we have said is
true, that in every large CONNER
cial centre and especially in the
border towns, from Manitoba to
Nova Scotia, you will find numbers
Of commercial men who say that
the best thing that could happen
Canada would be to annex it to the
United States. On the other hand,
there are those Of us who would be
quite satisfied with seeing the coun-
try independent, while others avow
that they are prepared to shed
| blOOd-their own or somebody ell
se's - to maintain our relations
with the mother country. In the
meantime, while opinions are di-
vided, the great forces, CONNER
cial and social, are declared by stu
dents Of political history to be NOV
ing the country in the direction OF
what they tell us is its inevitable
destiny absorption by the repub-
lie. The subject is one for calm
consideration, not one for passion
and abuse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
THE IRISH IIIGHWAYMAN.

An Irishman, finding his cash at
low ebb, resolved to adopt "the
road" as a professional means of
refreshing the exchequer, and hay
ing provided himself with a large
horse-pistol, proceeded forthwith
to the conventional "lonely com
mon," and lay in wait. The no
less conventional "farmer return
ing from the market with bag of
money!" OF course, soon appeared,
to whom enters Pat with the reg
ulation highwayman offer of choice,
Your money or your life" a re-
mark fortified by the simultaneous
exhibition Of the fire arm in the
usual way. The farmer, who was
Il Quaker eSsayed to temporise. Il
would not have thee stain thy soul
with sin, friend; and didst thou rob
me of my gold, it would be theft;
and didst thou kill me, it would be
murder. But hold. A bargain is
no sin but a commerce between
two honest men. l will give thee
this bag of gold for the pistol
whence thou holdest at my ear"
The unsuspecting amateur Mac
heath, yielding, perhaps, to the
Quaker'S logic and solicitude for
his spiritual welfare, made the ex-
change without moments hesita-
ton. "Now, friend,' cried the
willy Ephriam, leveling the weapon,
give me back my gold, or III
blow thy brains out" ''Blaze a.
way, thin, me darlint," said Pat.
Sure, there's nivera dhrop ofpow-
Their in IT." The result was sold
Quaker. -CHaa,JerS's Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08

kIT CARsoN's GRAvE.-TaoS, n.
NJ, was the home of Kit Carson,
and the house Of the famous scout
stands near the Plaza. Kit was
once on his way home, and within
a short distance of Taos. He had
not seen his family, which he low.
ed fondly, for three years. But he
was overtaken with request from
the government to bear some very
important dispatches to the Pacific
coast. So he turned about and
started at once. 1t was four years
more before hereturned to his fam
lily. We walked out to the little
cemetry, standing a most desolate
spot amid the prosperous grain
fields. Kit had requested to be
buried beside his wife, and there
were the graves Of the two in a lot
inclosed with a wooden picket fence,
painted white and the pickets tip
ped with black. The grave mounds
are two low, scrawny gravel heaps.
There are no tombstones, no in
scriptions, nothing to tell who lies
below, and it is not known which
grave is filed by Kit Carson, or
which by his wife The famous
trontiersman was a reckless gam
bier; he squandered away all his
money and died penniless, but the
public owes it to his memory that
his grave should be properly mark
ed and cared for.
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HOW TO SECURE HEALTH.

1t seems strange that any one will suffer rom
the many arrangements brought on 10y an i'm
pure condition of the blood. when SCOVIILS
SARSAPARILLA AND STIILlNGIA. or blood
and liver syrup, viii restore perfect health to
the physical organization. II is indeed a
strengthening syrup, pleasant to take. and has
proven itself TO be the best blood purifier ever
discovered. effectualy curing Scrofula. Syphi-
lite disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys. Fry
sipelas, Malaria: all Nervous disorders and De
bllity, Bilious complaints and all Diseases indi-
eating an Impure Condition of the Blood Liver
Ki,ineys. Stomach, Skin. etc. 1t corrects Indi-
gestion. y single bottle will prove TO you its
merits Is Il health remover, for il ACTS LIKE
\ CHARM. especially when the complaint is of
an exhaustive nature, having tendency to les
sen the natural vigor OF the brain and nervous
eyStemg
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S
SUPERSTITIONS.

An intimate friend OF the Pres
ident has been entertaining Wash
ington reporter with an account of
the latter's alleged superstitious
notions. The intimate friend dis
courses as follows:
Gen. Garfield always had an idea
that he knew exactly how long he
was going to live. lie used to say
that there was something in him
which told him things of that kind.
and they always proved correct.
When [ first knew Garfield. which
was at Hiram College, he used to
say that he was going to die at the
same age that his father died. That
is SO. He used to resort to all sort
of arguments TO support his theory,
but when SO years came around and
found him still living, of course he
had to give that up. Well, soon
after the war broke out, and Gar
field enlisted. Il know that I will
never return from the war alive"
he used to say. Il may not be shot,
but if not | will die. | will never
outlive it." He was made comman-
der Of the Forty-seconi Ohio Vol
mteers, and, though, he was never
wounded, he had more miraculous
escapes than any man | ever saw.
He had bullets through his hats,
and bullets through his clothing,
but he was not shot. He then be-
came convinced that he would die
at AZ. He knew he would. He
knew that was what the number of
the regiment meant. He would 90
to a hotel, and if the number of his
room CHANGED to be - or any pro
duct or multiple of IS, he would
say: Il here, do You see that num-
Der! | tell you it means me-" OF
course his friends would plague him
a great deal about this, and accuse
him Of being superstitious, but he
chung to his belief. If the number
of the house he was stopping at
was II and he knew it, he would
be uneasy; or if it was 81 or 81, it
would be all the same. He would
multiply or divide, to suit the case,
and find his ~. We were riding
on a railroad train once, and our car
Glanced to stop opposite to a car
numbered 1927. There" he would
say, "doyou see my mum ber!" "No,
no; where" "Why, between that
1 and Z" Then it got TO be 40. I
know that to this day Gen. Garfield
looks upon 40 as his unlucky num-
Der. This is the forty-ninth day OF
the shooting and was apprehen-
sive on that account. fit had come
on Saturday, l think he would have
almost been ready to give up his
chances, for he has always dreaded
that day since the shooting. Sick
as he is, he will lie on his back and
turn that number over in his head
by the hour, and make more COM
binations ont of it than you could
count in day, until he gets some
thing out Of it to weave his theory
on.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08

\ BAPTIST lady of Chicago spent
several days on a ''resort' on the
seashore where Mr.. Robert Inger-
soil and his family were staying.
and found them very pleasant and
agreeable people. On taking leave
Mr.. IngersolI said: Il am very
happy to have met you; we have
spent pleasant days together. l
hope We shall meet again; if not in
this world, then in-Boston .r'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
NO DECEPTION USED.

1t is strange so many people will con-
tinue to suffer day after day with dispep-
sia, liver complaint, constipation, sour
stomach, general debility when they can
procure at our store SHILOH'S VITAL
IZER, free of cost if it does not cure or
relieve them. Price 75c. Sold at the
Central Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
4 SIGNAL VICTORY,

The value of electricity as remedial
agent has gained a signal victory over
prejudice, Thomas Eclectric Oil stands
foremost in this class of compounds. Tes-
timouials from all parts tells Of the won
drous cures Of rhuematism, neuralgia
hurts. and sores, etc., effected by its ag-
ency. Sold by Robinson & Hinrichs.
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-TSCRTASTS.

=. L. Carpenter. Eco, Henderson, y. /. cured
psoriasis or LepeoSy. uf twenty wears standing.
D she CHticara i, solvent internally and CUT
and Cutcur3 Soap externally. The most
wonderful clse on record. Cure certified to before
aticu 1f the peace and prominent citizens. All
eggd with itching ana s"aly diseases should
ad % Us for this testimonial u fulI.
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PHYSICAL SUFFERING

No one can realize, except by personal
experience, the anguish of mind and
body endured by sufferers from dyspep-
STA, indigestion, constipation, and other
diseases of the stomach, Burdock Blood
Bitters are a positive cure for this direst
of all diseases, Price $I.00. trial size 10
cents. Sold by Robinson & Hinrichs.
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LIN DISEASE.

II Drake Esq. Detroit, Mich, suffered he
i all description from a skin disease which
AIRED ON bis hands head ana face. and nearly
! r0yed bis eyes. The most careful doctorug
..ad to help him, and after OBJ had failed he used
80 CuticuFa EasalyeHl internally, Cuticura and
{ 4.irura Soap externally, and was cured and has
..aiHll n.rl.elLE WelI 10 lis DAY.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08
WHAT DRUGGIST SAYOF DR.. BOS
ANKO'S RHEUMATIC CURE.

Uwosso, Mich, Sept. 20, 1873.
DR.. Bosanko:-Dear sir-Please send
MS two dozen of your Rheumatic Cure.
1t is taking well here, and appears to be
doing wonders. Send as soon as posi-
BILE and oblige. Respectfully yours,
Osborn Bros.
Sold by G. E. Buerstatte.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-08

A SHEEP dairy for The manufacture of
cheese has been started near Chattan
ooga. Sheep cheese is a popular article
of food In Australia, and this enterprise,
beginning with 1000 sheep, is under the
management of an Austrian.
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CHOICE EXTRACTS FROM DRUG.
GTSTS

I'VE know the value of matt, hops, calisaya
and iron composing Malt Bitters'"
"Our lady customers highly praise Them
physicians prescribe them i'm this town.
THE largest bottle and best medicine
Best blood purifier on our shelves"
"Our best people take Malt Bitters"
''Sure cure for chills and liver diseases"
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AY.T REEETng-

Hill Mcdonald. 2=s2 Dearborn ST.. Chicago,
: aeiully acknowledge cure Of salt rHcum on
J. Z. neck. face arms and LEGS nT seventeen years
3.s5 able 10 walk except CA hands and kuess for
So year; not able 70 help himself FOR eight years
1Ei.. hundreds eff remedies; doctors pronounced
fl ease hopeless, permanently tdred by the Cut
IL. .a-nL-ns.
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HOW TO GET WE'LL.

Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bittersl See another col
umn. Sept. s.
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HOW TO GET SICK

Expose yourself day and night; eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then
you will want to know
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AHs gS'~s One COLLINS VoLTArc
- ELECTRIC PLASTER, cost
yarTEc - 81 rETEi1 ING y cents, il far superior
Sszs1 --0'N4 % every other electrical
9EAS-rUG appliance before the pub
A=ss tas~ lie. They instantly relieve
Dyspepsia, Llser Complaint. Malaria Fever and
t-Gc and Kidney aud Urinary Difficulties, and
- De worn over the pit Of the stomach. over the
liducys. or any affected part. Price - cents
sold everywhere
WEEKS Is POTTER, Boston Mass.
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News FROM THE CoRwIN.-Cap-
tain Hooper, of the revenue cutter
Corwin now on an expedition to the
polar seas, in search of the jaime
cite party and the relics of the lost
whalers, Vigilant and Mount VOL
laston, writes from St. Michals,
July 9TH, as follows:
We arrived here on the 4th, and
90 north again tomorrow | learn
ed from the Indians, yesterday, that
party OF prospectors are in Gal
ourue Bay, on the north side of
Nortin Sound, and will call in there
and interview them on their way
north. | have taken on board a lot
Of extra provisions, enough for win
ter, if we should be compelled to
remain so long. While absent on
our last cruise [ left a boatswain
and two men on the west of Dion
ed Island TO take correct observa-
tions, but the weather was so bad
they could not launch their boat so
| took them back on board. From
here we 90 to Kotzbue Sound and
will take run up the rivers on the
steam cutter, then we 90 north as
far as we can on the American
shore. [ will leave party at the
coal mine on our way up the coast
and let them get out what they can
while we are gone. About the 10th
Of August | hope to 90 westward
and see what we can find. The ice
is light and we have lots of heavy
blows to break it up, so | hope to get
well north in August and September.
So far | think we have done very
well; we have discovered relics of
one of the missing whalers; we have
learned from the natives definitely
that nothing has been heard of any
thing belonging to the Jannette on
the Siberian coast, and in addition
to this we have discovered an island
not laid down in the chart near
Cape Scribe The Indians up the
1oucon are getting worse all the
time and will undoubtedly make
trouble before long if not punished.
--~- -s---
The Wire-roap system of hauling
street cars, which is now in success
full operation in San Francisco, is
soon to be introduced in Chicago
and Philadelphia. 1t is claimed
that with horse power it costs sew
enteen cents a mile to run a two
horse car, while the wire rope will
do the work at four cents a mile.
1t is also stated that in the matter
of cleaning the streets, the wire rope
method will be an immense advan-
tage; great strings of empty box
cars can be placed on the tracks and
snow be shoveled directly into them
and expeditiously hauled off, with
out the enormous cost and slow.
cumbersome details of tip-carting.
Humanitarians Will also rejoice in
the new system, for it will result
in the discharge Of thousands of
poor bedeviled horses from the sew
ere service Of street car lines.
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The Milwaukee,
Lake Shore and
Western Railway

H c, H, REED, General Superintendent
Running from MILWAUKEE north through the
following Counties:
Manitowo8 0aiumof o 3sSgssa6
Winnebago, shawano,
Waupaoa, Marathon,
And reaching the following Points:
Port Washington, Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls
ManitowOc, Two Rivers, Kaukauna APP
pleton, Hortonville, Oshkosh, New
London, Ciintonviue,
Tigerton
-E0RRIH AND WAUSAU.-
CONNECTIONS:
Milwaukee-With all Railroad and Steam boat
Lines.
Weeden s"ItR a omPI I6ies Line for sheooy@an
sheboygan With Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Two Rivers-With Stages for Kewaunoe and Alma
Forest Juno,ion~With Wisconsin Central r. r.
Appleton Junction With Chicago and North
western Railway.
Oshkosh-With Chicago ~ Northwestern Ry, and
c., NJ. 81 St. p. Ry.
New London-Nith Green Bay and Minnesota I1y.
Chntonville--Mlth Stages FOR ShawanO, IS mics.
Wausaa-With g. ii. & St. p. by.
Frnirh+ Transported with dispatch and at
l. C4S LII low rates.
Through Tickets s1a sa5s At d R s sa2i
of the UniCCd States and Canada.
Land Seekers and Settlers Tickets
Can be obtained at all Stations at lowest rates
The northern portion ofthis Road runs through
immense forests of maple. birch Eastwood. oak.
elm, hemiOcIs and pine. Special inducements to
parties dcsirin. to locate machinery for manu-
featuring.
For information apply to any Ageu Of the Com
pany, or to r. r. WHITC NIB
Gent Freight and Passenger Agent.
Cor EastWater and Mason Sts Milwaukee, Wis
GIFT Y QUE
JOE PRINTING
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LAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

IAUIEs SEMENAHT- unsurpassed. ACADEMY
thorough. CoLLEGE.-tonr courses. Year begins
irpa. ,th. ErQH.Hsg yourselves. Catalogues sent
- .he Pres, d. ). GREGORY, DID, Lake Forest, H.
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- EoTEL DTNTMG CAns.

Cars Of 1t
oGG8TT 0 II D It G-ust TruusL Lines
Central
nc'
"1or.ra sue"
n
= { n v. &c sutC
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Io Nervous Suferers--The Great Euro,

/ 1t is positive cure for Spermatorrhea, Seminal
Weakness ImPotenoy and all diseases resulting from
, 1881-05-08

GITUATION NAETED-RI. AN EN-
~ ersctc Intelligent married man ir:rS 10 iofliano.
agency sin Ear position: mus. DC some
thing ruuuertv: Eil1 re ts1.e; 'iuIit lux tcsReIs'
able h,;a1aess men Heed uGsxrr. .A0dtcss H. u ~
f}ts
, 1881-05-08

CITCATID[ WANTED-TO DRIVE 4
- single ur uoubiu tetn fora wholesale huuss;
Aws :lil deEuL>. a:lu good d7yur. Appl; for .daIs
IL. ..ij .{I-I1