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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
How CLAW Pines Are Made.

1t is popularity believed, says the De-
troit Free Press, that all clay pipes are
either made in Europe or from clay
brought from the other hemisphere, but
such is not the case, as a very large
share of the clay pipes made in Ameri-
ca are made of clay found at and near
Woodbridge, N. j.
The clay comes to Detroit by the car
load. and the first step toward prepar-
ing it for molding is to sufficiently dam
pen it with water to make it pliable.
This is done by placing it in a tank,
where it SoakS in water about twenty
tour hours. 1t is then hammered with
iron bars, thus ridding it of any Jumps
or dry chunks. Then the molding be-
gins, the workman taking lump of
clay in each hand. and by squeezing
and rolling it molds the pieces into
rough stem thrice larger than the finish
ed pipe stem, having rough ball at its
end. These ''rolls," as they are called,
are piled on wooden trays, sixteen to
each tray, after which they are dried,
either by the sun or artificial means.
After having been dried, not to hard
ness, but sufficient to dispose of all su-
perduous dampness, the rolls are ready
to have the stem drilled and the bowl
formed. To drill the stem the work
man holds a small iron rod-the size of
tue stem hole-and with his left hand
pulls the clay over the rod instead of
showing the rod through the stem. To
do this the workman is guided solely
By the sense of touch in his finger tips,
ard that sense is SO accurate that the
hole is invariably made straight and
eGiidistant from all points of the exte-
ri9r of the roll The ball at the end of
tlse roll is turned up, and then roll and
rot are placed in an iron matrix which
presses the pliable clay into the desired
o,yside pattern. Then the matrix and
its contents are placed in a hand press,
and the workman, by pulling a lever,
forms the hole of the pipe-bowl. The
mblded pipe, still soft and pliable, next
passes to the hands of the trimmers,
girls who scrape off the superfuous
clay, marking the joints of the matrix.
Tl.en the pipes are placed in fireproot
clag ..saggers," and the loaded saggers
arp piled into large furnace. This
furnace has six fiues at the bottom, and
the six sheets of flame at the bottom
cofcertrate at the top, thus making the
hett even throughout. Until the pipes
go into the furnace they are blue in
co1r, but when they come out they are
8 pure dead white.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28

All of which is very untrue and very
unjust of Tom. He is jealous without
a cause, as Mr.. Palmer is utterly indif-
ferent to Rose, who, if he did but know
it, is even now crying herself sick be-
cause of their quarrel. But her wound
ed woman's pride sustains her, and
when evening comes she is gay even to
recklessness. There is an exquisite
flush on the fair face, and the pansy-
blue eyes are shining.
Mrs. ChallOner comes for her in her
carriage. Her face lights up at the
sight of the fair vision before her.
'You look like daughter of the
gods" she says, delighted You will
be the belle of the evening, ma chere."
Rose bushes, and smiles with pleas
ure She knows that she is beautiful.
and is not averse to having people tell
her so. Her father likes to have he-
dress well, and she knows how to set Off
her beauty to the best advantage.
Decidedly she is the belle of the eve
ming, and Mrs. Challoner is pleas ed to
present her to her select set.
George Palmer, handsome, polished,
and debonnaire, hovers about her most
of the evening, and dances SO often
with Rose, that it occasions remark.
As Rose listens to the tender moth
ings he whispers in her ear, she smiles
up att him, while that exquisite flush OF
hers steals over her face.
A woman is watching them intently
"a pale, plain, slender woman, fault
lessly dressed, but with an air of apa-
thy and misery about her touching to
behold.
''Do you know who that lady is?''
said Rose. ''She has been looking at
me continually. She does not appear
to be happy in this great crowd"
Mr.. Palmer laughs uneasily.
'.No-e, 1 don't know who she is" he
says. in strange, hesitating way. Il
think / have seen her before, butt
must have forgotten who she is"
Then he departs abruptly for an ice,
and Rose is left to marvel at his altered
demeanor. Mrs. Challoner rustles up,
the nexS moment, the pale lady by her
side.
''Allow me to present my brothers
wife," she says. Mrs. Palmer, Miss
Escott'
For a moment Rose feels faint and
bewildered. Then she rallies and greets
the wronged young wife with all the
cordiality of her warm nature.
There is such touching, child-like
air about Mrs. Palmer that Rose falls in
love with her on the spot. She wonders
Indignantly how her husband can treat
her so cruelty. Mr.. Palmer has evil
IDENTIFY seen them together, as he very
discreetly keeps away for the rest of the
evening.
How glad Rose is when it is all over.
and she is at home in her own room
again! What weary, mocking sham
fashionable life is! How could she have
compared her noble Tom with George
PalmerP She will never go to a fash
ionable dance again-neyer And she
never does.
The next day Tom comes to ask to be
forgiven, and is compelled to forgive
remorseful Rose instead.
As for Mr.. Palmer, that very day he
Departs for town, 1oavssr his vito ct
the Grange.
''Dear George" says Mrs. Challoner,
in explanation to her friends; ''he is so
restless! And then, don't you know,
his married life has been $3.50 much
of disappointment to him-to US all,
in fact"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Seeing the Comet.

Which of you all, my friends, has seen the
Comet rise
And spread his glstening tail across the skies?
This is the only Comet of the season;
Ard, II you have not seen II, what's the rea-
son?
Perhaps because you must get ND at four,
And leave the downy couch you love too well;
Maybe. when Bridget hammers on the door,
You wish her and the Comet both in -. Well,
am not so lazy quite as you;
so up rose before the break of day,
And what / saw | will describe in few
And simple words. Nothing at all to pay!
The little clock, that had wound up tight,
Went OF at a. m. like "all possessed
Shiver-ng, sprang from bed, and stood up
right;
was, / needn't mention, thinly dressed.
The first thing that Lit ON was tack;
Y G gods and little fishes! how | sworei
The plaguey thing was sticking in crack.
With much dispatch sat down on the floor.
This taxed my patience very sore, but still
made my. mind up TO do nothing rash.
Slowly and sadly, to the window-sill
felt my way, and then threw up the sash.
The night was still, and dark as dungeon-cell.
Still! did say? Ye gods what DO hear?
A long-drawn, frightful, and blood-curdling
yell.
Ny hair stood up ON end with sudden fear.
moment more, away my fears all flee
recognized the voice of an old friend;
Our speckled Thomas-cat, ike me, was up to
see
The shooting star that had a Grecian bend
A soap-dish quickly settled him, and then
tried
To find the place where 1 could see the Comet,
And, unless all my calculations lied,
| really did not think was far from it.
I'll tell you all saw, for / amt proud,
And telling of the truth is only right;
That darned old Comet was behind cloud,
And had his tail tucked snugly out of sight.
l shut the window down, and went to bed
To curse my luck and warm my chilly spine;
But firmly to myself l softly said,
I'm have no Comets, if you please, in mine"
Chicago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Superstition's Victim.

a colored man of Camden, n. j., be-
ing out of employment. consulted
black sorceress who had agreed to OBJ
tain for him, for a trifling 81, a place
in warehouse. She gave him white
powder and instructed him to scatter
some of the same upon the floor of the
warehouse, when he made application
for a job, and to repeat these words:
"As the dead remain, so let them be, in
thename of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost'' When the poor fell
low sprinkled the powder, as he had
bees directed, one of the warehouse
mes roughly asked him why he was
soiling the floor? The question so start
led him that he jerked out: Muffin, |
want job. Let de dead stay where
dey be in de name of de Fadder, Son,
an Holy Ghos'r' The charm was bro
ken and no employment was obtained.
He again sought the negro witch. She
told him again, for -, that he must
walk, without food or drink, from Mar
ket street ferry, Philadelphia, to Goth
street and back, and he would be made
the president of great railroad. The
deluded wretch did as he was told. He
"dIhCu IL illllc lui w Ib1
heels and caYernous stomach he return
ed to Camden, and under close ques-
tioning from his oracle confessed that
he had walked the additional mile.
Again was the charm broken. To do
penance for disobedience of instruc-
tiOns he again set out upon longer
tramp than the one to Goth street. and
for additional safety he carried around
his neck a toad's heart hanging by
string. This time he ate cents worth
of bread. Again was the spell broken.
1.-The spirits of the air, the sea and the
planets say that you have deceived them
and you are undone," cried the wizard
when she heard the third confession.
''Den gimme back dat var money-gim-
me cash. cried the colored man. Sc
sore in de feet and sore in de back, and
| amt president yet" He hied him to
a justice and caused the sibyl's arrest,
and she was fined for obtaining money
by fraud committed in protesting to
work charms by occult and crafty SCI
ence. The credulous Senegambian had
lingering nope that he would have
partial success at least in his endeavors,
and continued to practice one other
charm. He swallowed three grains of
sand regularly every three hours, say
ing, as he did so: 'sAs the dead remain.
| shall live and prosper. Amen" Atlast
accounts he was still swallowing sand.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE.

'sFrank p. Warner came into our
store to purchase sample bottle OF
Zopesa for a friend, and stated that he
(Mr. Warner) was afflicted with kidney
and liver troubles for five years, and
had paid S2n0 or $500 doctors bills.
and has now been completely cured
by the use of two large bottles and one
sample bottle of Zopesa. He was SO
bad at one time that he lost 81 pounds
of flesh, but after using Zopesa claims
that he is a sound man, and now weighs
145 pounds. He was loud in its praise.
and readily consented to allow us to use
his name for reference.
Again Mrs. Forbes, wife of Mr.. r. G.
Forbes, Tilsonburg, Ont, through Mr..
G. Tomson, Druggist, says: ssShe was
alling for years with Biliousness and
Dyspepsia, and was reduced to mere
skeleton, but through the use of Zopesa
entirely recovered and has gained SO
pounds"
We could present very many such,
but have not the time nor space Zopese
Is not cure all, but acts directly upon
the liver, stomach, and kidneys, correct
ing the digestion, giving activity to the
liver and health to the urine. This
corrects the whole system and the blood
becomes pure. If
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Indian Marriage Laws.

A paper on this subject read by the
Rev. j. Owen Dorsey before the Ameri-
can association notices some remarka-
bic customs in relation to marriages
and kinship as prevailing among the
Dhegitha Indians, particularly by the
Omahas and Poncas:
When tribe is hunting it camps by
gentes or nations, in circle, each gems
bearing the name of some animal. All
the members of the gems are relatives,
gems is absolutely forbidden. Member
ship in gems is by descent in the male
line, not in the female. The relations
of a man are denoted by colors. for
example-black, grandfather or grand
mother; blue, father or mother. His
connections are denoted by mixed col
ors, such as pink head and skirt, with
light blue triangle on the body, for SIS
ter-in-law. A nan can marry his broth
er's widow, and her children call him
father even before their fathers death.
His sisters children are only nephews
and nieces. His mothers sister is al
ways oallsd mother for the same rea-
son, and even his paternal graudfath-
er's brothers son is his father These,
and many other distinctions, show that
the terms of relationship are far more
numerous and complicated with the
Omahas than with us. A man may
marry any woman belonging to anoth-
er gems, whether connected with him or
not; though marriage into his mothers
gems is also forbidden. A man canuot
marry any woman to whom he is related
by the ceremony of the cuiumet-dance.
Sometimes man may take the child
rem of his deceased brother without
their mother herself. Sometimes the
dying husband knowing that his male
kindred are bad, tells his wife to marry
one of his gems. If widower semains
single for two, three or four years. he
must remain so forever. Widows, how
ever, must wait for years before remar-
rying. The esame system prevails among
the Iowas, Otos, and Missouris.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
No ASSUMPTION in GERMANY,

They do not in Germany allow the
names of distinguished families to be
assumed at viii by persons not entitled
to their use by birth. An actress in the
Wilhelm Theatre, Berlin, called herself
Won Room when she went upon the
stage, and was given out to be near
relative of the great Won Room family,
of which the head was formerly Minis
ter of War. As she began to acquire
reputation and get talked about, this
pretended relationship to the Won Rooms
became unpleasant to the aristocratit
house, and the manager of the theatre
received summary official notification
that the aspiring actress would have tc
discontinue the use of the name. This
is the explanation of the fact that
shortly thereafter the announcement
was made that Miss Won Room has
been obliged to withdraw from the COM
pany in consequence of a death in heI
family" Miss Won Room has not re.
turned. Her place, however. has been
acceptably filed by another young lady
very much resembling her in appear
ance, though known by another name.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Grotesnua Insanity.

DR.. j. w. Hart tells story of a pa
tient who had been for some months in
the hospital without any peculiar dis
ease, either of mind or body, discernible
in his habits or situation. He was a
man of wealth and went voluntarily to
the institution, paying the whole fee of
admission required of the competent,
and established himself as regular in
mate.
BY degrees, however, his particular
hallucinations began to appear. He
fancied himself of the other sex and
that he was in that condition in which
''ladies love to be who love their lords, -
No persuasion could induce contrary
belief. He sent for physician and
commenced consultation with several
elderly ladies whose professional SER
vices he imagined he should soon re-
quire. Taking to his bed, he awaited
with fear and trembling the ''pains and
perils'' he anticipated!
Being thin, attenuated man, his de-
lusiOn was the more ridiculous. He
offered ten thousand dollars to the ply
sician for his safe recovery! By favor
ing his fancy he was at last convinced
that he had passed the ordeal and was
getting well!
The man recovered entirely, and a
few years ago was living and laughed
as heartily as anybody else over his
iaughable infatuation, the broadest
possible specimen of burlesque, or rath-
er grotesque insanity.-BOSt0sa Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
He Was Only Afraid of an Accident.

''Are you related to John Griddle-
tonP" asked a gentleman of Col. Grid
dleton, to whom he had just been intro
duced.
''Yes; John is my son."
"a short time before / came to Ar;
kansaw," continued the gentleman, 81
saw John get a fall that didn't envy
much"
"a falln' exclaimed the colonel, ex-
citedly. when did it happen? 1 have
heard nothing of it,
Occurred only few days ago. You
see, John and a party of men were
standing on a sort of temporary ar
rangement at public gathering in Col
orado, when suddenly a part of the
thing gave way and John fell''
MY goodness, sir, you excite me! /
hope he was not seriously injured?"
''Well, rather think he was. You
see it was at a hanging. and John was
the man who stood on the trap
''Oh, yes; John was hung, was he?
was only afraid some accident had be-
fallen him." and the conversation turn
ed upon the weather, the price of cotton
and other topics of general interest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
A Good Thing For The Jurors.

Tom Fitch is man of infinite re-
sources. Over in Cochise county they tell
an aneedote about him which possesses
a peculiar interest. When his tax suit
against the Southern Pacific railroad
was up, Tom stoutly advised the in
dietment of Crocker for alleged perjury.
The ground taken for the Indictment
was Crocker's affidavit that the railroad
property in Cochise county was only
worth $1,000 mile.
But" urged the foreman of the
grand jury, whats the use of itp We
can never convict him."
But we can indict him and bring
him here for trial." protested Mr.. Fitch.
But he'll get clear" replied TIE fore
man; ''what can you accomplish by it?"
Tom looked the foreman squarely in
the face, and hitching his chair little
closer to the listening jury, he replied
confidentially. ..We'll make twelve men
in Cochise county comfortable for life.''
That settled it-Arizona Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Billy Arp on People and Things,

Every body, big and little and old
and young, are always hankering after
some new thing, or something that
somebody else has got, or something
they can't get; and it's pity, it is, for
when they get it they are no happier,
for happiness comes from contentment
and willingness to enjoy what you have
got, instead of what you haven't GOT
Happiness is like religion. 1t AIM t away
off yonder but it is right at US, if we will
only see it and take hold of it. My lit
tie chap is now in the goat age, and is
begging me for dollar to buy goat
with to work in his little wagon, and so
L reckon | viii have to let him have it,
for remember that long time ago /
was in the goat age myself but now |
am sorter approaching my dotage, and
would not have goat under any con-
sideration. The o1fice-seekers have their
age too, and | reckon it's forage, for
they want TO get their living easy, with
out working for it, and forage on the
public. Politics is pretty hot up our
way, and one can hear awful hard sto-
ries told on candidates. One of 'em
complained to Cole the other day be-
cause they beat him for the Legislature
and said they told lies on him-and Cole
said, ''Well, maybe you've heard it
wrong, for folks will purvarecate and
varygate and exaggerate powerful, ard
1t won't do to believe more than half
people say, and not more than a quarter
OF what you say yourself" Jesse! Cole
is a curious case He looked at a calf
of mine the other day. and asked me
what kind of an animal it was. | told
him its father was a full jersey and its
mother half Jersey and he pondered
moment and said, t.Well that makes the
calf Jersey and a half, don't it,
Squirrel" He is very good on additions,
but very poor on averages. es.-Atla1ata
Constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Marriage Insurance.


A picturesque view of the marriage
insurance" system is given by writer
in southern paper. He was asked
whether he thought the wedding of a
certain young lady would take place at
the time said to have been set. He gave
his opinion and asked the reason for the
inquiry. .'Oh." was the response, Il
have bought four matrimonial policies
of $4,000 each on her, and I'm anxious
to know if I'll get my money" docs
she know of thisP'' ''Oh, no. That isn't
necessary. Anybody can take out a
policy on anybody else If you know of
lady that is engaged and win not
marry within five months from the time
you take policy on her, you can get
any amount on her wedding that you
want l suppose there is S25,000 or
perhaps double that on the young lady
l asked you about" '.How does the
company make its money?n Il suppose
it bets on the fickieness of the young
folks. No policy will be paid except
five months after it is taken out There
are very few couples they think that
love each other well enough to marry
that will wait five months to marry. II
they do, five months of engaged life is
full of dangers"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-28
Shopkeeper's 8 Devices.

The custom of placing some odd
things on exhibition in a show window
In order to attract a crowd is growing
among shopkeepers in this city. A re-
porter who went about taking notes of
these devices saw great many queer
and amusing sights. A big Vesey street
tea store has perch above its windows,
on which hutters a snow-white cockatoo,
which screams so loudly that it can be
heard block away. Its tones never fail
to draw crowd. A Nassau street cigar
dealer displays in his window aloDg lad
der, made of single copy of a morning
newspaper. without any joining work or
paste. Passers-by examine it curiously.
and laugh at the sign beneath reading:
IF you can't make one like it, what you
can do is-smoke our cigars" A Sixth
avenue jeweler exhibits a Malacca cane
with head consisting of an open-faced,
stem-winding silver watch. There is
always a crowd in front of the window
looking at the ticking cane. A Third
avenue egg and butter dealer has hen
and brood of chickens in his show win
dow, picking among the fresh eggs. A
Broadway liquor-dealer has a lot of
prairie chickens in his window. A Third
avenue Hquor-dealer has an American
eagle in his window, and a Broadway
iquor-dealer keeps pair of beautiful
Maltese cats shut up in his show WIN
dow A Sixth avenue bird-fancier has
parrot which whistles tunes and can
speak over hundred different sentences
distinctly. The dealer says the parrot
is worth $50 day to him as an adver-
tisement.
An uptown bootblack mas a trained
dog that will splash mud over pedes-
trians' boots.
A Fourteenth street tailor has hung
up in his window string of curiosities.
The bottom of the string suspends what
looks like bunch of gray cotton bat
ting. Above it hangs something that re-
sembles a cloth soup tureen. Further
above is sort of Aladdin's lamp made
of black cloth. The apex of this pyra-
mid of curiosities is a kind of black
cloth bowl, with gaudy brass orna-
ments. Lest the spectator should not
know what TO make of the lot, the deal
er has hung out sign. The new regu-
lation army helmet in the various stages
of its manufacture"
A Brooklyn cigar-dealer has an Indian
leaning on gun in his show window.
The Indian and the gun are made en-
tirely of real cigars. Near by another
cigar-dealer attracts attention by means
of a comical wooden figure. 1t repre-
sents young man sitting on a box.
with his hands supporting his chin, and
his arms firmly braced on his knees. He
is drawing with might and main on a
desperate looking cigar. On the back
of his neck is a big plaster. AT the feet
of the. figure in play card reading
1--WE don't sell this kind of cigar Come
in and see.'' A Fulton street cigar-deal-
er draws crowd about his door by dis
playing original sketches of public men
and events drawn with colored chalk on
q huge sheet of brown paper.-Nes0
York Sun.
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Wnndared.

A young husband, desirous of provok-
ing chance to pay a compliment to
his young wife and of receiving an as
surance of affection, says, with an aspect
of surprise: MY dear. heard a very
remarkable thing to-day. Whatshis-
name told me that he had been looking
into the matter very closely and had
discovered that there was only one mar
ried woman in this street who wasn't
firt, and really loved her dear hubby
better than any other man in the world"
The wife, after mature reflection: 81
wonder. now, who it can be? l thought
| knew everybody on the street"