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A Perplexed Cormittae-Man.

There is a type of school inspectors
who love to tell the children how much
they themselves know and to set forth
the ignorance of the scholar. Some
years ago. a gentleman, recently return
ed from Tunis, went to the school where
he had formerly studied. At his request
the class in Latin read Virgil's account
Of the adventures of Eneas in Dido's
capitol.
His questions about the palaces and
walls, the past and present condition
and the probable and Improbable sites
of old Carthage. showed his familiarity
with the subject and exposed the defic-
iency of the students knowledge. The
boys thought he took an unfair advan-
tage.
One student, whose intelligent face
was a promise, received much notice
from the gentleman. He piled the boy
with questions that he could not answer.
When a lull occurred, this innocent
youth asked the teacher if he could ask
Mr.-Tunis-a question. The teachers
consent was anticipated by Mr.. Tunis,
who was pleased that his antiquarian
researches had fired one youthful mind.
With measured phrase he gave bis per-
mission
The lad rose, IN all the ungainliness
to which boys sometimes attain, and
with a face beamilg with interest asked.
''Will You please tell me the present
condition of thought in Tunis respecting
the Pythagorean doctrine of the metem-
psychosis of soul?"
Mr.. Tunis' researches had not been in
that line. He looked as though he real
lied that fool can ask questions which
the wisest man cannot answer.
What that boy would have come to if
his just deserts had been meted out to
him, is a problem; but he is now known
all over the scientific world.
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A Tonchinp Incident.

When Mrs. Mary a. Livermore lectur-
ed in Albion, Michigan, recently, ut tho
close of the lecture, an elderly, white
haired woman approached her, with the
following inquiry:
''Do you remember writing letter to
John--of the 18th Michigan Folun-
teers, when he lay dying in the Overton
Hospital at Memphis, during the spring
OF 1868, and of completing the letter to
his wife and mother after he had died?n
Mrs. Livermore replied that she had
wrote SO many letters during the war,
under similar circumstances, that she
could not recall any particular case.
The woman drew letter from her
pocket, that had been torn into pieces
in the folds Of the note and was then
stitched together with fine sewing cotton.
''Do you remember this letter?" she
asked.
Mrs. Livermore recognized her penman-
ship and admitted her authorship of the
letter The first four pages were writ
ten to his wife and mother, at the dicta-
ton of a young soldier who had been
shot through the lungs. and was dying
Of the wound. Then she had completed
the letter by the addition of three pages
written by herself beside the dead hus-
band and son, in which she had sought
to comfort the lonely and bereaved rela-
tives.
Il think my daughter-in-law and l
would have died when we heard that
John was dead. but for this letter." said
the worn and weary-lookipg woman. at
comforted us both. and by-and-by, when
we heard of other women SIMILARLY af-
tiicted, we sent them the letter to read,
till it was tom 10 pieces. Then we sewed
the pieces together and made copies of
the letter, which we sent to those of our
acquaintance whom the war bereft
"But Annie, my sons wife, never got
over Johns death. She kept about, and
worked and went TO church, but the life
had gone out of her. Eight years ago
she died Of gastric fever One day a
little before her death she said, Mother,
if YOU ever find Mrs. Livernl ore, or hear
of her. l wish YOU would give her my
Wedding-riag. which has never been off
my finger since John put it there, and
which viii not be taken oil ill / am dead.
Ask her 10 wear it for Johns sake and
mine. and tell her that this was my dy-
ing request
Il live eight miles from here con-
tinued the woman, land when / read in
the papers that you were 10 lecture here
tonight, decided to drive over and
give you the ring, if Won viii seeept it,"
Deeply affected by this touching mar
rative. not particular of which she is
able TO recall, Mrs. Livermore extended
her hand, and the widowed and childless
woman put the ring on her finger, with
fervently uttered benediction
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
Phrases Ahort Women.

Wrinkles disfgure woman less than
Immature.
Woman is an idol that man worships,
until he throws it down.
Women love always; when earth slips
from them, they take refuge in heaven
The whisper of beautiful woman can
be heard further than the loudest call of
duty.
There is no torture that d woman
would not suffer to enhance ker beauty.
-Aontaiyne.
OF all things that man possesses. wo-
men alone take pleasure in being pos
sessed.-Malherbe.
Before promising woman to love
only her. one should have seen them all,
or should see only her.-A. Dupuy.
We meet in society many beautiful
and attractive women whom we think
would make excellent wives-for our
friends.
We censure the Inconsistency of wo-
men when we are the victims; we find
it charming when we are the objects
Il. Desnoyers.
The highest mark of esteem woman
can give man is to ask his friendship;
and the most signal proof of her indif-
ference is to offer him hers.
At twenty man is less lover of wo-
man than of women: he is more in love
with the sex than with the individual,
however charming she may be.-Retv
de la Bretonne
Men are so fearful of wounding wo-
mans vanity that they rarely remem-
Der that she may by some possibility pos
sess grain of commonsense. Miss
Brdddon.
Woman among savages is a beast of
burden; in Asia she is piece of furni-
ture; in Europe she is a spoiled child. =
Sendc de Meilhdn.
1t is not easy to be widow; one must
reassume all the modesty of girlhood,
without being allowed to feign its ignor-
ance.-Madame de Girardin.
Women of the world never use harsh
expressions when condemning their ri
walls. Like the savage, they hurl ele-
giant arrows, ornamented with feathers
of purple and azure, but with poisoned
points.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
A Painful Subject.

Old Jim Walkup has the reputation
among his friends of being rather close
Not long since an Old colored man,
Uncle Mace. who had been in the Walk
up family all lis life, and who refused
to leave his old master after the war,
died in this city in extreme poverty
When the colored delegation went round
taking up collections TO plant Uncle
Mace they called on old Jim Waikup.-
That was the first intimation be had Of
the death OF the old family servant, and
used the most extraordinary language
il praising the faithful old Uncle Mace
How much are you gwine 10 contribute
to de funeral expenses" asked the fore
man of the assessment committee
Not a cent" groaned old Walilup,
hiding his face and shaking all over to
conceal his emotion. .'If / was to con-
tribute money for such purpose I
would always be haunted with the idea
that had helped to put him under the
ground. It's too painful to talk about.
Go away and leave me TO my misery
dustin, Ter., Sytings.
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manitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1882.
Jokes from Harper.

An intimate friend of the late Rev.
DR.. J. B. Wakeley tells an amusing anec-
dote of him, as follows:
The doctor was a most inimitable de-
hneator, and fond of good story. He
related to me, with great glee, how he
extricated himself once from most
awkward dilemma. Preaching in q
Hudson River town on a warm summer
afternoon to congregation of farmers
mainly, from the text, If any man draw
back, my soul hath no pleasurein him.
he inadvertently observed, my breth-
rem. sheep never fight" Those who
were awake looked up at him, and show
ed, by their interest. that the minister
had never seen two old rams trying to
butt each others brains out. The doc
tor discovered his mistake as soon as
they did, but not seeing his way out OF
it, he repeated the statement with great
er emphasis. Those of his audience who
were awake nudged their sleeping breth-
rem, who, on opening their eyes. looked
about to see what had happened. This
greatly embarrassed the doctor, and he
was now sadly puzzled. He ventured,
with still greater emphasis, to repeat the
statement, MY brethren, sheep neUer
fight" when luckily he saw his way out,
and doubling his fist. struck it into the
palm of the other hand, adding, with
genuine JUNCTION, "ercept they first draaO
back"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

The Southern Historical Society of
Louisville, Kentucky, in December last
gave a banquet at the Gait House to
General Frank Cheathem, of Tennessee,
and the Federal Historical Society were
invited. and attended in body At the
banquet were many distinguished sol
diers of each army, and from this num-
Der had been selected seven gentlemen
three eX-Federals and three eX-Con-
federates, and General Blackburn, of
Kentucky, to respond. The toast-mas-
ter, General Basil ". Duke, announced
that there would be no volunteer toasts.
After the toasts were responded to, the
Rev. DR.. Burrows, of Louisville, asked
and obtained permission to relate an in
cident OF his early ministry, which he
gave as follows: Some forty years ago
be lived in the family of Ex-Governor
Lazarus w. Powell, and one of the SER
wants vas q spoiled, mischieyous lad of
twelve, who was quite obtuse as 10 the
title TO small articles. In those days Ii
was hot only legal but efninently pious
to tiagellate colored lad. One day the
Governor caught the boy in the act of
appropriation, and the speedy eonse-
quential lie, and Immediately proceeded
to strap him. AT the first tap the lad
screamed "Murderr' at the second,
Mercy, mars'r' and at the third, 90,
pray for me, mars'r' To this last appeal
the Governor responded, "You young
rascal, pray for yourself No sooner
said than done. Down dropped he on
bis knees, and putting up his clasped
hands, and rolling up his eyes until
nothing but the whites could be seen, he
said. ''LefS look to de Lord for q bless
ing, and be dismissed -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
Where the Ladies are Inferior.

OF course women are inferior to us
lords of creation. We see and feel this
hourly. Take dress for example What
man. however idiotic would permit his
heart. lungs and stomach to be laced in
pair OF corsets. until breathing, cireu-
lation and digestion come to be diseases?
What man outside of All asylum for i'd
OTIS. would permit from five to twenty
pounds to be swung from his hips. over
pair of shoes that have The heels where
the soles ought to be? Where is the
lunatie willing to pile pounds on pounds
of dead hair on his skullP And all bs
cause some skinny old milliners and lor-
cites of Paris make it the fashion,
Don Ptan.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

The New Compound. its von-
aez11I affinity 10 the Digestive
apparatus and tho Liver; increaS-
ing the GissoIVf1zg Juices, relieV-
Ing aIn2 ost Instantly the dTea dfuI
results OF Dyspepsia, Ludiges tiou,
and tie TORPID LIVER, r1akeS
SoDesa an every day necessity IN
oVezy house.
II acts gently and speedily IL
RiHousness. CostiyeaesS. Head
ache, Sick Headache, Dis treSS az
ter ga ting NI{rd or the Stomach,
Heart5uI1, Pains III the Side and
Back. Want ofAppetite, Want Of
Energy; Low Spirits, Foul Sto2z2-
ach. It iny5goTgteS the Liver car
y1es off al surplus Bile, regulate
The Bowels, and gives tone to the
whole system.
Cut this out and take it to y0uf
Druggist ana get e 10 cent Sample,
or q large bottle for rs cents, and
tell your 1eighbor about 1t.
earn nv pOpTEc0eJ q TTTMDTrrTt,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
IaHels of the Fntnra.

One Of the applications of electricity
which has not as yet attracted general
attention is the magnificent effect which
it can produce when employed as a
means of personal decoration. A neck
lace or bracelet of diamonds Of the first
water could not compare for brillancy
with the effect of q string of crystals,
each containing a tiny filament of car
bon heated to incandescence by an cleo
tric current supplied from small Faure
battery, which might easily be concealed
on the person. AT the Crystal Palace
there is Il diminutive breastpin which
can be illuminated by two-inch Faure
battery carried in the pocket Of the
Wearer-EcU Mall Gazette
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
The other morning, saws the San Fran

The other morning. says the San Fran
cisco Call, Chinaman made an exhibit
ton on Montgomery street, near Pine,
which somewhat surprised the passers-
by. The Chinaman was going along the
sidewalk, minding his own business,
when a Western Union Telegraph bov
threw a piece of orange at him and
struck him on the head. Returned and
chased the boy, who ran. At this point
young man of twenty or twenty-one
years stepped up and said to the China
man, Let that boy alonen' He received
in reply blow from the shoulder that
cut his upper lip and made the blood
fly. The blow seemed to stun him at
first, but he rallied and attempted to re-
turn The compliment. The Chinaman,
however. put up his props" in true
pugilistic style and looked decidedly the
better man of the two for moment.
However. another member Of our super
Tor race came up and struck the China
man, and his first adversary became
bolder and got in blow. 1t was now
two to one, with prospect of being at
any instant six to one, and the China
man hastily retreated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
ACOUGH. COLD or SORE THROA-

A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT
should be stopped. Neglect frequently results
in al INCURABLg LUNG DISEASE OR CONsUMP-
TIoN. BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES ARE
CERTAIN TO GIVE RELIEF IN ASTHMA. BROS-
CHTrIs, COUGHS, CATARRH, Consecutive AND
THROAT DISEASES. For thirty years the Trooh-
es have been recommended by physicians. and
always give perfect satisfac. ion. They are not
new or untried but having been tested by wide
and constant use for nearly an entire genera
ton, they have attained weii-mcrited rank
among the few staple remedies of The age
PUBLIC SPEAKERS and SINGLES use them TO
clear and strengthen thu VOICE. Sold III TWEEN
tv-tive cents q box everywhere dec-i5-S!
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C1vrr Aw.y-We cannot holm moi

GIVEN AwAY-We cannot help MOTTO
ng the ibei al offer made to all invalids
and sufferers by DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. Yon are r, quested
to all at Robiuson & H;nrichs' drug store
and get a trial bottle free # cost, if yon
are suffering with consumption, severe
coughs, coiia, asthma, bronchitis, hay
fever, loss Of voice, hnarseness, or any
affection OF The. throat OF lungs. 1t will
positively cure you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

Some years ago, when the late Judge
NJ. was holding court in one of the in
terror counties OF Maine, Il case was call
ed which had long been in litigation.
The costs considerably exceeded the
amount at issue, and the Judge, think
ing it impracticable to keep the suit
longer in court, advised the parties to
refer the matter, whereupon they as
sented, and agreed to refer the case to
three honest men. The Judge said the
case involved some legal points which
would require one of the referees, at
least, to have a knowledge of law; there
fore he would suggest the propriety of
their selecting one lawyer and two hon.
est men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is
one of the pleasantest raconteurs IN Con-
gress, and Congress is full of good story
tellers. Somebody having recently Sug-
gested to him that he should emulate in
North Carolina the part undertaken by
General Malone in Virginia, Senator
Vance replied that in such a position he
would be like Texas chap who killed
a man and was advised by his lawyer to
fly.
Fly where?" responded the despera-
do ''ain't ! in Texas already?''
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sALyE.

The best salve ia the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and POSI-
lively cures piles. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25c per box. For sale
by Robinson g. Hinrichs. I6maIS3
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
MOTHERS MOTHERS! MOTHERS!

Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by q sick child suffering and crying with
the excrucatirg pain of cutting teeth? If so,
go at once and get a bottle of MRS. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer immediately-depen upon
It; there is no mistake about 1t. There is not a
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.
Ii is perfectly safe to use III all cases, ard pleas
ant TO tho taste, and is the prescription OF one
of the Oldest ana best female physicians and
nurses in the United States. Sold everywhsSe,
% cents q bottle ae.~I5-sa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

A clerical friend, whose parochial la
bors are discharged in a rural village not
a thousand miles from New York, con-
tributes the following:
The Drawer helps its readers, especi-
ally the clerical portion. to laugh and
grow fat. by reason of its many sayings
about and hits upon 1.-The cloth" Here
is q clipping to be enjoyed by all, and to
serve as warning to the aforesaid por-
ton. Among the deaths the announce
ment is made in usual form:
''At -, after short bat severe i'll
ness, -, the wife of the Rev.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01
WoMas's WrsDoa.-She insists that i

WoMAN's WIsDoM-Sbe insists that it
is OF more importance that her family
shall be kept in full health than ;ilat she
should have ell the fashionable dresses
and styles of the times She therefore
aces to it that each member Of her family
is supplied with enough Hop Bitters, at
the first appearances of any symptoms Of
iii healih, to prevent fit of sickness,
with its attendant expense, care and AK
iety. Ali women should exercise their
wisdom III this way. juhl5
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4 Secret.

The difficulty about secret is that it
takes so many men to keep it. If it has
been poured into your ear you wres;le
with it for q while, bat it is too much
for You. The man 10 whom you tell il
wrestles with it. and it is too mach for
him also. He tells it, aud the man TO
whom he tells il tells it to some one else,
always in the strictcst confidence, until
st last 1t ceases tu be secfst
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

It is well-known tbs. Il. LegonTe. who
is such master OF the Gr. Of reading,
writes detestahiy,- hand like in'sy fly
tracks. A lady said, speaking of him
10 one Of his colleagues: Wonderful
reader. NJ. LegoHyc, eii'' .Woudc-ful2
call him supernaturai; he can even
read his Own hardwriting.'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

MANY miserable people drag them
selves about with failing strength, feel
ing that they are steadily sinking into
their graves when, by using Parker's
Ginger Tonic, they would find cure
commencing With the frat dose, and vi
tally ard strength surely coming hack
to them See ether roiumn. iun29
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Observation-Disclosures vonr diresti,

Observation-Disclosures yonr digestion
tone the stomach for utilizing and as
slmilating every atom OF food you take
the body needs it for strength and vigcr.
Zopesa cleanses the entire system, slim
ulates the liver, keeps you regular, and
able to eat ten-penny nails. Letters and
postal cards come in daily, telling of
cures ard help from Zopesn, from Brazil.
Positive proof of the health and vigor ii
gives in 10 cent sample. For sale by
Robinson & Hinrichs. If
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

PARENTS who allow their children 10
grew UP with scrofuious humors bursting
from every pore are guilty OF a great
wrong. Think of them pointed cut as
branded with iosthsome disease. and
you will readily procure them tie Cuti-
cura Remedies. &c
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

DR.. LEM, after having journeyed
through Morocco and Timbuctoo, Africa,
declares the great Sahara is not desert
at al; at no point is there depression
below the level of the sea, as shown on
the map of certain geographers, and
which led to wild schemes of converting
the so-called desert into great inland
sea,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

BRACE UP-Your system for work 10
PEsA, the new dyspepsia and liver rene
dy, attends strictly to business by cor
-ecting the stomach, liver, sud kidneys.
Sample bottles. 10 cents; large bottles,
I5c. Sold by Robinson 6 Hinrichs. II
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Or the seventeen men who rode On the
trial trip of the first railroad train west
from Albany to Schenectady, Sept. Oath.
1882, Thuriow Weed remains; and, if
possible, be will be guest at the semi
centennial anniversary to be celebrate
next fall
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DELICATE FEMAIEs.-The exactions of

DELICATE FEMALEs-The exactions of
society, added to The cares of maternity
and the household. have tested beyond
endurance the frniI constitutions which
have been granted the majority Of women.
To combat this tendency to premature
decline, no remedy in tue world posses
sas the nourishin2 and strengthening
properties of MALT BITTERs They en-
rich the blood, perfect digestion, stimu-
late the liver and kidneys, arrest ulcers-
tive weaknesses, aud pnrify and vitaIiZe
avery function of the female system. &c
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LITTLE Denmark. which has popula-
ton of about / SEQ, O00, aud a national
debt of s2s. coo, 600. is going TO sperd
SIS, SOC, 00o-a good deal more than her
yearly income-in forts and new ships of
war
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

Mr. MAcKAY, our millionaire, has ar
ranged to | u Id hotel in London, some
what on the scale of the Palace Hotel in
San Francisco, which is equal in size to
abont five ordinary London hotels. There
will be in The new hotel 900 suits Of
rooms. and the entire establishment will
cost 100000.
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THE New York truckman who assault
ed Mr.. Rergh because he interfered to
prevent the abuse of horse, was SEN
fenced to one year i'll the penitentiary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

IIaELY nse of Browns Iron Bitters
will strengthen the nerves and muscles
with new iife and vigor, and ward eff
many diseases that otherwise are sure to
encruach upon 1rnk constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

MADE from harmless materials, and
adapted to the needs OF fading aud fall
ing hair, Parker's Hair Baisam has taken
the first rank as an elegant and reliable
hair restorative. juno
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-01

A soMNAMBULIsT fell from third story
window in Pennsylvania town, and was
not awakened, but she was buried the
next day.
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No LESS than thirteen new seaside re-
sorts are to bid for public support and
patronage this year, aud all have great
expectations.