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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
Men of Genius Before and After Mar
riara

The love-makings of men of genius,
before and after marriage, with or with
out it, are tempting subjects of inquiry,
and all the information of this sort we
can get, if it sometimes does no more
than amuse an idle curiosity, may be.
and generally is. as instructive as it is
entertaining With fuller information
than we have about the private relation
ships between Socrates and Xantippe
we should understand better than we do
the pubic work of the great father of
Greek philosophy. A food of light,
which would otherwise be wanting, is
thrown upon the mystic scholasticism
of Abelard by the extant records of
his dealings with Eloise. If as much
were known, from their points of view,
of Beatrice and Laura as we know of
Dante's and Petrarch's written praises
OF them, perhaps our estimate OF the
mems manhood would be somewhat diff
ferent from what it is, though our adj
miration for the poets poetry might re-
main the same; and for an authentic
biography of Ann Hathaway all but the
more pedantic Shakspeareans would be
willing to surrender two or three of his
less memorable plays. Coming down
to our own century, it will suffice to hint
at the scientific value of the little that
has been disclosed respecting Clothilde
de Vaux in calculating the position of
Auguste Comte as a great teacher.
Everywhere and always a mans worth
must be guaged to some extent, though
only in part, by his domesticity Some
of the best work done in the world has,
of course, been done by men of small
private worth. A man Of genius is not
to be judged by ordinary standards.
Genius is eccentricity. The duties it
imposes on its possessors may make it
their duty to neglect duties imposed by
custom, or something more authorita-
tive than custom, on common folk, and
their highest virtue may consist of, or
not be inharmonious with, disregard of
conventional virtues. But for all that
men are men before they are anything
else. whether poets OK philosophers,
warriors or statesmen; and among the
fundamental conditions of human life
the instincts that lead to love-making
and marrying are hardly less funda-
mental than those that oblige states
men, warriors, philosophers, poets, and
all such prodigies to eat and sleep pref
ty much as plowboys do. II the COM
mon laws of human life are varied from,
there must be reason for the variation,
and, reverting to men of genius, 1t is
useful to know, not merely what varia-
ton there is, il there is any notable
variation at all, but yet more how it af-
fects their standing and influence in the
world The German Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
The Whip oor-Win.
whsu He Comes, What He Says, and Where He
Lays His Eggs


As the dusk gathers hear the first
welcome notes of the whip-poor-will
What close observers of the seasons are
the birdsi doubt if man who has IN
acceptance in bank is better posted in
the calendar As far back as my bird
register extends find record OF the
arrival of this nocturnal songster as oc-
curing between the 9Th and 10th OF
May. DR.. Brewer claims never to have
heard these notes later than August;
but in late September, in nights walk
through the hidden glories of the Rama
pc Valley, have been cheered by his
song. No other American bird is 80
shy and retiring as the whip-poor-win,
and where is the happy ornithologist
who has found his apology for nest? [
cnce spent portions OF each day OF the
entire month of July in searching for
such nest, and in the end was nnre-
wsrded. The habitual walker in the
woods will, sooner or later. stumble on
their MONDAY retreats. but it is difficult
to get into close proximity. They fly
noiselessly and rapidly, and have that
protecting plumage upon which Mr..
Darwin laid so much stress. All day
long. when undisturbed, they will rest
on the lower branches of some embow-
cred tree, and only when the cleaning
deepens do they come forth in search Of
nocturnal insects. Nightly one used to
come and sit on large stone near the
farmhouse. l have stolen softly out to
within few feet, and watched him, as
ne would dart out and catch an insect,
returning to the stone to enjoy his It'd
bit. after the manner of the phoebe. His
note is preceded by sort of cluck. Au-
dubon found his song as he camped in
the solitude of the forest, one of the
most delightful sounds of nature, sweet
er to him than that of the nightingale.
Burroughs describes nest he stum-
bled upop-two eEiptical, whitish, spot
ted eggs lying upon dry leaves; and,
though he returned to it day after day,
it was always task to separate the
bird from her surroundings, though he
stood within few feet of her, and
knew just where to look for her.
Musicians have frequently attempted
to write out the songs of birds. Wilson
Flagg has thus embalmed the songs of
nearly all our feathered Ministries.
Handel has done kindred work for the
nightingale. In the second quartet of
the Minuet Mozart incorporated the
cacklc of the domestic fowl; while
Haydn, in his twentieth quartet, gives
the joyous note that announces new
laid egg. -Independent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

RABBITS are playing hob with New
Zealand. They begin breeding at the
age of 8 months, and produce twelve
large families year. This prolific in
crease has overrun the country with
the pests introduced by patriotic En-
glishmen and Scotchmep, and millions
of dollars worth of property are being
destroyed annually. Crops are feasted
upon, streams are INSTRUCTED, and in
some places the devastation has been SO
great that farmers have been driven
from their farms. From $4,000, 600 to
6O,00O.000 of the frisky innocents are
killed every year, but with their repro
ductive capacity the living rabbits do
not mind little thing like that, which
only amounts to defamation. The
ferret has been imported as an antidote,
but that unreasonipg bit of condensed
agility has no less nose for chicken
than for rabbit, ana utterly refuses to
make distinctions in behalf of the farmer
And so bunny goes on multiplying, with
a fair prospect ahead that the short tailed
invaders will have the island entirely at
their own disposal before an act of
Parliament from England is discharged
upon them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
In the Canadian Parliament.

They are 6 little ponderous in their
ways up in the Canadian Parliament.
but the personal element of legislating
is not entirely neglected there, as wit
ness this from the proceedings: When
the five members rose to insist upon a
division, Sir John Macdonald said this
was the last time be would trust to an
agreement with the honorable leader of
the opposition. That honorable gentle
man, in consenting to the division had
broken his word.
Hon. Mr. Blake-''Does the right
honorable gentleman mean 10 say that
l have broken my word?''
Sir John Macdonald-..Y | do.''
Hon. Mr.. Blake-'.I am amazed"
Hon. Mr.. Rowell You lock like an
amazed man.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
A Question of Precedence,

A curious anecdote is told of Prince
Gortschakoff who lately resigned his Of
flee of Grand Chancellor of the Russian
Empire, a man of great sagaeity and in
Unite tact. Some years ago, the chief
counsellor of the Car was at Berne,
where his son. rs ambassador, repre-
scented the Government of the Russian
Empire. Prince Gortschakon7 arrival
in Switzerland happening to be at the
time OF a great religious ceremony, on
occasion of the Emperor's birthday, the
Grand Chancellor said to his son, ..Yo GU
are aware that at the close of the cere-
mony tomorrow all persons present
will 60 forward to the altar, in order to
kiss the cross. You understand, Of
course, that 90 first of all.''
Il beg pardon, SIR replied the young
man; las Russian ambassador. repre-
sent the Emperor's person, and as such
l have the precedence"
But, as Grand Chancellor, | repre-
sent the Emperor everywhere. and at
all times; however" continued the
prince, after a moments reflection.
since you make a point of it, yield
the precedence to you on this occa-
sion.n
The moment in the ceremony arrived;
the Russian ambassador advanced first
towards the altar; the Grand Clancel-
lor followed, and after him came the
brilliant crowd always gathered for a
state occasion of the Russian church,
As they came near the cross the father
touched his son lightly on the shoulder,
and spoke to him in 8 voice loud
enough to be heard by all who were near
them:
Coon. my son." he said; '.ge forward
first authorize you to do So"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
ENGLAND's GREAT ARSENAL.

In the center of the Woolwich works
rises chimney some two hundred feet
high, the tallest in the arsenal grounds.
and said to be one of the loftiest IN
England. When this or any of the other
chimneys are to be mended, the services
of bold chimney climber connected
with the works are called for. With
kite he throws string over the top,
then pulles down the kite with q second
cord after the first is properly adjusted.
The string then draws up a stronger
string, then a rope, then corded ladder
by which the chimney is climbed. A
few years since the man had thus scaled
the top of the tallest chimney, built
wooden scaffoldins for repairing it, and
then came down for dinner, when the
woodwork took fire from flying spark;
and it is related as specimen of the
fellows hardened recklessness that after
the fire burned out he assembled once
again on the blackened and half burned
rope ladder, not even waiting to bave it
tested. A long list of similar incidents
fill out the annals of Woolwich, to which
could be added details of institutions at
the arsenal which the limits of this letter
must exclude-the torpedo factory,
where secrets are so carefully guarded
that not even a British general can get
admitted, and the workmen are chosen
specially for their high character and
secretiveness; the great turfcovered
magazines, where men, for fear of ex
plosion, must wear list shoes and discard
everything metallic from their clothing;
and the vast system of blast furnaces,
placed underground, while the workmen
who draw out the molten metal above
must wear thick, wooden soled shoes to
protect their feet from the heated iron
floor. Yet when all the martial wonders
of Woolwich, with their triumphs of
gigantic mechanism have been seen, one
leaves it with the feeling that after all,
the humblest factory in England stands
for larger idea in human progress than
the great gun shop, where science brings
her supreme gifts only to aid man to
kill his fellow.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
Lives Of Deem Seclusiou.
How the Members of the Order of the Burie
Alive Live

Alive Live
The Order of the Buried Alive, in
Rome, the Convent of the Sepolte Vive,
is remnant of the middle ages in the
life of to-day.
The London Queens correspondent
had the privilege of an entrance within,
one after another, the FIVE iron doors,
and of talking with the superior through
the thick swathing of a woollen veil, but
ordinary communication with the con-
vent is carried on through the barrel,
which fills an opening in the wall.
Over the barrel is written: "Who will
live contented within these walls let her
leave at the gate every earthly care. :"
You knock at the barrel, which turns
slowly around until it shows section
like that of an orange from which one
of the quarters has been cut out. You
speak to the invisible sister, who asks
your will; and she answers you in good
Italian and cultivated intonation. You
hear the voice quite distinctly, but as if
it was far, far away. She is really sep
arated from you only by slender slice
of wood, but she is absolutely invisible.
Not the smallest chink is visible between
you and her. Sound travels through the
barrier. but sight is absolutely excluded.
These nuns live on charity, keeping
two Lents in this year-one from No
vember to Christmas, the other the ordi-
nary Lent of Catholic Christendom.
Living, therefore, on charity, they may
eat whatever is given them, saving
'.flesh meat" during the fasting time. II
you take them a cake or loaf of bread,
a bottle of wine, a roll of chocolate bon
bons, a basket of eggs, it is all good for
them.
They must be absolutely without food
for twenty-four hours before they may
ask help from the outside world. And
when they have looked starvation in the
face, then they may ring a bell, which
means, "Help US! we are famishingm
Perhaps you take them nothing eatable,
but you place on the ledge of the cut
orange, by which you sit, some money,
demanding in return their ''cartolini, !"
or little papers. The barrel turns slowly
round, then back again, and you find
on the ledge where you had laid your
lire paper of 'cartolini." These are
very small, thin, ight-printed slips,
neatly folded in tiny packets, three to
each packet, which, if you swallow in
faith, will cure YOU of all disease.
After your talk is ended, the barrel
turns round once more and presents its
face as of an immovable and impene-
trable-looking barrier. One of the pref
ty traditions of Rome is that each Sister
has her day, when she throws flower
over the convent wall as sign to her
watching friends that she is still alive.
When she has been gathered to the ma
jority the flower is not thrown, and the
veil has fallen forever.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

The Khedive's wife received lately a
visit from two Turkish ladies of high
position, to whom she offered, after the
usual custom, cigarettes with the 'chiffie"
of the Khedive upon them. When
they were gone the black servants found
that these ladies had left behind them
in the ante chamber mum bers ofcigarettes
with the "chiffie" of Arab Pasha, as an
insult to the Khedive through his wife,
Like the imperial family in Russia, she
is in fear of palace intrigues, and has
only few Circassians about her in
whom she can place perfect confidence,
and they are slaves. She had always
been profuse in her charities to the Arab
population, but has since become more
circumspect.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
MARR-Who had that little lamb
Had teeth as white as snow;
She always brushed them twice day
With "TEABERRY" you know.

A MEMBER of the Maine Legislature
had been counting an Augusta girl all
winter, and had taken her to attend the
sessions until she was we'll posted in the
rules. On the last day of the session,
as they came near the psanut-st stand by
the door, he said to her: "May offer
you my handful of peanuts?" She re
sponded promptly: ST move to amend
by emitting all after the word 'band2 ="
He blushingly accepted the amendment,
and they adopted it unanimously.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
MOTHERSl MOTHERS! MOTHERS!

Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by sick child suffering and crying with
the excruciating pain of cutting teeth? If so,
go at once and get bottle of MRS. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately upon
IT. there is no mistake about it. 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.
1t is perfectly safe to in all cases, and pleas
ant to the taste, and is the prescription of one
of the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States. Sold everywhere,
26 cents a bottle. dec-lh-aq
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

Elk PRESIDENT TYLER died in 1862.
At that time he was member elect of
the Confederate Congress. Resolutions
of respect in the House of Delegates
contained provision that the remains,
if the family consented, should be placed
near those Of President Monroe, and the
Governor was authorized to erect suit
able monument. The Senate agreed to
the proposition. At the end of twenty
years, the widow of President Tyler
writes the Governor of Virginia and
reminds him that the monument never
has been placed over her husbands re-
mains,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
The Boy That Had a Nag That Gould
FFrnt

$50 Christopher, you have bought
horse,'' observed Mr.. Candy, as he
pleasantly surveyed his son. What
business are you going into?'
Business -er-o-business; well,my
dear sir, the fact is. / have been tum-
bling on something that can trot."
You shouldn't have done it, Christie
pher," said the old gentleman kindly;
s'you are not young enough, your bones
are set and you are too fat. You can
never be an emperor of the arena,
Christopher. Do not tumble or engage
in any gymnastics on the animal again"
.sOf course, only mean that | have
been lucky enough to discover some
thing with speed, and have picked it up
for mere song"
"Ah-a colt?'
.'Well, no, not emphatically; but her
pedigree is a poem-dam Mime. SPAWN,
Sire Signor Bolts; own sister to Bones
aud Osteology. and half-sis5er TO Blind
Staggers aud Soap Grease"
.'you will soon do it, unused the old
gentleman, as soft light played about
his ewes: 'svou will soon be there, Chris
topher There are q great many You
scattered through the country; you
blossom at every rural crossing, my
boy. You will soon pose on contrlV-
ance like a hay rake with the teeth out;
YOU will round your shoulders TO give
an artistic outline TO spotted shirt with
baggy sleeves and balcony back, and
as YOU sit on your vehicle by pump
YOU viii look pensively out from under
a cap-peak built like the bill OF sugar
scoop. and as you tilt your cigar ash to
the level of your left eye, and keep ST.
lently tanning the tail Of your animal
with two-foot whip, you will lose
Yourself in the enchantment OF turf rev.
erie. The bystanders may never know
that you cannot distinguish the points
Of mare from those of q mermaid.
Christopher, but as long as you are OBJ
Gyious f., this knowledge | see no rea-
son why you should not enjoy your
soothing reflections. "-RocheSter Er.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

A FAIR ExoHANsE.-Will you ex-
change q chronic case of Dyspepsia, or
agree to break up Bilious Temperament
Ito give your torpid Liver activity, and
thus strengthen your Digestion, regain
energy, comfort, health and spirits, all
for F5c2 A single bottle of ZoeEsA will
do this. A few doses surprise those
who try Zopesa. For Biliousness and
Dyspepsia in their many forms Zopesa
is Panacea, and is warranted to cure
them. 1t acts speedily and pleasantly.
Try d 1G cent sample of Robinson &
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

A HARD-HEARTED seaside gossip decIar-
es only about four out of every hundred
indulge in sea- bathing. ''because the
cold facts of the case are that nowadays
ninety-six women in a hundred use
some kind of face wash or preparation
of powder that cannot well be artistically
renewed with the meager toilet facilities
of bath house. This is the plain,
rather uneDameled-
truth of the matter, let the ladies protest
as they will"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03
FoRruxEs FOB FARnnss AND kiEoHAs

FoRTUxEs FOB FARMERs AND ME0HAE
Ios.-ThousaDds of dollsrs ean be saved
by using proper Judgment in taking care
of the health of yourself and family. II
you are Bilious, have sallow complexion,
poor appetite, low and depressed spirits,
and generally debilitated, do not delay a
moment, but go at once and procure a
bottle of those wonderful Electric Bitters,
which never fail to cure, and tnat fsr the
trihing sum of fifty cents. Tribune.
Sold by Robinson & Hinrichs. 1
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Wanted.

wauted-A wife who can handle broom,
10 brush down the eobwebs and sweep up the
room;
To make decent bread, that fellow can eat
Not The Eoiribie compound you everywhere
Hl.yt.
VINO knows hoig 70 broil. to fry and to roast
Make cup y eeGd fea and n platter of toast;
and r.S.ie ..f oyTl garments; an item which is
50 aorgG expensive ~ every one knows;
4 cvTn7lor-sease creature, and still with q
r3H8
q Q tcari AMI to r;side-cxaited, refined,
i sort ~ ;.4a anrei and houseuaid combined.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

A venerable Bostonian has been tell
ing what he remembers about the Mar
quis de Lafayette, and says that the dis
ttiissauished Frenchman possessed ears
of extraordinary magnitude. If that is
all the Boston gentleman has to say on
the subject, one can readily believe that
he has opened his book Of memory at
the wrong page and is betraying u la
miliarity with no less historic person
age-Balaam's ass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

The story of Mrs. Lincoln writing,
when a young girl, letter in which she
expressed determination to become the
wife of a President, is confirmed by
the production of the document, now
in the possession of General Preston, of
Lexington, Ky. 1t was addressed to a
daughter of Governor Wickliffe, and
contained a playful description Of the
gawky young Lincoln, to whom she was
betrothed, She said: ''But 1 mean to
make him President of the United States
all tie same. You will see that, as /
always told you, I will yet be the Presi-
dents wife,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

FIFTEEN years sso Lille Bowers was
stolen from her PARENTS who then resided
at Sandusky. Until within few days
nothing was ever heard of the child,
Now the girl, aged Is years, has been
discovered. She was found living with
a family near Genoa, who had adopted
her after her rescue from o band OF
gypsies fourteen years ago. The identity
OF Miss Lille was easily established,
and she accompanying her mother 20 their
present home at Hudson, Micn.
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ANYTHING for an Excuse.

Mr.. Snedgcomb, if You please, your
board bill is three days over due, and
I'm compelled to speak to you" Eyes,
ma am, know It is DUE know it;
but you really can't expect me 20 pay
this week. No, ma am, the great patri-
OF, Gen Garibaldi, is lying cold and
stark in his beloved Italy. Icannot pay
any bills this week, madam. ''-Louis-
pills Courier Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

The century plants in California seem
to be a. little too unanimous, as it were
The San Francisco Chronicle says: ga
16 year old century plant near Salinas,
CAL, is now in full bloom. Three weeks
ago the plant was only five or six feet
high, but it is twenty five feet high now.
About four feet of the top is solid
mass of flowers"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

A mining company ia 'siskiyon coun-
ty, California, recently turned off an old
horse which had been working within
In their claim for twenty-seven years,
and is now 3s years old. He appears
still hale and hearty, and seems to take
much comfort in his release from har-
ness
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-03

In Denver msl'p ground belongs to
him. In a recent case q judge lined
the city scavenger Of Denver 500 for
going upon the grounds Of citizen to
kill a dog after being warned off. The
proof that the dog was vicious and had
bitten q boy was declared insufficient
cause. .
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Coop By, III HEALTH. -When you feel
weak ,iapgnid and depressed, try Browne
Iron Bitters. You will find it q most
wonderful reviyer. 1t Ia q true tonic.
1t aids digestion. 1t strengthens every
part of the body. 1t is refreshing to the
wearied mental faculties. 1t is perfect.
This is what our family doctor says.
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BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

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