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How Animals Shake Their Skin.

In lower animals is found a peculiar
muscle which rejoices in the name of the
panniculus carnosus. When we see q
lively porpoise disporting itself in the
waves, rolling head over heels, and other
wise exhibiting that propensity for
aquatic gambols which is character
;sje as. its.xe .srsa. slfsitutb br wvrK
in producing the movements of the 1.-the
fishlike frame. 1t would not be incor-
rect to describe the body of the porpoise
as being literally swathed in this great
muscle, so thoroughly developed are its
proportions in that animal. When the
modest butbristly quadruped, the hedge
hog, contrives in a moment of surprise
to roll head and tail together, and to
present an impregnable surface to the
gaze of his enemy, human or canine, as
the case may be, we must credit his
''panniculus" with the work of sudden
ly transforming him from an active quad
ruped into an inanimate ball of spines.
A dissection of a hedgehog would show
us that the great tskin-muscle can be split
into nine pairs of muscles, and that one OF
these pairs represents the" "scalp-muscle''
of humanity. Oragain, when we see the
horse shaking his coat, or the retreiv-
er dog which has just left the sea send
ing the water from off his skin in the eff
fective fashion of his race, we are simp-
ly witnessing the action of the "pan-
niculus'' muscle in another phase of its
action.
Ascending now to humanity, how, let us
inquire, is e'panniculusn developed in
man, and what are the functions it can
be shown to possessP AS our previous
studies will have led US to expect, the
''panniculus'' of man exists, firstly, in a
condition which may truly be described
as ''rudimentary" when compared with
its Development in lower life. The" scalp.
muscle" has just been noted to repre-
sent part of the ''panniculus, which in
man thus becomes split up into separate
and detached portions. Another part
of the great "skin-muscle'' of the hedge.
hog is found in the muscle which in hu.
man anatomy receives the name of the
platvsma. This latter muscle exists as q
broad sheet of 6bers, lying just beneath
the skin on each side of the neck. In
man it serves to wrinkle the skin of the
neck, and it also aids in depressing the
lower jaw. In other parts of mans
body traces of the division of the ''pan.
niculus" are also to be found. In the
proportion of about per cent. in un
ward of six hundred bodies examined
Prof Turner tells US that a muscle ol
mans trunk, usually regarded by anat
omists as of ordinary type, is really s
fragment of the great ''skin-muscle. )
-LOflgntd7a' Magazine.
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When You Get Ready to Coco

ALI people have not learned the art OF
leaving place in an appropriate man.
ner. When you are ready to depart, do
so at once, gracefully and politely, and
with no dailying. Dom tsay, "It's about
time was going" and settle back and
talk on aimlessly for another ten min
utes. Some people have just such a
tiresome habit. They will even rise
and stand about the room in various at
titudes, keeping their hosts standing,
and then by an effort succeed in getting
as far as the hall, when new thought
strikes them. They then brighten up
visibly, and stand for some minutes
longer, saying nothing of Importance,
but keeping everybody in restless, ner-
vous state. After the door is opened the
prolonged leave-taking begins, and ev-
erybody in general and in particular is
invited to call. Very likely last
thought strikes the departing visitor,
which his friend must risk cold to heal
to the end. What a relief when the
door is finally closed! There is no need
of being Extensively abrupt, but when
you are ready to go-go!
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Valuable Lands for DEVELOPMENT,

There are to-day no less than 1000
acres of vacant land, railroad and gov
ernment, within from twenty to sixty
miles of Yakima City, commencing and
extending down the Columbia to the
mouth of the Yakima river on this side,
and from Priest rapids on the Spokane
county side for an unlimited distance,
are immense tracts of land that are sus-
ceptible of cultivation. On the route
from here to the Columbia, via Mckee
coulee, there are estimated to be $4,000
to 10000 acres of land that is equal to
the wheat-producing lands of Walla
Walla. The only drawback is lack OF
water, but there seems to be little
doubt that it can be had almost any.
where by digging from ten to forty
feet. Wood can be obtained during the
June freshet, drifting down the Colum-
bia, in any desired quantity. Starting
at point twelve miles above Yakims
City, on the east side of the Yakima
river and going east, or a little south
east, is a strip of country called Selaf
valley, extending to the head of Cole
creek, in which is located Charlie;
Schannon's timber culture claim, which
avs oOllC luOSO CASOl1ShS
Some places the soil, particularly on the
head of Cold creek, is of black alluvia
formation, and is eight to ten feet deep
Thousands of cattle winter on these
hills, which are coated with the fines
bunch-grass that grows. Priest rapids
will, from its natural advantages, b'
the center of this immense section O
uncultivated lands. This point is th'
head of navigation at present, but we
understand the o. r. and n. company
are now taking steps to improve th'
river so as to extend the navigation
above Kettle falls. This will necessi
tate the making of portage at thu
rapids. The United States engineer, il
his late report upon the upper Colum
bia, recommends appropriations by
congress for the improvement of thu
rapids and the upper river. A ship rail
| way has been recommended as the mos
economical plan to make the passage
| around the falls, which would / needeC
only by steamers while ascending. II,
| expressed the belief that, with 1ittl'
| outlay, the steamers could pass safel,
over the rapids. One Of the best stretche
! of navigation on the Columbia is from
Ainsworth to the rapids, distance o
sixty odd miles.-Yabinaa (W. T.,
| ,SiO7aGI
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Hoods Texas Rangers.

bring from the land of f1ocks and of herds,
From broad fertile fields Of measurcless land,
From lands of untamable beasts and of birds,
From lands of the Gulf and of Rio Grande,
Win blade in his hand he is blazing the way
For the world to come after. He does not
say,
Nor yet comprehend But finally, when
The New World is finished, twill be written
that he
Was no dull worker in its destiny.
The Lone Star that rose from the Mexican
seas
And rode in the morn of the tropical West
Over gray San Jacnto, still shines in the trees,
Where foliage is freshest, ard fruits are the
best.
Here roves the Ranger. He is strong, he is
free,
As the storms of the Gulf. Lo! the majesty
OF manhood is his The turbulent soul
OF an Arab Sheikh, that defies control.
1t tides and 1t swels in this half-tamed man,
As he turns and he talks like king to his
clan.
I'm one Nv them feilers as fought with ole
I reckon, by gony. yer might recoleck
Them lean, ragged Rangers Not 'hg-
iously good.
They'd cuss, and the like. So? Then speck
They've writ up book bout that tusse with
Hood.
"whatl you fit us2 Lordl Thar stoodyou'ns
A long blue line Nv blazin' red hell.
Then Hood Civ whoop, and down on the
blue'n5;
Then back rolled the gray 'uns, then, God sich
ayell!
And, cats and black dogs! it was hot then for
yOu'ns = =
1--WE scorched you that day. LordI Every blue
cuss
Shucks! Let a man brag. That's all we've
got.
Yer needen't to straddle and make sich
musS
The bare right to brag Nv the fight that we
fought,
you waloped us, eh? Say, remember that
Wy, Nv course the feds won! But then, don't
you see,
No matter who won, or which 'uns was right,
Twas eg'lar ole American victory,
An reg lar ole he-American 1ghtI
By Joaquin Miller.
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One Cat on the Head of Another.

A relative of mine residing near the
Blue Hills has developed mania for
cats. He is possessed of sixteen cats OF
all ages and sizes. Being on visit to
him last week and conversing with him
in the kitchen, heard rafting of the
lath of the door leading to the cellar.
Supposing some one was in the cellar
who wanted to get out and could not
readily find the latch, l opened the door
myself, and there sat grave and sedate
old cat on the landing, and standing
on her head was half-grown cat,
steadying herself by the frame OF the
door with one paw, and with the other
striking the thumb-piece of the latch
with the evident intention of opening
the door. Finding the door open, they
gravely walked in and seated themselves
In the family circle.
..Do these cats ever open the door in
that way?" l asked in great astonish-
ment.
.'Oh, yes; we've left pane of glass
out in the cellar window, and when the
cats are tired of staying outside they
come up the cellar stairs and open the
door for themselves; it saves US the
trouble
''Did you teach them how to do it?''
''Oh. no; they found out the way
themselves. ~. d. w.
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A California Ghost.

Railroad engineers are queer fellows
and are as full of superstition as an egg
is of meat. Last week while the Dig
ninety-ton engine was filling her tank
at the depot Journal reporter and
Engineer Drifting, who has taken seven
of those monsters down to Tehichipa,
had the following conversation:
"Did you ever take a train up the
Tehichipa grade at night mean since
the horrible accident?" asked the re-
porter.
"Yes; made trip over that part of
the road the last time I was down." re-
piled the engineer, land so help me
God, never want to see another sight
like the one witnessed that nightr'
''What did you see, if may ask?"
"Well, don't like to talk about such
things, for I'm different from most Of
my brethren and don't believe that
spirits visit this earth; but what l saw
that night almost convinced me that
they do on some occasions. l had had
very hard days work and the night
was one of the most fearful that ever
saw on the mountains, and I've been
over the road more than a thousand
times. Well, just as we were passing
where the cars jumped the track, my
fireman-the young man in the cab now
called my attention to man lying on
the track only short distance ahead.
1t was only moments work to stop
the engine-we didn't have a train.
The cow-catcher was within about three
feet of the body when we stopped. I
thought it was some poor tramp who
had fallen down and frozen to death. I
could see the body just as plain as / see
you now, but when / got down and
went in front of the engine couldn't
see the sign of man nor where any
one had been. This was a sticker, for
there were several inches of snow on
the ground, and had any one been
there l could have seen the print in the
snow. | was so much astonished that l
could not speak for few minutes. At
last my companion asked if he was
dead. 1 told him there was no one
there, and he replied, What's the mat
ter with youP l see him right &c your
feet This caused me to take the sec
ond look, but not the sign of a man
could find. got back into the cab,
and, strange to say, could see that
body just as plain as day. l sent my
fireman down and watched him. He
walked all over the body, and came
back in moment with the whitest face
1 ever saw op a. humaa heinG Metfn-
BILE; SO started up the grade, deter
mined to get away from the horrible
thing. When we passed over the spot
where the body seemed to be never
heard such yells in my life. They came
from both sides of the road"
They both stick to the story, and say
others have seen it.-Modestd (Cdt.)
Farmers Journal
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Rogns cold Master" ("

The artist raked around among pile
of lumber in a corner and drew forth
small picture that looked old and dirty
enough to have been the work of the
court painter of one of the Pharaohs.
ssThere it is-a Madonna and child.
Doesn't it thrill you to think you stand
face to face with masterpiece of the
famous old world artist? Look closely
and tell me what you think of it,
1t was unframed with the varnish and
brush marks showing up plainly on its
surface, while the sweet faces of the two
figures locked out of the surrounding
darkness with the heavenly expression
peculiar to the great painter.
The reporter expressed his delight and
asked the value of the gem.
.'You would hardly think that pictures
like that, with all the signs of age upon
them, could be turned out by the hun
dred every week, would you?" asked
the artist. ''But they can and they
would impose upon good judges, too.
Look at the back. 1t has that peculiar
old look that only belongs to canvas
upon whose front paint has been depos-
| tied. But look at the Sides" The gen.
tleman showed that the bent-down edges
on the side of the stretcher were of
| white painted canvas that would have
been covered up in a frame, and the
fraud was apparent. The painted can
| vas was covered on the front of the pic
ture, and the operation evidently was to
| get canvas painted and seasoned on
| the side with some neutral gray tint,
and then to print upon it, chromo-fash.
ion, the painting intended to be forged
Then fifth-rate artist had been employ
| ed, as soon as the chromo-painting was
dry, to go over it with brush, pick out
the high lights and empasize the shad.
| ows with his brush. A thick coat of var
nish was the next thing, and the genuine
Raphael was ready for the Market
PittSburg Despatch.
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The Pulse of Animals,

In horses the pulse at rest beats forty
times, in an OK from fifty to fifty-five,
and in sheep and pigs about seventy to
eighty beats per minute. 1t may be
ielt wherever large artery crosses a
bone, for instance. 1t is generally ex-
amined in the horse on the cord which
crosses over the bone of the lower jaw
in front of its curved position, or in the
bony ridge above the eye; and in cattle
over the middle of the first rib, and in
sheep by placing the hand on the left
side, where the beating of the heart may
be felt. Any material variation of the
pulse from the figures given above may
be considered a sign of disease. If rap
id, hard, and full, it is an indication Of
high fever or Inflammation; if rapid,
small, and weak, low fever, loss of
blood, or weakness. If slow, the prob
abilities point to brain disease, and ii ir-
regular, to heart troubles. This is one
of the principal and sure tests of the
health of an animal.
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we pay for our revenge, successful
though it was. Ten men killed outright,
five died before morning, six were dis
abled SO seriously that they were never
again fit for active service. Only four,
among whom was myself, really recov-
cred the effects of that terrible New
Years Day. But an awful vengeance
was wrought upon the Indians. Dur
ing the ensuing week, the stockmen
came down from the north and secured
the country far and wide, up to the very
verge of the Indian territory, and it
was calculated that only one of all the
ferocious band that had for so long been
the terror of the countryside reached
the reservation alive.
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WHOLE NO. 1896.
Gratitude.
The man of genius is as unorateful as

The man of genius is as ungrateful as
the child. Children cannot be grateful,
and cannot, therefore, be ungrateful.
Something not altogether unlike this is
true of the man of genius-indeed, it Is
true of a very much larger class than
one we could designate by anything that
the world recognizes as genius. The
wealthy, richly endowed nature keeps
habitually the standard of gratitude
that we all held when we were four
years old; love bestowed is as natural;
service is as much matter of course;
merely to draw near one's benefactor is,
in the one case as III the other, an am
pie requital of all service. We cannot
say that the external effect is the same;
it must always be with a certain shock
that we discover that any mature hui
man being keeps the child's reckless
ness of obligation, whatever reason may
urge in defense. But indeed, though
we speak of genius, we would point out
the temptation of much larger class.
Genius is but the summit of that mental
elevation of which the lower heights,
though unrecognizable from afar, have
to those who tread them not few Of the
characteristics of genius, and many
name associated with no worldwide res
onance rouses memories that could not
be surpassed in vividness and signiti-
canoe by any that are enshrined in clas-
sic biography and revived by stately
monument. Wherever there is mental
wealth, we shall be apt to find a certain
poverty in the power of feeling graft
tude. The man who is always well
come, who feels his presence boon,
who cannot but be aware that he leaves
all society the chillier for his absence,
does not associate any services rendered
him with self-denial. Was it you who
introduced him to this delightful home?
Did your painstaking service render
possible this brilliant achievements He
feels you fortunate in having had a hand
in anything that has seemed to him
worth doing. Indeed, there is a great
deal of careful, disinterested service,
which the person for whose sake it is
done would scornfully repudiate if he
supposed that any gratitude was due
from him to the worker. Gratitude!
Were you working at noble cause
then, with merely personal objectsp An
enthusiast is indignant at the possibility
of loyalty to himself coming in to eclipse
the claim of devotion to his work. He
cannot remember how mixed are the
springs of most human action, how
small class of motives we can divide
into good and bad, how unwise it is to
discourage the personal influences that
dilute pure love of principle or q
cause. There is something noble in his
ingratitude; but it is not polite, nor
rooted in any real depth of moral wis
dnm-Ihe SnectntOr
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BoATs. BICYoLEs AND HAY Frvr,

BOATS, BICYCLES AND HAY FEvER.-
Nature has resolved that all the people
shall not enjoy themselves at once.
With the opening of the season of out
door sports comes the time of trouble
for the poor victims of Hay Fever. For
them flowers have no odor, and the
summer little or nc beauty. To snuff,
sneeze and wipe their weeping eyes for
three Or four successive months:-this
is their pitiable portion. Whether this
form of catarrh is called hay fever, hay
cold, rose cold or rose fever, makes no
difference; they suffer just the same.
There is no help in sea-voyages, there is
no help in high mountain air. These
only tighten the pocket and leave tho
disease unabated. But there is posi-
tive cure in Elys' Cream Balm. We
could cram these columns with grateful
letters of the rescued. Try it and join
them. If you continue to suffer it is
because you neglect remedy as sure as
it is cheap and pleasant.
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A Blessing to all Mankind.

In these times when our Newspapers
are flooded with patent medicine adver-
tisements, it is gratifying to know what
to procure that will certainly cure you.
If you are Bilious, blood out of order,
Liver inactive. or generally debihtated,
there is nothing in the world that will
cure you SO quickly as Electric Bitters.
They are blessing to all mankind, and
can be had for only Fifty cents bottle
of Robinson g. Henrichs. 2
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Supported by Evidence,

"Gessler? Who was GesslerP' said
Mrs. Beckram to her husband.
"He was a tyrant, my dear, and also
a life insurance agent"
"What do you mean by such nom
sense?"
"There is no nonsense about it, Mrs.
Beckram, | assure you. Does not Will
liam Tell say to Gessler in the third act:
'Ha, tyrant, hast thou not given me as
surance of my life?' Your husband,
madam, never makes statement that
he is not prepared to support by docu-
mentary evidence. "-Iepas Sitlinqs.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

A D. SMITH, PROPRIETOR, CORNER OF
IN. Eighth and Franklin streets, Mantowoc.
A hrst-class American Hotel, centrally located,
offers every inducement to the travelling public.
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On one evening of every week neat
ly dressed woman visits the stage en-
trance of Haverly's Theatre, in Brook.
lyn. The main entrance of the Brook
lyn Theatre, destroyed by fire Oh the
night of Dec. 5. 1875, with nearly three
hundred lives, occupied this particular
site. The woman looks about her for a
few minutes, and then runs down Myrtle
avenue to her home. One of the police
men attached to the station next door
says that in The early evening of that
terrible night, seven years and more ago,
the husband of this woman asked her to
accompany him to the play. She had
been hard at work during the day, and
preferred to remain at home, but wished
that he should visit the theatre He did
SO, and his body was among the unrec-
ognized dead of the following day. The.
wife fell i'll, and for q time it was fear
ed she would lose her reason. Once
week, at night, from the date of her re-
covery to the present one this poor,
woman has visited the spot.
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y SANDEpC0N

MANUFACTURERAN DEALERINB BOOTS
1EA Shoes, Leather, &C, &C. Shop ON Buffalo
Street, near the corner of Eighth Repairing
neatly and promptly executed.
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FRED. SEEGER,

NFFERST TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
" lie generally, choice selection of Fresh
Meats, Salt Pork and Beef, Smoked Beef ahd
Hams, Shoulders, Sausages, Tallow and Lard at
the lowest rates. Market on Commercial Street
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CHARLES HOVER.

MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
Nl ment, on Sth street,near south end Of bridge.
The tailoring department is complete, and con-
tains large assortment of fashionable cloths and
Gerts furnishing goods constantly on hand
Please call and examine before purchasing else
where.
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WM. NJ. SEEGER.

~ sons Block, Corner South Eighth and Quay
Streets, ManitOwoc, Wis. Prompt attention will
be given to all work entrusted 10 me. apr27 7-Sl
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
IL and Accoucheur, late resident Physician at
.he HahnemaIn Hospital, Chicago, has perman-
entity located at Manitowoc. Office, on Bafialo
streets, west OF kands store.
ovv,cv Uorps. s to A. NJ,
TO and z to s p. NJ.
Diseases of the eye and ear treated.
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BARBER SHOP.

C,ARL PANGBURN'S Barbershop, in Barnes
CblUck ON \ orth Eighth street. Work done in
good taste. Particular attention paid to Ladies
and Childrer's hair cutting and shampooing. By
ali means call and see Carl.
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NJ. KETTENHOFFEN.

NORTHWESTERN HOUSE, FRANKLIN AND
IN Ninth streets, Manitowoc. Travellers will
here lind the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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MRS. T.. KERN

WORK STREET, MANITOWOC, WIS, DEAL
4 er in Dry Goods Groceries, Crockery, Fancy
Goods Glass ware, Boots AID Shoes, Ready made
Clothing, Paper Hangings, Hats, Caps, Toys, Chill
dren Carriages, Live Geese Feathers, BIRD Cages,
Kerosene oil and LAMPS, &C, &C. share of pub
C patrousge is solicited.
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San Francisco must 60 without light
ed streets till July. The city tresaury
Il empty.
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X. X. PAINE, N. D.,

physician and'Surgeon, successor TO Doctor H.
Il Coaklcy. Office or York street, near Eighth,
Msnitowoc, Wisconsin. sep 10
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@. c.. BARNES, NJ. D.,

DREWER AND MALSTER, CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets, South side. The
highest cash price paid for Barley.