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New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
THE ADVANCE ON BAC-NINH.
OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH IN ToNQUN.
GENERALS MILLoT AND NEGRIER TO MOVE To-

GETHER-FIGHTING EXPECTED.
PARIS, March 7.-Advices of this date from Haid-
zuong state that the French forces have begun
their advance on Bsc-Nnh General
Millot. commander Of the French land
forces, with his staff, has crossed from
Hanoi to the right bank Of the Red River and is
advancing along the right bank of the Canal of the
Rapids to effect junction with General Negrier,
who has left Haidzuong for Bac-Ninh. Another
column is advancing to the north so as to cut off
the retreat of the Chinese. Fighting at Bac-Ninh
is imminent. Measures have been taken to block
ade the delta and to suppress piracy.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-08

The Deutsche IdgebIdH publishes an array Of com
ments derogatory TO Mr.. Sargent which were made
by certain American newspapers at the time of his
app0intment to his present position. The TageblaH
saws that Mr.. Sargent will not be recalled until
after the new President has been elected when 1t is
possible that he will be appointed TO the post at
ST. Petersburg.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
MOVEMENTS OF LIEUTEEANT RI
ALE LACROSSE PLAYERS

NFw-II tyTN Conn, March 7.-ileutcnant John w.
Rbodcs has arrived from Madison and VIII rej0n the
revenue cutter Dexter at this port tonight.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
prenI IrTIONs OF COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.

WuNlNGToN y. C., March AT Joint mestug OF the
Chamhrr OF Commerce Produce Exchange and Board or
Trade to-day resolutions adopted utgiug Congress
ia mass the bill TO promote the efficiency O the Revenue
Marine service and declaring that the obligatory coinage
OF silver b. tho Government shcud be Suspended soon
as possible.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
rHE STANDARD OIL INQUIRY

PHILADELPHIA, March THE LegslStVe CohmlVee
IN the cas- Os the Standard OIL investigation announced
to-day that the taking OF TESTIMONY had been hnished
Nr Gowen was no! ready ~ argue, aud the c0mmlttoe
AL until Monday, April z.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
TELEGPlPHIC NOTES.

DIVISION OF A DEBTORS ASSETS WANTED.
BOsTON March Judge Devens, Oft Supreme Court
heard an application Of the Obe National Bank against
Ferdinand 4. Wyman. assignee on the shaw b0hers To-
day contemplating plan by which Mr. Wyman can be-
gin 20 pay dividend TO the cTeditOrs he having about
600 900 n his possesslOn. No deCsl0n was Ieaolel
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
Sizing Him Up.

Some people are imbued with the
idea that they can read characteristics
in features of the face. There are peo-
pie who place confidence in their abili-
ty to Judge of a mans predictions by
certain formations of the nose, mouth,
ears, eyes, or bumps on his Uranium.
Hotel clerks especially have unlimited
opportunity of testing this nature read
ing, and the majority of them claim to
be able to ''size man up" to the last
cent in his pocket. One of the three
obliging clerks at the Empire House
had unbounded faith in this .'sizing
up" process, and until last week used
to apply it with seeming success upon
the many people with whom he came
IN contact. Now, however, things have
changed, and any mention of his pecu-
liar ability seems to enrage him.
Recently he had occasion to engage
a bell-boy, and of the many applicants
for the position selected one ''whose
eyes beamed with honesty" as he ex-
pressed it. So struck was he with the
boys appearance that he continually
expatiated on the honest eyes to his fel-
low clerks and Landlord Talbot When
the boy had been in the house about
half an hour the reader of human ma
ture had occasion to send his protege
after change for a SO note. At last
accounts the boy still employs the
''honest eyes" in searching for small
change. He is understood to have got
as far as Buffalo, but is hourly expected
back with the coin.-Syracuse Stand
ard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
A Queer Coasting-Place.

Cuzco, the ancient capital of the old
Inca Empire of Peru, is situated high
up among the Andes, at point so ele-
waited that, although under the tropics,
1t has the climate and products of the
temperate zone 1t still has many re-
mains of Inca architecture. distingu sh-
ed for its massiyeness, which are likely
to endure for centuries to come. On a
hill. or eminence, nearly a thousand
feet high, overlooking the city are the
remains of the great Inca fortress of
the eSac-sa-huaman, in the stOrming of
which Juan. Pizzaro, the brother of the
congueror of Peru, was slain This
fortress was built of gigantic stones, or
rather rocks. and their great size and
the accuracy with which they are fitted
together astonish all who see them
In front of this fortress is a curious.
dome-shaped mass of rock, called the
Ro-da-dero, and sometimes also La
Piedra Lisa, or '.smooth rock be-
cause its convex surface is grooved, as
if the rock had been squeezed up, while
in plastic state, between irregular
and unyielding walls, and then hard
ened into shape. A mass of dough,
forced up under the outspread hands,
would give something of the same ap-
pear1nce in miniature. But the hol-
lows of the grooves on the Peruvian
hill are smooth and CLASSY. 1t is said
in the old chronicles and traditions,
that the inca youth, long years ago,
amused themselves by coursing, or
Siding through these polished grooves
on festival days and holy-days; and
this custom is still practiced by the
modern youth of Cuzco.
There is one advantage, and it is a
great one, too, which these boys pos
sess over the northern boys who live in
the land of ice and snow. and that is, it
is not necessary for them to toll up
long and slippery hill, dragging after
them their heavy ~sleds, which grow
heavier with every step they take, so
that the longer they ride the harder
work it is to get back to the starting
place. The Cuzco boy sits down at
the top of the rock in one of the grooves
and, with slight start, away he goes
with all the speed imaginable, until he
reaches the bottom, landing in a soft
bed of earth; then he picks himself up,
runs round to an easy place of ascent,
and is up again in minute to repeat
his ride. George Squier, IN st.
Nicholas for N0ccRlber
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
WHOLE NO. 1869.
My First Day as Senate Page.

At few minutes before twelve
O'Clock, the venerable gentleman Cap
tain BaSSett told me to 60 to the Vice
Presidents desk and put the gavel up
on a certain spot on the table. Hardly
had L done SO, when, exactly at u
O'Clock, in walked two men through
the door near me. They were Schuyler
ColfaX. the vice-President of the United
States, and DIR. Newman. the chaplain
of the Senate. The Vice-President ad-
vanced to the side of his desk, took up
the gavel, and gave one loud rap. At
once the buzzing in the galleries and on
the floor ceased; and. in perfect silence,
DR.. Newman ascended the steps TO the
Vice Presidents chair, and standing
up, delivered short prayer.
The prayer was hardly finished, when
nearly all the senators began to clap
their hands in every part of the cham
Der, making quite racket. They had
a habit of doing that immediately after
the opening exercises. and, on one oc-
caSion caused an old man in the gal
lery to exclaim, ''Wall, III be hanged
ef / saw anything pertickerly fine about
that prayer!' But they We're not ap-
plauding the prayer-they were merely
calling the pages.
When the clapping commenced. the
pages started to run in every direction
to see who should be the first to get the
messages of the fayOrite senators, and
a certain senator, who sat far over on
the democratic side, even amused him.
self by writing letters and soaring them
way up into the air, and even against
the ceiling of the room, and watching
the pages attempt to catch theu as they
sailed down towards the floor. | think
he could sail a letter better than any
other senator. OF course, this was no
great achievement to boast about, but
some OF the senators sat through a
whole session so quietly that they SEEM
ed never to do anything except to 90 to
the Senate every day and sit still and
vote And | remember once a senator
came into the chamber just as his name
was reached by the clerk who was call
ing the roll on vote. He looked
around, and did not know what was
going on or what he should do, and |
pitied him and called out from behind
him, ..Vote Mo- And he did. Of
course he thought it was some respon-
sible senator speaking to him. But /
had been in the senate several DAYS be-
fore | had enough courage to pretend
to advise senator. Sometimes the
senators could not think of anything to
send the pages for, and We would have
an easy time; and instead of sitting, as
we ought, in an erect and digniliea po-
sition, we would kneel down on the
soft carpet and play marbles | have
often gone up on the republican side to
where the Fice-President sat, as on a
throne, and played marbles with page
on the democratic side, almost under
the Nice-President' chair. 1t would
make some of the senators angry to see
US do this, but most of the senators be-
lieved in letting us do whatever we
pleased, so long as we kept still, and
the young ladies in the galleries usually
paid more attention to what we did
than to what the law-makcrs were do
ing.-FrOm ''AH0ng the LaU-inakerS,n
By Edmund alton, la ST. Nicholas for
NOrember.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
Some Southern Fruits.

In Florida while the orange is king
there are varieties of other fruits that
are not only delightful for home con-
sumption but will bring good prices in
market. Lines and lemons are amono.
the number. The former are now
ripe, and | find the limeade quite as
refreshing as the lemonade, the lime as
useful in the culinary department as
the lemon. Grapefruit, according to
my fancy the best of the citrus family.
natures in four or five years. There is
quite bitter taste, if eaten like an or
ange, hence those who do not wish to
have their lips well puckered, soon learn
to remove, carefully, every particle of
the white skin covering the exceedingly
juicy pulp, an operation easily per
formed. Separate the lobes, with Il
sharp knife cut down the center of the
broad side, fold the divisions of the skin
back, and then bite, and, if instructions
in preparing have been implicitly fol-
lowed, | think, orders to bite will not
have to be repeated. If the ship that
brings my future Florida fortune is to
come by the grapefruit route, | hope
my Northern friends will cultivate u
taste for this delightful though little
known fruit, when | think they will
agree. to place it a step or two higher
in their favor than the orange. 1t
makes beautiful Jelly, marmalade and
wine, and is also eaten at the table
with sugar. hence we prize it not only
for its beauty, but for general utility
1t is very handsome specimen of the
citrus family, being, in color, pale yell
low with very smooth skin and twice
as large as our finest orange, so in eat
ing we find one almost equal to a good
meal and very refreshing to the inner
man.-F1orjda Cor. 50. Louis RepUbli-
can.
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Sweet f6 With u B.IPSin.

II wonder what MY daugher IS
about" exclaimed Mrs Fussanfcather
jumping up aud starting to 90 and in
form the young lady that young Grim
sonbeak was getting tired waiting for
her to make her appearance.
You needn't mind, Mrs. Fussan-
feather; know what she is about"
replied the caller, rising and reaching
for his hat.
What do you suppose my dear 16-
year old daughter is about then, Mr..
Crimsonbeak?
What do suppose your 16-year old
daughter is about?n came from the
Young man. Why. | suppose she is
about 22,'' Is what struck the horrihed
ear of Mrs. Fussanfeathcr. as Crimson
beak vanished through the pichets of
the front fence.-Denrer Opinion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
AN EMPEROR'S CLEMENCY.
How Louis Napoleon Rewarded His Cap
tors.

Here is a pleasing incident in the ca
reer of Napoleon III, which took place
while he was with the camp at Bou-
logne in 1854:
On arriving at Boulogne. the emperor
commissioned NJ. Ducos, the minister
of the marine, to find out if there still
existed in that town any of the men
who had been concerned in his arrest
on the occasion of his ill-fated expedi-
ton in 1910. Ducos discovered sailor
who had thrown himself into the sea to
seize the prince, who was trying to
swim back to the vessel in which he had
come. the aforesaid sailor having
clutched the pretender by the hair; then
Ducos also discovered the gendarme,
then custom house officer. who, on
the beach, had received the vanquished
prince from the hands of the sailor and
had taken him by the collar. These
two men were brought to Ducos, who
asked them if they were really the per-
sons that had been designated to him? ?
The two poor devils replied with much
hesitation, that it was they who had ar
rested the prince. and Ducos ordered
them to return the next morning at
$3.50. After an anxious night they pre-
sented themselves before the minister
exactly at the appointed hour. Ducos
conducted them before the emperor,
and the sailor was the first one admit
ted to his presence. The emperor,
twisting his long mustache, walked
quickly up to him and said: 80 it was
you that in 1910 sprang into the sea
and captured me by seizing me by the
hair?n
The Sailor = Your majesty, /
The Emperor-Look here, was it you?
Yes or no?
The Sailor (recovering his self pos
session)-Well, yes, your majesty; all
the others were firing at you, and you
might have been wounded and got
save your life-it was | who saved your
life.
The emperor and the minister had
hard work to keep their faces straight
while listening to this embellished his
tory of an arrest changed to Il rescue.
"Well done, my good fellow" re-
piled the emperor. 'here is the cross
that you won III doing your duty; and
here are 500 francs as souvenir from
me-"
Next came the gendarme custom-of-
fcer. but his Imagination was less in
ventive than that of the sailor, and sug-
gested to him no such marvellous trans
actions. He Stammered and hesitated
some time, then bravely making up his
mind, he replied:
Yes, sire, it was J. You were break
ing the laws. was on duty and az
rested YOU"
The Emperor-''And that cross that
you wear-who gave you that?'
The Gendarme-.'S Sire, it was King
Louis Philippe
The Emperor-''For having arrested
me?"
The Gendarme-''I am an old sol
dier-I had done good scrvice-I but
tell the truth, sire. it was on the occa-
sion of your arrest Ghat l received it"
The Emperor-.I am sorry for it, be-
cause | shall not have the pleasure of
giving it to you myself, since you have
already got it, but here is the military
medal taking off the one he wore him
self and fastening it to the breast of the
gendarme' uniform]. You are brave
soldier
And the gendarme received, as the
sailor had already done, gift Of 500
francs.-Parjs Cor. Philadelphia But-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
Speaking of the opening of the Quail

Speaking of the opening of the quail
season in California, the San Francisco
Bulletin says: They are now so abund-
ant that they throng the roadways
While rewards are offered by farmers
in southern counties for killing this
bird, which destroys much grain, the
Almeda and Contra Costa farmers say
the quail is useful to them. 1t attacks
their grain only as last resort, and
chiefly subsists upon insects. Their
destruction of ants is of incalculable
Importance. The quail's great foe is
the wildcat. Tbe latter animal is pro-
life in the counties named. A quail
nesting will cover fifteen to twenty
eggs, and nearly every egg will hatch.
They nest once year, and during such
periods the male is a most puenacious
defender of the mother and Young. A
man may almost strike him with a
club. The willy wildcat, as large as
four ordinary cats, will stretch himself
out and put out his tongue; the male
quail will approach and peck it. where
at the cat seizes his toothsome prey"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
A WALKING SKELETON.

Mr.. E. Springer, of Mechanicsbnrg,
Pa, writes: 81 was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to q 1C0lki79g skeleton. Got free trial
bottle OF DIR. Kings New Discovery fol
Consumption, which did me so much
good that I bought a dollar bottle.
After nsing three bottles, found myself
once more man, completely restored to
health, with hearty appetite, and gain
in flesh of 4S lbs" Cal, at Robinson &
Hiprich's aud get a free trial bottle OF
this certain cure for all Lung Diseases.
Large bottles &l.00. 3
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
LOOK OUT FOR YOUR HEAD f,

No matter what parts it may finally
effect, catarrh always starts in the head,
and belongs to the head. There is no
mystery about the origin of this direful
disease. It begins in a neglected cold.
One of the kind that is ''sure to be better
in few days" Thousands of victims
know how it is by sad experience. Ely's
Cream Balm cures colds in the head and
catarrh in all its stages. Not snuff nor
a liquid. Applied with the finger to the
nostrils.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20

Permit me to congratulate you,"
said one Bostonian 10 another, Il un-
derstand YOU have an addition to your
family Yes. Much obliged to
you. boy or girl, may l askP'
Girl I've just come from the opti-
clans :" From the optician 81" Yes;
been having her measured for pair of
eyeglasses, you know" - JaneSUstte
.To,fryJoJ
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Si[CH.

|tARL NANGBUEN' : BarUer-hup, in ba' nts'
4 lb'uck a North Eighth street. !. OrlS DO. =
good tas. PartiCulaa attention paiu ty Ladies
and Chill eeu's hair cutting anG sAampooinE -
aiI mean call and sec Cart.
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GHAS- I'll. SEEGEk.

DENT. ST. OFFICE UPSTAIRS N ANDNS
ID sou Block, Corner South i4gl.tn anu -
Streets ..aBit0woC. Wis. Prompt atteEuoA al
be given . all wOrh entrusted 70 me. "af!'-1
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= SANDE1SON,

~.ANT. FACTySERA DEALERl IN BOOTS
N Sh .s Leather, Sc, sc. shop on bu"alO
Street, ! ,ar the corner OF Eighth Repairing
neatly al promptly executed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20

gIOMC. OPATEIC PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
Al an Accoachcur late resident PhI siC.au at
he Hahl. mann Hospital, Chil"s,, h..o pe1mGc-
emily To- ted at hlauitowoc. CHce, on t.nlo
streets 81 st Of aaHds store.
8 10 3 \. n,
OFficE Loot-- II e and 10 Z. Nj
Disegs oi the eve and ear treated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING SICK?

We want to say word to the men,
women and girls who work in stores,
offices and factories. There are hun
dreds of thousands of you in the country.
Very few of you are well. You are shut
up too much and exercise too little. In
this way you get sick. Your blood is
bad, your digestion poor, your head often
aches, you don't feel like work. Your
liver, stomach ald kidneys are out of
order. Parker's Tonic has cured hun
dreds of such cases. 1t is pure, sure and
pleasant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20

ing his servant a ''red-head. 1t he
had spoken of her hair as capillary
substance wearing roseate blush like
unto the brilliant hue of golden sun
set. he would have gained the applause
of every resident of his city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
FRED. SEE.ER

nFFE STO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
~ lie ,srecailv a choice selection oi r'~2sli
Meats ,It Pork ana Bcci, ~rohcd Btet 'nd
Hams s 4ulders, Sags2zcsr HailUw and LaiA at
the lowe rates. Nar&c, on Commcrclai street.
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John H. Stodder worked hard as
cutter in a tailor shop in Boston during
long life, only to fail heir the other
day, soon after the completion OF his
seventy-tifth year. to S65,00o.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

d JOHNSTON. PROPRIETOR, Corner Of
~ E 4lin ana Franklin streets, MaEitowor.
: Irst-cf X AmericaI Hotel, centrally lcc-tgd
offers cy, y nduccnent 10 the trryalln2 puhAc
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sI t<hPIENHOFFEN, X

HrORr WESTERN HOUSE, ,BRANKIIE AND
~ MIN streets ManiJuwuc. Travellers III
ere fnd me best Accommodations, sample rooms
attachGA.
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!. D ETAREHAW,
WAf. RAHE'S sons

A TITO EEY AND CDGts GLOE At LAW,
a or e. i'm TorIs5as sri. * Jiock, Eighth
street, y nltov Of, N.Sccrs.a.
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THREW r AND MALSFEst CORNER SIATG
D and Washington streats. south side. The
highest c 81 price paid Tor Barley.
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Tatiooing Among Alaska Indians.

A man who had passed mnch time in
trapping and hunting in Alaska says:
Although the Yukon Indians have
absndoned many Of their old customs,
under the teaching of occasional mis-
slonaries, all of them still keep to the
queer habit OF tattooiag. The way
they do this is different from any /
ever saw or heard of. Instead of prick
ir~ the stuff in with sharpened bones
or needles, they make paste out of
charcoal and grease, soak thread in
it, punch a needle through the flesh SO
that it comes out at different hole
from the one where it entered, and then
draw the thread through under the
skin. The operation is painful, for the
flesh swells up and looks very much in
famed. Men tattoo only their hands
ana wrists with the pictures OF the mob
Ter animals or Ssh. but the women tat
too their faces also. These latter begin
the process when they are quite young,
making birds. turtles, or some other in
significant things on their hands and
wrists. while they draw lines Of differ
ent kinds on their chins and the lower
part of their cheeks. As a rule, this
lattooing is done entirely in blue, but
now and then there IS an Indian who
has dotted red spots through the blue.
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IMPROVED TOOTH POWDER.

The tooth powder made by me is high
recommended by dentists. Contains
nothing injurious. Has very large sale.
Prepared by Oscar A. alter.
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The Arabs of Sahara are very par
ticrlar as to the color of their horses.
White is the color for princes, but does
not stand heat. The black brings good
fortune. bat fears rocky ground. The
chestnut is the most active. If one
tells You he has seen a horse fly in the
air, ask of what color it was; if he re-
plies chestnut believe him. In a
combat against a chestnut you must
have chestnut. The bay is the hardi-
est and most sober Ii one tells you
horse has leape,l to the bottom Of
precipice without hurting himself. ask
of what color 1t was. and if he replies
bay believe him.
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nUYSt"IkN Attb SURGEON. OFFICE At
Re tenc. of Dr. r. simon, Hancock street.
near the .,lurt house. .,,4Hituwuc, HIs. artj
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DIR. MATEOIS

DENT lsT, Tor-iron's oc!; Yilalized ar a..
VI n for the painless aErrlcriun Of tee.h.
An w9r.- tone il the gerv bass .aan7eI .ce s''f-
anteed. Office hours. { II 4, T.. aud :" o ,;
NJ Eve iHcs. TO :. sunday, to 10 :. NJ ana
to4P H. German spoken. -llais
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Joseph Bleser lots ne. )
and 8, and ca of lots
Z and 9 block ! of gov
ernm ent lot 10. 4. sec.
l9 town 10 range q