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Coolers in School.

Parents are sometimes very unreas-
enable in regard to fancied grievances
imposed upon their children by school
teachers. An instance in point lately
occurred at Pottsville, Penn, where six
scholars were expelled from a public
school for eating peanuts during school
hours, and their parents propose to test
the matter in the courts.
1t strikes US that the parents had bet
ter let the matter drop, providing, Of
course, the children had fair warning
as was probably the case-that if
they persisted in munching the succu-
lent ''goober," to the annoyance of the
nervous teacher and non-eating pupils,
they would have to promptly leave the
halls of learning. Peanuts are all right
In their place-on a train, where the
rattle of the cars browns the noise
made in cracking the shells; at town
meetings, where they act as a sort of
moderator and prevent much useless
talk; by the fireside, where the shucks
make excellent kindling, and under
some other conditions not necessary to
state; but the line should certainly be
drawn at schools and churches, al
though, perhaps, if a man is inclined to
60 to sleep under prosy preaching he
might take a few with him, already
shucked, just to keep himself awake, if
he don't chew tobacco Of course he
would naturally be very careful not to
work his jaws so industriously as to at
tract attention, but just enough to get
away with dozen or so peanuts from
text to benediction. Most any body can
keep awake easily enough during the
preliminary exercises.
On the whole, however, even this
concession to the appetite for the nut
that cheers but does not inebriate is not
advisable, and schools should certainly
be exempt from peanut eating. Gum
is bad enough, but the artistic gum
chewer can manipulate her Jaws so
deity and noiselessly as not to annoy
others in close proximity, and therefore
a cud of gum holds over peanuts by
large majority.
On the other hand, a teacher ought
to convince pupils that peanut eating
is demoralizing to a school without 90
ing to the extremity of expelling them;
but if, after a reasonable amount of So
licitation and warning, the practice is
persisted in, then they should be fired
out. The decision of the court will be
looked for anXiously .-Pec6'S Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
Modern Dress and Antique Minds.

Had the spectacle of modern ball
ever dawned prophetically on the Wis
ion of a seer of the sixteenth cenfurv
had he been told that the figures whir,
ing and strolling in that almost nm
threadable crowd were for the most
part yirtuous women and men of an
proved morality, he would have lifted
his hands in horror. No, he wopld
say, this is a witches Sabbath. for the
women are but half-clothed and will
soon become shameless, while The men
are not men, but devils, habited in
black, such as our painters DESIGN
when they show p saint castinp ont
evil spirits from one possessed. They
have the same spidery limbs and
mournful faces, the same funeral
dress, and the same tendency to the
violent motion which is ACCOMPANIED
by mirth among the good, but forms
only a hollow substitute for gladness
among the evil. Look at our peasants.
they have pleasures coarse, if YOU will
but not aftistically wicked; they talk
and drink and dance as well as wonder
sister manikins and their languid part
ners in iniquity; but they are heartily
amused. noisy, vigorous and rosy-faced:
if not exactly of the domain of ANGELS.
they have no part with Satan and his
minions.-Neso York San.
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manitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1885.
NV Interview With the President.

1 thought that | was well enough
kno .vn in this town not to be misrep-
resented Just because l called in a
friendly manner on President Cleye-
land I'm getting tired of having my
friends meet me on every street corner
and say, 'Well, did you get it?" '.How
did you come on with the PRESIDENT"
Think you'll get the Walkerville Con-
sulate?" and that sort of talk.
Now, the interview, or rather the
two interviews, with the President
have looked on as entirely private and
of no political significance whatever,
and yet the reporters persist in think
ing that because ] am reticient that,
therefore, | was refused some office.
This being the case | feel it due to my
self and my friend Grover to state
just what happened during my recent
visit to Washington. When l got to
the White House l was ushered into
the presence by the official usher. l
found Mr.. Manning standing beside the
President, while Mr.. Lamont, the Pri-
vate Secretary, was fondling club on
the other side.
How de do?" said
''We are all in very robust health"
said Mr.. Manning, although l had not
addressed myself esp scially to him.
$50 that's the Private Secretary, is
it? It's rather funny; l saw it played
in Detroit just before [ left.
"Those that have seen Lamont play
with that club don't regard the drama
as funny" said Manning severely.
| will admit that l found my recep-
ton most freezing. The attitude of the
Executive was frigid, and very much
below zero.
81 never thought" l remarked, at
tempting once more to break the ice,
"that Washington was so cold"
''Some fools are finding it hot
enough" put in Lamont.
''Well, President" 1 continued,
"we've got 'em."
at certainly looks as if you had"
said Manning. l begin to think Man
ming most Objectionable person and
my patent joke about Manning the
ship of State remains unsaid.
Can we do anything for youp" ask
ed the President for the first tim
Nothing, except say good-by.
The President sank back in his chair,
Manning dropped into another, and
the club fell gathering on the floor from
the nerveless hands of Lamont.
Thus / left them, but had not gone
far when Lamont came running after
me bareheaded.
Didn't you want to file an applica-
tion?" he said.
Il wanted to file nothing. Haven't
file with me-"
He wrung my hand and cordially in
vited me back. The next interview
with the President left nothing to be
desired and [ found Manning a first
rate fellow. That night the Cabinet
and myself had a great time of it around
the city. and | may say that my pres
ent relations with the President and
his advisers are most cordial Luke
Sharp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
The Lost Rivers of Idaho,

One of the most singular features in
the scenery of the Territory of Idaho is
the occurrence of dark, rocky chasms.
into which creeks and rivers suddenly
disappear and are never more seen.
The assures are old lava channels, pro-
duced by the outside of the mass cool
ing and forming tube, which, when
the fiery stream was exhausted, has
been left empty, while the roof of the
lava duct, having at some point fallen,
presents there the opening into which
the river plunges and is lost. At one
place along the Snake one of these riv-
ers appears gushing from a cleft high
up in basaltic walls, where it leaps
cataract into the torrent below. Where
this stream has its origin or at what
point it is swallowed up is absolutely
unknown, although it is believed that
its sources are a long way up in the
North country.-Vtrginio (NeU.) En-
terDTlSe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
WhaIebone.

The market price of baleen is exceed
ingly variable, depending on the fash
ion of the day. 1t is not so valuable
now as used to be the case some years
ago, steel having superseded it for
many purposes. The price may range
from $500 to $3.50 per ton, and good
whale ought to produce about two tons.
In 1914 a single vessel sold her cargo of
baleen and oil for 80. 56S. but such
times are not likely to return. Miner
al oils have now supplanted train oils
for many purposes, and perpetual hunt
ing has diminished the numbers as well
as the size of the whales, no animal
having a chance of attaining its full d.
mansions before it is harpooned. Of
ten, nowadays, whaling ship returns
''clean, i. e.. without having captured
a single whale, so that, what with the
lessened prices and diminished num-
bers and dimensions OF the animals,
whaling has become almost lottery
instead of solid investment of capital,
and few shipowners care to run such a
risk. Furnished with its wonderful
horny sieve, the Greenland whale has
no difficulty in procuring its food.
With mouth more or less open it swimS
backward and forward through the
shoals of the Clio, which mostly are
found near the surface. The water es-
capes freely between the horny plates
and lining fringe, while the animals are
detained within the cage. When it
wishes to swallow the prey which it has
caught it employs its tongue, which is
not less remarkable than the rest of the
whales structure. The tongue is not
free except at the base, as with man.
mails generally, so that it is impossible
for the animal to protrude its tongue
from its mouth. The tongue is fixed
by nearly the whole of its edge, so that
it can only be protruded upward. L
once had an opportunity of examining
the tongue of small baleen whale
which had been cast ashore. lie was of
great size, smooth on the surface, and
| could not help thinking that it was
ve.y like a soft, well-stuffed pin cush-
ion. l pressed upon its center with my
fingers, and found that pit was form
ed which rapidly filled with oil. Then
took hammer and pressed the head
of it on the tongue. The pit formed by
the pressure became deeper and larg-
er, and filled so fast with oil that not
only was the whole of the hammer sub
merged in the oil, but my hand and
wrist also. The ignorance which pre-
vailed in former days on this subject is
amusingly eNemplified in the old docu-
ment which constituted the whale
royal fish" The King himself shall
have the head and body to make oYl
and other things, and the Queen the
tayl to make whalebones for her royal
vestments. ~. G. Wood, in Long
mans Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
As He Was Saying.

At one of the theaters the other eve
ming a man who had a seat between
his wife and daughter left it at the
close of an act for a trip down stairs.
When he returned he found a vacant
seat two rows back between two wo-
men, and dropped into it with the re-
mark:
GAS | was saying when l went out,
it's none of your pudding what other
women wear. Because some one else
makes fool of herself by wearing cot
ton stockings in the winter, it doesn't
folloy that you must do the same"
Sir came from both sides of him
at once, and the way he vacated that
seat made the soles of his boots red-hot.
Detroit Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
"A Seat on a Bumper.

''This is terrible bad weather to ride
on the bumpers" said a sorrowful-
looking tramp as he endeavored to
thaw out his hands with his breath and
by slapping them together and holding
them in his arm-pits. ''lt's hard place
to ride, because fellow has to hold on
all the time. If he should let 90 once
he would drop off, and that would be
the last of him. What do we ride on
the bumpers for? Cause that's about
the only place on train a Fellow can
get these days where the brakemen
won't bother him. The train men stick
pretty close to the caboose this cold
weather. If they would see one of us
gentlemen on the top of a car, though,
they'd come out long enough to put
him off. So we ride on the bumpers
and they don't see US. When the train
stops we hop off, for the men come. out
then, and when it starts up we jump
on again. It's tough sometimes,
though, because a bumper is not up
holstered like seat in palace car.
Delaware and Lackawanna cars are the
best for a fellow, because, they've all
got little platforms on both ends, and
a traveller can ride on them like a
daisy.
"Some fellows ride on the trucks I'M
der the cars continued the tramp, as
he blew on his hands again. Its a
hard place, though; it's so dirty. An
other place is on passenger train on
the first platform. The engineer and
tiremen see us but they dom care. It's
the brakemen that bother the life out
of US. Now, person would think the
first platform good place to ride, but
it isn't. The cinders are terrible. We
have to fight 'em every minute. They
get in our eyes if we keep them open,
and if we shut our peelers the hot Gin
ders fall on our broadcloth and burn
holes in our garments.
you've heard of the baker-shop
racket, haven tyou? No. That's queer.
You see we travellers sometimes get
hungry, and then we work the bakery
racket. We 90 into bakery and ask
for job, pretending we're tirst-class
bakers just out of work. We 90 around
in the shop looking with the eye of a
critic at the stuff the men are baking,
as if we knew all about it, and help
ourselves to fresh cakes and good
things, just to try 'em, you know. The
men don't care, because we're bakers.
I've been in many bake-shop and
helped myself to all l wanted, when if
they knew l was a molder and not a
baker they would kick me out. They
don't generally want to hire a man
just then, but when we do strike a job
we work the boss for a small loan, if
we can, and promise to be around the
next morning ready for business. The
next morning we are generally trying
the dodge on some other bake-shop."
Cleveland Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
A Well-knOWn Plymouth On

A well-known Plymouth county ply
stefan, who was not always as well off
as he is to-day, had hard work of it
making his way through the Harvard
Medical School. He says at when
he came up for his examinations at the
close OF the course lie felt especially
shaky on the subject of anatomy. His
examiner was Oliver Wendell Holmes,
who, as it happened, had just published
a magazine article denouncing phrenolo-
gy as fraud. The first question he
asked the student was What do YOU
think OF phrenology?" Well" the
young man replied, Il thought a good
deal of it until | read an article a few
days ago, which convinced me that it
was all nonsense" Did you read that
article?' said Holmes quickly; and
then he went to talking about phrenol-
ogy, and never asked that shrewd
young man another question.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23

Some years before Abraham Lincoln
became President New York firm ap-
piled to him regarding the financial
standing of one of his neighbors. Mr..
Lincoln sent the following suggestive
reply: "Yours of the 10th inst. re-
ceived. am well acquainted with Mr..
and know his circumstances.
First OF ali, he has wife and baby; to-
gether they ought to be worth $50, 600
TO any man. Secondly. he has an Of
fee in which there is a table worth 81.
80, and three chairs worth, say, 81.
Last of all. there is in one corner a
large rat-hole, which will bear looking
into"
Bismarck has a sty on his eye. We
always felt in our heart OF hearts that
retribution for his persecution of the
American pig would overtake him, and
now it has come.--Ihrough Nau
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23

Why Dakota is proud may be judged
from the annexed statement. 1t has
2, 800 miles OF railway, more than any
one of twenty states; 1000 school
houses. more than any New England
state except Ma sachusetts. or any
Eastern state except New York and
Pennsylvania. Ia the number of post
offices 1t ranks above twenty-three
states and territories, and pays more
revenue to the Post-office Department
than any one of thirty-two states, and
it has population as large as Nebras-
ka or Connecticut and nearly twice as
large as Vermont or Florida
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
TIRED AND LANGUID WOMEN

How many women there are of whom
these words are trne: ''They feel Ian
guild and tired, hardly able to bear their
weight on their feet, the bloom all gone
from their cheeks, irratible and cross
without meaning to be. nerves all upset.
worried with the children, fretted over
little things, burden to themselves, and
yet with no acute disease" What pity
tits. But few bottles of Parker's Tonic
will drive all this away, and relieve the
troubles peculiar to their sex.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-04-23
Thin PeSp-s.

Rough en- Pain" Po-oussd Plaster;
Strengt heuiUg, improved. the best for back
ache. Iains in chest side, rheumatism, neu-
ralgia.
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Rough On Corns.'

:
Palpitation. DrOpsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
Wells Health Remover"
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Lite FraServer

lfyou railing. broken. worn out and ner-
vous, use wells Health Remover" 81. Drug
eistS.
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Clears out rats, mice, reaches flies. ant, bed
gists
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The Hope Of tina Nation

1SOuSh On 4CCh.
Rough on Itch cures humorS, eruptiOns.
ring-worm, letter, sait rheum, frosted feet.
ehiliUiains.
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Wells Health REVIEWER" restores health and
vlgor, Gu IS Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervous
ness, Debility. 81.
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whooping Cough,
and the many Throat Affections of children,
promptly. pleasantly and safely re ieved by
Rough on Coughs Troches. l5c.; BalSan, 25C
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"Fough on Paine" Porousea F1astsr;
Strengthening. improved, the best for back
ache, pains in chest or side, rheumatism, neu-
ralgia.
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Ask for " lis Rough on Corns." 15c. Quick
complete cure Hard or soft cOrnS, warts, bun
ions.
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.ila Ar2ke

Children. slow i'll development, puny, scrawny
and delicate, use Wells Health Remover"
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three or four hours every night coughing. Get
immediate relief and sound rest by using Wells
though on Coughs" TrOcheS 49,; Balsom 25c.
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Catarrhal Throat Affections.

Ladies who would retain freshness and vi
yacity. don, fail to try Wells Health Renew {
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Rough On Toothacle."

If You are losing your grip on life. try Wells
Health Remover" Goes direct to the weak ST D
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Hacking. irritating Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat
cured by Rough on Coughs" Troches l5c
Liquid, 2jc.
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Pretty Women

Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache. Face
ache. Ask for Rough on Toothache." 10 anC
% cents.
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,oueb On COUGHS"
~ Pats I,

2ouE6 On CoUghs-
Ask for Trough on Cougis." for Coughs,
Colds. Sore Throat Hoarseness. Troches, l5c-
7 ipui6
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BY employing good mechanics, using new and
improved machinery, the best of material, and by
strict attention to business, we are enabled to
turn out first class work and still sell at com
)arativey low figure. We have a large stock on
land. Farmers and others wanting anything in
The line OF Wagons, Buggies or Carriages will find
it to their interest TO examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere may 101Y
ALL GOODS WARRANTED.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-31
George N. Baxter of Faribault Chosen
to Succeed Searles as United
States Attorney.
Treasurer Jordan Shows the Sophistry Of
Some Of the Cory Statesman's
Campaign Talk.
Speculation as to the Coming Organ
tzatfon of the House of Rep
reSentativeS.
REORGANIZATION of the Civil Service
Comm1ssion--The President Ex-
plains His Order.
Another One Cared For.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-It is stated with
confidence that the appointment of United
States district attorney for Minnesota will
be made tomorrow and his name will be
George N. Baxter of Faribault, Rice
county, lawyer of fine attainments and
high standing. Mr.. Baxter has been an
applicant, but in so quiet way that he was
hardly considered as a real competitor for
the place. While nothing could be cleaned
here as to the positive influence which Mr..
Baxter was enabled to WELD, it is said that
Kelly and Doran are responsible for his Sc
lection in quiet way, and that their
action is explainable on the theory
that they had found it policy to pIacate the
young Democracy of Minnesota, which was
violently opposed to the appointment Of
what they irreverently term that ''old
rounder." Mort Wilkinson. 1t is thought
Col. Crooks of St. Paul will be the next
appointee in Minnesota, and that the sur
veyor generalship will be the public trust
imposed upon him. The president goes
into seclusion tomorrow for one month,
but he has kindly announced that really
the heads of departments are the source of
all appointments, and it is thought the
place hunters will easily take this broad
hint, so the eXpectant ones in Minnesota
can take courage and look Tor some more
important appointments during the coming
monTh
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-31
ACHING FOR BATTLE.
Bulgarian Forces Blockade the Frontier
and Are Ordered to Shoot Any
One Crossing.
SerVian Inhabitants Of Bulgaria Being
Harassed and Ruthlessly Put
in Prison.
Mrs. Jarret, in the Armstrong Case,
Gives Some Very Bad Testf-
mony.
Inc Would-be Assassin of M. De
Freycinet Found to bea
Lunatic.
The Bu1garian rronhla

LONDON, Oct. 30.-It is reported here
that the Servian inhabitants of the Widdin
district of Bulgaria are being harrassed
ana often arrested while seeking refuge
wlthln Servian territory. The bulgarian
prisons are crowded with Seryians who
ma nave been taken into custody by the author
!tles. Three hundred are incarcerated
III mosque at Sofia and 200
at a. other places in the country. The aglta-
Ilon against Servia is approaching climax.
Inc restoration of the status quo ante
means the ruin of Prince Alexander and
the Bulgarian ministers. The opinion pre-
vans IN Bulgaria that the Balkan confer
ence VIII prove failure. The country longs
1or peace, but it has enough money to
MAINTAIN ma an army during the winter with
out contracting loans. One-third of the
population OF Servia are composed of Bull
garians, and the best soldiers in King Mi
lans army are Bulgarians. 1t is officially
announced to-day that the Bulgarian forces
nave blockaded the frontier and that the
o1neers have issued orders to the men to shoot
any one they find crossing from Servia into
bulgaria. The Servian troops have been
ordered TO reply in force in such an event
Wlthout awaiting special orders from the
commanding C general Or any other orders.
Ihey nave received carte blanche in the
premises. 1t IS stated that bands of Bull
garlans have commenced harrassing Seryian
frontier towns.
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Mrs. Jarret Breaks Down.

LONDON, Oct. 3O.-The trial of Mr..
Stead editor of the Pail Mall Gazette. and
the other defendants in the Armstrong ab
quctlon case was resumed to-day. Mrs.
Rebecca Jarret, one of the prisoners. con-
tlnued her testimony. Being pressed by
Justice Lopes to answer certain questions
during the cross-examination, she swore
that Mrs. Armstrong allowed her daughter
TO go with her for immoral purposes, with
out having any idea as to what amount of
money she would get. She denied having
conducted herself immorally with the hus-
Dand OF Mrs. Ann Broughton, but admitted
having sent him an immoral message. JUS
tlce Lopes here cautioned Mrs. Jarret
against not answering honestly. Mrs. Jar
ret admitted that her letters contained
falsehoods, and said Mr.. Stead gave her
4l0 to procure Eliza. She believed that
the Lilly" of the Pail Mall Gazette's story
was Eliza Mrs. Jarret, continuing said,
that she had once kept brotheIs, and that
she had procured little girls for immoral
purposes. The witness here broke down
and wept copiously, being unable to proceed
Tor some minutes. At the conclusion of
her examination the court adjourned.