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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

Joseph Williamson, the emigrant
agent and interpreter of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, recently found on a
west-bound emigrant train a young
girl who had been robbed of her
money by a fellow passenger. Tell
ing her he would find her money.
Williamson borrowed carrier pigeon,
closed the car windows so that the bird
could not escape and addressed the
passengers, telling them that the bird
would alight on the head of the one
who had committed the theft. He
released the bird just as the train en-
tered the Spruce creek tunnel, and on
striking match found a suspected
woman crouching between two seats
and waving her hands above her
head to keep the bird away. She gave
up the money.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
FAIR SOUTH SEA SWIMMERS.

The woman of Samoa are not so
pretty. but far more virtuous than
those of the Society Islands, and pos
sess traits peculiarly their own
Their only clothing is the lava-lava,
frequently made of grass, which Gov
ers them from the hips to the thighs,
the field for adornment being the
head, around which wreaths of orange
blossoms a.. " red flowers are worn
They are naturally endowed with a
profusion of black hair, but, being
enamored of the crushed strawberry
collar, they coat the head with slaked
coral lime, few applications of which
give to the hair the desired hue.
They are very expert in the man
agement of canoes, and swarm about
the ship from early morn till close to
eve, beseeching officers and men to be
their ''fiend," and when one assents
to do the friendly act the object of his
friendship comes on board and show
ers upon him gifts Of cocoanuts, sea
shells, fruit, eggs, and an occasional
chicken, for which in return he is ex-
pected to give money, or, preferably,
such articles as soap, needles and
thread, tobacco, and writing paper.
This act of friendly barter completed,
the lady stands, not upon the manner
of her going, but. taking advantage of
the fact that there are no skirts to i'm
pede her fight, dives headlong out of
a gunport, swims to her canoe, and
paddles off to make another ''hiend'
The exhibition wound up with a
grand silva, which is the name for the
native dance. This brought into
prominence the loveliest Of Samoa's
maids in the person of Faapio, the
daughter of Asi, Malietoa's great war
chief. Wearing a tiara Of gGstening
sea shells and a grass Of bright colors
in her hair, necklace of red berries,
and around her hips lava-lava Of the
most expensive character, her faultless
figure was set off to advantage, and as
she danced with her father and two
other chiefs, her smiles, gestures, and
cont0rtions of body were amusing, and
despite the fact that her body glisten-
ed in the sun from coating of cocoa
nut oil, her graceful bearing com
manded admiration. Other girls and
chiefs danced in turn, but the silva,
with its singing, waving of arms, and
other variations beggars description,
and must be seen to be appreciated
Samoa Correspondence Baltimore
Sun
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

The account of the photograph of
Miss Lillian Paul, taken by lightning
the other day at Plaintield, leads
j. w Brady, of Barlow, Fla, to tell
OF an incident that occurred in Ameri
Gus, Ga. A little child was playing
under a cherry tree when a thunder
storm came up. At a certHin vivid
flash OF lightning the child fell, and
when picked up it was found to have
a perfect and beautiful representation
of limb of the tree photographed up
on its right hip. Every twig and leaf
was delicately, yet distinctly, traced in
light red lines. The photograph
remained visible for a month at least.
and perhaps until now, for all that
Mr. Brady knows.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
OLD PERSIAN PALACES IT SUSt

\ vast quantity Of relics, the results of
the excavations carried on for o long time
on the site of ancient Susa by NJ. Dieu-
lafoy and his companions, have arrived
at the museum Of the Louvre. They were
brought to Toulon in transport from
Bassorab, and filed 215 chests, that
weighed over 40, 900 kilogrammes (nearIy
forty tons.) The chief contents are:
First, two fragments O. frieze of euam
eled earthenware adorned with lions in
bas relief, from the principal entrance to
the palace of Artaxerxes Mnemon. Both
fragments are over ID feet high by nearly
80 feet long; second, a similar fragment
of a frieze from the palace of King Da-
RUS Hytaspes, adorned with twelve fig
ures of the loyal body guard, the famous
''Immortals. This piece is III feet
high by nearly 40 feet long; third, two
fragments of staircase in the same ma
teria; fourth, two fragments of terra
Gotta frieZes, showing fantastic animals
they are together over 20 feet long by 6
high; fifth, the capital of pillar from
the palace of Artaxerxes, representing "A
two headed monster-it is over 16 feet
high by 13 feet in width; sixth, collec-
which seem to date from the earliest pc
Rod of the Sussanide dynasty; seventh, a
large number of arrow headed inscrip
tons on stone or glazed earth, mostly
from Susa; eighth, a considerable collec
ton of bronze coins from Susa and the
neighboring districts, from the time of
the Partbians and the Sussanides; ninth,
quntity of bronze ornaments and
mouDtings of the outer doors of the pal
ace Of Artaxerxes: tenth, a number of
statuettes of bronze, ivory, terra cottes.
and marble, quantity of vases and toilet
| ware; eleventh, mass of objects of com
paritively small value, enameled Susan.
ide vases, Parthian urns for the dead, iron
and bronze weapons. instruments and
skeletons. Beside these things, the ex-
petition took plaster casts on a large
scale of portions of the palace of Artax
erxAs, also photographs of the neighbor-
hood of Susa, the sites of the explorations
of various old monuments and ruins In
other parts of Persia. 1t is believed that
five or six months will be required to get
all the things in order. Diszful, the
modern village on the site of Susa, is
| about 400 kilometers from Bassoneh.
| At first the expedition encountered much
opposition from the natives, owing to a
report that the Frenchmen wanted 20 car
| nv away the body of the prophet Daniel,
which is supposed to be buried in a cave
in the neighborhood, great object of
| pilgrimages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
GLADSTONE'S YOUTH.

In his "reminiscences of an Idler,"
Chevalier Wikoff gives this picture OF
Gladstone in 1887: There was an
other youthful member of parliament
on the tory side, who might possibly
turn out rival of the bold and reso-
lutte Disraeli, ". E. Gladstone, a
younger son of a rich merchant in
Liverpool, entered the house of COM
mons in 1882. the same year that he
left the University of Oxford, only %
years of age He began his parlia
mentary career as the champion of all
that was retrograde in the political
and religious system of England.
His premature talents brought to mind
the wonderful precocity of the young
er Pitt, who was a member of the
house at % and chancellor of the ex-
chequer at %. The young member
for Newark had made no such rapid
strides as this, but in the five years be
had held his seat he had made solid
impression on the house. He display
ed great dexterity as a debater, and
had few competitors as a graceful rhe-
torician. He was remarkable for
scholarship, lucidity of exposition, and
elegance of diction. Though always
fluent and forcible, he never offended
the prejudices OF the house by launch
ing into any imitation of Domosthen-
ian oratory, which would only have
been ridiculed. He was a tall, hand
some man, with bright dark eyes and
bland countenance, lit up, however,
by very intellectual expression. His
manner was conciliatory and serious
All parties were unanimous that
He is scholar and ripe and good one,
Exceeding wise. fair, spoken and persuading.
1T would be curious to follow the
career Of these two young politicians
across the stormy seas of public life
How far they would be able to push
their adventurous barks; which would
outsail the other; whether either would
ever live to command on the quarter
deck 1t was. of course. impossible tC
| fOrsee That both would make then
mark on contemporary history there
was little doubt Disraeh had the
harder battle to fight. There was q
strong prejudice In the country
against a Jew, even after he had a
bandoned his faith. There was, too, 8
lively dislike in the political world OF
mere literary man, and up to this
time Disraei had won his first dis
tinction in the paths of literature, and
that of the most ephemeral kind. But
he had already evinced SO much dar-
ing and tenacity of purpose that il
was pretty certain he would fight on
in the warlike spirit of Macbeth,
TIL from my bones my flesh be leached.'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
Discipliniug Children.

Spare the rod and spoil the child, is
a proverb often quoted, and undoUbted-
ly 1t many times turns the scales III IA
vor of a ''@hipping' in the mind doubt
full if that Is just the punishment need
ed. One nlay abstractly believe in cor
poral punishment, but when it is put in
practice, oqr having the real welfare of
a child in view cannot be satisfied with
the result OF such discipline. Do we
want a child to obey because it must, or
through loxe and trust? A great step is
gained when a child is assured that its
own good Is always the object of our
discipline. VIII child believe this
when a blow is struck? A blow is al
most always the result of Impotence if
not anger. Jean Paul says Parents
and teachers would more frequently
punish according to the line of exact
justice, if, after every fault in a child.
they would, only count four and twenty,
or their buttons, or their fingers" When
a child is struck by a mate it strikes
back; 1t is at once angry. The child is
afraid to strike parent, but the feeling
with which it could be done is aroused
and nothing but the superior strength
of the parent subdues the child, and be-
cause it gets no relief from striking back
the anger aroused IS all the more dam
gerous; it reacts on the child and each
time it occurs gives another chance to
develop a set of feelings that had much
better not be aroused at all. Inharmo-
NOUS conditions between parent and
child will stunt the growth of a child's
nature, and there viii come Il time in
Al 81, Il, 1.
parent and child will be too broad to
bridge over. all because of careless and
injudiciOuS treatment, begun when the
child was nothing but a bit of soft clay
and could have been so easily moulded
if we could only have looked ahead and
seen what was to be the consequence.
A young child is a mass of possibilities.
Much depends JlpOn the conditions of
development. There is Il decided, latent
brutal force in every child. and it is to
this that we appeal when we resort to
corporal punishment. The sense of
shame is deadened in a child that is
punished with whip, and then he is
an easy prey to the vices that are around
him. Felix Adler goes so far as to say
in one of his recent sermons to parents,
that if whipping was forbidden by law,
there would be large decrease in our
criminal classes in the next generation.
1t is strange, but can be proved by sol
diers. hunters. by incidents in the
French revolution, and by the treatment
of slaves. that wratiful cruelty can be
famed into pleasurab,e sensation. AS
it is an assured fact that this cruelty
exists in human nature. is it not posi-
tive wrong to do anything to develop
it? Is it not better to avoid all chance
of its being made prominent feature
in the character?-Rose Dalton, IN Good
Housekeeping.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
MIND-READING.
An EXPLANATION OF PECULIAR PowI

An EXPLANATION or A PECULIAR POWER
We believe. then. that the true
explanation of thought-readinS is that
the performer receives impressions
partly muscular, but largely nervous
through the ordinary channel of the
senses, his sensations being unusually
exalted by the state of entire passivity
into which he throws himself This
state of entire obliviousness to all ex-
ternal impression except those con
nected with the experiment, and of
eager receptivity to all suggestions
from the medium, is closely analogous
to the hypnotic state, in which we
know the senses become extraordin-
arily exalted.
A hypnotized subject has been
known to have his olfactory nerve so
abnormally stimulated that he has de
tected ring among twelve by the
sense of smell, and has found the own
er of glove among sixty persons by
the same means. The muscular sense
is also rendered inconceivably acute,
as we see by the perfect safety and
ease with which the somnambulist
Whose state is allied to that of hypno-
tism) mounts roofs, treads dizzy par
pets, and performs other difficult
muscular acts which he would not
even attempt in the waking state.
Ii the thought reader, in his efforts
after entire mental abstraction, really
throws himself into a state border
ing on hypnotism, it is certain that he
might receive sensory impressions
from the medium, of which under ord
mary circumstances, he would be en-
tirely unconscious. A slight tighten
ing of the hand grasp, or quickening
of the breathing, or or any similar
slight indication, would be sufficient
to guide him in his experiment But
is the mental state of the thought
reader in a trance? Some of the
thought readers would unhesitatingly
deny the suggestion; while some per
formers seem to suffer from great ner
vous prostration after their expert
ments-a fact which lends support to
the idea that they are in partially
hypnOtiZed state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

The immense social success of Mrs.
John W Mackay, wife Of the bonanza
millionaire, recently during the review
Of the royal yacht squadron at Cowes,
has created in her a desire to purchase
the fine estate known as HoughtOn
Hall, in Norfolk. from Lord Chol-
mondeley, in order that she may be III
the vicinity of the prince of Wales at
Sandringham. No agreement has
been reached, but if she gets the place
it will not cost her less than 100000.
Although a million and half dollars
seems great deal to pay as tribute
for royalty's smile, the lady is not
likely to withdraw if the owner stands
by his figure Mrs. Mackay it is
understood, hopes by this step to
secure the honor of entertaining the
prince of Wales in her own home.
This report has raised a discussion of
the American invasion of English soil,
and the matter is treated quite ser
iously in the upper circles. Mrs.
Mackay's negotiations is already the
talk of society, and the opinion Is
beginning to be mooted that some of
the best houses in England will short
ly make up their minds to resent the
pushing forward of what they term
the ''paryenu class" Much curiosity
is shown as to which side the prince
Of Wales will take in the struggle.
He evidently likes the society of many
American ladies, and there are those
who are ready to wager that he will
not be dictated to even by one of the
oldest English families. Mrs. Cunard,
Mrs. Roche, and her sister, all leading
lights in society, besides a host of fair
Americans, followed the prince to
HomborTg to continue the rivalry for
his favor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

Berlin papers copy from the Ger
mania the account of an important
discovery III glass manufacture made
by Friedrich Siemens of Dresden.
He has succeeded in casting glass in
the same way as metal is cast and OBJ
tanning an article corresponding to
cast metal. This cast glass is hard,
not dearer in production than cast
iron, and has the advantage of trans
parency, so that all flaws can be de
tected before it is applied to practical
use. 1t will be much less exposed tc
injury from atmospheric influences
than iron. The process of production
is not difficult, the chief feature being
rapid cooling The hardness and re-
sisting power Of this cast glass are SC
great that experiments are just now
being carried out at the Siemens
glass foundry at Dresden with the
purpose of ascertaining whether the
material could be employed for rails
on railway.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

A fishing party left Baltimore last
week in yacht The committee on
supplies provided four demijohns, fill
ed; two dozen lemons, one bottle An
gostura bitters, four crates of beer
two boxes cigars, one cigar-box filled
with poker chips, three decks of cards.
and six bottles of brandy, the latter
to be used in case of sickness. Ne
rods, reels, lines, hooks, etc, were or
dered Nevertheless each of the party
returned home with large bunch OF
fine fish, and claimed that they had
given away large quantities, being I'M
abl to carry them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

As soon as harvesting is over all
the machines should be cleansed up
and put in perfect order and carefully
stored. 1t is much easier to remem-
Der now if there is bolt, nut, or screw
gone or any little repair needed than
it Will be next season before they are
wanted. If the woodwork is given a
coat of paint and the ironwork clean
ed and oiled or covered with a coating
of tallow and resin melted together
they will last much longer. When
costly machines are left out of doors
for weeks at time they are rusting
out much faster than they would wear
out while In use.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

The editor of The VickSburg Miss. J
Herald has unfortunately incurred
the displeasure of the prohibitionists
of that city, and one of the leaders
thus refers to him in a public card;
when he disappears beneath the vile
green scum where he belongs, and his
warty and diseased soul goes to its
black home, all hell with shudder with
horror at the intrusion. and the. de-
mons will draw aside their reeking
garments lest they be polluted by his
infectious touch. The words ,scound
rel liar 'blackguard,' coward and
cur which have SO often been applied
to him, are the most fulsome tattery.,,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
An Enterprising. Reliable House.

Fl. Hinriehs can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the best of
everything, but to secure the Agency for
such articles as have we'll known plerit.
and are popular with the people, thereby
sustaining the reputation of being always
enterprising, and ever reliable. Having
secured the Agency for the celebrated
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, will sell it on a positive guarantee.
1t will surely cure any and every affection
of Throat, Lungs, and Chest, and to show
our confidence, we invite you to call and
get Trial Bottle Free. ]
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
MAKING POSTAGE STAMPS.

The design of the stamp is engraved
on steel, and in the printing, plates
are used on which 200 stamps have
been engraved. Two men are kept
busy at work covering these with
colored inks and passing them to a
man and girl who are equally busy
printing them on large hand-presses.
Three of these little sqads are en-
ployed all the time After the small
sheets of paper containing 200 printed
stamps have dried enough, they are
sent into another room and gummed.
The gum used for this purpose is a
peculiar composition, made of the
powder of dried potatoes and other
vegetables mixed with water After
having been again dried, this time on
little racks famed by steam power for
about one hour, they are put between
sheets of pasteboard and pressed in
hydraulic presses capable of applying
a weight of 1000 tons. The next
thing is to cut the sheet in two; each
sheet Of course, when cut, containing
100 stamps. This is done by a girl,
with a large pair of shears, cutting by
hand being preferred to that done by
machinery which would destroy too
many stamps. Next they are pressed
once more, and then packed and
labeled and slowed away to be sent
out to the various offices when ordered
If single stamp is torn or in any way
mutilated the whole sheet of 100
stamps is burned Not less than 500,
600 are said to be burned every week
from this cause. The greatest care is
taken in counting the sheets of stamps
to guard against pilfering by employ
es, and it is said that during the past
twenty years not single sheet has
been lost in this way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

4 railway conductor in Cincinnati
is credited with saying: Most of us
shave on the train, no matter how fast
it is running, whether it is ten or fifty
miles an hour. The engineer on our
train shaves himself regularly on his
engine, and makes as nice, clean, and
safe shave as is done in the most
comfortable BARRIERS char in the
world. It's a little Esky to beginners,
but to old hands who. get the motion
of the train there is no difficulty at
ALL"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

Alvin Adams, when the express bus
mess was in its infancy, had an office
and two horses in New York. One of
these horses was fine, fast animal
and the other an old, broken-down
nag. Packages that We're to be deli
vered Immediately he sent out behind
the fast horse. OF goods that didn't
have to be rushed he would say
Leave them for the old boss" In
every express Office to this day there
is an ''old-hoss" room, where undeli-
vered and unclaimed packages are
kept.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

There are now sold in the United
States about S250,000,000 worth of
paints every year, and raw materials
to the amount of half this sum are
consumed III making them. Putty is
made by all the big paint factories
1t Is made ont Of whiting and the skin
of linseed oil. 1t Is put up by the
thousand of tons iii kegs and skins,
and costs about Il cents a pound to
make it,