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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
RESOURCES OF THE FRONTIER
EDITOR

Il was showed in once at Bristol. a
little station upon the Northern Paci-
fic," said man from Cincinnati to a
st. Paul Globe reporter. ut was in
the winter of 1885 We were there
for about five days. We had plenty to
eat, such as it was, but were all anX-
ious to get something to read. The
large majority of passengers on the
train We're men, and we all wanted q
late daily paper; but we could not get
1t for love nor money.
:There was a little weakly paper
published at Bristol, and it tried to
fill the want The first day Of the
snow blockade the weakly paper was
issued, and nearly every one on the
train took one. [ suppose the paper
had larger circulation at that time
than it has had since or ever had be
fore. The editor, proprietor and re
porter, all in one, was wide awake
fellow. He saw that there was a de-
mand for a daily paper, 50 he got one
out every day during or stay. He
came down and got our names and
residences, and published them. This,
of course, made the paper sell. The
next day he got something Of our his
tories and wrote them up. The next
day be wrote up how we passed the
time. By this time he hid exhausted
all his white paper.
He didn't give up. Not much.
You don't find a newspaper man i'll
the north west that will give up for
such little trifes as that. He went
out and got some brown paper, used
in tying up bundles at the grocery
store, and printed his edition on that.
He got all the brown paper and wrap
ping paper in town, and then he went
for the wall paper and printed his last
edition on that. We bought them
every day, more as little souvenirs of
the snow blockade than for anything
else, although 1 think l read every
thing that was printed, from recipe
on cookies to the legal notices about
pre-emption of certain tracts of land.
When we got out of town he resumed
his weekly issue"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
SUING HER FATHER.

A curious suit for breach of promise
Will be tried at the next term of the
Burlington county Supreme Court.
Miss Ella Wilcox, a young woman
we'll known in the society of Mount
Holly, n. j. became engaged to be
married to John Cook of the same place.
Mr.. Cook went through all the regular
formalities, and asked and obtained
Mr.. Wilcox's consent to marry his
daughter. The wedding was to have
taken place on May IS Three days
before the wedding day, for some IN
known reason. Mr. Wilcox changed
his mind about the desirablity of Mr..
Cook as a son-in-law, and said the
ceremony would not take place.
When Miss Wilcox told Mr. Cook of
this change in feeling on the part of
her father, the prospective bride
groom got angry and left the house,
saying he was disguised and was go
ing away, never to return.
Miss. Wilcox thought the matter
all over, and the more she thought
the more angry she became at her
father. Last week she hunted up a
lawyer, and with his assistance began
a suit for $4,000 damages for breach
of promise against her father, alleg
ing that he was the sole cause of her
lovers enlargement, and that she
needed about that amount to patch
up her broken heart and hunt up an
other fellow. It is believed that this
is the first suit for breach of promise
ever begun in which the girls own
father IS the defendant. The trial
will be watched with much interest -
Philadelphia Timec.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

FARMERS do not usually take as
much precaution in changing their
herds from hay grass OF. from grass to
hay in the fall of the year as the i'm
pOrtance of the question demands.
An old man said to writer a number
Of years since. that corn meal fed to
animals the first thirty days Of their
going TO grass was worth $3 per bus
bel IL carefully fed: that animals thus
fed would gain fifty pounds the first
thirty days On grass IL fed one quart
Of meal daily at night and what hay
they would eat, while the same am
mails, if turned out and not fed any
thing but grass, would lose fifty
pounds, thus making a clear gain Of
100 pounds in the animal IN the first
thirty days at grass. The writer has
tired the experiment on yeaTling steers
and found the statement to be correct
by actual weighing on scales when
turned from hay to grass, and the
weighing at the expiration of thirty
days of pasturing'in the month Of
May in this locality The expert
ments thus made have been on short
horn steers of high grade. Ordinarily,
farmers think they cannot spare the
time to bring up their cattle and feed
them for a month; but, if by SO do
ing there is SO great gain, and by
neglecting to do SO there is so much
loss, would it not be the true policy to
take little extra care and and give
little extra feed the first thirty days
of spring pasturing, and also in fall ?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

BALTIMORE Herald: Senator Ken
Ma tells story which illustrates the
voracity of the catfish. He says that
on a fishing excursion up on New
river, in West Virginia, one Of the
party caught three catfish, each seve-
raj sizes larger than the other. As it
happened, the largest was caught first,
the next in size second and the small
est last, and they were strung in that
order and placed in the water. Upon
removing the string it was found that
the second fish on the string had at
tempted to swallow his smaller broth
er, and while he was performing that
feat the big fellow at the bottom was
engaged in swallowing both the
others. Kenna declares that anybody
who knows anything Of the greediness
of catfish will readily believe this
story.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

VICTORIA Times: A. J. Johnson,
a well. known mining expert, returned
from Alaska a few days ago. Next
to the rich ore" said Mr.. Johnson.
what I struck the most foFcibly was
the mosquitoes. Why, sir, they kill
the bears. Now it seems strange that
a mosquito could kill a bear, but this
Is the way it is done: The bears came
down from the hills into the marsh
land to feed on roots and beITies-a
sort Of cranberry found there. As
soon as they get comfortably to work
the mosquitoes attack them, and go
for their eyes. The bears get up on their
hind legs to fight them off, and sink
into the swamp. The mosquitoes,
which are of most extraordinary size,
keep at them until they are totally
blind, and then they have them com
pletely at their mercy. / have seen
over a dozen bear carcasses in those
swamps positively killed by the mos
quitoes."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
The Modern Lady's Man.

The modern lady's man, saws a writer
in the Brooklyn Eagle, is radically diff
ferent from the old-timer Not very
long ago the term lady's man suggested
a gushing sort of a chap, who dressed
displayed tendency to sport
sky-blue neckties and affect effeminate
manners, squeezed his feet into small
boots, and went TO vast amount of
pains to render himself Objectionable to
other men. He chatted about dancing,
was full of small-talk, loved to carry a
fan or bouquet, bowed perpetuallv,
daintily, and on the slightest provoca-
ton, and was altogether a useful sort of
4 fellow to have around luncheon, sew
ing and commerce parties. Occasional
ly he had violent rival in a lady's
man of the Maj Bagstock type, who was
as masculine, dashing, and abrupt as
the other was the reverse of it all. One
seldom sees an old beau of the dashino
military type now, however, and the
gusherS among the male sex are not
popular. Lady's men have changed
neutrality-suspicious. manners are subdued,
dignifed, and exclusive, they seldom
dance, their browS are heavy, and they
only smile after due deliberation and
with high regard for effect.
The most solemn, earnest, and appar-
entity distracted man of my acquaint-
ance is a tremendous masher whose
sway is acknowledged from one end Of
New York TO the other He wears
,o0se-titing clothes OF an inconspicuous
pattern &-3 cut, makes no pretensions
TO foppery, and is not particularly
handsome. lie is exceedingly careful
Of the small courtesies OF life. his bill
with florists averages $500 month, he
is continually making inexpensive but
Interesting presents, and he is the soul
of discretion. Everywhere he goes he is
besieged. but his sallow face never
lights up and he pursues the business of
subduing the feminine heart with the
analytical care, determination, and skill
of chemist conducting n series of dam
gerous and important experiments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

The climate OF Cuba is much more
variable than is generally supposed. A
letter from Havana says that one dav
last spring the mercury fell from 50 or
81 to 60, a cold north wind prevailing.
and summer apparel was insufficient
for comfort High winds prevail, es-
pecially in the afternoon, and a fine,
impalpable dust is driven along the
streets and into the houses. The
changes are frequent, and the climate is
decidedly enervatin9 TO 4 stranger. A
very little walk fatigueS one excessively.
Not one-quarter rs much exercise can
be taken as in the Northern United
States. Many persons suffer from bad
colds Ii the thermometer drops a few
degrees Cuban will wear his hat in
the house and button his coat and look
as if he expected to be frozen. On the
other hand, stranger in Havana does
not dare TO walk in the sun during tho
heat of the day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

MIR. and Mrs Jacob Burnett, aged
Germans, after long struggle with
poverty, became inmates of the poor
house at Menzeles, Tex. The old
woman took it to heart and said she
wanted to die, but did not like to leave
her husband. Apparently she induced
him to 60 with her, for one morning the
poor old pair were found in their bed
room hanging dead. side by side. sus-
pended by clothes-lines from the rafters
above. Everything indicated the most
careful and deliberate preparations for
death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

My dear" said a Chicago belle to
girl friend, who was applying the
rouge rather freely, preliminary to
the party. Il shouldn't think you'd
paint and powder 50 much after what
George said about it the other even
ing"
30. that's all right now; 1 have
found out that George paints, too"
What, impossible
Yes, really; he paints the town
once in a while-MerchGft TrdUeier
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

NoO,A trife with any Throat or
OSNs Lung Disease. If you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and preverI
further trouble. 1t is positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and soc
F. G. Buerstatte or Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

NIoTHHR-N LAW Folsom remarks that
her daughter has no annoying lido
syncracies, from which it is to be in
ferred that she cherishcs no mean
prejudice against a man who gets
home at 3 4. NJ. and absent-mindedly
goes to sleep in the front hall
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Don't you think we had better send
dear Clara abroad to complete her
musical eduacation?" asked Mrs.
Mulethead of her lord.
And have me go to the poor house?
Not by any means" he growled in re-
ply.
An hour latter Clara vainly try
ing to reach the attic of the scale to
piano accompaniment.
Il do think dear Clara should be
sent abroad to develop her musical
talent" ventured Mrs. Mullethead
again.
send her away by all MEANS" was
the still more ungracious response,
''better that l should become a pau
per than a lunatic"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Yrs" said a man desperately, who
had just purchased a loaded revoler.
zone dollar is all [ have left in the
world, and that I shall spend for
whisky. When the last cent is gone |
shall blow my miserable brains out"
Two hours later he had spent his dol
lar, and was pawning his Revolver for
money to buy more whisky with.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
a CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretions of youth. nervous weakness. early de-
cay, JOSS of manhood, etc, | will send recipe
that will cure you FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send a self-addressed envelope
YORK City. sCptfG->6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

SALooNIsT Ito his little boy who has
been let in charge for few minutes):
Veil, Heinrich, hat you sold holdings
vile ] was out?
Little boy: Va, ladder, I sold that
old slate foG 80 cents Der sbentle-
mans said We could buy a new Won for
10 cents, Dot was a GREET bargin,
fiddler.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

A Pittsburg man has invented joint
for cast-iron pipes which proves highly
successful, and is expected to revoln-
uonlze the system heretofore in usa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

AcSev,s Blood Elixir lLs5rj is the only
teed. It is positive cure for Ulcers, EruD-
tons or Syphilitic Poisoning. Itpurifes the
whole system, and bsnishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
T. q. Buerstatte or Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

1t is said that Newcombe. the heir to
the great Morgan estate in New York,
was for many years a Woodworking,
robust, and vigorous plumber, who by
diligent labor kept the mouths Of Il
large family OF children filed. The
effect of the fortune upon him has been
unfortunate. iie has settled into con-
dition Of paliid melancholy which moth
ing can lit. His rUddy color is gone,
aud he is rs white as a spook More
than this, his face has taken on a panied
and haraSsed look, and he exhibits a
nervous haste in his movements which
is almost pitiful Along with TIE vast
fortune he inherited all of Mrs. Nor
gan's family coaches, and, being a con-
scientious man. ne drives resolutely =
them every afternoon, the picture OF
overawed and plaintiye discomfort. His
good fortune has completely unnerved
him. at least this is the representation
of n New York lptfpr-writar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Lawyers wife-''How is it, Mr.. De
Puyster? ! understand Mr.. Bond is
terribly severe with you at times?"
Lawyers clerk (who is a shorthand
writer THAT doesn't begin to express
it, Mrs Bond. Some days when he has
lots of work on hand he dictates to me
all day. It's terriblen' Lawyers wife
-"Well, I'm sorry, Mr.. De Puyster. l
see l shall have to be less severe with
him at home"
An epistle of novel character passed
through the post-office yesterday. The
novelty consisted in the material upon
which it was written, which was a GEN
tleman's cuff. There was nothing I'M
usual in the contents, which were simp-
ly dun, couched in the following Ian
guage: please call around and pay
your wash bill. Your laundryman. ="
The cuff was adorned with a two-cent
stamp.-PortLand Oregonian.
A small boy of the Journals acquaint-
ance, reading advertisements, comes to
the following: For -Barber-shop;
dirt cheap" Small boy, with a look of
disgust on his face-'Say, paw, don't
you think it's cheeky in the owner to
want to charge anything for the dirt?"
This anecdote teaches that the public
school system is sadly deficient in the
department which should make pupils
familiar with the use of elegant COM
mercial terms.-iRdlanGpOtjS Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

MIR. Parnell has two sets of secretaries
one set to work st night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
VERY REMARKABLE DISCOVERY

VERY REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: "My wife has beel almost
helpless for FIVE years, so helpless that
she could not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles of Electric Bitters, aud
is so much improved that she is able now
to do her own work" Electric Bitters
will do all that is claimed for them
Hundreds of testimonials attest their
great curative powers. Only fifty cents
a bottle at Hinrichs' drug store. 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
Hlonitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1886.
A HIDDEN DANGER.

How Tuberculosis in Cows Causes Con-
sumption In Human Beings.
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OF Appetite, had so weakened and debili-
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up work. After being under the doctors
care for two weeks, without getting any
relief, 1 began taking Ayers Pills. Ny
appetite and strength returned, and was
soon enabled to resume my work, IN per-
feet health.-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
SICK HORSES

are cured the quickest by the Horse
Medicines prepared by Henry Hinrichs,
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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-09
Hunting Water with a Baboon.

If when upon long hunt or journey
the kaifir be unable for long time to
find water. he sometimes avails himself
of the instinct of one Of those animals
which he frequently keeps in domes'
ticated state-the baboon or chacma. The
baboon takes the lead Of the party. be
ing attached to long rope. and allowed
to run about as il likes. When il comes
to root of bahama il is held back until
the precious vegetable can be taken EN-
tirely out Of the ground, but in order to
stimulate the animal to further exertions
il is allowed to eat "A root now and then.
The search for water is conducted i'm a
similar manner. The wretched baboon
is Intentionally kept without drink until
il is half mad with thirst. and is then led
by "A cord as before mentioned. BY what
signs the animal is guided no one can
even con lecture. but il water is in the
neighborhood the balloon is sure to find
Acknowledged Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-09
Tuesday, February 9, 1886.
WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

If Senators Vest and Butler are
prophets Of the Democratic party, 1t
looks very much as if the people Of
Dakota would have to continue to
profit by the virtue of patience, and
that the newly elected senators from
the theoretical state of South Dakota
will have to cool their heels in the
corridors long time before being adj
mitted to the senatorial sanctum sane
forum. The truth is that the Democ-
racy have no use for state erected
from territory which only last fall
gave majority of 5000 for Repub-
lican delegate to Congress, and whose
legislature SO rarely contains Demo-
crat hat he may fairly be considered
an exotic in the legislative halls.
There is just one way for Dakota to
gain admission to the Union, and that
is for her people to turn squarely
upon her previous record and vote the
Democratic ticket. Even President
Cleveland, who is understood TO pride
himself on the courage of his convic-
tions, collapsed as to his back bone
upon the subject of Dakota, and dared
neither in nor out of his message, to
trust his voice upon the question. 1t
is believed that nothing will be done
toward admission the present session
except upon the basis. how not to ad-
init. There may be an enabling act
passed providing, upon its adoption
by the people, for the admission of
the whole state, or there may be pro-
vision made for dividing the territory
upon lines SO absurd and out of char
acter as to ensure the rejection of the
proposition by the people; but there is
no promise whatever of any settle
ment of the question which will
bring the whole or any portion Of the
territory Immediately into the Union.
We repeat that it is unfortunate for
the people Of Dakota that they are not
in harmony with the present admins
acknowledgements Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-09
Of English business Men.

The English man Of business, once his
hours are past, shakes the dust Of the city
from him literally. and HES him to his
country home. With the casting of Of
his business suit. he casts aside business,
and In full dress he dimes. II is simply
impossible to comprehend the difference
between this dining and the American
eating" unless both are experienced, but
there is more than the ocean between
them. One is living-the other existing
In a thousand ways they make moments
agreeable that in America would he very
tedious, but nothing il to he more rejoiced
AT than that we are rapidly taking the
cue that travel and intercourse have
thrown out and may soon have as many
charming American as there are now
English homes Birmingham Cor. Cour-
ier-Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-09
.CI.,.r E.c.p. from Libby Prison.

Quartermaster Murphy belonged To a
New York regiment. and WAS captured
and sent Ia Libby. 1t was the practice
of the Rebels to allow prisoners who had
been practitioners of medicine to attend
the sick in the prison hospital. They
were given the freedom of the prison, to
come and go at will.
One day a green sentry would not al
low these men to pass. when he was
sharply reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs, and
was told that those men who wore red
ribbons on the lapels of their coats should
pass unmolested.
Murphy overheard this and took advan.
tage of it. He had some red lining in his
vest. and, tearing off strip, he pinned
the physician insignia on his coat, and,
watching an opportunity, he got past the
guard and escaped over into the Union
lines.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-09
Use and Abuse of Postal Cards

Evidently there is no ethics" and
scarcely etiquette, in the marvelously mis-
oellaneous uses to which people put postal
cards, some persons making them media
Tor the conveyance of private information
which should 60 under cover, and even
love letters are written on them. The
'eal uJes Of the postal card are obvious
20 everybody. They are especially valua-
me to the contractor who has the fat job
Of making them. They are serviceable for
advertisements, announcements, notices
Of public meetings. and so on. One seri-
Gus objection To their Use is their trans
mission through provincial postofIices,
since it is believed by some that the post
masters, and certainly the postmistresses
read every one of them. thus obstructing
or delaying the public service. Bye-and-
bye, probably, penny postage will do away
with the postal card altogether-Ne
York World"