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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

WHEN America proudly mounts her
click telescope" upon the California
mountain, what, it will be asked, will
this new and costly al mament of economy
effect? The best way to answer this is
by taking the case of the moon. Gym
thia, the pale sister and companion of
this globe, is distant from US about 240,
900 miles, not much more than nine
times the circumference of the earth.
If all goes we'll with the great glasses; if
the Lick telescope comes up to the ex
pectation in deination and manifying
force, the moon will be brought as near
to the observers eye as if it tloated only
100 miles away from us in space. AL
ready we can discern upon her surface
with existing 'optiks'' any object not
smaller than st. Paul's, but this would
make manifest every item upon the face
of the silvery sphere, down to the size of
the dome of the cathedral. We should
be far short of seeing the people of the
moon, if any exist; but we're the orb
really inhabited, and did its population
traverse the peaks and craters of the
sphere in large bodies, or by some con-
trivances resembling our ships or railway
trains, their movements ought to become
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
Stockings and the Feet.

Short stockings are productive of
much suffering, especially if of heavy
cotton. They cramp the toes, even if
the shoes worn are long enough. Child
rem often cry from the pain caused by
the pressure of wrinkles from careless
dressing. Stockings should be smooth,
waist Too much cannot be said
against the wearing of hose with seams
on the sides and toes, as found in the
cheapest grades of both mems and wo-
mems wear. Such stockings are cheap
as far as the amount of money spent for
their purchase, but how dear in after
suffering. American women are said to
outwalk their English cousins; there is
no reason why we cannot became IA
NOUS as good walkers, except that we
have not yet become famous as sensible
shoemakers. Pauline Adeiine HARDY,
10 Good HouSekeept,a0.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

FUEL OF THE FUTURE-The house of
the near future, the Boston Journal of
Commerce thinks, will have no fireplace,
steam pipes, chimneys or fues. Wood,
coal, oil, and other forms of fuels are
about to disappear altogether in places
having factories. Gas has become SO
cheap that already 1T is suppauting flels.
A single jet fairly heats a small room in
cold weather A New York artist has
produced n simple design for heating en-
tirely by gas ut a mere nominal expense.
1t is well known fact that gas throws of
no smoke, SCOT or dirt. The art; It filed
brazier with chunks of coiored glass,
and placed several jets beneath. The
glass soon became heated sufficiently to
thoroughly warm ID room 10x30 feet in
size This design does away with the
necessity for chimneys, since there is 10
smoke; the ventilation may be had at the
window. The heat may be raised or lower
ed by simply regulating the flow of gas.
The colored glass gives all the appearance
of fire; there are black pieces to repre-
sent coal, red chunks for flames, yellow
ish white glass for white heat, blue glass for
blue flames, and hues for all the remain
ing colors of spectrum. Invention ri
| ready is displacing the pre- sent fuels for
| furnaces and cooking ranges, and gas ~
| doing away with delay and such disagree
| able objects as ashes, kindling wood, etc,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
Only Half Alive.

There are hosts Of men and woman who, to
coin phrase. are only half alive. That is to
say, they have seldom if ever any appetite,
are nervous, weak, fidgetty and troubled by
presence of vigorous. exuberant vitality they
seem mere pigmies. Such persons are usually
fond of frequently dosing themselves, swal-
lowing In the course of the year enough drugs
to stock any apothecary's shop of average di-
mension. This. of course, defeats instead of
furthering the end in view, viz, the recovery
of health and vigor. Were they to seek it from
Stomach Bitters. how different would be their
case. Then vigor would return to their debili-
tated frames, the glow of health to their wan
cheeks. their trembling uncertain gait would
grow firm and elastic, appetite. that grandest
of all sauces would give a relish for the daily
food, were it ever so coarse. and refreshing
sleep would crown the tasks of the day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
Faith Increasing.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. %. 1886
Some time ago, 1 had a patient sufferin
from Bright's disease. Urine nearly hall
albumen, with casts. Used all the
regular remedies. Of no avail. Began
to give Warmers safe cure, but had lit
tie faith. First bottle, patient began tt
improve, and after half a dozen bottles
was entirely cured of kidney trouble.
Haze since prescribed it in many in
stances with success.-J. d. A. POHLE
NJ. d., 759 Michigan street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

AMOS BoNsALL, one of Kane's explor
ers with the Advance. still lives III Phila
delphia. where be is widely known for
his interest in city charities, being or
the board of trustees of the House of Re
fuge and other eleemosynary institutions.
He is a gentleman of quiet ways and
tastes, of middle age and well preserved,
and to look at him one would never sus-
pect his early life was coupled with an
Arctic adventure which made every par
ticipant famous in greater or less degree.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

A gentleman had four sons, A, B, c.,
and D, aged respectively 81, 20, 10, and
Is years; he also had $4,000, which he
desired to divide equally among his four
sons in the following manner: A to re-
ceive his share at once, the remainder
of the money to be put out at interest at
per cent; b to receive his share when
he became OF age, the remainder to be
again put at the same interest; G to re-
ceive his share when he became of age,
and the remainder to be again put out
at interest; ID to receive the remainder
when he became of age. Each received
the same amount of money. Query:
How much was it?-IndianapoLiS
Journal.
A Louisville newspaper complains of
the street car manners of the ladies of
that town, and says that they keep cars
waiting while they kiss and bid each
other good-by. This instance is re-
lated: Two ladies on the sidewalk
hailed car, and the driver stopped,
supposirg they wanted tge to aboard.
But they had simply seen female ac-
quaintaIce on the car, and, calling her
out to the doorstep of the car, the ladies
kissed, passed the compliments of the
day, gossiped awhile, and then the two
ladies walked back to the sidewalk, the
lady inside resumed her seat, and the
astonished driver whipped up his mules,
to the great relief of the impatient pas
sengers."
Gen. Billot, the new French embassa-
dor to st. Petersburg, has never before
served in a diplomatic capacity. He is
tactiturn, cold, and circumspect; he
knows how to select those only who
can serve him, and he neglects those
who only seem of no use to him or who
can not be dangerous to his purposes.
He speaks fluently on subjects which he
understands and maintains an imper-
turable silence when subjects are dis
cussed with which he is not familiar
He is every inch a soldier, and his
bearing in drawing-room is all that
can be desired.
The old duke of Cambridge, comman-
der-in-chief of the British army and
cousin of her majesty the queen, is fond
of attending banquets and making aft
erdinner speeches. He is also fond of
champagne, and sometimes mistakes
the white shoulder of the lady next him
for a pillow, to the amusement of the
guests and the bewildermento of the lady.
AT a banquet given a few days ago to
the retiring Spanish ambassador, the
duke woke up and eXtolled the courage
of the late King Alfonso .'amid the pop
ulation of Madrid and other circum-
stances such as cholera and earth
quakes."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

There seems to be something very
lucky in the number 1000 as connected
with the salaries of New York city en-
ployes, says the Springfield Mass Re
pnottcdn. Capt. Williams of the police
force, receiving $4,000 a year, is build
ing yacht at Newport; while AID
Dempsey, on similar pay, was able to
acquire $4,000 of property in less than
three years. Far be it from US in any
way to associate such examples of metro
politan thrift with the outrageous viola
tons of the Excise law in the same bio
municipality, where fully 20 per cent of
the grog-shops are unlicensed, or with
the Jake Sharp incident
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

Mrs. B. is one of those energetic,
quick motioned woman who carry their
work by assault. One day she had start
ed across the room on some errand, but
midway forgot what it was. "What was
[ going fort" she asked aloud. Two
year-old, seated on the floor, and always
liable to be swept up in one of her mo
theirs hurricane passages, asked, meekly,
"Was-oo-goin'-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

1t is related that two little girls in a
Maine school recently called their teach
er's attention to mistake she had made
in ranking them too high, and, in an
swer to her surprise at such a rather I'M
usual manifestation of conscience, ex-
planned by saying that they had just
been attending revival meetings held in
the town.-Letciston Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

TIE duke of Braganza- who will one
day be king of Portugal, and perhaps
of Spain also-speaks every European
language well except his own. His faith
ar speaks English well and Portugese
very ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

Acev's Blood T Rsmsd is the aa. Ga1y
teed. 1t is positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
tions or Syphilitic Poisoning. 1t purifes the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
F. G. Buerstatte or Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

The Germans have devised an ingen-
lous method of advertising their manu-
features. A vessel fitted up with CON-
plete assortment of German products has
been sent on voyage round the world.
1T serves as floating industrial exhibit
item
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

MAUD and her George were in the par
lor, and Maud's father was laying down
his political tenets to Maud's George.
81 tell you," he exclaimed, "we don't
want any third party here" ''That is it
precisely, papa" replied Maud; ga third
party is nuisance anywhere" Maud
father withdrew from the field.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

''IN THE spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love-" but
persons in middle age whose powers are
weakened by blood faint and corruption.
get satisfactory results from the use of
Warmers safe cure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
THEY WEREALL WITH SHERMAN.

Pittsburgh dispatch. Col. Hazard
was in the same car with the hero of
Georgia on there way home from some
army reunion not long ago. The seat be-
side the general happened to be vacant
for time, and Col. hszzard, passing
along the aisle, stopped and said: Seen
eral, may share your seat?" Sherman
glanced up through his iron gray brows
and responded, somewhat YEARLY: "Yes,
If You amt just going to say you were
with me-" Hazard hadn't more than
fairly seen the point Of qualification I'M
til stranger came up full of enthusiasm
and, reaching out to shake hands, ex-
claimed: ''Ge /. Sherman, how do you
do2 Natural as life, l swear. [ was
with you, general. was with you when we
split the heart of the rebellion in twain.
'I knew it," was all the answer he got,
but as soon as he moved away the old
general broke out emphaticaliy: "They
We're all with me, yet, by heavens. if
| had ever had half as many able-bodied
men with me- as they say there were
the war wouldn't have lasted week"
ErY's CREAM BALM is an article of IN
doubted merit 1t has no rival as a
catarrh remedy. 1t is pleasant and easy
to use, being applied with the finger. 1t
is absorbed, cleansing the passages OF
poisonous virus and healing the sore and
inhamed membrane. beneficial results
are obtained from few applications and
thorough treatment will cure. Price
| so cents.
/ have used Ely's Cream Balm for dry
| catarrh Ito which eastern persons are
! subject who come to live here). 1t ha;
proved a cure.--B. L. NJ. Weeks. Den
yer, Col.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
GON>NeNAeNA pleasant,

results, are Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Recommended by physicians and endorsed
by al who have used them The bes.
remedy for Dyspepsia, Flatulency and Con-
stipation. Guaranteed, and sold at 25c. by
F. 9. Busrstatte or Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

Chicago Herald: George F. Edmunds
and George F. Hoar are swift to denv
the remark attributed to them that sspo-
body but damagogues attempted any
longer to make political capital by APP
pealing to the soldier element" and vet
the genuine soldier element knows that
if they ever said anything of that kind
they spoke the exact truth. The men
who fought the battles of the union are
decidedly suspicious, and justly SO, of
the blatherskites who in every political
campaign assume to speak for them,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

HARPER's Bazaar: Hostessto Bobby,
who is dining out with his mother)-
Will you have another piece of pie, Bob
by9
Bobby-Yes'm.
Hostess (smilingly)-And so You are
one of the fortunate little boys whose
mammals let them have the second piece
of pie?
Bobby Yes'm; she does when were
out visiten', bu at home never get but
one piece"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
NEVER GIVE UP.

Ii you are suffering with low and
depressed spirits, loss of appetite, gener-
al debility, disordered blood, weak con-
stitution, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid Improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired with
new life; strength and activity will return:
pain and misery will cease, and hence
forth you will rejoice in the praise of
Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by II. Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

A Wilton veteran tells this story:
"My health got run down, failed in
trade, and / thought l would 90 to
farming. l bought me piece of land
in Aroostook, built myself cabin, and
set to work clearing it This was forty
years ago. 1t was in the fall. l didn't
have time to build much of a house, so
just clapped shingles over the cracks.
1t was rather cold for us-my wife and
me. We didn't sleep very comfortable
nights. A friend told us to get an air.
tight stove, put big chunk of wood in
when we went to bed, and the Goals
would keep all night and warm the
cabin. Those round, sheet iron, air.
tight stoves had just come into fashion
then, | got me one and set her up. A
short time before / turned in put in
heavy chunk of beech-wood that I'd
sawed right off a log. We turned in
early and began to talk over our pros
poets in our new life. What grand
thing that alright stove is for us, Mary
Ellen says l. Yes says she, but
amt it getting a little too warm for
comfort?' / told her didn't know but
it was, and so | turned down one quilt.
Before we got to sleep we had to turn
down another quilt. 1t was a cold
night, but that new air-tight seemed to
heat up tremendously. Il never saw
such heater, jerry said Mary Ellen.
Neither did l. says l. In the night l
woke up and it was SO warm that
turned down another quilt and left moth
ing but a sheet over us. Well, in
the morning l got up and went to
the stove to stir up the Goals and put
on some more wood. Goals! Bless We,
there wasn't spark in the stove! That
big beech junk wasn't ever charred.
There hadn't been enough fire in that
all night to tech off my pipe with. The
beech log was too soggy to warm us up,
but that new alright stove and our
Imagination did the business Just as
well. "-LeWist0n (Me.) Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

is prepared from the Extract OF
" nkMxIIM ~ Black Walnut Hulls and Mex
lean Soap Root with yasaline and other ingredients
(sgreeaby pcrfamed). In the Walnut Hulis We get
the ColorinS and Astrin2ent matter In the Vasa-
line get the Softening and Dressing qualities.
In the Mexican Soap Root We get the Cleansing
and stimulating effect at the roots Of the hair Ii is
not Dye! I'VE do not use Nitrate Of Sver.l We in
vite Ladies and Gentlemen-oLD or YOUNG, BALD or
GRAY-to use WALNUTINE. knowing that its effect
will cause you to recommend to others who desire to
produce healthy growth OF dark or brown hair 1t will
gradually change and Gray hair TO its nat
ural color, without disooloring the skin. 1t also
moves Scaly Hun,ors and Dandruf and prevents the
hair from failing OF. We recommend the dfsuse
of ALL OLD REMEDIES and a trial of this NEW DIS
COfERY. 1t is unques,ionably the Best Hair Re-
storative, Tonic and Dressing EVER MADE!
IL is sold by all Druggists at IS per cent less than the old
. per bottle. LARGE SIZE.
take any other articie-insist having wALNUTINE
you cali for it. J. H. BOND 81 CO., Chicago, Pro-
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-27
MaryIand's Historian.

Mr.. j. Thomas Scharf, the historian of
Maryland, is stopping at the screven
House. Mr.. Scharf has not been in Sa-
vannah since its capture by Sherman's
army. In 1864 Mr.. Scharf then young
cadet. was stationed at Savannah for
awhile and was cadet on the famous
Water Witch after Ter capture
from the Federals by Lieut.. Pelot.
Later he was ordered to Richmond, and
was started on secret mission for the
Confederate government to Canada, but
he was captured in Maryland. Mr.. Scharf
has one OF the finest private collections
extant of papers and things Ia any way
connected with the Confederacy and the
war. At the New Orleans Exposition he
was United States Commissioner for
Maryland. He is a recognized authority
in historical matters, and his history OF
Maryland is the most complete that that
State has. He also does considerable
special correspondence for the Baltimore
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-27
THE TEMPLARs AT ST. LOUIS.
The Proposed Line of March Short
ened to Four Miles.


ened to Four Miles.
1t will be a source or great satisfaction
to the Sir Knights from this section
who propose to be present at the Trien-
NAL Grand COnclave in st. Louis, to learn
that the line of march for escortlng tn e
officers of the Grand Encampment which,
as first made, was five and a half miles,
has been reduced mile and half.
The Globe-Democrat says the
march as now arranged is four
miles in length by actual meas
urement, and is the shortest by con-
siderable ever adopted at any of the con-
claves. That at Chicago in 1880 was ten
miles long, and it was so fatguIng that
before it was completed a great number
of Knights dropped out and went to their
headquarters. 1t is estimated that the
head OF the procession will have
reached the end OF the march about the
time the last Communicates are starting.
There will hardly be less than %, 900 me n
in the line, and it will De necessary
to double them up so that they
Will march twelve abreast, and allow
them but small space between platoons,
in order that the line may pass in any
reasonable length Of time.
Even with this economy of space
1t will require about two hours
for the parade to pass given point.
me route is admirably arranged.
inasmuch as it includes all of the prin-
cipal streets OF the town, and 1t is be-
lieved that it will meet with unanimous
approval. Ice water will be served the
Knights by a corps OF seventy-fve colored
men at two points on their march, viz. ::
at the start and on Pine street. between
Sixteenth and Twenty-trst. Jt will be
seen by Knights everywhere that they
need not dread the ordeal of the march as
they might think they have reason to do
after their Chicago experience.
Several members of the committee are
busy locating Communicates and smaller
collections OF knigats IN various parts OF
the country who have sent representa-
tiyes to st. Louis to complete arrange
ments for them.
Reports so far do not indicate that
Washington square will be used to great
extent as camp. Three communicates
have arranged to gOinto quarters in tents
there, one from each OF the States of Kan
sas, Illinois and Ohio. There Is yet plen-
~ of room in buildings, and until this is
all taken up it IL not likely that the
knights will avail themselves of the privi-
leges Of going to the square granted them
by the municipal authorities.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-27
THE MYSTERY OF A FOOT.
A Discovery that Fooled the Doctors
and Caused Some Excitement.

A Discovery that Fooled the Doctors
and Caused Some Excitement.
Some little negroes who were playing
in front OF No. engine house, on South
Broad street, yesterday morning, found
foot about such as No. shoe, mems
size, would nit. They circulated the
story OF their discovery rapidly, and a
crowd soon began to collect. The foot
was poked at with sticks by some OF the
whites. but the cOored population had
superstitious horror OF the uncanny
thing The children said that the oogs
had carried the foot there. IL had been
cut off about the ankle and looked as II IL
had been gnawed by the dogs.
"Spec sum Nv desc yer young doctahs
cut 'em of sumbOddy at der ospittul an
trow 'em out de winder, an er dog carry
'um off," was the theory of one old darkey
woman, and that was accepted by many.
Others believed that horrible crime had
been committed, and that the foot was
connected with 1T.
In half an hour two thousand people
had assembled. A policeman came up
and looked at the foot, hut be could not
Identify it and walked of. A doctor came
along and, after examining 1t. said that IL
was Woman's foot. Another physician
ably a human foot, although there was
one bone in il which indicated that it was
an animals foot.
The darkeys thought that it ought TO be
taken to the morgue or buried, and they
were unanimous in denouncing the
hospital doctors. During All the excite
ment the members of No. 3 engine COM
pany were watching the crowd and
enjoying the attempts to solve the mys-
terry. The crowd finally gave it up and
dwindled away. Then the fremen went
in and laughed together like they do on
pay days. for out on the back shed was
the hide covered with long black hair and
the claws that any Indian chief would be
proud to wear as necklace.
A few days ago Mr.. Lampkin Virgins,
Of Beaufort county, 5. c., SHOT a 800 pound
black bear in his corn field. A piece OF
bruin, with foot, was sent to Mr.. James
f. Bessent, driver OF No. 3 hose cart, OF
this city. Wednesday afternoon the foot
was skinned and thrown into the street,
where it was found by the pickaninnes.
The foot resembles human foot very
closely, as might be judged when it de-
ceived two physicians.