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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
COFFEE JELLY.

Take two-thirds of a box of English
gelatine, let it soak an hour in half pint
of cold water, dissolve a cupful of sugar
in pint and half of boiling water, stir
it into the water containing gelatine; add
half cup of strong coffee and table
spoonful of brandy, let it all boil three
minutes; strain into a mold and set away
to cool.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
CRANKS IN THE SOUDH

Atlanta Constitution: In the old days
which some of us remember with emo
tons of pleasure and regret, it was the
boast of the southern people that all the
fanatics came from New England. If
this theory was correct, we have among
US a large number of citizens from that
land of culture; for it has come to pass
that not a bush can be shaken but a
fanatic Of some sort or other will rise up
and begin the business of reform. And
if the people do not minister to these
cranks, they are attacked by both press
and pulpit; so that it is difficult to say
whether q person living in the South has
the right to eat Or sleep until be has
paid tribute to some reformer, or to some
other reformer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
GIRLS KEPT IN A CAGE

Washington Star: United States
Consul Griffin Of Sydney has made
some exhaustive studies of the inhab-
itants of New Britain, an island in the
South Pacific Ocean, and gives the
State Department the benefit of his
researches. Among other things he
says that the inhabitants have the Gus
tom of continuing their girls in cages
until they are old enough to marry.
These girl-cages are made of twigs OF
the plam-tree, and the girls are put
into them when they are only 2 or 3
years of age Girls are never allowed
to leave the house under any circrlm-
stances, and are only taken ont of the
cages once a day to be washed The
girls are said to grow up strong and
healthful in spite of these disadvan-
tages. The natives are very fond of
jewelry made of shell or bone. Both
men and woman are entirely nude.
except for small strip of bark or
leaves,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

London Illustrated Neacs: In his
recently published treaties on the
anthropoid apes, Prof. Hartmann Of
the Berlin University tells a touching
story of large monkey which be
longed to the Geological Gardens OF
Dresden. Mafuca, as she was named
by Herr Schopf, director OF the gar
dens was parsonage ofpolite manners.
She would blow her nose with a hand
kerchief, put on her own boots, wiring
out the linen, steal keys and open
locks. She had a cup of tea every
morning, and one of cocoa every even
ing, and at any time would fill her
own cup or tumbler without spilling a
drop-suggestlng at once a sense Of
propriety and of appreciation of the
beverage. Her death was quite pa
thetic.-After some years experience
Of the Dresden climate she showed
symptoms of consumption; and, if IN
able to realize the progress of the di-
sease, she was quite conscious when it
was drawing to a close. She would
scarcely allow her friend, DR.. Schopf,
who nursed her throughout her illness,
to leave her sight. When the end APP
preached, feeling her forces ebbing,
she threw her arms around his neck.
kissing him repeatedly, held out her
hand to grasp his, and fell back life
less.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

A good story anent Fanny Kemble
floats across the horizon from the
memory of an elderly lady who knew
her well. 1t was in the time when
Boston was the great actress nominal
home, and her summers were spent
here and there in rural Massachusetts.
She had engaged a worthy neighbor
to be her charioteer during the season
OF one Of her country sOjournings, and
they were setting ont on their first
excursion. With kind-hearted 10
quacity he was beginning to expatiate
on the country, the crops, and the his
tory of the people around about,
when Fanny remarked in her imperi-
Gus, dogmatic fashion: Sir, | have
engaged you TO drive for me, not to
talk to mer' The farmer ceased.
pursed up his lips, and ever after kept
his peace When the vacation weeks
We're over and the dame was about to
return to town, she sent for her Jehu
and his bill Running her eye down
its awkward columns she paused.
What is this item, sir?' said She, Il
cannot understand it." And with
equal gravity he rejoined, Sass five
dollars | don't often take it; but
when | do, I charger The bill was
paid, and the tragedienne and the bu-
collie philosopher We're fast friends
ever after.-BOstOn Beacon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

How would you proceed to ana OUT
the age of q tree?' asked a teacher last
week, and the answer came back from
one of the scholars: Il should first find
out when it was planted. Another in
structor said: Give an example of a
tlesh-eating animal" and the reply was,
without circumlocution or evasion, "A
cannibal. "-BoSt0n Batdget.
Editor measuredly)-'In making up
the list showing the steady increase in
our circulation, you had better add a
hundred to each OF the small towns. {"
Clerk (obsequiously)-"A you say. sir;
but | think the increase had better be
given to the large cities. We already
claim a circulation of three copies to
each family in the small towns. "
Harper'S Hazar.
Robbie is the son OF high official at
Washington and he is as bright as his
father. lie goes to Sunday-school, and
last Sunday the teacher INDUCED in a
little talk on home religion. Does
your father say grace at the tablet" she
asked, when she came to Robbie No,
Miss, he doesn't replied Robbie; cur
waiter girl amt named Grace. - WASH
angt0N critic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

Cincinnati Enquirer: A little girl
who had been told that when it was
laundering it was God talking was
ont on the lawn one day not long ago
playing with her dolls. Her mother,
seeing a storm coming up, called to
little Alice to hurry and come in. She
began picking up her playthings, but
before she got them all it Numbered,
when she exclaimed: 20, bod, don't
raise such a fuss and scold so. I'm
hnTying fas' as I CAM
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

Francis Murphy and his son have
been carrying on their temperance
work IN Ohio since September, and
they report that they have received
the pledge of G0,G00 persons. Mr..
Murphy Is a very earnest temperance
man, and is OF the opinion that the
third-palty Prohibitionists are doing
the cause much more harm than good
by their political methods.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
AN ANECDOTE OF GREELEY

A certain young lady, says an old at
tache of the NeaU York Tribune, away
up in tue interior of New York state,
had Written couple of letters to the
Weekly Tribune on topics mostly rural.
These communications were rather
fresh and entertaining, and were all
printed, although very much doubt if
Mr. Greeley had seen any of them per-
sonally. One day the young lady, ac-
companied by her father, was in the
city, when it occurred to her to go and
have a talk with the great philosopher.
He gave orders to admit the couple,
and they were shown up. The old
gentleman was very busy that afternoon.
and as they sat and talked, with no APP
parent intention of going before dark,
he began to fret. After staying some
time longer, conversing upon subjects
that were far from entertaining to him,
the granger, in blissful ignorance of the
fact tina. the editors time was valuable,
launched out in this strain, "Mr.
Greeley, my daughter, here, has written
several articles for your paper, which
have been accepted and published; by
which fact I suppose they contain some
merit. A doubtful grunt from Mr..
Greeley, and modest blush on the
young girls cheek. Now, as she never
received any remuneration in one way or
another for her labor, don't yon think it
would be the fair thing for you to make
her present of a years subscription for
the weekly"
Mr.. Greeley, who, between his half
finished editorial, his desire to catch
the $40 train, and his evaporation at be
ing detained SO long, was almost wild,
gave sarcastic little laugh, and replied
Eyes. I'll give her a subscription for
ten years, if she'll promise not to write
any more letters"
The granger and his daughter left at
once, and the editor was soon lost in his
writing, utterly oblivious of the fact that a
furious New Yorker was down stairs or
| dering his paper stopped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
PERSIAN HORSES

Mr. Wolf Won Schierbrand, whose
bubble pricking letters from Persia
We're not relished by the subjects of
the shah, is back again in the United
States, and one of his early calls after
his arrival in New York was at the
office of The Turf, Field and Farm,
where he got his first lessons in incis
i've journalism. The Persia of reality
is far different from the Persia of ro-
nance and imagination. 1t is a land
without roads and without civilization.
The rough bride paths speak unmis-
takably to the tourist of non-pro-
gressive people. The saddle is in
general use. and the best horses are
the Arabs, and after them come the
Turcomans- Some of the latter at
tain to great size, and are used by the
rich for display The average Tur-
conan is a fleet and hardy horse, cap
able of going from 100 to $50 miles
without rest. He is educated to get
along with very little water, and to
subsist on balls of highly concentrated
food, the two principal ingredients
Of which are suet and barley flour.
When the master contemplates raid
he gradually reduces, for a period of
thirty days, the food and water allow
ance of the horse, and thus inures it
to privation. Grass does not grow in
the vicinity of Teheran, and the prin-
cipal food of the horse is barley. ex-
cept for two months each year, when
the daily ration is of herbs possessed
of laxative properties.
Outside of the gates of Teheran is
the race course, the longer circuit of
which is about five miles. Only
one meeting is held each twelve month,
and it is at the beginning of the Per-
sian new year, the opening of spring.
Arabians, TTcOmans, and cross be
tween the Cossack and Turcomans.
compete, and the chief race is five
circuits, OF about twenty-one miles
Mr.. Schierbrand saw the distance run
in ~ minutes and At seconds. Eth
er the time taken was not correct. or
| the winner was a wonderful good
horse. The purses We're Of gold and
silver coins, tied up in little bags,
which were pitched to the successful
jockeys, who caught them in their tur
bans. No entrance fee is charged to
the races, and no betting system is
carried out. About 100000 persons
cheered the contestants, the walls of
the city being dense with people.
The outer walls overlook the course,
and from them the spectator gets a
grand view of the horses. The shah
witnesses the sport from pavilion, as
do also his officers and members of the
different .,ss,,a.ttio...s. The jockeys are
mainly boys, but sometimes a heavy
weight, a full-grown man, acts as
pilot.
The Arab from Bagdad is priced
more highly than any other breed OF
horses. The ordinary saddle horse
has an easy canter, and he is sure
footed, but lazy to a striking degree.
The tourist has to use the lash freely
to make any kind of speed between the
rude stations which mark the course
of the rough bride paths.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

Some time ago a teacher ia charge of
a school in a West Georgia County was
approached by pupil and requested to
explain the meaning of "49 +. &. !"
The teacher read the sentence in which
the hieroglyphics occurred, and observed
that it referred 20 an Incident that had
taken place i'll a remote period. "Ahemi"
he said, ''them figgers an them letters
is frequently found in history book
Yon see a loug time ago folks didn't
knows much s We do, ard they sor(er
GUESSED at dates. Now, 40 B. G. means
40 bout correct. "-Atldqt0 Constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

Peter Elwanger, a market-man at
Bowles market, Louisville, is the pos
SCISSOR of a silver dollar coined in 1904.
which he refused to sell for $500.
The coin came into his possession
through an aged relative In Indiana,
who has owned it for over fifty years.
There are but seven pieces of this date
In existence. and they are valued at
$1,000 each by coin collectors.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
a WALKING SKELETON.

Mr.. E. Springer, of fredericksburg,
Pa, writes; II was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to q atking skeleton Got a free trial
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which did me so much
good hat l bougIta dollar bottle. After
using three bottles, found myself once
more man, completely to health,
with hearty appetite, and gain in flesh
of 10 lbs" Cali at H. HiDrichs' Drug
Store and get free trial bottle Of this
certain cure for all Lung Diseases.
Large bottle 81 90. 3
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
A female acquaintance not remark

4 female acquaintance not remark
able for her beauty had just been
making a call on the lady of the house
"What do you think of her?" the
latter asked OF Jones who was present
That polite youth, who prides him
self on never being taken at a dis
advantage, at once replied:
Il have never seen her before. but
she must have altered dreadfully."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

The eople who have TO pass the great
er part al every day at The Colonial Elk
position, L~udon, are suffering from sore
throats and typhoid symptoms, on &C
count of inadequate drainage arrange
ments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

A Minneapolis man says that in China
red is thought to be very lncky color,
and that is the reason why Chinese laund-
rymen in this country use SO much red
paint and 80 many red curtains.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

There are little, sweet, pretty and
green GASES all through the desert OF
life, but a fat man who breaks a sus-
pender on a hot day when running to
catch a train doesn't think of this
Boston Courier
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

immigration continues to contract
In the first eleven months Of the current
fiscal wear the arrivals numbered 284 274,
aod ~ TIE corresponding period OF 1854
5, SOC 500
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

1t is in the power of machine guns to
rain bullets up to 300 yards, with a
penetration of two inches in spruce
plank, and from five to six inches in
sand, the angle of fall being about Go de-
CTeeS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

Hostess-''What has become of SANDY
Smith, who stood so high in your class 2i'
Alumnus-''O, he's taken orders SOM
Tune. Hostess--'He's in the ministry
then! AlumnUs-'No; in a restan.
rant. Lite.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

1t has been discovered that the rivers
of Sankauron end Kassai are fully uavi-
gable, so that the eastern region of the
Congo state can be reached without q
long detour to the north.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
dIscretions OfyouJh, nervous weakness, early de-
cay, loss OF manhood. etc. ] will send a recipe
that will cure you FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send a self-addscssed envelope
to the REV. joseph 7. INMAN, Station D.. New
Y ork City. septIO-E6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
S
SSANo

SNNe the Ghiid1 Re i. They he are ss;
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Aekor's English
Re7--l7 q positive cure L saves
;;ouIs OF ST xicT-s Watching. sold by
F. c. Buelstatte or Henry Hnrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
SICK HOES
a CARD

are crred the quickest b. $40 Horse
Medicinca prepared by Henry t:iurichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

The white house, all told, costs the
country, in connection with the presi-
dent. considerably over S125,000 a
year. Beside the presidents salary cf
$4,000, the estimate presented to CON
gress this session asked for S36,064
additional to pay the salaries of MS
subordlnates and clerks. His private
secretary is paid S3,250, his assistant
private secretary S2250, his steno-
grapher 81, 800, five messengers (each)
$1,000, a steward S1,S0U, two door
keepers who each get S1,2C0, four
other clerks at good salaries, a tele-
graph operator, two usLers. getting
81 200 and 81 400, night usher, getting
S1,20O,a Waterman, who gets 5000, and
man to take care of fires, who re-
ceives 1864 a year. In addition to
this there is set down $4,000 for in
cidental expenses, such as stationery,
carpets and the care of the president s
stables And further on, under an
other heading, there is a demand for
nearly $4,000 more OF this S12,500
is for repairs and furnishing the
white house, $4,000 for fuel, $4,000 for
the greenhouse, and $4,000 for gas
and the care of the stables.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
Lyrs orPAIN
RHEUMATISM and NEURALGIA have
long enough run riot in the human
system.

RHEUMATISM and NEURALGIA have
long enough run riot in the human
system.
They have tormented the human family ana
defed the medical faculty from time out OF memory
they have corrupted the blood demora1ed joints,
vexed the nerves, agoniZed the muscles and racked
the brain With wearylng pain.
"ATHLoPHoRosn is the enemy of Rheuma-
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the blood eses chs joints, Gains the nerves. soothes
the muscles, gives nest and peace to the troubled
brain, and ensures delightful sleep.
"ATHI0PHoRos" is a new remedy, but It has
been abuudantly tried. From far and near come tes-
timonials from wellknown persons who had long
been sufferers 1t has turned their diseases out 1t
has cured them. That is all,-and that is enough.
"ATHLoPHoRos" can do for you what
it has done for those sufferers. 1t can
drive ont your rheumatism and Neuralgia,
and will do so if you give it a fair trial.
"ATHLoPHoRos" has by this time had such
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known, and its true character proved.
aATHLoPHoRos" means s'Prize- Bearer"
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snd CoSQUERoR of the frightfui agonies their VIC
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Ii you cannotge ATHLoPHoRos of your drug
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19
The WOMAN Or SWITZERLAND

The WOMAN OP SUTHERLAND
Henry Watterson In COurierJOuundf:
The stranger in Switzerland will be
struck at once by the beauty of the
country and the ugliness of the women.
Here nature seems to have spent her
self upon inanimate objects and to
have had no material left for human
ity, which she composed out of the
debris left over. after she had con
structed the mise en- scene. A pretty
| face, native and to the manner born,
is rarely, if ever, seen upon the streets
of Berne
The women appear to do all the
work. 1t is not unusual to see a girl
and dog hitched to a cart and trot-
| ting along together like a pair of
ponies. The men, great strapping fell
ows, idle and lazy, loaf about the bras
series. Their wives, daughters, and
sisters till the fields and supply all
the markets. The dog, the goat, and
| the COW perform the offices commonly
performed in other lands by the horse,
the OK. and the mule The bear Is d
sacred animal. SO is the lion. The
donkey does fancy duty at the sum
mer-resorts. Bat there is nothing to
which the Swiss woman may not turn
her hand from milking a goat to saw
ing cord of wood and drawing load
of hay. She is put to work in child
hood, and before she reaches her ma
ternity she looks like grandmother,
wrinkled and weather beaten, bent and
careworn. The circumstance, which
appears at every turning and is written
upon each countenance, leaves a pain
full impression and discredits the ia
tlona character. 4 people so indie
pendant and SO brave, so unaffected
and so frugal as the Swiss are admit
ed to be, ought to be gentler.
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HDT n for working people, Send 10 cents
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-09
THE STORY OF PASTEUR.

The year 1885 will be distinguished in
the march of the ages with especial promi-
nence, because it gave birth to the won
derful discovery of Pasteur, which the I'M
selflshness OF true scientist has given
freely to argument the sum of human
knowledge, and lessen the sum of human
misery.
In the fact that corporation has Just
been formed in New York to establish an
institute and hospital for the Pasteurian
treatment of hydrophobia, the story of
the great discoverer, as told by himself. is
invested with profounder interest. In Oc-
tober last he modestly related to the
French Academy how it all came about.
as the result of long and laborious investi-
cation. lie first treated twenty dogs. fix
ing finally on fifteen that had been made
proof against rabies. He then resorted to
more virulent incubation, keeping the
dogs under observation beyond the period
OF incubation of the disease-three or four
months. To accommodate the application
of the method Of contingencies growing
out of the accidental or sudden character
of the bites of rabid animals, he had to
adopt more rapid methods-that is, he re-
solved to reduce the system to its briefest
possible period Of operation.
By the trepanning under the dtra mater
of a rabbit, with the marrow of rabid
dog, he produced rabies in mean of fifteen
days. BY passing the virus to second,
third and fourth rabbit, and so on, the
period of the incubation of the disease
was lessened. twenty-five diminutions
brought it down to period of seven days.
He spent no less than three years in reach
ing this point. He proved that by passing
the virus on from one rabbit to another,
one can have reliable virus at ones dispo-
sition constantly. In dry air it slowly
loses its power; in moist carbonic acid and
protected from the air, it viii last some
months. He next proceeded to insure
dog by successive daily NEGOTIATIONS with
sterilized broth of increasing strength in
which had been soaked pieces of infected
marrow secured in flask, the air being
kept dry by potash in the bottom. He
continued the applications until only
two days old. Out of fifty dogs treated
last spring there was not one failure.
In the self-asslIrance that he had found
a practical method to success with brutes.