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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
General Pope's Comment on the
Headquarters in the Saddle"
Story.

From "The Second Battle of Bull
Rum" by General Pope. in January
Century, we quote the following: "a
good deal of cheap wit has been expend-
ed upon a fanciful story that published
an order or wrote a letter or made re-
mark that my headquarters would be
in the saddle 1t is an expression HARM
less and innocent enough, but it is even
stated that it furnished General Lee
with basis for the only joke of his life.
II is painful, therefore, to well consti-
tuted mind to be Obliged to take away
the foundation of that solitary Joke:
but think it due to army tradition, and
to the comfort of those who have SO
often repeated this ancient joke in the
days long before the civil war, that these
later wits should not be allowed with
impunity to poach on this well-tilled
manor. This venerable joke | first
heard when a cadet at West Point, and
and gentleman, General w. j. Worth.
presume it could be easily traced back
to the Crusades and beyond; and while
ii may not be as old as the everlasting
hills, it is certainly Old enough to have
been excused from active duty long
years ago. Certainly never used this
expression or wrote or dictated it, nor
does any such expression occur in any
order of mine; and as it has perhaps
served its time and effected its purpose,
it ought to be retired. Let us hope that
it may be permitted to sleep in peace
and no longer rack the brain of those
whose intellectual machinery can i'll
bear the strain,or be perpetuated among
their natural successors"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
The Late Mr.. Sharon.

The silver millionaire, this old man
who had run such an astonishing career.
died here where large part of his mill
ions were invested, and yet his death had
40 influence on everyday life and caused
40 general regret. A broker and man
about-town, who runs against all kinds
Of people, said the other day, in talking
Of Sharon's death and funeral: You
would be surprised to know how few
real friends Sharon had. He was kind
ness itself to his immediate relatives and
% those attendants and employees who
were faithful to him, but outside of these
md the half dozen business associates
with whom he put up mining deals and
carried on other transactions for getting
he better of his fellow-man, he had alb
solutely no strong friends. The long di
Torce trial hampered him with an army
of leeches, whose fidelity was matter
of compartment, and who looked upon
aim as simply fine subject for blood
sucking. Although Sharon lay dying
TWO weeks, suffering terribly except when
under the influence of opiates, I never
heard word of sympathy expressed for
ann. Around the stock market he was
one OF the most cordially hated men that
you could find The simple truth was
that for the last ten years he has been
wrecking mining companies and running
the holders of the stock. This he carried
on so Systematically that thousands of
people traced their heavy losses to him.
he broke down the price of stock re-
morselessly, and froze out the small hold
ers who may have been clinging to their
stock for several years in the hope that
something would be done to develop the
mine. Sharon never developed anything
unless he could read his title clear to
nine-tenths of the profits. Hence, many
Of the people who were frozen out by
heavy assessments, often as much as the
stock was selling for in the market, had
the modification CT seeing the shares
doomed few weeks after and carried
mp to respectable figure. Could a NAH
escape being hated who was in this bust
nessP"-Sdn Francisco Letter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
Lighting the Fire by Clockwork.

Coriolanus Hughes, of Ninth Avenue,
is boilermaker His business is lu-
crative one, and for many years he has
enjoyed a sort of monopoly among the
boilermakers in the vicinity of his work
shop. To natural aptitude for invent
ing strange contrivances he adds the ad-
vantage of being thorough and skill
full mechanic. He has often found it
disagreeable to get up and light bis fire
on cold winters morning, and he has
now invented machine which saves
him the trouble. This consists u an or
binary metal clock, which can 10 wound
up and set for any hour desired If you
want your fire lighted at five o'clock
you set the hand at that hour and place
it before the CRATE. Promptly at )
o'clock spring moves and a short met
al rod projecting from the back of the
clock drops down To the end of this
rod is attached a match which rubs
against a piece of sand-paper and ig-
mites strip of paper fastened to the
clock and connected with the kindling
in the CRATE Thus the fire is started
when you are still sleeping. But sec
oad continuance is added to the clock.
When the fire has burned long enough
to head the room second spring moves
and a wild alarm rings out on the still
ness of your chamber and makes sleep
an impossibility. Thus YOU are awak-
eued at any hour desired, to find your
fire burning brightly and the atmosphere
of your room of the right temperature
y, Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
Prim and Napoleon.

A gentleman who calls himself "Fi-
dus' has been writing in the Figaro. q
journal de dir aus, in which he tells
some old stories which do not sound
very true One of the stralfgest of these
anecdotes relates to Marshal Prim.
Prince Bismarck. saws this veracious
ehronicler, drew Prim into the business
of the Hohenzollern candidature be-
cause he knew the hatred the marshal
and his wife bore to Napoleon Ill, who.
they pretended to believe, had lost them
a possible throne in Mexico. For his
services in the Hohenzollern affair,
prlm was to receive 100000 francs
from Germany. The emperor knew
this, and sent financier whom he had
once obliged on mission to Prim, who
was to be offered 100000 francs, or
if necessary, 20.000.000 francs to go over
10 the emperor's interest. The marshal
promised to consider the offer, bat in
timated pretty plainly that madame had
the decision in her hands. When the
financier called the next day for his an
syer he found the marshal in some eg-
element. 1T IS impossible he *
claimed; Il have had a fearful scene
with my wife This man. she said
has prevented my being queen, aad
i you make any arrangements with him
] VIII kill you, and she drew dagger,
prepared to execute her threat" Thars
was, OF course, no answering such
argument as that, and when the result
of the mission was announced to Size
emperor, says .'Fidus," he accepted ii as
an omen of coming misfortune Las5-
c@08 life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
About Sleeping Rooms.

Housekeepers will appreciate these
remarks on the care of sleeping rooms,
culled from Good Housekeeping:
1t is to be regretted that paperings or
carpetings should ever be used in the
sleeping-room. Alas! what evil is Turk
ing in the area of the four square walls
which encompass US! What enemy is
that, although trodden upon, yet is not
subdued? Let the walls of our sleeping
rooms be calsomined and the carpets
removed from the floors. Let the
crevices be carefully filed with putty
(any one can do this), and the floor
neatly painted or stained. A rug at
the bedside, with small ones at the
bureau and commode (Kensinoton
rugs), will relieve the nakedness of the
floor These should be carried out
weekly, thoroughly shaken and exposed
for an hour to sun and wind Towels
and wash cloths used during the dav
should never remain in the room during
the night. / have seen wash cloths,
used day after day in sleeping-room,
become sour and musty, emitting
strong odor both disagreeable and I'M
healthy. The water can and the entire
toilet set must be kept perfectly sweet
and pure. dc not mean merely clean
to the eye, out clean enough for a
chemists use. Attention must also be
called to the toothbrush, which should
always be thoroughly cleansed after
using, and placed, handle down, in an
upright holder. | have found odor
enough about one toothbrush to infect
the atmosphere of a common sleeping
room. In regard to ventilation, open
as many doors and windows as per-
missible, avoiding draft; but moving
air is absolutely indispensable to the
health of the sleeper, Let the bed stand
as near the center of the room as pos
sible, but on no account close to the
wall. No one housekeeper may be able
to carry out all of these suggestions, but
it is the ideal of housekeeping, as it
ought to be, which should be held up to
the eye of the reader, that each one
may choose what she can best carry out
in her daily practice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
A Ghost Story About III. H"

Spiritualists are interested in curious
little story, whose truth is vouched for
oy leading women of San Francisco.
which is told of Helen Hunt jackson.
It seems that before her death a friend
old her of a poor woman whose hus-
band had left her with an infant child
% care for, and Mrs. Jackson directed
that some articles of her own wardrobe
should be given 70 the object Of their
sympathy The woman in her gratitude
gave her little daughter Mrs Jackson's
name. After her death, the poor wo-
man took up her child one day, and,
calling it by name, said: ''Oh, my little
girl, the lady who was so good to you
never saw your sweet face, and she
never knew how | loved her," At that
moment, the woman related, a hand
vas laid on hers, a sweet, motherly face
Dent over her and said: Il am not dead.
| am here" The woman had never
seen Mrs. jackson, but she described
her perfectly in feature, voice, and man
ner,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
All Bets OF.

It was in the pauses Of the lottery
drawing. Stocks were down and he
Lal been losing at poker. H began
looking around to see what he coulC
gamble on. and after dinner, when ans
wife had left the table and retired, one
Of his friends by Il casual remark threw
an entirely new idea into his head
'Tl bet it's a girl, said be.
That started it, and before taa even
ing was over the young nusiand hat
made 4 book or the bahg 'ihe time
approached, ana OH l,cning late there
was an unusual connection. The tele-
phone bell kept going for an hour or
two very lively; professional-looking
gentleman and professional-looking
old woman were among those who re-
sponded to the messages. The last call
brought a messenger boy.
Take that down to the - club, p"
said the father
The note was opened there 1t read
very simply: '.All bets off Twins"
He says that babies are as uncertain
things to gamble on as cards.-Sa35
Francisco Chronicle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle .ells the
following: Mir. BlackhaII, of Raleigh.
3 famous hotel-heeper, was, on Senator
Ransom's recommendation, appointed
IN internal-reyenue Official. lie is q
temperance man. but no bigot. One
day recently, jogging along the road.
he espied the smoke of an Illicit still.
Advancing toward the moonshiner with
the air of Chesterfield, lie said: My
friend, have been appointed by Presi-
cent Cleveland to look after YOU fellows,
and he authorized me to tell You to 90
further back in the woods and not to
dlstll bug-juice SO near the highway.
The moonshiner took the hint. and the
doctor IS regarded as q true and practi-
cal clyil-service reiormer Senator
voorhees, told this story to the President.
who laughed at it until the tears came
% his eyes, because it was the lates.
North Carolina version OF his PEI
hobby"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
She Danced.

Al Sproule, one of Chicago's prettiest
and sweetest travelling men, was up in
Michigan not very long ago and was
caught over night in q very little town.
There was a dance on for that evening.
and Al concluded tina he would accept
an invitation and swing the country
lassies for awhile. He went to the dance
and danced with every girl there cx-
cept one scrawny one, who had sat all
evening in the corner waiting for part
ner. Al took pity on her at last, and
putting on his most angelic smile nc
''shassayed" up to her.
"Ah, num- he said, .'do you dance.
MissP''
Yes. sir" she replied quickly.
YES? May / have the pleasure OF
dancing with you in the next set?''
You bet you kin, young feiler, for
I've sot and sot, till Eve about tuck
root.
Al did the graceful in great shape
and the girl stuck to him The balance q
the evening -Herchant Irareier.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
A CAPTAINS Fortunate Discovery

Capt. Coleman, schr Weymouth, ply
ing between Atlantic City and n Y, had
been troubled with cough so that he
vas unable to sleep, aud was induced 10
ny DIR. Kings New Discovery for Cou-
sumption. 1t not only gave him instant
relief, but allayed the extreme soreness
IN his breast. His children were semi
.arly affected and single dose had th,.
same happy effect. DR.. Kings Me-
Discovery is now the standar remedy IL
the household and on board the schooner
Free trial bottle of this Standard Rem
edy at FL. Hinrich's Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

My son seventeen years old has been
afflicted with nasal Catarrh since quite
young. Iwasinduced to try Ely s Cream
Balm, and before he had used one bottle
tbat disagreeable Catarrhal smell had al.
left him. He appears as well as any one
I5 is the best Catarrh remedy in the
market.-J. G. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
Mr.. A. Nichols suffered from catarrt
fer years. Ho purchased a bottle OF
E!y's Cream Balm of us. He is now
almost cured, and says he cannot recon-
mend it to highly. Evers Bros, Drug
gists; Independence, Iowa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
manitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1886.
A Rare Dog.

1t is very rare, says the Philadelphia
Call, that a raccoon falls a victim to the
hunter after cold weather has set in. for
it is alternating animal, and slows
itself away on the approach of winter.
The average weight of coon is twenty
pounds, and the hunter who captures
one in the height of the most favorable
corn-feeding season which weigh more
is looked upon as having accomplished
a notable feat. James Sandys, of Hun
ter Range, during the fall killed thirty
nine coons, and on Saturday surprised
the community by fetching in the ''boss
of all coons,' a mammoth fellow that
weighed thirty-five pounds. the largest
BY eight pounds ever captured N this
vicinity. Sandys hunts with an unus-
ually active and intelligent dog. On
Saturday he was out after pheasants,
When this coon sprang out of a stone
wall and gave the dog as lively chase,
with the thermometer at zero, as any
coon ever did in September. After
run of a mile the coon ran up large
tree, the trunk of which leaned at an
angle of about 45 degrees When San
dys reached the spot he found that the
dog had not only freed the coon, but
had also freed himself, for he had run
up the leaning trunk of the tree and
reached the very top, where the coon
had crept out on the extremity of q
branch beyond the reach of the dog.
Sandys brought the coon to the ground
with charge from his gun, but had
greater difficulty in recovering his dog.
Ihn IT,
trunk, and the hunter had to shin up
and bring him down. The dog was
sixty feet in the air, and the lowest
branch in the tree was twenty feet from
the ground. When Sandys got down to
that branch, with the dogs neck grasped
III one hand, he found that he couldn't
descend any farther without using both
hands But the dog settled the matter
by squirming loose and dropping to the
ground on his feet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

For Western town, rapidly filling
up by immigration, the percentage o.
native born population in Omaha j.
surprisingly large, l3,S49 in a total o.
1866. OF foreigners. the Germans anG
Irish predominant. OF those from othe-
states the largest number is credited L
New York, with Illinois. Ohio and Penn
>ylvania following closely in the orde-
famed. The colored population mum
bcrs 1.444 and the Chinese rs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
Ne Boon thar Science has confenea

Has been fuaught with greater blessings than
hat which has occurred to the inhabitants of
-nalarioi ridden portions of the Unoted States
and the Tropice from the use of Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. The experience of many
years has but too clearly demonstrated the in
eEnclency of Quinipe APP other drugs to effect
ialiy combat the progress o. intermittent con-
gestIne and bilious remittant fevers, while on
he other hand. it has been no less clearly
shown that the use of the Bitters, a medicine
congenlal TO the frailest constitution, and de-
Iiyed from purely botanic sources, affords a
reliabie safeguard against malariaI disea e, ard
t.rrest ii when developed For disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, for gene: al debility
ana renal inactiveity. ii is also most efficient
re Eedy- Appetite and sleep are improved by
IT, II expells rhumatic humors from the blood
and enriches a circulation impoverished by mai
assimilation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
a CARD

To all who are suffering from the errors and j..
1iscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early De
cay, loss of manhood, etc, will send a rccip
hat will cure you FREE OF CHARGE. TIL
great remedy was discovered by missionary Il
South America. Send self-addressed envelep.
the REV. JOSEPH T. INAAN, Station D >ev
York City. sept10-s6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

A man living at Red Wing, MINI.
has a pair of golden candlesticks which
he says he dug out of an Indian mounU
at Waukesha, Wis, and which he thinks
are the golden eandlesticks which form
ed part of the decorations Of Solomon
temple
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

T. G. Buerstatte and FL. Hinrichs will
refund the price paid if Acker's Blood
Elixir does not relieve any skin or blood
disorder. A new, but thoroughly tested
discovery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

ONLY slightly damaged by water: 60
pieces silk dress goods at q cents at the
New York Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

\ Socorro On. NJ newspaper invites
gas who are working in the states al
500 a week to come to New Mexico
sd get S25 and $50 month.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

William Mccoy died at Nashville,
Tenn, Tuesday at the age of lbs ,e..s
lis wife survives him at the age OF 50
years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28

"a HUT.HE is prepared from the Extract OF
q g Sss z IMss BLACK Walnut Huiis and Hex~
lean Soap Root with vasaiine and other ingredients
tagreeabiy perfumedl In the VALIANT EAulis we get
the Coioring and Astrin.ent matter. In the Sasa-
line get the Soffening and Dressing qualities
In the Mexican Soap Roos we get the Cleansing
and stimulating effects the of the hair st is
not Bye! 1--WE do Nitrate of Silver.l We in
wife Ladies and Gentemen-OLD or YOUNG, BALD or
GRAY-to use WALNUTINE, knowing that its effect
viii cause you to recommend TO Others who desire TO
produce healthy growth of dark brown 1t will
gradually change and restore Gray nar 10 its nat
ural color without discoloring the SKIN. 1t also
moves Scaly Humors and Dsndruf and prevents the
hair from falling off. We recommend the disuse
OF ALL OLD REMEDIES and trial of this NEW DIS
cONERY 1t Is unquesuonaby the Best Hair He.
>torative. Tonic and Dressing EVER NADER
II sold by all Druggists 25 cent less than old
- per bottle. LARGE SIZE.
axe any other article-insis. having WALNUTENE
YOU call forlt ER. ss9SD a. Co., Chicago, Pro-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-28
a terrible disappointment:

- toAiioAS uiSaP IoiiitiucAt.
When the organ-grnders leave the street.
And gales blow hard, and snow and sleet
Are falling fast, and wet the feet;
Then strict precautions we must use
'Gainst taking cold, and then we know
The time for searching high and low
Has come. and right to worA we go
To find our last years overshoes.
We hunt the closet through and through.
The cellar and the atticS, too
For hours the anxious search pursue
But all in vain, and when It's DER
1t makes us rather mad to find
That those nice rubbers-fiaE nel-lined-
Our wife toe course with motive kind
Has Civ n TO feed the goat next door.
Boston Courier.
Stream tin. as it is called, is found as
a dark colored, almost black. stone.
showing an analysis from 76 to 90 per
cent of oxide of tin, combined with iron,
manganese. silica, alumina. and certain
acids. The specific gravity is about
II 600
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-09-11
ANTONIO LOPEZ.

EDITOR SENTINEL:--As all act of justice to the character of Antonio Lopez on de- fense for smuggling should be given imme- diate publicity, as vouched for by gentlemen of the standing of Messrs. Baker, Townsend, Dr. DeCorsey, Gandolfo and others who have known the defendent for IS years, Mr. Lopez has proved himself to be the best friend of unfortunate Americans lost in the desert and claiming his hospitality of any or all other residents of Yuma county. One case in point in 1863, three Americans were reported to Mir Lopez as having fallen in the desert and perishing from thirst, there being no horse that could be secured in time, this noble Mexican gentleman packed on his hack and foot five gallon keg of water for 90 miles over the burning sand of of the most desolate desert in the world and by his timely arrival saved the lives of being so foregone he could not walk, lifted him on lis back and carried him over fifteen miles until help met him. Again it is well known fact that his ranch at Agua Dulce is within the American lines and at this point he has resided for the past Is years. Space will not permit of further cement. A noble, courageous and good man, he should be leniently dealt with if guilty, though his innocense will be proven by competent witnesses from among the best citizens of Yuma county.
 TAYLOR D. MCJEoD.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-09-11
A Gentle Stimulus,

1t is imparted tc the kidneys and bladder by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which is
 most useful in overcoming torpidity of these organs. Besides infusing more activity in thoIn, this excellent tonic endows them with additional vigor, and enables them the bet ter to undergo the wear and tear of the dis charging function imposed upon them by nature. Moreover, as they are the channel for the escape of certain impurities from the blocG, increases theirusefnlness by strength ening and healthfully stimulating them. In certain morbid conditions of these import ant organs they fall into sluggish state, which is the usual percursor of disease. What then can be of greater service than g medicine which impels them to greater ac- tivity when slothful? No maladies are more perilous than those which affect the kindeys, and Smedicine which sverts the peril should be highly esteemed