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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
Brazilian Women.

To one who makes a tour of South
America before going to Brazil, it seems
as if all the homely women on the con-
tinent had emigrated there, for pretty
ones are extremely scarce. Their com
plexions are sallow and muddy, and
they all have bilious look. Another
oddly is that the women are invariably
fat. and the men invariably lean. Their
compilations are ruined by the climate,
and the lives of Incidence they lead give
them tendency to obesity, which is
augmented by the excessive use of sweet
meats. The women are munching con-
fectionery from morning till night, and
scarcely eat anything else, and their
time is divided between snoozing in
rocking chair or peeking through the
blinds to see the people on the streets.
One can ride about Rio all day without
seeing Brazilian lady, and the only
glimpse a man ever gets of them is dur
ing the evenings at the cafes or at the
play-houses, unless he gets out early in
the morning and catches them on their
way to mass.
AT 6 o'clock every morning the streets
are full OF women on their way to
church, and at z o'clock they are on
their way to their homes, and from 1880
there isn't a petticoat to be seen until
the gas is lighted and the houses are
emptied into the streets. park, the ice
cream booths, and the theaters There
they appear in their Paris finery,
overloaded with jewelry, MUNICH candy,
nibble ices, and gossip. Next to her
complexion, the ugliest thing about
prou;1;,,> Il Il,
as if the parrots had taught her to
speak, and when you hear it behind the
blinds, as one often does, it is always a
matter of doubt whether Polly or her
mistress is talking. But the Brazilians
do not call their parrots polly" as we
do. The common name is ''Loreta."
A Brazilian woman never goes shop
ping. Servants are sent for samples,
and if it is a bonnet the senorita wants
to buy, box or basket containing all
the latest Partisan styles is sent up for
her inspection. Most of the purchasing
is done in this way, and a woman is
seldom seen in a shop. But in all these
remarks the negroes are excepted. The
streets swarm, day and night, with gor-
geously dressed Dinahs, wearing tur-
bans that would shame passion flower
for color, and usually yellow or red
gowns They chatter like magpies,
and seldom seem to be going anywhere
or to have any object in life beyond Cos
siping with the friends they meet.
The color line is drawn in religion.
The negroes have churches of their own,
with colored saints and colored priests,
and have separate street cars. They do
not come in contact with the whites in
any way except as seryants.-Rio ia
metro Letter IN n. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
Melyille's Ambition,

Its terrible thing to be cold" said
Chief Engineer Melville, of the United
States navy, at the rooms of the United
Service club, .'but it is more terrible to
suffer the pangs of hunger, to crawl on
hands and knees on the ice, as l have
done, that my comrades might be saved.
1t was not for myself, but for my coun-
try and my fellow-man.
Engineer Melville, who looked the
picture of rosy health, was surrounded
by distinguished officers and ex-officers
of the army and navy as he read his in
teresting paper on Arctic exploration.
Among them were Gen. Joshua T. Owen,
Capt Richard C. Collum, Pay Director
Russell, and Col. Nicholson. In his
opening remarks Mr.. Melville said:
when l returned from Siberia l
promised myself and the whole world
that l would never lecture on the trials
and sufferings of Arctic explorations
that | would never coin money out of
the blood and bones of my dead COM
panions." Continuing he said: For
more than 800 years some of the
best blood and brains of the world have
been devoted to solving the problem of
the far north. 1t was for a grand and
noble purpose-the benefit of man, that
we may have knowledge, which is
wealth, power and happiness"
Mr.. Melville spoke OF the peculiar alb
sence of scurvy in the later American
expeditions, particularly those of the
Polaris. Jeanette and Greedy party,
while Sir George Mares exploring party
were terribly afflicted. He thought it
was matter of food. clothing and we'll
ventilated quarters. He had fire.
| quently been asked how he hoped to es-
| cape the fate of those who had gone be-
| fore him if he attempted to reach the
pole His answer was that the bitter
school of experience led him to believe
| that the pole could be reached safely,
and that the proper route was by Franz
Joseph Land the southern end of which
was accessible every year.
Mr. Melville then described the Arctic
outfits necessary for explorers, and the
| mistakes made in making them too
| heavy He said: Il have slept comfort
ably on top Of a sled in a sleeping bag,
with the thermometer 100 degrees below
the freezing point of water. :"
The Arctic sleeping-bags, he explain
ed, were worn with the hair inside, thus
reversing nature. 1t was the only fun
clothing worn that way. He thought
the very idea OF unlimited appropriations
by congress caused an Arctic expedition
to be loaded down with the worthless
rubbage of every crank in the land. His
sleeping-bag weighed eleven pounds
The Greedy expedition bags weighed
twenty-five pounds-"elegant things to
sleep in, but death to those ;rho attempt
Ell to carry them" In conclusion the
chief engineer said that with his know
ledge, born of experience, he expected
at some future day to conduct party il
safety to the Arctic regions, and to find
a grand, philosophical citizen of vas
means who would aid him in solving
the problem of commercial pole. The
road was one of trial and tribulation
but the object was attainable and thu
scientific world would not be satisfied
until it was reached.-Phitadetphit
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
A Deputy Sheriff's Philosophy.

Nearly all the deputy sheriffs in this
city live well, dress well, and grow fat,
and yet they are not happy. Ask one
OF them how his business is, and with a
deep sigh he will answer in heart-break-
ing tones, "Oh, things are frightfully
dull. There amt cent in the bust
ness any more, and | wish to heavens |
could find something else to do But
they don't spend much time in looking
for anything else, and the distress OF
mind that these gentlemen suffer when
any change in the sheriff's office is
about to take place is highly inconsist-
ent with their alleged deplorable condi-
ton. Deputy Sheriff Aarons occupies
an entire house in fashionable portion
of the city. 1t is well furnished and
his wife and seven children always
dress well and look happy, Mr.. Aarons
smokes good cigars, and has grown SO
fat in the sheriff's office that he finds
difficulty in getting within writing dis
lance of his desk. The other dav.
while he was resting himself after writ
ing the date on the top of a legal docu-
ment, reporter said to him:
''How is it that you seem to be so
contented when all the other deputy
sherit1s are complaining of hard
times?"
MIR. Aarons scraped little piece of
quail off his mustache, and replied,
confidentially:
''About two years ago | wanted to get
new suit of clothes, and as my tailor
had made money enough to retire after
having my custom for year or two, |
began looking around for new tailor.
l spoke to one of the deputies about it,
and he advised me to try tailor who is
located on Broadway, a short distance
from here. | left my order for a coat.
and told the tailor to deliver it at my
house. When the garment arrived the
messenger refused to leave it until |
paid him for it. sent it back. The
next day the tailor told me had so much
trouble in getting money from one or
two OF the deputies that be was afraid
to trust stranger who was in the same
business. Now, the men he mentioned
made as much money as do. The Sc
cret is just the same here as it is in
every other business. | look after my
money and other fellows don't | come
to the Office at the same hour every
morning, attend strictly to business I'M
til lunch time, and then pay 81 or more
for good meal. When the DAVIS work
is done | go home and stay there. The
men who are always complaining spend
40 or 80 cents on their way down in
the morning, the same on their way
home, buy a cheap lunch, and devote
Their EVENINGS fO nlayiDp oardS on
squandering their money in some other
foolish way. 1t is the spending of small
coins that makes man poor and keeps
him there, and man is never any bet
ter off if he tries to save money by de-
priving his stomach of food. n.NeaU
York Mail and Express.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
Concerning Type.

While speaking with Mr.. Don Mack
enzie about the sale and manufacture OF
movable types he said: Familiar as
the subject is to the average man the
methods of production, the styles, and
the extent of the business is a sealed
book to the general public. Speaking
of styles in types there is as decided
fashions in types as there is in ladies'
bonnets or any article of apparel, which
we ALWAYS associate with the word style
or fashion. The growth in type-found-
ing has been almost startling In the
United States. The production of new
faces began about the time of the war.
Before that time the style ran to plain.
! heavy faces, with no beauty IN them
whatever. Suddenly some type genius
cut and produced light-faced, grace
| full letter, and then began craze for
| light-face Shortly afterward another
| letter-designer produced a japanese de-
| sign in border. 1t was taken up by
| every cross-road printer and impossible
| japanese storks looked down in naughty
disdain on equally impossible frogs
| from everything from auction bills TO
note-heads This style OF work Killed
! the fiorid stvle OF ornamentation. The
|
style of letter, to read which one was
almost compelled to stand on his head,
or else guess at it. st present the style
is plain, readable letter, with n great
| quantity of tiligree work surrounding
it. A line on a business card will be set
in this and vine will wind its way all
over the card. In newspaper work
there is great variety of faces. Even
in the plain body type you can have 4
lean face, where the letters run very
close together, or you can have fat
one, where the letters are open, round,
and take up considerable space. There
| has been a marked change i'll the last
few years in the matter of book type
1t was all the rage few years ago to
have everything old STYLE. and the older
| the better. Now the best books are set
up in plain, modern Roman. The his
tory OF some of the faces of type is
somewhat unique and quite interesting.
| Take. for instance. that known as the
geometric, in which all the characters
are square. The Treasurer of the foun-
dry which patented the face was visiting
the Faria Out Boat club in this city and
saw there the names Of the members
| engrossed witt = pen in = Try pretty
manner He COP. .,-o and going
home had an artIoU carry out the de-
sign in an entire alphabet. Not feeling
financially able to go to the expense of
cutting the series OF letters Ga matter of
$4,000 he wrote to an eastern foundry
to know if they would bear half the eX-
pense and share the profits. They re-
fused the offer, and he put the letter on
the market himself after great trouble.
1t proved a great success from the start,
and in four years the foundry made
S50, 900, and that one letter firmly estab-
lished them in the business. The idea
of casting a script letter lay long time
dormant, but when it was done it made
the fortunes of two foundries.-A Ram
| bier IN CHICAGO NeUS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

An Extra Quarter.-A peddler OF tin
ware in one of the mountain counties of
this State called at farmhouse the
other day, where the woman wanted to
sell him bear skin. faint worth
no great shakes" said the peddler7 after
looking it over. The bar was killed
two months too early" How much?'
asked the woman. .'About Is cents. "
See here, stranger" she continued as
she gave the skin a rub, ''when | tell
you that this ere bar clawed my hus-
band to death less'n two months ago,
and that I'm still Il grievin' widder-wo-
man, can't you make the price dol
lar?" Being a man of sentiment and
tinware combined he said he could
Wall Street NeaCS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

WABASH, Ind. Feb. 11.-Mrs. John
Joy, of this city, on last Friday evening
presented her husband with babe,
weighing only little over pound
The infant was perfectly formed in every
part, though its limbs were little thicker
than lead pencils, and its head only as
large as small orange. The features
were quite regular, aud the little stranger
babe fair for time to live, but twenty
four hours after his arrival he grew i'll,
and died this morning at an early h ur.
He was an object of great curiosity and
the humble dwelling OF the parents was
thronged by persons anxious to secure q
glimpse of the Lillputian off spring.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

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uMol 9aoqe uvm u!elIso 81 aIsuJ
MIR. Dana. being pestered by maid
ons in search of signatures, thus un-
gallantly, though tersely, writes: NO
postage-stamps, no autographs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

T have been bothered with catarrh foI

I have been bothered with catarrh for
about twenty years. had lost my smell
entirely for the last fifteen years, and l
had almost lost my hearing. My eyes
were getting so dim had to get some
one to thread my needle. Now / have
my hearing as we'll as l ever had, and l
can see to thread as fine needle as ever
I did, and my smell is partly restored,
and it seems to be improving all the
time. | think there is nothing like Ely S
Cream Balm for Catarrh-Mrs. E. E.
Grimes, 81 Valley ST., Rendrill, Perry
Co., Ohio.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
Net Symptoms, but the Disease.

1t would seem to be a truth appreciate by
all, and especially by professors of the healing
art. that TO remove the disease. not to alleviate
its symptoms, should be the chief aim OF med
ication. Yet in how many instances do we
see this truth admitted in theory. ignored in
practice. The eason that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is successful in so many cases, with
which remedies previously tried were mad
eQuate to COPE is attributable to the fact that
1T Is medicine which reaches and removes
the causes of the various maades to which it
Is adapted. Indigestion. fever and ague liver
complaint, govt. rheum' tlsm. disorder of the
bowels. urinary affections and other malatiieS
are not prliated merely. but rooted out by it,
Ii goes TO the foI1tain head. 1t is really. not
nominally, a radical remedy. and it endows
the system with an amount of yigor which is
its best protection against disease.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

The Chinese minister in Washington
is over 60 years of age. The only En-
glish sentences the minister can use are:
Glow do you do3'' Good BY" and
champagne is good" He is now, it is
said, wrestling with the phrase, 'Set EN-
up again"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

A State street merchant put a hand
some plaster figure in his store window
and prepared himself to enjoy it with
his customers. Along in the afternoon
the wife of an artist came in and motto
ed it at once. .'Ah, MIR. B." she said,
that's a handsome figure in your win
dow" ''Yes," replied the merchant, Il
call it so myself, / do Your taste is
excellent" pursued the lady, land I'm
glad to see love of art developing in
commercial circles. What is the figure
-Hebe?" 20. no, ma am; it's plaster
of paris. n-Merchant IrdUeLer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
General Loncstreet thinks that his

General Longstreet thinks that his
uncle, William Longstreet. Of Augusta,
Ga. should share with Robert Fulton
the laurels of the inventor of steam
boats. This ingenious Georgian was
big with the idea as early rs 1888. but il
was not until 1905 that ne successfully
ran boat by steam in the Savannah.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

IT is reported that ia fixing the disput.
ed boundary line between Texas and In.
dian Territory a member of the commits.
sion has made the st .r5ling discovery that
by the terms of the original tr, ay the
Lone Star state is entitled to one-hfth OF
the present Indian Territory.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
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 Hnrichs' drug store. 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

Mrs. Brooks, who became famous a
the butter artist at the Centennial Elk,
position, has just completed marble busts
of William II. Macy, we'll known New
York philanthropist, and the late Thur
low Weed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
a CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretons of youth, nervous weakness, early de.
cay, loss of manhood, etc, 1 will send a recipe
that will cure you FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send selfaddressed envelope
to the REV. JOSEPH T. IMAM, Station d. New
York City. septlU-Sb
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

According to the Southern Practi-
toner, the City of Mexico, being entirely
without sewers or drainage, the mortal
ity is at the high rate of so per 1000 of
population annually. In Guanaiuato, a
city of 50, 900 inhabitants, the death rate
is said to be "A per 1000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

E. G. Buerstatte and II. Hinrichs dis
tinctly state that Acker's English Remedy
has and does cure contracted con@nmp
ton Ask for circular. An entirely new
medicine, guaranteed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

DOES YOUR HORSE COUGH?
if so, use, Hinrichs Improved Horse
Powder 'Rt hsst 10 tie world for coughs
and colds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
HOW 10 USE ..
CREAM BALM.

Place a particle q
the Balm into eacf
nostril & draw strong
breaIhs through thu
nose. 1t will be alb.
sorbed and be Gin it.
work ofcieansing and
healing the disease
membrane. 1t ahaNs
inflammation and pre-
vents fresh colds, II
NoTat.ouic {. SNUFF
a few applications
relieve. A thorough
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25

Parker's Pleasant Worm Syrup Never Fails
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
WIT AND HUMOR.

It's chestnut that's over its prime
To remark as we do in this rhyme,
That if under a ceiling
You're standing or kneeling
You're certainly something sublime.
-Yonkers Gazette.
There was a man once on a time who thought
him wondrous wise,
He swore bv ali the tabled gods he'd never ad-
vertise;
But the goods were advertised ere long, and
thereby hangs the tale
The ad was set a nonpareil, and headed
SHERIFF Sale.
Salem Gazette.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-14
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

]. F. Mitchell aud Miss May Mitchell, Of
Knightstown, were in the city yesterday.
Rev. Isaac M. Hughes and Mrs. w. A. Hen
dali, of Richmond, were in the city yesterday.
Mrs. A. B. Crompton, Mrs. Robert Young,
Mrs. Van Hobt. and Wilson Bowen, of Delphi,
visited the city yesterday.
The ladies Of South-street Baptist Church will
give supper on Friday evening. at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Wesley Adams, on Fletcher
avenue.
Owing to a mistake in delivering the invita-
tons to the Mikado entertainments, to be given
at DR.. Aliens residence, No 679 North Delaware
street, to-day from to and to IL o'clock P.
NJ, many friends of the Training school and
Flower Mission failed to receive their invita-
tions. While this is greatly regretted by those
having this entertainment in charge, they hope
it will not deter any one from coming.
On the afternoon of Friday, April 16, from II
to o'clock, the free kindergartens under the
management of the Childrens Aid Society, will
celebrate the birth anniversary OF Friedrich
Froebel-the father of the kindergarten-at the
Meridian Rink. which has been kindly rendered
for that purpose by Mr.. c. F. Smith, of the In
diana Bicycle Company. Between three and
four hundred children will take part in exer
rious occupations, recreations, games and songs,
and the public will be afforded an opportunity
to witness the kindergarten system in its en-
tirety, even to serving the daily lunch to the
little ones. Mrs. Baker and her efficient corps
of kindergartners will have charge of the enter
tainment. A small entrance fee will be asked
for the benefit of the Childreps Aid Society, and
the patronage of all who are interested IN this
deserving cause is solicited
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-14
DIED In DEsTlTUTION.
Man of Extraordinary Education Dies Under
Peculiarly Distressing Circumstances.

Thomas Senatt, q man exceptionally weledu-
Gated and possessing considerable talent, died
rather suddenly yesterday morning, at his home
on Eddy street, under circumstances of a char
acter to warrant the coroner in ordering an in
vestigation into the case For several weeks
Senatt has been out of employment, and his
family were In distressingly destitute
circumstances their subsistence depending
solely upon the little that one of the
children could earn by selling newspapers.
Early yesterday morning when the boy arose to
start out with his papers he noticed that his
father was breathing heavily, and spoke to his
mother about it. No particular attention was
given to his condition, however, as the family
could not afford to call physician, until it was
found that he was in a stupor and could not be
aroused. An hour or two later he died.
His remains were removed to Ripley &
Hedges's undertak ing establishment, where the
investigation to the cause of his death will be
held to day. Senatt was sixty-six years old,
and was very large man. He could speak five
OF SIX languages fiuently, and was remarkably
well informed. He was formerly editor of the
Irish World, but since his connection with that
publication terminated he has had scarcely any
employment