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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-04-15
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY.

John 2. Ill.
1 And the third day there was a marriage in
Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was
there;
2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples,
to the marriage.
And when they wanted wine, the mother of
Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman what have
to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
His mother saith unto the servants, What
soever he saith unto you, do it,
G. And there were set six water-pots of stone,
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews,
containing two or three firkins apiece.
T. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots
with water And the filled them up to the brim.
S. And he saith unto them, Draw out now and
bear unto the governor of the feast And they
bare 1t.
9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the
water that was made wine, and knew not
whence it was (but the servants which drew
the water knew, the governor of the feast call
ed the bridegroom.
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the
beginning doth set forth good wine; and when
men have well drunk then that which is worse;
but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
IL This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Ca
ma of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory;
and his disciples believed on him.
GOLDEN TEXT.-This beginning of miracles
did Jesus in Cana of Ga1ilee, and manifested
forth his glory; and his disciples believed on
him.-JoHN 2 II.
TIME.-Same year as Lesson II. The first
year OF Christ's ministry.
PLACE.-Cana of Galilee.
RTTTERS- Same as in Lesson III,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-04-15

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
Bad Chin ese Boys.

So far reference has been had only tc
the older class VI hoodlum Mongolians.
There is another class, no less danger
Gus to society, to be found among the
Chinese boys, many of whom are mem
bers of industrious families. The ex-
ample set by the older roughs is initiated
as closely as it is possible for those of
tender age to follow in the footsteps of
their elder cousins" To be bad, thor
oughly and irrevocably bad, is their
highest ambition. They pick up Amer
can profanity readily, and use it with
freedom and frequency that would drive
the most depraved American hoodlum
to despair. But it is not on their pro-
ficiency III the use of oaths or filthy Ian
guage that the young pagans rest their
reputation for wickedness. 1t affords
them a certain pleasure to mingle with
the Sunday school youths of their own
race and fire Off a few bombshells of
profanity now and then, while the Chris
tianized Mongolians raise their eyes in
holy horror. But this is only t1eeting
JOY. To sport a weapon of otfense in
the shape OF knife or pistol, and to
display it on all occasions when the eve
VI INC pOIICc ID hOb upon lutIl, 10 Il
pleasure smacking more of delightful
outlawry, and it is enjoyed to the full
by the bad young man in Chinatown.
A knife having four-inch blade and q
short, thick handle-one of those wick
ed-looking knives that cut both ways
and must be carried in leather sheath
is the delight of the Mongolian hood
lum. The sheath is generally fastened
to a strap about the waist, and is con-
cealed from view by the outer garments.
Such knives nave been found in the pos
session of Chinese hoodlums under 10
years of age. 1t is, indeed, doubtful if
the majority Of the class under discus
sion do not carry a weapon of this kind,
and sometimes two or three, with a
pistol to boot. The more closely he re-
sembles a walking arsenal the better the
young pagan is pleased with himself,
for he can then easily convince the
Chinatown residents that he is very.
very bad young man.-San Francisco
ChrCRicye
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
Recent Aerial Feats.

The most recent feat, with conclusive
proofs, in the newborn science OF bal
loon navigation was performed III
France on Sept. "a, 1885, by the young
military engineers, the brothers Ken
ard, from the camp of Chalons,
within a few miles of Paris. Starting
at twenty-five minutes after p. M, the
aeronauts reached Point du Jour after 5
p. NJ, returning to the camp at twenty
five minutes to 6 p. ma distance OF
three miles each way. On this Journey
in the outward trip the wind was against
them, opposing the advance Of the ap-
paratus toward the capital at the rate of
four meters per second The rate of
speed of the balloon, rs recorded by the
''log balloon" was meters per second.
The revolution Of the screw was % per
minute; its diameter meters. The
volume of the balloon was 1850 cubic
meters, filled with pure hydrogen gas.
The machine was eight horsepower,
constructed by NJ. Gramme, with a bat
terry by Capt. Renard, weighing in all
320 kilos, and capable of working at the
rate given for two hours. The whole
journey was performed with perfect
evenness, and the balloon acted in q
most satisfactory manner. After the
journey Capt Charles Renard said: Il
consider the problem of aerial naviga-
ton solved by the results of our expert
ment." A journey was also made on
Sept %, 1885. with much the same
results, the only difference being that
the wind was with the aerial boat going
out and against her on the return jour
ney, and was light all the time, blow
ing at the rate OF one meter per second.
The distance covered was about five
miles.
On Nov. 3, 1884, Captains Renard
and Krebs made balloon voyage from
Meudon to Bellancourt and returned,
aEghting at the point from which they
started ii forty-tive minutes. This was
the third attempt made by Capt. Renard
with his balloon and steering appara-
tus, the second having proved failure.
His first attempt was made in August,
1884, with such good results as to create
the greatest interest in all the military
circles of Europe. The balloon was
cigar-shaped and pointed at each eX-
tremity. In the car were seats for two
aeronauts, and the balloon had a direct
ing apparatus and rudder. The force
was obtained by a series of electric ac-
cumulators of ten horsepower, and the
balloon was operated for four hours.
On Oct 20, 1888. an experiment took
place at the Place de la Defense, Cour-
bevole, Paris, under NJ. Brisson, but
the cable apparatus failed and the result
was consequently unsatisfactory.
In June. 1879, Prof. Grimley and
newspaper correspondent started from
Montreal for New York in the air ship
Canada, but they had d fearful expert
ence, and came near losing their lives
owing to the poor quality of gas used.
In September, 1879, Prof. c. K. Rit-
chells air ship was sent up at Hart
ford, Conn, it consisted of a balloon
above and vertical screw, worked by
hand-power, beneath for lifting pur-
poses, and horizontal screw for steer
ing. The result was anything but a
success. In four-mile breeze it could
be steered. but at a little increase above
that force it drifted miles to leeward.-
Ne10 York Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
Good Swimmers Drown.

A professor of swimming, in CONVEX
sation the other day with Mail and
Express reporter about the fact that so
many good swimmers get drowned when
an accident occurs on board of vessel,
said The reason is that good swim
mer is as liable to take cramp as a
bad swimmer, OF one who can not swim
at all. There is where the great danger
lies. A good swimmer thinks he is not
far from shore, IN fact sees the land
only few hundred yards distant, and
gives himself no trouble to seize a float
ing spar of some kind when he jumps
from the sinking or burning boat. He
forgets that the water is cold, that it is
November or December, and that what
ne could do in the summer months lie
can not do in the fall and winter sea-
sons. In few minutes after he reaches
the water and boldly begins to swim
for the shore, he takes Il cramp from the
cold water and in a little while sinks.
1t doesn't take long in cold water to
give one a cramp. But in the hurry
and excitement of jumping from boat
that fact is not considered. Many an
expert swimmer has lost his life by
taking cramp. My advice to good
swimmers is not to rely upon their
strength to carry them even hundred
yards to shore if they can get plank
or something to assist them in floating.
They frequently swim too fast, overtax-
ing their wind in the beginning. They
should swim slowly at first, keep their
mouths closed, breathe through their
noses and get off their shoes and coats,
if possible In reading the record of
disasters to pleasure-boats, in nearly
every instance the land is not far. Yet
Just as many good swimmers drown as
those who can not swim well. When
the land is only a few yards distant
then of course it is not so much due to
cramps in the water as 10 excitement
and hurry in leaving the vessel. Many
are killed by being jumped upon after
they reach the water Others are pulled
under by those already struggling in
the water. My advice to good swim
mers in the matter of leaving the vessel
is not to jump with a crowd, especially
the first who leave. Remain until the
majority have got into the water and
quietly leap into q clear place and
strike OUT
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
Surviving Superstitions.

The many occasions where
thirteen have dined together and no
one of the number has died within the
time prescribed (and how often does
this not occur In inns and other public
places, and no one gives the matter a
thoughtD, these instances are of course
completely ignored. A patient, who
may have consulted several physicians
without experiencing relief. finally turns
to one of the many patent-medicines
advertised in the papers. After time
he feels better; perhaps the improve
ment is but temporary, as IS So often
the case in troubles of long standing.
but then, oftentimes urged thereto Sy
the proprietors of the wonderful medi-
cine, he writes a letter of thanks, and
anon the papers will herald the an
nouncement. Sure cure to all unfor-
tunates by the famous cure-all, H."
and then comes some pompous name.
Other patients think great deal of the
so-cal1ed sympathetic cures When
the moon is on the wane thew 90 to a
graveyard. taking care to speak to no
one on the way, or they throw barley
grains over their head backward into
the water, meantime muttering some
incarnation. If the believers in these
cures be questioned as to how they can
place faith in such wondrous arts, they
will refer to certain instances where
such means have been successfully en-
ployed; but of course they can trace
absolutely no connection whatever be-
tween the remedy and its supposed
effects.
Prophecies of 4 similar kind, that do
not, however, exactly refer to natural
phenomena, can only be mentioned
here. Thus. 4 northern light or
comet is said to be the forerunner OF
war. The relative position of certain
stars a. the birth of q child is, by the
superstitious, said to bode good or evil.
If a new piece OF work be commenced
while the moon is on the wane, or on Il
Friday, the undertaking is doomed to
fail. The belief in good and evil omens
has survived thousands of years, and
has come down to the present day; in
fact, the influence which this belief has
on the mind can only be shaken off by
calm reasoning and selt-training. Many
other instances of superstition, still in
vogue in some enlightened times, might
readily be given.
All of these are false conclusions
derived in the same manner: pos hoe,
ergo pr0pter hoe (after it, therefore be-
cause of iO. A careful comparison of
different cases is not undertaken, no
close scrutiny or investigation is at
tempted. no distinction made between
essential and non-essential conditions.
Dr.. Aga9!d SchqDt, IN Popular
Science MOhthiY
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
A City OF Stairs.

Stairs" said q young man, plain
lively, play very conspicuous and a
decidedly unpleasant role in my daily
with philosophy, and TO tell myself that
III the process of the suns science will
probably have done away with them. l
am obliged to remember that by that
time, however, / shall be where they
will trouble ME no more. Now" the
young man resumed energetically,
'let me show you how | was troubled
by stairs yesterday, which was by no
means an exceptional day for'me:
Il live on a top flat, to reach which |
must mount "A steps. Well to begin.
When l left home | descended these "A
steps and assembled "a at the elevated
station, where | took a downtown
train. That makes l08 steps. When |
reached my destination descended SO
steps; that makes 144. | reached my
office, where-oh! for the hardness of
modern improvement had to ascend
63 steps; that makes 227. | remained
in my Office till lunch time, when /
descended the 50 steps preparatory to
returning home for lunch; total steps
so. To my elevated station again /
went, and added SO steps to the 80,
making 346 At the home station the
total was increased by "a; that was $50.
The "A steps of my flat before lunch and
in descent after lunch made 454 Ele-
waited station again, uptown 81 and
downtown sc, made 524 Then up to
my office again brought me to COZ.
'1 remained in my Office until even
ing, thank goodness! and then started
home. BY the time had reached my
flat my sum total of steps was 834. I
did not stop home all the evening.
went ont with my wife. We visited
some friends who lived further uptown
than we do, and, of course, had TO
patronize the inevitable elevated, which
gets disgustingiy high as it approaches
Harlem. The two elevated trips, with
the four lots Of stairs, and the ascent
and descent from my fiat, made the
sum total OF steps up and down stairs
by the time | went to bed 1,154; that is
to say from 2. IN. to 10 p. m.-eleyen
hours--I tackled 1,154 steps, over one
hundred per hour. If you don't think
that's enough TO tire a man, | can't
suggest anything more fatiguing. But
III think 1t over. and who knows.
but our civilization may inspire me
with an idea? ?'--Ael0 York. Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
The Man Who Knows How to Pose.

Were you ever in a photograph gal
lery when the man came in who knows
all about posing? If not you have
missed something. The man who
knows all about posing has no conf
dence in the skill or Judgment of photo
grapherS, and so sets out to arrange
himself. Not only does he do this, bat
he keeps his mouth busy telling the gall
lery man how he wants the picture.
II don't want to look as if | had
crooked neck he says, land so there
is no use of propping me up against
head-rest. Pictures taken that way
always look So"
Chm q little higher. little higher,
says the photographer, showing the
pitchfork up behind the victims head,
and fastening him between the prongs.
That viii do.n
81 want front view" says the man
who knows all about posing, looking
the machine dead in the eve; Its al
foollshness to talk about getting good
picture from a side view. The individu
ality is all lost in that way, and /"
Turn this way-more-not quite SO
more-too much again-here,
-AhC WIS, say tiC piiotO9id p4oI, IAN
ing his victim literally by the hair of
the head and yanking him around to
suit his own sweet will.
Il don't want to look way up in the
air as If | was out duck-hunting. re-
sumes the man who knows all about
posing, because they seem SO silly. l
want to appear as if belonged to this
earth and was satisfied with it. / can't
see what in the name Of"
Look ri ght here, now" says the
photographer, swapping his fingers and
holding them as high as he can reach
and about ten feet to one side of the
camera.
'But, exposulates the man who
knows all about posing, Il don't want
Hold still. now,'' exclaims the pho
tographer; ''look perfectly natural and
pleasant. That will do. Proofs in
three months. Don't 60 in there-that's
the dark room. This way out, please.
Next
And that's the way the man who
knows all about posing has his picture
taken.-C Chicago Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
The Vacant Room at the White
House.

The Garfield chamber in the White
House still remains unopened, and has
never been tenanted since it was Va
Gated by the wounded president in 1881.
1t is said that President Arthur had a
horror of the place. and that the present
occupant of the White House is equally
ioath to break the sombre silence Of the
apartment This course is natural, but
it is scarcely wise. Gen. Garfield did
not die in the room, so there is scarce
ly even ghostly presence to forbid the
removal of the close curtains and the
sealing up Of the apartment as haunt
ed chamber There is not too much
space in the White House, and no desc
Grafton would be implied in the restora-
ton of the chamber to condition of
occupancy and usefulness. Baltimore
HeTaid
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
The Telephone OF 1864.

And as glasses have highly promoted
our seeing, 50 it is not improbable, but
that there may be found many mechani-
cal inventors TO improve our other senses
of hearing. smelling. tasting, touching.
'Tis not impossible to hear a whisper
furlong's distance, it having been
already done; and perhaps the nature of
the thing would not make it more impos-
sible, though that furlong should be ten
times multiplied. And though some
famous authors have affirmed it impos-
sIble to hear through the thinnest plate
of Muscovy glass. yet know way by
which it is easy enough to hear one
speak through wall yard thick. 1t
has not yet been thoroughly examined
how far Otocousticons may be improved
nor what other ways there may be of
quickening our hearing, or conveying
sound through other bodies than the
air; for this is not the only medium. 1
can assure the reader that have. bv
the help OF distended wire, propagated
the sound to very considers bic dis
tance in an instant, or with as SEEM
in@ly quick a motion as that of light,
at least, incomparably swifter than
that which at the same time was pro-
pagated through the air; and this not
only in straight line, or direct. but in
one bended in many angles.-Fronl
10orks Of Robert Ho9ke, published in
1894
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
The Microscopic Structure OF the
Woods.

An inspection of the different species
shows the marked diversity in the struc-
ture and appearance of the woods, and
one is quickly relieved of the general
impression that they are all alike. Ex-
amincd microscopically, the differences
IN structure are sufficient for identifica-
ton of the species. and at the same
time enable one to judge of the suita-
bility of a particular wood for definite
uses. So little has been done in this
country in the microscopical study of
the woods for engineering, architectural,
or mechanical purposes, that but few
are aware of the variety in form and
structure of the wood cells. ducts, and
Specla! tibcrs which make up the woody
tissue of the different species. An ex-
pert can readily determine whether a
certain wood, used for railroad-ties,
will sustain the service of Il trunk line,
Or Is only suitable for branch of limit
ed traffic
In the COnJcrG, which includes the
pines. Cedars, iarches, red-woods,
spruces, and frs, as a rule, each layer
OF growth only has two kinds of wood
cells called tracheids, one of thin walls
and large lumen, ana the other of
thick walls and a small lumen: when
the former predominates, making near
ly all of the layer. the wood is generally
soft, and in the white pine (Pinus Stor-
6HS, L. }, the cedarS, red-woods, spruces,
and mrs. When the thick-walled cells
form one fourth to one half of the layer,
the wood is much harder, as in the
long-leaf yellow pine (iinlS paIustriS,
Mid, PlnuS nsjttS, and the larches On
tne thin-walled cells of all the species of
the ConJerg are dome-like or lenticu-
lar markings, principally on the sides
parallel to the medulIary rays.
The thick-walled cells are often mark
ed on the sides at right angles to the
meduliary rays. The Coaiterg have
more or less resinouS products, and the
presence or absence of the upright resin
canals aid in distinguishing the genera,
while the form and character of the
medullary rays, the presence or absence
of rasin-ducts, the character of the cells,
enable the species to be identified. In
the alburnum or sap-wood, the starch is
confined to the cells around the rasin-
canals and in the cells of the medullary
rays.
The cellular structure of the oaks,
chestnuts, hickories, ashes, walnuts,
naples, beeches, birches, and magnolias
is far more complex and more highly
differentiated than that of the conifers;
beside the wOod-cells, there are duets.
vessels, and special cells containing
starch in the alburnum or sap-wood.
In nearly all the species of the first five
orders mentioned, the ducts grow in
concentric rows, in the first of the sea-
sons growth; those which form later
may be inclined through the layer of
wood-cells, becoming smaller as they
approach the outer portion. In the live
oak, the ducts run radially through the
ring, and the small fibers are nearly
solid, giving the wood great hardness.
it SO valuable for ship-building.
P II. Dudley, IN Popular Science
MOntbL5y
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-02
How Ireland Became the Isle OF
Reaufvs' and "Cem of the Sea-"

With ali condescension, call your attention
To what | would mention of Erin so green,
And without hesitation, tell how that nation
Became Of creation the gem and the queen.
1t happened one morning, without arg warn
ing,
That sweet vanus was born, ia the midst Of
the say,
And by the same token, and sure twas pro.
yokinG,
Her pInions were soaking, and wouldn't
give play.
Old Neptune, who knew her. began to pursue
her,
In order to WOO her, the wicked old Jew;
And very nigh caught her on top of the water,
When great JupIter's daughter cries, Faith
er, what shall doF'
A star that was flying, around him espyiug,
Great Jupiter seized, and hurled it below,
When it tumbled like wiuking, on Neptune
while sinking,
And gave him, I'm thinking. a terrible
blow
And that star became dry land, lowland and
highland,
And formed our sweet island, the land of
my birth;
This true is the story, as it came down from
glory,
That Erin so lovely is a heaven on earth.
Then Venus so stately jumped on Erin so
But tainted quite lately, so bothered and
pressed,
Which did so bewilder, but ere it had killed
Her father distilled her wee drop of 1.-The
best"
And that glass was victorious, it made her
feel glorious,
a little uproarious, VOW and can prove.
Then how can yez blame US, proud of Erin so
For beauty and virtue, for whiskey and