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Effigy Mounds in Iowa.

Near the village of North McGregor,
Clayton county, Iowa, on the southwest
ern quarter of section ;, township %.
range west. is situated probably the
largest group of ''etligv" or initiative
mounds west of the Mississippi These
earthworks are built on a dividing ridge,
and are elevated about 800 feet above
the river. The surrounding country is
broken and rugged, the bluff on the
east side along the Mississippi river be-
ing perpendicular in many places. To
the northwest lies the Yellow river, and
on the southwest Bloody Run. This re-
markably fine group was surveyed by
ME on the 25th and Goth of May, 1885,
and few details, illustrated by topo-
graphical plan. may perhaps be accept
able to those readers of Science who are
interested in North American antiqui-
ties
Those mounds number fifteen in all.
consisting of two long embankments.
ten animals and three birds. and they
occupy a terre-piein of Just about 1000
feet in length. The first embankment
is 100 feet long, Is feet wide and l 1-2
feet high; the second l30 feet long, 16
feet wide and l 1-2 feet high.
The animals represented vary from
10 to 109 feet in length. and are from
two to three feet in height. No two are
exactly alike in outline, though the diff
ference is more in the shape of the head
than III the general form. 1t will be
noticed that they are all tailless, though,
of the whole number of beasts surveyed
by me to the present time, fully two
+h1r,t- INV, 4,iT fsl,,.-1l,vaI
of construction, they being in relief,
these animals are very fine; but, taking
the size and shape of the legs and head
in proportion to the body, they are de-
cidedly clumsy. Indeed, with q few ex-
captions, the animal-shaped mounds of
Western Wisconsin, also, are no excep-
ton to this rule. 1t is probable that
each leg, as built, was intended to rep
resent pair of legs rather than a single
one, and this may account for their
ciumsiness.
The birds OF this group are each diff
ferent in form, and are more symme-
trical than the animals, which is usual
iy the case. Though symmetrical, the
wings of bird-etfigies are nearly always
much longer than they should be in pro-
portion to the length of the body and
head as compared with natural birds
At intervals between Gutenberg and
Yellow river there are mounds and en-
bankments which occur either singlv or
in groups, but there are only two other
points in that stretch where efligies oc-
cur. About one mile south and east of
the group described in this article there
is single bird eltigy. Near Sny Magil,
about three miles above Clayton, there
is a group Of ninety-two mounds; two Of
them represent animals and two birds;
the remainder are round mounds and
embankmcnts. While | was surveying
this group, Mr.. Frank Hodges, of Clay
ton. opened one of the larger tumuli
and found a number of skeletons in it.
IS. II LeEDi&. IN GhicnnO JOurnnL
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WHOLE NO. 1862.
WHERE CHILDREN SWARM,

Mexican Letter: Mexico is the hot
bed Of children. The land is flooded
18th them, and a small family is q thing
nnkuown. They greet you at ever win
Gow, at every corner, on every woman S
back They fill the carriages and the
plaza; they are like swarm of bees around
q homer E5uckle-one OH every tiny flower
and hGndreds waiting for their chance.
A ma4 died the other day who was fol-
lowed to the grave by eighty-seyen SOUS
and daughters, and had buried thirteen,
more than you can count in three gem
eratiens in the states, so he WAS father
to the grand total of 100 Children. There
is another man living III Mexico who has
bad two wives and who has living forty five
children. Down in a small village,
out from Vera Cruz, is q father with
sixty eight children. Allowing the small
average of five to a family, one can see
how numerous the grandchildren would
be. L am acquainted with a gentleman
whose mother is but thirteen and half
years older than he, and she has eighteen
more Of family. 1t is a blessed thing
that the natives are able to live in q cane
hat and exist on beans and rice, else the
lists of deaths by starvation would be
something dreadful.
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Social Free launching.

/ know of woman in Washington,
writes a Capital correspondent, who oc-
cupied 4 small, dark. inside room on
the fifth floor of tolerably fashionable
hotel. She, to use a theatrical express
sion, faxed out her meals. That is, she
arose at 10 OF II, bought a secondhand
newspaper for cent, and wended her
way to a small saloon on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, whose proprietor has grown
rich by making specially OF delicious
coffee and Vienna rolls and fine butter.
He charges 10 cents for this little lunch.
This Madame Itinerant would breakfast
on her cup of coffee and roll. Then she
went up to Congress, invariably riding
in the Scent car. There is a bob-tail
car running up to the Capitol, the fare
in which is only cents, and some folks
are so aristocratic they are ashamed to
be found riding in it
Madame would visit few of the
members, loll for awhile in the gallery
of the House, and sit just long enough
in the Senate gallery to secure recogni-
ton by smile or bow from such of her
Senatorial friends as happened to be on
the floor, and after picking up few
choice items of gossipy news, the con-
ventional coin with which she paves
and pays her social way, my Madame
Itinerant gets back by 2 o'clock to her
dingv inside room. At she comes out
resplendent in nonpareil velvet dress,
and, card-case in hand, starts on the
round of calls. She goes from house to
house, and daintily and deliberately eats
her lunch at each place. In the course
of ten visits madame has more than
satisfied the cravings of her stomach,
and has dined and supped for the day.
Do you wonder that | call this taking
out ones mealsln
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

In a clever new novel are some con-
fessions of n prig. Here is an extract:
Resolved to lose no opportunity of i'm
proving myself While | was cleaning
my teeth this morning, reflected upon
the solemnity of life. In my bath,
thought of our first parents in the gar
den of Eden. While buttoning my
braces, asked myself the question, What
do | live forP' Much moved at family
prayer with feelings of thanksgiving
that have the inestimable blessing of
mother who can read Greek. Res0lu-
ton at breakfast not to talk much in So
ciety or make myself too agreeable. A
profitable morning Herodotus. Trig-
onometry. For modification at dinner
put sugar into beer and mustard into
pudding, but secretly, lest being observ-
cd, pride should intervene. Self
examination. o, how have | wasted
to-day! Opportunities neglected! Eaten
too much at tea.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
The Boomerang Not a Myth.

A newspaper clipping which appeared
some time since stating that the BOOM
erang, as it is popularity supposed to
work, was myth and had never really
existed, attracted the attention of DIR.
Eggers, who resides in Milwaukee. He
offered to demonstrate the reality of the
boomerang by throwing some. DR.. Egg
gers was for several years in Australia,
and while there he became familiar
with the workings of the boomerang.
The doctor was found at his residence.
The room into which the reporter was
shown contained a gOodly assortment
of boomerangs of different sizes, and al
so q number of bows and arrows, in
which the doctor is also interested. The
boomerang is about thirty-four inches
long with a curve in the center at an
angie of about 120 degrees. In shape
it resembles a large siphon tube, and is
flat with the edges well rounded. 1t is
not heavy, and does not require
strength so much as knack to throw it.
Dr. Eggers and his two sons frequent
" amuse themselves by practicing
boomerang-throwing, and gave an eXhi
bItion recently. The conditions were not
favorable on account of the wind, but
they made some successful throws.
The throwing is done with the forearm,
and requires a quick jerk. 1t is not
difficult and can be acquired readily,
though the more experienced throwers
have the best success. The boomer
angs as thrown went for a distance of
about two hundred feet from the throw
er, and then, describing a semicircle,
returned toward the thrower. Yester-
day, for the most part, they We're driven
quite distance behind the thrOwer on
account of the wind, but number fell
within few feet OF the spot from where
they were thrown. Their action was
certainly all that has ever been claimed
for the boomerang, though as a weapon
they probably have never served to any
great extent No accurate aim can be
taken with one, but general direction
is all that can be obtained. -1hi1CGubee
Sentinel.
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Fun with the New Machine.

The police force have good joke on
new member. 1t appears that the
late addition to 1.-The finest was fur.
nished with a fire-alarm KEY, and never
having seen the inside OF one OF these
boxes thought he would enlighten HIM
self as to the mysterious inwards of these
by means of his key. He got the box
open all right, and when he had closed
the box again he was Mortified to find
that he could not extract the key. A
brother officer coming along kindly in
formed the victim that it would be as
much as his life was worth to 90 away
and leave the key in the box, as some
fellow might come along and turn on a
false alarm. So the new man fingered
near" like Mary's little lamb after the
teacher had put it out, till Superintend-
ent Coffee could be found. The police
man need not feel sore over the matter,
for there is a young man in town who
rushed to box to turn in an alarm, but
who, when he had opened the box, did
nothing but stand and shout fire into it
as if it were a telephone.--P0rtLa1ld
OreQORldn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Few persons, perhaps, are aware that
they possess pair of harps. They are
called the organs of Coril, after their
discoverer, and are located in the ear.
They are estimated to have 500 strings
being. of course, microscopic and vary
ing in length from 1-500 to 1920 of an
inch. If you hold q properly tuned vio-
lin near piano when the E string is
struck the Z violin string will Yibrate
and sound too; so with all the rest.
Now, the 500 strings of the human ear
harp have such wide compass that any
appreciable sound in the universe has
the corresponding tone string. and the
sound is conveyed through the con-
Meeting filament to the auditory nerve,
thence to the sensorium, and thus a
knowledge of the sound is received by
the mind
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
a Wise Reform.

The habit of administering quiniue in power
ful doses, as an antidote to malaral maladies,
was once dangerously common. Happily this
practice has undergone a wide reform. Not
only the public but professional men have
adopted, not wholly, of course. but largely,
Bpstetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe botanic
substitute for the pernciOus akaloid. The
consequences of this change ale most import
ant. Now fever and ague sufferers are cnred-
formerly their complaints were only for the
time relieved, or half cured-the remedy event
except the doses were increased. A course of
the Btters, persistently followed. breaks up
the worst attacks and prevents their return.
The evidence in favor OF this sterling specific
and household medicine is of no ambiguous
character, but positive and satisfactory, and
the sources whence it proceeds are very
numerous,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

A CLERGYMAN in Scotland who had ap-
pointed "a day for the catechising of some
OF his congregation, happened to
receive an invitation to dinner for the
same day, and having forgotten his
previous engagement, he accepted it.
Just as lie was mounting his gig to depart
he perceived the first of his class entering
the garden, and the remainder coming
over the hill, ard at once became aware
Of the mistake he had made. Here was
a fix. But the minister's ready wit soon
came to his assistance. "What have We
come for, John?" he asked, addressing
the first conner. ''On dee ye no remem-
Der, sir, ye bade us come to be eatech-
eesed?" 'Oh, aye; weel, no to keep We
going further, John, was it horned coo
or hummel coo that Noah took into the
ark ?'' Deed, sir, I Gamma tell. " "Weel,
turn back and ask the ither folk the same
question, and if they Gamma answer it bid
them go home and find oot"
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Boycott,

Boycott the systematic fraud who lives by
legal knayery the babDilng braggart buo-
bling Ger with fair, fictitious bravery, the
bulbous-headed bigot in his intellectual
slavery!
Good Knights!
And, Mr.. Powderly, boycott these men for
ever!
Boycott the loud linguistic loon who loves the
pOysyllable: boycott all bores and chill
them out, If haplv they are chiilable; boy
colt ana kill the English dude, if he be
only klablei
Good Knightsi
And, Mr.. Powderly, boycott these men for
ever!
Boycott the loud-mOuthed demagogue who
cloves the honest yeoman," would fight
and bleed, and die for him, the iron
hearted Roman, but who, within his IN
most soul Is his sinc.rest fOemanl
Good knightsl
And, Mr.. Powderly, boycott such men for
ever!
Boycott all cranks of every kind, the wild,
lOng-haired monstrUsIty, snd men who
treat the world with grace their own
wives with ferOcity, and shallow men Of
pauper brains and millionaire verbosityi
Good Knights!
And, Mr.: Powderly, boycott these men for
eYerl
--1id-B Bits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Another effective advertising scheme
has been invented in England. A lead
ing confectioner was ordered to put up
10000 tin boxes of candy, Theoretically
sealed, with an advertisement of
cheap watch in each box, and in some
OF the boxes, in addition thereto, cou-
pom emitting the finder to one of the
watches. On the occasion of the Ok
ford and Cambridge boat race the 10,-
600 watertight boxes were thrown into
the river, to be dived and grappled and
raked for by anybody who thought it
worth while to take so much trouble to
get the sweets, and possibly watch. No
little excitement and talk was caused,
and the object of the enterprising watch
vender-the getting of much advertis-
ing-was fully attained.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
VAN DIEMAN's S LAND, the largest island

VAN DIEMAN's LAND, the largest island
to the south of Australia, is rapidly be
coming noted for the quality and extent
of its tin supplies. Four years ago the
value of its exports of tin or ore was
5000, while last year they amounted
to nearly 100000 A tin mountain
on the west coast produces about tweh-
ty five per cent. of tin; but the exist
ence of solid seams OF the metal tray
ersing the mountain several feet in
depth and width, has been demon
strated. Some nuggets weighing rev
eral hundred weight each have been
found, yielding nearly cent. per cent. Of
pure metal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
ENCITENlENT In TEEAS

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris, lex, by the re-
markable recovery of Mr.. j. E. Corley,
who was so helpless he could not turn in
bed, or raise his head; everybody said
he was dying of Consumption. A trial
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery was
sent him. Finding relief, he bought a
large bottle and box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes of Pills, and two bottles of the
Discovery, he was well and had gained
in flesh thirty six pounds" Trial Bot
ties of this Great Discovery for Con
sumption free at Fl. Hinrichs'. 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

A CURIOUS tree is growing in Los
Angeles, Cal, the seed of which was
brought from Mexico. In general ap-
paarance it resembles an English wal
nut. The leaves are much like those of
a buttonwood, bnt very much larger.
The most marked pecularity of the tree
is its blossom, from which it has been
named the "hand tree" The flower is
an inch and a half in diameter, with
short, russet sepals and long, reddish
lined petals. TAe fat, scarlet pistils
protrude an inch beyond. They are SO
Joined as to resemble long demon
hand, with fingernails like the claws of
a Chinese grandee. The resemblance
hand is striking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

GEORGETOWN (AIass.) Advocate: A
little more than year ago we record
ed the fact that Mrs. George Poor, of
West Newbury, gave birth to triplets
two boys and girl. The girl lived
but short time after birth, and the
boys grew healthy and strong and are a
live and well to-day. Now we have the
plesuue Of recording an exact repeti-
ton of the circumstance. This week
triplets were again born to them-two
boys and a girl. The girl breathed a
short time and died; the boys are as
strong as infants at that age can be
expected. The mother is doing iwell
with her four boys, the eldest of which
is but a trife over a year.
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Not That Sort Of a Conservatory.

a charming conservatory girl of the
historians comprehensive yet discrim-
mating acquaintance tells him how,
while She was crossing Franklin square
the other day, she was accosted by
well dressed and fairly intelligent wo-
man with:
Can anyone 90 into the conserva-
tory and see the fiowers?'
The conservatory girl was rather
amazed that the fame of the few dropping
and haggard tropical plants standing
here and there in the corridors should
have spread abroad or gained any re-
putation for beauty, and she said:
Really, madam, there are no flowers
in the conservatory worth a visit
''Oh' she replied, ''only fruits and
vegetables?"
The charming student was compelled
to inform her inquirer that in that par
ticular conservatory fruits and vege-
tables, rs we'll as other luxuries of life.
were exceedingly searce.-Boston Record
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

AT large and would-be fashion
able wedding recently held in town
in this State, the solemnity was rudely
disturbed by a rather unexpected
answer The bride had entered on her
uncle's arm, and was met by the
groom at the chancel The uncle then
retired and took a seat in the body of
the house. All went well until the
clergyman asked the question:
"Nho giyeth this woman to be
welded to this man?"
He paused for an answer, and the
uncle rose, and placing his hands on
the pew IN front of him, said in ac-
cents louder than are common at
weddings, ''ALe"'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

An article on iewelry says: ''It is a
popular error to suppose that the dia-
mond is the most valuable of the prec-
ious stones. The relative value Of the
finer gems places the ruby at the head
of the list, giving the diamond second
place, and following it the sapphire.
What are known as perfect diamonds are
not uncommon, but perfect ruby has
almost fictitious value IN the market,
as it is generally held at any price the own
er sees fit to ask" One very choice
stone, a little larger than an ordinary
sized cherry pit, is valued at $1,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01
Rnnklin's Arnina Saliva

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Il.
Hinrichs.
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Resources of the Frontier Editor.

Il was showed in once at Bristol a
little station upon the Northern Pacific -
said a man from Cincinnati to st.
Paul Globe reporter. 1T was in the
winter of 1885. We were there about five
days. We had plenty to eat, such as it
was, but were all anxious to get some
thing to read. The large majority of
passengers on the train were men, and
we all wanted a late daily paper, but we
could not get it for love nor money.
There was a little weekly paper pub
ished at Bristol, and it tried to fill the
want The first day of the snow block
ade the weekly paper was issued, and
nearly every one on the train took one
/ suppose the paper had a larger circu-
lation at that time than it has had since
or ever had before. The editor, proprie-
tor and reporter, all in one, was wide
awake fellow. He saw that there was a
demand for daily paper, so he got one
out every day during our stay. He came
down and got our names and resi-
dences, and published them. This, OF
course, made the paper sell. The next
day he got something of our histories
and wrote them up. The next day he
wrote up how we passed the time By
this time he had exhausted all his white
paper.
''He didn't give up. Not much. You
don't find newspaper man in the
Northwest that will give up for such lit
tie trifles as that. He went out and got
some brown paper, used in tying up
bundles at the grocery store, and print
ed his edition on that. He got all the
brown paper and wrapping paper in
town, and went for the wall paper and
printed his last edition on that. We
bought them every day, more as little
souvenirs of the snow blockade than for
anything else. although l think l read
everything that was printed, from re-
cipe of cookies to the legal notices about
pre-emption of certain tracts of land.
When we got out of town he resumed
his weekly issue"
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A livery stable keeper in Baltimore
has a strange animal, which is said to
have been caught by the Indians in Da-
kota three or four years ago. The head,
body and hair are like cows, the legs
and tail like horses. 1t eats like
COW and chews the cud. Its hair, which
is dark brown, like a buffalo's, is closely
matted and about five inches long. 1t
has been broken to harness and drives
rr-n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

Silverware may be readily tested by
solution of bichromate of potash one
part in six parts of nitric acid and two
parts of water. Apply to the ware to be
tested, previously rubbing a file over
some obscure part of the surface. If the
article is pure silver clean, blood-red
mark will be left; less deep and lively
the lower the quality. On platinum the
test will have no action; on German
silver fine, brown mark appears, re-
movable with a sponge and cold wateri
on Britannia metal a black mark ap-
pears: on other metal result follows
wholly different to that on silver.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-01

A resident of Berlin has collected
one thousand heels from various kinds
Of boots ana shoes worn by ladies and
gentlemen more or less eminent. He
keeps them in a handsome glass case
and has prepared a catalogue giving
the date of their acquisition and the
names of their former possessors. He
began making his collection in 1861.
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HAY FEVER AND ROSE COLD

Are attended by an in1amed condition
of the lining membrane of the nostrils,
tear ducts and throat, affecting the lungs.
An acrid mucus is secreted, the discharge
is accompanied with burning sensation.
There are severe spasms of sneezing,
frequent attacks of headache, watery and
iuflamed eyes. Ely's Cream Balm is a
remedy that can be depended upon. so
cents at druggists; by mail, registered,
60 cents. Ely Brothers, Druggists,
OsVego, n. Y.
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A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR At LAW,
II Office in Torrisou's brick block, north end
sth street bridge, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Collec-
tions promptly attended to.
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IRIS martyrdon enough to be a
British soldier assigned to the Soudon.
In one regiment 106 men have died in
the past two months.
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4 TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
- ONCE, in Torusou's Brick Block, Eighth
street, Iantt0VCc. Wisconsin.