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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
Grant il Mexico.

In his memoirs Gen. Grant says of his
famous exploit, during the Mexican War,
of taking Il howitzer into the belfry of 4
church:
This took us over several bitches.
breaSt-dcep in water and grown up with
water-plants. These bitches, however,
were not over eight OF ten feet in width.
The howitZer was taken to pieces and
carried by the men to its destination.
When | knocked for admission a priest
came to the door, who, while extremely
polite, declined to admit lis. | explained
to him that he might save property by
opening the door, and he certainly would
save himself from becoming n prisoner
for time at least: and. besides. | in
tended to enter, whether he consented OF
not He began to see his duty in III,
same light that | did. and opened thu
door, though he did not look as if ii CAV,
him special pleasure to do SO. The gun
was carried to the bclfry and put to
gether We We're not more than 200 o.
800 yards from San COsme. The shots
from our little gun dropped in upon the
enemy and created great confusion.
Why they did not send out a small part}
and capture us, | do not know. We ha.
no infantry or other dcfcnses besides on
one gun. The effect Of this gun upor
the troops about the gates of the city W;
50 marked that Gen. Worth saw it from
his position. He was so pleased that h
sent staff officer Pembcrt0r
later Lieutenant-General commandin
the defenses of Nicksburg to bring II,
to him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
Strange Chinese Custom.

A correspondent of the North China
Herald calls attention to a strange in
stance of Chinese belief and practice
with regard to the human soul, which
lately came under his notice Lying
awake at o'clock a. M, he heard in
the street close to his house two strange
answering voices. Evidently two per-
sons were engaged in this weird dra-
matte performance, one representing a
departing soul, the other acting as the
friends and relatives deprecating any
departure. The first actor gave "a low
prolonged cry, which was answered by
loud and earnest Come, come. >
After a pause the cry and the answring
call were repeated; this went on for
about ten minutes, when suddenly the
inarticulate cry ceased. The second
actor, in an agony of distress ut the de-
parture into the unseen of the soul he
had been entreating to stay, shouted
loudly in a voice which he had no doubt
hoped would reach to the confines of
the spirit world. Return, return
come" at the same time calling by
name. Then there was another pause;
presently the low cry was heard as at a
distance. Come, come eagerly re-
sponded the actor; and now the cry
and the answer followed one another
more rapidly till the cry seemed close to
the called, and in a smothered chorus as
Of welcome the performance. which was
probably directed by Taoist NEGRO
mancer, ceased. 1t is described as be-
ing strangely impressive in the stiffness
of the night, Notwithstanding the gro
tesqueness of the superstition, but of
course it was not known whether there
was an actual death in this case, within
twelve hours of which the Chinese call
for the soul to return, or whether it was
only a case of serious illness, fainting or
collapse. This peculiar custom, it APP
pears, varies in different parts of China.
Up the 9angtsze, it is usual for two
women to perform the office When a
man dies suddenly the women walk
through the streets, one calling out the
name of the deceased and the other
responding, II am coming" the idea
being to prevail on the wandering spirit
of the deceased to return to its material
abode, which. it is presumed, it has
temporarily Observation-Disclosures.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
India's IncOnOclast.

A curious destroyer of human works
in India, according to Dr. r. F. Hutch
inson, is the peepal tree. This is a kind
of fig, which multiplies beyond the
power Of man TO destroy, its little seeds
being sown broadcast over the land in
the droppings of the birds and bats
which feast on its fruit The peepal
rises everywhere, and its effect is the
d.sintegTation of rocks and building.
the danger being 50 great that the keep
ers of large structures are constantly on
watch during fig time for birli-droppings
As an illustration of what the tree NAV
do and OF its wonderful vitality, ii 5
stated that on the summit of the NORTH
ern minaret of the great mosque u
Bareilly, $50 feet high. a peepal -four.
iShes grandly beyond reach. and :
ever-active roots are gradually breakin =
up the cupola OF the minaret.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
Remin;scence of john Il zach.

Ct. A. Townsend, writing to the New
York tribune, says: | met John Roach
a few days ago and found him restored
to somewhat of his old-time vigor He
happened to be in the mood to tell me
something of his early history and ex-
perience. Said he: Il have memo
randum book in which have for almost
my entire life written down the things
that interested me at the moment. /
happened to pick up one OF these the
other day which was forty years old, and
to run across the heading Why John
Roach Quit Journey Work 1t is a
curious Renaissance. | was at work III
the shop one day when an idea about
shipbuilding came into my head.
turned up pail, sat down on it and be-
gan to trace the idea in the molding sand
at my feet George Copeland, the fore
man, came in and found me thus en-
gagged. He called me a loafer and my
blood fairly boiled. 'You can't work
any longer in this shop he said to my
excited reply. | answered by saying
would not if | could, but that he should
not discharge me. | threw off my over
alls and ran ahead of him to the office,
where | notified them had quit and de-
manded my time. Within week | had
set up a little Shop of my own. | hired
two or three men. My capital amounted
to $500. At the end of the first week |
paid my men S27. Then | went home
with curious feeling. l said to my
wife, Mary, I've paid the men, but I've
no money for you, and you will have to
get trusted at the grocery She said:
Never mind, John, can do that. You
are your own boss now, and we will
stand together to keep you so In all
the years since continued Mr.. Roach
with>much feeling. though my weekly
payroll has been as high as S37, 900.
there has never been a Saturday night
when my men We're not fully paid"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
Japan Ladies.

The ladies of Japan show not less
readiness to adopt Western ideas and
usages than the japanese of the other
sex. The bellies of Zedo order dresses
from Paris; and the progress of imita-
ton has gone so far as to make knowl-
edge o. the fashionable dresses of Eu-
rope an indispensable feature in the
education of every japanese lady who
respects herself. A riding school is
about to be opened in Yokohama ex-
clusively for the use of native ladies.
and it promises to be largely patron
lied The Japanese Government is
about to take a step which will have the
effect Of bringing the more solid
branches of Western education within
reach Of the female subjects of the
Mikado A number of young women
are about to be sent to Europe to re
ceive thorough training in the essen
tial branches of female education as it
is unders- God there, with view to their
subsequent employment as teachers in
their own country when qualified
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
A Log Chute.

One of the most interesting sights to
be seen in the Sierras is the manner in
which logs are sent down the valleys or
river canyons from the timber heights
above A contemporary gives the fol-
lowing graphic description of one of
these scenes: A chute is laid from the
river bank up the steep mountain to the
railroad; and while we are telling it the
monster logs are rushing, laundering,
flying, leaping down the declivity They
come with the speed of thunderbolt,
and somewhat of its roar A track of
fire and smoke follows them-fire struck
by their friction with the chute logs
They descend the seventeen hundred
feet Of the chute in fourteen seconds. In
doing so they drop seven hundred feet
perpendicularly. They strike the deep
water with report that can be heard a
mile distant. Logs fired from a cannon
could scarcely have a greater velocity
than they have at the foot of the chute.
The average velocity is over one hun
bred feet in a second throughout the en-
tire distance: and at the instant they
leap from the mouth their speed must
be fully two hundred feet per second. A
sugar-pine log sometimes weighs ten
tons. What missile! How the water is
tossed in the air! Like a grand plume
of diamonds and rainbows, the feathery
spray is hurled to height of hundred
feet. 1t forms the grandest fountain
ever beheld. How the waters foam and
settle, and lash against the shore! One
log, having spent its force by its mad
plunge into the deep waters, has foated
so as to be at right angles with the path
of the descending monsters. The mouth
of the chute is perhaps fourteen feet
above the surface of the water. A huge
log hurled from the chute cleaves the
air and alights on floating log. You
know how bullet glances, but can you
imagine a saw-log glancing? The end
strikes with heavy shock. but glides
quickly past for short distance. then
comes clash like the reverberation of
artillery. the falling log springs verti-
cally into the air, and with a curve like
a rocket falls into the water a long dis
lance from the log it struck.-S0cra-
naea1to Bee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
French-Canadian Fecuudity.

The fecundity of the French-C Canadians
is something wonderful. Nearly all the
employees Of the lntercolonial Railway
from Canpbclton to Quebec are French
or descendants of French. '.TheSa pca-
pie. : said a railway man to 4 =. John.
\. B.. reporter, ARE Very prolific
know OF several families whose members
number as high as forty. will give
YOU the name Of one man with whom
am personally acquainted. His name :
Paul Belanger. lie is in the ln;ercolon-
ial Railway employ as car-inspector Ut
River da Loup. lie is the father OF
thirty-three children.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

Some little time since there was GER
tain man upon the Harvard faculty OF
scholarly attainments and long connec-
ton with the college, but who. in Eliot :
opinion, had outlived his usefulness. So
the president called around on horse
back one morning as he was out for his
customary ride. The professor was in
his yard. Their greetings were cordial,
and they chatted pleasantly on one sub
iect and another until Eliot turned to
90. Just as he took up his rains he
said: by the way, professor, | should
be glad to have you send in your resig-
nation some day before long. Good
morning." And he cantered off. The
old gentleman was thunderstruck. as
may be imagined, but how could he re-
sist such Il courteous appeal? So he did
what he had to be-resigncd.-BoSt0ll
Cor. LeeciSt0n (Ne.) Jos~uG'.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

The magnitude of the Escurial th'
great Spanish palace, may be inferre,
from the computation of Francisco d,
los Santos that it would take four day.
to 90 through all the rooms and apart
ments, the length Of the way being reck
oned at thiry-threa Spanish leagues
which is about 100 English miles.
There are 1900 doors and 1900 win
lows in the editiec.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
A Wonderful Discovery,

Consumptiyes and all, who suffer froI
any affection of The Throat and Lung
can find certain cure in DIR. Kings Ne
Discoveryfor Consumption. Thousand
of permanent cures verify the truth G
this statement. Nc medicine can sho
snch a record of wonderful cure
Thousands of once hopeless sufferers no.
gratefully proclaim they owe their live
TO this New Dicovery. 1t will cost yo
nothing to give it trial. Free Tris
Bottles at H. Hinrichs' Drug Store
Large size, 81 90. 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
N Ecec thar Science has Cenfer1ed

that which has occurred TO the nhshitants If
niaIarioi riddle portions of { he Unoted States
ana the Tropce from the. use of Hostetter's
Stomach Buffers. The experience of many
years has but too clearly demonstrated the in
efficiency of quinn amp other drugs to effect
udily comEal the progress o. intermittent co,
ReStire and bilious remittant feyers, while On
the other hand. it has been no less clearly
shown that the use Of the l}ilters. a medIciEr
congeni8i 10 the fraitst constitution and Dc
rived from purely botanic sources. affords "a
reilable feguard against malari8i disea e. a 4
arrest IL y hen developed For disorders of he
stomach. liver and bt weis. for gene al debility
and renal inac1iveity. it is also a most efficient
re =edy. Appetite and steep are improved hv
II, II expects rhunatic humurs from the blood
and enriches circulation impoverished by MAJ
assimilation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14
"A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and Il
dscretioEs of youth, nervous weakness, early
cay, loss of manhood. etc. l will send reel
that viii cure you FREE OF CHARGE TL
great remedy was discovered 10y mi-siobarr
South America. Send a selfaddressed enve,of
to the REV. JosEPH T. ISAAS. Staaioi D. \
York City. septlQ-st
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

Mannix, the assignee of the Pa
estate OF Cincinnati, is charged
defalcation of 500, 800 Gov Hoss.s
one of his hondsmen. 4 crimiuci pIas
cution il threatened.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

f. @. Buerstatte and n HiuTi,is e.
refund the price paid if Acsp' ; 2
Elixir does not relieve any ~tiu
disorder. A new, bat thoroughly IT,,
discovery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

Only slightly damaged hy water:
pieces silk dress goods ut Il cents at tie
New York Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-14

The use of Ely's Cream Balm, cure
for catarrh, hay fever and colds in head,
is attended with no pain, annoyance o.
dread, which can be said of no othei
emedy. 1t is not liquid or snnf
bnt is easily applied. 1t affords iustanf
relief and cures where doctors have failed
Price so cents.
For twenty years / have suffered from
catarrh. purchased Ely's Cream BAN
of J. Dawson & Son, which has so fleet
ually cured my headache that / fee
altogether new man. [ have recon
mended it TO many with like good results
N. NJ Rez, ID. d. s., Rochester, IND
We'll. sis, what does YOUR moth
want to borrow n0w?' asked gco.-
natured housewife of a neighbours chii,'
who stood at the door with an cmps
cup. please. ma am. ma would Ike t5
borrow a cup of meal an she wa
your receipt for Thanksgiving puddni
an she says if your Billy comes into on
yard again she'll just shake his boot
off. : That cup went back empty,-Harj
ford Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05
A Burme.e ThOtoErnphcr,. pnrhnrltr,


A Burmese scandal is now stirring
official blood at SIandalay, as it appears
that the provost marshal has a morbid
taste for amateur photography that has
led him to experiment upon the unfort.
innate Burmese Dacoits that have been
executed under his direction. Wills
4Parrhasius' has had literal exenpIi.
flcation in this official, who has on sew.
eral occasions added mspeakable torture
to his victims death pangs by delaying
the interval between orders to present
and Sire long enough to allow him to
take two or three negatives with the
camera he carries about with him.
Having had the prisoners drawn up in
line against a wall, he would station the
firing platoon before them and ret the
camera into position and calmly prepare
his plates. Tie officer commanding the
soldiers was instructed not to give the
fatal signal till the. plate was exposed.
Thus the most interesting negatives were
obtained at the very moment Of the
prisoners death agony. Fortunately
this barbarity prOcticed in the name Of
scientifc interest has added nothing to
art, for the cruel operator was such a bad
hand at the work that the plates were
spoiled. The troops were anxious to
lynch the alleged artist, but the EnOllsh
authorities have promised to make an
example Of The amateur photographer
Inter Ocean.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05
Ho Laugh, a. the Isst.mlth,.

A Norwich correspondent writes of tbe
Young burglar. who d now in New Lon.
don iail: aGive him twenty minutes
alone with n SAFE saws the sheriff, aand
he can oben tie most Intricate locl, that
ever was devised: and Il Won will toll
him merely the name Of tlis safemal,c,I
M will tell yoti instantly ali the norts IN
tho lock and dive vol, n diagram of its
mechanism. He never breaks a loek. bs
simply finds outinside of twenty n,;nntcs ~
tho Combination N which q Sits onons =
Tho snfe and tnI,es ont what be wantS ants
md relocIs Il, and when the owner rs.
hIrns he lnds the safe apnarentlv INST M
he left Il To accomplish his work ~, he %
needs. in addition to his onick wit and
mechanical tnowlcdoo three or5,na,.,, ~,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05
what a Chlnaman says Of warnor

Ut Is UNJUST said a Chinese gentle.
man to whom the writer had given his
opinion Of Chinese music. 4Our music
is good-beautiful. 1t is yours which is
bad. Your music is false-not like ma.
ttlre, Music is color. You take all your
pots OF paint and let them run together.
You make confusion. The wind doesn't
make music the way you say it does! A
bird doesn't sing that wayl A wave
tumbles oil the shore, and makes one
note-and only one. Yours is a music
that is only noise. You play so soft that
il want to hear sometimes must strain
my ears. Why should / trouble myself
to heart Must ! use an instrument 80 as
to listen2 Must think to hear? Why
don't you paint a picture SO that can't
see it! II you make it too small don't
want to see 1t,
@Yet | hear once Wagner. / 20, too.
into a shop in Scotland where they made
a steamship for my government. Tie
men they hammer on tile boilers. That
was better than Wagner, heard a
blind man the other day. He fiddled at
the corner of the street. You laugh;
Yes, sir, that gives ME pleasure. We arc
n simple people-and we are not going to
change our music-founded on rules
which are 1000 years and more old.
Why, when my ancestors sang melodi.
ouSly, your forefatlers were cannibals
and howled with the wolves. New
York Times,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05

Wheat growing in India is conducted
under the most primitive methods AZ
first Americans laughed at theryots, who,
plowed with a crooked stick and usei
oxen entirely in placsof horses aTd6yer
EnEiishmen regarded them with more or
less dislain, hut they have come at
length to he the most formidable com.
petitors which the American farmer has,
The landswhicIi they tin are rich. The
natives live in bamboo huts, need only.a
shirt for clothing, and their services may
be had for 0 cents q day Che year round.
They do not work by.improved methods,
but they prCducegrain, and British cap
ital Is building railroads and warehouses
with which to facilitate It's shipment td
European markets. Chicago Herald
Book Review. III, =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05

Tho results Of experiments with eight.
cen varieties Of cheese are given in
Beidemanns Cenralblatt. Cheddar, q
rich and highly favored English cheese,
was digCsted in the shortest time, four
hours, while unripe skinned cheese 70.
quircd ten, There is little difference in
tho digcstibillty OF all sorts Of hard
cheese or all soft cheese. Fat chooses
dissolve tie most rapidly. Taking into
consideration the quantity Of nitrogen
dissolved, the writer concluded that, on
account Of It's great pfoportlonate diges.
tbility, cheese Is the most hCllriShing Of
all foods except meat and cggs,-Ex.
change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-05
Visit to a British A,ohdruId.

Tomorrow (old Christmas Day. Is the
eighty-Rtth anniversary Of the birth Of
Myfyr Morganicg, archdruid Of the Brit
ish isles, Wales has never been without
its representative Of the gwyddon (chief
bard or laureate Of Britain), whose duty
twas to sing with his harp that ancient
tune known as @The Monarchy Of Brit
aim before the army on the eve Of its
entering upon campaign. The old re-
ligion becoming unpopular, by degrees
his office was forgotten. On the evening
Of his natal anniversary the archdruid
was visited by one Of his disciples, who
thus narrated what took place:
4He sits to-day a white.haired and
white.bearded aged priest, alone in an
upper chamber in a street in Pontypridd.
] took with me to him a presentation
from most generous, noble lord. It
was the gift Of a Christian chieftain to
chief druid, The moment / entered tile
lonely cell Of tile Druid, the noble old
man with flowing beard stood up to meet
me, and, with extended hand, said, with
sparkling eyesi Blwddyn newyd dda'
good new Year,, He then uttered a
Druidic prayer for all blessings to descend
on the house Of Butte, and the home Of
Sir w. I, Lewis was not forgotten by
him who is preparing for 'cylch y gwyn.
fyd' tthe circle of the holy worldly
u ventured to ask him what were his
views respecting a future state Of exist.
ence. His reply was: My father and
my mother are well able to provide for
me, and in them trust and not in any.
one else 1asked him what he meant
by his father and mothers; he replied
that the Creator was his father and
Anian was his mother. By Anian he
seemed to mean the formulating power
in the earth, revealing her efforts in the
springtime Of the year. This he said is
the Venus and the mother Of the gods in
ancient mythology. He seemed to re-
gaed all creeds us jumbling confusions
Of Druidisn, and to think that his mis-
sion is the world was to restore the
primitive order of ancient times.-
Pontyprild Cor. London Telegraph.
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SOME FACTS ABOUT THE AlNpoos.



Their BelleA and characteristics.
The Rev, Dr., II. L, scudder, lecturing
on India, said the Hindoos had two great
beliefs, One was the doctrine of fate and
the other the transmigration Of souls.
According to the former man was mere
puppet. for with them everything was
settledby fato and everything was the
result Of what they termed the decree Of
the head. IfaHindoo did 9 bad thing Il
+ywasfate that ifhpelled him, and Ne hid
to do good or III as it was decreed.
The doctrine Of transmigraion was the
hardest thing to get out Of their heads.
They believed that a good life here
meant an exalted birth and high station
in the other world. II a man lived a
mixed life here he would come back as
a man again, butt II his life were totally
bad he would come back as tree or
mineral. Their code prescribed special
birth for each sin. One who stole grain
would be born rat, IL he stole fruit lie
would be born a monkey, II he stolefrom
a Brahinan he would be born over again
1000 times and each time take the form
Of q spider. There was no escape from q
predeStined birth.
The Indians were noncommittal, but
very inquisitive and loquacious to a de-
gree. When one refused to talk he be-
lied his races record. Their form Of
reasoning was analogical, and, like all
orientals, they preferred simile. Many
Of them were possessed Of great meta.
physical acumen. They were the great
est liars on earth, and could lie one out
Of almost any belief. They were sunk in
vice to low degree.
Tie worship Of snakes was quite com.
mon, and they believed the cobras had a
separate world to themselves. Snake
charming was a hereditary profession,
and they lured cobras from their holes
to destruction by. playing softly on a
flute.
The women were weak and vicious
and by nature unfaithful, but were pos
sessed Of great lingual flexibility, being
able to out-talk their liege lords ut will.
No language could describe their degra-
dOtion. Women there had but one god,
her husband, and her only religious act
was to be his slaye.- Chicago News,