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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-10

HE lenton season
is passing or very
quietly at Wash
ington. Mrs. Cleve-
land has returned
from her Florida
tour, and she has
spent much Of her
leisure in driving
during tho pleasant
weather which the
spring always
brings here. Oak
View, her country
home, is still desc.
late, but the family
looks forward ia
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-10
THE GOVERNORS DOLLS.
SOME CuRlOSlTIES OF THE GRAND
ARMY FAIR AT WASHINGTON.
Doll Babies Which Have I;oiled the
Gray Matter of Great Mems Brains
in Their Getting Up-Art Treasures
Of the Fair-Presidentlal Matter.

Special Corrcspondencc,l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-10

Is better, spicier ond more instructive taanit
has ever been before.
Senator ingalls, is writing number Of
articles for newspapers. John =, Cainc, the
Utah delegate, has Also written newspaper
article, and, indeed, the best nicn of the
country are writing for the newspapers ans
magazines. Big men get his prices and
literature has never been So well paid for rs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-10
slowly but surely.

The fact that now and then a bald headed
Indian is to lie seen on the government res
ervations indicates that the down trodden
squaw is slowly hut surely climbing into
the same rights enjoyed by her pale faced
sister. -ChicarO Herald
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-10
CONSUL GENERAL. LEWIS.
The American Onicial Who Ia IN Trouble
in Morocco.
Especial correspondence.

IsI"CIiI NUTrPSIlUNUthCt.7
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Consul General
". X. Lewis, who has kicked up such an
unprecedented sort of Robbery in Morocco by
protesting AGAINST the arrest Of q man under
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
MetalliZatiOn of COrpses.

A writer in an Italian newspaper de-
scribes a visit to the atelier of an old
Turin chemist. Angelo Motta, recently
deceased, who is said to have devoted
thirty years of his life to the discovery
and perfection of a process for effect
ing the metallization of corpses, an
artificial process corresponding to
petrifaction. Having informed him
of the object of our visit" he writes,
Il said to the professor: Such won
derful things have been related of you
that it is hard for me to believe them.
| was told that YOU metallize human
bodies. Evidently what was meant
was that you cover them with a coat
ing of metal by galvanoplasty.' 'Oh,
nor replied Motta. Not at all! ! sub
stitute metal for the organic matter;
in word, / metallize in the fullest
sense of the term. You may convince
yourself personally of the truth of my
assertion. May l request the gentle
men to walk into my atelier?" The
scientist led us into the adjoining room
and showed us his preparations. On
pedestal stood Il bust of female, made
of a copper-colored metal. The finest
wrinkles and veins on the neck and
hands were produced with wonderful
minuteness. Motta informed us that
the bust was made from 4 corpse which
he had secured with indescribable
difficulty. As We examined this bust,
which looked as though it had just
left the workshop of Il great artist,
the professor delivered Il long lecture
on the disadvantage of galvanoplasty,
,nb 90, L., In+,,l, ,I
does not give IL faithful reproduction.
My process is different he added. i
destroy the organic substance and re-
place it by a similarly-shapcd mass of
metal. Here, for example, have the
arm of child. which | am just now
preparing The scientist produced
from closet the arm of child which
had been cut off at the shoulder.
Through the whole length of it passed
fine copper wires. which protruded at
the finger tips. 4 portion of the or
ganic matter has already been destroy
ed he continued. BY means of a
chemical preparation, which is my
secret, soidify the arm without in
any way altering its shape. Then |
place the object in a metal bath, and
pass strong electric current through
the copper wires. Skin. bones, flesh,
fibers gradually disappear and are re-
placed by exactly similar metallic de-
posits. When the process is completed
| have Il metal arm which in its cross
and longitudinal sections represents
identicaliy the same configuration as
an arm of flesh or bone'n Prof.
Motta then showed the writer num-
Der of similarly metallized heads of
men and children. one of which had
been sawed across, So that he could
convince himself that the whole had
been metallized. Motta lived and
died in poverty, and carried the secret
of his discovery into the grave.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
A CATTLE RANCE,
It's Origin Dates Back to About the Fif-
teenth Century.

The origin of the range cattle-grow
ing industry in the United States dates
back to about the fifteenth century,
when horned cattle We're introduced
from Spain by way of Mexico among
the Pueblo Indians residing along the
east bank of the Rio Grande Later on
the early colonists to the republic of
Texas took with them herds of horned
cattle, and in this way Texas became
the mother of the range-cattle indus
try in the United States. Here it was
almost wholly confined until after
the rebellion, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. Prior to the late war nearly
the whole of Texas was given up to
cattle-growing. After the war the
disbanding of the great armies lessened
the demand and Texas swarmed with
great herds in excess of market de-
mand and local consumption. Cattle
were of little value. and yet these
herds were rapidly increasing. What
was to be done? The more enter
prising ranchmen of Texas began to
look for new ranges and markets that
would consume the enormous surplus.
California then had but few cattle.
L llC SlttlCf VI houSslS tthNi ANCOI sSh
and the territories west of the Mis-
souri, river were sparsely populated.
The vast region of magnificent grazing
area 10 be found there, and upon
which the buffalo roamed, readily
offered the temptation for field of eX-
pertinent.
If the wild bison could subsist on
these plants in the valleys and parks
of the Rocky mountain country, why
should not cattle? Winter and sum-
mer the buffalo found sufficient grass,
and hence the more enterprising Texas
cattlemen came to the conclusion that
domestic cattle, bred and raised upon
the prairie-grass of Texas and left to
their own eXertions for subsistence.
would be adapted to the fine grasses OF
the plains of the west and northwest
states and territories, and where at that
time only the buffalo grazcd. Thus
the study of the life and habits of the
buffalo led to the idea which has made
this the greatest range and cattle
growing country in the world. Not a
few Texas men came, and some from
California, and all drove their herds
into this newer country. Their sue
cess caused others to follow, and east
ern spectators were attracted by the
fine opportunities for investment.
Thus sprung up this wonderful indus
try, for soon the unoccupied territory
of the plains country of the west was
filled with great herds OF grass-raised
cattle-cattle that knew not home or
master, and to which grain would have
been almost ScarecrOW. And with
all this there came cowboy. sui gen.
eris. about whom their clusters so
much of romance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
WHAT AILS YOU?

Do you have obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges from head and
throat, sometimes profuse, acrid and
watery, at Others, thick, tenacious, n uc.
ous, puruient bloody, putrid and often
slve; dull, heavy headache most of the
time, with occasional splitting head
aches;;" are your eyes weak, watery, or
infiamed; is there ringing in the ears,
with more or less dcafness;do you have to
h,ck, cough and gag, i'll your efforts to
clear your throat in the morning; do you
expectorate offensive matter, scabs from
ulcers, perhaps tiEged with blood; is your
voice changed and is there "nasal
twane" to it; is your breath offensive;
are our senses OF tast, and smell i'm
paired? If you have all or any consider
able number Of these symptoms, you are
suffering from that most common and
dangerous of maladies-chronic nasal
catarrh. The more complicated your
disease has become, the great sr tn > NUN
Der aid diversity of symptoms, No mat
ter what stage it has reached DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, which is sold by drng
gists as only 30 cents, will cure it The
manES cturers Of this wonderful remedy
offer, in good faith, $500 for case Of
this disease whicbsthey cannot cure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
ParIor Etiquette.

Do not manifest impatience or inter
rupt another in speaking. If you
think the monologue has continued
long enough, lean comfortably back in
your chair. assume an expression of
intense interest, close your eyes and
snore, not harshly or impatiently, so
rs to give offense, but with the long
drawn, musical cadence of contented
man, who is glad to sleep and has
nothing for which to remain awake.
Do notintrude professional topics in
general conversation. 1t is much bet
ter to talk about yourself all the time.
Then people will have no difficulty in
understanding you. A sweet, white
haired old lady who is devoted to
foreign missions, will hardly raise to
the level of your enthusiasm when you
tell her how they scored six times before
they got the word, and then they
swaggled off with Scraggy Jim at the
pole and Wild Sal running under the
wire. and Sleepy Jane, that you backed
10 win three straight heats, broke four
times on the first quarter, and got shut
clean out at the distance pole. You
will interest her more deeply if you
tell her how all the girls are dead-set
after you, but you are too kind-heart-
edly sharp for 'em. This kind of talk
always interests old married people.
Do not continually interject "you
know and you see' into your con-
yersation. Say, rather, ''Savvy
John?" ''Ketch on to that. cull?" or
''D' We tumble, shorty?' Then the
people will know that you have been
to college away from home. Never
listen to a remark the first time it is
made. This will give you an oppor-
tunity of saying Beg pawd'n" at in
teryals. Then everybody will know
that you have been abroad-in your
mind.
Talk in very loud tones of course.
Speak up SO that the company will
hear you. In the parlor or at the
table always talk with the man
farthest away from you. Then peo-
pie will say: "Who is that eloquent
young auctioneer?"
The oppressive little lapses in con-
versation can be filled in by whistling.
If you can drum an accompaniment on
the window-pane with your finger the
effect will be charming. People viii
be greatly pleased with you-when you
go away. But of course they will be
too polite to say say so.-Burdette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
HOW THREAD is NUMBERED.

Everybody knows tie sizes of thread
Every seamstress knows whether she
wants No. 30 or 60 or 12O, and knows,
when she hears the number, about what
is the size of the strand referred to; but
how the numbers happen to be what they
are and just what they mean, not one
person IN a thousand knows. And yet it is
a simple matter to explain, was the in
formation accorded to a reporter by an
employe of one Of the largest spool cot
ton manufactures in the United States.
When $40 yards of yarn weigh 1900
grains a pound of cotton, the warn is
No. L. If 1859 yards weigh pound, ii
wll: be No. 2yarn. For No. 80 yarn i,
would lake 90 multiplied by $40 yards to
weigh a pound. This is the whole of
yarn measurement. The early manufact-
ured thread was three cord, aud the
the I'd took its number from the number
of the yarn from which it was made.
Nc. 60 yarn made No. 60 thread, though
i'll point of fact the actual caliber of No.
so thread. would equal No. 20 yarn,
being three 60 strands.
When the sewing machine came into
the market es the great consumer, IN
reasoning in its work and inexorable in
its demands for the mechanical accuracy,
SIX cord Gotten had to be made as q
smoother product. As thread numbers
were already established, they were not
altered for the new article, and No. 60
six cord and No 60 three cord are linden
tiacal in size as we'll as in number. To
affect this the six coad has to be made of
yarn twice as firm as that demanded by
the three cord The No. 60 six cord
would be six st 'ands of No. 120 yarn.
Three cord. spool cotton is the same
number as the yarn it is made Of Six
cord spool cotton is made of yarn that is
double its number. AS simple a thing
as thread is there are 1000 different
kinds made.-New York Mail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
Lime-Water in Diphtheria.

Lime-water is an admirable remedy
ia cases of diphtheria. It's local effect
is most useful in cleansing and purify
ing the fauces, and its mode of appli-
cation is the easiest imaginable. 1t
requires no spray apparatus, no DOUGH-
ing. and no effort at gargling. 1t is
sufficient to have the patient slowly
swallow a teaspoonful or more every
hour, in order TO get good results from
its use. This fact is of the greatest
Importance in treating children, who
are too often cruelty tortured in the
attempt to make local applications to
the throat. Lime-water can be given
easily. and is taken readily by children: !:
and there are, we believe, few cases of
diphtheria which require more ener-
getic local treatment than the one just
described. In fact, we think that an
early cleansing of the bowels with
calomel-sometimes in massive doses
followed up after short interval by
the administration of lime-water and
the use of suitable tonic and roborant
regimen. constitutes a method which
comes the nearest to being ofuniversal
applicability of any one with which we
are familiar; and we think that the use
of the lime-water is of more conse-
quence than any other part of the
treatment. except it be the preliminary
purgatien.- Medical and Surgical Re
porter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
The Occasion Finds the Man.

Great emergencies call forth the
great soul. War in the twinkling of
an eye turns village drunkards and
pettifogging lawyers into generals and
statesmen. Love transforms Cymon
from brute into a man. Necessity
makes Shakespeare a dramatist; acci
dent reveals Scott his true powers,
says contributor to Lippincotrs Naga-
zine. The most commonplace men
and women have passed through the
fools paradise of love, when they were
divine beings worshiping divinity, and
in that FOOLS paradise they for a brief
moment found their true selves, saw
deep into the soul of their consort.
That fitting dream was in truth an
awakening, the brief opening of the
spiritual eye. When the world of facts
has passed away, our dreams may re-
main. The man of common sense asks
for realities, the poet knows that only
Illusions are true. Look you, the man
whom you hate are there not women
who worship him, children who look
to him? Who sees the true man-you
who hate him, or they who love him?
Love is divine delight; it reaches out
over and around its object into the IL
limitable; it is part of the over-soul, of
the infinite, of God. Hatred is pain
full. 1t strains and racks the body, it
blinds the vision, it makes man con-
scious of his moral limitations. Love
sees the virtues that are of the soul;
hatred only the diseases of the skin. :"
''All men have their faults, and steal
ing was Bills said weeping widow
over the corpse of desperate shot
in attempted burglary. And grotesque,
ludicrous as the expression may seem,
she was right. She knew that not in
the robber, the law-breaker, the out
cast, did the real man shine forth, but
in those rarer moods of kindliness and
generosity when he was a true friend
and husband. Perhaps when two
enemies, who have refused to see any
good in each other on this earth,
meet, hereafter in another world free
from the muddy vesture of decay
which clogs their vision here, the first
thought of each will be: .'Is this the
beautiful soul that l maligned and
hated2"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
THE CARE OF SPLENDID JEWELS.
Worry Incident to the Possession of Dis
monds.

The care of the splendid Jewels
weighs very heavily upon their owners
sometimes, and the women whose
diamonds are too small to be mention
ed in the letters from the summer wat
ering-placeS can console themselves
with the fact that all the crooks and
sharps in the country are not intently
perusing such articles concerning 9
them and laying plans to render them
diamondless. Some women at these
summer resorts who carry fortunes
about with them in their jewel eases
are extremely reckless in the care of
them and send cold shivers down the
hotel clerk spine by coming sleepily
at midnight, dropping 100000 worth
of precious stones on the desk and
making off before they stop to see
whether he is looking or not. One
bold snatch on these occasions would
make a hotel thief comfortable for life
The rich cottagers, however, are more
careful. They are aware that they are
known all over the country and the
value of their gems accurately regis
tered in burglars notebooks, and so
they take proper precautions. Nearly
all have heavy burglar and fire-proof
safes set into the wall of their bed
rooms, and their costly possessions are
deposited there every night. Mrs.
William Astor and Mrs. Ogden Goelet
both have alarms attached to the safes
in their boudoirs so that the slightest
effort to tamper with the door will let
loose noise that can be heard mile
and is calculated to induce nervous
prostration in even the hardest pilferer
When any of the Astors, Vanderbilts,
Winthrops, Lorllards, or Van Rens-
selaers travel, a special courier is sent
by their jeweler to guard their dia-
monds, and he Is responsible for their
safe delivery. He even goes abroad
with them, it being his business to 90
to the safe deposit company, give a
receipt for the jewels. see them safely
in the captains safe abroad the steam
er, take them out on the other side,
and get receipt from the London or
Paris banker who has them in charge
while the owners remain in Europe.
Some women, however, will not trust
their most treasured jewels to the
hands of even a detective, and their
methods of personally transporting
them are as varied and queer as only
feminine methods ever are. Mrs.
Paran Stevens, who is nothing if not
original, carries thousands of dollars
worth of blazing gems done up in a
brown paper parcel and tied with a
white cotton string. Her argument is
that thieves would never suspect that
so shabby a looking bundle carelessly
fastened into a shawl strap was worth
while carrying away. Mrs. Hicks
Lord-whose cousin by the way is on
the eve of marriage with a French
Duke-transport that superb 100000
necklace and some quarter of a amillion
worth of diamonds in chamois belt
about her waist. Mrs. Bradley Martin
has some dear particular stones that
she used to carry in the little silk
covered hair cushion that served her
as hustle. Now that hustle are dis
appearing she will be obliged to pro-
vide new hiding place.-Nee0 York
World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01

INSECTS DESTROYING TIMBER.-It is
said that worms are often more destruct-
i've to forests than fire or whrlwinds.
The insects lay their eggs under the
bark and they hatch in the darkness,
which is necessary element for their
development. When they batch into
the grub form they bore their way into
the sap wood and then make a circle
around the tree once, twice, and perhaps
three times, before it is time for them to
turn into perfect winged insects. This
stops the flow of the sap and the growth
of the tree, and eventually the tree dies
Large tracts of dense forest in Maine
have been destroyed in this way, and
sometimes tracts in the Adirondacks.
1t is claimed to be better for the for
ests to let in the woodman and allow him
to thin out the trees and thus give light
and air to the earth and forest growth.
These insects will not develop where
there Is plenty of air and light, and it
would be well for those who own tract
of wood land to bear this in mind and
thin it sufficiently to prevent a dense,
dark growth. 1t is told of a Maine
man that he held piece of forest for
thirty years and would never allow any
wood to be cut on it. When he came to
examine it he found that large part of
it had been ruined by the girdle worm
Chicago Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01

No SCARCITY OF SALT-It is said on
the best authority that 10000, 900
bushels of salt are consumed in this
country. The average American gets
away with fifty pounds of salt every
year. The quantity taken at time is so
small that person hardly notices it, but
a years consumption of salt by one per-
son is almost bushel. An Englishman
gets along on twenty-five pounds year,
and in France an ordinary man swallows
eighteen pounds between New Years
day and December. If calculations
amount to anything there is no danger of a
scarcity of the saline article, for famous
statistician has declared that if all the
salt in the ocean were piled together, it
would make bulk equal to 10000, 900
cubic miles. He never saw all this salt,
but he says it is there, and all that need
be dore is to get it safely ashore Cur
rent Literature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
WONDERFUL CURES.

W. d. Hoyt & Co.. Wholesale and
Retail Druggists at Rome Ga., say: We
have been selling DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's s
Arnica Salve for four years. Have never
handled remedies that sell as well, OF
give such universal satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use of few bot.
ties of DIR. Kings New Discovery, taken
i'll connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by Henry
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow cough to run until it gets be
yond the reach of medicine. They often
say, ''Oh, it will wear away" but in
most cases it wears them away. Could
they be induced to try the successful
medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which
Is sold on positive guarantee to cure
they would Immediately see the excel
lent effect after taking the first dose
Price SOC and s. 90. Trial size free
At all Druggists 1noy89,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01

A CURIOUS CLAY.-Workmen who
were digging ditch in Montgomery
county, Indiana, struck stratum of
earth resembling white clay, which turn
ed black on being exposed to the air.
Pieces of it thrown into the fire were
found to burn iercely. The substance
is supposed to be coal of the first s5rms-
ton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
A DisHdent Youth.

Laura" exclaimed the youth, as he
laid his arm timidiy on the back of her
chair, "now that you have promised
to be mine it surely does not seem like
asking too much if /"
'Well, George?n
George took her hand in his. swal-
lowed once or twice spasmodically, and
proceeded:
.'As your affianced husband, Laura,
whom You will some day promise in
the sight of high Heaven to love, honor.
and-er-cherish, you will not think
me presuming, dearest, l hope, Tiff
"Well, Georges"
II / venture to claim the priyi-
lego of k-of a kiss?n
The lovely maiden laid her head
trustingly on the young mans shoul-
der, tender light shone in her dreamy
eyes. and her fragrant breath swept
the cheek of the rapturous lover as she
softly murmured:
George, don't be clamr'- Chicago
Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
meeme Cider Mill,

= The undersigned hereby gives notice that his
Cider Mill, located In the town of Meeme one
mile west of the G Green Bay Road and one-auar-
ter mile east of kolweys Grist Mill, viii be start
ed up as soon as the apple season opens, where
he will be prepared to manufacture cider at 21f
cents per gallon. HUBERT SIMON
aIl,<-f.
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a. 3. nITz,
G. Ct. SEDGWIGK-

A TfORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
IA Ofice in Forrison's brick block, north end
,tn street bridge, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Colec-
oas promptly attended TO.