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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09
Hlanitomoe pilot.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.
Professions the Healthiest.

Much has been written of late con-
corning the long lives of those who fol-
low literary pursuits, and some inter-
esting statistics as to the age of writers
have seen the light. With the famil-
lar instances of Goethe. Voltaire. and
a score or two more of past days. and
with the more modern cases of the lau-
reate. Mr.. Browning and Mr.. Bailey,
the author of 'Festus long may they
live-I am not inclined to concern my
self With a full sense of my own in
competency TO deal scientifically with
the subject, I wish. nevertheless, to
place matters on scientific basis.
All professions are healthy as COM
pared with trades. What men are
longer lived than scientists, archeolo-
gists-there is no profession of archie
0logy, but let that pass-lawyers,
clergymen, physicians, actors? In
some professions, notably the bar. to
which might be added the stage. the
early training is said, in a half-serious
banter, to kin off the weaklings. To
some extent this is true of all pro-
fessions Men without self-control die,
as a rule, young, whatever their occu-
pations. In other cases, however, the
conditions under which the classes
named exist are the most favorable.
The two things that most readily kill
men who attain middle age are. anN-
iety or loss of interest. The man who
goes to bed not knowing whether a
turn in the market may elevate him to
wealth or stOop him to ruin, dies Of
softening of the brain. He who has
made his fortune and retired feels, un-
less he has cultivated a hobby, that he
has no place in the world, and dies of
inanition.
As a rule. the professional man Of 30
has learned what he can do. If he Is
unfit for the line he took he has slipped
out Of it; if he is making fortune it
is career full of interest and with lit
tie trouble or anxiety to himself. 1t is
not his own case. that the barrister
pleads. the physician combats, and the
parson arraigns If, again, he is but
moderately successful, his earnings,
though small, are pretty safe. He gets
as near an approximation to security
as fate in world such rs this accOrds,
and he may hope, barring exceptional
circumstances, that the future will be
as the past His occupation, mean
while, brings him consideration and
intelligent surroundings, and his life is
fairly and pleasantly varied. Once
| the philosopher temperament is reach
ed the combustion of life is very rapid.
Mail and Express.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09
FIRFCRACKERs FROM CHINA =

tIRECRACKERs FROM CHINA. Fire.
crackers come from China, where the
country people manufacture them as 6
pastime, rs the Germans do toys. They
are imported in boxes similar to tea
chests, the hieroglyphics On them repre-.
senting advertisements of different firms.
and they are used as ballast for the ships
that bring them over. An idea may be
obtained of the utter impossibility of
competition when one is informed that it
costs but two cents to make pack OF
firecrackers there. The Chinese were
acquainted, as we all know, with the use
of gunpowdor long before its Introduce
ion into Europe in the Thirteenth cen
tury, and the peasants have been for SC
many generations adept in the art Of
making tirecrackers that it has become,
we might say, second nature.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

The TRICK OF A TuIEr.-A little bow
was passing through Rivington stree
the other afternoon with four new pairs
of trousers slung over his shoulder. A
man stopped him and asked if he want
ed to make five cents. The boy said be
did. well, go up in that house and
ask for Miss Smith and tell her Mr..
Johnston is waiting to see her. I'll hold
your bundle till you come down." The
lite fellow did as requested. but when
he returned neither man nor bundle was
to be found. There is a gang of such
thieves at work on the east side. They
have been known to take a pitcher and
pennies from little girl sent after milk.
Another of their tricks is to tell little
boy that his coat is dirty and offer to
clean 1t for him. The unsuspecting
little fellow viii take off his coat and the
thief will make off with it.-New York
Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09
One Advantage Of Being "Edicatcd.'

Freedwoman Lizzie, good servant,
was married to an unworthy husband.
and made complaint of his unkind-
ness. One of the young ladies of the
family in which she served. DESTROYS of
knowing how she happened to be SO
married, asked her about their love
making and courtship.
Lizzie, what on earth did Watt say
to you to make You marry him?n
claw! Miss Sallie," answered Lizzie,
.'y0u know | couldn't make no an
swer to Watt when he come co'tin' of
me, cause Watts edicated.n with
guilcful wisdom Of words he "come
co'tin' Of her') And" she continued,
"he got some on his words out de jog
aty and some out de dicbsbunary. And
co'Sc goa know, Miss Sallie, couldn't
make no 'sistance to Watt. "-Harper' S
MdGGzijIe
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SPARTAN SYSTEM OF MARRIAGE.-No
one desires to see Spartanism revived in
these times, but we may learn valuable
lessons from it. The Spartans worship.
ed the beautiful and useful, and they
took means to secure them. Bodily per
fiction was attained 10y enforced, we'll
appointed exercise. There were but few
sickly men and women among them.
None sickly were allowed TO marry, and
all IN health were compelled to do so; if
they refused, they were punished.
Bachelors after certain age were shut
out of the society of women, and once a
year were shamed il public. Neither
boys nor girls were allowed to marry be-
fore maturity was reached. Ills Spar
tan system of marriage, purely for the
welfare of the state, continued for SOC
years, and during that time there were
produced a succession of the strongest
and bravest men and the most healthy
women that the world has ever known
Boston Herald.
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Eddie's Reviying Hope.

lndulgent parent Eddie, l have
got lot of planting to do and work
is behind this spring, and if you could
get excused from school this week
should like your help dropping corn.
Eddie-"Well, papa, l am behind
now with my lessons, and | have to
study real hard to keep up, and can't
get out no. way. as / see.'
lndulgent parent-'Well. Eddie, il
wasn't exactly planting The fact is
Roak is going on a trip fishing for a
week and has invited you to 90. but il
you are behind in studies rs you say. |
agree with you ii would be bad to leave
school"
Eddie-"Oh. shoot the school: | amt
so very far behind hut what | can catch
up in few days. "-Le1cistois Ole,
J0UrHdl.
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PERSONAL,

Mr.. n. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile.
Ala, writes: take great pleasure in re-
commencing DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. having used it for a
severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh.
1t gave me instant relief and entirely
cured me and | have not been afflicted
since. | also beg to state that I had tried
other remedies with no good result. Have
also used Electric Bitters and DIR. Kings
New Life Pills, both Of which I can rec
ommend. DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds, is sold
on positive guarantee. Trial bottles
free at II. Hirrichs' drug store. |
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

AN ANCIENT POWDER HoRN.-There
has been presented to Jefferson County
Historical Society a powder horn which
from the devices engraved upon it, was
evidently carried in the campaigns of the
old French and Indian war. 1t was pre-
scented to the late Norris IL. Shepardson,
of Beleyille. by his uncle, Darius Shep-
ardson, who traded powder horns with
a soldier in the war of 1912 and obtain
ed this one. 1t has been presented to
the Historical Society by Euncie, daugh
ter of Norris Shepardson, through his
executor, Z. Williams. The most pro.
minent object engraved on this powder.
horn is the coat of-arms of Great Britain.
the lion and unicorn, and within the
circle of the motto of the order of Garter
is inscribed civilian Spornhein-
1752-His Horn" The other engraving
represents the Hudson river, the forts,
and places where battles were fought.
Some of the engravings may have been
added afterward, as the old powder horn
has been through three of the great wars
Of early American history-the first or
French war, the revolution, and the war
of 1912. 1t is az interesting relic
UdtertoeUn On " Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

ANOTHER LEGEND OF THE OPAL.-By
the way, said a jeweIer to a reporter,
did you ever hear the legend as to how
opals became "unlucky?" 1t runs some
thing like this: "A wealthy man once
owned large opal which had been in
the family for many generations, and
which had brought good luck to its
owners. The tradition attached to the
stone was that it was to be given to the
best beloved son, falling in which the
charm would be lost. This man had
three sons whom he loved dearly. and.
being unable to determine which was the
best beloved, had three rings made, each
a counterpart of the other, one of which
contained the heirloom, and the others
limitations of it. Calling his three sons
INTO the room separately, he presented
each of them a ring, telling each in turn
that he was the best beloved, and enjoin-
ing him to say nothing to his brothers.
As punishment for this deceit the fair
les removed the charm, and i'll luck and
disaster are said to have followed the
possessors of opals ever since. [ think,
though, that something must have oc-
cured since to put the fairies in good
humor again with the stone, for hav-
emit heard of opals bringing anybody
bad luck of late? Have ?'-Jewelry
News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

Hay FEVER sufferers ought to know of
its efficacy. Ely's Cream BIlm was re-
commended to me as a preventive to
Hay Fever. Have been using il since
the 9th of August and have found it a
specific for that much dreaded disease,
For ten years have been sufferer from
August 9th till frost, and have tried
many alleged remedies, but Ely's Cream
is the only preventive | have ever found.
F. B. Ainswortb, Publisher, Indiana
polls, Ind,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09
BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE.

TIE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chopped 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 3 cents per box. For sale by e.
HInrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

Mrs Blood Ito the ColoueD-My
dear, when YOU came home last night
you were quite sober Colonel Yes.
| only drank twice. Mrs. Blood (anx-
iously )-Weli, what was the trouble.
dear? Have you heard some bad
news, or aren't Won well?-The Epoch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

An authority says we should never
eat when we are hungry or ill-humored
unless we wish indigestion and dyspepsia
all in one. And yet we know lots of
men who could hardly digest dinner
without the satisfaction of grumbling at
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

A stick of timber l51 feet long and
twenty inches square, believed to be
the largest piece ever turned out from
any saw mill. has been sent from Pu-
get Sound To an exhibition in San
Francisco
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

There is family living in Ogle-
thorpe County, Georgia, of fourteen
members-father. mother, and twelve
children, the Oldest child being FORTY
five and the youngest twenty years Of
age. There has never been a death in
the family and all are now living with
in six miles of each other.
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FOR RENT

The building formerly oc-
cupied by Charles Book for a
store. Enquire of c.. G. Sedg-
wick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

Wife-You say you shot this duck
yourself, John? [ can find no marks on
it.
Husband (who hadn't thought of that
-Weil-er-my dear, the bird was very
high up. you know, and perhaps the fall
killed it.-Life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-09

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Send two stamps for his 64-paes CLINICAL
REPORT on the Special Diseases of Youth and
Manhood Address as above. HJurS9
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kICKAPoo Indian Medicines sold at
Hinrichs' Drug store.
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These words would be-'Try Ayers
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by the use of Ayers Pills alone, l
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and cfectual, and, | believe, would
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Mental Scales for Housewives.

Ten common-sized eggs weigh one
pound.
-Four teaspoons are equal to one table,
spoon.
One pint of coffee A sugar weighs
twelve ounces.
Soft butter the size of an egg weighs
one ounce.
One quart of sifted flour, well heaped,
one pound.
One pound of best brown sugar
weigh thirteen ounces.
One pint, heaped. of granulated
sugar, weighs fourteen ounces.
Two teacups, well heaped, of coffee
weighs one pound.
Two teacups, level, of granulated
sugar weighs one pound
One and one-third pints Of powdered
sugar weighs one pound.
One tablespoon, well rounded, of soft
butter weighs one ounce.
Two tableSpoOnsfuls of powdered
sugar or flour weighs one ounce.
Two and one-half teacups, level, of
the best brown sugar weighs one
pound.
Two and three-fourths teacups, level,
of powdered sugar weighs one pound.
One tablespoonful, well heaped,
granulated coffee \ or best brown
sugar equals one ounce.
Teaspoons vary in size, and the new
ones hold about twice as much rs the
oldfashioned spoons of thirty years
ago, a medium-sized teaspoon con-
tains about a dram.
Miss Parloa says one generous pint
of liquid, or one pint of linelv-chopped
meat packed Solidly, weighs one pound.
which it would be convenient to re-
member.-PittSburg Dispatch.
The emblazoning of crests upon
equipages is said to be an active indus
try in \ ewark. \. j.. where one firm
makes a speciality Of the business.
The selection of the crests." ac-
cording to one writer. lis left
largely to the Newark concern. So
great is the demand that one of the
partners does nothing but hunt up
coatS-of-arms. He has all the books
on heraldry, and also eudeavors to
trade back his customers ancestry far
enough to find 4 family tree and IA
milv crest. 1t isn't an easy Job. Half
the would-be ariStocrats have no trace
Of their great-grandfathers, while in
nearly every instance the records dis
appear somewhere in the eighteenth
century. Occasionally a clear case of
family tree is developed, and then the
search is easy, and the crest is soon
concocted.
There is a family living in Ogle-
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Rheum atiSm.

No medicine could have served me in
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Ayoyelles Parish, La
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Il have used Ayers Pills for sixteen
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in the world. We keep box Of them
in the house all the time. They have
cured me of sick headache and neuralgia.
Since taking Ayers Pills, | have been
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u have derived great benefit from
Ayers Pills Five years ago | was
taken so i'll with rheumatism that / was
unable to do any work. l took three
boxes Of Ayers Pills and was entirely
cured. Since that time l am never
without a box of these pills. Peter
Christensen, Sherwood Wis.
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Farms and Farm Land
FOR SALE AT A
BARGAIN.

We have some fine farm lands in Lauglade
County, Wis, about seven miles north of Amigo.
We also have an improved farm of 80 acres in
Cato, known as the James Nelson farm II has
good buildings-barL new this season.
Any Of above lands will be sold at a very ress.
enable price and on easy terms; or will take city
property Tor part pay. Enquire of NJ
j. w, BARNES. or
G.. &. SFDGWICk
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: The News Chicago
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-03
The Furnishings of Palaces,

Speaking of the fact that William K, Vanderbilt" said a well known club man the other evening, "has a room in his house which cost Sl75. 900 to furnish, recalls some thing not generally known-that you can give an order to an agent in New York and secure some rare old furnishings from the palaces of the nobility of Europe In many of the houses of New York millionaires there are many rooms with furnishings once owned by European nobility. The same antique furniture. the same tapestried ceilings and walls, the same wooden ceilings and paneling and richly carved mahogany wainscoung, seven feet high. and canvas ceilings adorned with beautiful oil paintings Sometimes a room is an exact fac-simile of one that New York man has happened to see in some pal ace of Europe, and the cost is often enor nous The peerage are not averse to selling few years ago the Duke of Marlborough sold sl.po,oOo worth of valuable furnishings. Oscar Willoughby Riggs in New York Graphic
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-03
Two ForiornIy Funny Statues.

TWO ruuny StAtueSs
 There were many amusing incidents of the parade, as is always the case in any public function of the sort, but the very most for lornly funny object in New York that day was the statue of Franklin in Printing House square. Some gentle soul had evi. dently not considered the old gentleman too dead to be remembered and affectionateiy wreatbed his venerable neck with a garland of evergreens which resembled horse collar more than anything else. But some mali cious and profane newsbcy had evidently had his sense of equality disturbed by this display of luxury on the part of the ex- printer, and to mark his disapprovaI heaved handful of mud at the old electricians countenance The result was that the statue stood there with a tight green ruff around his neck. and bis woebegone countenance streaked with muddy tears that dropped off his grieved bronze chin, a sight to make a cat laugh.
 Farragut was almost as funny Some m1lliner got him up for the occasion, evil dently. tricolored scarf of three shades of calico crossed his manly bosom and f1uttered in the breeze, his pedestal was used as a flower stand for myriad of little red pots with tiny plants therein, and the green wreathed hatchmeut at his feet looked like a birthday cake It is strange that the few good statues we possess should be made so ridiculous on public occasions, particularly when descendants of some of those heroes are living here in New York, and able to see and avert these absurdities, if they would Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-03
SOME INDIAN FOLK LORE.


 Carrying Iocusts' wings-Bruin's Doom.
 The owl-Indian Character.
 I much missed the cheerful notes of the cicadas, which in Nova Scotia fairly made tho woods resound, and have mirthful, ex hilarating effect, when all else in nature is steeped in the languor of summer after noon. asked Joe if he had ever seen them On describing the insect he said, oh, yes; his father once offered him pair of snowshoes if he caught one that he heard whistling in high tree For long time he looked this way, that way, for the cicada is literally ventriloquist; at last he climbed the tree at haphazard, saw him walking down the trunk, made prisoner of him and got the coveted snowshoes. Joe continued that some have checkers marked on their wings some domi. noes and some card spots, and that if you keep such wings ill your pocket you will ex. eel at these games.
 Seeing many signs of bears about we con. structed dead fall trap, so arranged that when bruin seizes the bit of pork smeared with molasses tor, still surer bait with the rank smelling oil from the beaver castors), he brings down upon his back load of logs and stones that crushes the life out of him. Joe maintains that bruin always foresees his doom before he enters the fatal death fall but cannot help going to his doom. Destiny drives him onwards He never goes straight for the bait, but promenades quite arounC the inclosure.
 Near our camp is a grassy plot knowr as the unlucky wigan. Every one that visit: this spot, says Joe, is sure to cut himself ol injure himself soon after The ground is ac cursed A lumber camp was once built there but one and another cut themselves witf knives and axes, till finally it had to b' abandoned.
 In the evening the small saw whet owl fit ted around the fire. Do not mock him, said Joe; "whoever laughs at him is sure tt burn himself as punishment"
 These anecdotes serve to illustrate tn superStitious character of the Indian, Ye there is Q strong vein of humor through al their superstitions, which saves them iron being degrading. The Indian character i not we'll disciplined; he is the victim o moods, one day bright and cheerful an' obedient; the next, perhaps sulky, churlisl | and discourteous. He has an evident affec 1 tion for the beasts" as he calls the denizen | of the woods, and spares them when he can not use their hides or flesh. 1 consider hin the superior of the coarse, boorish lout, tn common type of the lumberman. Amon themselves the Indians are kindly, unseltis ] and hoSpitable
 A close intimacy with the Indian charaC ter reveals many lovable traits, much of tn rough diamond They universally deplor the coming among them of the white man Before his advent fish and game, they say abounded everywhere and were easily killed and small estimation is set upon what tn whites have given them in return. HoN pathetic is their decline, melting like snow a the touch of spring sunshihe.-New Bruns 1 wick Cor. Forest and Stream.