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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
The Beaver in Commerce.

A few days ago reference was made
to the danger threatening the beaver.
In Ontario the little animal is seldom
met with, and in Quebec the colonies
are few. The Northwest, however,
has favored the beaver until within
the last two or three years, during
made upon them, owing to the demand
for the fur, that extinction is imminent.
We owe much to the beaver. At one
time the beaver skin was the currency
of Canada, and later on the huntin Q
of the beaver was the principal sccu-
patton, and the export of his skin the
principal commerce of the country.
1t is almost laughable to read of the
peculiarities of the beaver business a
couple of centuries ago. Every fourth
skin belonged to the King of France,
and no skin could be sold except to the
firm authorized by the King to buy
and to collect his Majesty's share of
the catch. The skins were sent to
France to be manufactured into hats;
but the manufacturers would only pay
for them in hats. Had the merchant
or middleman in Canada the right to
sell the hats in France he might have
made money; but he was only allowed
to sell them in Canada, where they were
not wanted, or in the West Indies,
where there was little demand for
them. The restrictions upon the bust
ness brought about crisis. The mer-
chant, unable to sell the hats, could
not buy the skins as they came in; and
the Canadians, unable to sell the skins,
were in short time on the verge of
starvation. Mail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

PATENT MAPLE SUGAR.-Among the
curious inventions for which a patent has
been granted is one to Josiah Daily, of
Madison, Ind, by which anybody who
likes maple sugar and maple syrup may
readily supply himself at a small cost.
If the patentee's statement is correct, it
Is no longer necessary to go through the
tedious and exhausting labors of tree tap
ping and syrup boiling in order to OBJ
tain maple sugar. The patent maple
sugar is made by simply mixing an ex-
tract of hickory with any ordinary syrup,
such as cane sugar syrup or sorghum.
The patentee says: "Ihe extract is to be
obtained IN any convenient manner,
such as making a decoction of the hick-
DRY bark or wood, or percolating liquid
through the same, or drawing off the sap
from the tree. The bark or wood of the
hickory tree may be ground to facilitate
the extraction of its principle, and the
extract may be made more or less strong
by increasing diminishing the quantity
of bark or wood, or by boiling the ex-
tract for longer or shorter time. In
preparing syrups / ordinarily add about
three tablespooufuls of the decoction to
gallon of heated or boiling syrup. OF
conrse the stronger the extract the less
the quantity required for favoAng a Civ
en- amount of syrup. The syrup may be
manufactured from any kind of sGccha-
rine matter or mixture of any kind of
saccharine matters, or the syrups ordin-
arily found in the market may be used
The effect Of the extract or decoction is
to give to the syrup the flavor of the
maple, producing a syrup which cannot
be distinguished from genuine maple
syrnp. 1t is evident that the favored
syrup may be boiled down and sugar
resembling maple sugar in taste may be
produced. -Scientifi American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

FACTS ABOUT SEALsKINs. "A sealskin
! as seen on the animal is very different
thing from that seen on lady's cloak.
! "The fur is not visible; il is concealed
entirely by coat of stiff overhair, dull,
gray brown and grizzled." This over
hair must all be removed 1t is long,
| laborious process by which these pelts
are made ready for there final use Nine
tenths of these fur seal skins are dressed
in London and then sent out oil over the
civilized world. There are practically no
other seals caught save those taken on
the Pribylov Islands 10y the Alaska Com
mercial company.
The average weight of a year old
skin is five and half pounds; 3 year, old
skin, seven, aud 4 year old skin, twelve
pounds. 1t takes three skins to make a
la6y's sack, which is worth anywhere
from S75 mp to $500. This difference in
price is seldom due to a variance in the
original quality of the fur, but to the
quality of the work by which it is made
ready for wear The carcass is left to
rot where the skin was taken off. 1t re-
quires about three years to rot away, ard,
although 10000 of these carcasses are
annually decaying almost within stones
throw of the village Of st Pauls Island,
yet the people do not seem TO suffer any
injurious effect therefrOm. The meat of
the young seals, if perfectly cooked, is not
bad eating, and some of the steaks will
compare favoraby with our beef or NUT
ton.-Boston Transcript.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
A Brainy Man BY Proxy.

A widely-known Congressman was
called upon by reporter whose paper
wanted to know what, in the Con-
CHEESEMAN'S opinion, would and should
be the effect of an incident that had
just occurred at Washington, and had
greatly excited the Congressman s
constituency.
Sorry, but / am too busy to give
you moment to-day" said Mr.. =,
as he opened, slightly, the door of hiG
private office; ''but look here, you are
a good man, and you know me pretty
well. Suppose you 60 to the office
and write up a spicy interview and
show me the proof l guess it will be
all right"
The reporter did so, the Congress
man changed not more than half d
dozen lines in the proof, and the sim
terview." when published, was quoted
far and wide as the valuable opinion
of man especially qualified to speak
upon the subject. Not or,y did Mr.
- pay high compliment to the re-
porter for his implied familiarity with
current political events and good
Judgment, but he showed that what
ever the reporter wrote-which, of
course, was subject to correction-it
would be put in such form that it
would be interesting to its readers
The Writer.
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manitomo1 pilot.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %.
Garibaldf's Love Affair.

Of course Garibaldi must fall in love,
and he is not above this naivette OF
utterances:
] had never thought of marriage,
and | thought myself unsuited for ii
because of my too independent nature
and propensity toward an adventurous
career. To have wife and children
seemed to me an entire contradiction
in one who had consecrated himself tc
a principle which, however excellent,
would not have permitted me, while
vindicating it with all the ardor OF
which felt myself capable, to enjoy
the quiet and stability necessary for
the father of a family. Destiny de-
cided otherwise. had need of some
human being who would love me-.
Without such one near me existence
was becoming insupportable. Al
though not old, / knew men well
enough to know how difficult it is to
find a real friend, but a woman-yes,
a woman, for had always considered
them the most perfect beings, and
whatever men may say, it is infinitely
easier to find a really loving heart
among them.
/ was walking on the quarterback OF
the Itafarica wrapped in my sad
thoughts, and having reasoned the
matter in all ways finally concluded to
seek wife for myself who would draw
me out of this depressing and insup.
portable state of things. My glance
fell by chance upon the houses of the
Barra, little hill thus called, at the
entrance of the Laguna of St. Cathar.
inc in Brazil, on which are some simple
but picturesque dwellings. With the
aid of my glass, which / habitually
held in my hand when OH the quarter.
deck, l saw young girl. ordered
the men to row me ashore in that di.
rection and disembarked and made for
the house which contained the object
of my voyage, but / could not find it.
When encountered person of the
place whom | had known On my first
arrival he invited me to take coffee at
his house. We entered, and the first
person on whom my gaze fell was the
one who had caused my coming on
shore. 1t was Anita, the mother of my
good and evil fortune, the woman
whose courage have so often desired.
We both remained in an ecstatic.
silence, gazing at each other like two
persons who do not meet for the first
time, and seek in each others Inca
ments something which shall revive
remembrance. At last saluted her,
and | said: You must be mine"
spoke but little Portuguese, and spoke
those words in Italian. However,
l seemed to have some magnetic power
in my insolence. l had tied a knot
which death alone could break.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
The Truth of Weather-Lore.

The persistent survival of weather.
lore in these DAYS of intellectual eman.
aipation is not at all remarkable when
we consider the extent to which the
vulgar sayings embody real truths. A
few years ago Messrs. Abercromby and
Marriott embarked on an extremely
interesting inquiry with view to de-
termine, by actual comparison, how
far the popular proverbs express rela-
tions, or sequences, which the results
of meteorological science show to be
real. The investigation proved that
something like a hundred of the more
popular sayings are, under ordinary
conditions. trustworthy. Such being
the case, we need not be surprised
that simple country folk prefer famil-
lar couplets to all the ''isobars," "cy-
Clones" and "synchronous charts" in
the world. If "hills clear, rain near"
means the same as 1.-THE presence of a
wedge-shaped area of high pressure,
accompanied by great atmospheric
visibility, is likely to be followed by
the advance of disturbance with rain
and southerly winds" which for all
practical purposes it does, the prefer
ence is justified on the mere ground of
breath economy. The thirty-one words
demanded by science stand no chance
against four.
But it is unfortunate that, along
with the limited number of folk-say-
ings founded on truth, there has sur
vived a very large number founded on
the grossest error. These latter have
borrowed credence and respect from
the proved credibility of the others,
and apparently they are all destined to
sink or swim together. Hammer as
we will at certain favorite proverbs
which we know to be based upon error,
it is all in vain. The reverence for
tradition is too much for US. And OF
all the superstitions, pure and simple,
which defy our attempts at destruction,
the most invulnerable are those ascrib-
ing certain effects to the influence OF
the moon.-John WestUo0d OliUer, in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
Wasteful EcOnOmy,

ID. G. Shepherd, the railroad con-
tractor. has the reputation of looking
after the minor and trifiing details of
his great business with very keen
eye. One morning, while out inspect
ing the work on railroad he was
building, he picked up stray spike
lying by the side of the track Then
he walked to where the men were
working on the road. Look here"
he called out to one of the workmen,
"How is it that l find spikes lying
along the track wasted? have to pay
for these things right along" why,
where did you get that, Mr.. Shepherds?
81 found it little way up the road
here" ''Oh, did youP" cried the work
man," Pm real glad, for I've been
hunting for that spike all the fore
noon; | knew there was one missing"
The august contractor concluded he
could give that workman no points on
economy, and ''came off, Immediately.
ST. Pau Pioneer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
Hoist by a Chinaman.

Judge Hoffman has a knack of often
examining Chinaman himself, so as
to be entirely sure whether the plea of
prior residence is true. 1t may also
be remarked that Judge Hoffman
smokes brand of cigars called the
Bouquet" of which he is very proud,
owing to their excellence and also to
their dearness. There were four or
five of those cigars lying on his desk,
when he began his examination, and
the Judge took up one of his favorites
and, showing it to the innocent coolie
asked him what it was.
Me sabbe," said the Chinaman;
him all same Bokee cigar, me makee
him, and the Chinaman grinned IA
miliarly at the judge.
mo, you did not. replied the Judge
angrily, hastily putting the cigar in
his pocket, while the decorum of the
courtroom was broken by several
laughs.-SaB FRANCISCO Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

According to correspondent of The
New York Commercial Advertiser, the
largest house in the world engaged in the
collection of medicinal herbs, roots,
barks gums and berries is conducted by
two brothers at Statesville. n. G..
These brothers do business of $780,
600 year, handling more than 1000 var
ieties, weighing upwards Of 1000, 600
pounds. Shortly after the war they
started business in very small way. At
first they dealt chiefly in ginseng, for
which there is always big demand in
China. Snake-root was also looked
after. and the business grew to such an
extent that the brothers secured the ser
vices of an eminent botanist.
The traffic increased, until 40, 900 per-
sons are kept busy collecting herbs and
delivering them to 400 or 500 different
stores scattered over some thirty counties
in western North Carolina. These COL
lectors sare chiefly women, children aud
old men.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
Wanted to Save 1t.

A good story is told 1--WE trust it is
not very old) of Brother s., editor
Of a prominent paper in New Bruins
wick-a man full of fun and ready wit,
but possessed of solemn countenance
almost as long as his figure. which
tops six feet.
About Christmas-time one year some
of the more juvenile members of his
family-a couple of wee lads, much
impressed by having recently wit
messed the decapitation of sundry tur-
keys and chickens preparatory to the
festive season, had beguiled the baby
Of the flock into the back yard, where
they proceeded to ''play Christmas"
by one of them holding the infants
neck over a block of wood while the
other stood ready to cut its head off.
Just as the ak was being uplifted,
$, attracted by the lusty bowls of
the intended victim, put in an appear
ance, and taking in the situation at a
glance, drawled out, in his usual slow
and leisurely way: Hold on! Hold
IN, boys! wouldn't do that. Seems
10 me heard mother say she wanted
to raise that enc. "-Harper's Maya
zine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
Must Give Way For Postum.

We were driving out one Sunday
from Decatur, writes NJ. Quad, when
we came upon negro with a club in
his hand and freshly-killed 'possum
on his shoulder. We stopped to
examine his prize, and the colonel
said:
My friend, do you know it is Sun
day?"
''Sartin, boss.
care you not a religious man?"
Il ar. Tze jist on my way home
from church."
"And what sort of religion have you
got that permits you to go hunting on
Sunday"
''Religun! Religun" queried the
man as he held the 'possum up with
one hand and scratched his head with
the other. "Does you specks any
black man in Alabama is gwine to tie
hisself up to any religun dat lows a
'possum to walk right across the road
ahead of him an git away freep No,
sab. A religun which won't bend a
little when fat possum heads YOU off
couldn't be Established round we're by
all de preachers in de yunyvarSer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

On certain occasion a gentleman
was relating to companion the sub
stance of a newspaper paragraph
which he had read, to the effect that
Foote, during trip through Scotland,
had dropped into church in sparse
ly settled region, where the minister
was delivering somewhat caustic
sermon to his people. In the course
of it he warned them with the ut
most earnestness against the sin of ex-
travagance in dress. land there
wasn't" declared Foote, "a par of
stockings in the whole congregation.
How could he have expected to find
pair of stockings, when there was
but one Foote there?" inquired the
Observation-Disclosures Drascer IN Harper'S
Na9azine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

An old Bowdoin graduate says
president Leonard Wood was q
capital man, whose great abilities did
much to build up the college. | well
remember a severe reprimand which
he once gave me. A crowd of us had
been round few evening before doing
up the Freshmen. You may be sure
we did our work-as was usually the
case in those days-in thorough
manner. Whether the others lied out
or bluffed their way out of the scrape
l do not know-but do know that ]
appeared to be the only victim of the
examination. That evening l made
my way with fear and trembling to
the Presidents study. l found him
seated at his table engaged in examin-
ing large book. He motioned me
to seat near him, and remarked
pleasantly: Here is book, Mr.. W.,
in Which | have been considerably in
terested, 1.-The Arabian Nights Enter
tainment."' The book was profusely
illustrated, and as | sat down the old
President began carelessly turning over
the leaves and talking upon it. His
remarks were intensely interesting
and entertaining, and as he went on
became absorbed in his conversation
and quite forgot what l came for.
The President talked on say for fully
an hour and half on that work
in the same pleasant way. began to
feel, however, that while L had passed
the most delightful evening l had en-
joyed for month, l was trespassing a
little too long upon the Presidents
time and patience. Perhaps some
thing of this showed itself in my face,
for he suddenly ceased his talk on the
book, and turning to me said in the
most kindly tone: w, the Faculty
are very DESTROYS of doing way with
this pernicious practice of hazing.
You were engaged in the riotous pro-
ceedings of Wednesday night, and the
faculty have deemed it best that |
should reprimand you. Therefore,
you may consider yourself reprimand-
ed And | bowed myself out, feeling
that could we'll afford to receive re-
primand for the sake of another
such a pleasant evening.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

The Grand Collar of the Legion of
Honor which was made for M. Grevy
seven years ago has been presented to
Nj. Carnot. Previous to the making
of it only three of these grand collars
had been in existence. One of them
was worn by the First Napoleon and
another was in the possession of the
Murat family. There was third, but
for years it had been lost sight of. A
sensation was produced when it was
seen round the neck of the Emperor
Of Austria during his visit to Paris in
1867. This collar had been given by
the First Napoleon to his father-in-
law, Francis L., when he married the
Archduchess Maria Louisa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
GREATLY EXCITED

Not few of the citizens of Manitowoc
have recently become greatly excited
over the astounding facts, that several of
their friends who bad been pronounced
by their physicians as incurable and
beyond all hope--suffering with that
dreaded monster CoHsumption-have
been completely cured by Dir. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, the
only remedy that does positively cure
all throat and lung diseases, Coughs,
Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Trial
bottles free at Henry Hinrichs Drug
Store, large bottles 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
PERS0NAT,

Mr., n. H. Frohlichsteiu. of Mobile,
Ala. writes: take great pleasure in re-
commencing DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. having used 1t for a
severe attack Of Bronchitis and Catarrh
It gave me instant relief and entirely
cured me and I have not been afflicted
since. | also beg to state that had tried
other remedies with no good result. Have
also used Electric Bitters and Dr. Kings
New Life Pills. both of which | can rec
ommend DIR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs aud colds. is sold
on a positive guarantee. Trial bottles
free at FL. Hirrichs' drug store. l
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

In the Northern states the ruffied
grouse, commonly known as part
ridges, have habit of nesting down
in the snow, and hunters say they do
so to keep warm. In Oxford county.
Maine, man was passing through a
wood lot and was startled to see bird
start almost under his feet and fly
away Looking carefully ahead of
him he saw dozen or more black
specks on the snow. Closer inspection
proved that each of these was the head
OF partridge. The birds sat quite
still until he was almost near enough
to touch them, then shook themselves
free from the light snow and flew hur-
riedlY away.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

Although Brazil is noted for its birds
of brilliant plumage, it is said that the
empress does not countenance the wear
ing of their feathers and will not allow
them to be used on any part of her dress
es. She is reported to have told lady
at Cannes that, '.much as she admires
the feathers of the magnificent birds of
Brazil. she only likes them on their
bodies. New York Evening World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
HOWyS fAIGl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of Catarrh that can not
he cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Prop'rs, Toledo, o.
p. S. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucrs surfaces of the system. Price,
Is cts. per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

A citizen of Columbus, H., recently
removed the bodies of his wife's
parents from one grave to another.
The body of the mother, which was
buried twenty-five years ago. was
found almost turned over in the coffin,
with one of the legs drawn up
position of the arms changed. Pretty
good evidence that the poor woman
had been buried alive.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

PERHAPS no local disease has puzzled
and baffied the medical profession more
than nasal catarrh. While not immed-
lately fatal 1t is among the most distress
ing, nauseous and disgusting ills the flesh
is heir to, and the records show very few
or no cases of radical cure of chronic cat
arrh by any of the multitude of modes Of
treatment until the introduction of Ely's
Cream Balm a few years ago. The sue
cess of this preparatin has been most
gratifying and surprising.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

a rich silver mine has come light in
Nevada on land now in possession OF
Mrs. Langtry, the celebrated actress.
Workmen engaged in boring an artesian
well struck a rock of silver which assays
$50 ton OF rich ore. Theledge is said
t. run. all the way from seven feet to 100
feet thick. She bored for water and
struck silver
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23
CONSUMPTION SURELY GuRIn

To THE EDIToR.-Please inform your
readers that l have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have
been permanently cured. I shall be
glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who lave
consumptionoif they will send me their
express and post Office address. Re-
specially, T. A. SLocUM, IL. C.,
June 81 18I Pearl st.. New York.
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BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, 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. Fox sale by 81.
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-23

One of the paying pr DECISIONS of Paris
Is said to be that of trunk packer. To
many of the little trunk shops you can
hire for forty cents an hour a man who
will pack your trunks artisticslly, folding
expensive gowns and other garments in
sissue paper, and slowing away delicate
bric-a brac in the safest way.-New York
GuD