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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26
Random Thoughts.

Our esteemed Democratic neighbors
published some poetry last week upon
the subject Of Hancock at Gettysburg.
We enjoyed reading it, very much, as
we enjoy reading all Democratic
effusions relating to the history of the
country, especially that part Of it in
cluding the Democratic Rebellion.
But there is always danger of getting
into unpleasant entanglements when
a Democrat begins to talk Of the war.
While Hancock was thrashing those
brave gray-coated Democrats at
Gettysburg, the Democracy Of Jackson
County were holding midnight
me etings in the caves and hollows of
Scioto and Liberty Townships, declar-
ing that the ''nigger-lovers'' and
John Brown Raiders" could never
whip the South. And they were
poetic in those days, too. Their
rhymes oozed from them, just as their
courage did when the Soldiers they
now profess to love were around
Here is a specimen taken from the
Iron Valley Express:
"Your proclamation"
And "miscegenation,"
"American citizen Niger"
On historys pages
In after ages
Will surely cut a figure.
Midst degradation
A ruined nation
And desolated homes, sir,
You've laughed and gggled
AS Nero iddled
While "rowi1es' burned Rome, SIR"
These beautiful lines are addressed
to king Abraham" Here is beau
tiful tribute to the valor Of the gal
liant Meade, the man who fought the
Battle of Gettysburg, and saved the
Nation. It is from a Democratic
Nursery Rhyme:
"Ape in the White House
Proclamation writing.
Meade on the Rapidain
Afraid to do the fighting;
Seward in the Cabinet
Surrounded by his spies,
Halleck with the telegraph
Busy forging lies."
The Copperhead organ OF Jackson
County, referring to Alex. Longs
speech, said: ''Long ago we came to
the conclusion to which Mr.. Long
has arrived, that there are but two
alternatives, and they are, either an
acknowledgement Of the independence
of the South as an Independent nation,
or their complete subjugation and
determination as people, and Of
these alternatives'-we, like him,
prefer the former" What pretty
lot Of fellows to attempt to expouse
the cause of the soldiers! 1t should
be borne in mind that the 'Old Abe"
to in the beautiful Demo-
cratic ballad We have quoted from,
was afterward murdered by Demo-
,rat, and desperate attempt was
made to murder Seward. There can
not be raised at this late day sufficient |
lust to blot out the awful record of |
,he Democratic party. You hated
;he soldier with hatred bordering on
frenzy. The laugh of happy soldier
vas the gall of bitterness to you,
while the groan of stricken and dy-
ng one was as the music of the birds
n Springtime. Your K. G. C. COM
'anies held secret meetings, fourished
evolvers, and swore by the Eternal
nd Vallapdingham, the South should
lever be conquered. You talk in
avor of soldiers? Why, it is wonder,
glaring surprise, that the lank
keleton of some departed Union
'oldier does not return to this troub-
ous sphere long enough to kick you
nto sense of propriety.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26
A SpuSihla Man

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs.
1t is curing more of Coughs, Colds. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung troubles
than any other medicine. The proprietor has autho
riZed druggist to give sample bottle free to
convince you of the merit this great remedy Large
bottles SOC, and 81
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Jackson County ought to go over
one thousand this year for the Repub-
hcan ticket.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

The Ironton Register says nothing
can prevent Enoch's nomination two
years hence. Why should it?
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Those men who were insured in the
new-fangled Findlay Company, are now
wondering whether life is really worth
insuring.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Next Saturday Coal Township will
tackle the doggeries.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

What you need is medicine which
is pure, efficient, reliable. Such is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. It possesses
necnliar curative powers.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

House-cleaning prices on Mems and
Boys Overcoats at
STERNBERGER BROS.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Indiana might as well let up ON the
Ben. Harrison business.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Minister Pendleton has been
stricken with paralysis.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

A horse in Era, Pa. wears spectacles in
order to see his way. In Jackson the
people have to have spectacles to see
some of the horses.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

Dayton celebrated the Convention by a
prize-fght. That's suggestive that Sher-
man will knock Cleveland out in one
round.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-26

They are making ladies' dresses out of
silk handkerchiefs. Why not make mems
coats the same way? A coat-tail would
come in handy in case of a bad cold.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
Henry Clay and the Goat.

The following anecdote of Henry
Clay has just been published for the
first time. As he came out of the
capitol at Washington one day, seeing
a frightened woman in the street striv-
ing to ward off the attacks ola sportivs
goat, he gallantly in spite of his years
and office, seized the goat by the
horns. The woman thanked him and
sped hurriedly on. Mr. Clay would
have liked to move on also, but the
goat had its own views about the inter-
ference with his innocent amusement.
As soon as the woman's deliverer
loosed his hold on the two horns the
animal rose majestically on his hind
legs and prepared for a charge. In
his own defense Mr.. Clay now took
the animal as before by the horns. and
thus for time they stood. while a
crowd of street boys gathered about,
immensely amused at the unusual
spectacle of a Senator and a goat
pitted one against the other in a public
street. As long as Mr.. Clay held the
goat by the horns all was well, but the
moment the quadruped was free came
a fresh preparation for a charge. Not
boy offered assistance, but after a
while one yentured to suggest.
Throw the billy down, sir. Mr..
Clay at once accepted and adopted the
report of that committee, and tripping
the goat up essayed to pass on. Be-
fore he could fairly turn away, how
ever, the goat was up in lofty prepara-
ton for Il new charge. Mr.. Clay gave
his enemy the floor of the pavement
once more, and keeping him there,
turned to his new adviser with the
question, And what shall do now?"
"Cut and rum replied the lad.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
An Illinois Character in the House

By far the oldest old gentleman in
the House is Jehu Baker the man. who
beat Morrison in the Eighteenth
Illinois District. He is younger by
one year than Gen. Spinola, but he was
cut after the pattern of hundred
years ago. He is a gentleman of the
old school. At night he is also zone
of the boys" His Collar is even more
striking than that worn by Gen.
Spinola. The stock is higher and
there is something elegant and rakish
about it. He Is as straight as an arrow,
and has way of holding his head
back and pursuing his lips. His hair is
straight and white. He combs it over
on either side to cover his bald crown,
and, being too stiff to lay well, it
stands up in too sharp points behind his
ears. His face is free from WhiSk
ers, except in front of his ears, where
there is little shOrt-cropped patch.
He reads extensively of scientific
literature. He delights to talk philoso-
ply, sociology, and political economy,
beginning his DISCOURSE always at the
foundation of the world and branching
out and spreading all over the inter
vening time. He is an observer of
human nature, a transcendentalist and
a poet. When he is in mood he will
seize on to the first person he comes
across and hold him with his ''glitter-
ing eye' until his tale is told. He will
improvise poetry and talk transcendent-
alism and the origian and passions OF
man, or the infnity of the Creator,
until he has exhausted the subject
or, if you prefer, victim. Washington
Letter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

SOUTH AMERICAS TALL Volcano
Cotopaxi is the loftiest of active volcan-
oes, but is slumbering now. The only
evidences of action are the frequent rum
blings that can be heard for q hundred
miles, and the great cloud of smoke by
day and the pillar of fire by night, which
constantly arise from crater that is
more than 5000 feet beyond the reach
Of man. Many have attempted to climb
the monster, but the walls are SO steep
and the snow is so deep that the ascent Is
impossible, even with scaling ladders.
On the southern slope of the Cotopaxi
is great rock, more than 1000 feet
high, called "the Inca's Head" Tradi-
ton says that it was once the summit Of
The volcano, and fell on the day when
Atahualpa was strangled by the Spa l.
ards. Those who have seen Vesuvius
can judge of the grandeur of Cotopaxi if
they can imagine volcanco 1900 feet
higher, squirting flames and lava from O
crest covered with 5000 feet of snow,
with a voice that has been heard GOO
miles. And one can Judge of the gran
deur of scenery on the road to Quito if
be can imagine twenty of the highest
mountains in America, three of them ac-
tive volcanoes, standing along tie road
from Washington to New York.-Ameri-
can Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
Methods OF the Bathing Girls.

The methods of the bathing girl are
unique. After living for a glad half
hour at full length in the soft, hot en-
brace of the sand she gets up courage
enough to 90 teetering down the slope
of the beach for look at the water.
She pecks about for a few moments
like a sand piper. .and after many feints
and backward jumps she touches
a wasted wavelet with the tippy tip of
her unwilling toe. Then she looks up
quickly to see if any one at the pavil-
ion caught her doing it. 1t takes fully
fifteen minutes for the girl to get out
as deep as her knees, and when the
swell floats up to where the pantalets
begin you can see the short gasps that
she has to make for breath. After
many trembling, wide-eyed moments
of doubt the girl makes an important
decision. She watches for nice, gen
tie wave, and when she finds one that
pleases her she turns half round and
sits on it. Oh! She jumps from off
it as though it were red hot Then she
goes up on the beach and lies prone on
the velvety sand for another delightful
season.-Ne5c York Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
Handy with the Lasso.

The cowboy is as handy with his
lasso as most hunters are with their
repeating rifles He will hunt wild
and dangerous game with rope and
be as darling in his pursuit of a vicious
beast with no other protection against
it as the average frontiersman will
with an arsenal at his back. | was
down in Timm City, in the northwest
ern portion of the State, the other day,
when a cowboy chased a black bear
into town, lassoed him, and afterwards
cut his throat with pOcket-knife. The
cowman had scared the bear up in the
hills. some three miles out of the way
of his pursuer, and he made bee line
tor town. He ran right down the GEN.
tire of the principal street, the cowboy
and pony after him. the former shout
ing at the top of his voice to the men
along the streets, who had pulled their
guns to shoot the bear, not to kill him,
all the time swinging the lasso over
his head and preparing to throw it
over the bear at the first opportunity.
Finally he got him, and now they have
got his hide stuffed and set up in a
drug store window.-!St. LOUIS Globe
Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
a grave face when his visit was con-

a grave face when his visit was con-
Guided.
Il have just been seeing your niece"
said he, with something of sternness in
his look and manner. ''She is
threatened with pneumonia, and it will
be necessary to move her at once into
a larger and more airy apartment.
And she needs wine and arrowroot-
everything, in s Ort, to stimulate her
falling strength"
Certainly" assented Mrs. Brighton,
and she listened to the doctors direc-
tions with the blandest of smiles, while
in her secret heart she could have MUIR
dered poor Clara.
"It's all Bridget's fault" she said;
and so Bridget received q summary dis
missal at once.
Belle Brighton constituted herself
nurse-in-chief, wearing the prettiest of
pulled muslin aprons, and sick-room
toilets. Gladys was transformed into
Sister of Charity, without the uniform
but, in her delirium, Clara motioned
them away.
You never came near me before,
she said. "You wouldn't speak to me!
You told me the parlor was not for an
upper servant like me! Why do you
come to me now?"
poor darlingm said Belle with Grim
son spots glowing on either cheek.
"She is quite out of her head!"
''She doesn't recognize u.s." said
Gladys sweetly.
But the doctor was shrewder than
they thought. He comprehended it
all.
The March tempests were bowling
down the chimney-place when Clara
Brighton first fell i'll. 1t was early in
April when at last she sat up in a
cushioned chair.
- do hope your recovery won be
very tedious" said Mrs. Brighton, "be-
cause | need this room very much. DR..
Cecil has engaged the suite through for
his own use.
81 will try not to be in your way"
said Clara meekly.
Il think he is going to be married, "
added Mrs. Brighton complacently.
"He has never exactly proposed to
Belle, but she has every reason to sup
pose that"
'Oh, auntr' cried out Clara, herpale
checks flushing up like roses, is it
possible that you do not know-that
he has not told you-"
Child" said Mrs. Brighton severe
ly, "what on earth do you mean?"
1--WE are to be married. said Clara
simply. "He has asked me 10 be his
wife. And he has ordered hangings
and furniture for the rooms to suit my
taste"
For an instant Mrs. Brighton was
struck dumb. Then recovering her
self with an effort, she kissed Clara
effusively.
MY dear, I'm sure 1 congratulate
you. And the girls will be delighted y
The Misses Brighton were apt
daughters of so accomplished mother.
To hear their greetings to Clara no one
would ever have suspected that they
had been angling 50 long and steadily
for DR.. Cecil themselves.
But the doctor knew that he had
won prize. And Clara was radiantly
happy. And, under these circum-
stances, what mattered it who else was
dissatisfied?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

DISTRIBUTION OF THE EsKIMo.-A cur
lous TACT n relation to the distribution
OF the Eskimo is that they inhabit the
coast OF the arctic regions to the exclns
Ion Of other Indians, beginning on the
east shore Of Greenland, and following
the coast line of that island around to the
point farthest north inhabited by man.
Ihen,2 beginning on the coast on the
maluiand, they occupy narrow strips on
the north shores of Hudson bay and
along the northern coast of the contin-
eht, around past Behring strait, aud
down the northwest coast of the contin
ent to Prince Williams sound.
Throughout all this immense coast limo
the differentiation of languages is very
small; SO that an Eskimo from Greenland
transported to Behring strait would in
month be able to speak the language Of
the natives there as well as though he
had been born there. In striking con-
trast were the numerous distinct famiI-
les of Indians in the valleys of California
and Oregon, whose languages are so diff
ferent that they could not understand
each hother.-Science
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

SAVING THOUSANDS OF YEARs-It is
interesting to try and figure the actual
extent Of the advantages reaped from
modern improvements-adv
which some people are bold enough to
call in question. Docs rapid transit, for
instance, really save any great amount of
valuable time?
Take a city like New York, where
there are perhaps $50, 900 people who go
each day TO and from their work. Re
member the distance travelled by some,
it will surely be within limits to suppose
that five minutes, on the average, is saw
ed on each journey by the various
means Of rapid transit of which most
avail themselves. This would make an
hour on the twelve weekly journeys, and
fifty two hours, or say five working days,
in year
For $50, 900 people this means a yearly
saving of 100000 working DAYS. or.
reckoning 300 working days to the year. an
annal economy of 4,166 years,
Time is money and these are signifi-
cant figures Argosy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

WHAT Has MADE THE MoNEY.-Have
you stopped to inquire just what has
made the money in farming for the last
year or two! 1t will perhaps be easier to
tell what has not made money-for in the
latter category are to be included our
two greatest staples, wheat and beef. 1t
is the lesser staples that have paid-hogs,
fat sheep, potatoes, beans, eggs, and
many of the still smaller sources of in
come on the farm. Corn has been a
scource of profit to those who have had
that grain for sale, and especially the
few who can not place it on the market;
but the many farmers who have bought
it and fed it to the cattle have no very
cheerful remarks on this score. The
average in smaller products, however,
has not been had; and do not forget that
the farmer who makes money every year
and there are those who do-is the one
who always has some of these smaller
products for sale.-National Stockman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
Sensible Combination.

The story the other day about the pi-
Gus little boy who tried to walk on the
water in the bath-tub recalls another
Of an equally pious little girl. She was
eight years old and lived in the coun-
try. She had started one day rather
late for school with another little girl
about her own age. On their way they
caught a glimpse of clock dial
through an open door. 1t lacked five
minutes of nine.
'-Oh, dearr' exclaimed the pious it
tie girl. Its five minutes to nine, and
we.lI be late to school"
I'm afraid we will"
Jennie" said the pious little girl,
impressively, IN tell you what we
must do; We'll kneel right down here
and pray that we won't be late.'
HIM said the other, Il guess we'd
better skin right along and pray as we
gor'
They ''skun," and got there.-Bos-
ton Transcript
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

WONDERFUL TROPICAL ERUITS.-Al
through the land round about are other
wonders. There are avenues of table trees
whose foliage seems exaggerated horizon
sally; alleys of mahogany. trees; lanes of
Oriuokes, whose fronds coruscate with
crimson biossoming. There are amazing
shrubs-orange- colored things; there are
plants with glossy leaves speckled IN
four different colors; there are various
plants that look like wigs of green hair,
or masses Of filiform green sea-veed, set
on short sticks; plants with enormous
made of green glass; plants that do not
look like real plants, but like idealizat
ions of plants, like the fantasicalities of
wood carvers and stone-cutters animated
by witchcraft. There are grasses that
look like dwarf palms-tiny arborescent
grasses with curvlng stems and plumed
heads. There are flowers of extravag
ant forms and colors-howers that pos,
sess familiar shapes, but have absurd
tints and unfamiliar perfumes, yellow
and indigo and green, orange and black
and crimson plants. And in all the
ponds, covering all the canals, float the
green natives of the monster lily, the
Victoria Regia. Close to shore the leav-
es are not extraordinarily large; but they
increase in breadth as they float further
out, as if gaining bulk proportionately 10
the depth of water. A few yards Off,
they are large as soup plates; further
out they they are broad as dinner trays;
in the center of the pond or canal they
have surface large as tea tables. And
all have an upturned edge, a perpendi-
cular rim, like q bulwark. Here and
there you see the f1ower-a nonsenSical
flower, large as q hat. Then there are
fddlewOod- trees IN multitude, calabash
trees, mangoes, bread-fruits, sago-palms,
fig-trees, and hundred unfamiliar shapes
of which l cannot learn the names.
And there is the snake-nut tree, bearing
q most ghastly fruit. For this svart nut
shaped like clam shell, and halving
in the same way along its sharp edges
encloses something incredible. There is
pale envelop about the kernel; remove
it, and you find between your fingers
little viper, triangular headed coiled
thrice upon itself, perfect in every detail
of form from skull to tail. Was this
marvellous mOckery evolved for pro-
tective end? 1t is no eccentricitv: in q
hundred nuts the serpent.kernel lies
coiled the same.
Yet in spite of these establishments, of
these novel impressions, what weird
delight it is to turn again into ar avenue
of palms, and to know once more the
queer sense of being watched, without
love or hate, by all those silent, gracious,
tall, sweet things!-Harpers Magazine
for September.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

A CURIOUS PASSOVER CUSTOM. The
painting Ofa hand on the houses in TunIs,
Algiers, etc, is not Jewish custom, but
is common to the natives of these and
other countries. It is always an emblem
Of good luck, and is in Syria-also in
Naples a charm against the evil eye.
The hands arranged in form of branch
are merely an esthetic form of the charm.
The reason Jews put it on their walls at
passover is because at that season of the
year their houses are renovated inside
and out. Capt. Conder remarks that
the hand was in use as a charm by the
Ph@nicians. and occurs on votive steles
at Carthage-the site of the modern
Tunis-whence it doubtless spread to
neighboring states. He also relates that
the "hand is painted on walls, and oc-
ours. for instance. in the HaSia Sophia
at Constantinople and elsewhere. II is
also common in Ireland and il India
(Swa's hand), and on early scepters. &"
Ensmeled hands were worn by the anci-
ens Egyptians IS amulsta-Cor. London
Notes and Queries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06
ELECTRIC BITTERS.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popnaiar as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise.-A purer medicine does not exist
and it is guaranteed to do all it is claim
ed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseas-
es OF the Liver and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood.-Wll
drive Malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.-
For cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters-Entre
satisfaction guaranteed, or money refund.
ed.-Price 80 cts. and S1.00 per bottle at
Fl. Hinrichs' Drug Store )
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-09-06

YANKEE CLOCKS MADE IN EUROPE
Several years ago q number of German
workmen came to Connecticut by pre-
concerted arrangement, and obtained
employment in the clock factories in
New Haven, Ansonia, Waterbury,
Thomaston and Winsted. They worked
steadily for long time. applied them
selves diligently to mastering the science
Of clock making, and became proficient
in the art of handling the fine tools nee
essary to the work. They also purchas-
ed the tools and several of the compile
ated machines, and, returning to Ger
many they began the manufacture of
clocks for themselves. They set up
factory i'll the Black Forest region, and
their business now amounts, according
tc letters recently received Lere, to near
ly fifty thousand clocks month. This
German factory has proved a close com
petitor with the Connecticut concerns.
Materials and labor are so much cheaper
in Germany than in this country that
they can beat us in the foreign markets,
and they are pushing their wares to the
exclusion of the Yankees.-N.'Y Sun.