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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-11-14
RULES FOR OUR FUTURE MEN.
Points Which VIII Add to Their Standing
as Gentleman.

Poor BOYS! How they get hectored
and scolded and snubbed, and how con-
tinual is the rubbing and polishing and
drilling which every member of the
family feels at liberty to administer,
says the Tonker's Gazette. No wonder
their opposition is aroused and they be-
gin to feel that every mans hand IS
against them, when, after all. if they
were only, in quiet way, informed OF
what was expected of them, and theiF
manliness appealed to, they would
readily enough fall into line.
SO thought "Auntie NJ" as she
pointed out the following rules for a
little 12-year-old nephew, who was the
'light of her eyes" if not always the
JOY of heart, for, though good-natured.
amiable boy in the main, he would
offend against the ''proprieties" fire.
quently. First came manners for the
street.
Hat lifted in saying '"Good-by" or
How do you do?"
Hat lifted when Offering seat in a
car or in acknowledging a favor.
Keep step with anyone you walk
with
Always precede lady upstairs, and
ask her if you may precede her IN pass
ing through a crowd or public place.
Hat off the moment you enter street
door, and when you step into a private
hall or office.
Let lady pass first always, unless
she asks you to precede her.
In the parlor stand till every lady in
the room is seated. also older people.
Rise if lady comes in after you are
seated, and stands till she takes a seat.
Look people straight in the face when
speaking or being spoken to.
Let ladies pass through door first,
standing aside for them.
In the dining-room take your seat
after ladies and elders.
Never play with knife, fork or spoon.
Do not take your napkin in a bunch
in your hand.
Eat as fast or slow as others, and
finish the course when they do.
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out.
If all 90 out together, gentlemen
stand by the door till ladies pass.
Special rules for the mouth are that
all noise in eating and smacking of the
lips should be avoided
Cover the mouth with hand or nap
kin when obliged to remove anything
from it.
Use your handkerchief unobtrusively
always.
Always knock at at any private room
door.
These rules are imperative. There
are many other little points which add
to the grace of a gentleman, but to
break any of these is almost unpardon-
able
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PROCTOR KNOTT'S STORY.
Governor Stewart of Missouri and tn
Brutal Steamboat Man.

Sitting in the rotunda of the Aleyan-
der Hotel of Louisville, Proctor Knott
told this story to n. Y. SIN corre-
spondent:
.'It was the most remarkable scene l
ever witnessed. 1t occurred during
my early manhood, when / was at
torney general of Missouri. Robert
Stewart was then governor of that
state. One day l was in his private
office when he pardoned steamboat
man for some crime. What it was l
have forgotten, but that does not
matter. The man had been brought
from the penitentiary to the governor s
office. He was a large, powerful fell
low, with the rough manners Of his
class.
The governor looked at the steam
boat man and seemed strangely affected.
He scrutinized him long and closely.
Finally he signed the document that
restored him to liberty, but before he
handed it to him he said: You will
commit some other crime, and be in
the penitentiary again, | fear The
man solemnly promised that he would
not. The governor looked doubtful,
mused few moments, and said:
''You will 90 back on the river and
be mate again, | suppOse?H
The man replied that he would
"Well, want you to promise me one
thing resumed the governor, 4 want
you to pledge your word that when
YOU are a mate again you will never
take billet of wood in your hand and
drive n sick boy out of a bunk to help
YOU load your boat on stormy night
The steamboat man said that he would
not. and he inquired what the governor
meant by requiring such a promise.
The governor replied: Because
some day that boy may become a gov
ernor, and you may want him to par
don you for a crime. One dark
stormy night many years ago you
stopped your boat on the Mississippi to
take on load of wood. There was a
boy on board who was working his
passage from New Orleans to ST.
Louis, but he was very sick of fever and
was lying in bunk. You had plenty
of men to do the work, but you went to
that boy with Il stick of wood in Your
hand and drove him with blows and
curses out into the wretched night and
kept him toiling like a slave until the
load was completed. | was that boy.
Here is your pardon. Never again be
guilty of such brutality And the
man, covering and hiding his face,
went out. As | never heard of him
again, l suppose he took care not TO
break the law"
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An hour later the young man re-
turned and delightedly recounted how
he had obtained the position at a good
salary.
1t is all your doing. Bruno" said
the widow how thankful We are at that
you come homer
Why, | brought YOU nothing but
two useless brutes.n he answered with
twinkle in his eve.
But Clemence put her arms about his
neck and, laying her pink cheek against
his bronzed one, whispered softly
Dearest uncle, you have given to each
of us a priceless treasure; ITO my brother.
work; to my mother, a remembrance,
and to me-a hope. From the Fre'ach,
for the Epoch.
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The Message of the Morn.

know the hush of misty morning woods,
The dim green aisles, the night-damp on the
grass,
All dew-impearled the SPIDERS vicious lure
Set 70 entoil where Summer idlers pass.
Across the path are writ in shadow-runes
The lure of leaves, the tales Of waving trees,
The secrets told by errant, gossip wines,
The whispered wisdom brought across the
seas.
1t seems the time half way 'twixt wake and
sleep:
The glamour of the night clings to the day.
And Ger the wood broods yet the browse of
dreams,
As mem'ry clings 10 love that's passed away.
Not yet is woke the wood TO care and pain,
And slumber still gaunt grief and cruel
strife
OF orphaned nestlings and of nest bereft,
And tiny tragedies of insect life.
All would, my heart, that thou coudst learn
to heed
The message told in this deep, silent peace,
The stately calm of this sweet Summer morn
From vain regret, might yield thee, then,
surcease.
Edward Rutledge Quarles.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-14
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Professor Virchow has accepted the presi
dency Of the famous Berlin Medical Society
Tor the study Of Internal Complaints.
Webb Hayes, the son of the ex-President,
lives in Cleyelrnd, where he is secretary and
treasurer of the National Carbon Company
Rev. Charles Spurgeon has sent letter to
his congregation saying that he will soon sec
them again, and that his limb is improving
though he cannot use it yet.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Chronicle says that Mr.. Pendleton, the
American minister to Germany, will preside
at the coming Samoan conference.
Mrs. Mackay has been ordering some new
gowns In Paris which are described as sur
passing all previous efforts OF the modistes.
One is Of old rose satin covered with white
lace and studded with $4,000 worth of gems.
The friends of General Rosecrans are nm
easy over the outlook for the bill placing him
on the retired list Of the army. General
Rosecrans during the closing months of Gen
eral Grants life made savage personal at.
JACKS on the old commander. The speech
wnlcn is Just now attracting the most atten.
ton was delivered in the House in February
1885, when the bill TO place General Grant on
the retired list with his old rank was under
consideration. He closed by a stab at Cen
eral Grants unfortunate business enterprises
saying the retirement bill was really a prop
ositi0n for Congress to arrest the progress
OF public opinion for an investigation into
the confidence mill called Grant and Ward.
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Samoa.

Recent events have served to give an i'm
portance 70 this almost terra incognita never
before appreciated, rendering it desirable
TO learn more about it than is generally
known. The following facts are from off,
cial sources, having been communicated bv
Consul Greenebaum in 1885.
Samoa is the native name of the group Of
volcanic islands in Central Polynesia. long
known as the Navigator's Islands. They
are about 300 miles from San Francisco. and
about 5000 from Sydney. The mountains of
Savaii, one of them 1000 feet high, are visible
80 miles off, and on coming near lovely
island is found 100 miles In circumference.
covered with vegetation as far as the eye can
reach. The estimated population is less
than 10000, Of which $1,000 are natives. and
800 whites. "The natives are the LATEST set
OF people under the SUM-" The whites are
either officials, merchants or mechanics. The
SOIL is OF the best, susceptible of producing
cotton that would, If properly cultivated
yield enormous return. The ordinary neces-
saries OF life used by whites are all brought
from other countries. The staple fruits are
cocoanuts, yams, bread fruit and bananas
but the soil is adapted to the production Of
every species OF tropical fruits.
Pigs constitute the wealth of the natives
The horses are estimated at not over 200, of
an inferior kind; 1850 cattle, making splen-
did beef; no sheep, as they will not thrive
The foreign commerce is conducted mainly
with America and England. The German
Company" is German In name, yet the stock
it carries is entirely of American or English
manufacture. The total Samoan revenue in
1885 did not amount to $1,000.
Schools, by Catholics and Protestants,
have been attempted, but with meagre sue
cess. The total number of children enrolled
was but 102, and the average attendance Al
and fraction.
Inc general health is good compared with
otner tropical climates The characteristic
uisease is elephantiasis. Rheumatism is
common. Influenza comes in epidemics, as
a,so tne whooping cough. The consul
masses the Islands as healthy, though after
e ns., other diseases, ''catarrh, bron-
cni.is, pneumonia, pleurisy, heart disease.
conJuncuVltis, framboesia, Psoriasis Plan.
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taris, Psoriasis pulmaris, Pityr'asis versico-
Tor, and eczema" The climate is always toll
erable. being tempered by the trade winds.
which sweep over the islands during most
of the year.
Good mechanics find ready employment,
commanding $3.50 to Sc day; ordinary
white laborers $3.50, natives 70 cents. Money
Is the rubbish of all kinds of coin, whose ac-
tual value is about 60 cents on the dollar
causing enormous prices for everything,
The consul closes this report with the re-
mark, "a stable government and stable coin
is wanted to make this country what nature
intends it for, the garden spot of the world"
The nationality of population attributes to
the United States but 9, Germans and Dan
ish Z. British II, French 4. Chinese 1, New
Hebrides 10, and Samoans $780,
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Our esteemed contemporary, the Bangor
Wing, has an astute correspondent at Au-
gusSa who thinks he has discovered that the
movement for changing the capital to Port.
land is a land speculation scheme, and pro.
eeeds to warn the legislators against it. The
wings correspondent forgets to inform
them at the same time that Portland proposes
to present the land to the State, so even If II
be land speculation scheme the SCate can
not possibly suffer from it. Only the citi-
zens OF Portland would be bitten. OF course
the Wing knew perfectly well the absurdity
Of its charge, but let 1t go forth in the
hope of creating prejudice. The per-
Torrance serves to show how hard pushed
the Wing is for sound arguments against
the change.
AS matter Of fact the movement to change
the capital is inspired by the conviction that
Augusta is unsuitable for the capital city
and is becoming more so every year; that
the present State house is utterly inadequate
for the States needs; and that the interests
OF the State demand change. The people
OF every city in the State, with the exception
OF Augusta, agree that change ought to be
made at some time. The people of Bangor
at their meeting the other night took that
view. though they professed to think that
the time had not yet arrived. Portland diff
fers from Bangor only in this, that it thinks
the time has arrived and that Portland
should be the place selected. OF course. To-
cal pride hassomething to do with Portland's
choice, but at the same time it
offers substantial reasons that must appeal
to everybody who is open to conviction why
1t should be selected. 1t is the largest city
in the State; it has the best hotel accommo-
dations; it has the best means of locomo-
ton; and it is more readily reached by
large majority of the people of the State
than any other city. These are all good
solid reasons why the capital should, if
moved from Augusta, come to Portland, and
nobody can gainsay them. But we imagine
that the only question which will trouble the
legislators win be the question of removal at
all If it is decided to move, Portland will
be selected as the place by large majority.
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The Kennebec Journal doesn't approve
of the proposal to expend the 100000 which
is due Maine from the National government
In building a new capitol at Portland. No
body supposed it would II somebody should
propose, however, to expend it in rebuilding
the old State House. we suppose our esteemed
contemporary would not get so mad about it.
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A week ago the Bangor Wing published
fhfe

bhlo PdidkIdpus
The secret ballot system is used in Canada. and
we note with considerable Amusement that inst
now when few gentlemen are denouncng our
present electoral system ana urging the adoption
secret ballot as the panacea for all evils the
Dominion papers are In open revolt a. ansI this
franchise act claiming that II is san expensiye
ana a. uat%S,slay faId and that the government is
~ iass uryen ny popular sentiment TO amend it.
though not Till after 1t has cost the country a
waste OF many hundreds OF thousands of dollars .
The PRESS showed conclusiyely that this
franchise act against which the Dominion
papers were in revolt had nothing whatever
to do with the method Of casting the ballot
and that there was no movement in the Do
minion for the abolition or modification of
the electoral act which is an entirely dis
tinct measure from the franchise act. OF
course the Wing did not correct its blunder.
But it Slipped off on to a statement which
1t alleged was printed In the st. John Tele-
graph at some time In which it was declared
that bribery had increased in the Dominion
since the secret ballot was adopted. 1t may
be that the Wing understood the Telegraph
correctly, but 1t is quite evident that paper
that has demonstrated its capacity for blum
dering so conclusively as did the Wing in re-
lation to the Dominion franchise act is not to
be trusted. But even on the assumption that
the Whig has understood the Telegraph cor
rectly 1t is but the opinion of one newspa-
per, and an opinion which evidently is not
shared by the people of the Dominion in
general, because If it were generally believed
that bribery had increased under a secret
ballot and in consequence of 1t there would
long ere this have been a movement to
abolish it. The Toronto Globe referring to
the movement In this country toward a
secret ballot In recent issue has this to
say:
There is now very general movement for the
ADOPTION OF the Australian, that is TO saw the Ca
nadian system, which ensures secrecy BY means
OF the of1ciai printing of the ballot ana the pri-
vate compartment in which il is marked. The
New York Tribune frankly admits that In this re-
spect tne United states are far behind Australia
Great Britain, Canada and Belgium. The Austria
ian system, IL says, els thoroughly democratic:
much more so, in fact, than our SYSTEM which
makes possible the domination of the boss and
the briber" In tweniy-Eine States and Terrific
rles legislation on this subject has been under
taken and thus, quietly change is taking place
which may have most important bearing upon
the future OF the Republic. -
1t is obvious from the general tone of this
paragraph that the Globe considers secret
ballot step in advance, which it would not
II 1t believed 1t facilitated bribery.
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The Portland g. Rochester bill as amend
ed, has passed both branches of the Legsla-
ture and become law. The question. there
fore. whether that railroad shall be per-
mitted to extend its tracks along the Park
and through the poor house lot to a connec-
ton with the Boston & Maine and Maine
Central at the Union Depot will soon be
submitted to the people of Portland for de-
cision. 1t = matter of great Importance
and inolves consequences that cannot be too
seriously considered.
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. IA.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu.
nications The name and address Of the writer
are In all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
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Ex-Commissioner Edgerton affirms that
the President, when he asked for his regis
nation said that his only reason for wanting
1t was because he desired to give the place
to Mr.. THOMPSON. If that be so, then Edger-
toms removal was not so praiseworthy an
act as 1t seemed. To have turned out Edger-
ton because he was not fit to be in would
have been an exceedingly commendable act,
but to turn him out simply to make room for
somebody was not at all creditable.
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Catarrh TO CONSUMPTION,


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reat nave weakened the confidence of the
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POLICIES Protected by the Pop.
ular Maine NOn-Forfeiture Law
issued only by the OLD UNION
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, OF Portland, Maine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-10-11

AT our Opera House the other night was
fired the first gun Of revolution In which
a woman was the honor of being the
pioneer. She sat about eight rows back
from the stage, and beyond her In the same
row were two men, apparently old round.
ers. AS the play progressed their thrs,
seemed to increase and when at the close
of an act, the boozers arose, the woman
with iron will said "No sir" in q very
firm voice.
"But want to get out" said one OF
them.
"And wish to remain seated" respon-
cd the woman.
81 must get out" reiterated the man
trying to push by.
"And you would probably want to push
past and step on me to get back" the
woman remarked
''Of course l would want to get back
I'd have right for havn't paid for that
seat ?n
Probably" assented the decided fe-
male, bracing very determined pair Of
limbs against the back Of the seat in front,
land also have paid for this seat, and
what is more," with an air OF that settles it
now sir, II don't propose to be troddan on
because you want a drink Of whiskey.
My comfort is as valuable as yours" BY
this time everyone was laughing, and the
fellows begged the people on the other end
of the line to grant them exit. But their
faces flushed, and they seemed embarrass-
ed, aud il they came back, certainly it was
not to the seats they vacated, ,for nothing
more was seen OF them during the evening.
--Erchdnoe.