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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
Bird and Snake.

The secretary-bird of South Africa
feeds upon rats, mice, lizards, and
even insects, but it is especially fond
of snakes SO valuable are its services
that the white settlers levy heavy
fine on anyone who kills one of these
birds. Its name. Secretary. was sug-
gested by the fact that the large feath-
ers projecting from the apex of its
head suggest n clerk or secretary,
with several quill pens stuck behind
his ears.
1t is about four feet in height, and
its hawk-like bill is formidable weap-
on, capable of splitting the head of a
large snake at a single blow. AS
snakes do not willingly submit to the
operation, long and exciting fights Of
ten takes place before the bird cleaves
its opponents head. Parker Gilmore
saw one of these contests. and de-
scribes it in his Hunters Arcadia"
While stalking springbok he discov-
cred a secretary bird fighting with a
snake seven or eight feet long, called
by the Beers "ringkaal." from the
white ring or stripe round its neck. 1t
is an active serpent, endowed with the
power of splitting Its venom SIX feet or
more.
For several minutes the activity OF
the belligerents displayed itself in
feints and blows. The bird then with
drew and uttered a prolonged harsh
note. In a moment it was joined by
another secretary bird. Both birds
then attacked the snake. which, being
unable to face both ways At the same
time. received frequent blows from its
assailants' strong wings.
One blow stupefed the snake. In.
stantlv one bird seized the serpent near
the neck and the other further back,
and bore it, wriggling, struggling
aloft hundred yards and then drop
ped it. With closed wings the birds
descended SO rapidly as to reach the
ground as soon rs the snake. Quick
as thought bird struck the serpent
blow upon the head which killed it.
As is generally the case, the allies,
having conquered. began disputing as
to the booty. The dispute led to a
fight, during which the hunter, who
wanted the snake rs a specimen, slip
ped in and took the booty. He con
veyed the ringkaal to his wagon, where
it continued to distil clear poison fol
an hour.-PHiadeiphit Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
Dancing With a Samoan EeH.

A naval officer. talking of the
Samoan affair the other day, told me
that even in this trouble the shadow
of woman could possibly be seen.
The deposed king. Maliatoa Laupepe,
was blessed with tall and graceful
daughter. She was the beauty of the
island aristocracy, and was specially
admired by the officers of the German
man-of-war About the time the Ger
mans were beginning to provoke her
father, Miss Laupepe was invited to
attend ball on board the German
ship. but she sent a regret. although
heretofore ii dear lover of the dancers
of the German navy. \ few days
after she accepted the invitation of the
officers of the American man-of-war
Adams to grace their ball with her
royal presence. and the German
officers were deeply incensed at the
slight put upon their country. The
capture and deportation of the King.
her father, followed quickly, and as
the boat which conveyed him from the
shore to the ship reached the anchor
age of the Adams the German sailors
rowed completely around the Yankee
vessel with taunting cheers in order
to remind the Americans that the
slight to Germany was avenged.-Er.
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A. T. Stewards Widow.

An amusing episode occurred in the
hearing of the Stewart will case in
New York. Mrs. Helen Brown, who
was acquainted with Mrs. Stewart for
many years, was called to testify to
Mrs. Stewards lack of business knowl-
edge and her dependence on Judge
Hilton. Mrs. Stewart was decidedly
deaf, but would not use an ear-trumpet
because it would make her look old.
On one occasion Judge Mitchell called
and he said many pleasant things, to
which Mrs. Stewart smiled and nod
ded as if she understood it all; but
after the judge had gone she confided
to witness that she had not heard a
word he said Mrs. Stewards business
abilities were poor. One day awoman
called upon Mrs. Stewart and insisted
upon seeing her. When Mrs. Stewart
went down the woman told her she
was a corset-maker and badly in need
of work. Although she did not need
any corsets, Mrs. Stewart ordered six
pairs and allowed the woman to take
her measure. Mrs. Stewart usually
concluded the story by saying: Then
was fool enough to pay for two of
them in advance, and that was the last
! saw of her."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
REPORTERS AS DETECTIVES.

In following up murder case the re
por. .@rs proceed very differently from the
police. The first lesson in the primer of
reporter-the first, chief, and essential
thing which he has to know and remem-
Der is, "Get the facts" 1t is not within
his province to apply or comment upon
them. He is simply to secure the facts
of a case which is of sufficient public In
terest to be reported, and to so arrange
these that nothing essential shall be
omitted and nothing supert1uous put ln
What is superfiuous can be easily cut
out, but what is necessary can not al
ways be supplied. Therefore the gather
ing of too much news and of too many
facts is less an offense than the gathering
of too few. When a newspaper man I'M
dertakes to get at the identity of the per
petratCr or perpetrators of a murder he
does not begin by suSpecting anyone.
He does not start with theory. He
does not open proceedings by assuming
that this or that one might have commit
ted the offense, or would have been capa-
BILE of doing it whether guilty in this
particular instance or not. He starts
with the open presumption that the only
thing actually known at the outset about
murder case is that some has been kill
ed. That known, the reporter seeks to
get together all the facts attainable as
to the killing. He is tireless in the
collection of these. When they have
been separated and divided he proceeds
to the second stage of his inquiry, which
is to assertion the opinion of those who
would be likely to have personal knowl
edge of any value. He seeks no motive
for the crime, and does not feel that he
is expected to supply one. When this
work is all done, and every possible fact
and condition of the situation is known,
he seeks to discover upon whom these
facts reflect most strongly, and that done
he thinks himself quite in the way Of
finding the criminal. And he generally
is, for his conclusion is based on a solid
foundation of facts, whereas the evidence
of the detective is, in many cases, based
only upon theories of his OWL.
1t is not strange that the police of Chi
cago should be jealous of the reporters.
1t would be strange if they were not
jealous of the reporters, whose efforts in
throwing light upon the Cronin tragedy
have been more successful than those of
the police. and without whose efforts it is
very doubtful if the police would have
learned anything at all.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
A Pet Owl.

My own bird is at liberty. This he
uses to the very best of his ability,
making the third member of our small
house. He is by no means the least
important, for he claims and receives
the greatest attention at meal times.
He steps from his perch on to the
hand, sits on the place appointed fol
him, and chatters all the time it is in
progress. Sometimes, by way OF
change, he will run about inspecting Q
all things; he is very swift of foot and
most inqusitive. Very affectionate,
too; he shows that plainly. He is
about more in the daytime than in the
evening or night, and he will sit in the
full light of the sun. All through the
hot summer of 1887 he has done so rs a
matter of choice.
His food consists of mice of all kinds,
birds, of the finch tribe. old and young.
Starlings, blackbirds. and thrushes lie
will not eat, nor insects such as chaffers
and others of a similar kind; he will
not even look at them. 1t is not al.
ways possible to procure the birds and
mice for him; then he will content
himself with tender, lean beef, quite
fresh pork. He seldom drinks water,
and never uses it for the purpose OF
washing, preferring to roll and scratch
about in n lump of drift sand like a
domestic fowl. In fine feather he now
is, and he keeps himself beautifully
clean! His legs are long, and he uses
his toes and claws with the dexterity
of a monkey; in fact. when at his little
games he is more like a monkey than
an owl.
His conversation, kept up continu-
ally. is n Groom and chatter, and when
in high glee he will puff the feathers
of his throat out and look intently al
me with his bright yellow eyes and
treat us with a solo sounding like the
gobble of some unfortunate turkey. II
! ask him as Il particular favor to
change that tune, he will give a sue
cesSion of shrill barks like a terrier.
He roars like tiger when his dignity
is rutiled, and squeaks like a pig. This
does not occur very often, and when it
does the fault is my own. 1t generally
happens when he is introduced to
strangers, which he hates. As rule
he is most amiable. If | wanted to
cure man of melancholy and never
smiling grief | would present him with
a little owl, the Punchincilo of his
COrnhW Md1dztne.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT 81
Some Thst VIII Amusc as Well as II Seres'
the Onlookers.

An interesting homemade met. Wv
of natural decoration consists slmp !.
in taking q glass or goblet and plat
ing in the interior a little common salt
and water. In day or two a slight
mist will be seen upon the glass, which
hourly will increase until in a very
short time the glass will present
very beautiful appearance. being en-
larged to twice its thickness and COW
cred with beautiful salt crystals, pack
ed one upon another like some pecu-
liar fungus or animal growth. A dish
should be placed beneath the glass, as
the crystals will run over. The color
of the crystals may be changed by
placing in the salt and water soE'e
common red ink Or a spoonful of blu
ing; this Will be absorbed and the
white surface covered with exquisite
tints. No more simple method of pro-
Quoting inexpensive or beautiful orna-
meuts can be imagined, and by using
different shapes of vases and shades
an endless variety of beautiful forms
can be produced. The glass should be
placed where thereis plenty of warmth
and sunlight.
huOlicI -ulIllC cA pei NhiI
may interest some of the older as well
as the younger members of the family
may be made by suspending from the
ceiling a thread which has previously
been soaked in very salt water and
then dried. To this fasten light ring
and announce that you are about to
burn the thread without making the
ring fall. The thread will burn, it is
true. but the ashes it leaves are COM
posed of CRYSTALS of salt and their CO.
hesion is strong enough to sustain the
light weight of the ring attached to
the thread.
Another form of the same expert
ment is to make little hammock of
muslin to be suspended by four
threads, and after having soaked this
in salted water and dried it as before
directed, to place in it an empty egg
shell. Set the hammock on fire; the
muslin will be consumed and the flame
reach the threads which hold it with
out the egg falling from its frail sup
port. With great care you may sue
ceed in performing the experiment
with full egg in place of an empty
shell. taking the'precaut ion. however,
TO nave IL previously naru Doileu, Lnat
you may escape an omelet III case of
failure.
Another curious experiment is that
of putting an egg into a bottle with
out breaking the shell. Soak the egg,
which may be fresh, for several days
in strong vinegar. The acid of the
vinegar will eat the lime of the shell
so that while the egg looks the same
it is really very soft. Only a little
care is required to press the egg into
the bottle. When this is done fill it
half full of lime water and let it stand.
The shell will absorb the lime and be-
come hard again, and after the lime
water is poured off you have the
curious spectacle of an egg the usual
size in small-necked bottle, which
will be a great puzzle to those who
do not understand how it is done.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
EATING HOREFLESH.

CHICAGO, July 2i.-Mayor CregIer and
Congressman Frank Lawler will leave
for Braidwood tomorrow morning to
meet the committee of relief in behalf of
the starving miners. Mr.. Lawler has
just returned from an investigation OF
the condition of affairs in the Braidwood
regions and reports it as most horrible.
In one instance. he says, a horse died in a
town and the flesh was stripped from the
bones in few minutes and eaten by the
famishlng people. The breasts of
mothers nursing their infant. he says,
have literally dried up for lack of nour-
ishment. and children may be seen with
skin hardened and dried, clinging to the
being made to ship about fifty tons of
provis; IONS to the Spring Valley miners.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

SOME OTHER FELLOW Cor THE STUN.
PAGE.-The declination of the Valparaiso
Consulate by Roswell G. Horr, the ex-
congressional humorst of Michigan, re.
calls to some of his Washington friends
remark he made when last in that city.
He was then looking for place of much
more dignity and higher pay, but did
not feel that he was making any impres
sion upon the president. Somebody
twitted him about his not having work
ed hard enough during the campaign.
"Yes, / did," he answered. II offered
my services wherever l could do the
most good. They told me l had better
stump the state. l did it. 1 stumped-
stumped from that time till election day,
but now it looks as if some other fellow
had got off with the stumpage."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

GLADsToNE's RUDENEss To QUEEN VIC
ToRIA.--Queen yictoria's dislike of GlaG-
stone is at last explained. A recent
writer says that when the Grand Old
Man used to visit the regal old lady he
was wont to talk to her about the polity
of the Hittities or the relations between
the Athanasian creed and Homer" The
Queen, perplexed uncomfortable, would
ask to make depression, and would ed
dress remark to a daughter or offer a
biscuit to begging terrier. Mr.. Glad
stone would restrain himself with an eff
fort, wait till the Princess answered CT
the dog had SIT down, and then would
promptly resume -"As / was saying
Meanwhile the food hGd gathered for e
by delay, and when it burst forth again
it carried all before it. Victoria used to
complain that on those occasions it was
Gladstone that was rudel She Was pro
badly in the same p-edicamcnt that Bid
sdy MoTiarity was when O'Connell calleG
her paraliclogram.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

As Charles XII. Of sweden was dicta-
ting letter to his secretary during the
seige of Stralsund, bomb fell through
the roof into the next room in the house
where they were sitting. The terrified
secretary let the pen drop from his
hand.
"What is the NATTER" quoth the king.
"The bomb. sirei" cried the secretary
"Ah! never mind the bomb; it will 60
off presently"
And it did.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
EXTRAORDINARY BONE
SCRATCHING

Herbert Sperry, fremont, Ill, had
Erysipelas in both legs. Confined to
the house SIX weeks. He says: "Wben
was able to get on my legs, had an
itching sensation that nearly run me
crazy. I scratched them raw to the
bones. Tried everything without relief.
was tormented in this way for two
years l then found Clarke's Extract of
Flax (Papilionj Skin Cure at the Drug
Store. nsed it, and it has cured me sound
and we'll"
Clarke's Flax Soap has no equal for
Bath and Toilet Skin Cure Sl00 Soap
% cents. For sale at J. E. Barnstein' s
Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
ARRESTED 131 TIMES.

Not long ago e man was before New
York Judge, who asserted he had been
arrested l31 times. We believe there is
one disturber of society who has broken
this record. We refer to the insidious
disea ie consumption, which. when taken
III time, is always cnred by the use of DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Ii
has an unparalleled record as a cure for
C, V CHS, colds, and all forms of pulmon-
ar, diseases. 1t is q reliable tonic and
aIte. al i've or blood purifier, 10 b. fonnd
at ev ry drug store. and should be kept
in every house.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

100 LADIES WANTED, 100 men
to call on any druggist for a free triBl
package of Lanes Family Medicine, the
great root and herb remedy, discovered
by DIR. Silas Lane while in the Rocky
Mountains For diseases of the blood,
liver and kidneys it is positive cure.
For constipation and clearing up the
complexion it does wonders. Children
like it. Everyone praises it. Large size
package so cents. at all druggists. 1novS9
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
FROM AN ,rHIO MINISTER.

| have used DR. lNarner's White Wine
of Tar Syrup for sore / Nroat, weak lungs
coughs, colds, or any q. seasts OF the
kind; it surpasses all other 'cnedles l
have tried. With many thanks 70 tue
doctor for his valuable remedy. ] rel >ain
Clyde, O: Rev. G. ". HAGANs.
NEVER SAW ITS EQUAL.
DR.. Warner-Kind Sir: [ received
the bottle of White Wine of Tar Syrup
you sent me and have used it, and will
say think it cannot be excelled for con-
sumption, coughs and colds. At least 1
have never tried anything that seemed
to relieve and benefit me as that did.
Rev. r. r. BEAVERS, Perche, Mo. 20
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?

Read the following: Mr.. G. II. Morris,
Newark. Ark, says: "Was down with
Abscess of Lrngs, and friends aud ply
sicans pronounced mean Incurable Con-
sumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
am now on my third bottle and able to
oversee the work on my farm. 1t is fin
est medicine ever made"
Jessie Middewart Decatur Ohio, says:
Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Diacovery for Consumption | would
have died of Lung Troubles. Was given
up by doctors. Am now in best of
health" Try it. Samples bottles free
at Henry Hiurichs Drugstore.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

GREAT French Remedy. DIR. LEDUC's PERIOD
ICAL PILLS, from Paris. France, act only on the
generatiee organs in females and positively cure
suppression of the menses from whatever cause)
and al periodical troubles peculiar TO women
A safe, reliable remedy, warranted to excite men
SITUATION or money refunded. Should not be
used during pregnancy. The large proportion oi
the Ills to which ladies subject is the direct
result of disordered and irregular menst ruation
Robt. Stevenson x Co.. Chicago. H. Boswarth 4
Co. Milwaukee. Wholesale Agt. +. c. Buerstatte
NJ b., Manitowoc, Wis. ex30mayD
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
Cause for Gratitude.

"Thank hebben," said an old colored
woman, ..dat my chillun am all brack
an not yallcr like what some cullud
folks is"
why, auntie?"
"kase dey dom show dirt. ."-Phtl
Welch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

SAvAGEs expect to imbibe bravery by
drinking the blood of their brave enem-
les. A more enlightened method of Wit
alizing the blood is by taking Ayers Sar
saparilla. 1t braces up the nerves and
gives strength and fortitude to endure the
trials of life
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
BUCKLEN'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 Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. p Jan. 80
FOR SALE BY Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

A BROOM factory man in Duluth laid
off his thirteen single men and informed
each one that he could not return to
work until he was married. Eleven of
them married within a fortnight, and in.
side of six weeks there were five applica.
tions for divorce.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

Hartford Post: It is stated that the
product of single pair of English spar,
rows for ten years will be 3 5,6l6, ,93e .699
birds. Ii is little wonder that there is a
very general belief that lhe English
sparrow must 60"
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The Sun Never Sets or the United
States.

Since the purchase of Alaska it can
be said of the United States what has
been said of England for the last cen-
tury-that the sun never sets on her
dominions. AT sunset in Alaska the
next mornings sun is an hour high in
Maine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01
CQNsUPTI0N SURELY OURFD,

70 TnF EpToR-Plcasc inform your reads rs
that have positive remedy for the aboN @
named disease. BY its timely use thousands nf
hopeless cases have been permanently cured
| snail be glad To send two bottles of my RENE
dy FREE To any OF your reade:s who have COZ
sumption ii they will send me their express
and post Office address. Respectfully. llOctSa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

DIDN'T WANT CoMPANY.-Puck:
'What are your charges, doctor!'
'Three dollars visit" ''Well, we don't
want You to COME on visit; but just to
STAY ten or fifteen minutes"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

Harnr's BaZai: = Is3 ae Sanythe-I
wGnder these mosquitoes never come to
the ho.,"i?
Cb.Ilv-They can't afford il.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

Detective: WAS your cashier right
or left handed?" Bank President Right
| should say; nothing he could get his
hands on is left"
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CONSUMPTION.

which is ScrofuIa oftl.c Lungs, is arrested
and cured by this remedy, if taken in the
earlier stages of the disease. From its mar
velous power over this terribly fatal disease,
when first Offering this now world-famCd rem
edy to the public, DR.. Pierce thought seriously
of calling it his CONSUMPTION CURE" but
abandoned that name as too restrictive for
a medicine which, from its wonderful COM
binatiOn of tonic, or strengthening, Alternative,
or blood-cieansing anti-bilioIls, pcctoral, and
nutritive properties. is uncqualed. not only
a remedy for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Diseases of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

Life: Boy (to his friend who has
fallen down the hole)-Sav, Tommy. if
Won never should come ont Of dere erlive
can l have your bGll purp? 20
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-08-01

Smith: "Jones is a magnifcently de-
veloped man, isn't he? Do you know
his bust measured" Robinson: mo;
but I think it is about ten bottles"
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CURES EE-a. HEyMGRS,

from q common Blotch, Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, 'Fever-sores,"
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, al diseases
powerful, purifying, and inyigorating medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has il mani
tested its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Bols, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof-
ulous Sores and Swellngs, Hip-jont Disease,
White Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for a large Treatise, with colored
plates on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
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4 TTOENEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
"A O1ioe, in ruruson,s Brick Block, Eighth
street, Mta tOy.O-. Wisconsin.
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/. TrORNEYAN COUNSELOR AT LAW,
n O1ce in rorrlsous brick block, north end
TIA sttsej Dalgg, Mluitowoc, Wisconsin. COllec.
0us promptly attended to.
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TFORNEYo ANDCOUNSELORS AT LAW
= . iis3 over First National Bank, Eighth ST
Collections promptly attended TO.