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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-02
SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE NEW ooSsu1s

-.
Archibald Louden Snowden, of PHILADELPHIA is
numimatst Of repute, having been connected with
the Philadelphia Mint in various capacities for MANY
years, ending as superintendent in 1885 He has
made many improvements In coming machinery, and
has contributed literally to the literature upon the
subjects of coins and seals Besides serving for two
years as Postmaster of Philadelphia, Mr. snowden
has been prominent In the Militia of Pennsylvania and
is captain OF the First City Troop Of Philadelphia
the oldest military organization In the United states
Augustus o. Bonrn, the Consul General at Rome,
has been prominent I'm business and In politics Rhode
Island for many years. He Is ffty-four years ofd a
native of Providence and graduate Of Brown
University, class Of '55. In 1854 he founded tho
National Rubber Company at Bristol Mr.. Bourn
served in the Providence Horse Guards In every
capacity from private TO Lieutenant Colonel, and IN
1873 he Lieutenant Colonel OF the lst Battalion
OF Rhode Island Cavalry. Colonel Bourn elected
State senator from Bristol In 1876 and represented
his town In that capacity until 1894 when he was
elected Governor by the Republicans. He served
two years IN that Office, and has since been a Siats
nafp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-02

IN RE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS.
p,ovidence r. l.. July (5pecial-Governor L'uo
announced to-day the appointment OF Almon N, u0Ou
win MAYOR Of Pawuckst. 10 be STATE ComunS'i'HeA
OF Industrial Statistics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-02

lRIED FOR MURDER DONE MANY lhALs 400,
Mount Vernon, KY July l.-Aier ueiaS %
,,cptv eight xears the trial of j. Logan Sgman for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-02
xcREAsED TONNAGE OF THE STATE cAyAIs

Albany. July The comparative statement OF the
canal tonnage for the last week of June shows an
Increase Of "a 3s5 tons, compared with The cor
responding week last year Up to July l. 2eoooo tons
more than the corresponding period Oh the previous
year have been carried on the canals
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
Col. Wintersmith Tells a Snake Story

Col. Dick Wintersmith listened with
apparent good-natured disgust to some
of the snake stories which the young
sters were trying to crowd down his
throat the other evening at Chamber
lain's, says the Dallas NeUs. As yarn
after yarn was unwound by the enter
prising narrators the colonel seemed
to get restless, until finally he broke
out with:
That's all right, boys, but the
trouble with your snake stories is that
they are not"
''Well, suppose you tell us one that
is absolutely truo," suggested one of
the company.
II will," said the colonel promptly.
And then ''Dick" told how he had
found himself travelling one hot after
noon along a cart road cut through
what seemed miles of chaparral,
somewhere in Texas, I believe.
Suddenly his pony stopped. and he was
nearly thrown over the animals head.
II got off," Col. Wintersmith went on
to say, land looked about to see what
the trouble was, and soon found, about
a rod ahead, huge rattle-snake asleep
across the roadway. his head down the
slope on one side and his tail in the
gutter on the other. / tried to make
the pony jump the snake, but he
wouldn't bulge. There wasn't stone
or stick big enough to handle in
sight, and | had no firearms. / was
in pickle, but | couldn't go back,
and didn't like to stay where l was.
However, while considering the situa-
ton, l saw away ahead on the further
side Of the RATHER sapling such as is
used to bind hay upon rick. Hitch
ing my pony to the brush l stepped
back SO as to get a good start, took a
running jump, leaped over the snake,
ran to the sappling, grabbed it with
head, back to his slumbering snake
head, breaking it at once
Here the colonel took long breath
and something else besides. The COM
pany looked disappointed.
''1s that alp" some one asked.
The colonel cast look of whitening
contempt upon the youth adjusted his
gold trimmed spectacles, and then con-
tinued:
Eyes, breaking it at once. And
hang me, gentlemen-you may be-
lieve me OF motif l didn't discover
that my sapling was the snakes mate,
and"
ooh, colonel Come, now, that's q
little too" came in chorus.
'Aud that" went on the colonel,
not in the least disturbed, '.and the
same blow had killed it also.
After that nothing remained for the
company to do except to break up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
Who Was the Organist.

The lately unearthed poem which
Longfellow lis said" to have composed
begins with the disheartening couplet:
The day was Easter; like dying god in pain
The organ groaned aloud.
We submit that the statement calls
for an explanation from the man who
played the organ in question. 1t is a
serious charge. An instrument capa-
BILE of misbehaving in church as this
one did may make good kindling-
wood, but it can scarcely make good
music. An organ which groans under
its breath like dying god in pain
even on an ordinary day is bad enough;
an organ which groans aloud like a
dying god in pain on that sort of day
is worse; but an organ so lost to all
sense of harmony and the cognate
proprieties as to groan aloud like dy-
ing god in pain, and do it on Faster
day,is to be regarded as the s;:l.: of or
ganic vlllianies. We are curiu;.s 10 see
what the organist will have 10 lay for
himself. viii he claim that the fault
was not with his playing, but with the
man that built the organ? II so, let
the organ builder be hunted up and
given an opportunity to explain if he
can why he places instruments on the
market capable of rasping the ear OF
Easter with a good imitation of the
two vocal groans of dying god. Per-
haps it was cabinet organ, and q
secondhand organ at that-one that
needed tuning. If 80, that fact ought
to be brought out. There is no more
touching story of the Occident than
the Que telling of a Westinghouse in
Montana which displayed in plain
sight of all the congregation placard
bearing the pathetic request: Don't
shoot the organist, he is doing the best
he can" The average Montana man
is as good natured as he is brave; but
if the musician for whom placard in
terceded, ever on an Easter day made
the organ sound like the grons of a
dying god in pain, the chances are
that he died with his boots on, well
perforated. The Montana tympanum
is tolerant, but it knows when it is i'm
posed upon.
If the music of the future is to give
good satisfaction, the faults of the
music of the past must not be condon-
ed. However, it may turn out that
Longfellow, in being credited with
writing the poem. and the organ in
being credited with taking on so out
rageously on Easter day, bave both
been misrepresentation York Ifa-
bu1ae.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
THE SOAP MINES OF NEVADA
In Nevada are several deposits of mir

In Nevada are several deposits of min
erai soap. One of these has been work
ed for three or four years. The soap is
sometimes made up into cakes as it
comes from the mine, but usually it is
toned down by mixture with various
other soap. In Dakota and Wyoming
are also deposits of natural soap. In re-
gions where soda, borax and mineral oils
abound it is only necessary to bring these
ingredients together and q soap mine is
the result. Hot springs assist materially
in uniting and concentrating the materi-
ais provided by nature. The soap found
about hot springs Is, therefore, generally
harder and more perfect than that pro
duced in the dry way in and about the
basins of extinct lakes.
The waters of Owens and Mono lakes
are SO thoroughly saturated With borax
and soda in solution that the addition of
any oisaginous matter produces soap
The waters of Mono lake produce myri-
ads of gruos (which after atime Ebecome
fies) which are washed ashore, and in
some places form beaches foot or two
in depth. Tue oily matter Contained in
the grubs or flies, uniting with the aIkali
in the water of the lake, forms deposit
of soap an inch or two in thickness each
year. Thus, in the course of ages, de-
post of natural soap of great depth has
been built upon the east side of the al
kali lakes, where the worms are stranded
prevailing winds being from the west.
These particular grubs are the only living
things found in the waters of Mono and
Owens lakes.
At certain seasons an insectivorous
duck, called the spoonbill, frequen,s
these lakes, and feeding upon the aquatic
flies and grubs. becomes so fat it can
hardly fly. Hunters kill these spoonoill
ducks for their oil, as the grub on which
they feed imparts them fshy taste 80
strong that they cannot be eaten except
by Indians, who eat both worms and
ducks. Ducks killed by hunters and
lost are sometimes found in the waters of
the lake. All the feathers are eaten off
the fowl by the alkaline solution, and the
layer of fat beneath the skin, an inch in
thickness is found to be changed to soap,
hard as the best CASTLE and beautifully
white.-Virginia City Enterprise.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
Curious Russian Superstition.

A curiously unpleasant superstition
has just been revealed at a trial in
Southern Russia, which ended in the
conviction of four peasants for the
murder of a girl IL years old. The
superstition recalls that about thieves
candles narrated in connection with
the Whitechapel murders. These
peasants, it seems, were believers in
the superstition that candles made of
human fat rendered the bearers invisi-
BILE. To obtain these articles they first
attempted to murder boy in forest.
They next tried to kill an old peasant,
thirdly Russian clergyman. and be-
ing disturbed on all these occasions
they at last succeeded in numbering
Sukena Cherkaschina. With the fat
from the child's body they made can
dies. and with their help attempted to
commit robbery. The light of the
candles betrayed their doings, and on
being arrested they confessed every
thing. The evidence in court showed
the belief in the thieves candle super
stition to be widespread IN Russia
London Letter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
SWEEI FLOWERS

The fairest buds are often the first to
with and ravages of disease make havoc
with the beauty as well as the strength
and happiness of the fair sex. The pre-
valent disorders among American women
are those of most distressing descrip
ton. These" weaknesses, "as they are sug
gestively termed. insidiously sap the
health and the patient becomes pale and
emacIated the appetite grows tickle and
feeble; she loses strength as the attacks
increase in severity, aud is in despair
There is relief for all such sufferers in
DR.. Pierce::s world-famed Favorite Pre-
scription which cures all 'female com
plants" Its use is followed by cessa
ton of the dragging down" pains re-
turn of appetite and III due course vigor
GUS health.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
The OH CARTRIDGEs.-rhe DOW

The OIL CARTRIDGEs.-rhe power
which petroleum exerts In calming the
surface of troubled, even tempestuoue
ocean. is conceded 10y the most conserva
tive navigators. However efficient pet.
roleum may be in rouslng a storm Oh
land and generating cyclone i'll every
oil exchange of the United States, on the
briny deep its influence is wholly in the
direction of peace and quietness and rest
fulness. 1t lulls King Neptune's storm
lest moods, and a few gallons have
brought gallant ships safely through
vatery connections that thestened them
with sure submerging. Heretofore a
simple throwing or dripping OF oil from
the ship has been the method pursued.
Now Yankee inventor has patented an
oil cartridge, which, fred from gun,
projects the oil far in advance of the YES
sci and thereby stills the waves before
the ship. By means of these cartridges,
it is claimed that serene path an eighth
of mile wide can be made through the
heaviest seas. Those that go down to
the sea in ships owe much to the mem
DRY of Col. Drake, of Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21

uiaays, 10 near my paper on Assyrian
bias reliefs. The deep attention with
which it was listened to for over two
hours was quite remarkable. Miss
Gladys-Ah, sir, it was an all-wise and
merciful Providence that kept me
away. Otherwise, l assure you,
should have been here-Bnfato Courier
Zone moment. Mr.. Sampson she
exclaimed, with a distressed look as
be dropped to his knees. II have al
ready had twelve proposals this season,
and yours will be thirteen-an un-
lucky number" True. he answered,
as he rose to his feet, his face ashen;
"but, o! what am to do?" .'Wait for
for week. Mr.. Sampson" she an
swered, shyly; ''then come AGAIN.
HdrDers Bazaar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21

81 thought it about time for you to
show up again." said Sergeant Ben
dali Yesterday, as Carl Dunder hest
tatingly entered the Woodbridge street
station.
MAYBE l like to talk NIT you a
leedle."
"Well 60 ahead. l suppose you are
in trouble again?'
Sergeant, vhas Sheorge Washing
ton deadp"
"Of course he is"
"He vhas dead a long timer"
"a great many years"
"Vhell, dot pleases me. / vhas afraid
make mistake und hafto 60 to shall.
A black man comes in my place der
ouder day und likes me to gift him two
shilling for a colored shurch. He says
his name vhas Sheorge Washington.
l belief Sheorge Washington vhas
dead, und l gift dat man sooch kick
dot he flies twenty feet"
you did! Why, he was probably
named George Washington. l know
of several colored men by that name.
"But Sheorge Washington vhas dead!
If he vhas dead he can't be alive!"
Cant there be two men by the same
name? Don't you know two or more
men by the name of Schmidt"
.'By Sheorge! but 1 don't think OF
dotr'
You'll probably be arrested on a
warrant some time to-day, and shan't
feel a bit sorry for you. Has anything
else happened?"
"Vhas Shakespeare dead?"
81 should remark"
He vhas dead good whilep"
Eyes; long time"
"Dot pleases me. When you explain
about Washington, vhas afraid Shaks-
peare vhas alive. A young man comes
in my place und says, vhas l Carl
Dunder? vhas. Well, MIR. Dunder,
like to sell you book by Shaks-
peare. Here he vhas, und l sell him
sheap. Sergeant, nopody must take
| ME for fool!"
Mop
If Shakespeare vhas dead how can
he write some books? 1t vhas shwin-
die on me, und take dot young man
und almost preak him in two"
Then you'll probably have a sec
ond warrant to look out for. The
young man was book agent and all
right"
but you said Shakespeare vhas
dead"
$50 he is. The men who wrote the
Bible are dead, but the Bible keeps
right on, doesn't it? These are the
books Shakespeare wrote when he was
living"
"Vhas dot SOP Why doan' he OK.
plain it to me?"
The Judge will explain it! Any.
thing else?"
"A man comes in my place and says
he likes to sell me some strips OF
weather. Vhas l a fool? Doan' I hat
all der weather l vhant mitout pay?
Doan' l got some cold und hot und
rain and shnow like onder people
Sergeant, doan' like to hat some one
make fun of me, ind l knock dot chap
oafer two tables"
We'll, you'll pay fine in the po-
lice court for it,
You doan' sayw
Yes, | do. The man wanted to
furnish you weather strips, didn't he?''
by golly! 1 believe he vhas wealth
er strips
They are put on doors and win
dows to keep out the cold. You'll
hear from him."
But why doan' he explain to mep
How do l know dere vhas some deefer-
ence between weather strips and strips
of weather."
The Judge will explain"
Sergeant look at me! l meier see
sooch a country! One day / gif some
pody five dollar und vhas all wrong.
Der next day l knock shust sooch a
man oafer two tables und vhas ar
rested. Nopody vhas two times alike.
If doan' knock somepody l vhas an
old greenhorn. If I do knock him /
must go NIT der police court"
"Well?r
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
InGreat Iluck.

Countryman (to book-dealer): Have
you got copy of Shakspeare's works.
mister?" Dealer: Yes, sir. there is
a nice little pocket edition." Country
man: Dye mean to say that all what
Shakespeare writ is in that small book?n
Dealer: Yes. everything" Country
man: well. by gosh, he must have
had picnic. "-Epoch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
90

The SoUDAN RAvEN.-In the Soudau
the respec5 for the ''Bird of the Shade
Is unbounded; he is endeariugIy known
to the Arabs as their "Uncle," and they
are more ssexorbitant i'm exacting blood
money for his chance slaughter by the
hand of stranger than if it were really
the relative in question. Shoot their
dove, their ostrich, their varied scaven
gers of the vulture kind, their once 81
cred ibis even, and they grin and bear it;
but once aim bolt at the "Noah bird"
and hundred lean but muscular brown
arms will be raised, and the bereaved,
white teethed relatives will gesticuiate
and shout round you, while they explain
how black hued was your accidental
crimo. Apart from this, the raven, with
his jetty plumaRe, will always be point
of interest in the Soudan, from the strong
contrast be presents to the ordinary
"desert colored" birds which preserve q
neutral tint of gray or fawn, which rend-
ers them almost invisible.-All the Year
Round.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
ONE BOTTLE ENTIRELY CURED


I received a bottle of White Wine Of
Tar Syrup you sent me. My wife at
that time had very bad cold on hsr
lungs and Que bottle entirely cured her.
1 can say it is the best medicine for
throat aud lung diseases l ever came
across, and I can recommend it to all.
Delton, Wis. ELDER s. J. ADAMS. %
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow a cough to run untilit gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
"Oh it will wear away, butin most cases
it wears them away. Could they be in
duced to try the successful medicine cal
led Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on q
posite guarantee to cure they would i'm
mediately see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Price soc aud 81. 90
Trial size free. At all Druggists.
lnov 80
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21

"Vhell, dot vhas all. except dot 90
nome und 60 to bed und tell Shake
und der oldt womaus to run der pees-
ness. ltvhas all too mixed oop for me.
L vhas no good. Goodbye. und if I
doan' see You some more / like Won to
visit my gravestone some time md
weep ieedle. "-Detrott Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
A WORD OF WARNING
High Pressure

Living characterizes these modern days.
The result is fearful increase of Brein
and Heart Diseases General De-
bility, Insomnia, Paralysis, and In
sanity. Chloral and Morphia augment
the evil. The medicine best adapted
to do permanent good is Ayers Sar-
saparilla. 1t purifies, enriches, and
vitalizes the blood, and thus strengthens
every function and faculty of the body.
81 have used Ayers Sarsaparilla, in
my family, for years. have found it
invaluable as
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
Wealthy Towns.

The wealthiet town of its size in
America is Brookline, Mass. of which
the assessment value is $4O7, 451, 92S.
The distinction claimed for Brookline
has been generally supposed to belong
to Canajoharie. n. Y. That village IS
very small in comparison with the
Massachusetts town, and the number
of residents there, who are many many
times millionaires, is considerable
greater than can be counted on the
fingers of beth hands.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
A Cure

for Nervous Debility caused by an in
active liver and a low state of the blood"
Henry Bacon, Xenia, Ohio.
"For some time have been troubled
with heart disease. l never found any
thing to help me until I began using
Ayers Sarsaparilla. I have only used
this medicine six months, but it has re-
ieyed me from my trouble, and enabled
me to resume work. u. 2. Carzanett,
Perry, Ill.
81 have been a practicing physician
for over half a century, and during that
time L have never found so powerful
and reliable an Alternative and blood
purifier as Ayers Sarsaparilla. DIR.
M. Maxstart, Louisville, KY.
Ayers Sarsapari!!a,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81 six bottles, SIS. Worth S. bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21

THE WRONG BoY.-A Sunday Gciino-
teacher in backwoods settlement had ii
new class of young scholars, the parsnt-
of which had neglected to give them any
instructions whatever in their catechisn.
Coming to the first boy in the class she
asked him who made him. He did not
know. She told him God, and urged
him to remember it. Of the next hog
she asked him who was the oldest man.
He did not know, and the teacher told
him Methuselah. So she went on down
the class, asking each a question and
giving them the answer. While SIZE was
Tins engaged the first boy went to the
bucket after some water. The teacher
returned to the head af the class. and not
knowing that one was absent, she asked
the first who made him. Withouta hesi-
t.sion the boy quickly replied, "Methu
g h." mo" exclaimed the teacher i'll
establishment, God made you'll" "No,
he didn't" persisted the urchin with con-
fdence; 1.-THE boy God made is after
water" The teacher gave up the class.
Chicago Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-21
RuCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE,

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chspped Hands,
Chilblalns, 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 % cents per box For sale by 81.
Hinrichs
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FEED CUTTER FOR SALE.

have FOR sale cheap Ne. 10 Smalley feed cut
ter new and a two horse tread power u good
order. inquire of John Yogle at my farm in fato
or ST my office q. G. SEDGN lex
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manitomor pilot.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
CARL DUNDER AGAIN.

George Washington and Shakespeare the
Cause of his Trouble This Time.
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n L. n ,
CREAM BALM.
Cleanses tn e
N a S al P a s
sages, and Al
lays Pain and
Inf N alton,
Heals theSores
Restores tn {
Senses ofTaste
and Smell.
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u TX HSS
40 YEARS CHRONIC PAINS.
SCIATIC RHEUMATISM.
THE CURE AFTER eYcARS.
n. Albany ST., Ithaca, A'0Acs, n T.
Wy Nae 10 1881 July 5. 1887.
For over 20 ysarsI Suffered many year,
have been . victim of injury to hip resulting In
hsematsm Was per- rhsumatilm, N SECULAR
shaded to try st. Jacobs -a.>,... .,d ,o,.-.ct.x
cords. Two bottles st.
ties and = more free
from rheumatism never '~eoSs VI ieAe'e1 N1s ~
w,nes our .trs.t. Nv that now walk about
Limbs that were once ard attend to daily du-
sttf and lame now ~ ties at d. heartily In
Light and timber A. in my dorss 1t.
youth. JOS EDsELL. JOS EDsELL.
CRIPPLED CASES THROW AWAY CRurcHES.
CURED PERMANENTLY.
TESTIMONIALS cHEERFULLY RENEWED.
CHRONIC CASES BEST CURES.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers Eperyarhere.
THE CHARLES A. v0GELER CO., Baltimore, Nd