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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
Women Are Not COwards.

'Do the passengers who ride up with
you ever become frightened?" asked
a Star reporter of the elevator con-
ductor at the Washington Monument
the other day.
..Some do and some do not" was the
reply, as the cable-puller turned to ex-
plain to lady in the car that the trip
upward occupied about nine minutes.
''I'll tell you," he explained, turning
back to the reporter. 1.-The first lady
who became frightened in the monu-
ment came the other day. She was
the first and only one. We had hardly
started from the floor when she began
to get nervous, and getting more and
more so, and finally asked me to let
heroff OF course / could not 60 back,
so | kept on to the first landing, two
or three levels higher, and there 1
opened the door and led her out to the
platform. She was nervous. l did not
want to leave her there alone, so l
called to nice looking young man
who was walking down and asked him
if he would not stay with her until l
could get to the top and send watch
man down to help her. He said he
would and l went on. When the
watchman went down he could not find
them; she walked back with the young
man."
Here the conductor had to interrupt
himself to reaSSure a man huddled
away back in the corner of the car that
the same elevator had carried tons and
tons of stone to the top of the monu-
ment and had been pronounced per-
fectly safe by ali the authorities. Then
he resumed, lowering his voice some
what as he said:
''On the other hand l have had to
stop at least twenty times for the bene-
tit of men who would not go any high
er. Why, | have seen great, big,
strong men, who looked as though
they weren't afraid of anything, get
trembling and finally ask me to let
| them off and walk. Particularly fat
men, too," with reminiscent chuckle.
Fat men are afraid of their weight,
particularly if they are with as large
crowd. l can't explain why this
should be-" he concluded, just as
the car emerged from the semi-dark-
ness of the shaft into the whittier,
brighter light of the top landing, "but
must say that I've come to the con-
clusion that the women are not the
towards, after all; it's the men. If
the women are they don't show it here. "
Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
Tobacco Smoke.
The oyparinppfS of V To SSin

The experiments of " Tassinari will
rejoice the hearts of many smokers,
says the Gentleman's Magazine. He
cemented together by their wide
mouths two glass tunnels so as to form
a cigar-holder with a large chamber
in the middle. In this chamber was
suspended from loop of platinum a
small piece of linen. At one end of
this cigar-holder was plug of cotton
wood acting as smoke filter. A cigar
was placed in the other end, lighted
and smoked secundum artem, the
mouth of the smoker being attached
to the tiltering end. By this arrange
ment the piece of linen was surround
ed by dense cloud of tobacco smoke.
At the end of half an hour, during
which three and half to four grammes
(about one-eigth of an ounce) of to-
bacco was smoked, the chamber was
opened and the linen allowed to fall
into a test-tube containing fluid gela-
tine in which was planted colonies of
seven varieties of pathogenic microbia,
including those of cholera, anthrax
Chicken cholera), and pneumonia.
In every instance there was a marked
delay in the development of these col
onies as compared with what occurred
in similar test-tubes charged with the
same. but not exposed to tobacco
smoke. The special constituent of the
smoke that has this effect is to be the
subject of further investigation.
venture to suggest practical ap-
plication. There is little doubt that
contagious diseases are in these days
frequently communicated by the aid of
railways carriages, especially first
class carriages, seeing that their cush-
ions and padding supply nurseries for
microbia, and invalids usually travel
by tirst-class, even those who would
take third-class if in full health. There
fore at times when dangerous infection
prevails those who are liable to such
infection should select smoking car
riages, the cloth Innings of which have
been subjected to treatment similar
to that of the piece OF linen suspended
in Sig. Tassinari's experimental smok-
ing compartment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
The Queen OF Sweden:

The queen of Sweden, like all Ger
man princesses, is stickler for eti-
quette, and yet she is so sympathetic to-
ward the poor that she desires the
''simplification of life" Sometimes
the conflict between these two inter-
ests leads to funny incidents. For ex-
ample on one occasion the queen was
told that some ladies did not care to be
presented at court on account of the
great expense incurred for low-neck-
ed gown that could only be worn on
this one occasion. This was Il revela-
tion to the queen and thought struck
her. "Well," she exclaimed. lat my
drawing-room everybody must come
in calico dresses" ''And must they be
cut low in the neck?" one of the
courtiers asked. "Of course; you
don't suppose I intend my guests to
come in every-dayssattire? But
your majesty forgets that these gowns,
too, will be of no use afterward, for
nobody wears low-necked calico dress
es." .'Ah, don't they? thought, of
course, they did
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

Ten Hours OF SLEEP.-James Payn,
the novelist, says that the only salvation
of our writer's and literary classes in gen
eral lies in going to bed early, getting
ten hous' sleep and understanding that
brain work needs more complete and Ger
tain recuperation than ordinary physical
labor. The Office and necessity of sleep
is getting to be better appreciated. Lit
tie is heard nowadays about burning
midnight oil. Obedience to physiologi
cal laws alone will enable man to escape
mental breakdown at an early age.
Genius cannot override nature. 1t is
impossible to turn night into day, or to
habitually do two days work in one.
Common sense and method are better
than bsilliance, and judgment is in the
end ahead of genius.-New York Star
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
Making Base Balls.

Winding base-balls by hand is .
thing of the past, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Machines have been in
vented to do the work automatically
consequently every ball is like its
fellow. Each machine winds two balls
at one time. A little para rubber ball
weighing three-quarters OF an ounce.
around which one turn has been made
with an end of a skein of old-fashioned
gray stocking-yarn, is slipped into the
machine. Then another, after which
the boy in charge touches a lever, the
machine starts, and the winding begins.
The rubber ball is hidden in a few
seconds and in its place appears lit
tie gray yarn ball that rapidly grows
larger and larger. When it appears to
be about half the size of the regulation
baseball there is click, the machine
stops, the yarn is cut, and the boy
picks out the ball and tosses it into a
basket. When this basket is full it is
passed along to another boy who runs
similar machine, where half-ounce
layer of worsted yarn is put on.
The next machine adds a layer of
strong white cotton thread, and by
watching closely as the white appears
on the surface of the gray the beauty
of the winding machine can be appre-
ciated. There is perfect regularity and
no point where the thread crosses
oftener than in another. A coating of
rubber cement is next applied, and a
half-ounee layer of the very best fine
worsted completes the ball with the
exception of the cover. Each ball
when completed must weigh five and
a quarter ounces and measure nine
and a quarter inches in circumfer-
ence. The minute differences in the
balls are equallzed by the thickness
of the cover.
Every ball and cover is weighed be-
fore the cover is sewed on. The cover
resembles two figure IS in shape and
is cut from selected and specially pre-.
pared horse hides. There is only one
kind of professional dead-ball made,
the supposed differences lying in the
cover and stamps only. The patentees
of the winding machines employ about
500 hands at their factory in this city
and have about 10000 dozen balls
now in stock Several cheap grades
of balls are also manufactured, those
retailing for 5 and 10 cents being made
from pressed leather shavings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
LOVE IN A COTTAGE

"Chally," said Amarantha Jane, 81
notice that your spirits recently seem to
be bubbling over with happiness. am
glad to see it, but do tell me dear, what
has caused it2" 81 will," said Charley,
as he encircled her waist and imprinted
kiss on her inviting lips. ''You
know for while 1 was melancholy, blue
as indigo-had no appetite, was bilious
and dyspeptic, but the use of two bottles
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
cry has brought me out and I am as
bright as button / feel like a lew
man now Jane name the day soon;
there is more of this medicine at the
drug store"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
THE JUDGE HAD THE CALI hear,

THE JUDGE HAD THE CALI heard
a good story about the late Judge Gros
venor, of Dunkirk, who was the local
attorney for the Dunkirk and Warren
railroad, and at one time had a COW kill
ed by locomotive of the road. He pre-
sented claim of $25 to the proper officer
of the road, who, following the ordinary
custom, had it referred to the judge, as
attorney, to give an opinion as to the
liability of the road. The Judge had the
facts set forth and wrote an elaborate
opinion, holding that the road was not
liable in the case, as the killing of the
COW occurred by reason of the plaintiffs s
negligence, and cited Numerous authori
ties to sustain his position. The claim
was consequently disallowed, but the
judges bill of $50 for an opinion ''in the
case of Grosvenor against the Dunkirk
and Warren railroad" was presented to
the proper authorities, and in due time
he received check for that amount
Albany Argus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

A CHICAGO MILLIoNAIRK Pal
mer, the Chicago millionaire, earned his
first salary as clerk in little country
store in Pennsylvania village. He made
his money by judicions investments in
real estate in Chicago, and though he
lost So, 500, 900 in the great Chicago fire
and had to borrow on mortgages 81, 500,-
600 to retrive himself, he is again on top,
with several spare millions to push his
schemes along.-New York Telegram.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
Norwegian Fishermen in America.

The American Impressions OF the
grand natural surroundings on the
mind of these sturdy fishermen. es-
pecially during the light summer
nights, have such an attraction that
Norwegians whom met during my
visit to America few years ago, and
who had been settled for some time in
the interior of the States, told me they
were yearning to return home, if only
to be able to experience this life once
more. Aud many of these were people
who when at home in Norway must
have been poor tenants or owners of a
small plot of ground, and whose boats
and gear were but according to their
means.-Harper's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

THE population of Manitowoc is about
1000 We should say at least one half are
tronbled with some affection of the
Throat and Lungs, as those complsints
are, according to statistics more numer-
GUS than Others We should advise all
our readers not to neglect the opportun-
ity to call on their druggist and get n
bottle of Kemp,s Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. Trial size free. Large
Bottles SOC and 81. Sold by all drug
gists. 1novS9
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
From the French.

She-Do you see that handsome
woman across the room?
He-I have eyes, my love.
Sle-Well, she is deaf and dumb.
He-Dumb?
She-Yes, she has never spoken. She
was born so.
He-Mon Dieu, There Is nothing
impossible with God! = Washington
Critic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

Rev. h. Fl. Fairall, d. d, editor of
the Iopa Methodist, says editorially, in
the November (1SS3) number of his
paper: 1--WE have tested the merits of
Ely's Cream Balm, and believe that, by
a thorough course of treatment, it will
cure almost every case Of catarrh. Min
listers, as class, are afflicted with head
and throat troubles, and catarrh seems
more prevalent than ever We cannot
recommend Ely IS Cream Balm too high.
lY." IL
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
DON'T READ THIS FOR $500

For many years through nearly every
newspaper in the land, the proprietors
of DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy, who are
thoroughly responsible, financially, as
any one can easily ascertain by proper
enquiry, have offered, inlQood faith. q
standing reward of nasal catarrh, 10
matter how bad. or of how long standing
which they cannot cure,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
OONsUPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE EDIToR-Please inform your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured
l shall be glad to send two bottles of my RENE
dv FREE to any of your readers who have con-
sumption If they will send me their express
and post Office address. Respectfully, 1loctS9
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
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. For sale by II
Hinricls.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

Men who work the ore that comes
from the Martin White mine at Word,
New. undergo curious change of ap-
pearance. Their faces become sunken
and pallid and their whiskers, eye
brows, and hair slowly change to .
permanent green color.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

The lighting of the Hoosac Tunnel
by electricity makes the track visible
when there is no fog mile ahead Of
the train.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

Oregon has probably doubled her
population during the last ten years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
G. G. SEDGWICK,

rroRNEYAN COUNSELLOR AT LAW
N O.ice in F0rrison's brick block north enc
,tl stfceL Dfidge, Mauitowoc, Wisconsin Collec
ols JrJnpgly attended to.
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W NJ. RAHR'S SONS

4 TrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
"a ice, in TurrsOn's Brick Block, Eighth
street. Man toVoc. Wisconsin.
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T. S. LUHMANN. M. d,

BREW ft2 AND MASTER, CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets South side The
highest cash price pad for Barley.
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G. A. FORREST,

TFoRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IA Oice in C4rus' Block, first floor, in door
teiIingt0 County judges Office, South Eighth
Street, Ianitcwoc, Wiz. Collections promptly
atLeuied to. JULIO
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
COOKED IN GASOLINE.
One Man and Five Horses Cremated in
q Burning Oil Refinery.

One Man and Five Horses Cremated in
Burning Oil Refinery.
P1TTsBURG, Pa, Aug. ORA large
gasoline still in A. D. Miller & Sons oil
refinery, corner Prebel avenue and
Adams streets, Allegheny City, exploded
at o'clock a. m. The entire refinery
was destroyed by the fire which fol-
lowed. Perry Hawk, an employe, was
sleeping beside the still at the time of
the explosion, and is probably fatally
burned. Terrence Miller and two other
men are yet missing. Miller was night
engineer. The engine room was envel-
oped in flames within a moment after
the explosion, shutting off every posi-
BILE avenue of escape. Five valuable
horses were burned to death. The es-
Enlistment contained forty large steel
stills, 10000 barrels of crude and ] $500
barrels of refined oil. 1t was brick
building 250x3OO feet. The residence of
D. Osborne was burned and other ad-
joining property was damaged. At 5
o'clock the firemen gained control of the
flames. The loss is about $235, 900,
partly insured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
MONTANA MENAcED.
The Whole Territory Suffering from On.
nrecedeutad Forest Fires.

The Whole Territory Suffering from Un'
precedented Forest Fires.
HELENA, Mont, Aug. 1Y-Forest fires
which have been raging all over Mon
tana for three weeks, have destroyed
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of timber and have reached most
alarming proportions. A gentleman in
from northern Montana reports that the
ranges in Chonteau county, which have
heretofore escaped and on which cattle
men were depending to keep this winter
thousands of head of cattle, are on fire,
and all the big companies have their
men out trying to suppress the flames.
Men are out in that section trying to save
the feed. but
Small Streams Dried Up
and the fire leaps over them as quickly
as it travels on the open prairie. In two
days the fire travelled over section
sixty miles wide and a hundred miles in
length. In Deer Lodge county the town
of Georgetown is surrounded by fire
and a strong wind has brought the
flames within five miles of Phillipsburg.
The mill of the Bimetallic Mining COM
pany near that town is in great danger,
and the fire is travelling toward it with
great rapidity.
CONSERVATION at Georgetown.
Couriers who arrived at Phillipsburg
from Georgetown at midnight reported
that the utmost CONSERVATION prevailed
in town, and large force was organ
lied to 60 to the rescue. In the Yellow
stone country the pineries fire covers an
area of eight miles and is spreading rap
idly. Ranges in that country also have
been almost entirely destroyed, the fire
extending nearly from Miles City to
Glendive. A letter just received from
Forsythe says Henry Casey, j. P. Harri-
Texas, who were out fighting the fire in
that vicinity, are missing and it is
feared they have persisted. The entire
territory is covered with dense cloud
of smoke, which sun cannot penetrate
until a heavy rain comes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
More RuNaways for Lowry to Catch

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 22.-Quite ro-
mantle wedding took place here. DR..
Robert Lowry, of Canton, and Miss
Mary J. Foote, of Oakland, CAL, were
united. Miss Foote, who is daughter
of Henry S. Foote, one of the California
state supreme court commissioners and
formerly a citizen of Mississippi, was
visiting relatives in Canton, where she
met young Lowry, the son of Gov
Lowry, and practicing physician of
that city. An attachment sprang up
between the two, and the young lady S
relatives objected on account of her
youthfulness, hence the elopement TO
Jackson. Gov. Lowry has eleven chill.
dren, nine of whom are now married.
One of his daughters and two of his
bows eloped,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
A DEFECTIVE STATUTE.
4 Flaw Found In the Contract Labor In
Which Reuda are T< roon....-

4 Flaw Found In the Contract Labor Law
Which Renders 1t Imperative.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The treasury
department has discovered a serious de-
feet in the law to prevent the importa-
ton of contract labor. It was made
while the case of the twenty-five glass
blowers imported by Chambers & Nc
Kew OF Jeanette, Pa, was under con-
sideratien. The original law provided a
punishment for those who imported la
borers under contract. but made no dis
position of the laborers. The Fiftieth
congress, in the last days of the first
session, amended the law by inserting a
provision for the return of the laborers
at the expense of the steamship company
which brought them over. However, it
did not give Jurisdiction in such cases
to any court, and officials of the treas
ury department say that if arrests
should be made under it, a writ of ha-
beas corpus would lie in each case. This
renders that portion of the law approved
October 10, 1883, entirely imperative,
and laborers imported into this country
under contract can remain without let
or hindrance. The cases Immediately
affected are those Of the Pennsylvania
glass blowers, and the Texas granite
workers, which have been before the de-
partment recently.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
New Workers Formulate Plans for q Com
pany With 81 Ii, ZOO, 900 Capital.

pany With SIS, OOO, 900 Capital.
New YORK, Aug. 21.-The gentlemen
selected as members of the finance COM
mittee Of the proposed worlds fair in
1892, met in the city hall, Mayor Grant
presiding. Among those present were
Messrs. Gould, Rockefeller, Belmont, Sc
ligman, Inman, Steinway, Miller, and
Kelly. Mr.. Gould rose to nominate j.
Pierpont Morgan as chairman, but
yielded to Mr.. Belmont, who nominated
s. d. Babcock, ex-president of the cham
Der of commerce. Mr.. Babcock was
unanimously chosen. J. Edward Sim
ons, ex-president of the stock exchange,
was chosen treasurer. Mr.. Ssligman
submitted plan to form a company
with capital stock of 81 ., 000, 900, per
cent on the stock to be guaranteed by
the city, the security to the city being
the ownership of the buildings. This
and large number of othlr plans were
referred to an executive COZ. mittee COM
posed of J. Pierpont. Morgs a, chairman,
Messrs. Belmont, Wander oilt, Inman,
Babcock, Simons, and President Smith,
of the chamber of commerce.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-22
SMO1HERED IN SMOKE

Nine Human Beings Sufocated in . New
York Tenement House Fire.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The most awful
horror which this city has known for
years came early in the morning, when
a crowded West side tenement house
suffered a partial destruction by fire,
and many Of the tenants lost their
lives. As q result of the calamity the
Nineteenth precinct station on West
Thirtieth street has been converted into
a temporary charnel house, and nine
charred and blackened bodies tell the
story of the frightful disaster. At 4:4o
a. m. the tenement house No. 305 Sew
enth avenue, near Twenty-Seventh
street, was discovered to be on fire. On
the firemen reaching the place the
building was ablaze from the ground
floor to the roof. In the street outside
there was the widest excitement. A
crowd had quickly gathered and many
tenants who had made their escape in
their night clothing stood among the
throng, weeping bitterly, and almost
Frantic with Despair.
The firemen did their work well, and in
about fifteen minutes they had the con-
hagratioIi in hand, while in half an hour
ali danger from further destruction was
over. The tiremen then began the work
of
Hunting for the Dead.
On the first floor were found Nellie Geo.
CHAN, William Mckee and Will
lam GIennon. They were all
smothered in their beds and probably
were not conscious Of the fire. On the
second floor lived the Wells family. a
mother 81 years old, and her two
children, Jane, aged 4. and Thomas,
aG-d 2. They were all found dead in
bed together, the children being clasped
in each others arms as if sleeping peace
fully. On the third floor were found
Bertha Lustig, 40 years old, and James
Jeitery, 80 years of age. The former
was discovered but few feet from the
window in the front of the house, and
the latter in bed in rear room. They
were both dead.
On the top floor was found the body
OF an unknown man about As years old,
The body was considerably burned and
was blackened from head to foot. All
the bodies were taken in patrol wagon
to the Thirtieth street station house. So
far as at present known the only persons
injured by the fire were two sons of
William Glennon. They were badly
burned about the limbs and BODY and
were taken to the New York hospital,
The cause Of the fire has not yet been
definitely ascertained.