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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
Corn Husking.

There are in round numbers about
1000 600, 600 bushels of corn in the crop
of 1882, SAYS the orange JHdd Farmer.
OF this perhaps 100000. 800 bushels NAV
be eaten by cattle and hogs direct from
the stalks either in the field or Yards
The other 1900 600, 600 bushels are all
10 be hu>ked by hand, for a. Vet there
i no machine invented which will do
this work proiitablv. Do the husking
men and boys (and some women) aver
age tiftE bushels day? Probably not.
Even il they do. our curn-huSking This
year will require 80 000, 600 days of
work. which is equal TO an army of l.
100000 huskers all working steadily
thirty-eight days each, MesSieurs in
NentorS, please hurry up that steam
huSking-machine so long promised A
bic mem; If twenty huSkers could have
begun on this years crop 5000 years
ago (sevcn years before Grandpa Adam
began liying) and kept busily husking
fifty bushels day each, without any
holidays but S12 days in each and
every year down 10 our present time,
they would ut the end OF this Year still
have 5Q,"I0.000 bushels of corn LEFT 10
hus& cu, uf the crop of 1889. after Ill
loving lu0.HV. 0J0 bushels 10 be rou-
saued without husking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
TELLS HIS OWN CRIME.
Strange story of a Dead Man Who Gave
q CIew to a Murder He Had Committed.

A story told in Cherokee county
makes a dead man disclose a murder
committed by himself while in life.
The story goes that Scotch trader
pushed his way up into the heart of the
Cherokee country far in advance OF
other white incursions. He took TO
wife Il sauaw OF the tribe, and by her
had two sons. He was shrewd IN bus
mess. and when in years after other
white men began to come. he made
use OF his kinship with the whites and
acquainted with the Indians TO turn
both 10 account. On his death he
willed all he had to his two sons. with
the proyiso that neither one should
marry AGAINST the wishes of the other.
The elder brother was hardy, grasping
and taciturn. while the younger was
softer-hearted and impressionable. As
IA consequence it was not long before
the latter wanted to mary.
All right. said the elder brother,
"but | want you to 90 on trip with
me 10 Savannah first"
The proposed trip was made known,
and a few days later, when the house
was seen closed up, no attention was
paid to it. \ week later the elder
brother alone returned. He stated that
they bad motten into a fight with some
Indians. in which the younger had
been killed. From that time on the
elder brother whose name was Tom,
grew more morosc, and kept within
his house His aversion to visitors was
SO great that soon he had none, and
even when he did walk out people
would pass long way around him.
In this way ten years passed, when
, Tom rot desperately i'll and died. The
! kind-heartcd frontiersmen gathered
around the dead mans bed and were
talking about his life. While one of
the party was recalling the trip of the
brothers to Savannah. suddenly the
form of an Indian, fully armed, stood
on the threshold. Motionless and like
a statue. with not a feature stirring!
CO. exclaimed voice.
1t was the dead man who spoke.
, There he sat erect with eyes fixed
upon the figure, and with his index
finger pointing to the door of an inner
room.
The figure of the Indian disappeared
in that direction. The corpse fell back
into its position and dead silence
reigned for fully ten minutes. At last
! the speaker who had been interrupted,
said:
Let us examine that room.n
The door was opened, and the IN
dian was gone. Not Il sign was to be
seen. The floor disclosed nothing sus-
picious. Then an examination of the
walls was begun. \ rough place was
found, which indicated that once the
boards had been torn off. An AK was
secured, and the board was priced from
its place. when tumbling out after it
came the skull and frame of a human
being.
At last the mystery was solved. The
theory arrived at was that as this was
the room in which the younger brother
had slept, it was the one in which he
had been been killed: that Tom had
hired the Indian to do the bloody work,
and that the scene which the watchers
had just witnessed was but repetition
OF the one in which the young man
had lost his life.-AtLdilta Constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
WOMAN'S Dissolve

another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by woman III thi>
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood it's severest tests, but her Vita
organs wer und -rmined and death seem
"a immiGent For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
she bought of us a bottle of DR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption
md was so much relieved on taking first
dose that sha slept all night and VIII
one bottle has been miraculouSlv cured
Her Eame is Mrs. Luther Lutz fhus
writes W. c Hammock & Co CT Shell y
N C.-Get a free trial bottle ut H. Hit.
rlcbs' Drug St,re.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
Lively Fight With a Gator.

Tom Knott and Judy Branch, who
left for the Branch plantation well sup
piled with guns. dogs, ETC.. had terri
BILE fight with large alligator, says a
Florida letter 10 the Globe Democrat.
1t appears that the boys were out hunt
ing some cattle. accompanied by their
pet dog. In hunting around they came
across an immense saurian, but as his
'gatorship was engaged in watching
some calves, he did not notice the two
''bloods' from this place. The dog not
being well up in the gator business,
commenced the attack at once As
soon as his 'gatorship could change his
mind from calves 10 dogs he made a
sweep with his tail that brought the ca
nine around to his business end, and
before the dog had time TO think of his
part, made a snap that would have end
ed his career then and there, but the
gator miScalculated his distance, and
instead of taking the whole dog, tail
and all, he got his tail only. The doc.
being thus freed, started on home
run; but the gator wanted dog ii he
could not get calf, and, therefore, start
ed after him, rolling over and over.
This method of locomotion was so I'M
usual that the dog became disguised,
and made such good time that the ga
tor gave it up and turned his attention
to his human enemies. They, in tnrn,
were so badly frightened they lost their
gun, armed themselves with fence rails,
and then the fight was fast and furious.
The gator would take the rails be-
tween his teeth and crush them up as
if he enjoyed them for diet. TO vary
the exercises he would snatch rail and
sweep it round in way that made his
assailants give him plenty of room.
Finally, after Il terrible struggle, he was
forced to go where all gators 90. and
hunt calves and dogs no more. Messrs.
Knott and Branch say that he was, I'M
doubleday, the widest gator they ever
SAW
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
She Ruled With the Rod,

Because his wife sent him to school.
spanked him when he was bad and
locked him in the attic when she want
ed to 90 out, William Beeler, of East
Providence, appeared in court in Prov
idence, X. l., rs petitioner for di-
yOrce. His story was singular one,
and his wife, Mrs. Mary Beeler,
tiounced out of the court room before
it was half done. He is now but 10,
and was led TO the altar when 16, his
wife being %.
From his testimony it appears that
she possessed the master mind of the
two, and at once undertook the di-
rection of the household. After they
had been married three months she in
sisted upon sending HIM to school that
he might become more of a scholar
than he was. He refused to 60, and
was severely whipped for his dis
obedience. She was much the stronger
of the two, and he had to do as She
said.
A few months ago he became rebel
lious and unruly, and Mrs. Beeler had
recourse to Imprisonment, and fire.
quently locked him in the attic cham
Der, to the solitary occupancy of which
she condemned him before the honey
moon was over. One day he let him
self down with ropes made from the
bed clothing, and when he sought
his wife he found she had gone off
to Providence to enjoy life. Wrought
up to the point of desperation he fol-
lowed her, and found her at a question
able place, sitting on the lap of a
strange man, smoking a cigarette and
drinking champagne.
His wife, who had exacted the most
correct conduct on his part, even to
the extent of selecting what books
he should read, ordered him home and
threatened TO spank him as soon as she
got home. But she did not thrash him
Us he supposed she would. Instead
she told him that henceforth she in
tended 10 follow her own course of
living, and that he might do the same.
Since that time they had not lived
, together The divorce was granted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
SAVED FROM CONSUMPTION

Several physicians predicted tina Mr..
Asa b. Rowley, Druggis'. of On cas- o
would soon have consumption caused by
an aggravated case OF Catarrh. Custom-
RS finally indnred him 10 try Clarke s
Extract of Flax PapilouJ Caiarrh Cure
Ip SAYS: "Ihe result was unprecedant
ea. l commenced to get well after the
first application and ara now after few
vepns, entirely cured" 1t will do the
same for you. Price 81. Try Clarke
Flax Soap for the Skin and You will use
10 other. 25cents. All of Clarke s
remedies for sale by J. E. Barnstein.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
RUBY'S LETTER

A letter from Mr.. J. ". Ruby, Union
Tity Ind. says: ] have nsed your
Clarke's Extract of Flax [Papilion7
Congh Cure and find il compete cure
for deep seated cold. 1t has done more
'h0n two Of our most skilful physiciana
My children had the Whooping Cough
aud with the aid of your Cough Care
they had it very light compared with
neighhors children who did not tax,
it [ believe it to be the best Cough
Cure in the market" 20 it is A large
bottle only 81. Clarke's Flax Soap Tor
the Skin. Il leads them ALL Price 25c
For sale by J. E. Barnstein.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
TIE VERDICT UNANIMOUS

w. d Shit Druggist, Bippns, Ind.
esufts: 81 can recommend Electric
B'tiers as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took six bottles, and was cured
If Rheumatism of 10 years standing. "
abraham Hare, druggist, BeIlviile,
Ohio. affirms: 1.-The best spliing medi
cine I have ever handled in ny 20 years
experience, is Electric B;tters Thon
sands of others have added their teati-
nony. s, that the verdict is unanimous
hat Electric Bitters do cure all diseases
Of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. ONLY
"A half dollar bottle at Fl, Hinricb
Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
Feeding Chickens BY Clockwork.

Fred Leach of Ansonia has some fine
poultry, and he believes in feeding
them as regularly as he eats his own
meals. He is unable to be at home at
night before the chickens 90 to roost,
and in order that they may be fed
without fail he has rugged up an APP
paratus which works like a charm.
The usual quantity Of corn is placed in
a tin can, which is suspended from a
string and weight. An alarm clock in
the outer coop releases the spring at Il
certain hour, the can turns bottom
side up, and the corn is scattered.
There are four coops and each has lis
can, ali working at the same time
NeU HuCeR PGiiddjUM.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
The Scramble for Office.

Une c Sam pays his 200, 900 employees.
including soldiers and sailors. an
average SALARY of $3.50 apiece The
average earnings of the plain. every
stay citizen. who gets pay in propur-
ten 10 the work lie does. ara about
ha.f that much. probably. This state
OF affairs explains, perhaps. why about
rs; o,O O9) male American citizens
maze dead set for about 5O. COZ offices
every four years. About %, 9J0 coo are
disappointed every time, ills true, after
wasting great deal of money and
pat ence, but they have had q change
a Il pretty biz thing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
A Sad Place for EnSeAEicrs.

Belgium is an uncomfortable coun-
try for embezzlers. \ cashier employ
ed by the city of Client. who embezzled
10000 francs Of tie municipal cash,
has just caught Il very hot indeed. He
has been sentenced TO forty years i'm
prisonment and five years police super
vision to follow, has heeu fined 3. 40
frames, ordered 10 restore the entire
sum he embezzlcd. and will in addition
.ose all his cir.. rights
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
Russian Technical Schools.

Russia is organizing a system of
technical schools of verY complete
form. The schools are OF three classes.
lower and middle technical, and upper.
or, rs they are called, trade schools.
The first consists of three divisions. for
mechanics, chemists, and builders re-
spectively. The second class IS in
fenced for assistant engineers and
architects, foremen builders, and agri-
cultural bailitfs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

GREAT French Remedy. Dr.. DELUCS PERIOD
ICAL PILLS, from Paris, France, act orly ON the
Generative organs in females and positively cares
suppression of the menses from whatever cause),
and all periodical troubles peculiar to women.
A safe. reliable remedy warranted to excite men
SITUATION or money refunded. hould not be
used during pregnancy. The large proportion OF
the Ills to which ladies subject is the direct
result of disordered and irregular truation.
Robt. Stevenson 4 Co.. Chicago. II. Boswarth d
Co. Milwaukee. Wholesale Agt. f. c. Buerstatte,
NJ. T., Manitowoc. Wis. ex30may!1
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
"AdS" on Clouds.

A western inventor Is endeavoring to
interest capital in his electrical magic
lantern for casting or rejecting adyer-
tisements Oil the dark clouds that often
hang low over a city. The inventor
claims to have secured contracts from
several well-knowu firms for displaying
their cards in this manner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

THE BEST SALvE In the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corus, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or 30
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. u Jan. 80
FOR SALE BY Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

Galley Ito supposed widow Mrs.
Bronson. you see me on my knees before
YOU. Will you-won't yon be my wife?
Mrs Brouson-No, Mr. Galley, I can
not: but I'll introduce you to my husband
when be arrives, and maybe he'll be =
brother to you-Harper' Bazaar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
For the cure of the Inflammation and

For the cure of the Inflammation and
congestion called ga cold in the head
there is more potency in Ely's Cream
Balm than in anything else it is possible
to prescIible. This preparation has for
years past been making brilliant success
az remedy for cold in head, catarrh
and hay fever. Used in the initial stages
of these complaints Cream Balm pre-
vents any serious development of the
symptoms, while almost Dumberiess
cases are on record of radical cures of
chronic calarrh, after all other modes of
treatment have failed. 6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

Mande Cat the supper table, -"Whg,
mamma, see here. Tnere are two spoons
mp teacur. What is that a sign?'
Mother-''It's q sign that you viii
have company"
Jimmy-"It's a sign tbere'n be two
spoops in the pnrlor when Mr.. Nondiey
comes to see Won tonight, too. liar
renee american.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27


Mrs. MOntmorency-Smvth - mo.
Mrs. Raggles we never have any fam
ilv lars in our house. Whenever a diff
ticuIty occurs between my husband
and me Mr.. Smythe always takes his
hat and goes oat." Mrs. DeBaresford-
Raggles All, yes. I've often Won
dered why it was that hir. Smythc
spent so much of his time on tie
streets "-BOSJ0W Post.
Fashionable Pastor-'I trust madam,
that while YOU are suffering from this
influenza YOUR conscience is ut rest?'
Fashionable Pictist tt Entirely. have
vigorously performed all my religious
duties. ami was just executing the last
when YOU came" Fashionable Pastor
Ali! what was that?' Fashionable
Pietist-'I bought box for the Char
ity ball. ~. I. IFHt.
'Ye have me sympathy Mrs. SulIi-
livin." ''Phwat fur, My. OBrien2"
Your bereavement. It's in marnin'
costume We air, | see Sure an its
in aivenin c0stoom Dim in. It's me
night out. Me missus was after dis
cardin' her wades an it wasn't the
loikcS o me to refuse sich garmint,
considerin' the miSsus sucsaydid in ob-
lainin' Il new husbin' a-Wearin' OF EN-. >
-HarperS Weekly.
Father (to editor)-'I wou!d like
you to give my son chance in your
printing office" Editor-''|i hat can
the boy do?' Tather-''Well, at first
he couldn't do anything more than edit
your paper ani take general charge of
the mechanical department, bat later
on, when he learns sense. he'll be
handy to have around to wash win
dows, keep !amp-cAimney clean, aud
slit ashes ''-N0TsctL R,cOrH.
The imperial cable from Bermuda
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

Laura-Did yon ever know of any one
q ute so wise as Constance Weed2
Edith-Wise? Why she's a widow
again, in deep mourning.
Laura-That's justit. She found that
she looks best in black, so she marries
freight brakeman every time Hasn't
been out of black crepe in ten years =
Pittsburg Bulletin
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27
P;las, Piles. Iach;ne FiIes

SYN2ToMs-M Moisture; intense itchinz AID sting
ing; most st night; worse 10y scratching- II al
lowed TO continue tQTnors form. which often bleed
a.G ulcerate becoming very sore. Swayn 5 tGrt-
Irant stops the itching ard bleeding. heals ulcer
alton. snd IL most cases removes the tuners. At
ng1Iselsts-sI hy laaln Ior acerts. d. Swayre &
Soy. PHILADELPHIA. augI4
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

Ar meeting in Washington of wo
man sufflagists all societies were consoli-
dated under the name of the National
Woman's Suffrage Association. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton was elected president.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

THE nominal assets of Gilman & Doyle
New York WOODEN merchants, wEo failed
are 1886, 0G0, and the liabilities $50, 600
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

1t is easier to live within your IN
come than To live without one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-27

The imperial cable from Bermuda
20 Halifax will be cnmDletc :. June.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-03

to breathe the air which his villainies
had poisoned, intelligent men denounced
him as a TT instrument OF the Prince
of Darkness; and yet the tactics
of Philip, unmodifed in the 81: ghtest de-
gree, are perpetuated to-day by men who
only lack tbs opportunity to equal him in
villainy. And this is Free America,
with the voters, the people, looking On
and applauding. How long can Liberty
live under such rule as this? sse'sa
The corrupt use OF money for the pur-
Iose OF controlling elections has grown
to such huge proportions, and has become
so open and fragrant, that the most care
less citizen must acknowledge it and the
fact must or should a arm every man who
prizes the safety Of our country's lnstitu-
tions above the success of any one indi-
vidual or party. Success is purchased
with prolific expenditure of money,
which could be secured in no other way,
and in direct opposition to public opin-
ion, and a ,ainst the desires and wis hes
of large majority of the vo: ers. Yet the
defeated tamely submit, year after year.
Men elected TO responsible positions by
a coniding or leader-driyen people barter
away their honor and manhood for a
paltry sum of money, and vote for men
and measures in open violation of their
sense of duty, and against both their
conscience and Judgment: and sell them
selves, body and soul, to a wealthy aspi-
rant for exalted honors, or soulless corr
porations bent upon public plumber.
This is no fancy pict ire drawn from the
realms of Imagination, but IA stern, IN
pleasant truth. seen even through the
flowing flag of independence Day, and
forcing itself upon the thinking mind
while ears are filed with the Grafton
roared forth by some. politician who is
clarifying our country and himself.
When William NJ. Tweed, better known
as Boss Tweed, WIS at the zenith of
his power and popularity; when the En-
pire State of New York lay at his feet;
when Governors and Congressman,
United States Senators, and even candi-
dates for President basked in the sun
shine of his favor, he retained his auto
cratical power by the profigate use of
money, and those who benefited by his
POWER we'll knew that the money was
filched from the public funds of the peo-
pie, and scattered by him with a lavish
hand among the tools he had bought 10
do his bidding in corrupting the chan
nels of power and influence. And when
investigation began this criminal chief
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-03

cess. In its broad sense, the word may
be taken to mean continuous promotion
until the aspirant reaches the front rank,
and IS universally acknowledged as
leader. Ability must necessarily be pre-
requisite of such a contamination. IN it's
ordinary acceptation, it means the power,
by any methods. to reach a medium
height, where recognition comes in the
shape of certain fixed remuneration. To
do this ability, except of certain low
order, is not necessary; and it is here that
we NAV look for and find the cause of so
general a neglect of the ordinary rules of
social intercourse and actual honesty
among those who are termed politicians,
those to whom the public delegate their
authority, and those who, in fact, Sc ect
and elect our officials, from the highest
TO the most humble.
The field of politics has become a field
OF battle, and in the tut moil and strife
attendant upon any action where man is
pitted against man., there is neither
time nor inclination to pay atten-
ton to any of the nicaties which oil
the wheels of social progress; but
in almost every other department
of social life ne find men regulating
their conduct toward each other with
more regard for the deceneies of life and
the demands of honor. In politics alone
do we find cruelty, falSehood, meanness
the rule rather than the exception. In
the gladiat orial contests of ancient Rome
the successful combatant spared his
PROSTATE antagonist until the inverted
thumbs indicated the desire OF the spec
tators for the finishing stroke. In mod
ern warfare the striking of the flag or the
waving of flag of truce. is the signal for
an instantaneous cessation of hostilities
In the prize-ring a blow delivered after
a fall gives the nominal victory to the
vanquished. A commander who fires
into the ranks of his opponents after
they have given the tokens of submission
is murderer. In the grade of political
warfare with which the average American
is most familiar-which begins in the
ward caucus, is carried into the bear
garden of Congress, and does not end even
at the White House--he who spares his
defeated opponent, even after he has
crushed him, is held as little better than
fool, is branded traitor. not to honor
or to country, but to party. In the other
battles of life the juvenile rule of fair
play, take one of your own size, is gen
orally regarded. In politics, no antago-
mist is too smaE or top Insignificant to