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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

L. F. Anthony. Ex-Postmaster of Pro M
ise City, Iowa, says: L bought one bot
tie of Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
took two doses Of it did more good than
any medicine I ever took" Sold by f. G
Buerstatte, Druggist, Manitowoc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

4 little girls father bad round bald
spot on his head. Kissing him at bed
time not long ago she SAID:
Stoop down, pnpsy dear; ] want TO kiss
the place where the lining shows
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

Farmer Tibbets: Hang that cow l
always have to club her fore | can make
her stand STILL"
Little nephew (from the city0 "Is
that the one that gives the whipped
cream 2"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

Snakes in South America fear the sec
retary bird. and Will even crawl away
from it's shadow. The bird can easily
thrash A snake twice lis size.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

Among the definitions in a new Eng
lish dictionary ara these: Bicycle
Pleasures treadmill. Ink a black fund
often used 70 make black seem white"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

A larch tree 140 feet high, the tallest in
Inverary forest, Scotland was blown down
In recent gale.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

A gas we'll in Montpelier, Ind. has
changed its tune and oil flows freely
from It's mouth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

Sheriff OF MaBItowoc Coauty, Wisconsin.
Schm!tz \ kIcwan. Plain.in'7 Attys. aug2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

muddy water. The trestle is a COM
plete wreck. The rails are bent like a
shepherds crook and the ties are
ground to tooth picks. TIE locomotive
turned q complete somersault.
The scene of the work is a little over
two miles from Sacramento. 1t was
we'll selected for disaster The loosened
rail was just at the end of the bridge,
and the momentum of the heavy train
could not fail to hurl a great part Of it
into destruction.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
H TARIFF U

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-Free raw
materials and a sugar schedule from
which the Sugar Trust will derive no
benefit are now the issues between the
two houses. They are regarded by the
House Democrats as absolutely essen
tiaI to any scheme of tariff reform that
is to be defended in the next campaign.
They were the fundamental principles
of the Wilson bill and should be one
of the compromise bill if the pledges of
the party are to be regarded. At least
that is the way the Democrats Of the
House reason. With free raw mate
rial, it is held, there should also be a
reduction in the duties on manufac
turers to correspond with the reduced
cost of productions, but this is such a
self. evident proposition that there is
likely to be no controversy over it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
A TRAIN WRECKED AND FOUR
PERSONS FATALLY INJURED.
The Train With Soldiers on Board
Ditched Near Sacramento Yesterday.

The Train With Soldiers on Board
Ditched Near Sacramento Yesterday.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July / 2-The
Southern Pacific Company broke the
blockade at Sacramento yesterday, and
the engine that hauled the first train
out lies on it's back in a slough by the
side of a broken bridge with three of
the cars that made up the train. Under
the wreck, in the Ooze and slime of
stagnant water, lie the bodies of the
engineer who held the throttle and
three soldiers who were guarding him
The dead are:
Engineer Samuel Clark.
Private Byrne.
Private Lubberden.
Private Clark.
Three men we're injured and n of
them will almost surely die. This is
Wesley Dugan, also a private in Bat.
terv L, of the Fifth Artillery. He was
| on the tender of the engine, and was
thrown to the shore of the slough. One
| 0f his arms was torn from its sockets
and broken in three places, and his
| jaw was broken.
The wreck of the train was accom-
! plished, by means of a loOsened rail.
FishpIates were removed, spikes drawn,
and bolts taken out.
The rail was left in place, and there
was nothing to show the engineer, who
was running his train slowly and eau
tiously, that there was anything wrong
with the track ahead of him. When
the wheels struck the loose rail it sent
the pondrous engine on to the ties. The
cars followed, and the whole forward
! end of the train plunged into the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
WHITE MRN DISCHARGED.

NORFOLK, Va, July 1.-THE action
of the prohibition city authorities In
discharging sixteen white men from
the street cleaning force and putting a
like number of negroes to work in
their places has caused considerable
Indignation in the community. The
movement is evidently a part of the
plan that has been agreed upon by the
prohibition leaders to cur the negro
vote of the State for their Congress
sional candidates. Its effect here viii
be to solidify the white vote for the
Democratic candidate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
NEW YORK LABOR MEETINGS
A Boom for Nationalism--Men Want the
People to Control the Railroads.

A Boom for Nationalism--Men Want the
People to Control the Railroads.
NEW YORK, July 9.-The great labor
strike was the sole subject discussed
by labor organizations at their meet,
ings in this city yesterday. That of
the Central Labor Union was of a most
exciting character. The meeting,
which lasted three hours, was ad-
dressed by a number of speakers, who
vigorously denounced the action of the
Federal authorities, for what they
claimed was an unwarranted attempt
to put down the strike.
THESE RESOLUTIONS APPLAUDED.
No resolutions we're adopted by the
meeting, but these hat follow were
read, loudly applauded, and by unani,
nous consent referred to the Commit
tee on Mass Meeting:
WHEREAS, The Pullman Car Com,
pany, supported by the general man
agers of the various railroads of tue
West, have attempted to reduce the
wages of their heretofore half paid EN-,
ployees; and whereas, the American
Railway Union, having resolved to sup
port the Pullman employees IN their
Just resistance to a more degrading
condition than they have heretofore
experienced and whereas, the strike
of the Pullman employees, followed by
the sympathetic action of the Ameri-
can Railway Union, has resulted in a
general stoppage of western mail,
freight, and passenger railway service
and whereas, the officials of the Ameri
can Railway Union have guaranteed
that all trains except those with Pull,
man cars attached would be run with
out protest; and whereas, the United
States judges and officials, instead of
ordering the railroads to run the mail
trains with or with Pullman cars, have
Joined forces with the General Rail
way Managers in their support of the
monster Pullman; Heretofore, be it
"Reso7Ued, That we hold the Pull
man Company employees justified in
their resistance to any further reduc
ton in their starvation wages by the
s%oulIess corporation known as tn Pull
man Company.
3. That we commend the justifable
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
FOR WAR.
Wives and Relatives Of Strikers Expec
Bloodshed in California.

OAKLAND, Cal, July 1.-THE women
here expect bloodshed on account Of
the governments determination to
operate the Pacific roads with the aid
OF Federal troops. When it was re-
ported that the soldiers were coming
the Woman's Sympathetic League,
composed of wives and relatives of the
strikers held q meeting and made ar
rangements to turn Bartlett Hall into
a hospital.
When the news came from Chicago
that men had been killed the women
were in session. One of them moved
that they pray for their own men, and
every woman in the hall knelt in silent
PRAYER The women are preparing
bandages and lint and fixing cots and
beds at their homes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17
VIRGINIA
Grand Encampment at HamptOn--Manly
B. Ramos Grand Patriarch.

B. Ramos Grand Patriarch.
HAMPTON, Va, July 1O.-The Grand
Encampment, l.. o. o. f., of Virginia,
met here to day in annual session, with
a large number of delegates present,
and much enthusiasm prevailed. The
following officers were elected and in
stalled for the ensuing term: Grand
Patriarch, Manly B. Ramos, Of Rich
mond; Grand Senior Warden, George
A. Walker, of fredericksburg; r. A.
Ethe ridge, of Portsmouth; Grand
Scribe, T. v. Turney, of Fort Monroe,
Va Grand Treasurer, George w. Hill,
of Norfolk, Grand Junior Warden, Mr..
H. Bolton, of Lynchburg. The next
session of the Grand Encampment will
be held in Portsmouth, Va, July 10th,
1895.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

The principal products of the Argen-
tine republic are wheat, wool and frozen
mutton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

Kitchen n IRE was quickly GULL
m~unicated to the dwelling house and
both destroyed, says the Greenvllle
Reflector.
Raleigh Visitor: Early Friday morr
ing Deputy collectors Taylor, Craw
ford. Jones and Ferguson made a raid
in the eastern part of Wake and besides
Selling two illicit distilleries, captured
two moonshiners named Bray and
Robbins, who were asleep ear one Of
the stills. They were brought here
this afternoon by the deputies and
given a hearing before .. s. Commits
sioner Vitruvius Register.
Justice J. M. MCGOWAN committed
to Jail Yesterday afternoon a negro
man whose breast and left hand were
filled with small shot, and who ad-
mitted that his wounds were received
| while attempting to steal chickens ron
Mr.. William Cromwell, a farmer hv-
ing about four miles from the city.
The negro was captured near Hilton
by Mr.. Chadwick, Superintendent OF
the County Home, says the Whining
ton Star.
CIV. Blair, a colored man, of Clear
Creek is now looking for a schen!ng
wife he used to have. He was marrled
several years ago., and had two cnll-
dren. He and his wife agreed to dis
agree and separated. The law gave
the two children to h father ana Gney
have been with him until a few oays
ago when his wife made her appear
a6ce in that neighborhood and stole
the children who are now nearly grown
saws the Charlotte News.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
Experiences of Woman Who Put on
Diving Suit.

See any fish? Yes.lot of them. One
of my first acts was to place my fifty
six pound foot on a prospective Fulton
Market crab. This made a crunching
sound that BODIED poorly for the crusta-
cean.
Ambling about as airily as my sub
marine Spring suit would permit,
bumped into something. Horrors! Ow-
ing to the magnifying power of the
water, | was sure it was a young whale.
On dry land l would have shrieked As
it was, l simply grasped the divers
hand convulsively. [ had collided with
juvenile shark, who scurried away
more frightened than /, and then
turned and eyed us from safe dis
tance.
Down among the watery reaches OF
seaweed, out from the dark lurking
places under the rocks and big stones.
l started up an occasional eel, and now
and again 1 could perceive some big
fish with large, knowing, inquiring eyes
peering at US out of the densely green
banks of briny opaqueness.
was not bit afraid of an attack
from any of these sea-monsters. [ fancy
they would have found small satisfac.
ton fastening their teeth in my brass
mounted, lead weighted, vulcanized
canvass suit.
Suddenly the lifeline was jerked in &
questioning manner. L promptly re
piled, and looked up. expecting to see
something above. But there was moth
ing but the great roof of the sea.
Presently the diver put his heime
against mine. I heard him distinctly
say, "Are you ready to go up YETI" Hi
voice sounded far, far away, but tht
articulation was quite distinct. 1t wa
like the voice of a ventriloquist at hi
pranks, and somewhat suggestive O
the sounds one hears when under al
anasthetic.
1t was with the greatest effort 1 final
ly answered back with all my strength
mo, not yet"
The sound of my voice fairly frighten
ed me as it echoed back and forth il
my helmet, and served to remind m
that was still on the earth earthly
There was companionship'in that brie
conversation.
When had been down about ffteel
minutes 1 found my breath becomin.
shorter and shorter, and then present.,
a slow pain set in over the eyes. [ de
cided to return to the surface.-N !
World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
cuRAcoA CORDIAL.
First Made by Negroes on South Ameri-
can Island.

Off the northern coast of Venezuela
lies little island named Curacao, or
Curacao, about forty miles long and ten
wide at its widest part, which has cut
quite figure in history. twas settled
by the Spaniards as early as 1927, and
10Y years after it was seized by the
Dutch, then at the height of their
maritime glory. In 1898 and again in
1906 it fell into the hands of England,
but was finally ceded back to Holland
in 1914.
Since then its only claim to fame or
talisman for the attraction of CONNER
cial attention has been the dreamy,
luscious, truly tropical liquor, or cordial,
which bears its name. The thrifty
Dutch planters, after exporting for
many years sugar, cotton, indigo, to-
bacco and salt, which is now the main
export of the island, discovered that
from a species of small, bitter orange,
the citrus, aurantium curassuviensis,
which grew in wild abundance and to
which no special heed was paid, pecu-
iarly pleasant drink was rudely distilled
by the negro slaves in their hours OF
leisure.
OF course, the Dutch planters, with
superior methods of distilling improved
on the rude invention and in process OF
time only the peel of the bitter orange
came to be used, not the fruit itself.
This peel was cut off in rings or pendant
spirals and then be dried, after which
it became an article of commerce sent
principally to Holland, for it was only
for few years that the liquor was
made on the spot in any large quantity
To-day curacao is made in Italy
France, Germany, Spain, England and
America besides, but still the Dutcf
brand is considered by connoisseurs a.
far'superior OF this there are severa
varieties, but le ruban-vert, or green
ribbon, curacao is accounted the best
This again is sub-diyided into two kinds
the red and the white, and of these there
are four grades, the doux, or sweet, the
demi-doux, the sec, or dry, and The
triple sec.
The oranges whose peel is preferred
are now mostly grown in the south o
Europe, and yellow kind as well as
green is much in vogue. These oranges
are peeled nowadays in quarters as wei
as in spiral strings, OF ribbons, but on,
of the principal manufacturers of thi
cordial in this city imports chiefly tn,
green-ribbon kind. but because there i
much less waste to it, the peel beins
twice as thin, and therefore half a
leathery.-N 7. World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
Romance of a Banana Peering.

"What trivial matters will sometimes
change a mans whole career" re-
marked Thomas J. Sanders, of Chats
worth, n. Y, at the Lindell. Il owe
my good fortune in life to a banana
peeling. Twelve years ago I was in
Chicago, about stranded, out of employ
ment and we'll nigh desperate. An old
gentleman a step in advance of me
slipped on banana peeing and fell
heavily. rushed to his assistance and
partially broke his fall, but he sustained
a sprained ankle and was rendered un-
conscious by his head striking the pave
ment. l got him some water and a
stimulant, and when he revived l order
ed carriage and drove with him to his
hotel, where l assisted him to his room.
He was very grateful and invited me to
call next day. l did so, and, to make a
long story short, [ was taken into his
employ as private secretary. Well, in
course of time [ became of such use to
him that l became member of his
firm. To complete the story you will
expect me to say that 1 married his
daughter Well, I did not. He had
none. But l married his niece, and ]
have often blessed the, to me, fortunate
accident of his fall in the streets Of
Chicago. st. LoUis Globe Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
Use of Oranges For Inebriety.

1t is now universally acknowledged
by competent authorities that inebriety
is disease, physical as we'll as mental
and moral, and to give the pledge of
total abstinence to the inveterate drunk
ard without specific instructions what
to do next and expect him to keep it is
to look for stupendous effort which
only the man of sound mental energy
and bodily vigor can perform. An eX-
pert, writing on this subject, says that
the first step in the progress Of true
temperance reform must be the recog-
milton of the fact that the irresistible
craving for strong drink is the effect of
causes which must be got rid of before
the drunkard can be regarded as safe
from temptation. The various patent
remedies can in 40 sense be regarded
as a cure, for the only cure in the real
sense of the word is to get the whole
man into better condition, his body
purified, and his will strengthened.
Diet is of extreme importance, and if
skillfully directed will wean away the
craving naturally and without danger
TO the Individual. All salted and heavy
food stuffs should be avoided. To
cultivate distaste for alcohol, oranges
are more effective than almost any
thing else known. They should be
taken, one at time, before breakfast.
at II a. m., at p. M. at p. m, at 6
D. M, and the last thing on retiring.
Apples and lemon juice are also excel
lent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
SACRIFICES AND CROPS.
The Romans Used to Burn Red-Haired
Puppies in the Spring.

We learn from Festus that the Rom
ans sacrificed red-haired puppies in
spring in the belief that the crops would
thus grow ripe and ruddy, and there
can be little doubt that these puppies,
like the lamb sacrifice at Holne and
Kings Teignton, were a substitute for
an original human victim, says the
Fort1aightly ReUieaO. Prof. Ramsay. the
great authority on Phrygian customs,
believes that Attis was at first repre-
sented by human victim who ''was
probably slain each year by a cruel
death, just as the god himself died, :"
and Mr.. Frazer has shown that Attis
was essentially god of vegetation; that
one of his epithets was very fruitful's
that he was addressed as 'the reaped
yellow ear of corn" and that the story
of his sufferings, death and resurrection
was interpreted as the ripe grain
wounded by the reaper, buried in the
granary and coming to life again when
sown in the ground.
The famous gardens of Adonis were
baskets or pots filled with earth, in
which wheat barley and flowers ve"e
sown at the time when the women were
mourning over the dead Adonis To
this day in Sicily at the approach of
Easter the women sow wheat, lentils
and canary seed in plates, which are
kept in the dark and watered every
two days. When the plants shoot up
'the plates containing them," says Mr..
Frazer. "are placed on the sepulchers
which, with effgies of the dead Christ,
are made up in Roman catholic and
Greek churches on Good Friday, just as
the gardens of Adonis were placed on
the grave of the dead Adonis," Mr.
Frazer has also pointed out the marks
of similar element in the worship of
Osiris. He was deity of vegetation,
the first to teach men the use of corn,
and his annual festival began with
plowing the earth.
In one of the chapels dedicated to
Osiris, in the great temple of Isis, at
Philae, the dead body of Osiris is repre-
sented with stalks of corn springing
from it and priest is watering the
stalks from pitcher. Mr.. Frazer sug-
gests that the legend of the mangled
remains of the god being scattered up
and down the land "may be a reminis-
cence of the custom of Staying human
victim = and distributing his
flesh or scattering his ashes over the
fields to fertilize them" Indeed, Man
etho tells us that the Egyptians used to
burn red-haired men and scatter their
ashes with WinnOWinO fans
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
Was Making Progress.

The young fellow was extremely diff
dent and very much in love with the
girl.
He had made half a dozen attempts
to offer her his heart and hand, but on
each occasion he had fallen short.
To add to the seriousness of the situ-
alton, the girl was ready to accept him
as soon as the proposal was in definite
shape.
Even the mother was willing, but
latterly she had grown tired of the
dilatory tactics and Fabian policy of
the suitor, and had kicked on his COM
ing SO often and staying SO late.
One night after three hours of strug-
gle on his part, and much delicate en-
couragement on the part of the girl, he
had seized her hand convulsively,
dropped on his knees impetuously, and
was about one-tifth through an impas-
stoned appeal to her to be his'n, when
the mothers voice sounded clear on the
night from the head of the stairs.
The youth stopped short, but held on.
Mary" came the maternal voice,
querulously, SIS that young man there
yet?"
Not yet, mother" replied Mary,
smiling sweetly down on the face of her
Romeo, "but he's getting there"
And two weeks later the cards were
out.-Detr0U Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-22
ROARING WELLS.
Is Their Rem arkabIe Action Caused by
S15terranean Tidal Force!

There is a peculiar district, or rather
q district over a peculiar subterranean
formation in the Platte River Valley, in
Nebraska, involving more particularly
the counties of ColfaX, Butler, and
Polk. This is the region of the singu
lar roaring wells whose waters also rise
and fall with clearly defined tidal
action. OF the three counties mentioned
Polk leads, having sixteen or eighteen
of the curiosities. There are hours
when the water will gradually rise, and
during this time the wells exhale such
quantity of air as to make a strong cur
rent, which can be heard to consider
able distance. After short interval of
quiescence the ebb sets in, the water
slowly falls, and the inhalation that fol-
lows is as if the air at the mouth of the
well were in a mad rush to follow the
receding tide.
From these facts an impression pre-
walls in many minds that Nebraska,
Kansas, and portion of. the Indian
Territory rest on an immense subter-
ranean sea. In support of this position,
it is alleged that square miles of land
have disappeared in Kansas, leaving
lakelets of unfathomable depth instead.
While it is true that the other regions
mentioned also occasionally exhibit
wells having this roaring feature, there
is nothing in this to sustain the view OF
an underground lake or sea, certainly
not as we understand these terms when
they are applied to bodies of water on
the surface. Nor is it by any means
uncommon for portions of surface to
sink from sight, case of this kind hav-
ing recently occurred during the earth
quake in Venezuela, in South America
and the sunk country" in the vicinity
of New Madrid, on the Mississippi river,
having disappeared in the prolonged
seismic disturbance of 1S11-12.
While it may not be generally known,
it is, nevertheless, a fact, that some OF
Pennsylvania s gas wells have exhibited
this peculiar tidal tendency; and, while
in many instances the drill has pene-
trated below the ocean level, it
does not follow necessarily that any of
these wells, either of water or gas, are
in communication with the sea. What
would seem far more probable is that
these wells may communicate with
areas, that have more or less direct con-
nection with the mobile interior, and
where we may logically infer there is
also tidal manifestation. All the Ne
braska roaring wells extend down to
porous stratum, presumably surface in
some former age, and it is probable
that the water lying among the loose
material of a former bed is in some way
affected by pressure exerted against it
by the earth's internal tides. When the
recession takes place, it is only natural
that there should be suction inward
and an expulsion when the flow sets in.
| The occasional subsidence of surfaces
below water level can be readily ac-
counted for, apart from any theory of
underground oceans, which is entirely
untenable. But these remarkable wells
are worthy of a more careful observa-
ton than they have yet received
| PtttS6urg Dispatch.