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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-23

Half the fun of
life is lost by
m a ny people
{ through their
neglect of one of
n a lures most
rigid laws. Ma
ture insists on
regularity. Peo-
pie who allow the
continuance of
any irregularity
III biOh diSSSliNe
organs soon have
to pay the pen
atty. Free and
regular move
ment of the bow
els is the surest
sign of good
health.
The first ques-
ton the doctor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
ABOUT THE PLANETS.
SuF Sosss system Rushing Rapidly
InMard the Constellation of unrculea


According to the System Of Coperni-
Gus %. 1879, the Sun was regarded as
the center Of the universe The PLAN
cts, Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, and Saturn, revoIved round ii
in circular orbits; the Moon was a
satellite of the Earth. spun round it as
a center, and accompanied It on its an
nual rotation round the Sun. Since
then this view has been firmly estab-
lished in its main principles, but il is
now known that the Sun itself moves
steadily toward the constellation Her
cules and that it is by no means the
largest body in the universe. The Solar
System is known to consist Of a central
Sun. around which all the other mem
bers revOlVe. These consist Of eight
primary planets, viz: Mercury, Venus,
the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, IRA.
nus. and Neptune; twenty secondary
planets. satellites. or attendants upon
the planets, Of which the Earth has one.
Mars two, Jupiter four. Saturn eight,
Uranus four, and Neptune one; a num-
Der of minor planets or asteroids situ-
ated between Mars and Jupiter, of
which 27l are known; several comets,
and great number of small meteOriC
bodies. In their broad general features
the planets are all alike. The ball or
globe-like form is peculiar to all of
them. they are all dark bodies. deriv-
ing light and heat from the sun, and
consequently they all reflect the same
borrowed light. In common, they all
perform two motions, one a spinning or
rotatory motion on an axis, the other
a melton Of translation, which whirls
them round the sun. Both these mo-
tions are from west to east. and the
orbits which they describe round the
I sun are not circular, as represented by
/ the Copernican System, but assume
more the form of an oval or ellipse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
Old CRESCENT CITY PRISON.
An Historic Building I'm New orleans
Now in Process of Demolition.

Al Att-NSIiN tNNllHAhI III ~" 'AA'eHA's
Now IN Process of Demolition.
The old parish prison Of New Orleans,
NJ aotoriuus memory. is being razed TO
the ground. says ths New York Evening
Pest. So far the dismantling has given
up no secrets, although the impression
had prevailed that when the light Of
day was let in on the reCesses Of the
Jail there would be hint Of hitherto
suppressed incidents IN the criminal
history of the city 1t is true that un-
der the flooring Of a cell in the women's
department sons bones. which are be-
leved to be human, were found. and
that In the same part of the prison the
wo.k If making a secret passage had
been begun and abandoned, but no eN-
planatory information is at hand. \
relic of slavery days discovered was
the following written order in French:
Mayors Office. New Orleans, July %,
1922 To the JailOr Of the Parish Prison:
Deliver To ". Norville DubTad the ne
Eress Chloe, belonging to Nine. Morphy,
and take a receipt for the same. J.
Rofiseor, mayor" On the roof ceiling
workmen came upon box full of Off
cial documents, signed by recorders Of
the city and by federal commanders
during the war. Exposure TO the eIe-
nents had rendered these papers al
most undeCipherahle. Perhaps TO Citi-
zeus # New Orleans the most interest
ing belonging Of the prison is the bell
which for generations hung in one OF
the two towers rising from the facade
Of the building. 1t was for many years
used as fire alarm, and during the
war its clangor summoned the slaves il
various quarters Of the city when their
services were needed by the authori-
ties. Another use Of the bell was tc
warn citizens abroad that il was nine
I. clock and time TO be in their homes.
+ The stones in the courtyard for negro
prisoners are worn very thin and COW
cred with rude figures which were cut
/ into them. some OF the stones" says
!. a local chronicler, ARE worn through
in certain places by the inmates in the
/ process Of manufacturing nnger-rings Of
metal or bone, n from the whetting OF
/ thin pieces of bone TO be converted into
toothpicks, which were sold by the
: prisoners.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
MUNICIPAL FOLLY,
He~ York Has Given Away Many of It's
Most Valuable Franchises.


The time has come te call 9 halt upon
the granting Of public franchises in this
way. If New York city cannot itself
rOads, ana If it is not practicable, or if
Il is deemed unwise that It should SUP
ply gas and electricity, certainly it cam
not be urged that ii should give away
these valuable franchises without ade-
suate return; and adequate return can
be secured only by granting these priv
Dleses TO private companies for limit
fd time, and requiring that at the end
81 a stated peri0d-nOt exceeding, say,
twenty-9ue years-theTe shall be re-
vision u tRs compensation IS be paid
10 Che city. The net earnings Of any
street railroad or gas company, or even
Cow Of any electric light company, are
70 vsa sssursd tleat Hsrs Sc no doubt
tapital would enter into them even un-
der severe restrictions This is also
true Of the telephone business This
Is not new principle, but only the ap-
plication to these privileges of the prac-
tice that has always prevailed in re-
gard to the City's docks piers, markets,
and ferries The city of New York has
wisely retained the ultimate control Of
It's own water front. and by a readjust-
,nent every year Of rentals for its docks
and piers, ana at longer intervals Of
its ferry privileges, 1t is deriving the
benefit ot municipal growth and eXpan-
sion from those sources. The result is
gratifying, even though millions may
have been lost by official negligence or
corruption The utmost advantage can
at any time be obtained by the city by
greater economy and watchfulness on
the part of its public officials. These
figures Of increased revenue will carry
conviction Of the value OF public fran
Chises in New York city. The dock de-
psTtmtnt was organized in 1870. and
since then its gross annual revenues
have shown an increase from S315,524
IN 1871 to 81. .s39, 65S for the year 1894 and
its net yearly revenues, which in 1871
amounted to S143.000 had increased
tWenty-thrse years later to $500, 600.
The ferry rents which in the year 1879
We're only $64, AL. have been increased
TO S3542S0 We need only record the
earnings Of the Brooklyn bridge to real
ize what has been gained 10 present and
future generations by retaining in pub
lie hands the control and ownership Of
this great highway. The gross earn
inEs have steadily increased from S622,
go 81 in 1888 10 3l.326,5sS. IS in 1894. The
profits from public enterprises are so
Well assured that the public should be
continually on guard. Only a few years
ago practically an exclusive contract
for underground subways was author
tied by the legislature. without substan-
t;al consideration To the city, which viii
make it almost impossible ever to in
teTefere with the monopoly of the Metro
politan Telephone. the Western Union,
and the Edison Illuminating companies,
the virtual owners Of this new corpora
tion controlling the subways.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
TnOcr vrr~,---'
BanIshei SMOKE from Legislature, but
Themselves Chewed Gum.

one good end was gained by the
three woman members of the Colorado
legislature BY sustained pertinacity
they secured the adoption of an order
prohibiting the smoking Of pipes, CT
cars or cigarettes IN the house while it
was il session. The men members felt
greatly annoyed because they could
not solace their brains With tobacco,
but they soon found out that they were
closely watched by the woman mem
berS who. whenever they saw the
smoke curling in the air over any desk,
spTang to their feet and prOtssted to
the chair. The most determined menu
Der Of the woman contingent was the
chief watcher, and not a Whiff ever es-
capped her eye. We have been told by
our Denver correspondent that toward
the end Of the session no smoking was
allowed for a minute in the house.
This was a most excellent service
which the three woman members rem
dered to the cause Of good manners in
the legislature We give them COM
mendatiOn without stint for securing a
valuable reform. In one respect, at
least. the Colorado legislature was
raised To the level of the more polite
legislatures of the eastern civilized
STA JtS. II was win all the more regret
that We read that part Of the last let
ter of our Denver correspondent which
told how the three woman members
themselves carried out a practice hard
~ less objectionable than smoking. 1T
was astonishing" he said, how indus
triOus the three women were in gum
chewing; their jaws were seldom at
rest" We must quote a few more
words. Though they seem to US almost
distressing: Mrs. Cressingham, ee-
asciaily, was persistent. often when
she rose TO speak she would pause after
addressing the chair to reflect upon
what to say, and such times her jaws
could be seen moving steadily as she
slowed away the morsel Of gum, so
that IT should not impede her speech"
We assert at once that this is not an
argument against the election Of wom-
an members of 4 1Iate legislature, but,
says the New York sun, we fear that
the enemy will be able to use the dis
tressins fact with evil effect on the
stump.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
LUCI WAS DEMURE.
Eut the S"tate Young Minister Feared
High Kicking Girls.

\ Sedate young minister recently took
up quarters in a boarding house in the
IeAdeTlgiG district says the New York
Press. He was delighted to find him.
self the only gentleman at table
where six young women lent charm
even 70 mErky coffee and hashed and
rehasEed hash. He took them to church
with him on the first Sunday morning,
and in the evening they sang gospel
hymns for him. He retired carly that
night, and the sound Of their voices
lulled him TO sleep, but it did not seem
to him that the song was exactly gos-
pei However, he had forgotten the
occurrence by breakfast time. The next
day some marks on the door of the
back parlOr attracted his attention
There were just as many Of them-aI-
though he did not notice that--as there
Were younG women, varying j. ~lt-
tu3e from four and a half to five and
three quarters feet. over each mark
was a capital letter, but it did not oc-
cur 10 him that these capitals We're the
Initials of the young women. Under
meath the lowest line and around all
tie lines except the two upper ones
which represented progress-vas a
rubbed out in order to make later and
higher ones. The sedate theologua be-
came very curious about these marks
lie asked many questions, but the
young women only teased him by way
Of answer, exciting his curiosity and
fascinating him ak the more. u hsd
seemed TO him that young women OF
the city had more charming ways than
those Of the country. one Of the six
In particular, by name Lucy, had won
his admiration. She was the demurest
Of all ana she it was whom he took to
church alone and bought ice cream and
candy wrapped up in boxes bearing
gold labels. Yet even she was proof
AGAINST his most subtle queries about
the meaning Of those marks. What
M ht have been the future relations
between himself and Lucy If he had not
returned unexpectedly one evening
from prayer meeting no one can tell.
The door Of the back parlor was partly
open and he heard whisk of skirts
ana saw near the topmost mark on the
door the toe Of little boot-Lucy's
boot. His baggage was packed before
he went TO bed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13

The various nations Of Europe are re-
presented In the list Of Popes as fol-
lows: English, /; Dutch, /; Swiss, l.;
Portuguese, !; African, ,; Austrian, Q;
Spanish, s; German, s; Syrain. s: Gre, X,
Il; French, Is; Italian, 1g7. Eleven
Popes reigned over 20 years: 60, from 10
10 20; 81. from to 10; and the reign Of
1f6 was less than years. The reign
Of Plus TX. was the longest of all, the
only one exceeding % years. Pope Leo
XIII. is the 25Sth POntiff. The full num-
ber Of the Sacred College is 70. namely:
Cardinal Bishops, 6; Cardinal Priests, so;
Cardinal DeacOus, II. At present there
are So Cardinals. The Roman Catholic
hierarchy throughout the world, accord
ing to official returns publisha ID at Rome
in 1854, consisted of II Patriarchs, and
1,153 ArChbishOps and Bishops. InClud-
ing 70 coadtUtOr or auxiliary bishops,
the number Of Roman Catholic arch
bishops and bishops now holding Office
in the British Empire is 134. The num-
bers Of the clergy are approximate only.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
GOVERNMENT SALARIES.
Some Interesting Figures Useful foI
Ready Reference.


! Ready Reference.
( The salary OF tAe pFss+aent OF ths
/ United States is $50 ,000 & year, the vice
president. $4,000; cabinet officers, SIS. 600.
Senators, $4,000 and mileage; congress
men, $4,000 and mileage. Chief justice
( Supreme court. s10.500; associate justices,
$4,000. The diplomats get gUod pay:
Ministers 10 Germany, Great Britain,
France and Russia, s17,5O0; ministers
20 Brazil, China, Austria-H Hungary,
italy, Mexico, Japan, and Spain $l2.-
! 600; ministers to Chill, Peru, and Cen
tral America, $4,000; ministers 10
Argentine Confederation, Hawaiian
Islands, Belgium, Hayti. Colum-
bia. Netherlands. Sweden Tur-
key, and Venezuela. $500; min
listers to Switzerland. Denmark.
Paraguay. Bolivia and Portugal. s., 600;
ministers To Liberia, $1,000. The heads
Of the government departments re-
ceive: Superintendent of bureau of en-
craving and printing. s4,500; public
printer. $4,000; superintendent of census,
5000; superintendent Of naval observa-
tory. $1,000; superintendent Of the sig
nal service, $1,000: director Of geological
surveys 5000: director of the mint
S4.5"a: commissioner Of general land
office, $4,000; commissioner Of pensions,
s3,ta0; commissioner Of agriculture,
$1,000; commissioner of Indian affairs,
5000; commissioner Of education. $1,000;
Commander Of marine corps $500;
superintendent Of coast and geodetic
survey $4,000
The pay Of army officers is fixed as
follows. General, $4,000; lieutenant
general, $1,000; major-general, $500;
brigadier-general. $500; colonel, $500;
ieutcn2nt-colonel 5000; major, $500;
captain, mounted, 81 600; captain, not
mounted. 81, 500; regimentaI adjutant,
q 500; regimentaI quartermasteT, $500;
first lieutenant, mounted, 81, 500; first
lieutenant. not mounted, 81, 800; second
lieutenant, mounted. 81 800; second lieu
tenant, not mounted, 81 400; chaplain.
$500. The navy salaries are: Admiral,
1900; vice admiral, $1,000; rear admir-
al, $4,000; commodore, $1,000; captain,
s4,500; commander, $500; lieutentnt-
commander $2,S0O; lieutenant. s24O0;
master $500; ensign, 81, 200; midship-
man. $1,000; cadet midshipman, $500;
mate, $500; medical and pay director
and medical and pay inspector and chief
engineer, $4400; feet surgeon, fleet pay
master and fleet engineer, $4,400; sur
geon and paymaster, $2.80O; chaplain,
$4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
THRIFTY FRENCHMEN.
Ehey Allow No Waste With she FOOD
Supplies of Their Homes

ECONOMY and cleanliness are gym
0nyms, especially in the household. We
nave but 70 refer 10 the French people
10 prove the truth of this. Their thrift.
economy and cleanliness for q sequence
demonstrated In their beautiful capital
extended TO their veJy kitchens. where
the nicety Of their food manipulation.
their careful marketing and dainty re-
pasts all seem as aide to the great SAM
taTy problem. The Frenchnan wastes
never crumb. He markets for the
DAY. HIS larder never OverflOws His
meals are composed Of tidbits. Some
times to the American palate it seems
insufficient, but when ali il considered
Hnat cuisine can take the palm from
the French? This secret of the French
mans thrift and cleanliness lies entirely
ia ms method Of supply. The smallest
hlt ot food is not too poor to turn to
some dainty appetizer. Small things are
not abhnrcd by him. Indeed. it IS re-
Voting 70 see large quantities Of good
food cast before swine in the shape OF
garbage. One never sees in France
whole loaves Of bread, moldy and un-
slightly cast into unfrequentcd fields or
lots or thrown into cutters by beggars.
g familiar sight In the streets about
American homes, especially in large
cities. Money is saved. Ia Dor minimized
and health is preserved by economical.
careful Observance of the food supply.
Contamination Of one kind Of food with
another grown stale is avoided. and the
troubles If disorder uncleanIiness and
unhygienic conditions unpleasant to
taste and sight are escaped in a great
measure. Until there is a full recogni-
ton Of the danger from conta minated
food, becoming 50 by contact with de-
caying material perhaps In the fce-box.
perhaps from the refuse heap or can.
perhaps from greasc-cl0gged sinks. etc.
our domestic hyEienics are not above re-
proach. In these days, when Spartan
constitutions are unknown and deaths
from mal-nutrition are found on all
sides in the improyident classes. a les
son or two upon the question Of waste
and want should work a wholesome
cure. Let the supply equal only the de-
manG, and there VIII be little or no
waste.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
PROGRESS OF BIFuRcATION.
Some Recent Examples OF the Growing
Favor Of Dress Reform.

Some Recent Examples OF the Growing
Favor of Dress Reform.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
KNOWS 5000 NAMES AND FACES
Sherlock Holmes Starting the Elevator
in the Postal Telegraph Building

jim Lovett, TIE elevator starter in the
Postal Telegraph building, at Broad
way and Murray street, has succeed
ing IN mastering the names Of the 5000
people who work ia the offices there.
LOVetts feat would be remarkable IN
der any circumstances, but IS particu-
larly 50 IN this case, because the build
ing has been open only few months,
and Up 20 q week or 50 ago new tenants
were coming in daily, each tenant
bringing with him three or four clerks.
says the New York Sun. Among the
people in the building Loyett is known
as the walking directory. Clerks, book
keepers, sraph~ys I'D tTpewriters,
. well as the $50 men and girls en-
ployed in the company's operating
room, are all known to him. and in most
cases he Is able to give an accurate de-
scripuOn Of any Of them. There are d
couple Of dozen John Smiths, and 10
end Of William JOneses, to say nothing
Of string Of Browns and Whites; but
If you happen to want any Greens. par
ticuIar John Smith or Bill Jones. all
you have t. do is to give>LOvett a slight
description Of him ana he will answer:
"Oh, yes, I know him. Got a mole be-
hind the left ear. He's with Blank
Blank & Blank sixth floor sos Going
up and before you realize what has
happened you ind yourself in an els-
Vator going rapidly skyward.
In modest way Jim Lovett Is sort
Of Sherlock Holmes
Il started in life as an elevator man
in EateI, he said. "and being fond Of
studying human nature, I made a prac-
tIee # remembering the names and fea-
lures Of the guests Of the house. /
got 50 that I could call men by name
who had not been inside Of the house
for .car, and who had been entirely
forgotten by the clerks and other en-
lloycs ct the house. I discovered in this
way tndt ! had good memory. and I
can tell You it has served me in good
stead many a time. I have been in
hotels all over the country ever since
anu have become master Of faces and
names. My las, place was at the Wal
@orf where / had charge Of the hat,
coat and umbrella stands, and there,
more than any other place l was ever
in. / had to exercise my powers Of mem
eTy. / cams here as aa elevator man,
ard In few weeks secured the place
OF starter. There are now about fiv.
hundred tenants in the building. and
including clerks and operators some
1000 people. I managed TO get the
oitice-holdeEs In my head Arst, and in
q few months had them all down fine.
Then l started in on the others, and
now l think l can tell you the floor and
number of ths room where anybody is
smploycj''
LoTett IS very proud of his accom-
pliShment. and takes offense if anybody
consults the directory by the elevators
when he is around
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
RECALLS A HEROIC ACT.
The Widow of a Johnstown Flood Mar
tyr ACcuEeh of laCkmaiI.

The widow of man who gained Un-
dying fame in the flood at Johnstown in
1889 is accused OF blackmail in an an
swer to her suit filed the other day.
She is Mrs. Anna Maizi, whose husband
was the Paul Revere Of that terrible
disaster. He rode through the valley
II the Conemaugh, warning the people
of the coming OF the torrent Of water
and lost his life through his bravery. In
her suit Mrs. Malzi claimed she had
loaned John Noey, who is a friend Of
her husband, at various times about
t4.ZI9. and he refused TO pay any of the
sums back Noey in his answer relates
an entirely different story. He says he
received $24O from Mrs. MalZi, which he
returned: that Mrs. Maizi owes him
$4,000. and because he Will not give her
any more money she has threatened a
pretended exposure, which he says is
an attempt at bIackmail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
A Wise Canine.

Cen Dabney Maury. who recently
published "Recollecuons Of a Nirgirian
in the Mexican. Indian and Civil Wars,
tells some good animal stories in that
work. His favortte dos, To0ts, had his
mouth on every kind of game that ever
wore fur. feathers or skin. He had as
much sense as many men. and more
principle. One day he was bitten by a
rattlesnake. Maury burned the place
with gunpowder. and carried him as
quickly as he could to 4 doctor. Toots
had never seen him before, but allowed
him to cut away the flesh and burn him
with caustic. Some months after this
he got bitten on the same foot while his
master was away. He went by himself
to the same doctor. ana. sitting on his
naunches lc7d up the foot for the doc
tors INSPECTION and treatment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-13
Jim Has the Proof.

-1ast Thursday Jim Good, the butch
- killed 2 snake between Irwin and
Harrison City that measured eight feet
eleven inches, says the Snake City En-
terprise. 1t was Of a variety unknown
in this section; the oldest inhabitants
say they never saw one like it before.
From the head about one-third of the
length it was black, and from there for
about another third it was mCttled
black and red, and from there to the
end Of tne tail it was a bright steel
blue. The most curious thing about
it was the tail, which was divided for
about six inches; in fact, 1t had COM
plete double tail. Anyone doubling
this can call on Jim, and he'll show
them the very club he killed it with.