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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
GENIUS AND OLD AGE.
The Exercise of Intellect Does Not
shorten Life.

The Exercise of Intellect Does Not
shorten Life.
/ The Gentleman's Magazine, In an
article on the age of Genius" tends
to disprove the assertion that brain
power is incompatible with health.
Once We were told that If we wished to
lbecome octogenarians we must lay
aside ambition, we must be careful in
Jour diet and temperate In our wishes.
I'VE must wait upon our bodies and as
much as possible keep the mind out
OF sight. In order to disprove that
fcounsel, we have only to turn from
empty words to solid fact.
First. to take the great men cele-
brated in war and conquest, since
theirs, also, is species of genius. is
to find the list headed with Xenophon,
Damouriez and Wellington at SO, "a
and SO. Thence 1t continues to Charlie
magne at II. From him the numbers
decline, though not hastily, to Napo-
leon at 81 and, lowest of all. Alexander
the Great, at 80. Nearly 60 per cent. of
the warriors chosen at random reached
the Biblical standard of three score
and ten.
Then, beginning with the great
names OF statecraft, there are Frank
lin and Tallyrand, both at "a, Palmer
ston at 81 and Washington at G7, with
the list keeping well up in the tifties,
and at the end slowly falling to AZ.
This is imposing, especially if we add
Gladstone and Bismarck, both well
over their eightieth year.
Science and philosophy begin with
Humboldtat tS2.andfurnishan an imposing
list of men whose brains were worked
to the fullest extent, and of whom no
less than SO per cent. completed their
SEVENTEEN year.
In short, almost one-half the greatest
geniuses the world has yet seen hav'
attained the age of 20 years. Let no
one foe deferred from becoming a ge-
MUS by the fear of early death!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
GOT RID OF THE CATS.

Clever Plan of q New York Landlord
to Rid His II re mises of Serenaders.
The inhabitants of q row Of fine fiat
houses in the Harlem district of New
York have for long time past been
greatly annoyed by nocturnal cat Choir
uses, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. In
desperation plans of poisoning and
shooting were discussed, but the owner
of the flats, who resided in one of them,
and was a law-abiding man, deter
mined to adopt a better plan, and have
some sport at the same time. Placing
two traps on either side of the alley
ways adjoining his flats, he attached
wires to the traps making wire con-
nection with an electric bell in his
cellar. When a frisky feline took the
bait, he came quickly on the scene
and put the quarry into bag. Cap
tiyes were turned over to the S. L. c.
A. and taken away in patches of from
three to ten every night. When atont
10 of the unwelcome serenaders had
been transferred in this way, the strain
Oh the society proved too severe, and
the landlord was told to do his own
execution in future
His first idea was TO electrocute the
animals, but he found that the appara-
tus necessary was somewhat too elab-
crate. Finally he took the simpler way
of inserting in n barrel tube con-
nected with a gas jet The cat was
dropped in, the lid was shut down,
the gas was turned on and the driver
of the dead wagon was told by tele-
phone to call.
The neighborhood is now cleared Of
cats, and the slumbers of the sleepers
in the flats are no longer disturbed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
COUNTESS Won LINDEN.
The Only Woman Lecturer at Il
German UniYersitfea.

The Only Woman Lecturer at tho
German Universitfes.
While the battle for the social and
political position of woman is still rag
ing and remains undecided theoretical
ly, women have practically approached
their goal during the last decade in sew
eal points, particularly by invading
the field of science, which formerly was
looked upon as a privilege of man only,
says an exchange. The number of fe-
male students at the universities Of Ger
many as well as elsewhere is steadily
increasing. Women In the study of lit
erary and medical branches are numer-
Gus, but the natural sciences, mathemat-
les and astronomy were not looked
upon with favor by the weaker sex.
The first woman in Germany to devote
herself to natural sciences is Countess
Maria Won Linden. Born July IS, 1869,
she received an excellent education at
Stuttgart, and graduating from the
high school in 1891 she entered the Tu-
bingen university, where she devoted
herself to the study of natural sciences,
graduating with the highest honors in
the fall of 1895. She was then promoted
to the degree of doctor rerum naturali-
bus and was the pioneer of her sex in
this branch. She is now teaching 70
ology in the University of Halle with
much success. and is the only woman q l.
lowed to lecture at any German uni.
yersity
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
DIMINISHING STATURE.
One of the Chief Causes IL the Mill
fnry Service Exactel.

One of the Chief Causes IL the MILL
tary Service Exacted.
This relation between stature and
health is brought to concrete express
sion in the armies of Europe through a
rejection of all recruits for service who
fall below a certain minimum standard
OF height, generally about five feet.
The result of this, says Popular Science
Monthly, is to preclude the possibility of
marriage for all the fully developed
men during their three years in the
barracks, while the undersized individ-
uals, exempted from service on this ac-
count, are left free to propagate the
species meanwhile. Is it not apparent
that the effect of this artificial selec-
ton is to put distinct premium upon
interiority of statue in SO far as the
future generations are concerned?
This enforced postponement of mar
riage for the normal nan implies not
merely that the children of normal
families are born later in life-that
would not be OF great moment in itself
it means far more than this. The ma
jority of children are more often born
In the earlier half of married life, be-
fore the age of 35. Hence postpone
ment of matrimony means not only
later children, but fewer children.
Herein lies the great significance of the
problem for us. Standing armies tend
in this respect to overload succeeding
generations with inferior types of men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Cann ~ tbatissu Ia Africa.

1t appears from an account of his OBJ
sersations by Capt. Sidney Hinde in the
Congo Free State that the cann1oalistic
practices of the natives throughout
that region are not fairly understood by
the civilized world. Capt. Hinde went
to Africa in 1891 in the service of the
king of Belgium. He had no concep-
ton before going there Of the extent
TO which human flesh is used for food
by the natives. 1t seems that consid-
cradle portion of the slave traffic Is TO
provide meat for those who purchase
the prisoners. Every battle is followed
by horrible feast, and the parts un-
consumed are smoked and salted for
future USE Even in times of peace the
practice is observed, and Capt. Hinde
says it was not unusual for prisoners
or slaves to come to him and beg the
privilege of slaughtering some COM
panion to be used for food.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
WORE HIS ARMY CLOTHES.
AnEelica's Small Brother SuMeres
Because of an Extra Syllable.

Angelica's Small Brother Suffered
Because of an Extra Syllable.
Angelica invited her young man to
the evening meal, states New York
Chips. Everything passed of harmoni-
onsly until Angelica's seven-year-old
brother broke the blissful silence by ex-
claiming:
"Oh, ma, yer oughter seen Mr.. Lighted
the other night, when he called to take
Angelica to the drill. He looked SO nice,
sittin' long side of her with his arm"
"Fred!" screamed the maiden, whose
face began to assume the color of a
well-done crab, quickly placing her
hand over the boys mouth.
Yer oughter seen him." continued
the persistent informant, after gain
ing his breath and the embarrassed
girls hand was removed; "he had his
arm"
"Freddie!" shouted The mother, as,
in her frantic attempt to reach the
boys auricular appendage, she upset
the contents of the teapot in Mr.. Light
eds lap, making numerous Prussian
war maps over his new lavender trous-
erS.
Il was just going to say" the half
frightened boy pleaded, between a cry
and an inquired whine, "he had his
arm"
you boy!" thundered the father,
'get out!"
And the boy did SO, exclaiming as he
waltzed: II was only going to say Mr..
Lighted had his army clothes on; and 1
leave 1t to him IL he didn't"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Birds Strangely Concealed.

Mr.. A. H. Thayer, an artist, believes
he has discovered that the light color
of the under parts of birds and small
mammals serves to conceal them from
their enemies. At a recent meeting of
the American Ornithologists' ulion he
nearly of the color of the ground, like
a potato. Is very conspicuous when
placed few inches above the soil and
viewed from little distance. But
when the under side is painted white
and gradually shaded into the color of
the upper part, the object disappears
by blending with the ground; the
whiteness beneath counteracts the ef-
feet OF the shadow of the body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
THE MOST POPULAR WOMAN.
Dolly NadisOn's Frank, Cordial Man.
ner. and Inue uaua DemeRuor.

Dolly Madison's Frank, Cordial Man
ner, and Ingenious DemeanOr.
No woman is more closely or fondly
associated with the white house than
Dolly Madison, writes Clifford How
ard of when Dolly Madison saved the
Declaration of Independence" in La
dies Home journal. During the eight
years that her husband occupied the
position of secretary of state under
Jetferson's administration she was al
most as frequently called upon to do
the honors at the receptions and levees
at the presidents house rs in her own
home, where she entertained in a de-
lightful and sumptuous manner. She
was, therefore, fully prepared for the
duties that devolved upon her as mis-
tress of the white house upon the cleo
tion of Mr. Madison to the presidency.
In the graceful and skllful perform
ance of her delicate task she gained
the admiration of everyone, and added
to the popularity she had already won
both for herself and her husband.
Through the potent influence Of her
personal charms. 10 which We're added
\ frank and curdia, manner u sweet.
Ingenious demeanor, and the happy
faculty of adapting herself TO the views
of those about her. she readily became
a general fayorite. Before her reign
at the white house was concluded she
was the most popular woman in the
United States
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

A man may dress as well as his own
good judgment and the assistance of
an artistic tailor may elect. He may
take his tubs" but if his digestive or
gans are out of order, he will have an
unwholesome appearance. His com
lexion and tae white of his eyes will
have q yellowish cast. His tongue
will be coated. appetite poor, his teeth
rusty, his breath abominable. He is
one big, unmistakable sign of consti
patton. The quickest, surest. easiest
way to cure this trouble is to take DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are
made of refined, concentrated vege.
able extracts. Nothing in the least
harmful enters into their composition.
They hunt down all impurities, and
make them move on Phey are the
product of many years study and
practice. DR.. Pierce cannot afford to
put forth worthless article.
Address with 21 cents in one cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing Only,
to the We IDS Dispensary Medical
Associate, Buffalo, N. Y, and get q
free copy OF the Medical Adviser"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

''Yes, said the mau-a stranc er'
now no more. Il am James Ammer
ton! And l thank God who has gwen
me opportunity thus to show how
gratefully remember all your kind
ness to me, my more than mother.
And he held her hands and pressed
them to his lips. and blessed her
again and again, telling her, with
streaming eyes, that Sac, of all the
world, had lifted MIN up aud saved
him
That evening Mrs. Walsh, sitting
by her husbands side and holding
one of his hands, said to him:
Once upon time pebble was
kicked about in the waste of sand. A
lapidary saw it and picked it up, and
when he had brushed away the dirt
from its surface, he applied his chisel
and broke through the crust, and be-
held-a diamond, pure and brightr'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
WHILE TLU WAIT.
Some Minor Indications OF the Hust-
ling Spirit of the Age.

some Minor Indications OF the uuet-
ling Spirit of the Age.
Block your hat while you wait" was
the first of the while you wait" signs;
it was once familiar. it Is now not SO
often seen. Then came the sign: "Your
shoes repaired while you wait" The
first of these signs, says the New York
Sun, appeared in the Bowery. Two ex-
pert workmen sat in the window of the
shoemaker's shop, working busi1y.
More men at work were seen inside.
There were comfortable chairs for wait
ing customers, and newspapers for
them to read. The shop filed long
felt want. There is now a considerable
number of places in the city where
shoes are mended while you wait. On
the signs of some of them schedule
of time required is given; 80 many min
utes for heehng and so many for sol
ing.
In some tailor shops nowadays
clothes are pressed while you wait. and
there are dentists offices in which you
may have your artif cial teeth repaired
while you wait.
In summer there are to be found now
adays establishments where they clean
and press your straw hat while you
wait. They are usually set up In some
vacant store on busy street.
In some of these places one may see
half a dozen men sitting hatless. wait
ing, reading newspapers or looking on
at the men at work. who have, in the
G ~ L L
once.
The modern while you wait" signs
show enterprise that is all the time on
the lookout for new ways of making
money, and they show also the modern
tendency to do things and get them out
of the way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
GIVES OFF LIGHT


IN Ever Active Glow Issues f~o,~ n
k~r~st B.t of trastum
Ia "A recent lecture before the Roval
society Lord Kelvin vindicated the cor
rectness of Nolta's early theories in
relation to contact electricity He
showed that when a zinc plate and a
copper plate are brought into contact
with one another and then separated
one was charged with positive electrici-
~ and the other with negative He
further demonstrated that this was not
iue to oxidation by air or the moisture
Of the atmosphere, as is stated in the
textbooks of the day. Lord Kelvin
exhibited other experiments illustrat-
ing electrifcation produced by means
of dissimilar metals, and showed some
curious properties possessed by urani-
um. If plate of this metal was con-
nected with an electrometer and
touched by plate of aluminium posi-
tive electrification W as produced, grad
lally changing past zero to negative
He also demonstrated that the rays
given of by uranium in a dark room
are constant property of the sub
stance and not slow radiation of
previously absorbed light, as has been
claimed, but he conld offer no solution
OF the mysterious action of this metal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
INDIAN RASl-MAkERS.
Crafty Red Men Who Adapt The
Efforts to the Weather.

eFnitS Hco wen VINO Auapt Inehr
Efforts to the Weather.
All the Indian tribes had rain-mak-
ers, and some are yet left. This is one
Of their methods of operation, explains
the New York Tribune. A large body
of Crow Indians had gathered, all
decked out In their best tinery. Two
elderly men retired q short distance
and seemed to be mumbling to each
other something like prayers or invoca-
tions; after some time a fire was made
on the bank of the stream, when the
two rain-makers gave an order and a
young man plunged into the river,
which was there very deep. When he
came up, he had a blue catfish in his
hand, which one of the old men took
and threw into the fire, the tribe look
ing on in perfect silence. Then there
was more mumbling, accompanied by
various contortions and gesticulations,
when the gatheringd Itrained
that night. Perhaps. on the whole, the
Indian rain-makeI is more generally
successful than the civilized one occa-
sionally appearing on the frontier in
times of drought. the former having a
shrewder and more experienced fore
east of weather probabilities and put
ting in his incantationS at the right
time
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

Small precautions often prevent
gr at mischiefs. DeWitt's Little
early Risers are very small pills in
size, but ara most effective in prevent
ing the most serious forms of liver
and stomach tronbles. They cure
constipation and headache and regu-
late the bowels. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Tb. Dosr .s.iI In M....chu.ett.,

The story is going the rounds now Of
young man who visited the Tapley
school one day to see teacher. He
got hold Of the fire alarm, thinking it
to be door bell, and gave it good
ring. In few seconds the school chill
dren came rushing by him. and it was
not many seconds before the building
was being rapidly emptied. The man
stood by in dazed Sbrt OF way and
watched them go by and could not i'm
agine what all the fuss was about.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

If you have ever seen little child
in the paroxysm Of whooping cough,
or if you have been annoyed by con-
stant tickling III the throat, you can
appreciate the value of One Minute
Cough Cure. which gives guicK relief.
Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

The ''Bicyclsts Best Friend" is
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, always ready for emer
gencies. While specific for piles, 1t
also instantly relieves and cures cuts,
bruises, salt rheum. eczema and all
affections of the skin. 1t never fails
Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick
headache. sallow skin and loss Of ap
petite. You have never tried DeWitts
Little Early Risers for these com
plants or you would have been cured.
They are small pills but great regula
tors. Henry Hinricbs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Sentence of Prie.ts.

At Prague, In Bohemia, nine priests
have been sentenced to from Is DAYS
TO two months imprisonment and to
pay heavy fines for having acted ille-
gaily during the last elections Sew
eral priests were arrested on the spot,
while those who took 20 fight were
pursued by socialists, who stormed
buildings in which they took refuge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

According to DR.. w. J. Beal, the ma
about 1878 species, included in about
l40 genera; while In Europe there al
only ~ genera and $40 species.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

"The parting gives me pain. sighed the
man who was comblng bis bair for the
first time after two weeks spree.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
CHILDREN'S s NIGHTLY HARITS

DR.. E. DETCHoN's ANTI DIURETIo- May
be worth TO You more than 800 if yor
have child who soils bedding from il
confluence Of water during s.eep. Cares
cid and yonng shke. T. arrests the
trouble st once. 81. Sold by +. G.
Buerstatts, druggist. Maniio voc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
New Bale Tie,

In q newly patented bale tie one end
of the wire Is sformedintoa metallic but
ton. over which the loop in the opposite
end of the wire II slipped by ths
binder.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

Egypt's pyramid builders wers cans
nibals, according to Mr.. Flinders Pc.
tries assertion. He has found bones.
picked o3san and separately w1ppai
sN. h naAy tomhA 4
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Axrieulture tn Paraguay.

Agriculture has been about the sole
industry OF Paraguay since the estab-
ushment of the Jesuit missions In 1857.
All the field work II done By women.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Thousand of Children
are victims of Cholera Infsntum
every summer
Severa's Cholera and Diarrhoea Cure
will save your children. Price 25
and SOC. For sale at Henry HIM
rlchs and O. A, Alter.

When Greece determined to take her
chdr ces Wi b the powers, rather than to
continue fighting Turkey, the fst got into
the fire
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

The condition OF the labor market is
certainly against the strikers, for many
idle men are willing to take the places Of
the strikers for the poor wages they have
refused
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

Now Venezuela and England can sit
down in peace and argue about the
Scht m burgh line. Uncle Sam has made
arbitration successful.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

The widow Ruiz takes a sensible view
OF the case when she ssks for indemnity
fret hnd vengeance aftervard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Wisconsin Central Time Table.

PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West.
Leave Manltowoc ....5D0 a. m. 2:55 p. IN
MeD6sha .......-.-a..b4) 345 =
I" Neenah ............TO0 q 500 :"
Arrive Ashland ..............3:45 p, m. 7;55 a. N
st. Paul .......-...-.4:2J s:l5
Minneapolis. -.......5D0 500
500 a. m, train out of ManitowOc makes con-
nection at Neenah at 1900 Il. m. with train for
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and other points south
thus giving MAnItowoc people chance to go to
Oshkosh aud Fond du Lac the same day-2:55 p.
IN. train slso makes connection at Neenah at 80
j, m. for south
Gong East.
Leave Minneapolis % a. m. 7;05 p. m.
st, Paul .........s'00 $40 -
Ashland .-..... .....s;40 7:25 -
Neenah. ...........5; ia p, m. SO5 a. m
Mendeha .....-.-...6.-1 I:i5 -
Arrive MauItowoc. ..........l:i5 = 800 "
05 a IN. train ont of Neenak gets connection
from North and South al 1909 4, NJ, 5;l5 p, m
train gets connection from South at $40 p. m.
~. VI. N4NDEGRIFF, Agt
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DR. r. s. MITCHELL.

Telephone IA
Graduate Chicago Veter
mary College.
+. Il. FLACA,
Veterinary Surgeon
and Dentist.
93l South Eighth 81.
Manitowoc, Wis.
j. f MULHOLLAND, NJ ID
Practice limited to
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office hours:
9to II a. m, to 4 n m, I to p. m.
Office in Books Bldg, n S.tn Str.
Manitowoc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West,