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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
Strategy Well Employed,

The wise men of the east understand
The value of strategy and know when
10 use it. y rich merchant died. He
had one son, who when quite lad had
been sent TO an uncle in India. When
on his way home the young fellow was
shipwrecked. 1t was believed that he
escaped drowning, though no tidings Of
him could be obtained. His father died.
leaving his fortune to the care of an old
friend, not to be handed over to any
claimant until certain iniunctions hal
been fulfilled. At the end of a year =
young man appeared, who declared
himself the heir; then q second anil
q third arrived on the scene. The guard
ian gave to each bow and arrow anil
desired them to use the dead mans pic
ture as target to aim at the heart.
The first nearly hit the mark, the sec
ond drove his arrow home, but the third
burst into tears and refused to dishonor
his fathers memory ~ Decorating thu
portrait IF one whom he had love-
and revered. Then the guardian knew
which of the three was entitled to the
fortune
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
PASSING Or THE WATCHDOG.
Peacocks Suppiant.ng Towser The
Household Protector.

Peacocks Suppiantln@ IGwser as the
Household PROT ector.
The place of Il watchdog On the farm
or country place" sid States Attorney
Mcclure the other dar. N G,@k'ng seine
observations about mad dogs. reports
the St. Louis GloGc-HerOcr2t. might
be very well taken by Fcacocls AM
guinea fowls | lor~ Stree adopted pea
cocks alone To guard any place, and
nothing can como around the premises
night or day without causing an alarm
from them. They ere mere watchful
than any dog l ever owned Ny expert
ence with guincas mas rot been 50 eI-
tcnsive, but | believe they are also
sure to give an alarm, or rather good
many alarms, if any strange man Or
beast should venture near them by
night or day. Perhaps the days Of the
watchdog would be numbered if ii wcrr
generally known how well poacocl<s
and guinea fowls would take his place.
Then, certainly, with fewer dogs there
would not be so many cases of hydro
phobia."
The statement Of Mr.. Mcclure as to
the watchfulness Of peacocks was borne
oat by numerous Howard county farm
crs, among the number being County
Commissioners Hess, Dorsey and Smith,
and Mr. James l.. Hobbs, who superin-
lends the farming operations of Sen
ator German. Mr.. Hobbs stated that he
long ago discovered what excellent pro
lection peacoclis afford about Il place,
and down on the senator's farm he al
ways keeps six or eight Of them to
guard the premises. So it appears thar
peacocks are useful as well as orna
mental
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
TIMES CHANGE.
She Thought the Case Required Heroic
Treatment.

Treatment.
They had been married les. than a
wear when she noticed that her husband
stayed out late at nights and when he
did come home was apt to be noisy and
demoustrative, says the Detroit Free
Press. On his part William observed
that he could never find d knife to cut
bite to eat, and that even the family
she1rs were out Of reach, while his raz-
ors at such times were locked up ar3
the key hidden.
He did not say much, because he was
not in a condition to talk, and when he
was sober he did rot care to refer to the
past.
But he grew worse instead of better,
and one night he went home at late
hour and found the hall brilliantly
lighted and on the table under the gas
an assortment of all the cutlery in the
house. Knives. scissors and razors al
luringly open met his unsteady gaze.
"M-M-Mary," he called, ''wwwhar
d-does t-this mean?"
1T means" she answered. from the
top of the staircase, that ever since
you've been cutting up in this manner
I've been afraid you would do as you
threatened to do-kill yourself with
some of those things"
"Y-y-yes, Mary"
Now I'm beginning to be more
afraid that you won't, so thought TG
give you every possible chance"
There was a sound of cutlery by
night, mingled with forcible though
unsteady words, and William has re-
manned at home every evening up to
date.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
TRAINED CHAMELEONS.
What q Little Girl Accomplished with
Two of These Reptiles.

What Little Girl Accomp Ished with
Two of These Reptiles.
Much has been written about the
beauty. the stupidity and the vicious
hess of the lizard II. be and want 20 say
Il word about the intelligence Of the
chameleon, a little reptile belonging to
the great lizard family and in size the
antipode OF the alligator, its Big broth
er, says q correspondent Of the WASH
ineton Star.
The incident now relate came under
my personal observation, and demon
strates hat the chameleon is susceptible
of educat ion and can Ee ranked with
animals classed much higher in The
scale of intellectual development.
Miss Henrietta Keene, q little lady of
~ years. living in Philadelphia, was
presented with two Florida Chariel@-
onS, and she at once began instructinr
and educating her pets. BY continued
gentleness and kindness she won their
confidence and at her call they would
raise their heads, listen and then come
running quickly. Soon they responded
to their names-Brinton and Baby
and nodded their little heads know
:ngly.
She then taught them to stand up
Oh their hind legs and put Their little
fore paws together and stand in tho
attitude of prayer, looking solemn and
closing their eyes; at a signal they
would quickly PROSTATE themselves,
roll over on their backs and pretend to
be dead, lying without motion, untl;
told to rise and embrace, which they
would do with every sign of JOY and
pleasure
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
WHITE HOUSE ETIQUETTE.
Rules That ..rc Strictly Observed by the
Pr,siueu. :, r piiiy.

Presidents r i:iiiy.
When the president ard his wife drive
out, the president sits on Tie right
hand seat and his wife on the left. says
the Illustrated American.
If there are others III the carriage,
whether ladies or gentlemen. they must
sit with their backs to the horses.
When Mrs. Cleveland WAS first married
she tried tho experiment of placing her
mother opposite the president and her
self in the presidential landau, but the
people laughed at il 50 iInmoderately
and professed to think Mrs. Folsom (as
she was them to be the maid, that it was
speedily dropped. When the presi-
dents wife driSes alone, she sits IN the
right-hand corner-the place OF honor.
The lady of the white house cannot
set foot within those splendid houses
in Washington whose tiagstaffs mark
the foreign embassy or legation. She
could not 90 without the president. and
as an embassy or legation is technically
part of the country it represents. the
president could not go - 50 that she
never sees the inside of Il diplomatic
house as long as she rre>ideS at the
executive mansion. The president
dimes only at cabinet houses, and his
wife cannot dine anywhere without
him. President Arthur dined with
judges of the supreme court and with
senators-but as he had no wife the
whole system was very much simpiined
for him. The presidents wife may, II
she chooses, 90 to luncheous where
there are no gentlemen, or to teas. both
being regarded as strictly informai;
but the danger of giving otfense by ac-
cepting one invitation and declining an
other is so great that it is seldom or
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
SHE WAS THRIFTY.
One Woman Made $4,000 with n Thrash
Ing Machine.

One Woman Made $1,000 with a Thrash
Ing Machine.
A woman thrasher is novelty-that
is, outside of the schoolhouse or home.
And the one in question is a genuine
thrasher of the golden grain of the
northwest, says the Minneapolis Jour
nal. She came into one of the Minneap-
oils farm machinery houses the other
day to make her final payment on her
machine. This was startling and
marked her as a woman of business ca
pacity; for the man who makes full
payment on u thrasher this season is re-
garded as an exceptionally good man.
That the lady in question had business
head is further evidenced by the fact
that she succeeded in working" the
manager of the establishment for 50 so,
the amount of her fare home.
She innocently told him that to pay
her bill in full would take every cent
she had and she must take out enough
to get home. While the manager gen.
tly demurred at receipting the bill in
full with this discount off, she ingen-
iously limited that it would cost more
than $3.50 to send q collector after the
balance, and he tumbled to the situa-
ton as gracefully as possible. Mrs
Thrasher Tor perhaps it is Miss) said
that she had made s., 200 out of her ma
chine and had 1S7 stacks of grain to
finish this winter, which she proposed
to do if the snow was hub deep. Consid-
ering the fact that many machines are
being taken back on mortgages this
year, no one can successfully maintain
that woman is not adapted to this new
field for woman's activity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
BIG HAT IN CHURCH.
1t Fills the Whole Universe for the Man
Behind 1t.

Al Fills the Whole inverse for the Man
Behind 1t.
This is what happens to the man be-
hind the hat, says the Chicago Observer:
The preacher disappears until nothing
remains but voice. And with the hat
standing up against the spot where the
voice is, and the modulated sentences
breaking against it. how is attention
to be fixed upon the sermon? The
mind grows lax, the quiet and sweetness
of the sanctuary tend TO distraction, the
hat fills the whole visible universe. and
involuntarily ones thoughts cente,.
upon it,
1t is wonderful construction. There
is a yellow rose trembling on long
stem with every movement of the wear
FRS head and one begins to calculate
the extent of its are. There are lunches
of feathers, disposed, apparently, with a
view to preventing anything from be-
ing seen between them whichever way
the hat IS turned. And there are stall
actites of ribbon, upright and immoy-
able, which still further obscure the
horizon.
occasionally one gets a momentarv
glimpse of the head OF the preacher as
t is stretched out in gesticulation. but
1T seems mere detached fragment use
iessiy beating the air. The preacher
has disappeared as if he had
never been. The only thing visible
: hen the hat is turned for moment
Is another hat Of the same kind farther
On.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
COUNTING OF THE VOTES.
In Recent Elections There Has Been Lit.
tie Fraud In New York


The counting of votes has been in
the past more fruitful of trickery and
Justification than any other part o1
the election process. In 1893 the can
vassers in certain districts reduced the
matter to its lowest terms by simply
reporting a unanimous vote on their
side, and then going out to fling up their
hats for the rest OF the night. In the
subsequent election competent and IT,
corruptible men supervised the canvass
SO strictly that the percentage of fraud
was so small, if any existed, as never to
be heard of. This watching. saws a
writer in Century, at the count not only
prevented intentional lying, but savel
accidental mistakes. In one case the
board of inspectors confessed they did
not know how TO count the votes, and
submitted entirely 10 the guidance Of
n well-informed watcher.
The counting is done in public, and
Is often an interesting sight Every or
ganization and each candidate NAV
send representative to observe i,
though nobody but the inspectors is
permitted to touch the ballots. Tie
straight tickets are first counted in tens
by four men in succession, and tally
is kept by at least two assistants. Each
name is credited with as many votes
as there are tickets for his side. Then
one inspector reads off Of those tickets
which are split" or have pastors at
tached. or upon which names have been
erased or new names written, and each
candidate is credited with n vote every
time his name appears. When this is
finished the most prominent Office is
taken up, and the sum of the votes for
each candidsfe is ascertained.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
DISCARDED ChIMNEYS.
A Definite Vacuum Is Now Held Upon ALI
Fires.

One of the most rcmarkabl changes
noted at present in the manufacturing
industry is the giving up of the CHM
ney to produce draught, and though, of
course, u chimney offers so simple and
efficient a means CT making the requi-
site draught for the fire, it is stated that
in one of the large works of England
locality not entioneC-chimneys have
been discarded and definite vacuum is
held upon all fires. In this way the
products of combustion and destructive
distillation which result from The burn
ing of coal and carbonaceouS matter are
collected, cooled, condensed and worked
up. One of the methods noted as at
tracing attention in Germany consists
in sucking the gases of the furnaces
away and allowing them to pass
through water in the form OF small bub-
bles, which removes the SCOT and some
Of the products of combustion, tie gases
being then led to II 9asometer, from
which they are drawn into the process
of utilization. \ manufacture of this
kind, it is urged, can easily extend pipes
in any direction and draw the gases of
combustion from their manufacturers
the publication of the atmosphere
thus assured being another important
result
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
The Tables in Thorn Are Made by a Blind

1 had rather novel experience last
year in the matter of gathering tables
showing the rise and setting of the sun,
the changes of the moon, high and low
tides, etc." said a publisher 20 Wash
ington Star man. But | am fixed for
this year. In my experience as pub
Usher l had printed about everything
that | thought could be printed. Final
ly, an advertising concern wanted me
To get out an almanac for them. They
furnished all the copy for the almanac
except the almanac itself-that is, the
tables. supposed | would have no dif-
ficulty in getting them, but l soon
found out that | was mistaken. My de-
sire was to get the tables correct, and
TO have them prepared in an authorita-
tive way. After interviewing some of
the experts in Washington l found that
they were all disinclined to take any
outside work. Finally one of them con-
sented TO do il, and he did ii, charg-
ing me $500 for the calculations-S2
for each month. | am about having a
similar work done this year. ard came
here for that purpose. but learned that
all the calculations for the various
patent medicine and many other al
nanacs are made by a blind man ia
Pittsburgh, Pa. an amateur n1athema-
tician and astronomer of considerable
local reputation. | sent for the tables
and have received ;kCm. lie charged
me exactly six dollars. or so cents for
each month. | understand that the
actual work is done Ey his children.
who write from his dictation. lie tells
ne that he has supplied the sane tables
for about 100 different almanGcs for
1897"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
HE WON HIS CASE.
Reminded the Maryland Squire of tho
Old Days.

Old Days.
Il went into a country district in
Maryland a few days ago to try case"
said a Washington attorney to Wash
ington Star man.
Il appeared for the plaintiff and it
must be confessed that the evidence
failed to establish his claim. Ipresent-
ed the matter before the justice of the
peace In the best light / knew how, but
had very little hope of securing the
verdict. My client, when / finished,
whispered to me that he would say few
words if were willing and, considering
the case lost, / consented. 1t was the
most unique speech / ever heard and it
won the case. He said:
esquire, l brought this suit and the
evidence, except my own, is against
me. | don't accuse anyone of lying,
squire, but the witnesses are the most
mistaken lot of fellows | ever saw.
You know me, squire. Two years ago
YOU sold me horse for sound that was
as blind as a bat. / made the trade and
stuck to it and this is the first time l
have mentioned it. When you used to
buy grain you stood on the scale when
the empty wagon was weighed, but l
never said a word. Now, do you think
I am the kind of a man to pick up
rumpus and sue {. fellow unless he has
done me wrOng|
ut took just five minutes for the
Justice to decide for the plaintiff"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
NAMES WRIT ON WATER.

Evanescent Regulations of Persons Who
Fitted on the stage.
Theatrical reputation is the most
evanescent Of all glories of life," sadly
observed the old actor, drawing his last
summers overcoat around him little
tighter, according to the New York
Herald.
That's So" responded the agent,
land nothing reminds one Of this more
than an acquaintance with the bill
rooms of the old theaters about the
country. You know they have a way
of posting up bills and Autographs in
the bill-rooms-thatp part Of the theater
in which the bills are laid out, and
which is the lounging place of the tray
cling agents, the billposters, adyertis-
ing men, etc, and preserving sort of
record Of the celebrated actors, COM
panies and scenes that have been al
that particular house. Sometimes this
is done Systematically, with an idea for
general pictorial effect, and then looks
very pretty. But more oite,I it is the
freak of some billposter, ~ no slaps up
q full length figure, or a Autograph
head, or something grotesque, the whole
collection forming curious and some
times nightmarish tumble.
In the older bill-rooms will he seen
pictures of bygone favorites of the
American stage-of many persons who
were famous the other day and who to-
day are quite forgotten. They are
usually represented in their favorite
costume and part. Some of these We're
the rage but few years ago-drev big
salaries and had everything their own
way. There are women who actually
queened it over the whole country
made thousands and drank champagne
and wore princess diamonds. Why,
their very names are forgotten! 1 am
not an old-timer, though I'm familiar
with the stage, and tell you I've been
actually startled suddenly to come
across these pictures on the bill-room
walls, and to be thus reminded what
they had been, and to be set to thinking
what had become of them!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
TURNS OUT BESSEMER STEEL
oxide Successfully Extracted from Rock by
Edison with tho Use of Electricity.


When Thomas Edison began expert
menting with electricity as means of
extracting iron oxide from rock n
shiver ran through the spinal columns
OF iron mine owners. Then the matter
was forgotten and the public heard
nothing more about magnetic separat-
ors until a few days ago, when the
news came out that the method was
not only perfected, but that by it 5000
tons OF bessemer steel We're being
turned out every day at Edison, n. J.
Mr.. Edison has been developing his
newest discovery quietly, and now his
smelling works and their appurtenant
buildings cover many acres among the
Jersey mountains. The rock is blast
ed out of open quarries, 5000 tons at a
time, and carried by enormous electric
cranes to rollers which crush the
largest powders as if they were lump
sugar. After passing through 4 Sc
ries of these rollers the fine rock falls
past 700 magnets, which extract the
ore, sending it along to the furnaces al
most free from eXtraneous matter.
From the furnaces the ore issues in
nuggets of bessemer steel ready for the
mills.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
Dickens and the Y Raw.

An amusing instance of antici pa
ton of the penetrating character of
the so-called Y rays has been discov-
cred, says the Electrical Review, in a
most unlikely place-that is, in Dickens
"Christmas Carol" 1t will be remem-
bered that when the miser, Scrooge,
sees the ghost of his former partner,
Marley, entering the room, Marley's
body appears to he transparent, so that
Scrooge can see clear through him and
discern the two buttons on the back of
his coat. 1t may bepresumed that Mar
ley wore the old-time blue coat with
brass buttons, and that flesh and blood
became transparent when metal but
tons would not. 1t is now in order for
the Society of Psychical Research to
try the Y rays for the detection Of
ghosts, but if they are successful they
must give the credit to Dickens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
ART OF GETTING O.i.
Have . Definite knowledge of Some Ons
Thing.

recall with shame how earnestly ans
how yainly a well-wisher of mine, an
eminent publisher. tried many years
ago to impress this fact upon my mind:
You viii succeed" he used To say, ''as
soon as you produce what somebody
wants; but not so long as your merit
is only that of a woman who is strug-
Cling" In common with great many
other women not brought up to work,
| had vague sort of idea that my mis-
fortunes were a passport and would
gain me an income. says a writer in
Lippincott's. Let me assure every
woman similarly placed that they never
will. Sympathy is readily awakened.
but ii is in the nature of things short
lived. Respect for effort earnest and
continued is much better ally. In an
experience ranging over many years.
I must honestly say that every time |
have failed it has been through my own
ignorance and incomPetency, and that
my success has been built upon failures
many and severe. The best equipment
that either men or women could have
is definite knowledge, if it be only of
one thing. The first question ] ask pf
those who come to me for advice is:
What can you do?" If the answer is,
as it almost invariably proves to be:
"Anything," my heart fills with despair
for the applicant. In the money-making
world anything" means nothing"
1t is oyerrun with vast army of in
capables ready to rush in and under
take "anything." What is needed is
some one who can do something as OPP
posed as to anyone who can do any
thing. Competency is the only equip
ment that is worth anything nowadays.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
TOOTH DRAWING.
Its Horrors Ameliorated Somewhat by
the Use OF Electricity.

Its Horrors Ameliorated Somewhat BY
the Use OF Electricity.
II you like you can now have u tooth
pulled painlessly and without gas By
electricity. instantaneous? Why. of
course; but the point is that there is
no pain. You need not bother with
nitrous-oxide gas. which is very dis
tressing in its effects upon some people
says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The up-todate dentist has a very
simple apparatus. which consists most
Importantly of a battery not much big
ger than cigar box. The person in the
dentists chair grasps two handles
which are connected with the battery
by wires. At the same time the opera
tor seizes his forcsps, which likewise
are on the end of a wire proceeding
from the battery. He touches the tooth.
completing the circuit. and instantly
local anaesthesia is produced. The
tooth and neighboring gum are rer
dered for the moment insensible to pain.
and out comes the offending molar or
incisor with deXterouS twist Before
the patient has had time to realize what
has happened he is gleefully paying the
fee
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-21
A SNAP Shot,

y little child often not only leads, but
amuses by original descriptions of or
binary events. Says the Pittsburgh
Chronicle: a judges little daughter
who had attended her fathers court for
the first time. was very much interested
in the proceedings. After her return
home she told her mother: Papa made
IA speech, and several other men made
speeches, to IL men who sat all to-
gether, and then these IL men We're put
in a dark chamber to be developed"