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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
CONDENSED TESTIMONY.

Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu-
facturer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, Ger
titles that DR.. Kings New Discovery
has no equal as Cough remedy. j
ID. Brown, Prop, st. James Hotel
TT. Wayne, Ind, testifies that he was
cured of Cough of two years stand
ing, caused by La Grippe, by DIR
Kings New Discovery, b, F. Merrill
Baldwinsville, Mass, says that he has
used and recommended it and neve:
knew it to fail and would rather have
it than any doctor, because it always
cures. Mrs. Hemming, 222 E. 25th
St, Chicago, always keeps it at hand
and has no fear of Group, because ii
instantly relieves. Free Trial Bottles
at Henry Hlnrichs Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
HOT SPRINGS IN UGAf4DA.
Interesting Report of Their Working
Made by Bishop Tucker.


The following is an interesting
story concerning the hot springs at
Euwenzori, in the Uganda, as related
by Bishop Tucker:
"As the sun went down, expecting the
cold, we had a fire lighted outside our
tent, but to our establishment the heat
became SO great that we had to remove
the fire, and, sure enough, as time went
on, it seemed to get worse and worse.
1t was impossible to sleep-in fact, it
was worse than the worst night on the
Red sea, and the same distressing kind
of beat. Unable to sleep, we lay per-
spring as if we were in a Turkish bath.
Next morning we spent in inspecting
the wonderful hot springs which lay
about one hour away to the left. The
boiling water was bubbling up all over
space Of about 100 yards. Down the
center is a channel in which the hot
water collects and runs away, forming
a good-sized stream as it gets free of
the springs.
Eve found a number of people bath
ing at the time, as they believe the
water is n sure cure for almost every
disease. We placed few potatoes in
one of the largest springs and had the
pleasure of eating them, beautifully
boiled, in about ten minutes. I am told
that the natives living round here boil
their potatoes here every day, and are
thus saved frewood and water. The
bathers have their bath by diverting
one of the hot streams in Il large hole
dug in the ground.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
TElEGRAPHY.
Tests Demonstrate Tint the Morse
System Cannot Be Improved.


The Postal Telegraph company made
test 4 few days ago to determine
whether the Morse system of telegraph
ing is cheaper to operate, taking all
things into consideration, than other
systems, notably the Wheatstone, that
is used in England and to some extent
in this country, says the New York
World
The result was a unanimous verdict
that the Morse system as invented more
than so years ago stands to-day with
out the change of dot or dash or any
alteration in the principles of trans
mission, far ahead Of any other sys-
tenn.
During the test three New York op-
orators sent to Pittsburgh, Pa, 102 mes
sages in 90 minutes, and 200 messages,
containing 5,6o5 words, in three hours.
This was an average of &C % messages
per hour. Pittsburgh, however, beat
this, sending an average of GS Is mes
sages per hour.
These messages were taken in the
regular course of business, and the re-
suit. while not equaling the fastest in
dividual bursts of speed for a few min
utes, exceeds previous records of its
kind. The company then took into con-
sideration the cost of transmission. sal
airy OF operators, accuracy of work, time
consumed and all other factors entering
into telegraphy. These were COM
pared with similar results in other svs-
TENS, and the decision was wholly in
favor CT the Morse system, that is to-
day an unchanged monument to the
great American inventor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
MOSAIC AGE HIGHLY LITERARY.
n oses Could Have Written the lsr:e!itish
Inu-

At first the Tel el-Am9rna tablets
were declared to be forgeries, and Renan
gave expression to the critical"
skepticism on the subject in his annual
address on oriental discovery, says the
Contemporary Review. Very soon, how
ever, the most stout-hearted champion
of illiteracy of the ancient east was
obliged to yield, and the ''critics" were
forced to admit that on this point, at
all events, they had been in the wrong.
But it was with a bad grace that the adj
mission was made, for it did not require
much penetration to see that the dis
covery deprived them of what l may
term their base of operations. Just as
Volts sllepticism in regard to the age
and authorship of Homer rested on his
belief il the late date of the use of writ
ing for literary purposes in Greece, so
the really strong argument of the crit
les" against the Mosaic age and author
ship of the pentateuch was that neither
Moses nor his contemporaries could
read or write. The Tel e!-Amarna tab
lets have come to upset this supposed
fact and to show that the Mosaic age
was highly literary one. 1t is amusing
to watch the undisguised reluctance
with which the "critics" have swallowed
the unpalatable fact that, after all,
Moses could have written the ISraelitiSh
law
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
HOGGISH FISH.
So Carps Are Said to BE, Because They
VIII Eat ANYTHING.


Will Eat Anything.
The carp is very hoggish fish," re-
marked a prominent naturalist ut the
Cuvier club to a Cincinnati Enquirer re-
porter the other day. at viii eat any
thing digestible, from a water-soaked
log to a growing lily" continued he.
Its natural food consists of worms,
maggots, larvae, snails, beetles and
other insects, but when these cannot be
readily obtained it will feed on any kind
of plant that grows in or near water.
But few years ago carp ate up all the
wild rice on Portage river, thereby
driving away all the wild ducks that
were in the habit of coming there to
feed.
"The German carp was first intro
ducedinto American 1877 by the United
States fish commissioner. These fish
were placed in ponds, especially pre-
pared for them at Washington and Bal
timore. In 1880 the distribution of fry
began, and up to January 1 Of the sub
sequent year the carp had been planted
in no less than 1850 localities. They
prove to be especially adapted to Amer
lean waters, and in some localities they
grow with surprising rapidity. 4 fish
four inches long placed in the waters of
Texas was found to have increased to
20R inches in II months, attaining a
weight of five pounds"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
8: f.; :. 81 q: NEURALGIA, -
and you'll find quickly SOOTS and CURES
MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS.
Camp Cooking Not So Bad as Might Be
Supposed.

Camp Cooking Not So Bad as Might Be
Supposed.
In camp life the joys of dining are
more precarious than in the barracks
because of the many inconyeniences to
proper cooking of the food, says the
Chautauguan. However, as an offset
petite is better in outdoor life. For
field use the cooking utensils are neces-
sarily simple. The dishes are few and
instead of the reliable barrack range in
the shelter of tidy kitchen some rude
cooking place must be improvised. Of
these cooking places the simplest and
most economical as to fuel is in the
form of trench dug in the ground.
With moderate weather, favorable soil
and sufficient skill such stove can be
made to answer every purpose. Field
ovens, too, of primitive fashion are con-
structed for baking soft bread" beans,
meats etc. This is done even when the
army is on the march, provided the
weather is not too stormy for the bread
to rise.
For individual cooking and eating on
the field, necessitated by emergencies,
the government furnishes each soldier
with one meat can and plate combined,
one three-pint canteen, one tin cup, one
knife, fork and spoon.
With all its hardships, camp cooking
with the most primitive implements is
not SO fatal to good food as might be
supposed. Perhaps the chief reason of
this is that there are many recipes for
cooking meats, breads, vegetables,
soups, etc, adapted to just such condi-
tons of fire and dishes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
4 CARELESS PETITIONER.
Signed a Paper Asking for His Own Re-
mOyal.


moval.
II saw in one of the papers the other
day" said a Griswold street lawyer to
q Detroit Free Press man, something
about the careless way in which most
men sign petitions and it reminded me
of a rather remarkable case in an Ohio
city.
"a shrewd but INSCRIPTIONS member
of the bar fixed his ambition on a gov
eminent Office in the place and caused
to be circulated, as quietly as posi-
bic, several petitions asking for the re-
moval of the incumbent of the post, on
a fairly plausible pretext, duly set
forth.
These petitions were placed in the
hands of co-conspirators, who found
little difficulty, owing to the careless
ness mentioned, IN getting numerous
signatures. They were forwarded to
Washington, and the head of the de-
partment to whom they were referred
submitted them 70 the congressman of
the district in which the office was To-
Gated. That gentleman, being warm
personal friend of the official whose re-
moval was asked, sent the petitions TO
him, without as much as examining
them, but with the suggestion that the
official scan them carefully and quick
ly get up counter petitions in his own
favor. The official received them in
surprise, for the scheme had been so
quietly worked that he, being man
deeply absorbed in his duties, had real
ly not heard of them. And on running
over them he was dumfounded to find
his own name amor- them. He then
vaguely recalled signing a petition for
something or other, without question,
and realized that lie had been cleverly
duped into asking for his own removal
by sharp fellow who knew enough
about this failing of the average man
to risk submitting the petition 10 him,
purely as a joke. The official had no
trouble getting stronger petitions ask
ing for lis retention and he kept the
place"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11

How much business can a man do
whose system is in state of disorder
Headache is only a symptom. DIT is
not disease. The pain in the head
is the sign of rebellion. There have
been mistakes in diet and other abu
ses.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
gentle, effective renovator and in
vigorator of stomach, liver and bowels.
They assist nature without threaten
ing to tear the body piece al. There
are no gripping pains, no nausea. One
is laxative,
A book of zoos pages, profusely il
Illustrated, written by DIR. r. V. Pierce,
called The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" will be sent free for
Il one cent stamps to cover cost Of
mailing only. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. 663 Main
Street, Bnffalo, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
THE GREECE OF TO-DAY.
Professor John Stuart Bidckie, an tn


Professor John Stuart Blackie. an the
Mareh Forum.
To understand the phenomenal rise OF
Greece, We must bear n mind that
though the Greeks had been miserably
down-trodden by the Turks for four hum
dred years; the best hope OF the people
borne by an unholy tribute far away
from their mothers homes, and trained
into the tools of an inhuman tyranny;
and though, had it not been for the sun
toward event" at Navarlpo, the whole
population OF the Morea would have
been exterminated beneath the merciless
tramp Of Turkish hoOfs, there, neverthe
less lived behind the outward show OF
slavish debasement heart of sturdy 10
dependence that cherished the patriotic
memories of ages, and seized eagerly on
every chance that might enable 1t to
stand before the world IN the attitude
and character that had given it the most
prominent place IN the history OF the hu-
man race. The two years struggle that
gave to Greece the right to look Europe
IN the face, as a noble people determined
to die rather than 1--we the slaves OF
hateful tyranny, at the same time gave TO
Europe the assurance that Greece vas
living Greece again; and Christian con-
science and classic memories combined,
when once the yoke was broken, TO en-.
able the Greeks to show to the world
that, in spite of the bombshells of Venice
and the sabres of Turkey, not only should
Greek mother bear sons to grow up
free from the rapine of Turkish hands,
but desolate Athens should rise to her
old positions, and along with Edinburgh,
Glasgow and Aberdeen, assert its place
among famous European cities that com
blne commercial enterprise with cultiva-
ted intelligence. II was tins noble pa
triot1c pride, that In the short space Of
half century, turned the little ruined
village alto an imposing city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
BOA CONSTRUCTOR.
Forced to Disgorge the Buck, Swallowed
the Man.

inc MAN.
The latest snake story comes from
South Africa. 1t is recorded in the
Iransvaal, published in Cape Town,
as cold fact, that in SellulIiniland a ma
tive ran across boa-constrictor meas
uring about AZ feet which had just
swallowed a young koodoo buck, all
except the horns. The horns stuck out
on each side of the reptiles mouth.
phe native recognized the horns as
those of Il buck he owned, and he ran
and got sticks and pinned the serpent,
which was dormant, to the ground.
Then he got hold of the horns and
pulled and twisted. He got the buck
out inch by inch until half its body
showed, and then it came with a jerk,
and the boy fell over on his back
Before he had time to think twice
the snake, relieved Of its load of NUT
ton, was upon him, and it seized his
head in its mouth and in three minutes
the native had taken the place of the
buck, only he was all inside; there was
nothing left out to pull on, even if n res
cuerhad come along. Having swallowed
the boy, the boa deliberately swung its
head around, and, grabbing its tail,
swallowed eight feet of it, then closing
the mouth and throat, down which the
native had disappeared, and making es-
cape absolutely impossible The Trans
wall vouches for the truth of the story.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
Postal Oddities.

Langhorne and Bristol, says the Phil
adelphia Record, are only five miles
apart, and yet it sometimes takes two
days for a letter mailed in one town
to reach its destination in the other.
The mail goes off by way Of Philadel-
phia, making the entire distance in
transit about 40 miles. The post offices
at Langhorne and Eden are only 500
yards apart, and yet Il letter from one
of these offices to the other must travel
Sc miles, via Philadelphia. This, how
ever, is eclipsed by letter which the
late William Kinney, of Bristol, re-
ceived shortly before his death. This
letter had been addressed to Bristol, r.
J., and readdressed to Bristol, Pa. It
was received three years after it was
written
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
PUNISHMENT OF THE BAGNO
One OF the Most Exquisitely Cruel Tor
lures Ever Devised.

In former times the punishment of
the bagno (bath), one of the most clev-
erly cruel infections ever devised by
an official of the torture chamber, was
administered i'll Italy, probably in
Venice, where the water of the lagoons
played so important part in its penal
system, says Moniteur du Puy. The
punishment was as follows:
The prisoner was placed in vat the
sides of which were slightly in excess
of the average height of man. In
order to hold in check the rising tide
of a supply of water which ran into
the vat in a constant stream the Grim.
inal was furnished with a scoop with
which to bale out the water as fast as
it came in.
The respite from death by immersion
thus obtained was more or less pro-
longed, according to the powers of
endurance possessed by the victim. But
imagine the moral torture, the exhaust
ing and even hideously grotezque eff
forts, the incessant and pitiless toll
By night and day to stave off the dread
moment, fast approaching, when, over
come by sleep and fatigue, he was IN
able to struggle any longer against his
fate,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
OLDEST JEW IN AMERICA.
LaIar Creengard. OF st. Louis, Claims the
Honor,


La1ar oreengard. or st. Louis. Claims the
Honor.
Lazar Greengard, who is perhaps the
Oldest jew in America, is living with
his son Solomon at zoos North Tenth
street, in this city, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. He is 104 years old,
AM is still hale and hearty. Greengard,
says the Jewish Voice, is q remarkable
specimen of u Jewish patriarch. He was
born on November Is, 1893, in Werbelau,
Russia, married when he was IS, his
faithful wife having died % years ago
at the ripe old biblical age of 20, and
arrived in this country II years ago,
or at the age of 90. He has six chill
dren living, as follows: Abraham, st.
Louis, aged 70; Solomon, also here, CT;
Simon, Los Angeles, Cal, 81; Mrs. APP
pelbaum, Chicago, GO; Mrs. Betsie Fried
man, New York, Sd; and Mrs. Cohen,
also in New York, 50. Three sons and
one daughter are dead
Lazar Greengard was sick but once ia
his life, when he was exactly 100 years
old, and at that time he was cutting a
tooth, which the doctors had duly no.
ticed He has Sc grandchildren, So
great-grandchildren and two great
great-grandchildren He is, of course,
very pious, and he never fails to say his
prayers, nor does he weary in reciting
daily a number of Psalms. Very short
" his oldest son will celebrate his
golden wedding. Naturally, Lazar
Greengard is an object of veneration,
not only to immediate members of his
family, but to all who know him. In
case of necessity, he is able to read
without the use of his eyeglasses. and
his memory is unimpaired.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
TESTING { WATCH.
English Timcpieces Tried as to Their
Correctness and Regularity

Correctness and Regularity.
There has been matchmaking at
Coventry as long as there has been a
watch trade in England, which is for
the last 200 years or thereabouts, says
the Jewellers Review. There used to
be three centeres of the English trade,
these being Liverpool, Coventry and
London; now there are practically but
two, Coventry and Birmingham. The
test of good watch is that it should
obtain a Kew certificate, and of the
watches that go to Kew 75 per cent. are
from Coventry.
At Kew no watch has yet succeeded
in getting the hundred marks which
signify perfection, but Coventry has
come nearest, with %, and is always
we'll to the front. The Kew test is no
light ore. The watch is tested in every
position, and its rate registered, not
only per day, but per hour; it is hung
by its pendant, hung upside down,
hung on each side. Placed dial down and
back down and at amy number of angles.
and to finish up with is baked in an oven
and frozen in an ice pail. No wonder
that watch with a Kew certificate is
a comfort to its owner.
When it is considered that it makes
1900 vibrations an hour and must not
vary second week, while quarter
turn of its two time screws, meaning
the millionth of an inch, will make
difference of 90 seconds day, the deli
cacy of its adjustment will be appre-
ciated, as will also the risk of intrust-
Ing its repair to any but skillful hands.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
DID YOU EVER

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? II not, get a bottle
now and get relief This medicine
has been found to be peculiarly adapt
ed to the relief and cure of all Female
Complaints, exerting wonderful di-
rect influence in giving strength and
tone to the organs. If you have loss
of Appetite, Constipation, Headache,
Painting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleep
less, Excitable, Melancholy or troub
led with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters
is the best medicine you nned. Health
and Strength are guaranteed by its
use. Large bottles only SOC. at Henry
Hlnrich's Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
WILliE'S PARADOX.
Mammals Advice Was Accepted by the
Small Lad.


Small Lad.
Little Willie was thinking
hard, too, with his head bowed and his
hands in his hair, as he has often seen
papa meditating over mammals heap of
modiste bills, says the New York World.
Mamma" said he at last, ''didn'ty you
say the other day that children were
the most expensive luxury In the
worid?"
The good mother looked up from her
work with a curious expression of Won
Ger upon her face, something of pride
for her only son and heir sutfusing the
kindly features. YES, Willie" said she,
softly. 81 believe that did make some
such remark. But what made you
think of that?"
The lads eyes looked deep and medi-
tative. Nothing, mamma. Only
He paused as if hesitating to venture
with his heavy deductions.
Only what, my SOM"
"Only, if children are so great a lux
ury [ don't see why it is that the rich
people have so few of them and the
poor people so many, do you, mamma?'
But the mother shook her head. No,
Willie, DEAR" she said, softly. 'But l
don't think that you had better bother
your head with such heavy problems
any more to-day. Put on your coat and
run out and play with the goat a little
while"
And he did.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11

LONDON. March 5.--It is generally be-
lleved that . war between Greece and
Turkey is eminent. The decision of
Greece to defy the powers is confirmed
on all sides and the center of interest has
not shifted In Greece to maintain 1t.
1t Is generally felt in England that the
dispatch signed by 100 Liberal and Irish
National members of the house of CON-
mons. which was sent last evening to the
king OF Greece expressing sympathy with
his efforts and the efforts of the Greek
nation and government 10 behalf of Crete
was great mistake and that it will only
mislead the king and nation into the be-
lief that Great Britain will not join th 9
other powers in coercive measures.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11

BosroN, March 4.-The worst accident
of the kind ever known in Boston occur
ed shortly before noon to-day, when ar
explosion OF Illuminating gas in the sub
way at the Intersection of fremont and
Boyston streets caused the death Of six
persons and the injuay of q score or more
Others, although not more than ten are
severely hurt. The buildings for hund
reds OF feet IN all directions are damaged
by the conclusion, and several electric
cars paseing were wrecked, One caught
fire and burned To the trucks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11

Chauncey Johnson,th famous burg
lar, who died in prison the other day
did some extraordinary things during
his career. One of his noted exploits
was at a New York bank. johnson
arrived early with the clerks and
bookkeepers, walked into the cashiers
cage, took off his coat, took his seat at
the desk and went to work. Presently
the cashier arrived what are you
doing in my place." was what he nat
urally wanted to know. Doing your
work." said Johnson, pausing in the
middle of an entry. You have been
discharged whats that7 Dis
charged! First I've heard of it! What
for?" Ask the president" replied the
new cashier, settling down to work
again. He'll tell you all about it."
For few moments the new man
worked diligently. Then he got up
and walked out, With him went
$4,000. When the shortage was dis
covered Johnson was arrested, but
nothing could be proved against him.
Very similar was the plan which re-
suited in the loss of $4,000 to the
Adams Express company. When the
cashier went to lunchJ ohnson sneaked
in, put on his coat and went to work
diligently. Sc far did he bend over
his book that his face was not visible
to The other men. and only one of them
spoke to him He made a gesture for
silence, indicating that he must not
be disturbed. The work which the
bogus cashier was doing was that of
going through the drawer, from which
he extracted $4,000 and went ont,
He wasn't identified on trial, so con
viction was impossible