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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
CHINESE QUICK CALCULATOR.
Mathematics in the shop OF u Col
OraIO CuriO DenIer.

Charlie Chan, Chinese curio dealer
of Colorado Springs, Col, is a mathe-
matician whose ability to solve the most
intricate of problems with almost
lightning capacity, by use of Chinese
abacus, has just come to light, says the
Boston Transcript. Some eastern tour
lists made purchases of Chan the other
day aggregating $3S9.S2. These pur-
chases ranged from cents to $3J. The
Chinaman took his rack and before the
had the correct result.
This excited the purchasers to ask
questions about the mode of calcula-
ton, and to give Chan sums to 10. The
party found that the merchant from the
orient had marvellous talent in hand
ling figures. College professors were
told of the prodigy, and to satisfy them
selves went to his shop to put him to
test. Problems, ponderuus and in
tricate, were given to him. but ne
proved equal to them all and displayed
a deXterity in handling his beads and
an accuracy IN computation thar caused
the professors to pronounce him a
wonder. Chan is regarded as the
wealthiest Chinaman in Colorado and is
a successful business man Of 81 years Of
age. He proudly traces his ancestry
back for 2,000 years. His musical talent
is also remarkable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
liGHTNiNG'S STRANGE FREAK
Hav 1t Tore Scottish Army ohicer's
Clothing to Fragments.


A most remarka ble example of the
terrible effects of a lightning stroke
is described in the London Graphic.
Mai. Jameson, formerly of the Scot
tish Rifles, accompanied by his father
and mother, went into meadow to
nick mushrooms. Maj. jameson was
some distance in front. and there was
a single clap of thunder and fash of
lightning, which frightened Mrs. Jane
son. and she and her husband went into
wood and returned to the house, eX
pecting that Maj. jameson would fol
low.
About half an hour later Maj. jaime.
son was found by game keeper, ly-
ing on his face in the field quite dead.
Around him, III a radius of several yards,
were his clothes and boots, which had
been torn and scattered about in an
extraordinary manner. The lightning
appeared to have struck Mai. Jame-
sen on the right side of the head, tear
ing the cap he was wearing to pieces,
and burning his hair off. 1t then
passed inside his collar. down the front
Of his body and both legs, into his boots.
which were torn to atoms. ard then
passed into the ground, tearing hole
about Is inches in circumference and
three inches deep.
The deceased mans collar was torn
into 100 pieces. none larger than six
pence. the front of his jacket was rent
into ribbons, and the jacket and under
vest literally torn to shreds, and the
knickerbockers he was wearing were
stripped off and scattered on the
ground. Maj. Jameson's stockings and
gaiters were similarly torn in pieces,
and on the boots tire lightning had re
ma rkn able effect.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
PLAYING a FUNNY GAME.
Why the Lambs Are Always Fleeced
on the stock Exchange.

The use of chips and counters is
great convenience in such games as
poker, faro and the like, says the Arena.
The business so called, Of the stock eX-
change in Wall street and elsewhere is
carried on by the use of tokens or bits
of paper designated as bonds and stock
certificates, which are supposed to en-
title the holders of them to certain divi-
dends to be declared by managers of
railway and other corporations or to
certain interest installments payable at
stated times. Thecroupier at faro guar
antees prompt payment in cash to the
chip at the end of the game. The
seller of stocks and bonds in the game
in ''the street guarantees nothing eX-
cept the title and genuineness of the
chips. The purchaser buys under the
rule caveat emptor as to price and value.
The value of his purchase depends
upon the volume of railway traffic,
transportation rates, the state of the
money market, the ability, the honesty
or dishonesty of corporation managers,
the manner in which corporation re-
ports and accounts are made and kept,
whether these reports and accounts are
fair or cooked" whether the officers
wear smoked glasses" and the like.
Now, it is plain that the so-called
lambs" are at disadvantage in this
business, or game. In faro the splits
give the dealer a small percentage of
advantage, but this the player under
stands and may calculate on; the con-
tingencies and rascalities In the stock
BILE
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
4 GREAT BOOK FREE.

When Or. r Y. Pierce, of Buffalo,
n T., published the first edition of
his great work, The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, he announced
that after 6SO,0OO copies had been sold
at the regular price, Sl50 per copy,
the profit on which would repay him
for the great amount of labor and
money expended in producing it, he
would distribute the next half million
free. As this number of copies has
already been sold. he is now giriHg
dray, absolutely free, 100000 copies
of this most complete, interesting and
valuable common sense medical wolk
ever pubhshed-the recipient only be-
ing required to mail TO him, at above
address, twenty one t2D one-cent
stamps, 10 cover cost If mailing OHiB
ana the book viii be sent post paid.
1t is yeritable medical library, com
plete III one volume Contains lOOS
pages, profusely illustrated. The
FIRE. kdHioH is precisely the same as
tnat sold at $50 except only that the
books ars in strong manila paper
covers instead of clotn. Send Now be
fore all are given away
Every woman may have her price,
but most men are bargains.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
TYPEWRITES SiAMESE,
An Americaa Machine Made 40 the
Order OF Si..al's iNizs;..

Order Of Si.snl's King
In the window of typewriter COM
pany on Broadway is a typewriter the
keys of which are inscribed with figures
which look like studies in various spe-
cies of bacili. They are SiameSe char
acters. and the machine is one of Il NUM-
Der built TO the order of the king of
Siam. who is now travelling in Europe.
There are 76 characters on the key
board, a number of which are in the
nature of accents, qualifying the other
characters, and these are so related to
the letters, that in all about 800 char
aoters can be produced from the key
board. The accents all have to be upon
dead keys-that is, keys that when
struck do not cause movement of the
carriage, so that the accent may first be
printed and then the letter, without
having to move the carriage back. In
some words it is necessary to use as
many as three accents, says the New
York Sun.
There are no capital letters. Besides
the alphabetical characters there are
the usual ten numbers in SiameSe script
The company first began making these
machines about three years ago, under
the instructions of n secretary of the
Siamese court, who came to this coun-
try for the special purpose. There are
now several hundred of the machines
in Siam, and the saving of time and
labor is much greater than would be
the case in any occidental nation, as the
Siamese have no script, and all letters
are printed individually. In no respect
does the mechanism differ from that of
the English writing machine, save in
the unimportant matter of the dead
keys" There are 76 keys, the same
number as the regular machine of this
make
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

1t was no wonder she smiled so
kindly on Sam and helped him SO
bountifully to pie and jelly tart. She
felt that as long as she lived she
would be grateful to him.
Sam go after lzzy again" said the
boy, looking at her with a smile that
showed all his teeth.
''Such delightful New Years day.
Bessie Emma said, when the two
girls were getting ready to go to bed
that night, III be better all my life
for having known such noble, IN
selfish woman as your aunt. l have
made ever SO many good resolutions"
80 have l." rejoined Elizabeth,
but she did not tell her friend where
and under what circumstances they
had been made.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
Trees That Grow EIutcs.

This is the asofar, which grows in the
southern districts OF Nubia 1t yields a
gum known TO dealers as gedarcf. or
senaar gum. Dr.. Schweinfurt tells MS
that when the wind blows ameng its
branches it produces sound very much
like that of flute. These musical
properties are due to the fact that the
base of the thorns. with which its
branches are plentifuIly provided, is
perforated by an insect in search of the
sticky sap. The wind blowing in these
little holes transforms the thorns into
miniature flutes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
Cu-iOuS .upcrstiIiG7,

Among the superstitions OF the Sen
eca Indians was one most beautiful one.
When young maiden died they inn
prisoned a young bird until it first he
gan to try its powers of song, and then,
loading it with caresscs and messages,
they loosed its bonds over her grave. in
the belief that it would not fold its
wings nor close its eyes until ii had
flown to the spirit land and delivered its
precious burden of affection to the
loved and lost one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

1t is easy to catch a cold and just as
easy to get rid of it if You commence
early to use One Minute Cough Cure.
1t cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia and all throat and lung
troubles. 1t is pleasant to take, safe
to use and sure to cure, Henry Hin
richs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
NERVOUS DEBILITY,
VITAL WEAKNESS

and PrOstratiOn from Over
work or other causes.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific
No. 2S. IN use over 40 years, the only
successful remedy.
81 per vial or 5vias and large vial powder for S5
sud ~ Druggists sent postpaid receipt Of price
HunrnRfls' HEp. 60. tor William John New York
Don't bet on the unexpected just
because you have heard that 1t alway S
happens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va,
was frightfully burned on the face
and neck. Pain was instantly reliev
ed by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve,
which healed the injury without leav
ing a scar. 1t is the famous pile
remedy. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

j. A Perkins, of Antiquity. o., was
for thirty years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. He
was quickly cured by using DeWltt's
Witch Hazel Salve the famous healing
salve for piles and skin diseases. Hen
ry Hinrchs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Commander Rush during his recent
visit to Washington gave the Secre
tary of the Navy some encouraging
information concerning the naval
militia organizations in Michigan,
Illinois and Ohio.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Nrs. N. Ford, Ruddell's, H., suffer
er for eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
hlsers. the famous little pills for al
stomach and liver troubles. Henly
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, o says
After two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
coughs, colds and ali throat and lung
troubles. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
a KINGS GIFT.
Wedding Present of George III. In a
BosfOn Museum.

Studded with hundreds of diamonds,
great and small, lies in glass case in
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts the
wedding gift of George III. of England
to his bride, Queen Charlotte saws the
Globe. Very recently this superb adj
ditiOn to the treasures of the museum
has been procured through the death of
the lady in whose life possession it
was invested.
This magnificent and historically in
teresting relic is a chatelaine watch,
with belt clasp, band and pendants, all
of the finest gold and thickly incrusted
with jewels. 1t was presented by King
George to his queen at their marriage in
1861, and by her was worn, no doubt, at
many gay and social function of state
ceremonial.
The ornanentation of the watch and
its attachments are in the highest de-
gree elaborate. The clasp, which is
generous in size, bears in its center,
within an oval of lapis lazuli, the queen
consort's crown, resting upon a cushion,
the whole wrought in diamonds. On
the band below the clasp, on a similar
background, are Gaintily enwrought,
also in diamonds, the royal scepter, sur
mounted by it's cross, and the rod OF
equity, tipped with the dove. The two
rods are crossed and are united at the
point of juncture by delicate ribbon
of diamonds. Upon the watch itself,
again, appears upon a back ground of
blue the monogram &C. r" surnount-
ed by crown, also wrought in pre-
Vious stones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

The State Department is receiving
more advice as to how to put an end
to the Cuban suffering by forcible in
tervention than subscriptions for the
relief of starving concentrates.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

The deficit for the fiscal year, with
out counting the Union Pacific re-
ceipts, is S32,67S, ,407. If the Union
Pacific returns are taken in that de
felt is reduced to 1868, 407.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
CHILDREN's NIGHTLY HABITS.

DIR. E. DETCHoN's ANTI DIURErIg-M
be worth to you more than 500 if you
have child who soils bedding from in
confluence of water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the
trouble at once. 81. Sold by F. G.
Buerstatte, druggist, Manitowoc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
HUMPHREYS
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500 PAGE BOOK MAILED FREE.

CONTENTS
Part |. Diseases OF Horses.
Part IL. Diseases of Cattle.
Part III. Diseases Of Sheep.
Part ~. Diseases OF Hogs.
Part V. Diseases of Dogs.
Part vi. Diseases of Poultry.
Same book IN better binding SO cts.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Ladies, Take the Best. II you are
troubled with Constipation, Sallow Skin,
ard Tired Feeling, take Kris Clover
Tea, il is pleasant to take. Solo by o.
car Alter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Dyspepsia Cured. Shiloh's Vitalize
Immediately relieves Sour Stomach
Coming up Of Food Distress. and Is the
great kidney and liver remedy. Sold by
Oscar Alter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

One day in 1880 beautiful carriage
appeared on the boulevards of Paris
with an escutcheon in the shape of
scissors painted on the panel of each
door, This was the coat of arms of
Rhombcrg, the first man who made a
name as woman's dresmaker. Rhom-
berg, who was the son of a Bdvarian
peasant from the neighborhood of
Munich, owed his rapid success to his
genius for concealing and remedyine
defects of figure. He left an annual in
come of $4,000 francs to his heirs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
rbe O6esffS RecGrc.

Daniel Lambert. the famous fat man
and the most noted example of obesity
recorded in medical annals, was born
In ITO, and died at the age of 40, of ex-
cessive fat. His weight was 73e pounds
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Last year 456, ,939 persons we're con-
demned in the German Empire for
crimes and violations of tie laws:
44,312 of them were un lei Is years
old.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Out of thirty-four storms which
reached the French shores in 1896, all
but three were foretold by the central
meteorological office.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

The German reichstag is said to be
the cheapest CT all the parliaments of
Europe. Its total expenses for the
current year have been only $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Karl's Glover Root Tea is pleasant
laxative. Regulates the bowels, puiifies
the blood. Clears the complexion. Easy
10 make and pleasant to take. 25cts.
Sold by Oscar Alter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Berlin has made new loan of SIT,
O00,O00 for improvements in gas and
water works, etc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

During the first ten months of 1897
we shipped to Great Britain S745,O57
worth of machinery and S625,S4 IN
typewriters.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

One Minute Cough Cure cures
quickly. That's what you want! Hen
ry Hlnrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13
steam, Power.

The steam power of the world may be
reckoned as equivalent TO the strength
of ,OO0,OO0,0OO Of men, which is more
than twice the number of worktnen ex-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

a TTORNETS AND 1OUNSELORS AT LAW
y Office over First atiOna Bank. Eighth
Street Collections promptly attended to.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-13

Every woman may have her price
but most men are bargains.
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G. Or. u G.. II. SEDGWICk,
NASH & NASH

once in TOrrisons brick block north end
9Th street bridge, IlnitowDc, Wisconsin, Col |
ectiOns promptly attended to.
The times., 1898-11-20
The Passion Play Pictures.

The Passion Play pictures come to the
Grand Opera House this week, and will
be seen every evening except Thanksgiv-
ing night. Daily matinees will be given at
4:l5 for the especial benefit of school chill
dren and those in Government employ
Since the Passion Play pictures We're first
seen here they have been shown in the
leading cities of the country with great
success, winning the approval of press
and pulpit. Many prominent divines have
personally indorsed the exhibition. Dur
ing the past few weeks the views have
been taken through the South, drawing
large audiences. In Richmond 5000 peo-
pie are said to have attended in one even
ing. A vivid and instructive, as well as
entertaining, lecture is given during the
entertainment by James SkelIy, and the
performance is interspersed with vocal
numbers, Blanche Yewell and n. Du-
shane Cloward singing. The sale of seats
opens tomorrow at Guzman's, in E. F.
Droop & Sons.
The times., 1898-11-20

Miss Nielsen Is as charming as a pic
ture, has one of those deliciously sweet
and well trained sopranos that 1t is re-
freshing to listen to, and a natty figure
that is supple, petite and youthful. In
THE Fortune Teller" she is said to ex-
haust several wardrobes in the assump-
ton of three characteristic pupil of a
ballet school, a gypsy fakir and young
lieutenant of the Guards To each part
she is supposed to give natural vivacity
that is simply delightful
THE Fortune Teller" has served to in
crease the already enviabIe reputation of
Victor Herbert as a musicianly composer
of comic opera and of Harry B. Smith as
n facile deyiser of comic opera stories,
funny dialogue and jingiIng lyrics. The
scene of the piece is laid in Hungary, and
the production is supposedly full of color
and action There is a view of a ballet
school, and later gipsies and Hungarian
Hussars are seen in picturesque group
ings- Mr.. Herberts music Is said to be
beautifully melodious and rhythmic full
of dainty airs. stirring martial selec-
tions and noble concerted numbers
The presentation Is under the direction
of f. l.. Perley, who has supported Miss
Nielsen with an exceptionally strong
company and claims to have garnished
the opera with n splendor of brilliant ef-
fects and a marvellous assortment of
snowy costumh.g. The cast, in addition
to Miss Nielsen. includes Jennie Haw-
ley, Marguerite Sylvia, Ursula Cur
nett, Eugene Cowles, the noted
basso; Joseph Herbert Richard
Golden, Joseph Cawthorn. Frank Rush.
worth, and Paul Nicholson, jr. The en-
semble is said to include a superb chorus,
a drum corps and a band of trumpeters.
The orchestra Is to be directed by that
well known and efficient conductor, Paul
Steindorff. There will be two matinees
of THE Fortune Teller this week, one
on Thanksgiving afternoon and the other
on Saturday.
The times., 1898-11-20
THE PASSING SHOW.

Whatever may be the force of an argu-
ment concerning the possibility of Ad-
ANS sons founding race, there can be
no doubt that later on those persons who
made themselves conspicuous by inform
ing Job that his boils were only cancers
and might not last longer than a life
time, left a large and ample posterity.
Many of these comforting fellows have
strayed into the theatrical business and
between themselves often manage to
make things numerously uncomfortable
for men who have invested their money
and yet like to imagine that the tide
Is favorable for elimination of the
cast your bread upon the waters act.
Fortunately for unbiased art and a stage
unhampered by mercenary considera-
tons the prophecies of such folk do not
always turn out to be true and hence 1t
is that there are still a few shows on
the road.
The present season began with the
most dismal sort of wall from the par
ticular descendants of Jobs comforters
existing in this generation. Things were
in an unsettled condition-quoth the ad-
visers-war had sent thousands of men
to foreign shores and financial interests
were not generally such as would per-
init of the gilded youth taking his best
SiTi lIltO d uTtSS CHAIR a. Ine inca
ter. Interest in amusements had complete
ly died out and bankruptcy was ahead
of the million and one people engaged in
the professional world. OF course, this
cry was not general and there were many
who did not hesitate to declare that con-
ditions were most favorable for a big
year. But the pessimist was unusually
in evidence, notwithstanding. and he got
in his nefarious work with heavy strokes.
The Dramatic Mirror, which has more
sources of Information than any single
combination in the country, called atten-
tion last week to the fact that the past
three months must have been in the ma
ture of a fearful disappointment to the
comforters aforementioned. For not
since the panic of 1892 has there been a
season that has proven anything like as
good as the present one. This is not true
alone with the bigger attractions but
also of the repertoire organizations. the
cheaper opera companies, the popular
The times., 1898-11-20
"si,nIn sennceo Tonight.

When Sir Russell Dequi presented his
'Sima Seance'' at the Columbia two
weeks ago he made so pronounced sue
cess that his managers are said to have
been overwhelmed with requests to re-
peat the entertainment. The name,
"Simla Seance" is given TO the affair
from the fact that In it Sir Russell shows
many of the weird manifestations of the
most noted Maha tmas at their annual
gatherings at Simia, in the Himalaya
Mountains. India. Some of the results
accomplished at the last performance
were SO wonderful as to cause many to
think them the result of the supernatural.
from such sources, however. but does say
most emphatically that he is endowed
and has developed TO a really remarkable
the sixth sense"
tonight, there will be many new and
wonderful features included in the pro-
gram, while the marvellous feats of slate
writing, which so mystified before will be
repeated, as will also the reading and
answering Of questions written by per-
sons in the audience. The performer
makes a special request of all who may
have queries for which replies are desired
that they write and seal the same at their
homes. This is merely done in order to
reduce to the minimum all chance of
trickery. new feature of the Smila
seance viii be a spirit dance which will
be presented in the fun glare of billliant
light. This is an original conception. and
is said to be so startling in effect as to
seem almost miraculous