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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
ABOUT CARBUNCLES.
rible Eruption Is Grave
ly Ill.

Pimples, boils and carbuneles are es-
sentially the same thing-an intiamma-
ton of the skin, and of the tissues i'm
mediately beneath it-and differ only
in size. But while this is true, the diff
ference in size is fraught with con-
sequences so serious as TO constitute
practically point of distinction be-
tween two separate diseases.
In a carbuncle the Inflammation is
usually more deeply seated than IN a
boil, and is spread over much greater
surface. 1t is also accompanied by
signs of general disturbance of the sys-
tenn, signs which are usually absent in
the case of an ordinary boil.
The appearance of carbuncle is gen
orally preceded by little feverishness,
headache and general ill-feeling, and
sometimes by one or more slight chills
or a chilly sensation. The first sign of
the local inflammation is swelling in
the part affected. This may be nodu-
lar, as if several boils were beginning
together, or even and rounded, like a
pad of cloth or tightly pressed cotton.
After growing somewhat in circum-
ference, the carbuncle begins to swell,
pushing up the skin, which is OF a
purplish red color and hot to the touch.
Small blisters may form over it, break,
and exude a clear, sticky fluid, which
dries and forms scabs.
In time a number of small openings
appear and discharge pus. All the It's
sue involved in the carbuncle dies and
is thrown off Whitish or blackish
shreds are discharged through the
openings already formed, and later the
entire remaining mass becomes gan
grenous and melts away, leaving wide,
deep hole, which may take weeks or
months to heal.
The neck is the most frequent seat of
carbuncles; then come the back, the
scalp and the face; the trunk and limbs
are seldom invaded.
The pain is at first comparatively
slight, but soon grows excessive, with
violent throbbing and burning sensa-
tons, as if live coal were buried in
the flesh. A person with boil can usu-
ally attend to his regular duties, but
one with carbuncle is gravely i'll.
Sufferers from carbuncles are almost
never vigorous; the aged are much ex-
posed to them, and they frequently at
tack sufferers from Bright's disease or
diabetes.
The treatment of carbuncles coin
cides in part with that OF boils, but the
patient is usually so i'll that there
should be no temporizing with simple
remedies. The physicians aid should
be invoked at once.-Youth's Compan-
ion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
GOOD MORNING.

When have slept the night away.
And wake to see the light OF day,
! rise and dress, and down the stair
trip, and hear from everywhere,
Good morning! oh, good morning all!'
From every lip the same words fall.
And yet learned in school last year,
They do not greet as we do here,
In countries far across the sea,
For children in old Germany
Say: "Guten Morgenr' and I'm sure
In sunny France they cry: Bon jourl"
And boys and girls in Naples say,
In such pretty. pleasant way:
"Buon Giorno!' and my dear Aunt Jane.
Who Travelled long ago in Spain,
Says little Spanish children greet:
"Buenos Dias!" clear and sweet.
And so 1t is the wide world through.
In Russia, and in Holland, too,
The queer old Turk, the Swede, the DAM
Not one can say: Good morning!' plain;
But some strange gibberish instead,
That does not seem to me well-bred;
And only English folk and we
Can speak ii as il ought to be.
SO now I'm thinking up plan
To so abroad when I'm man,
And teach these foreigners TO say
Good morning." IN a proper way.
--Zitella Cooke, in Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
MOUSE WAS SMART.
Ate Wax Candle, and That Was
Easy Enough, But How Did
He Get at Itt

At the end of the bathing season Of
1898 candle was left on the mantel-
piece of family in Pouliguen, France.
When they returned this spring they
found, according to La Nature, that a
mouse had done these things:
Climbed somehow marble chimney
piece, there being no piece Of furniture
near enough to leap from and 10 way of
descending from above;
Climbed the candlestick itself, which
was OF highly-polished silver, over ten
inches high, with broad flare at the
cup;
Climbed the candle, began eating at
the top, eaten evenly all round down
to the base, leaving the bare wick stand
ing up perfectly straight.
IL the mouse had begun at the base
of the candle its weight would have
caused it to topple over. 1t must have
taken the mouse a good many days to
eat the candle down to the bottom.-N
Y. World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28

has been aided not only in every ma
tsrial way possible, but also by kindly
encouragement and recognition, and,
on the part of the head of the British
postal service, Mr.. Preece, a generosity
unsurpassed. The latter gentleman,
recognizing the superior points of Mar
coni's methods over any of his own,
with which he had been experimenting
for many years, helped him in every
way possible to develop his new sys-
tenn. Its practicability was shown be-
fore the close of 1897 by experiments
made in crowded city districts as well
as in the open country. Between
Bournemouth, on the mainland, and
Alum Bay, on the Isle of Wight, a dis
lance of IS miles, regular service has
been established.
During the convalescence of the
prince of Wales last year communica-
ton was maintained without difficulty
between Osborne house, the queens
residence on the Isle of Wight and the
yacht in which the prince was lying, at
a distance varying from two to seven
miles from the shore. One hundred and
fifty messages were sent. Regular serv-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
BRAINY YOUNG MAN.
Marconi, the Inventor of Telegraph
ing Without Wires.
VIII visit the United States Very SooE
success of "a New Hot Air
Treatment for Acute
rheumatism.
Especial Correspondence

Now that it is known that the young
Italian electrician, Sig. Guglielmo
Marconi, is to be visitor in this
country considerable interest is be-
ing shown in regard to his per-
sonal history. Although now so thor
oughly identified with his work in
connection with the development of
wireless telegraphy, he received very
little attention from the public, even
after having proved the practicability
of transmitting messages without
wires, until about two years ago, wher,
becoming a resident of England, his
mothers birthplace, he found himself
associated with other workers along his
lines in that country. He was born in
Bologna about &c years ago and has,
since his extreme youth, been much
interested in various experiments and
inventions.
The unsatisfactory results attained
by those attempting to signal without
wires caused his earnest endeavors to
turn in that direction, and having DEM
onstrated the possibility of utilizing
the Hertzian waves for that purpose, he
left Italy and found financial and sci
entific hackers in England. There he
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
SAVED BIZ A GOOSE.
Bird Gives Timely Warning to a Sem
try Who Had Saved Her own
Life Before.

Ella Rodman Church tells a very
Strange Story of a Goose" in st. Mich
olas-a story that recalls the legend
of the Roman capitol and the cackling
geese that saved it from surprise: This
goose made its first appearance near
Quebec over so years ago, when some
British troops had been sent out to put
down a rebellion of the colonists. A GER
tain farm in the neighborhood suspect
ed of being a resort for the insurgents
was surrounded by sentries placed at
some distance apart, and one day the
sentry whose post was near the gate
of the farm heard singular noise. A
fine, plump goose soon appeared on
run, making directly for the spot where
the soldier stood, and close behind, in
pursuit came hungry fox.
The sentry's first impulse was to
shoot the thievish animal and rescue the
goose; but, since the noise of the report
would have brought out the guard on
false alarm, he was obliged to deny him.
self this satisfaction.
The fox was gaining on his intended
prey, when the goose, in frantic eff
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
GOOSE ON SENTRY DUTY.

fort to reach the sentry box, ran his
head and neck between the holders
legs just as the pursuer was on the
point of Selling it. Fortunately the
guard could use his bayonet without
making a disturbance, and he did this
to such good advantage that the pur-
suit was soon ended.
The rescued goose, evidently ami
mated by the liveliest gratitude, rubbed
it's head against its deliverer's legs and
performed various other joyful and kit
ten-like antics. Then, deliberately TAX
ing up it's residence at the garrison
post, it walked up and down with the
sentry while he was on duty and thus
accompanied each successive sentry
| who appeared to patrol that beat.
About two months later the goose ac-
tually saved the life of it's particular
friend in very remarkable way. The
soldier was again on duty at the same
place, and on moonlight night when
the moon was frequently obscured by
passing clouds the enemy had formed
a plan to surprise and kill him. His
| feathered devotee was beside him, as
usual, when he paced his lonely beat,
challenging at every sound and then
standing at ease" before his sentry
box. The goose always stood at eases
too, and it made very comical picture.
But some undesirable spectators-at
least of the soldiers movements-were
stealing cautiously toward the place
under cover of the frequent clouds and
a line of stunted pine trees. Nearer and
nearer to the post they crawled, till one
of them, with uplifted knife, was about
to spring on the unsuspecting man.
Then it was that the watchful goose
covered itself with glory by rising I'M
eXpectedly from the ground and flap
ping its wings in the faces of the would
be assassins. They rushed blindly for
ward; but sthe sentry succeeded in
shooting one Of the party and bayonet-
ing another, while the goose continued
to worry and confuse the remainder I'M
til they fled wildly for their lives.
The brave bird was at once adopted
by the regiment, under the name Of 'Ja-
cob" and decorated with a gold col
lar on which his name was engraved, in
appreciation of his services. Ever after,
during his life of ~ years, he did sentry
duty at home and abroad, for he was
taken to England at the close of the war
in Canada and greatly lamented there
when he died. His epitaph reads:
Died on Duty" and no human senti-
mel could have been more faithful
than poor old Jacob.
AS it may occur to some readers who
have not made a study OF the interest
ing and almost human ways of many
animals to doubt the truth of so re-
markable a story, they are referred to
the gold collar, with Jacobs name and
exploit engraved on it, which may still
be seen at the headquarters of the horse
guards in London.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28

ice between the East Goodwin Sands
lightship and the South Foreland land
station, seven miles distant, has been
established for about nine months.
Last March the first messages between
England and France were flashed
across the English channel, the distance
covered being estimated at from rs to
80 miles. The complete success of the
system employed by Marconi requires
the use of vertical wires at the trans
hitting and receiving stations, the
height of the wires varying according
to tie distance to be covered, also de-
pending TO some extent on the Undue
ton coil of the Geographic apparatus.
For the channel service wire $50 feet
high is used, while with the others men
toned above so to 90 feet has been found
to be a sufficient elevation.
1t is not TO be expected that we shall
treat Marconi with the veneration
which our democratic hatures allow us
to accord to the lords, dukes, etc,
who are sometimes loaned to us for a
season by our mother country that we
may help them to recuperate their men
tai and moral stamina, as well as fill
their pockets, but there are numbers
of our countrymen prepared to recog-
nize the worth of the young mans dis
will not be neglected by the nation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
Country with One Policeman.

There is one country in the world, and
probably only one, which gets along
with a single policem2n; that is Iceland.
Iceland is peopled by the descendants of
Vikings, including many famous war
riors and heroes, out they are so law
abiding that they have no need of POI
licemen, The solitary officer, in spite
of his great responsibility, has an easy
time. He is maintained more for orna-
ment and dignity than for use. The Ice
landers think it would not do to have a
capital without policeman, and SO
they keep one. This police force is
large in one sense. Its member is six
feet high, broad-shouldered and hand
somely uniformed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
Seed Loaf.

Half pound of butter, six ounces of
powdered sugar, four eggs, half an
ounce of caraway seeds, one pound of
flour, teaspo onful of baking powder,
quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, half a
gill of milk. Line cake tin with three
layers of CREASED paper. Cream to-
gether the butter and sugar. Then put
in the eggs one by one, beat them well.
Sieve together the flour, salt and bak-
ing powder. Now stir the -four lightly
into the butter and eggs. Then add the
caraway seeds and milk Pour the mix
ture into the prepared tin and bake in a
moderate oven about 1h hours. To
find out if the cake is cooked stick a
skewer into the deepest part; unless it
comes out perfectly clean the cake is
not done. When done, turn out OF the
tin and place on a sieve till cold.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
MONEY IN HISTORIC SPOTS
BirthpIaccs of Famous Men Are
Worth Considerable in a Spec
ulative Way.

Last year no fewer than $4,000 peo-
pie passed the turnstiles which guard
the entrance to the little room in which
Burns first saw the light. In 1896, the
centenary year of Burns Ceath, the
number reached $4,000, and as two
pence is demanded from each visitor
u very simple calculation will show
what large sum of money is annually
obtained by this means.
The cottage is a very humble one
stored little erection, with matched
roof, and the poets father, when he
first went to live there, would have
opened his eyes pretty widely had any
one been able to tell him what sum
was one day to be received for it. The
place was bought from him (after the
poets death) by corporation of shoe
makers, who afterward sold it to the
present trustees for $4,000.
Another famous birthplace which at
tracts a large number of people is that
of Thomas Carlyle at Eccletechan,
which is 20 or 80 miles north of Car
Isle. There is no fixed scale of charges
for visiting this cottage, but as 1905
people climbed the stairs last year and
each probably left something with the
caretaker it will be easily seen that
here, too, is nice little property.
There are other places, more or less
well known, scattered about in differ
ent parts of England and Wales, which
the tourist often visits. Shakespeare
is still veritable little gold mine to
Standardization. People from all
parts of the world make pilgrimages
to the little Warwickshire town in or
der to see the famous poets birthplace.
The charge for admission to the house
is six pence, but as an interesting mu-
scum is usually visited at the same time,
for which an extra six pence is de-
manded, few persons leave the build
ing without leaving one shilling behind
them.
Then there is Ann Hathaways cot
tage to be also seen. This is a mile
away from Stratford, at the pretty little
village of Shottery, and it is where the
poets wife was wooed and won. The
writer, during a recent visit to it, was
informed that on an average 100 peo-
pie day all the year round came to
see the cottage, and as each visitor
pays six pence, $500 or $4,000 a year
must be made out oSit.-Chicago Chron-
icle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
MARKS CENTER OF POPULATION

ulation, and that the marker of the cen
ter will start on return course toward
the horizon of the morning sun. Gov
eminent officials, however, who keep
well posted on the affairs of population,
believe that the shaft will continue
westward and that during the next ten
years it will remain in Indiana. Near
Terre Haute has been selected as the
most probable point.
In 1850 this center was at point al
most due south Of Parkersburg, w. Va.
Ten years later il moved over into the
southeastern border of Ohio and for
30 years remained IN Ohio, coming, in
1870, to point near Chillicothe, and
in 1880 it dropped down to almost the
center Of nnati.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
SEEING HIS NAME IN PRINT.
He Succeeded All Right, But His Lit
tie Ruse Didn't Result in
EulORy.

Some people are so crazy tn see their
names in print" said an amateur cynic
the other day, that they would be will
ing to die if they could only read their
death notices."
Did you ever actually know of a case
of that kindH' asked an old reporter
in the group.
81 can't say I ever did," replied the
amateur cynic.
"Well, / have" said the reporter.
"The star actor in the little affair was
a lumberman. and pretty well known
lumberman, too. He doesn't live here
abouts now, and l suppose it would
be safe to tell the story. The lumber
man conceived the idea that he was a
very valuable and popular citizen in
the community where he lived. The
Authorization was unshared by any of
his fellow beings, but il had such "a
firm hold on his mind that on one occa-'
sion, when he was in New York, he de-
cided to wire home that he had been
found dead, merely to get chance to
peruse the euloges he felt certain
would appear in the local papers. He
intended, of course, to telegraph later
on that it was all a mistake.
well, he sent the first message, sign
ing some fictitious name, and awaited
developments. In couple of days the
local papers came to hand, and when
he real them he nearly had a fit. They
had at once adopted the theory that
he died from the effects of big spree,
and printed a spicy resume Of his past
career to support the hypothesis. They
also intimated that the community
could struggle along very nicely with
out him. After he had digested these
pleasing tributes he concluded not to
send the other telegram, but to return
in person and pay his respects to the
editors. | forget now which licked, but
the affair was the talk of the section
for months, and effectually cured the
lumberman of any hungering for news
paper notoriety. BY the way, this yarn
Us letter true. The incident occurred
over in Texas."-N. 0. Times-Demo-
crat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28
CENTER OF POPULATION.
For Another Ten Years 1t Will Prob
ably Remain Within the Dor-
ders of Indiana.

There stands in a lonely rural spot
In Decatur county, few miles south
of Greensburg, Ind, a large granite
movement marking the center of popu-
lation as shown by the census of the
United States of 1890. This monument
was erected by western newspaper
and unveiled and dedicated on May 10,
1891. The accompanying picture of the
shaft is from a photograph recently
taken and is at this time of peculiar in
terest, in view of the fact that the cen-
ter of population probably will move
further to the west after the compile
ton of the government census next
year.
Just where its next location will be
no one can tell. Speculation is rife as
to the extent of the shift of the center
nf population of the country. Many are
of the opoinion that the western move
ment will be less than heretofore, and
some even declare that the east has out
stripped the west during the past ten
years in the matter of increase of pop
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-28

rangement between the two cylinders
extracts moisture from the inner at
mosphere and it passes off through two
escape pipes at the top.
Several gas burners underneath the
outside plate furnish heat. Strips of
| cork, an inch and a half thick, line the
inside of the cylinders. Patients are
placed inside the machine on a mat
tress of abestos and magnesia, the
head being left outside. While the tenn
perature of this machine may be raised
to 400 degrees, in Turkish bath no
one can stand more than 100 degrees,
because of the moisture. Some 400 pa
tients have thus far been treated by
this method in the hospital named.
Some were said to have been literally
twisted into knots by rheumatism. One
man was SO doubled up that his arms
and legs seemed to have changed places.
He was finally Strengthened out, but
not entirely cured, although, to his
great joy, he is now able to dance Jig.
The theory is that the hot air draws
the poison from the system. One case
of chronic lumbago and sciatica of
16 years standing, which had been
treated by noted physicians in Italy,
Germany, and at different springs in
America, was kept in the machine for
two hours. The patient was then told
to get out. He thought it impossible
for him to make the necessary move
ments. When he found that he could
work himself out without much pain,
and could then walk his qualification
was beyond description. After five or
six treatments he was we'll. Several
cases of locomotor ataxia have been
much benefited.
If it can be made certain that the
machines can be always depended upon
to exhaust the moisture from the lot
air and can always be in charge Of
skilled attendants, they bid fair to rank
among the important discoveries of the
century.
The destruction to crops from hail.
stones is such a cause of dread in farm
ing districts, especially in those coun-
tries where the vineyards furnish the
| chief means of subsistence to the peo-
pie, that for many years efforts have
been made to discover some method of
preventing their falling. Chief among
these has been the use of the mortar.
A special form is now used, set in
wooden base and having a sheet-iron
cone 61a feet high fixed to its mouth.
The mortar is charged with powder,
well tamped down, the cone placed and
the piece fired. Owing to the vibra-
tons of the cone, considerable dis
turbance is produced in the air. If this
kind of mortar is fired near forming
hailstorm, the stones cannot form, and
heavy shower of rain falls. Many
Italian provinces are adopting this
method of protection. In Syria and
Carniola. where these mortars were
first used, the vineyards thus defended
have remained uninjured for three
years. One mortar protects a space
of from 1000 to 1850 feet in diameter.
Hence, they should be placed from
two-thirds to one mile apart These
mortars in bronze cost about $50. If
made of cast iron, the price would be
less. EDWARD JULIAN.