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The Wee Spric o. Heather.

Roses, an orchids, an a., are naething sac
precious tae me,
As this wee sprig o. faded heather which has
journed across the sea.
opened my letter an IuIked, an there, m the
inmost fauld,
Lay this wee bit o. Scoiia's heather, which
"a uld Lang Syne" recalled,
Days, when the hail warF seemed sac bonnie,
an BRIGHT. an wide.
Frae my nuik l. the fragrant heather heich on
the mountain side;
The laverock, ava i the lift, seemed brakin'
It's merit WI glee,-
Wha wadna fairly dIrl tae hing + the lift over
the sea!
Obi for the smell O. the heather honeyed, an
dewy, an saft
The bees hung buzzinly over it, fairly ducken
an daft:
Thebluebels nodded their sauey heids, as
blue as the lift abune.
AT the lang, STRAIGHT, purple foxgleve, their
naughty mountain queen.
Doom at the hillside's fit, whaur the fields lay
yellow and ripe
1 could hear the cOrucraik grown, and the
plover cheerily pipe;
The smell o the saut sea cam soughin' upon
the breeze
Oh, there surely were never, never sic bonnie
lang days as these!
Dear wee bit o. faded heather! ye min O. the
days sac lang,
Ye min o the bonnie blue sky and the lave
rocks meltin' sang;
Think ye, wee withered WIGHT, gin ] wandered
up there ance mair,
Wad the sky seem aye as blue an BRIGHT an,
the war; ave as faiT2
Wad the laverock's sang be as Iood, al the
haill warl' aye as sweet
AS 1t was when climbed the hill WI fresh,
untired feet?
Oh, wee bit o heather! We dlnna ken hoo we've
cheered an lichtened me,
BrlDgin a message We wOt nae o., frae the
dear Ian over the sea!
Good Housekeeping.
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The girl pondered over the matter

The girl pondered over the matter
for moment or two.
Il would rather die than live in the
wigwam of Wyandank, she replied,
| slowly.
The old man drew closer to the girl.
Listen, Mary, to my plan" he said.
| 1--WE may gain both lands and ven-
geance, and yet give nothing in return.
Agree to become the squaw of Wyand-
ank if he will kill Richard for you,
and will sign to me the lands that he
has offered. When the murder is ac-
complished I will contrive a way to
denounce Wyandank as the murderer
of Flanders. See how good the plan
is. The tool destroys the traitor; the
act destroys the tool. Come will you
| consent? The chief will be here
| anon"
Yes" cried the girl with desperate
resolution. ''He has trampled upon
my heart, and it is but just that his
own should pay the forfeit"
Then the keen ears of the old wood
| man detected the sound of footsteps
| approaching in the sand.
You must contrive some plan to
l CIV duC Will luC uIlIlt
| can SET the colonists upon him." the
old man said hastily.
Trust me for that" the girl re-
piled.
And then the tall chief, Wyandank,
| stalked into the cabin.
With willy art the outlaw revealed
the service required to the chief, and
| the savage consented at once.
Before light-see scalpr' the Indian
said laconically, and departed at once
upon his mission.
And true to his word, just as the
| first streaks of the coming dawn were
| beginning to line the eastern skies the
Indian stalked again, with stately
tread, into the cabin.
The girl glared at the savage with
hungry eyes.
Wyandank opened his blanket,
which was folded tight around him,
| and 10, human scalp of dark brown
hair, fresh torn from the head, hung
at his girdle.
The girl recognized the locks with
which her fingers had SO often played.
1T is well, chief" she said; '.wait
a moment" and then she passed out
inuO U4e ar.
The outlaw al once produced the
parchment conveying the lands that
the Indian had agreed to give. and
! pressed the chief to afffx his totem
to the deed.
The savage consented, and the out
law, now sole master of a thousand
broad acres, smiled in glee.
An hour passed, and the girl did not
return.
Wyandank grew uneasy; he feared
some trick.
Forth the two proceeded in search
of the girl. They did not have far to
60, for upon the beach, at the edge of
the ripping tide, dagger driven in
her heart, lay the body of the girl.
She had perished by her own hand.
A moment Wyandank gazed, and
then, swiftly drawing his tomahawk,
he slew the outlaw even where he
stood, for the savage chief would not
give his lands for naught; fast he fled
in his canoe across the water and
sought safety amid his tribe. Wyand-
ank was never suspected of the mur-
der of young Flanders; all believed
that the desperate girl had done the
| deed, but in his last hour the savage
| told the fearful story
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(First publication February %, 1881
FORECLOSURES SALE.

By virtue of a mortgage dated on the 1ith day
OF April, A. D., 1883 Henry Rockey, Jr., and Kate
Rockey, hIs wife, of the county of Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, conveyed to Wencel Click as guardian
OF Anna Maria Steuber, minor child OF Joseph
5teuber, deceased, of same place, the follow
ing described real estate situated in the coun-
ty of Manltowoc, Wisconsin, and particularly
described as follows, to-wit: The west half of
the northeast quarter of section number twenty
one CD, town number twenty (2O). range number
twenty-three t23l. That said mortgage contained
power of sale and was recoI ded in the Office of
the register OF deeds of ManltoWoc county on the
l2tn Gay OF April, A. D., 1888, at l024 o'clock NJ,
IN Vol. IL of mortgages on page 242 and was on
the day of its date duly executed and acknowl-
edged by the SAID mortgagors and was given TO
secure note of even date herewith for the sum
q one hundred and seventy-seven dollars, pay
able one year after date with interest thereon at
the rate of seven per cent. per annum, payable
annually, and payable to the order of said mort
gagee.
That thereafter, to-wit: on the 18th day OF Feb
ruary, A. D., lSS8, the said mortgage duly sold
and transferred said note, and assigned said mort
gage to John Smith, the undersigned, by an in
stftlment IN writing under seal duly witnessed
and acknowled yed to entitle it to be re-
corded, and it was duly recorded in the office of
the register Of deeds of Manitowoc county Wis
consin, On the 15tn day of February, A. D. 1885, at
two O'Clock and fifty minutes p. NJ III Vol. 10
OF mortgages, on page 241.
That default has been made said note and
mortgage by nonpayment OF the said principal
sum OF one hundred and seyenty-seven dollars
or any part thereof and that there is due on said
note and mortgage and from said mortgagors to
the undersigned assignee and owner and holder
thereof at the date hereof, the said sum of one
hundred and seVenty-seven dollars, principal
and the sum of ten 66-100 dollars interest thereon
being in all the sum of one hundred eighty-seven
66-100 dollars.
That said mortgagOrs further stipulated and
agreed IN SAID mortgage to pay the costs and
charges and the of thirty dollars solicitor 3
fees.
That no action has been commenced at law or
IN equity to recover said sum due, or any part
thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that said
mortgaged premises viii be sold at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder the 7th day of April
A. d. 1883, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, at the sheriffs office in the court house. at
the city Of Manitowoc in said county of Mani
towoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated February q, 1888.
apr5 JOHN SMITH, Assignee
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Horse Blankets whichare strong
and have reputation are always
initiated in poor qualities which
look like them, but having fewer
warp threads are not as strong.
Some dealers buy these poor
limitations for a few cents less and
by saying theyare Gust as good"
sell them at the same price as the
strong blankets to parties who do
not know the difference.
You cannot tell whether horse
blankets are strong by the look
or feel, as the warp threads do
not show on the face. How then
are you to know?
1norderthat you cantella a strong
blanket from weak one, the manu-
facturer Of 5A Horse Blankets
sews the above 81 Trade Mark
inside of each blanket. This is a
guarantee that it is the strongest
blanket made for the money and
will wear well.
Many poor limitations have been
sold as 5A blankets. Remember
none are genuine unless the
81 Trade Mark is sewed inside.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-03-29

STORY OF THE FAIR Married
to Francesca degli Agolanti, the one of
her two lovers who loved her least, Gin
evra was buried alive during a trance or
collapse which looked like death. Wax
ing up to consciousness in the moonlight,
she freed herself from her grave clothes
aud crawled to the house of her husband
for shelter. lie, sOrrowful for her death
as he was, refused to believe that this
pale revenante, crying at his door, was
his living wife, aud superstitiousiy de-
pied her admittance. So did her mother
SO did her uncle. Then, nearly dying in
good earnest, she betook her to the house
of her other and truer lover, Antonio di
Rondinelii, and sank faintin2 on the
threshold, after she had cried for help.
And Rondinelli, enlightened by love, re-
cognized her voice, took her in, warmed,
fed, comforted her, and eventually mar
red her as by right. The bishop con
sentcd to the divorce as having been
made by death, and to the remarriage as
having been consecrated by love, and
faith gained what fear had lost.-Fort-
nightly Review.
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What Evolution is Not.

Everybody nowadays talks about
evolution. Like electricity, the chol-
era-germ. woman's rights, the great
mining boom. and the Eastern ques-
ton, is it lin the air." 1t pervades
society everywhere with its subtle
essence; it infects small talk with its
familiar catchwords, and its slang
phrases; it even permeates that last
stronghold of rampant Philstinism,
the third leader in the penny papers.
Everybody believes he knows all about
it, and discusses it as glibly in his
everyday conversation as he discusses
the points of race-horses he has never
seen, the charms of peeresses, he has
never spoken to, and the dement's of
authors he has never read. Every
body is aware, in dim and nebulous
semi-conscious fashion, that it was all
invented by the late Mr.. Darwin, and
reduced to a system by Mr.. Herbert
Spencer, don't you know, and a lot
more of those scientific fellows. 1t is
generally understood in the best
informed circles that evolutionism
consists for the most part in belief
about Nature at large essentially
SIMILAR to that applied by Topsy to
her own origin and early history. 1t
is conceived, in short. that most things
.'grOwed." Especially is it known
that, in the opinion of the evolutiUnists
as body, we are all of us ultimately
descended from men with tails, who
were the final offspring and improved
edition of the common gorilla. That,
very briefly put, is the popular con-
ception of the various points in the
great modern evolutionary pro-
gramme.
1t is scarcely necessary to inform
the intelligent reader, who, of course,
differs fundamentally from the inferior
class of human beings known to all
| of us in oalr own minds as .'other peo-
pie, that almost every point in the
| catalogue thus briefly enumerated is
n popular fallacy of the widest de-
scriptIon. Mr.. Darwin did not invent
evolution any more than George
Stephenson invented tie steam-engine,
or Mr.. Edison the electric telegraph
We are not descended from men with
| tails any more than we are descended
from Indian elephants. There is no
| evidence that we have anything in
| particular more than the remotest
| iiftieth cousinship with our poor rela-
ton the West African gorilla. Science
is not in search of a "missing link;
few links are anywhere missing. and
those are for the most part wholly un-
| important ones. If we found the i'm
aginary link in question, he would not
be a monkey, nor yet in any way a
tailed man. And so forth generally
through the whole list of popular be-
| liefs and current fallacies as to the
| real meaning of evolutionary teaching.
Whatever the people think evolutlona-
ry is for the most part pure parody
of the evolutionist's opinion.-PopuLar
| Science Monthly.
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A Strange Missionary Work.

One of the saddest chapters in hu-
man history is repeating itself on the
coast of Africa. The same degrada-
ton of savage tribes that followed the
contact of the aborigines of America
with the Christian peoples of Europe
is now being seen in Africa as the re-
suit of the incursion of the Christian
people of Europe and America. The
free introduction of intoxicating liq-
uors, which has followed the fail
ure of the fourteen powers taking part
in the Berlin congress of 1SS4-5 to
agree upon absolute prohibition of i'm
portation into the free state of Congo,
is working great havoc among the
natives. Strong drink pours into
Africa from all parts of the globe.
The United States, unhappily. stands
third in the list of importing coun-
tries. In 1SS4-5 we sent to Africa an
aggregate of 921, ,412 gallons of spirits.
In 1886 Boston sent $3.50 gallons in
one cargo. Germany and Holland,
the two powers whose unwillingness
to join in a prohibition of all such
traffic with native tribes defeated the
efforts of the United States, England,
Italy, and Belgium in that direction
at the Berlin congress, taking the lead
in this profitable trade. The latest
statistics, which are two years old, put
down 100000 of the 10000, 900 gal
Ions imported into Africa in 1886 to
the share of Germany-or nearly three
fourths. Holland sent about l 200, 600
gallonS.-NelO York Tribune.
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Flat-Headed Indians.

The custom of fattening the heads
by pressure was about universal among
the Puget Sound indians. 1t was done
in infancy with hat made of cedar
bark beaten, pressed steadily on the
forehead. 1t has been so often de-
scribed by numerous writers that no
further description is here necessary.
School-teachers here have been unable
to see any difference between the in-
tellect of those whose heads have thus
been tlattened and those which are
natural. Some of the Indians how
ever. believe it has caused numerous
headaches among them in after life.
Very few Infants are thus treated now.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-03-29

Of all tie accidents most feared by
railroad engineers, and one of frequent
occurrence, is that of the breaking of a
driving rod while the engine is running
at high rate of speed. How it eau
occur, as it often does, and those in the
cab escape with their lives is always con-
sidered a miracle. The minute the
heavy bar, or rod, as iG is commonly
called, breaks, or the crank pin which
fastens the eud to the driving wheel
gives way, the massive piece of iron goes
whizzing through the air, striking the
engine and the ground, battering and
smashing everything that it comes in
contact with. Old engineers can relate
sou4e very interesting experiences of this
kind.-AlbaDy Express.
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Mental Telegraphing by Red Men.

1t is said that the Indians on the
plains have always practiced system
of mental telegraphing among them
selves, by means of which they COM
munnate with each other almost in
simultaneously, and without messengers
or signals. This mental telegraphing
is by no means peculiar to the Indians
on the plains of the United States.
The same thing has been done by
many people on the plains and among
the mountains, and is to-day and al
ways has been one method of mani
Testing knowledge known to and prac-
ticed by many persons. The manner
in which such communications are
made seems to be and is great mys-
terry. Many theories about it have
been suggested. all of which fall short
of satisfying the minds of the people
as to how it is done. The fact that
such communications are sent and re-
ceived, and that they are often genu-
inc aud true, and that such is one
mode of manifesting knowledge, Id
now almost universally conceded.
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A SOUND LEGAL OPINION.

E. Bainbridge Munday, Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex, says: "Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother was also very low with
Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was
cured by timely use of this medicine.
Am satisfied Electric Ritters saved my
life."
Mr.. d. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave.
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward of, as
we'll as cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis.
orders stands unequaled. Price 50c..
and 81 at Hinrichs. 6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-03-29

It is an interesting fact that the old
British war ship, in which Mr.. Darwin
acknowledged the world, and began
those speculations which revolutionized
science, is now Japanese training ship.
Despite its transformation of name aud
change of ownership, the famous old yes
sci still floats. Instead of the Beagle the
name is some unspellable word with the
usual ship title of Maru after it. The
Japs are proud of their treasure. Home
Journal
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w AFTER,

Good and pure water can be had anywhere in
Manitowoc county by drilling in the rock drilling
through sand, gravel, clay, loom or any other
KIND OF soll, by driving gaspipe and casing the
well as we go. We commence IN the bottom of
wells that have been dug and go on with pipe
until a good well Is made. We drill wells over
that have been drilled before and are not good
ard IN all cases we guarantee good supply Of
water or we ask no pay; why not every one
have Il good well? Address come and see
JESSE CORNISH,
mayA Cato Manitowoc Co., Wis.
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SILVER and GOLD WoRK,-The Rus
sian authorities allow the merchants to
cheat their customers in everything but
furs, silver and gold plate, aud adulter-
ated food. TIE latter is prohibited from
sale uLder penalty of Imprisonment.
Imitation furs must be marked so that
the customer may tell what he is buying,
and all silver and gold must bear the
government brand to attest its fineness.
There is no plated silver TO be had, but
the shops are full of the genuine solid
article, in every possible form, and for
every possible use. and it is generally all
gilded. You see little silver in the nat
ural state. Spoons, knives, watches,
chains, articles of personal adornment il
every possible variety, plates, platters,
cnps, goblets, all sorts of tableware is
made of silver and then Filded to look
like gold, and crafty the Russian taste
for display. The solid silver dinner
service for the winter palace, which will
serve 5000 people, is gilded, and the
shops along the Nevski Prospect and
other fine streets are blazing with the
same sort of stuff But the merchants
must inform the customer of the charac
ter of his wares. If he sells gilded silver
for gold he goes to prison. The ladies
of the country load themselves with or
naments of gilded silver, bracelets,
chains, brooches, pins, and every Other
form of decoration. Even marble and
wood is gilded Everything is for dis
play.-William Eleroy Curtis in Chicago
News.
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An observing little girl who hap
pened to be out of doors the last part
of dark afternoon seemed much in
terested in an electric light. Looking
at it curiously for few moments, she
exclaimed: 'Oh, mamma, | didn't
know before that the moon had two
legs"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-03-29

Madame to maid Francoise, why
do You clean my shoes with my tooth
brush? Maid to Madame,
the fact is, the other brushes are so
large and madame's boots are so small.
-brOOktun Stdnddrd UnlOn.
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WILLIAMS House,

AIRS. A. WILLIAMS PROPRIETOR. Corner of
~ El-nLh and Franklin streets, MAnItuwUc.
Lfst-class America Hotel, centrally located.
)Isrs every tnducement 10 the travelling public.
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G. G. SEDGWICK.

fEoRSaY COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
4 ice IN fJtrIsOu's brick block, north end
sLtcst bridge, iauItowoc. Wisconsin sollec-
,-I= JrJ Ipsty attended to.
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NASH & NASH

! tTDRN EfS ANDCOU ELORS AT LAW
\ ice over First National Bank, Eighth 81
objections promptly attended TO.
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MM. RAHR,S SONS

DREWER AND MASTER. CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets South side The
highest cash price pa d for Barley
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A man in London is said to make a
living by collecting eggshells and
selling them to shooting galleries for
targets.
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j. D. MARKHAM.

/ fpORSEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
n Once, in Toruson's Brick Block, Eighth
street, Man toy,o oc. " gIscons1n.
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e. 4 FORREST.

f4,.4 4SD COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Ice il yard- 6iock, Ar-t h.Or, ia door
..t - , County Judges once, south highth
.s.-.sgyU. a,Is .JoI.ectiOHs promptly
JutZU
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CHAS. II. SEEGER,

nENTIST. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN ANDER-
- sons Block, Corner South Eighth and Quay
streets, ManitowOc, WIS. Prompt attention vs. ii
)e given 20 all work entrusted 20 me. apr2T-Sl
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n SANDERSON

tJANEFACTURERAN DEALERIN BOOTS
~ Shoes, Leather, &C., &C. Shop on Buffalo
street. near the corner of Eighth Repairing
neatly and UromUtIY executed.
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During the last sixteen years 25, 600
sailors on British ships have been lost
at sea.