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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14
Acpei.
u. 8. ELDREDGE.

4 DMlNlSrRATOlcS SALE or real ESTATE 49,
y By virtue of an order and decree of tie PROBATE
Court OF Ia sale county Illinois, made on tho petition
ut ne Undersigned Geo G. Caldwell, Administrator of
the Estate Of MARI KING deceased for leave To sell the
rc estate Of slld deceased, Ht thf January term A. D.
et, ut sad Court iu'Mit on thr 18th duy Of iHulmry
l", SHAH, on the eal dag ui April. 1873 NJ the dur
NO o'clock IN the afternoon OF said day sell at public
'uc AT tile south door Ut ihe County Court House in
Ottawa IN sd county the real est Re described ns fol.
lows, Ia Nt The north Une.hlf ~ Of the northwest
quarter "a OF section Give 90 con auing about eighty
go nCrtsi and - muCh Of the south Onchalf VI Of
The northwest quarter ~ Of said section Five 49, AZ
lbs west OF the Bg NcrmillloD river, containing about
seventeen and siyy -four Oueaupdredhs OI6i acres;
all IN township hrtywo tdl north. range two % east
~ the hId t3dJ principal meridian, In La Sale conn.
~ Illinois; On the ioio Ing terms 10 wit; Cash In
hand.
Dated this 10Th day Of March. 4. D. 1885.
GEO. 4. CALDWELL.
Administrator OF the Estate OF Mark
KING, deceased,
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Board and Feed stable.

have pess"l the Barn IN the rear of Whites Hotel
and am runurg the Barn IN front Of Whites Hutct
(known ~ the Ban yaru and have good warm stables
30 tpke horses by the day week. and guarantee stis
factiuu Any one thst has horses to board wOpii 40
well IN call am see me. strangers coming 10 OTTAWA
will Mud the best II accommodations and care taken OF
their stock Teams can gotten the barn AZ any
hour If dGy or night. Mr. Brown would Ike to have
his friends ca aud Tim, and he VIII endcavor 10
give them sal isfaclp.n X. X. BROWN,
dectO-if Proprietor.
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NOrICE.-Es1ArE or EPmRAIx SHAVER, DEC
~ Notice IL hereby given that the undersigned
Administrator OF the Estate Of EphIaim shaver. lat.
of the county Of La Sale and state Of ILLINOIS, deceased
will appear before the Probate Court Of said county,
the third Monday tbcing the 2st day OF Stay, 1873
at the Probate Court lsOun In Ottawa, In said county
when and where ali persons having claims or demand
against said estate notified TO attend and presen
the same In writing for adjustment.
Dated tins I'd day OF April. A. u. 1928
GEORGE A. SHAVED.
apr7-3x Administrator.
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NJ OTICE.-EsrATR OF JoHy B. HOFFMAN,, DK.
~ cRAsKD,-Not is hereby given, that the under
syn ID Administrator OF the estate " John q Hoff-
deceased will appear before the Probate Court OF said
county on the third Monday tbcng the 2ist day. of
May. 1898, NJ the Probate Court ROOM in OTTAWA, In
said county, when ard where all persons having claims
pr demands against sad estate notified to attend
ana present the same in writing for adjustment.
Dared thp oath day OF March A. d. 1873
joins e. HOFFMAN.
rprI-Sa Administrator.
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apri-4w Master in Chnnctry Of said Circuit Court.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
a Chinese Cure For SMALLPOX.

Smallpox is due to causes partly
internal and partly external to the
suffering victim. The present season,
being the driest of the whole year, is
peculiarly trying to health. Some of
the conditions attendant on dry at
mosphere have an all-powerful effect
in bringing on mankind diseases, es-
peciaIlv smallpox. As already stated
in these columns, it has been ra ging at
Kongmun, in the district of San vi.
At the present time it is prevalent in
Canton and Fatshan. Sad to relate,
children in great numbers are seized
with the malady and deaths are fge-
quent. The last circumstance has in
duced certain benevolent and phil
anthropic gentleman to write US in
formation on the following remedy:
''In case of smallpox do not call
in a doctor or resort to drugs, for the
incompetent among doctors are more
in number than the competent, and
there is danger that the treatment adj
ministered will rather kill than cure.
Refrain, therefore from sacrificing life
to the ignorance OF quacks. The true
remedy is TO beat a drum in the
presence of the patient. No matter
what kind of drum. Several yaric-
ties have been tried. and always with
the best results"
No sooner did this prescription
reach us than we determined to test
its efficiency. One of our friends had
a child afflicted with smallpox. Tne
child had been under the influence of
the disease for several days. 1t could
not take food worth speaking of, and,
moreover, the make eson the skin, in
stead of coming out, as they should
do when the disease takes favorable
turn, were beginning to disappear. A
fatal sign!
We acted on the advice sent us,
and proceeded to beat a drum at the
child's bedside. The results were
marvellous. The pock marks forth
with began to show, tie child's appe-
titc returned, and as the drum beat.
ing was repeated from day to day, re-
covery was rapid, and finally became
complete.
The advice contained in the letter
above quoted is not all given. There
is one important addition to be made
If the patient himself beats the drum
$50 much the better" ."-Cant0n Ktoong.
PO
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05

The RULE OF THUMB. When, during
the late war, q story was told of a con
tractors wife having been seen with a
big diamond ring upon her thumb, it
was thought to be malicious invention
of the enemy, few people knowing that
300 years ago it was the fashion 10 wear
IA ring upon the thumb. Several of
Queen EliZabeth's s rings that are still ex
tant and well Unidentified are so large
that there can be no doubt that they
were thumb rings. It was at about the
same era the custom, indeed, not only to
wear ring upon the thumb, but to wear
the wedding ring there.
The customs i'll relation to wedding
rings have. however, always been as
strange as countless, ever since there
have been wedding rings at all Mary
Stuart was married to Lord DaruIey
with four rings, one not being sufficient.
Twelve wedding rings were not consider
ed an eXtravagant number among the
early French mobiles. The Greek church
still uses two in its ceremonial, and in
some parts of the peninsula three rings
are used, each being put on with an ad
Juration to = separate member of the
Trinity. We do not know that this is
any more singular than a practice pre-
vaient anywhere among ourselves for q
woman who has been twice married &c
wear the wedding rings Of both husbands
qnire regardless of the possibility Of the
first husbands apparitional return tC
claim her by means of the sign mauua
he had once placed on Der finger, and bJ
which he might still hold her as bounC
to himself. -Harper's Bazaar.
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Ways of the White Pelican.
The white pelicans were remarkably

The white pelicans were remarkably
abundant on the gulf coast about
Cedar Keys, but did not occur in any
numbers much south of this point.
Wheu feeding, these fine pelicans
swim along the water and capture
their prey by thrusting their long bill,
and occasionally the entire head, be-
meath the surface of the water; then
the bill Is raised. the pouch contracted,
forcing the water from among the
fishes, which are swallowed at once.
During calm weather they feed IN the
open water of the gulf. but when
high winds occur they visit the more
quiet lagoons and bayous among the
flats. After satisfying their hunger
they will sit for time on the outer
sand bars or reefs, often gathering by
thousands, but will shortly rise in
companies, flying in wedge-shaped
tiocks or ranks like geese or swans,
but move with alternate tapping and
sailing, and thus rise to great height,
when they will circle about an hour or
more on motionless wings, not, how
ever, in regular order, but crossing
and recrossing one another in eccen-
trio gyratiOnS. Later in the day they
return to roost, passing the night on
the reefs. Trey are very shy at all
times, equally SO at night, for they
can see during the hours of darkness
nearly or quite as well as owls. and
when approached will rise and fly to
the nearest reef. The only way in
which | was successful in obtaining a
shot at them was by sailing, when, as
Z 1,ig tn hn nd |
sometimes manage to secure one.
These birds, in spite of their large
size, are exceedingly gentle in dispo-
sition and easily tanned, and one that
l brought north, he having been
slightly wounded in the wing. re-
manned with me three years, when he
died. This bird never attempted to
injure anything, even permitting
young chickens to run about him, and
as they walked over his huge feet he
merely glanced down at them to
see what they were doing. Johnny,
as he was called. was very intelligent,
and always knew those who were kind
| to him, recognizing them with grunt,
his only note, while he would frequent
" take thei: hands in his long bill and
gently squeeze them. He allowed
every one who came to see him to
caress him, and was always ready to
receive company. Johnny ate not only
fish but meat, and the quantity which
he devoured was often surprising, for
he often consumed six or eight pounds
at meal. Not that he was a glutton,
for when satisfied no temptation would
induce him to take another morsel
His favorite method of eating was to
have his food thrown to him, when he
would catch it in his beak, slip it into
his pouch, then he would wait until l
grasDed him by the bill, when | would
raise it and shake his head until the
food passed downward into his
stomach. No confinement whatever
was necessary for johnny, as he never
showed the slightest propensity to
wander, excepting in autumn, when
having some idea of migrating, would
waddle away from the house a few
hundred yards.-Fr0na Birds Of East
or,7 ho,fb 17i1orjo1
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
1t Might Have Been.

Full often in our lives has come day
When, pausing where two paths divergent
lay,
We pondered, deep and long, which one to
Fearful that, either followed, we might lose
The rare enjoyment of happy hour,
Or grateful incense of a frag flower,
Or glimpse of some fair land where shines the
sun
Or giant groves, and where the rivers run
Through furrowed helds, and through the
shadowy ranks
OF cypress trees that weep upon the banks.
We fear to lose so much; but knowing not
The changeful chances of our future lot,
We set out boldly on the chosen track,
And then so often comes the looking back,
The bafiied strife our cherished goal to win,
The mournful, hopeless cry, 1T might have
been"
Sometimes the soul, when with great sorrow
Wrung,
Recalls a time. long fed, when lightly hung
The course OF future years in Fates great
scale,
And sees how, all unwittingly, an influence
fTal
AS morning dews, that on the grasses gleam,
Destroying the even balance of the beam,
Unknown TO US the deep decision made,
And turned cur path from sunshine into
shade.
A passing thought, look, triffing deed;
A word unspoken in an hour of need,
Or spoken when 'twere better left unsaid;
Some written line that we by chance have
All these can shift the scene with subtle
hand,
And round our future draw an iron band.
We never think that such little thing
Can ever such tremendous sequence bring,
Cuti too late. and then we backward turn
The page that we have filled and dimly burn
TIE light OF other days in vain regrets
For opportunities gone by. The spirit frets
Against its destiny, and deep within
Our hearts we mourn for whatwe might have
been.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
Ctirst publication February %, 1873.
F0RpGTOSHpr GAIp

BY virtue of a mortgage dated on the 18th day
Of April, A. D., 1883, Henry Hockey, Jr and Kate
Hockey, his wife, of the county of ManitOwoc,
Wisconsin, conveyed TO Wencel Cizek rs guardian
OF Anna 3laria Steuber, minor child of Joseph
Steuber, DECEASED, of same place, the follow
ing described real estate situated in the coun-
" OF NaatoW0c, Wisconsin, and particularly
described as follows, tO-wit: The west half Of
the northeast quarter Of section number twenty
one Cd, town number twenty (2Dl. range number
twenty three lz3). That said mortgage contained
power of sale and was recOI ded in the Office OF
the register of deeds of Manitowoc county on the
llth day of April, A. D.. 1885, at l03i o'clock A. NJ.
t4e Gay OF its date duly executed and ackuowl-
edged by the said mortgagors and WAS given to
secure a note of even date Herewith for the sum
u one hundred and seyenty-seyen dollars. pay
able one year after date with interest thereon at
The rate OF seven per cent per anuum, payable
annually, and payable to the order of said mort
That thereafter, to-wit: on the 18th day of Feb:
ruary, i. D.. lo5S, the said mortgage duly sold
and transferred said note, and assigned said mort
gage 20 John smith, the uEGersg gned by an in
strument IN writing under seal duly witnessed
and acknowledged so as to entitle it TO be
corded. and u was duly recorded in the Office of
the register Of deeds of ManltOwoc county. Wis
consin, on the t5td day of February A. D.. 1888 at
two O'Clock ard fifty minutes P. H., III Vol. 10
of mortgages, Oh page 2Il.
That default h.is been made on said note and
mortgage by nonpaymcnt of the said principal
sum OF one hundred ard seyeuty-seven dollars
or any part thereof, and that there is due on said
note and mortgage and from said mortEacOTs 20
the undersigned assignee and owner and holder
thereof at the date hereof. the said sam of one
hundred and seventy-seven dollars. principal
and the sum of ten 66-l0O dollars interest thereon
being IN ell the sum of one hundred eighty
6j-f00 dollars.
That said mortgagoTs further stipulated and
agreed IN said mortgage to pay the costs and
charges and the sum of thirty dollars solicitors
fees.
That no action has been commenced at lavS nr.
1T equity to recover sald sum due, or any part
thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that said
mortgaGed premises viii be sold at public auc-
ton TO the highest bidder on the Ith day of pril
A. D., 1893, at ten O'clock in the forenoon of said
day, at the sherihs Office in the court house. mt
the city Of Manitowoc in said county of Mani
tOwoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated February q, 1853.
aprJ JOHN SMITH Assignee
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Two Famous Pirates.

In the early years of this century,
when there were slave instructions
III the West Indies, and wars for inde-
pendence in Mexico, Central America,
and South America, many people were
driven from their homes in these reg
ions, and came to New Orleans as q
place OF refuge. Among them were
two brothers. Pierre and Jean Latitte.
They We're Frenchmen born in Bayon-
he, but they had lived for several years
in the West Indies. Both were tall,
handsome men, but Jean had the
stronger character. Fer time, they
carried on the trade of blacksmithing.
Their shop stood on St. p lip street,
between Bourbon and Dauphin. 1t
was pulled down only few years ago.
Bold and cnterprising in disposition,
and of commanding presence, the two
brothers were fitted by nature to be
leaders of men. Jean, especially, was
of an appearance so striking that
strangers, meeting him on the streets,
turned for a second look at him.
At first, they were only the agents
in New Orleans for smugglers who
brought merchandise and slaves into
the bays md bayous along the Louisi-
ana coast; but it was not long before
they became the chiefs of the most
powerful organization of lawless men
that ever existed in this country. In
1910, they made their headquarters on
the islands at the entrance of the Bay
OF Barataria, where they built fort
and village They obtained from the
republic of Cartha gena, in South Amer
lea, then at war with Spain for its in
dependence, letters of marque which
authorized them to capture Spanish
vessels wherever found. They fitted
out and armed fast-sailing schooners,
whic were the terror of the Gulf. Ac-
cording to common belief at the time,
these vessels were pirates, which did
not hesitate to pick up any merchant
ship they could overhaul, no matter
what flag it might carry; but the La
iittes denied these reports, and insisted
that they were honorable privateer-
men, only attacking the ships of Spain,
as, under the laws of nations, their let
ters of marqUc gave them the right to
dc. That they were smugglers, viola
ting the laws of the United States, they
did not DENY.
III vain ula GOVernOr Claiborne Is
sue proclamations, commanding the
people of Louisiana to arrest the La
tlttes and their men. Jean and Pierre
came often to New Orleans, and read
the proclamations posted on the walls
Of tie old government building, on the
Place aux Armes. Once there was an
effort made to arrest Jean, as he was
passing through bayou with a boat
load of smuggled goods. A party of
custom-house officers attacked him
from the shore. There was a fight,
and Jean and his crew beat off their
assailants. Afterward, Jean sent a
polite letter to the captain of the Gus
tolh-hOuse force, in which he said: Il
am man of peace, and do not want
to fight; but | would have you to know
that am at all times ready to lose my
life rather than my goods. ."-Euge,ae
y Smdttey, IN st. Nicholas.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
THE FUNERAL MONTH OF
MARCH.

An observant metropolitan barber says
that he can tell ones physical condition
by the state of the hair!
The Bible tells us that with his hair
gone Samson lost bis strength The
Romans considered badness serious
affiiction and julius Caesar was never
quite satisfied with himself because his
| poll was bare.
! The face, however, IS the open book and
one can readily trace in its various
expressions, lines, changes and complex
| ion the state of the system.
| The eye that is unusally bright and yet
| has pallid brightness, the face upon
whose cheeks nature paints a rose of
singular beauty and flush, more marked
| in contrast with the alaba-ter appearance
of the forehead and nose and lower part
OF the face, is one of those whom the
| skilled physician will tell you will some
| day dread the mOanth OF March, be
| cause it is then that consumption reaps
| its richest harvest. Consumption they
! tell us is caused by this that and the
other thing, by microbes in the air, by
micro organisms in the blood, by def
cient nutrition by thousand and one
| things, but whatever the cause, decay
| begins with a cough aud the remedy that
| will effectualy stop the cause of that
cough cures the disease of the lungs.
| That is all there is of it.
The cough is an evidence of d vast
ing. To stop it effectually, remedy
must be used that will search out the
cause, remove that and then heal the
| lang and do away with the cough. This
| &c ~ S,,nninI 70 iFralf
alone by Warmers Log Cabin Cough
and Consumption remedy. This is no
new tangled notion of narcotics and
| poiSoGs, but an old fashioned prepara,
| ton of balsams, roots and herbs, such as
was used by our ancestors many years
ago, the formula of which has been Sc
cared exclusively by the present manu-
| factUrers at great trouble and expense.
| Ii is not mere cold dryer. 1t is a
system searcher and upbuld and a con
sumption expeIlant. Where Others fail,
it wins, because it gets at the constitn
| tional cause and removes it from the sys
| TEN.
| j. w. Heusaw of Greensboro, Pa, OF
jan Is, 1888, reported that che had de
rived more real benefit for the length of
time. from Narner's Log CABIN Cough
and Consumption remedy than he had
for years rom the best state of physici
| lars"
| If you have cough, night swFats,
''po,ltive assurance in your own mind
that you, oh-you, have no consumption,
and yet lose flesh, appetite, courage, as
your lunges waste away, you may know
that soon the funeral month of March
will claim you, unless promotly and
| faithfully you use the article named. II
other remedies have failed try this one
| thoroughly. Ii others are offered,
insist the more trying this unequalod
| preparation.
| Some persons are prone to consump-
ton and they should never allow the dis
| ease to become seated
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
They Were Out OF Eggs.

A Newfoundland dog named Don
had been sent for eggs. As lie was re-
turning home. carving his basket
with proud, dignitied air, he met a
dog against whom he evidently had an
old grudge. He set his burden down
carefully on the walk; then, giving
bark of challenge, started after his
enemy on dead run. A friend of his
mistress, who witnessed this proceed
lug, picked up the basket and carried
| it to its proper destination. Mean
while, Don, having vanquished his foe,
returned to the spot where he had left
bis eggs. On discovering that they
had disappeared, he ran around fran
tically, trying to find them. Finding
his effort vain, he sat down and lifted
up his voice in howl of anguish, as
visions of his mistress whip, or at
least the loss of his dinner, filled his
mind. Suddenly he started for home
at brisk trot. Sneaking ont into the
back yard he picked up an old discard
ed basket that lay in one corner of the
yard, and carried it in and deposited
it at the feet of MS mistress. He had
been taught, when he goes to the
grocery for any article they do not
happen to have, to return and give a
succession of sharp barks. This he
proceeded to do, as if to say, They
were out of eggs sto-day.-Arg0naW
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
The Way of the World in China.

They have curious ways of keeping
people straight in CHM, Tne Lon
don Times tells how a native doctor
was taken in hand by the district
magistrate of Shanghai. The official
sent a messenger to the medical man,
with fee equal to about 60 cents, ask
ing him to visit a patient As the
messenger had strict orders not TO say
he was sent by an official the doctor
refused to 90, claiming that the fee
was too small. Again the message
was sent and the fee refused. Then
the magistrate sent his own card, and
the doctor FASTENED to go. At the re-
sulting interview he was informed
that for the future his fees would be
cut down TO such small figure that
it would not be worth his hiie to con-
tinue the practice of medicine, and
was finally let off on the payment of a
fine of about $3.50.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
PERSONAL.

Mr.. n. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile,
Ala, writes: | take great pleasure III re-
commencing DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. having used it for q
severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh.
1t gave me instant relief and entirely
cured me and / have not been afflicted
since. L also beg TO state that had tried
other remedies with no good result. Have
also used Electric Bitters and Dr. Kings
New Life Pills, both Of which | can rec
ommend. DIR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. is sold
on positive guarantee. Trial bottles
free at II. Hirrichs' drug store. l
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-04-05
GRFAsING S0LDIERs' FEFT.

GREAsING SOLDIERS FEET.-The ex
pertinent, begun some time ago in the
German infantry, Of doing away with
socks and keeping the foot soldiers feet
well creased, las proved thoroughly
successful. To say nothing of the
economy Of the plan, the men march
easier, and, generally speaking, show
few blisters. So, too, lifting the foot
high-the regulation step now-is said
TO make the most awkward Pomeranian
or Hanoverian peasant fairly sure foot
ed, while before its adoption 25 per cent
of such men would stumble in charge
over rough ground. and about 10 pei
cent. fall Scientific American.