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Primitive Telegraphy.

Olaf Searle sat in his office yesterday
discussing many interesting topics in
his usual interesting way, says the ST.
Paul Globe. A card was lying on his
desk on which appeared the word
Budstihken. as the name of a Scandina-
Wan paper Mr.. Searle was asked
what the word meant. He replied:
1T is a Norwegian word, 1920 years
old at least. In those days, when the
coasts of Norway were ravaged by
pirates, tie inhabitants had to resort to
all sorts of devices to warn those at a
distance of the approach of these pirat-
ical craft When one was seen on the
horizon a man went up to the top of q
mountain, where he lighted beacon
fire. This could be seen for a long
distance, and was known to be warn
ing. When it was seen in the dista' *
another fire was lighted on another Eiil
until al over the country fires blazel
from every hilltop, and the people
prepared to defend themselves
They also had system of messan-
gers. The man who first sighted the
sail would take an arrow and send It
to his nei~hbo.'s. From town to town
this arrow was sent until all wee
warned. These were rather primitive
ways OF telegraphing, bu. wera so e.
fectual that in the coarse OF tweasi--
four hours all Norway knew Of the az
proach of pirates. This system Of
spreading the news was called 'ii,.i-
stikken and the wcf,l is extensively
used as Il name for newspapers il the
old country
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TTLLSON g. SCHMIDT, Agents.
Joaquin NfilIer's Name.

The poet of the Sierras thus explains
how he came to adopt the name of
Joaquin, in letter to the n. Y. Her
aid:
st. Joaquin was the husband of st.
Ann, who was the mother of the Virgin
Mary and is the patron saint of sailors.
The shrine of St. Anne de Bonpere,
below Quebec, Can, holds a life-size
statue of st. Joaquin. Second, Joaquin
Marietta was boy of good family in
the San Joaquin country of California
in 1852. But some 'roughs' despoiled
his home. hung his brother, mislead his
wife and drove him to desperation.
The Mexicans were sadly treated by
the Americans in the early Californian
days. And Joaquin Marietta vowed
revenge. He killed at least twenty of
the roughs with his own hand, and
finally had a band of Mexican outlaws
SO brutal about him that both State and
federal troops were called out. A re-
ward of So, 900 was offered, and the
brave boy was finally killed and his
head cut off and exhibited in San Fran
cisco. But many held that he never
had been killed-that some other fel-
lows head was substituted to get the
reward.
Well. il 1884, /, then a long-haired
lad, took up my abode with the then
wild and splendid saya@es of Mount
Shasta, afterward famous as the Mo
does, and as no one seemed to see any
purpose but that OF plumber on the
part of one casting his lot with these
denizens of the mountains, why, of
course, | was called robber. And
finally it began to be said that was
the original joaquin, and must be
killed or captured. | finally had to
leave my leafy home, and next turned
up in Washington Territory as a school
teacher. Here | wrote in verse a
sketch of Joaquin Marietta. In 1866,
when lawyer and County Judge of
Grant county, Ore, | published this
poem in Portland, Ore, along with
some other verses and called the little
book joaquin ct all At the same
time it was still vaguely limited that l
was the original Joaquin Marietta. My
horsemanship and knowledge of Span
ish gave color to this and even when
candidate in the hotly contested cleo
ton for Judge, this charge was brought
up. This poem is now called Cali
fornian in Songs of the Sierras."
Third, l was almost compelled to ac-
cept the name joaquin after pub
lished joaquin ct al" To have tried
to deny or explain would have made
matters worse and SO | at once 1867,
took the name and tried to make it re-
spectacle. / can only add that am
not the robber Joaquin Marietta and
also should like to add that | should
count it no great reproach were it so,
for he was driven to his bloody deeds
and was not bad at heart.
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A Napoleon in His Way.

A wel'-known mad doctor has just
died at Vienna. He had large prac-
tice, great reputation, and a curious,
indeed unique. experience. Napoleon
was the great kingmaker of the CEN
tury. Prof Leedesdorf was the great
kingdethroner. No one medical man
has had so large an experience. When
in 1876 Sultan Mourad V. was to be de-
posed and Abdul Aziz set up on the
throne the professor was sent for to
Constantinople. examined his royal pa
tIent, and promptly declared him mad.
There was no appeal from the decision.
Later on, when Louis ii. of Bavaria
was getting unusually eccentric, his
Ministers did not dare take any steps.
They sent to Vienna for the professor,
who seems to have had no difficulty
in pronouncing him mad and the
members felt their responsibility at an
end. Sometimes he would be sent for
to St. Petersburg. The Romauoff
family had failings. And the professor
had to give his verdict. On all these
occasions he got great fees. 1t was
easy work. No doctor, not even a mad
doctor. could doubt the insanity of the
patients Pail Mall Gazette
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4 Sixteen Per Cent. Dividend.

The directors of the Daryilie Savings
bank held a meeting the other day, and
when they had looked over the books
and counted the cash they sent for the
cashier in considerable agitation.
..Mr. Steele said the chairman, ''we
engaged you last summer TO take
charge of this institution because the
bank with which you Were formerly
connected, you assured us. paid 16 pei
cent dividend as the result Of your
management"
And so it did, sir; all the depositors
got 16 per cent. l mean when we
wound up. | believe it's about the best
savings bank liquidation on record
and the young official smiled blandly az
he looked around for successful contra
diciion.
The directors gazed at each other fol
a moment and then adjourned with the
thoughtful and distracted appearance
of a delegation that had got on tho
wrong train and were thinking of the
lest station 10 get off at.-DTd6e':
naQGzine.
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SPECTACLE LENSES.
How They Are Cut Out of Sheets Of Glass
with Diamond Sparks.

The work of cutting is all performed
with a tiny fragment of diamond,
known in the trade as spark. 1t is
not every spark. however, that will
cut lens, says the Amerjcan Jet0eler.
The sparks are mounted in the follow
ing manner: A piece of brass wire is
selected, say three-sixteenths of an
inch in diameter. Il hole is drilled in
the end large enough to admit the
spark. and it is set in the hole with the
point up. The outer edge or shell of
tie wire is beaten inward, and holds
the spark firmly in place. The wire is
then placed in the lathe and cut off
Just back of the sparks, turning the
cad hemispherical, using the point of
the spark that sticks through the brass
as a center. A piece Of steel wire is
next selected, of the same diameter
as the brass wire, and the end is turned
in, forming a cup. The mounted
spark is then soft ;odercd into this cup
and it is ready far the machine, which
works automati ,.,lly from a pattern
and can be set TO cut larger or smaller
than the pattern. Before Tie mounted
spark is placed in the machine, how
ever, it is tested by holding the handle
upright. If it does not cat in an up
right position, the point is unsodered
by means of the blowpibe and the ham
die resoldered, leaving the cutting
point at the required angle, while the
handle itself is upright. When the
spark is found to cut we'll in an up
right position it is then placed in the
machine for trial. The glass is placed
upon pad under the spark, the glass
varying in form according TO the kind
of lens being cut. If the lens is flat
the pad is also, and if the lens is con-
yex the pad is concaye and must be a
perfect tit; for the better the fit the
more accurate will be the work. The
pattern and glass travel around while
the diamond remains stationary. The
life of spark is short, some being
only one day, while once in awhile
they can be worked for year. The
workmen average fifty dozen pairs of
lenses per day. A good diamond Will
cut on an average loo dozen pairs.
The average lens measures four inches
around and a dozen pairs would be
eight feet. In cutting 1,500 pairs the
spark would travel over surface
equal to a piece Of glass 10000 feet
long. There are exceptional sparks
that cut for months. | now have one
which has been in operation for fifteen
months and has cut $500 dozen pairs,
travelling about 81 600 feet. We use
two kinds of sparks, the Brazilian and
the African, and they cost from $3 to
50 each
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Not on the Map.


3 Up in Oregon once, a great many
years ago, a soldier was tried for shoot
ing another. The shooting took place
near the cook house. between the
sounding of the tattoo and the sound
irg Of the retreat. He hired lawyer
10 defend him, and witness was put
on the stand to swear to the shooting.
The shooting was done opposite the
cooi1 house between tatto and retreat, "
Was part of his evidence.
The lawyer had a plan of the place
pared. He pulled it out.
Here is plan of the ground" be
said to the witness. Nov, sir, will
You point out TO the jury the exact place
between tattoo and retreat on this map
where the shooting was done?-Sdi1
f.'aAciSc0 Chronicte.
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The Boys Are Attached.

The Lawrence churches have a sys-
TEN Of interchangeable girls. When
one church gives an entertainment
each of the other churches lends rirl
or so to help the festivities along.
This secures the floating trade of a
dozen or so young men who are at
tached to no church but who, are at
lached to the gir's.-Lawyence (Kan.)
.fo15',}4I
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English Venison.

A noted gourmet recently cared
that there are not five parks i .cEsald
where the yenison is now wos = c.T-
rant jelly, and that, in the course of
the previous season, he h r0s met
with more than one haune that coJid
be cited as even noticeable nd moi one
that was good enough t. ses.gee lin
iuto second plate.
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(rIrst publication Nov. % 1892 No. s3
CTATE OF WISC CONSIN-t oUNTY COURT FOR
- MANITowoC COUNT. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Patrick Bolen,
deceased,
To all whom it may concern: Letters testa-
mentary said estate of Patrick Bolen late of
the city of Manitowoc in the county and state
aforesaid deceased, testate having been Issued to
John Bolen, of said city, on the 1i; day of Nov
ember. A. D.. 1889, and SIX months from and after
said day being allowed and limited for creditors
to present their claims for examination and al
lowance, notice is hereby given that the court
aforesaid will at regular terms thereof to be held
ON the first Tuesdays in each of the months of
January, March and June, 1870, at the probate
Office in the city of Manitowoc, IN said county.
receive, examine, and adj st all claims, and de-
mands of allperEons against said deceased.
Dated November 16, 1859.
EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
SCH,UIZ KIRwAS, Attys. 26dec
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G. G. SEDGWICK,

groRNEYAND JOUSsELOB AT LAW,
I . ice IN fJrrls0it'S Dricl CLOCK. north end
ti Street oridge, ,T4uiGuT1c, Wisconsin, N'llec-
ms 3rJsa pity attended to.
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z. s. LUHMANN, NJ. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
1 Residence OF Dr. f. Simon, Hancock street.
near the court house, Mauitowoc, Wis. del5
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]. d MARK II

f. rFORNEY AND COUNS SELoR AT LAW
A D ice, in Forrson's Brick BLOCK, Ll2Ati
'treet. Maa togua, Wisconsin.
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1t is estimated that 25o, 900 persons in
the United States are engaged in busi-
ness depending solely on electricity.
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WAT. RAHR'S SONS.

DREWER AND MASTER. CORNER SIXTH
ID aHd Washington streets, South side. The
ughest cash price pg d for Barley.
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(first publication Nov. H. 1891
4 URCUIf fGOURT-MAErTowoC CoyxTy
y Wllhelrnine +. BeInis, plaintiff, vs.. James
Elmer Bemis, defendant
The state OF Wisconsin. to tie sHiCi defendant
You are hereby summoned 10 appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons ey-
elusive of the day of service and de.eud the.
aboye entitled action in the court aforesaid: ard
II case o. your failure "a DO Judgment Wi be,
rendered against you according TO the dema,,d of
tie complaint: of which copy is herewith served
upon you.
ScIMITz KIRwAE, Plaintiffs Attys. dec26
z. o, Address, Manitovoc Manitowoe CO. Wis.
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CHAS. II. SEEGER.

J sous Block. Corner South Eighth and Quay
streets. Gauit0woc, Wis. Prompt attention viii
,c given 10 All work entrusted 20 me- apr27-Sl
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SU NASH.

TTOREEYs DCDC$SELORo AT LAW
. fice over First National BANK, EiSuth 81
collections promptly attended to.
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NOTICES,

strange calf. spotted. about seven IacntTs cd
came on my farm short time ago. Tho cwr er
can please take same, By paying for this notice
and 81 for feeding. John CEGNY.
Kings Bridge, Mauitowoc County, Wis. -
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The ManitoWoc Pilot.

Business notices 10 cents per line. When con
tinued more than one week. half of the aboy
weeks for each subsequent week.
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4. r. WHITMAN, ". D
q 4 FORREST.

DHT5IgIAN AID SURGEON. OFFICE AT
k-e.. 81 All oSdc county, Wis. onarSS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
ONE CENT
4 walk With oia.lssoae.

AEr. I. =. O'Connor has thus described
Mr.. Gladstones appearance while they
were oat for walk together at Hawar-
den:
Standing closer 70 him taaa had ever bc1n BE-
fore was rather surprised at the slimness of his
figure lie l. as innocent of the ample waist thae
marks with oil Of Us the approach of middle are
as though he were yet youth The shoulders
ara not ns hroakl aS had thought snsi the whole
impression got was of q physique wiry rather
than broad or strong His limbs especially seemed
active, and he lnoved about with the alacrlty Of
man who had neverallowad himself 10 be troubled
with an ounce of supertualis flesh.
cannot deSteihe adequately the effect Of bis
face upon me. II gave 20 the great gladiator
a sweetness and genteness that touched nae
greatly. I had good look at his face Just as we
were about to sic down. Il ls an extraordinary
face. and, like beautiful prospect Ia nature.
veais new beauties under every new phase. The
complexion has pallor-healthy but at the gamo
time almost as transparent as wax-that gives an
immense air OF distinction. and. to my eye at
least adds greatly to the Deauty Of the splendid
face
Sir. Gladstone. have always Thought. looked
best when he sits down in tho house OF conimens
aftera strong and vehement speech, Hsis deadly
pale. his breath comes and goes quickly, his
breast heaves and there Il an expression--wr
grave. simpleshall call it air of apostolic In.
spirations-that h beautiful 20 $40. | caught
Something of this look as he ascended the hill
little out OF breath There was a sweet grovity In
the expression that seemed to give mo a new In
sight into his character. You know thnt many
people, owing to his great parliamentary adrolt
ness have the impression of Mr.. Gladstone that
he Is what the French call rNsa. or. IN plain Eng
lish. somewhat of an old fox. He himself also
fancies that he Is q very sly dog and then no has
a certain comical and qulzslcaI look IN his eyes
now and then that gives him pleasantly ely air.
But don't think he's half as sly as he thinks and,
beyond question, frankness and simplicity are the
prominent characteristics OF his temperament
saw. or thought saw, all this as looked at bis
side face In climbing this hill. There vas such
simplicity, such modesty, that thought caught
narenk soul
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
Tho Human Tntcilect,

We ought to be perfectly happy that
we live in this glorious ago of scientific
thought. We believe there never was
another age in which the astronomer OF
Harvard observatory could PROFOUND the
following problem and receive SO many
perfectly reasonable answers TO it: Sup
pose," said he, .'that three snakes. each
two feet in length, should touch each
other by the tip Of the tail. thus making
a circle six feet in circumference. Sup.
pose that each snake should begin to
swallow the one in front of him. In
what way would the resultant figure,
after each snake had swallowed the one
In front Of him, differ from the original
cfrcle?" The answers have been many
and various, some OF them. we are In
formed, "entering the consideration OF
the fourth dimension of space" because
any one of the snakes would have fol-
lowed the two in front Of him and yet
have been swallowed by the two back of
him, and. therefore, would be both in
side and outside of his two fellows. Tho
man who lives in an age when men can
tackle and grasp and make so clear tc
others an idea of this sort has no busl-
ness to be going about talking of tho
good old times, or looking hopefully for
ward to anything more millenniumish.
Washington Post.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
A HAUNTED spoT.
rhs Mysterious Spirit oF Myrtle Pond tn
0e0rgia--The story.


rAs Mysterious spirit og Myrtle pond In
0eorgia-Thc story.
There Is lonely and sequestered spot
In the woods around Brunswick, where
no negro man. woman or child viii dare
be found
In what il generally known as Fulton's
pasture, near Dixville and facing the
boulevard, is pond OF stagnant water,
the surroundings of which are all sug-
gestive Of quiet and solitude. The sur
face Of the pond is dotted with small
clumps Of sand, upon which myrtle
bush grows. The pond itself is about
500yards In circumference, with an aver
age depth Of one and a half feet.
II is said that no negro will 60 near
this pond at any hour of the day, and
investigation has proven this statement
to be true. Upon questioning one Of
these prejudiced darkies, reporter
learned the following cause for stunning
1t by the colored people.
Way back yonder in the early part OF
the year 1869. a young negro giia was
sent by her mother to gather wood in
the neighborhood Of the pond and she
never returned. Search was made for
her, but nothing was found except her
wide brimmed hat. which was found
floating on the stagnant water. The
community was aroused and turned out
en- masse to find the missing child. They
failed to find her.
One dark night, about one year after
this strange disappearance, o lone negro
fisherman landed at the bluff, near where
the boulevard bridge now stands, and
gathering up his oars, oarlocks and the
few fish he had been fortunate enough
to catch, proceeded on his way home.
It being considerably nearer for him to
''cut" through these woods, he did so
and had to pass directly by the pond In
question. AS he picked his way care
fully through the underbrush, his keen
sighted eyes peering eagerly through the
darkness, strange sound met his ears.
It was the voice of child, singing some
weird and discordant notes of well
known plantation air. The fisherman
paused and listened. 1t seemed as If the
source of the song was drawing nearer.
At last, almost paralyzed with fear, the
olu negro calieu out:
"Who's thereg"
The song suddenly ceased and an am
swering voice was heard:
'sThe spirit of Myrtle pond.
So weird and unearthly was the an
swer that the old negro turned and ran
m the direction from which he came,
while the ghostly music was resumed.
The fisherman reached his cottage by
a more roundabout way that night, and
his family, in their humble cot, listened
to his recital of the thrilling experience
he had passed through. The story spread
until it was general talk among the su-
perstitious negroes. and not one dared
approach the pond.-Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
Relations of the Senses.

DR.. Urbanschitsch, of Vienna, has for
some time past been engaged In a series
Of experiments on the mutual action of
the sense organs, and the results he has
obtained are most curious. The senses
of sight and hearing were shown by these
experiments to be to some extent de
pendent on each other. Colored plates
were placed at distance where the col
ors could scarcely be distinguished, but
on the production of various sounds the
colors were more readily recognized, the
colors: becoming the more distinct the
higher the pitch of the same. Printed
matter could also be read in din1iy
lighted room much better II the ears
were simultaneously employed in receiy-
ing sounds than in complete silence. In
like manner the activity of the eyes aid
in the recognition Of sounds. The tick
ing of watch was found TO be more
easily heard In the light with the eyes
open than in the dark with the eyes
closed.
Various colors of light were found to
vary in their effects upon the auditory
organs, red and green strengthening and
blue and green weakening them. In the
case Of taste and smell corresponding
effects were observed. Light in general,
and particularly red and green. heightens
their sensitiveness, while blue and yell
low, and still mora darkness, reduce it.
II q person Is exposed to red or green
light he can taste, not merely with the
anterior edges Of, the tongue, but with
its whole surface. There Is a curious
reciprocal action between the sense Of
touch and the heat sense, which, though
they have not distinct organs, are GER
tainly not Identical IL the skin Is
tickIed with hair and the hand Is then
plunged into hot water the sensation
ceases. II, on the other hand, any part
Of the body IS tickled, and the hand OF
foot Is thrust into cold water, the chilly
feeling Is intensified. Boston Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
,vl.e Hcnd on Yonng shoulaer..

One of our Sunday school teachers on
q recent occasion told her pupils that
when they put their pennies in the con-
tribution box she wanted each to repeat
a Bible verse suitable for the occasion.
Tho first boy dropped In cent, saying.
"TlVe Lord loyeth a cheerful giver." The
next boy dropped his cent into the box,
saying. He that giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord" The third and
youngest boy dropped his penny. saying.
"a fool aSd his money are soon parted. :"
-EnterprisS kan. rrdcpendant.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-30
A Nice Crowd.

The Austrian empire Is composed Of
quite number of different nationaIities
among them Poles, Hungarians. Bohe-
mians and Croats. the characteristics Of
which are portrayed In the following
anecdote:
Four Australian soldiers are quartered
over night at the house of peasant. In
the morning after they had resumed their
march the Pole remarked:
Comrades, that peasant had very
nice watch
I'VE should have taken It along with
as, observed the Hungarian.
I've got the watch. observed the Bo-
hemian.
You did have It, but I'VE got it now,"
remarked the Croat, closing the debate.
He had already stolen II from bis COM
rade.-New York News