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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13
Order for Hearing Proof CT Fore.en
Will,

Oruor LOT hearing TrOOf CT Korean
Will.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
~ OF NOW Ek-ss.
In Probate Court, Special Term, held March
ii. 1889.
In the matter Of the estate O: Henry d.
StrattOI. deceased.
Whereas, M instrument in writing. purport-
ing to t,b m authenticated copy If the last
will and testament Of Henry ID. StrattOn. de-.
ceased. late vt New York City. stMte vt New
YORK, has been delivered to this court;
Ana whereas, Pamela q. Strattun has flied
Herewith nor petition. representing among
lately died in the city ct New York. state OF
New York, tes1ate. and thar said petitioner
t. the sole execuLrix OF said viii. uni pray ing
TINT tho said instrument may he admitted to
probntc, In Mower county, state Of MinnesO-
th.
II is ordered, Tint the proofs OF said iustru-
NON, and tho said portion he heard be-
fore this court. at tho Probate Office in said
county. IN the eighth day Of April, 4. y. 1850,
ut ten Ocl"ck in The forenoon. when ull Cons
cerned may appear ana contest the probate
OF said Instrument;
And 1t Ia further ordered, Thu. public no.
1fro OF the lime nnd place Of said nearing be
given ~ all persons IutereI'eu hy publication
ct these orders tor three weeks successfully
previous TO said day Of herring, III the Mower
County Transcript, u weekly uewspnp per,
printed and published at tho city Of Austin.
III suid County.
by the court.
fsEAL) W. W. RANNEY.
02-3 Judge OF Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13
Special CololIsi.S Sleeping Cars.

Connecting at Portland with Southern
Pacific Co for all points in Southern Or
cgon and California. Tickets are good
to stop over at Spokane Falls or any
poiot west so that parties can inspect the
country without additional cost. This
advantage will save you more than
FxVE DOLLARS
Rcuemember the Northern Pacific is
the only all rail line to Washington Ty.
No change of cars. Time by this line is
days shorter than any other. Time from
ST. Paul to the Pacific coast is 81 DAYS.
All passengers carried on the
FAST EXPRESS TRAIN
This is important. You can purchase
your tickets through to your destination
from your nearest ticket agent. but see
that it reads via Northern Pacific r. Il.
Then send Inc your name and destination
OF ticket and how many berths you will
want in Free Colonists' Sleeping car and
will reserve them. Do not fail and I
will insure you a pleasant trip. Write
at once to
OSCAR VANDERBILT,
Dist. Pass. Agt. Northern Pacific R. r.
St. Paul, Mum.
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the TRANSCRIPT,
Austin, Mimi.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13

!, now have 20 sets Of teeth which will sell
at $40 q set, Come early and secure them at
this price. q. 81. / 2..s. rs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13

WILL YOU SUFFER with dyspepsia, rn,,
liver complaint? Shiinh'l Vttmlizer il guar
zntced to cure you. C. A. PnOlcr.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
A Mexican Cattle Queen.

Sonora Manuela de Moncado, who is
on the sunny side of sixty, is one of
the wealthiest landowners in Mexico.
She also owns magnificent house on
Fifth avenue, New York, and spends
about eight months each year there.
She is one of the best known members
of the Spanish-American colony in
New York, says the Kansas City Times.
In Mexico she enjoys the reputation of
being one of the cattle queens One
of her ranches is stocked with 400, 600
sheep. Her Mexican home is in the
most fashionable quarter of the CITY of
Mexico. but she evidently prefers liv-
ing in New York, for she wen there
last December and is returning to
Mexico now on account of the death of
her brother, who lived at San Luis
Potosi. She expects to go east again
IN December. The sonora speaks Eng
hsh, although not fluently. Her niece,
a miss of 16shas been edtca ted at the
College of the Sacred Heart, in New
York. Senior Ruiz has lived several
years in New York, where he looks
out for the business interests of a num-
Der of rich Mexican firms. The party
leaves to-day for Mexico. Yesterday
they were shown the beauties of Kan
sas City. and the sonora professed to
be delighted, declaring the residence
portion to be superior TO that of Gin
einnau, where she spent day recent
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
Coral.

The report of the British consul at
Naples that the once famous coral fish
cry of Tore del Greco is rapidly on
the decline is a piece of intelligence
which has long been expected. Year
after year the end of this once lucrative
industry has been approaching nearer
and nearer For the coral fisheries of
Sicily and the vicinity are experience
oyster beds. They have been over
dredged. The oyster scalps can with
care be replaced, but it is extremely
doubtful whether an equally good fort
une is in store for the more valuable
coral banks. The oyster shell and the
pink branch of the coral are composed
of exactly the same substance. But,
while the molluse can gather enough
of lime for its house in the course of
season or two, the delicate polyp takes
a long time to collect particle after
particle of calcareous matter from the
waters of the Mediterranean and then
by some mysterious organic process
color the dense mass. 1t must, there
fore, follow, even allowing that the
fishermen intermit operations for some
years, that what was once busy oc-
cupation for thousands will for years
be reduced to very small proportions.
This is what the Neapolitans are ex-
pecting. During the present season
only one hundred boats were equipped,
and the average return was last year
no more than three tons for each, and
of this much was dead or broken coral,
which brings a comparatively small
price. In the palmy days of the trade
Tore del Greco would often send out
five hundred boats, each manned By
ten or twelve men, the outfit represent
ing, before single haul was made,
about 4S0 pounds each, while the pro-
fit from the venture often rose as high
as 20 per cent. 1t is not half as much
now, and the gain has been further
reduced because the cost of wages,
tools, and other expenses have rapidly
increased. The result is that the boat
owners are abandoning the business,
hiring out their craft for ordinary fish
ing, employing them to transport stone
for the builder, who, in new Italy, is so
busy, or, when they are unfit for the
purpose OF the common carrier, break
ing them up for tirewood. AS for the
coral fishers, they are migrating in
large numbers either to the United
States or the Argentine Republic and
Uruguay, which has always attracted
the Italians far more than the colder
regions of the north, while others are
finding employment in agriculture or
other trades. At Tore del Greco |
there was time when fully four
thousand people found employment in
this industry. Barely fourth of the |
number can now make livelihood, |
and the chances are. as we have said, |
that this year will see the ranks of the |
coral fishers still further depleted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

GOLD UNDER PHILADELpHIA.-The
ground on which Philadelphia is built is
one of the richest gold fields in the
world, says The Times of that city.
This is fact. The only difficulty is that
the field cannot be worked. Nearly the
whole city is underlaid with clay to the
depth of about ten feet-an area say ten
miles square. A cubic foot of clay,
weighing 120 pounds, taken from a
depth of fourteen feet when the cellar of
the Twelfth street market house was TX
cavated, practically demonstrated to con
tain seven-tenths of grain of gold, or
one pound in 1924, 600. The expert
ment was repeated with about the same
results with clay taken from brickyard
in the suburbs. Snpposing the whole
mass of clay to be 4, $50, 100000 pounds
land it is really much greater) the
amount of gold would reach in value the
enormous sum of 126,0OO-00O. The
gravel is much richer in gold than the
clay, but there is not SO much of it.
Undoubtedly 5000. 100000 worth of gold
lies within fifteen feet of the surface end
still it cannot be used.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

he KEEPS SCRAP Book hear
from Rome that the German emperor
only looks TO advantage on foot. He
"sits low" the backbone being short.
With this the legs are long. His figure
therefore, is an ungraceful one for riding
the knees advancing far toward the
horses head and the legs and thighs
forming an acute angle. He has given
up wine and beer drinking. does not eat
much and absorbs quantities of tea. His
face was worn and showed fatigue when
be was in Italy. Every morning aud
evening packets of papers were
placed on desk in his sitting room.
He glanced over all that was about him.
self. and when he had done so paragraphs
of which he was the subject were cut CUB
by a secretary and pasted into q scrap
book.-London Truth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
THE REPUL SlVE RODENT.
He Il q Natiue of Central Asia-The Dir
ferenf Varieties.

The black and brown rats are par
ticularly deserving of notice, and are
the most widely distributed over the
world, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle. 1t is not known where or
how they were introduced into Europe
first, but it must have been in recent
times, as the ancients did not know
them. They both appear to be natives
of the central part of Asia. The brown
rat found its way to Europe in the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century,
and reached Britain and the western
countries of Europe about the middle
of that epoch. The Jacobites OF
Britain had the notion that they came
with the house of Hanover, as they APP
peared about that time, and therefore
chose to call them the Hanoverian rat.
They are sometimes enormously called
the Norway rat.
The brown rat is larger and more
powerful than the black rat, and they
are deadly foes. The brown rat has
succeeding in causing an almost total
disappearance of the black rat in places
where it was very numerous. According
to Mr.. Rodewell's theory, the manner in
| which the brown rat has supplanted
| its black foe is by love instead of war.
| The browns, being the stronger, carry
off the females of the blacks by force,
and thus he accounts for the curious
kind of parti-colored offspring which
| may be found in France. These rats
infest ships, and so are carried to the
most distant parts of the world, some
of them getting ashore at every port
and establishing new colonies. The
| black rat is nearly seven inches long,
and the brown grows to be ten inches,
with a tail eight inches long. Both
| species are extremely prolific, produc-
ing from ten to fourteen at birth.
When they are pressed by hunger they
do not hesitate to devour the weaker
| of their kind.
| The rats never-failing appetite is
especially useful in devouring animal
and vegetable substances, the putre-
| faction of which would otherwise be
productive of pestilence. 1t is said
that the visits of the plague to western
| Europe and Britain have ceased from
| the time when rats became plentiful.
Their sense of smell is very acute, so
much so that ratcatchers are careful to
glove their hands when setting their
| traps. The professional ratcatcher in
England wears a brass image of rat
as sign of his business. The ways
and means of catching them are apro-
fessional secret. They produce them
alive and sell them to ratpit-keepers.
These pit-keepers have sort of hole
where they let the rats loose and dogs
are set on them. Crowds of boys and
men pay to see this cruel sport. The
skin of rats is made into gloves in
Paris, and in Siberia there is field
mouse that stores up such quantities OF
dried roots and other food to last
through the long winter of that
country that half-starved people there
hunt their nests and carry off most OF
the food for their own use.
A troop of trained rats was exhibited
some time ago, dressed like men and
women. They walked on their hind
legs and went through sort of play,
one act of which was to hang cat
and dance around the body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
How q Ring is Made.

The workshop where rings is made
is curious place, full of ingenious
mechanical appliances, says the New
York Graphic. Gold coin is put in a
small crucible with flux and the cruci-
BILE placed inside of covered pot,
which is subjected to the heat Of a
powerful flame of natural gas. To in
crease the intensity of the heat strong
blast is produced by means of fan
making constant even temperature.
The gold is rolled and converted into
convenient shape for use, precisely as
iron is worked in rolling mill. 1t is
passed through grooved rolls of vari-
Gus sizes, one after another, until it is
fashioned into narrow strips of the de-
sired width and thickness. There are
also other rolls for converting the in
gots into sheet gold. For stamping
the settings for rings screw press is
used, dies of various sizes being insert
ed as required. A diamond ring is
thick at the center, gradually tapering
in size from the top downward. A
piece of gold, after being rolled and
cut, is laid upon metal die and a
heavy hammer working in frame and
operated by means of a rope and pulley
is made to descend, thus giving with
one blow the desired shape to this part
of the ring. Hundreds of different dies
are necessary for the various styles and
sizes of rings.
After the drop-hammer has stamped
the gold into shape it is placed in a
thin metallic plate containing a hole,
in which it fits exactly, and driven
through by punch worked by hand'
thus cutting away the gold adhering
to the edges, which is carefully saved.
All along the side of the room are
workmen seated at benches, some
shaping the pieces into rings and sold
ering them together, others inserting
and fastening the stone settings, and
still others performing various sorts Of
equally difficult and delicate work, all
necessary in the making of ring. In
another part of the room is curious
bit of machinery which is called a
lapidary lathe and used for shaping
and cutting down stones when neces-
sary. A round piece of metal, shaped
like 9 small grindstone, is set in hori-
zontal position and made to revolve.
" 1hiS CuOiS 10 dpPHcu, dHu lue slCuo
being held against it is soon reduced
to the proper dimensions. 1t is then
polished on similar appliance of
wood coated with putty powder. An
other interesting object is the enamel
ing furnace. The article to be orna-
having previously been en-
graved for the reception of the enamel,
is placed in slittle oven coated with
the enamel in the shape of a powder
1t is then heated until the enamel runs,
and is. then removed from the fire to be
cooled and finished.
A peculiar processis that of gliding
or electroplating. The article to be
gilded is first thoroughtly cleaned by
fine brush of brass wires. A piece OF
gold is attached to the positive pole of
an electric battery aud the article to
the negative. Both are then placed in
the same solution and the electric cur
rent does the work, transferring por-
ton of the gol3to the object to be
plated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
WORTH KNOWING

Mr.. W. Fl. Morgan, merchant, Lake
City, Fla. was taken with a severe Cold
attended with q distressing Cough and
running into Consumption in its first
stages. He tried many so called popular
cough remedies and steadily grew worse.
Was reduced in flesh, had difficulty in
breathing and was unable 10 sleep
Finally tried DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and found immediate
relief, and after using about half dozen
bottles found himself we'll and has had
no return of the disease. No other rem
edy can show so grand a record of cures,
as DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption guaranteed to do just what is
claimed for it.-Trial bottle free at II.
Hinrchs' Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
FOR SWEET HOMES SAKE.

Mothers, wives, sisters! why that pa
tient, hopeless suffering, those pinched,
melancholy faces that sadden home and
caused anxiety to loved ones, while 80
potent and harmless remedy as DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription can be OBJ
tanned of your druggist2 It is the pan
acea for all "female complaints" of
marvellous efficacy and health giving
qualities. The delibitated, and sufferers
from those excruciating periodical pains,
dragging down" feelings, backsche and
kindred female disorders, should use
this certain remedy at once, and be re-
stored to the blessings of health, for
homes sake. OF druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

HORSES ON SNowsHOEs.-Snowshoes
have been worn for years by horses on
the Oroville and Quincy mail route dur
ing the winter months. 1t would be i'm
possible for them to travel over the deep
SHOWS without their aid. A horse that Is
accustomed to wearing them will travel
FIVE or six miles an hour, where it would
be impossible to go that distance in q
week without them. The shoes are mai
of thin steel plate, about niue by elevel
inches, fastened on the boots with
clamps. The horses are shod with long
steel corks which go through the snow
shoes, and prevent their slipping going
up and down hill.-Plnmas National
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
Professional.

Squillsby. who works in photogra-
Phic stndio. popped the question sue
cessfully the other night, after which
he Remarked:
land now | suppose you viii allow
me 10 take kiss?n
why. Of course she replied; sit
would be in perfectly good taste now. n
Very well. said Squillsby; ..turn
your head little TO the right, fix your
eyes on that pictureknob-so-that's
it-Smi!e just liitle-wink as often
as you please-there-no the opera
ton commences. '-SpriaGJfeld Macs.
Usi0a.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

THE WRONG WoMAN.-There is leg
end told in a great Yorkshire town. to the
effsc, that after severn couples had been
church, one bride found her bridegroom
walking away with another lady on his
arm. The curate summoned to her aid,
demonstrated with the defaulter ind be
so1ght him to take his proper partner.
'sNay, said he, Jaw was married to this
'un. and loike her g best" There is
no reason why this should not be sober
truth. The 0ornhill Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

UTILIZING OLD STocKING.-A notable
housekeeper says that stockings that
have served their purpose and are not
serviceable for poor persons, are useful
for ironholders. They should be Gu,
down the seam and smoothly folded,
with the foot inside. The edges should
be firmly overcast with strong linen
thread. Slip covers for ironbo!ders ar.
admirable. They may be made of stout
gray linen in bag shape. They are
slipped over the ironhoIder and tackled at
the open end.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
$500 REWARD

For many years the manufacturers of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have Offered
in good faith standing reward of $500
for case of chronic nasal catarrh which
they cannot cure. No matter how bad
the diseases has become, or of how many
years standing, it yields in due time to
their skill. The famous remedy is sold
by druggists at so cents.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

NEVER TO Go AGAIN.-A fact in rela
ton to the death of Washington, not
generally known, may be stated, The
day after death the clock in the Masonic
lodge in Alexandria, of which he was a
member, WAS set at the hour and minute
of his demise. Then the clock was stop
ped, and it: has never been permitted to
run, nor have the hands been removed
since Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
BUCKLIN's ARNICA sALvE.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cnts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
ChilbIains, Corns, and sill Skin Ernptions,
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction Of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by II.
Hinricha.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
PRONOUNCED A GREAT REMEDY

I had Pneumonia eight years ago,
which left my lungs in bad condition. I
used the White Wine of Tar Syrup you.
sent me, and was greatly benefited. l glad
" commend it as the best remedy for con-
sumption or weak lungs in any form I
have ever tried. 1 hope you will supply
our druggist. Mr.. German, at Cabool,
No., as would like more of ii.
Rev. JOHN w. Brown.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03

THE HANDsoMRsT LADY IN MANrTowoC
Remarked to friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs was superior remedy,
as it stopped her cough instantly when
other remedies had no effect whatever.
So to prove this and convince you of its
merit, any druggist will give You a
Sample Bottle free. Large size SOC and
81. 1nov89.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
Three Bottles Cure Cata,rh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runpdn p. O., Columbia Co..
Pa, says: my daughter had catarrh when
she was five years old, very badly. / saw DR..
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; q third bottle effected q perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
"Constant,y Hawking and Splitting,

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, ssos Pine Street
St. Louis, 10, writes: Il was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting. and for the last eight month
could not breathe through the noStrils.
thought nothing could be done for me- Luck
lily, was advised to try DIR. Sagc's Catarrh
Remedy. and am now a well man. / believe
it TO be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give IL q
fair trial to experience astounding results and
q permanent cure"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-01-03
"Untold Agony from Catarrh..

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist,
of Ithaca, N. r, writes: "Some ten years ago
l suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said must die. My case was
such q bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become 90 hoarse / could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DIR. Sages
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was q well
man. and the cure has been permanent"