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Wood That Sinks in Water.

There are 413 species of trees found
within the limits of the United States
and territories, sixteen of which, when
perfectly seasoned, will sink in water.
The heaviest of these is the black iron
wood (Condalia ferrea), found only in
southern Florida, which is more than
80 per cent heavier than water. OF
the other fifteen the best known is the
lignum vitae (Guaiacum sanctum).
and the mangrove (rhizophora man
gle). Texas and New Mexico, lands
full of queer. creeping, crawling, walk
ing, and inanimate things. are the
homes of species of oak (quercus
grisea) which is about one and fourth
times heavier than water, and which,
when green. will sink almost as quick
as Il bar of iron. 1t grows only in
mountain regions, and has been found
westward as far rs the Colorado des-
ert. where it grows at an elevation of
10000 feet. All the species heavier
than water belong to tropical Florida
or in the arid ives and southwest.
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Newton, vigorous mountain town
west of Charlotte. \. c.. has a curiosity
that beats by large majority the rain
tree which gained such notoriety in
Charlotte in 1866. 1t is smoking
tree. and battles all efforts ut explana-
ton. 1t is white mulberry tree. and
stands on the sidewalk in front of the
residence of Levi 1oder.
According to the description in the
Richmond Times it was brought from
Illinois year or two ago and is now
about twelve feet high, with bushy
top and many lateral branches. Re-
Gently one of the family noticed puff
of smoke proceed from one of the
limbs. and by watching it closely puifs
identical in appearance to cigarette
smoke were seen Startingev now and
then from all over the tree, sometimes
from the leaves. sometimes from the
bloom, sometimes from the bark of the
tree. The puifs are at irregular inter-
walls; sometimes two or three at once
from various parts of the tree and
sometimes they are several seconds or
half minute apart. They just seem
to come at haphazard from any part of
the tree, and as they ascend in the air
look exactly like the smoke from
cigarette.
Since the curiosity first became gen.
orally known, large crowds, both of
town and country people, can be seen
there at any time in the day. All
doubling Thomases are soon convinced.
on the first visit, that the tree ''do
smoke" Among the white people it
is only looked upon as curiosity, and
many of course make explanations of
the phenomenon, which perhaps, are
plausible enough to their authors, but
which carry very little conviction to
the minds of others.
But the negroes didn't like>the thing
at all. One negro woman, after in
tently watching the putfs Il few min
utes, started off in run. saying: Il
would't lib dar fur nothing; people
better 90 to doin' better bout dis town"
A negro man said: I'm gwNe stay
way from dat thing. | can smell de
birthstone clear down to the ibery
stable"
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CURIOSITY DID 1T,
The Book Agent Reaches the Farmer by
Il New Method.

mo. we don't want nothin'! Git, or
I'll call the dorg!" These are the
words that will not down the book
agents nightmare" Bad dreams
Here, as he tosses on his uncomforta.
BILE couch he sees Bridget of the auburn
locks, staring from the half-open
portal as she holds kettle of boiling
water in a threatening attitude. He
turns over in his bed to flee, but there
a man and a savage dog confront him.
The man hurls club against the
agents tender shins and urges On the
dog. The book vendcr staggers
toward an inviting fence and just as he
crawls up to place of safety he feels
the hot breath of the dog as the brute
prepares to sink his teeth into the
agents neck; but they never sink. The
agent opens his eyes, stares around the
cozy room, and eXclaims, Only .
dreamn
In the agents long list of expert.
ences, the Bridget, man, club and dog
are real, and it has been the business
of the agents profession to learn the
habits, peculiarities and disposition of
these antagonistic subjects, and, if
possible, educate them to appreciate
the book agents industry.
Book agents follow the motto, when
everything else fails, try curiosity" :"
and it usually wins. An old farmer
south of this city, who had thrown
book agents over the fence allowed his
curiosity to lead him down to the gate
to see bicycle 90 by. Just as the
young gentleman came up to the gate
something went wrong with The wheel,
and he stopped to fix it. The old
farmer kindly offered his aid, and the
willy agent slipped Il book into the
victims hand to hold till the wheel was
fixed. Tie conversation turned from
bicycle to the book, and the former
was repaired about the time the old
farmer was ready to subscribe for two
of the latter. When the name was
well inscribed and the bIcyclist out OF
hearing, the old farmer scratched his
head in rather dazed way and said
I'll be diEged il that amt a book
agent. "-I1diaHapoiis NesCS.
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Gen. DiX'S Famous Order.

Concerning Gen. Dix's famous dis
patch: If any man attempts to haul
down the American flag shoot him on
the spotm Gen. Sickles said to re-
porter day or two ago: "On receipt
of the news from New Orleans that an
attempt had been made to seize a
revenue cutter Gen. Dix impulsively
wrote that splendid dispatch with the
true ring of patriotism and fight in it.
But he no sooner saw it in black and
white than he began to hesitate and
doubt. He first consulted the Attorney
General, and the result of their de-
liberations was approved bv the latter,
but final resolve was had on DiX's
part to submit the message to the
President before sending it. On the
way to the White House [ met the two
officers, and Gen. Dix showed me the
dispatch as he had written it, and stat
ing the circumstances, added that the
Attorney-General approved it. Then
send it at once | said. The Attorney
Generals approval is sufficient Still
Gen. Dix hesitated, when | said to him:
General, if you send that dispatch the
President will approve of it as highly
proper and in the right key. If
you show it to him it will never
be sent 1t was sent. Buchanan did
approve it, and the North was wild
over it for weeks. Gen. Dix narrowly
escaped imperishable fame on that oc-
caSiOnn
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[ATAR r II
First publication JuIy 8, ls90)
TRY THE Cure

1NRCUTr COURr-M tNITowoC COUNTY.
u Catharlna Lueps, Plaintiff. v. =. Jerome
Pierce and Mary Pierce. his wife, John J. Lyons,
Aaron b. Gibson and Michael kirwan. Defend
ants.
BY virtue of. and pursuant to Judgment of
foreclosure and order of sale rend cred IN the
above entitled action, at general term of the
circuit court for Mauitowoc county, held at the
court house in the city of Manitowoc. Wisconsin,
and dated the I4th day of June A. D.. lSs9 |
shall offer for sale and sell 10 the highest and
best bidder at the sheriff & office in the court
house, in the city and county of Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, the 16lh day of August. A. D.,
1890 at eleven o'clock In the forenoon of that
day, al the following described real estate. stu
ate in the city of Manitowoc county of ManItowoc
and State of Wisconsin. directed by SAID jndg-
ment Ia be sold II satisfy the amount due the
plaintiff for principal, interest and costs to-wt:
All that portion of Lot Eight tsi in block No.
FortY-f6 ar an, in the city of Manitowoc, Wis
consIn. described as follows: CommanCing TWEEN
ty-fuur feet north of the southwest corner of
said lot eight tsl, running thence due north on
the western boundary line of said lot, TO the
northern boundary line thereof: thence east on
the northern boundary line of said lot. to the
north east of said lot; thence dac sOath on
the boundary line of sad lot fifty feet and
nine inches; thence West iI9 feet; thence north
fourteen feet and inches: thence west thirty
one feet 20 the place of beginning.
Dated July 2nd. 1880.
FRANK ZEMAN,
augl4 Sheriff of Manitowoc Go. Wis
u RsaKHAM i MARKHAM, Atty's for Plaintiff.
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A Michigan Husband.

A Hudson (Mich.) husband who had
been married four years and had re-
peatedly asked his wife for cup of
coffee like his mother used to make
became SO mad over a boiled dinner
his wife set before him the other day
that he seized handful of hot cabbage
and slapped it into his better halls
face, after which he rubbed butter
over her physiognomy and then emp
tied a teapot OF boiling water on her
suffering person.
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A Runaway.

Two trotters small and restless cantered of
one summer day.
And with them. all unwittingly. tney took the
baby May;
Ger meads and meadows fresh and green, with
morning dews yet damp,
They galloped far away from town, these
ponies Irot and Tramp.
AS ON they sped new sights and sounds did all
their thoughts beguile,
TIL weary quite. said Trot to Tramp, Let :
stop and rest a while:
And dropping down on velvet sward they in
their harness lay,
Nor ever gave thought to her whom they
had borne away.
But baby May was well content, and midst the
grasses sat
And gathered starry daisies white, with
dimpled fingers fat.
And curls of dandelion stems she in her
tresses hung,
And TO the winds the golden wealth of bios
SONS gaily flung.
Refreshed and rested, Trot and Tramp once
more went on their way.
And with them, still bedecked with flowers.
was merry baby May;
With spirits high. they galloped on by rill and
running brook.
And In and out, by crooked paths, their wind
ing way they took.
But ere the noontfde hour had come. said
Trot. in doleful mood
Il would could but lay me down, Ills naught
care for food
Said Tramp to Trot In all my life I've ne'er
weary been;
Perhaps To do as we have done is something of
sim"
Meanwhile reigned fear and anxious thought
Ger loss OF baby May.
For none could guess the ma nner strange ir
which she went away
Nor ever dreamed that ponies small, like tiny
Tramp and Trot.
Could bear away little girl TO such a far-off
spot.
But W lille the sun was yet on high. unharmed
in wooded glade,
Was found asleep by mossy log, a dainty
little maid.
And dangling from her shapely head, with
hair of golden sheen,
Were daisies white. and wilted curls of dande-
lion green,
And with no room at all to spare (the oldest
place to chooSe)
Were Irot and Tramp,all safe and sound, with.
in the maiden's shoes.
Good Housekeeping
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First publication July 3, lS90.) No. A.
IANITOWOC COUNTY COUKT.-IN Pro

1Nl BATE.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas Barrett,
deceased.
Lettors of administration with will annexed of
the estate of Thomas Barrett, deceased, having
been issued to Daniel Clune.
1t is ordered that six months from this date be
and are hereby allowed and limited for the credi-
tors of said Thomas Barrett deceased, TO present
their claims for examination and allowance.
1t Is further ordered that the claims and de-
Inands of all persons against said deceased be
received. examined and adjusted by this court at
its court room, the probate office in the city of
Manjtowoc IN said county. at regular terms there
of appointed to be held on the first Tuesdays of
August, 1890 and January, 1891. and all persons
are hereby notified thereof.
Ordered further, that notice of the time and
place when and where said claims and demands
viii be received, examined and adjusted as sfore-
said and of the time hereby limited for creditors
10 present their claims. be given by publishing
this order and notice four successive weeks IN
the Manitowoc Pilot, newspaper published al
the city of Manitowoc in said county, the trst
publication to be made within ten days from the
date hereof
Dated this first day of } uly, 1890.
By the Court
uly31 EMIL BAEN SCH, Collsy Judge.
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YARNS FOR SALE.

Farm of 60 acres, all under cultivation Good
a good bargain.
Farm of 20 acres. q acres cultivated. Il acres
lumber. Good buildings and fencas with never
lalllng spring Of water. TINS is a great bargain
Tor party wanting small farm.
Farm OF - acres, very fine buildings and ln,
proyements. Wood and water. Adjoining ~ or
6arger farm
Farm of i1j acres. Good improvements build
ings ald fences. Well watered and finely pitu-
ated.
Farm OF 13J acres. This farm is well located
with all necessary Improvements.
Farm of II5 acres. This farm Is expressly fit
ted up for first class stock farm with all nece--
sary improvements for dairy business and raising
hogs.
All the above farms are situated within eIev, n
10 Twelve miles from the city, and are offered n
easy terms. "
farm of 12) acres in the TJgn OF Gibson. in
sertsoEs = and Y, knOw1 as the Charles Koch
farm. The farm Is well waterei and has con-
siderable standing timber including cedar and
maple; about Ii acres cleared. VIII he sold very
cheap.
EnqaIre OF G. e. SEDGWICK,
ManItowoc Wis.
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English Coast Defenses.

During the summer the new de-
fenses at Needles, on the English
coast are to be tested by an elaborate
series of experiments. 1t is proposed
to find out whether the Brennan tor
pedo, for which England paid $500. 600,
can stop a vessel passing up at full.
speed; and also if hostile ships could
escape the fire from the batteries
by keeping close under the cliffs.
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iFirst nuhlicatian July Il. ls.O.l

{ NRCUII CoURT-MNNITOWOC COUNTY.
~ George Baumann, Plaintiff Frederick
Keinke, John Reinke, Christian Scheibe and Carl
Engel, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of and
pursuant TO the Judgment of foreclosure and or
der of sale made and entered in the above entIu-
ed action at the general term of sad court for the
county aforesaid held at the Court House, i'll the
city of Manitowoc, III said county, commencing
on the ith day of June, 1889 and which SAID judg-
ment is dated June II, 1889, |. the undersigned
sheriff of said county. shall sheriff aforesaid.
offer for sale and sell to the highest and best bid
DER at the sherltfs office. at the Court House. II
the city OF Manltowoc, III the county of Mani
towoc and State of Wisconsin, on the seth day of
August 1880 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that
day, all the following described real estate di-
rected by said Judgment To be sold to satisfy the
amount therein adjudsed to said plaintiff for
principal, IEsereSt and costs together with costs
of sale to-vyit all that certain piece, parcel.
tract of land situate, lying and being III the
county of Manitowuc aud State OF Wisconsin, and
known and described a. lots Nos. a, thirteen
Q3 fourteen; (l4). and fifteen, (l5l, In block No.
eight (S) In the sO-called village OF Cenerville,
according to the recorded plat of said village.
Dated July II, 1891.
aug28 FRANK ZEMAN, Sheriff
of Manltowoc Co., Wis,
Schmitz & KirwaH, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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Farms fJ1 SlI3 IN Door Go

A fine farm of 50 acres near Stokes post Office,
having - acres cleared, balance hard wood TIM
ber and having frame house, log barn, and an
orchard on it, and distant one-half mile from Il
post office store and saloon, will be sold cheap
Terms: One half down, balance on time
Have several other farms for sale. Apply
Il. p. Cody, Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., W
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Comparative Length of Life.

According to recent figures the peo-
pie of this country are longer lived
than those of Europe. In this country
Is persons out of every 1000 die each
year. In England the average is 20,
and in Germany 26.
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Austin, Tex, has decided to erect
the greatest dam in the United States
over the Colorado river. 1t will cost
$1,000, 900 and afford 1,400-horse
nONa,-
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TroRSEYAND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
a once in rJrrison's brick block, north end
tn -.t,; g orldsc, dInitow1c, Wisconsin '1o'ise-
oIs ~ nJJiy attended to-
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NASH & NASH.

+. rrORNEYs CoUNSELORS AT Law
n Otice over First National BANK h'Hhth 81
Collections promptly attended TO-
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J. ID. Ma RKHAM F.,

TToRSEY AND COUNSELOR AT Law
\ once. in Torrlson's Brick Block, EiGnth
street. Man ttoWoc. WISCONSIN,.
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rroRSEY AND CoUNsELLoR AT LAW.
A oo il cara 1loes 3nc a5s' soath asEi E Es2ih 2I
ieaulns s9anit.vyo, NIs Collections promptly
street juiZU
attended to.
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WM. RAHR'S SONS,

DREWER AND MASTER, CORNER SIXTH 81,
d and Washington streets, South sue ino
:ighest cash price paid for Barley.
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NgcrIAELKIRWAs.
SCaNiTZ & KIRWAN,
O. G. SEDIWICK

4 TrORNEYS Al LAW. OFFICE II Franz
-, = = mayll
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR.
| Mauitowoc. Wis.
A r. WHITMAN, NJ. d,
q A EORREo

DuYsICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
iIist. N mi .oSDc cJant. Wis einaroo
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ALL DOUBTS D|SPELLED.

''CoTnc TO me, Robert, if you ever loved me
in the old days, when we were so happy to
eether in the quiet home that ! shall never see
again! All, if had never left it-or you! You
loved me best, after all; but, then l did not be.
lieve ii!
name. and he has your eyes, your smile! For
the sake of the child, at least come to me- for
l am dying, and must leave him in your care.
Your unhappy
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r 6 IUHMANN, NJ. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFCE Al
Residence of Dr. T. Simon, Hancock street,
ear the court house, Mauitowoc, Wis. del5
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-05
a Graphite Shell.
Charleston News.


Quite curious relic of the lombard
ment Of this staid old city some five-and-
twenty years ago was turned up by the
workmen at the north pier of the custom
house wharf while digging for founda-
ton. This rust covered memento is
nothing more nor less than shell, all
loaded, primed and ready for business
which has lain imbedded twenty feet
deep in the salt mud ever since it was
thrown into the oity by one Of Gen. Gill
more's guns during that interesting
period of ''the late unpleasantness. -
These mementoes of the "Swamp
Angelo are not infrequently dug up
around the city by workmen while exca-
vat1ng for building purposes, but the re-
markable thing about this one is that it
has been completely converted into
graphite by the action of its salt sur
roundings. It is about foot and half
long and several inches in diameter, and
still wears vlllianous look, which makes
one a little careful in handling it {,
especially when attention is called to the
percussion caps which protrude Innocent
1y from the end.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-05

and the company is only two years
old and is doing a big missionary
work for the Staked Plains. These vines
and trees are to be planted into orchards,
and their fruit will either be shipped or
canned. They depend on their water
supply, which will be from windmill and
wells, drawn from the bowels of the
earth, which God. in His wisdom, has
placed there for that purpose. The first
order of this company was for 100 trees
and vines, now it comes in two carloads.
The question is now asked, what next?
and the answer is, you can raise fruit
and vines on the Staked Plains for profit
where thousands of families can find
good remuneration in return for their
labor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-05
STAKED PLAINS.
Fruit and Vines can be Raised with Profit.
Country of the Cattleman' Agrteultprist
and the HOrtlculturist.

correspondence of the Gazette.
MARIENFELD, TEX, April 1.-Muoh
has been said and much remains to be
said of the Staked Plains. The fact
is, the half has never been told, and only
| men with strong determination will ever
find out what can be done. Every man
looks to his own interest, and every man
differs in his opinion as to the adaptable
ity of the soil of the Staked Plains. To
hear this reasoning reminds one of q
mirage which changes as you proceed
on your journey. When the first pioneer
settled on the Staked Plains it was con-
sidered only fit for stock. Oh, no, moth
ing but stock could be raised here; and
at the same time the soil was covered
with rich grasses and flowers. Next
came the man with the hoe and sowed
seed which came forth in all It's spIendor.
the corn and wheat was con-
sidered to be equal to that
raised in any state in the
Union. It was then considered a fit
place for the man with the hoe. The
old Texan looked upon the plains as
barren waste, the cattleman believed it
to be only fit for cattle, while the man
with the hoe saw in the Staked Plains
good farming country. The question Is
now what next? Now comes the horti-
oulturist and shouts Eureka! Eureka!
We haYe found Is to be the best fruit
country in the world, the home of the
grape, the wine producing grape, where
the raisen grape has matured on the
vine, where the black rot does not come,
neither does the mildew affect us. -
Such is the rapid stride made in Martin
county, Tex, still the Plains has its
drawbacks and men view her with super
stition because nature does not make
her a paradise and remove all the
evils that came with the fall OF man.
Think of this, that country where ma
ture has refused to give rain since last
November could revive again, that the
rich gr asses that all the time have been
hidden come forth with renewed Yigor,
and the plains dresses herself in gar
ments of green, but such is the case.
The peach, pear, apple and shade trees
have decked themselves with the beauti-
full green foliage only known to them,
patiently holding up their leaves to catch
the rain when it does come. The bloom
although hit by frost that troze three
fourths of an inch thick, is still there as
sound as bell. The fact of the matter
is our temperature is dry and it would
take very heavy frost to kill the bloom.
Thus we are progressing, and the Staked
Plains is rapidly coming TO the front. The
question is still asked what next, and
the answer is, the half has never been
told. Yes, we have the vine country
with no superior where the grape can be
raised for profit and the richest quality
of wine can be made. This is done on
land costing only 50 per acre. Only
year or two ago not one live vine or
fruit tree could be found in the county,
now they number up in the thousands.
The Marienfeld irrigation company have
this year bought more than 100, 600 trees
and vines, which have been delivered to
them at Marienfeld. This was the lar
gest order ever made in the states