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Fast Type-Writing.

English newspapers have given con-
siderable space of late to the feat of the
Parliamentary shorthand reporter who
transcribed 5000 words in two hours
and three minutes. In conversation
with Mr.. j. +. Munson, well known as
the inventor of Munsonfs system of
photography, and one of the oldest law
reporters in the country, he made some
interesting statements about rapid
writing.
THE fact is, he said, eve have in
this city one or two typewriters who
write from dictation ut a-speed of forty
folios of 100 words an hour, and any
number who can write from thirty to
thirty-six folios in that time. Twenty
four folios is only the average time of n
good typewriter. | understand that
there is difference in writing from
dictation and transcribing ones notes
but | do not regard the feat as spoken
Of as anything but fairly good work.
"The highest authentic speed in
shorthand that know of was the feat
of lady who wrote 307 words in one
minute, There is a great deal of hum
bug in the way speed contests have
been conducted of late years. A man
sits down to write after very fast
reader. He takes down what he can.
and what he cannot get he lets 90.
The number of words that he has taken
are counted, and this is given as his
speed. looked at from practical steno-
grapher's standpoint Every mistake
made in a contest by the competitor
should be counted against him.
The shorthand writers in Washing
ton do as good work as is done any
where in the world; and think, taking
it on the average. the best law report
ing is done in the city of New York.
We have a number of shorthand writers
in this city who have written as fast rs
250 words minute for five or ten min
utes. The matter in these tests was
new to them.
"A court stenographer works about
five hours a day. In that time
he will take, if the examination is
quick one, about 400 folios This,
however, is a heavy days work, and
the average is 2j0 to 800 folios. 1t is
not always necessary to transcribe the
notes of a trial. In reporting the de.
bates at Washington the stenographers
are relieved every twenty minutes to
write out the matter they have taken,
so that the proceedings are nearly al
ways written out almost as soon as an
adjournment is taken.-N. !. MaU and
ETDress
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Unappreciated Feet.

English women. says the shoemaker,
have large feet and know it. They
live up to them serenelv, and wear
great boots and shoes. square-toed.
broad. flat-heeled. with naivette that
amuses and scandalizes their American
cousins. They don't care tuppence for
feet. In the great tide of American
girls that rushed across the Atlantic
last Spring to revel in a London sea-
son there was gay little Philadel
phian. bright as a brand new dollar.
witty. lever, but. alas! accounted, in
the contest of beauty in her native
land, decidedly plain. One good point,
indeed. she possessed beyond question.
and that was her feet. They We're
simply bewitchin@. Small-she wore
No. 1-slender, with an instep arched
like Spanish senorita's; they were
things of beauty and joys forever. and
the young woman to whom they be-
longed squandered her substance in
silk stockings and ravishing shoes when
she was on the point of starting for
England.
There" she sighed to herself, in
rapturous anticipation. Il shall be ap-
preciated My feet viii probably ere
ate furror, and, / should think,
ought to secure me an earl at least. |
wonder if Her Majesty will mention
them when | am presented? 1t is my
golden opportunity, the chance of my
lifetime!"
She came back to Newport in August
sadder and wiser girl-without the
earl.
Its all snare and a delusiCn,n she
pouted at luncheon to her interested
friends. Those English girls have
feet that are enormous-enormou |
only saw one who wore a smaller boot
than a seven. But they have no refine
ment of feeling, no artistic sensitiveness
at all. Not a soul ever mentioned mine,
Not a single soul! | kept them dis
played as artlessly and prominently as
could wherever | went, and not one
living human being spoke of them.n
Not the Queen?" suggested her
bosom friend. Git is always your
bosom friend who asks disagreeable
questions)
The Queen?n repeated the Philadel-
phian. My dcars," her voice sank to
an impressive whisper, my dears, /
give you my word, when | saw her she
had on low black slippers, something
like ankle ties. and crowded into them
her fat feet in white stockings! That's
the sort of thing they admire over
there!'-BOSt0H Her0!d.
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The Use of Slang.

"A man born and bred in the United
States fails to appreciate how much
slang he daily uses in conversation.
said an intelligent American who had
Just returned from continental tour.
HE fully appreciates these blemishes,
however. when he returns TO America
after having had daily intercourse with
some of the well-bred persons i'll
Europe, He picks up these blots on
perfect speech so gradually and they
multiply so rapidly that before he is
aware of the extent of these acquisi-
tions at least-one-tenth part of his
vocabulary consists of slang express
sions. This fact is so true of America
that even the ignorant peasants of Ire
land recognize it when their country
men return to their native land. As
heard in America slang seems TO add
force and expression TO conversation.
but this is ouly seeming, for when con-
trasted with really simple and conse-
quently elegant diction the difference
in strength can readily be seen. There
are some slang words, however, in the
American vocabulary which, If used at
the right time and place. find their
buil's-eye like minnie ball. But as a
rule the use of slang words is only a
blemish on conversation, and its use
eann ct be too heartily condemned.
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The total catch of seals by schooners
fitted out at Victoria. Is. Cup to April
is reported at 1880.
Mrs. Dow's Sharp Tongue.

Mrs. Mary f. II. G. Dow walked into
a meeting of the directors of the street
railroad at Dover. n. H., one day, saws
a Boston correspondent of the n. I.
World, and. showing pocketful of the
companys stock. elected herself to the
presidency and other offices. Then
she left the room with her head in the
air.
She became famous throughout New
England, but after two years of rule
the New Hampshire railroad queen de-
cided to forswear railroading aud sold
most of her stock. The stockholders
recently held meeting. at which Mrs.
Dow was asked to explain an oyerissue
of fifty-three shares of stock. and also
how it happened that in the statement
OF assets and liabilities she gave to
Edward p Shaw to whom she sold 26C
shares at $50 each. $500 of the indebt-
edness of the company did not appear.
Mrs. Dow did not explain as desired,
but declared that the company now
owes her some S502 on u'coilected
dividends. not to mention b.! Tor the
storage Of au omnibus, the Ownership
of which the company now repuiiates.
She said the present management Is
running the road.
The officers told her that she had
made s25 on each share size sold. and
intimated that she had gor sel The com
pany in doing so.
Mrs. Dow objected to the issGe OF
new stock and to electric cars. saying
that the latter were dangerous in q
thunderstorm.
The meeting ended in . wrangle. bqi
after Mrs. Dow had gone home the di.
rectorors met in "A private Office, elected
officers. and fixed things generally te
their satisfaction.
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The Cost of Tying Shoestrings

One of the managers of a big east
ern knitting-mill has made Il calcula-
tion that the shoestrings of Il working
girl will come united on the average
three times per diem, and that a girl
will lose about fifty seconds every time
she stoops to retie them. Most of the
employees have two feet. so this entails
loss of 500 seconds every day for each
girl. There are about 100 girls en-
ployed in this factory, and therefore
the gentleman finds that 43, 800 000
seconds are wasted in the course of a
year which time ut the average rate OF
wages, is worth $943.17 1-2, Orders
have accordingly been issued that girls
must wear only button shoes or con-
gress CATERS under penalty OF dis
charge. Detroit 1rib1tne.
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A PRESENT FROM NEWPORT, 1888.
The year previous to the bargain,

When new these groups might have
been worth Is pence each. In their
present condition they would have
been dear at a shilling pair.
| confess that | felt little sympathy
with the purchaser. but | was dis
tressed to think that Mrs. Rawlins,
whose character for honesty had been
irreproachable, should have seemed to
vouch for the antiquity of the china,
and also to have hidden the tell-tale
inscription.
Her answer was simple. The orn-
aments had been given her as birth
day present by her grandmother, who
had died only IA few weeks before the
bargain at the ripe age of 9S, and the
cement had been added with the OBJ
lect of making them stand steadily on
the mantel-piece.
But there was twinkle in Mrs
Rawlins' eve when she offered me this
explanation, and even now | hardly
know how far innocent was her share
IN Lord Johns bargain. Beigratia.
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Edison's Democratic Ways.

Edison is Count, millionaire and
:he most famous living inventor. His
present wealth, which amounts to many
millions, is nothing compared with
what it will be in the next few years;
but he still works away in his labora-
tory, and comes forward to greet you
i'll just such Il suit of clothes as he wore
twenty years ago. As compared with
Edison dingy little shop of twenty
years ago, out at Menlo Park in which
he used to eat his bread and cheese
seated on an old packing-boN, talking
over the work in hand with his two or
three workmen, the present surround
ings are fabulously luxurious. Every
thing shows unbounded means, hich
may be the case, when we remember
that this famous laboratory costs $500,
000 year to maintain. But the mas
ter mind is still the same. When he
works it means work for his men. In
the o.d days ut Menlo Park it was no
uncommon thing for him to remain at
at the bench for forty-eight hours at a
stretch, sending one of the boys for
crackers and cheese when he felt hun
CRY, and not giving up until his assist
ants had actually fell asleep standing
up. To-day he is just rs Interested
PtttSbUrq DtSDatch
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rFirst nnhlication July 3. 1sall
First publication July s. 1s90.) No. A
+ TANITOWOC COUNTY COURT.-IN PRo-

vi 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 he credi-
tors of said Thomas Barrett, deceased, to present
their claims for examination and allowance.
1t Is further ordered that the claims and de-
mands 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, 1899 and January. 1881. 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 ard adjusted as afore-
said ard of the time hereby limited for creditors
to present their claims, be given by publ i-hIng
this order and notice four successive weeks in
the Manitowoc Pilot. newspaper published at
the city of Manitowoc in said county the first
publication to be made with ten days from the
date hereof.
Dated this first day of July 139C.l
BY the CourtI
uly31 EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
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SATAR II
fFirst publication lune II. 1891 No. |
\ LIZ AIHAl, l,Alr A1fN InIAIrlA IL, l,-.,A,,t.
TRY THE Cure

First publication Iune T. 1901 No. -
yrANITOWOC COUNTY GOURr-ln Probate
w In the matter of the last Will and tesla
ment of Kari Schaefer, deceased.
On this 10Th day of June lseH, upon reading and
filing an instrument in wrItIno purportIng 10 be
the last Will and testament of Karl Schaeter late
of the town of SchleswIE IN Iaaltowoc county
deceased and also the accom- panylng petition of
Heinrich Scaaefer of said town OF Schiesyig,
aforesaid representing that said Karl Schaefer
lately died at saiI town of Scnleswig; that the
instrument aforesaid is the last will and testa-
ment OF said deceased: that Michael Dier the per.
son therein named n executor by said deceased,
jurisdiction of this court, that IL i necessary
b. appointed - al minister sl! esta ts
and PRAYING that said last viii and testament be
proved and admitted u prob tie and that letters
of administration with the will annexed be
granted thereon according To law. 70 the petition
er or some other suitable person 10 be named by
the court.
1t is ordered that the proofs OF said instru-
meat and sud petition be heard before the judge
pf this court at his o.ce IN the city of Maaltowoc
III said county at 4 special term of said court 70
be held upon the second Tuesd ~ being the sth
dav of July 1870 at 10 O'Clock IL the forenoon.
Aud il Is further ordered that paAlic notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by pub
lt-hing copy of this oader for three successive
weeks in the Manitowoe Pilot newspaper pub
she'd in said county.
BY the Court,
EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
RUs1E 4 DESIsoS, Attys. july 3
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Lines to Inventions and Inventors

| crown thee with the laurel, O thou Phono-
graph
Thrice great of all enrolled on great inven-
ton 6 page<.
The voice Of him who stirs the heart, awakes
laugh,
With thy biest aid may now resound through
al the ages.
Now, Wizard, turn thy thoughts, / beg, TO
this great want,
Ere thou dost seek thy niche in Fame's
grand mausoseum:
Invent some sort of glass for them that self
do yaunt.
By which. o Sage, themselves they'll see as
others see 'em.
This done mayhap theu'lt rest upon the plane
with him
Whose fame within their hearts a grateful
peoples keeping.
Whose laurel none can snatch away. nor ever
dim,
Who first taught weary man the blessed art
of sleeping.
John kendrick Bangs, in Harper's Maga-
zine.
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hat OstricheS Eat.

The daily rations of a pair Of ostriches
on farm in San Diego county, Cali
fornia, are forty pounds of beets for
breakfast and for dinner half peck
of grain. Besides this the birds are
given bits of bone.
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4 Fruit Pest in California.

California has fruit pest in the gray
!i"aet far worse and more damaging
tn fruit raisers than the English spar
roW. Ii some means are not SYSTEM
a;icaliy and methodically adopted to
eNiermnate this bird there will be very
little profit in Embarrassing in these
c.ions where deciduous fruits are ex-
.iilsisnlv prn.liic,..s
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T.. s. LUIMANN, M. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Al
Residence Of DR.. T. Simon, Hancock street,
ear the court house, Manitowoc, Wis. delo
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j. d. Ma Rk Ii A NJ,

TTORNEY AND COUNS ELOR AT Law
4 ONCE, in Torrison's Brick BLOCK Elghti
greet. Mlnttoyso3. y, isc0nsin.
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NA SU S NASH.

TTCR.EYS ASDCOGNSELORS Al LAW
n Office over FIRST ltion1i Bunk. Et9hth 81
1ollections promptly attended 10.
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The total population of Greenland at
the end of 1888 was 10, 29l. There had
been 162 deaths during the previous
year. of which thirty-one had been by
drowning from the native canoes, and
ten by other arcid@mts
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yrORxEYASD COUNSELOR AT LAW
u once in rJrrisou's brick block, north enc
tn Street ocIds:, daaito voc, Wisconsin. once
ous - nptty atteEded 70.
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CHAS. HI. SEEGER,

nENTIsr. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN AMBER
/ sons Block. Corner South Eighth and quay
trcets Manitowoc. WIS. Prompt attention VIII
: siv., ~ afI work entrusted % me-. apr27-Sl
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NNI. RAHR,S SONS,

DREWER AND MALsTER, CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets, South side. ihe
ighest cash price paid for Barley.
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You can get 100 acres of land in
Samoa for Sl.37, and the taxes will be
,nly 80 cents year.
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nIcnAEI kli.wA =
- IEtt. 'a'1'A -
SCaMiTL Il 18WAN,
&. CT. SEDGWlCK,

TFDRNEYS At Law. OFFICE n tRASzs
tsyA-c1J,.j1, mayii
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Farms i]' 6lI3 ii Door Co

A fine farm OF 80 acres near Stokes post office,
having - acres cleared, balance hard wood tlm-
her and having 4 frame house, log barn, and an
orchard on it. and distant oue-half mile from "a
post oil e, store and saloon, will be sold cheap
Terms: One half down, balance on time.
Have several other farms for sale. Apply
r. p Cody Sturgeon Bay. Door Co., W
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A. r. WHITMAN, Nj. D,
nIYsICIAN aNO SURGEON OFFICE A
L 60 Mani voc elanfy, VIE. smar3o
r. a FORREST.

rroRSEY ASD CoUNs aLAoR At LAW.
A oa il cera bo~S oe h1s' ssas agHi e Es1th s1G
uu.s Ia,if.1ya ,sit. Collections promptly
ottcclt JuiZU
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! Manitowoc. Wis.
, 1890-07-27
Normandy Butter Adulterated.

The British vice counsel at Caen in
his Last report says that, In spite of the
special laws adopted very recently
against the fraudulent practices of the
butter dealers and merchants in largely
introducing various fatty compounds
TO mix with the pure butter, this fraud
has been and is still being carried on
extensively, and the exporters have for
some time past been introducing the
hitherto excellent Normandy butter to
the English market largely ~adulterated
with the compounds. A syndicate of
the butter merchants of northern
France has been formed, and it has re-
Gently issued an appeal to all the hon
est butter merchants to endeavor to
avert this disaster to the trade through
the decrease of the expectation to for
eign markets, attributable to the adul-
~teration of the hitherto pure butter ex-
ported. The export of Normandy
butter in 1889 to the English markets
alone amounted to the value of SO, 900,-
000f., while in the year 1887 it had
fallen to SO, loo, 000f., and since the lat
ter year there has been a still further
decrease. The syndicate proposes, as
a precautionary measure, that a new
law shall bepassed to oblige the makers
of the compound to give it some color
ing matter other than the hue of but
ter In its unadulterated natural state,
SO that it will then be impossible to mix
1t with the pure article without show
ing some trace of margarine. This
adulteration of butter is extensively
carried on in Caen.
, 1890-07-27

80 overcome that he almost begged me to
walk on him and see how grateful bis sys-
TEN would feel to my feet,
Dogs are only admitted to the hotel on
proper Endorsement. A letter from the
pastor is preferred. They cannot remain,
however, after they have broken over any
of the rules of the house.
The board Of control invite complaints,
it is said (unless they are chronic COM
plants. OF coursel and ask everybody to
report to the bureau every case where
guests have been fatally injured by at
tendsnts, 50 that luggage may be disposed
of at best market prices.
The Savoy is a good hotel, however,
joking aside, and the French language is
the mos difficult matter to cope with of
anything in the house. Maj. James B.
Pond. who seat over TO secure Stanley
for America, recently stSppe3 at the Sa-
voy. BE and William Carey, Of The
Century. together with Villers, the ar
fist, sat in the hotel cafe one evening
ready to eat, and in fact with their order
in and partially filled. Directly one of
the party decided before beginning to or
der a small slug Of rye whisky. He made
the garcon understand it through Mr..
Villers. who talks French with great ease.
Noticing as the garcon was about to start
out that he had no butter. he told him
, 1890-07-27
Hghes, of ali in Leavcnng Powell. S. Govt Report, Aug II, 1889
Roe! Rss1ag
ABSOLUTELY PURE


The veIing and much Sezed question,
What is the legal definition Of a bay
window? seems to be drawing toward a
solution. How many windows shall a
bay window contain is the point made.
These windows are all built of frame,
and the difficulty with the inspectors is
to keep builders from overstepping their
legal rights and constructing frame
back buildings under the disguise of
ebay windows" The claim is made
that a bay window must be all windows
that is, windows on the front and
sides; others think hat a window on the
front is all that Is necessary. The lat
ter view is taken by the builders of
houses in rows where the bay windows
of adjoining houses are so close as to
prevent the possibility of privacy.
One builder who is building a row of
houses in the upper section of the
city thinks the law is doing him a
wrong by compelling him to put three
windows in his bay windows, which ad-
join each other in pairs, divided by n
brick wall. He is not expected to put a
window in the brick wall, but In the
framework opposite, adding to the ex-
pense of the house and altering the
shape of the room. The main reason
for compelling builders to construct
windows on all sides of the bay is pre-
vention against fire. This argument is
answered by the builders, who say that
the frame apartments having the least
number Of windows burn the slowest.
When windows become broken the
draught is greatly increased, conse-
quently the danger is aggravated. To
the looseness of the building avs many
of the complications constantly arising
can be attributed. The ordinance of
1882 to regulate the erection of oriel or
bay windows throws no light whatever
on the subject. While the ordinance
regulates the construction of front bay
windows, not a word is said about those
on the rear Of Observation-Disclosures
Inquirer.