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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-24
PROOF FROM A PARROT.

''When [ was a sheriff out in Iows
| was the spectator of the unexpected
manner IN which justice sometimes
works its way" said 4. j. Barker Of
Kansas City, to Detroit Free Press
reporter. ''1here was in ou1 com
munity a rather tough citizen, Bill
Bunson, who worked occasionally ana
passed the rest Of the time either with
the boys or making life burden fol
his poor wife. Everyone thought Bill
bad man, but one day when his wife
was discovered murdered the entire
community was Mortified. | was
among the first to visit the house. In
the sitting room where the murder
took place was a parrot, and as we be
gan our examination the bird kept
repeating:
Don't kill me, Bill. Think of all
have stood! Think of all have been,
Don't kill mer
I'VE found Bill in one Of the sa
looms, and as we supposed, he had an
alibi all ready Three or four scoun
drels were ready to swear he had been
playing cards all night. Well, Bill
was arrested. How were we going to
get evidence? There was a young
man on the police force who said:
Let me talk to Bill and see if / can
get confession out of him Wit
nesses were placed near at hand, and
the young man entered the cell.
Hello, Billr' he said.
Hello" said the other in a surly
manner, when are you going to let
me out of here?"
:'NOt very soon"
What do you mean? You can't
prove anything. I've got my witnes-
ses."
They are no good, Bill. We have
our witnesses"
Il don't believe it,
yes, sir; and they saw you do the
job"
The man sprang to his feet with a
terrible oath.
you lie"' lie said.
No, | don't lie, and [ can prove it.
The witnesses were two tramps, and
they looked through the window and
saw the job. They are ready to swear
to it."
Bill gave a sneering and profane
reponse.
Listen to me moment, Bill, and
then see if am lying. [ will tell you
just how you did it, and just what
happened.
with that he began his story. He
had examined the scene carefully and
surmised great deal. That every
detail was correct he could tell by the
prisoners manner.
Nv hen you raised your knife Bill,
[ can tell you the exact werds of your
wife and just how she acted" With
that he repeated many words which
no one but an actual spectator could
have known. This was done in a
dramatic manner, and the murderer's
eyes expressed the most abject fear.
DON'T DOn'tw he shouted 1T
is true [ killed her. [ will make a
statement of the fact, although | may
hang"
His statement was taken When
he learned how he had been trapped
he went to the gallows with a curse
on his lips against those who had
contrived the little scheme"
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THE PRINCES BAPTISM OF FIRE.
Young Lo1is Napoieou's Initiation in the
Horrible Art of War.

l knew the Prince well. On the
first two occasions | saw him it was
through a binocular from a consider
able distance. Aug. 2, 1870, the day
on which the boy OF - in the words
of his father, "received his baptism of
fire" | was watching from the drill!
ground above Saarbruck, IN company
with the last remaing Prussian soldiers,
the oncoming swarm attack OF
Bataille's tirailleurs. firing as they
hurried across the plain. The trail
leurs had passed q little knoll which
rose in the plain about midway be-
tween the Spicheren hill and where |
stood. and presently it was crowned
by two horsemen, followed by great
staff. The glass told me that without
q doubt the senior of the foremost
horsemen was the Emperor Napoleon,
and that of the younger, shorter, and
slighter- mere boy he looked-was the
Prince Imperial, whom we knew to be
with his father in the field.
a fortnight, later, in the early morn
lug of the 18th. the day before Mars
la-Tour. when the German army was
still only east and south of Metz.
6tCSotIl 'uHlCu Al
which galloping up to within 500 PAGES
of the chateau OF Longueville, around
which was Il french camp of some
size, opened fire on chateau and camp.
After few shells had been fired. great
confusion was observed about the
chateau and III the camp, and | dis
tinctly discerned the Emperor and his
son emerge from the building, mount
and gallop away, followed by suite and
escort.
Years later, in Zululand, when the
days work was done for both of Us,
and the twilight was falling on the
rolling veldt, the Prince was wont oc-
casionally to gossip with me about
those early days of the great war
which we had witnessed from oppo-
site sides, and he told me his expert
ence on the morning spoken of. A
crash awoke him with a start, and he
was sitting up in bed bewildered, when
his father entered with the exclama-
ton: Up, Louis, up, and dress, the
German shells are crashing through
the roofs"
As the Prince looked out of the win
dow while he hurriedly dressed he saw
shell fall and burst in group of
officers seated in the garden at break
fast, and when the smoke lifted three
Of them lay dead. That the story of
his nerves having been shattered by
the bullet fire at Saarbruck was un-
true seems proved by an episode he re-
lated to me of that same morning an
hour later. On the steep ascent of
the chaussee uD to Chatel the imperial
party was wedged in the heart of
complete block of troops, wagons, and
guns; long delay seemed inevitable.
But the lad had noticed wayside
gate whence track led up through
the vineyard. He followed it to the
crest and marked its trend; then ride
ing back he called aloud: This way,
papa" The Princes side track turned
a block, and presently the party were
i'll the new quarters i'll the auvcrge of
Gravclotte. te.-drchibdld Forbes IN Cen
f3yJ'H.
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Labouchere, the editor of The Lon
don Truth, once told an A l fish story
in proof Of the assertion that fish are
not very sensitive to pain. He says
an angling friend of his once caught
perch foul. The hook pierced the
fish's eye. My friend felt that he had
not caught the perch according to the
rules of the game; SO, to compensate
him for losing his eye, he put him
back into the water. He then baited
his hook with the eye and went to
work again Within three minutes
he caught that same perch again, with
his own eye.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-24

A Western Senator tells story of a
man travelling in parlor car between
Omaha and Denver who fell asleep
and, as Punch would say, ''snored
profusely from the nose," so that
every one in the coach was seriously
annoyed. Presently, says the st.
Paul Dispatch, an old gentleman ap-
preached the sleeper, and, shaking
him, brought him out of slumber with
a start
whats the matter?" he exclaimed.
Why your snoring is annoying
every one in the car" said the old
gentleman, kindly.
How DO you know I'm snoring?'
Why. We can't help but hear it. .
We'll, don't believe all you hear"
replied the stranger, and went to
sleep again.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-24

Bings-Humph! Inventors are fools
to waste their time over flying
machines Airships can never be
made to pay.
Bangs-That depends. l know a
man who Is making an heirsh1p to a
million pay very well.
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Johnny's logical ID .nnition.

1t was in the definition class: teacher
wGs giving out the words to spell and
eXpllining them al the same time.
Map nap, that means Il little sleep,
YOU know, johnny. k-i-ci. Kin, that
means OF family, belonging to the
family. do you understand"
"Yes. ma'am."
Pretty soon the class wss called up
again, and the word '-uapiin" came
up
Can anyone tell what napkin
means? What Is it?" asks he teacher.
Il know" yeils Johnny; n sleepy
family. . HaFpcs'%.
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A. b. G.

Asthma. Bronchitis ann Consump-
tion result from neglected cough OF
cold. Don't neglect but cure prompt
ly with few doses of Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. Sold by +. c. Buer
static, Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-24

"Fauntleroy cried last night, Nora
and kept Mr.. Styles awake, and con-
sequently he is in bad humor this
morning" Yes, madam. but Fauntle-
roy wanted to lick the paint off his toy
camel" We'll, if that happens again
tonight let him DO it, l want to. ak
Mr. Styles for new hat tomorrow"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-24

First publication Aug. IT, 1897 No. Il
n PROBAIE-MASITOwOC COUNTY COURT.
1 In the matter of the estate of Charles +.
Schumacher, deceased.
Or reading and filing the petition of Anna
Schumacher, administrators with Will annexed
of the estate of said deceased for the adjust
ment and allowance of her administration ac-
count land the assignment of the residue of said
estate to such other persons as are by law entltl
ed to the samea
Ii is ordered that said account be examined.
adjusted and allowed at special term of said
court to be held at the office of the county judge
III the city of Manitowoc in said county on Tues
day. the 18th day of September, A, ID. 1893.
Ii is further ordered that upon the adjustment
and allowance of such account by this court Us
aforesaid the residue of said estate be- By the fur
ther order and judgment of tn court, assigned to
such persons as are by law entitled to the same.
1t is further ordered. that notice of the time
and place of the examination and allowance of
such account and of the assignment of the resi-
due of said estate be given to all persons inter
ested by publication of this order for three sue
cessiye weeks before said day. in The Manitowoc
Pilot weekly newspaper printed and published
at the city of Manitowoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated August 10TH A. D., 1893,
By the Court,
EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
Nash Nash, Attys. SEPT
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ted, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, August 2, A. d.
WILLIAM STEPHANI, Sheriff
OF Manitowoc County Wisconsin.
Scbmltz hlrwan, Plaintiff s Atty5. sep14
(First publication August IL 1S93.) No. i5
NTATE OF WISCONSIN-CoUNTY COURT FoR

(First publication August IL 1S93.) No. IS
StTATE OF WISCONSIN-CoUNTY CoURT FOR
- MANITowoC COUNTY In PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Michael L..
Co0ney, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Mary
Cooney, of Reedsville in said county, represent
ing among other things that Michael Cooney
an inhabitant of said county, on the 9Th day of
August, A. D., 1893, at Reedsville, died mites
tate, leaving estate to be administered, and that
the said petitioner is the widow of said deceased
and praying that administration of said estate
be to Thos. II. Neany or some other suitable per-
son granted.
1t is ordered that said petition be heard at
special term of said county court, to be held on
Tuesday the 18th day of September A. D., 1893, at
10 O'Clock A. H.. at the office of the county Judge
in the city OF Mantow oc. in said county.
Ordered further, that notice of the time and
place so appointed be given to all persons inter-
estcd, by publication hereof for three weeks
successfully prior to said day of hearing, in the
ManitOwoc Pilot. a weekly newspaper publish
ed at Mantowoc ia said comfy.
Dated at Mantowoc the 18th day of August
A. ID. 1898.
BY the Court
sep7 EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
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(First publication Aug. 8, 1881
TE OF WlSCONSIN-CIR Cor

STATE OF WISCONSIN N-CIRCUIT COURT FOR
- MANITowoC COUNTY.
Margarethe Stoll executrix of the estate of
Henry Stoll late of said county, deceased plain
tiff VS.. Caroline Wilsing, widow of William Will
sing, deceased, and Bertha Mahnke, William
Wilsing, Amelia Aleff Ernst Wilsing. August
Wilsing, Nina Wilsing, Henry Wilsing, Charles
Wilsing, Joseph Scheuer and Charles Koch de-
fendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virture of and
pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and order
of sale made and entered in the above entitled
action on the 10th day of June A. d., 1892, the
undersigned as sheriff of the coun ty of Manto
Voc will sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder for cash at the sherff's Office in the
court house IN the city and county of Manitowo oc
Wisconsin on Saturday the 10Th day of September
A. D., 1898, at 10 o'clock i'll the forenoon of that
day, to pay the amount adiudged to the plaintiff
for principal interest, taxes and costs, the prem
ises described in said judgment as follows to-wit
The south west quarter of the south east quarter
and the south quarter of the north west quarter
of the south east quarter of section township
20, north OF rangeA east, in the county OF Mani
towoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated. Manitowoc, Wisconsin, August 2, A. ID.
1898.
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First publication Aug. 8, 1852 No, 43
IN PROBATE-MASITowoC COUNTY COURT.
L n the matter of the estate of Wenzel Shimo-
nek, deceased.
10 all whom 1t may concern: Letters testa-
mentary on said estate having been issued to
Fred Shimonek on the 1st day of August. A d..
1893 and six months from and after said day
being allowed and limited for creditors to pre-
sent their claims for examination and allowance
notice is hereby given that the undersigned will,
on the first Tuesdays of November, 1893. and
February, 1884 ut the Probate Office the city of
ManiJcwoc. in said county receive. examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against said deceased.
Dated August /. 1898.
EMIL BAENSCII County Judge
John Chloupek, ATTY. aug 81
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The greatest deD5h Of the ,cean as
far as sounded is -, 72o feet.
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: First publication Aug. II, 1897

EMIL BAENSCH, County judge
John Chloupek, ATTY. aug 81
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

In the town of patten. a place distant
from tidewater over ninety miles. there
il great curiosity. known as The atur.
ties nest" For fifty.two Years Il turtle
has come annually to the nest to deposit
her eggs Over half a century apo she
selected her nest. then in an open field
but now in yard in front of resi-.
dence. A relative of the owner Of the
house branded the date ls4l upon the
turtles back. and II can he MAINLY
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

Among Abyssinians the man who kills
lion is a popular hero and Is awarded the
proud privilege of wearing about his head
the name of the beast he has slaughtered, a
privilege that is priced as highly as knight
hood among Europeans and makes its pos
SCISSOR man Of mark to the end of his life,
Some interesting, rare and exceedingly
valuable relics they are possessed Of, too, or
think they are. Here is an account Of
visit to the monastery of Bizen by J. Theo-
dore Bent, who recently returned from
Abyssinia:
| We started off at break of day to visit
the monks. II took us three hours to reach
the summit, where the monastery of Debra
Bizen, or tine Church of the Vision" is
placed, and truly the name has been well
bestowed, for no more lovely vision could
be imagined than the one which lay before
us. We could easily see Massowah and the
Red sea coast line, and the folds of rich
blue mountains to the right and left of us
as we stood on the pinnacle of the sacred
mountain were glorious to behold.
My wife and | reached the holy precincts
unobseryed. We were seeking out for our
selves a spot where we could repose when
down came the monks, mute with horror
at a woman having approached so near. In
vain we expostulated and pleaded fatigue;
In vain we said we were English and de
termined to hold our ground. The monks
sat around weeping and exclaiming, bet
ter for us to die than to permit woman to
stay here" Seeing their genuine distress,
my wife permitted her Objectionable and
weary person to be removed about a quarter
of q mile away.
| The church is round and built of wood.
1t has inside two corridors around it where
the vulgar may penetrate, but in the square
holy of holies not even the king may enter.
The mysterious relics kept by the Abyssin-
ians in these innermOst recesses claim ex-
ceedingly bold origins In one place they
profess to have the original ark of the
covenant, in another bag full of wind
blown by the Holy Ghost on the day Of
Pentecost At Debra Bizen our interpre-
ter told me they kept the picture Of the
madonna which Menelek, the sou of Solo
mon by the queen of Sheba, brought back
with him from J rusalam
The life of monk at Debra Bizen must
be enjoyable enough. He wanders about
all day long in his white flowing robe and
yellow cap, enjoying air of the most perfect
freshness He has his little stone cell or
wooden hut beneath the shadow of the
rock. He has his refectory, where he meets
his fellows twice day at mealtimes-that
is to say, when there is no fast on, and fasts
In the Abyssinian calendar are many and
rigorous. On festival days he is very busy
chanting and dancing in the church. He
never marries He knows nothing of the
world or its vices His existence is mega
tive one-he does neither harm nor good to
his fellow creatures.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

A man can be more politely insulted in
Paris than in any city in the world A
gentleman who undertook to speak in
public there expressed himself in such d
low tone Of voice that the audience were
unable to hear him. He was lecturing
upon geographical subject, and copies
Of u map about three feet square had
been generally distributed.
Presently one Of the audience rolled
up his map in the form Of very long
attenuated lamplighter inserted the
small end in his ear and turned the other
end toward the speaker. II was a rather
ludicrous performance, but not u laugh
was heard among the polite assemblage,
In two minutes, however, every map in
the audience was turned into an ear
trumpet, and the speaker saw himself
confronted with a sort of mammoth
porcupine, whose nearest quilts almost
touched him. He at once spoke louder.
Exchange.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

The vexed question of that's on OF
hats off, during public worship was
settled at the annual meeting Of the
Anshe Chesed congregation, at the tenn
pie on Scoyille avenue. The old Jewish
custom of the male members Of the con-
gregation wearing their hats during
public worship has always been in vogue
in this congregation, A number of the
younger and more progressive members
have objected to the custom, and it has
caused more or less discussion for several
years. The older members held tena-
ciously to their hats, and the younger
ones bided their time until they should
have sufficient majority converted to
their views to change the custom.
The matter was brought up at the an
nual meeting, which was very largely
attended. The hat question was dis
cussed at great length, and several very
warm speeches were made on both sides
1t was finally put to a vote, and the
members who are opposed to wearing
hats were victorious by decided ma
jority. The decision was that hereafter
the congregation shall worship with hats
off, but those who desire to retain their
head covering will be permitted to do
so. o.-Cleveland Leader and Herald
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

A firm on Fourteenth street, in the
busiest shopping neighborhood, has in
troduced n novel advertisement A
painted theatrical ocean Is constructed
on the roof Of one house, while the roof
of the adjoining building, being a little
higher, serves as the shore. On this
shore man attired as the lone 'asher-
man sits and industriously goes through
the pantomime of fishing Now' and
then he works the lines OF miniature
sailboat, causing the latter to skim the
mimic sea. All of this attracts the at
tention Of thousands of people on the
opposite walk. For fear, however, that
some might go by without seeing it, a
hired confederate of the lone fisherman
saunters along the walk and gazes up
ward, tits human nature to stop and
look at anything anybody else is looking
at. Result, crowds of curious gazers. -
New York Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

A queer case was tried in the circuit
courto Louisville Friday, The defend
ant was a man who was captured in the
act Of committing burglary. The de.
fense set up the plea that the defendant
was somnambulist and was asleep at
the time he committed the deed and
was, therefore, unconscious Of wrong
doing The jury believed and acquitted
the man. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01
LIrrLs eser.

Pattcr, pattcr. lltilo feet,
Making melody NO sweet;
Music we all love to hear,
Obarsalng to the listning car
Never weary III tho lghi,
Ifreless in tho shades OF night
Restless little feet at play,
Patter, patter all the day.
Paticr, patter, little feet,
Chasing butterflies 50 ueat,
Der the fragrant lawn and lea
Busy as ihe toiliug bee;
Dancing whore the alnbcams fan,
Running quick at papa's oall:
Happy, sportive at your play.
Patter. patter all the day.
Pattcr, pattor, little feet,
Mong the roses blooming sweet,
Where the robin sings his lay
And the precious children play,
Summer skies above the glow
Bright as bahy's eyes below,
Winsome little feet that stray,
Patter, patter all the day.
Patter, paitor, little feet,
Straying whore the brooklets meet,
Fitting DER the meadows fair,
Seeking pleasure everywhere;
Fondly answ'ring loves sweet rall,
Bringing bliss Of life TO all.
Precious little feet Ht nlnV
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

When vessel sinks in the channel
through Lake George flats, near Sault
St, Marie, there is plenty of trouble.
The value Of the vessels delayed by q
wreck there recently is estimated at
$4,000, 900, and that Of their cargoes at
A,OOO,OO0 At one time seventy lake
steam vessels were anchored on the east
side of the blockade and sixty on the
west side, and new channel had to be
cut through the fats to allow them to
continue their ways Four dredges
worked day and night to make a channel
200 feet in length, 60 in width and so in
depth 1t is said that the only way to
prevent accidents like that which caused
the wreck is to limit the speed of vessels
in the channel There was the same
trouble at the st. Clair flats until men
were stationed at the ends of the chan
mel to time the vessels. New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

Wrecks Of the early winter theatrical
season are already seen in New York
managers whose ventures have failed
after a few nights ont of town. tired
looking actors who seem to have walked
home, and bedraggled looking women,
whose faces tell plainly of their disap-
pointments, 1t is the old story of poor
plays, poor houses and the refusal Of the
ghost to do his weekly little pedestrian
act. And yet in the main the theatrical
outlook is very good, for with big crops
comes plenty Of money and an army of
people to be amused. But it is the sur
yiyal of the tittest The psor plays are
not patronized, and the managers OF
many come to grief There are many
familiar faces on the Rialto today, men
and women who started off month
ago filled with hope. Some of them VIII
be glad to shovel snow for IA living be-
fore spring. Foster Coates in Mail and
Express.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

An underground lake has been dis
covered three miles from Genesse, Ida.
1t was found by "a well digger, At
lepth of sixteen feet clear, pure lake
Qter ran out over the surface for
BE-, then settled back to the earth's
level The most curious part of it is
that fish were brought to the surface on
the overflow. They have a peculiar ap
pearance and are sightlesss, indicating
that they are underground fish. The
spring has attracted much attention,
and many farmers in the visslity fear
that their farms will drop into the lake
Boise uda.) Statesman.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-01

Tourist have always understood
that oysters are not good in months
without an r.
oysterman-Well, most centrally they
aint.
Tourist-When do you begin gather
ing themi
0ysterman--In orgust, Good News