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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-09-13
Birds as ForagerG.

Food provision is the object for which
birds periodically change their dwelling
places. The sovereigus, the bishops
the barons of old and medieval times
when they had exhausted the resources
of one estate moved on to another.
This was the reason of the constant
iOurneying of our ancestors in the DAYS
gone by, when each district provided
for its own needs. The fashion among
birds still prevails. Hence the great
waves OF bird life constantly ebbing and
flowing high up in the ocean Of air;
hence the regular migrations SO Won
derful in the distances and dangers little
birds compass in their long flights over
thousands of miles; hence the iitful fit
tings which, on smaller scale distin-
guisn even the birds that are classified
as stationary species.
There is no food at all left for the
birds in the higher arctic regions in
winter; plants, fish, insects are killed
or buried in the ice and snow: the vast
hOrdes of jennings, little creatures near
akin to the voles that have made such
rayages on the sheep farms of southern
Scotland of late years, leave these high
ATTITUDES; there Is nothing left even for
birds of prey.
In the summer, wild luxuUance of
forest, field and fen, shoals of fish in
the great rivers and the deep blue sea,
swarms of insects flying in dense clouds
over field and ford and steppe and birds
in teeming multitudes-se birds, river
birds, sand birds, hill-loving birds,
wood-haunting birds, field birds. birds
big and birds little. myriad hosts of
birds. In the winter, frozen seas. ice
bound rivers, iron hills, snow-clad for
ests snowy fields, no fish, no insects,
no seeds no berries no worms visible
even to sharp bird eyes, therefore, no
birds.
In the countries bordering on the
polar seas, where the changing seasons
bring alternately the two extremes of
dearth and plenty, birds are more nu-
merous in the short summer than any
where else all the world over and in
winter absent altogether. All are mi
grants there by force of circumstance.
-COy7lHW NdqaziHc
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ChIoroform in Accidents.

Prof Burt G.. Wilder of Cornell sug-
gests that chloroform should be used
freely to relieve the victims of railroad
accidents. With the AK, bar and saw
at one end Of every passenger aar
should be tin can of chloroform, the
mouth closed with soft metal easily cut
with Knife, Ihe whole being placed in
a box lined with absorbent cotton. In
disaster one or two tablespoonfuls up
on handkerchief held near the nos
tEils would lessen sensibility very Soon.
An otherwise inaccessible sufferer could
BIO supplied bY means of a cane, UNI
brella or fence rail. For years, says
Prof. Wilder, | have carried flat two
ounce vial of chloroform in hip pocket.
It.has not yet been needed in a railway
wreck, but it has often served as a
speedy counter-irritant for the relief of
inward pain. 1t is ready to dash in the
face of an assailant biped or quadruped,
and has been emptiod repeatedly to put
out of misery some homeless cat. Final
iy, cmptied upon their uostrils, it has
induced several ferocious dogs to stand
not upon the order Of their going, but
80 1T once.
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A Green-ilide Monster.

Although very little regard is paid IN
Newport to what are called in Massa-
chusetts umdersized Holsters, for the
sale of which there i, heavy bounty,
Wednesday g lobster was captured by a
Greek fisherman named George Sirius
which completely cclipses anything be-
fore found about there and, rs there
were no purchasers for the lobster for
eating purposes il will probably be
sold for exhibition. The lobster was
upward OF twenty inches long and
weighed some seventeen pounds.
An old salt who was near BY when
the question OF are was brought up
pronounced him To be at least four
score. The lobster was caught in an
ordinary trap, except that he was not
caught in the usual way. He was 50
large that he could not enter as other
Holsters do, but while around the en-
trance he in some way became entan-
gled IN the woodwork forming the lob
ster pot and vas borne 10 the surface
and cNtricaled. One of the large
claws had become almost devoid of life,
while the othcl, though NOT at all frisky,
was capable rf giving 4 hard bite
fTOttuIHgc ,tr.E.'....
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The First Shoes in England.

Shoes of the modern description are
stated to have been introduced into
England about 1858. Mares in his
Glossary tells us that slippers were
originally made rights and lefts, which
might not have been suspected but for
reference to the custom of wearing
them so made in Shakspeare's king
John" act ", scene 2, where Hubert,
in referring TO the effect of the news
of Arthur's death upon the people, tells
the King:
Tsaw a smith stand with his hamm er thus
The whilst hisiron did on the anvil cool,
With open mouth, swallowing a tailors news;
Who with his shears. and measure IN his
Standing on slippers, which his nimbIe haste
Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet.
Slippers were shaped to the feet, so
that they could not with convenience
be interchanged, Here then we have
some evidence of the practice of wear
ing shoes, on the principle of rights
and lefts," in the time of Shakespeare: as
it IS clear FROM the description that the
practice Of wearing shoes made to the
feet was familiar to him. In Adds
Wright's edition of the play of King
John" the editor comments upon the
passage referred to above. and in deal
ing with this phrase: upon contrary
feet, !" adverts to Dr. Johnson's explana-
ton of the change of fashion. He that
is frightened or hurried may put his
hand into the wrong glove; but either
shoe will equally admit either foot The
author seems to be disturbed by the dis
orders which he describes There is
abundant evidence, however. that what
ever might be the custom in the eight
zenith century. in the sixteenth shoes
were not made straight, but shaped to
the right and left foot respectively"
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Directory Men in Germany.

There seems to be a strong delusion
IN the popular mind that orr American
cities are the only ones which show the
phenomenon of rapid growth and that
their newneSs excuses their failure to
provide well for the common necessities
Of urban life. | must ask leave to
launch a few statistics at this delusion,
says n writer in the CeHtur'u In 1870
New York was considerably more
populOus city than Berlin. 1t had near
ly $50, 900 people, while Berlin had
barely 800, 900. In 1880 Berlin had out
grown New York and in 1890 it still
maintained the lead, having 1.57S. 794
people as against New York's .515. SOL.
Chicagos relative gain has been highar,
but Berlin in the last twenty years has
added as many actual new residents as
has Chicago. Thirty years ago Phiia-
delphia was a larger city than Berlin,
but since then it has added only 500, 600
souls to its total number while Berlin
has added 1000, 600. These statistics
are cited in order to give comparative
impression of the problems Berlin has
had to meet in providing for the accom-
mediation of its expanding municipal
household.
Let us take another instance. In
1875 Hamburg had only 263, $40 people
and Boston had 342, 600. In 1890 Ham
burg had 500, 200 and Boston had 49,
600 Hamburg had gained more than
800 600 in fifteen years and Boston had
gained only little more than 100, 600.
Yet Boston's growth has been account
ed remarkable. Baltimore is some
times likened to Hamburg for wealth
and prosperity. In the early seventies
they were of equal size; but Hamburg
has grown twice as fast. In 1880 the
German port had 40, 127 dwellers and
in 1890, 800 go, while Baltimore's census
for the same years showed $50, 313 and
49,. 439.
The third German city in size is
Leipsic. 1t is a manufacturing town,
which had 127, 900 people in 1875, 49,
900 in 1890, 10 600 in 1885 and 800, 900
in 1890. The annexation of suburbs ac-
counts in part for the immense gain of
the half decade from 1885 TO 1890, but
it also accounts for the comparatively
small gains of the preceding decade,
growth being principally in the outer
belt. St. Louis grew from $4,000 in
1880 to nearly 49, 900 in 1890; but
Leipsic has grown ut much higher
rate. 1t has now well distanced San
Francisco. which was considerably the
larger in the '70's.
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New Cure For Indigestion.

"TroubIed with Indigestion. are YOU?
Feel all pulled up. ell. Well. it's a pity
tharsome one couldn't treat Won the way
my brother-in-law's wife treated her
chickens That was when they lived
out in Lcwistown, F.
Going to tell Us another story now.
suppose, like those about catching
herring in the grass and hunting shad
with dog and gun, amt you?"
Without paying any attention to this
sighting remark, tie Jerseyman went
on:
My brother-in-law's wife had fine
crop Of chickens that summer They
were all Matched that spring and were
growing well when one day the whole
ock got at a bag of dry cOrnmeal and
filled their crops full Of it. The first
thing my brOther-in-laW's wife knew of
this was when the meal began to swell
and turn sour and the whole troop of
chickens were waddling around with
crops twice their regular size and every
chicken looking like the bass drummer
in a German band. You see, the chick
ems either had got at water too soon or
else didn't have gravel enough in their
crops to grind up the meal, and it
wouldn't digest, and seemed like to have
burst them.
There was no one by to give help or
advice, and my brother-in-law' wife
wasn't going to lose that lot of more
than 100 fine chickens if she could help
it, so she started right in to do the best
she could. The children caught the
chickens and brought them to her. and
with her buttonhole scissors she cut
slit in each one of their crops. She
out the corn meal. washed
their crops out and sewed them I'D
again. The chickens seemed grateful.
They were kept quiet for couple of
days, fed lightly, and every one of them
recovered"
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SPECIUEN CASES.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis.
was troubled with Neuralgia and
rheumatism. his Stomach was disOrd-
cred, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Flee
uc Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd Harrisburg, H.,
had running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Cate
waba, O., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incur
able. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold at Henry Hinrich's
Drug Store.
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CHEAP EXCURSIONS.

On September IL and % and Octo-
Der y, 1874. the Northwestern Line
VIII sell Home Seekers Excursion
tickets opolnts in northwestern Iowa.
western Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Manitoba. Nebraska.
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and
Montana at exceedingly low rates for
the round trip. These tickets will be
good Tor return passage within TWEEN
~ days from sale and will allow stop
over privileges on going trip in terri
tory to which tickets are sold. For
tickets and full information apply to
Agents Chicago North Western Rail
way 5tsep27
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FIRST FISH OF FRiSKY SMALL BOY.
lie Took 1t Home in His Pocket and Car
ricd 1t to Bed.

The small boy vert fishing the other
day. 1t was his first actual experience
i'll that line, but he had often talked the
sport over with his father and knew
just what he would do in any emer-
gency. He and his father cot down to
the dock about noon and received eX-
cellent reports from the other fisher
men. Every body said the suntish and
rock bass and perch were biting we'll,
while there was AZ occasional black
bass to be caught
TO the small boy was given a pole
and his hook was baited for him. Then
his father threw in the line and he was
told to keep pulling It up am! down in
the water, so he might feel if he had a
fish. As he is but a bit over + wears
old the plan of waiting for a uibble was
somewhat complicated for him, and the
father thought that he would soon tire
OF the sport and run up the bank and
play.
The small boy did as he was told. He
drew the line up and down through the
water, and once gave it tremendous
fling and landed Il fish on the dock
1t wasn't much of fish 1t was a
was bigger to the boy and better than
if 1t had been forty-pound muskal-
longe. His eyes stuck ont like door
knobs and he danced about the dock
and shouted at the top of his voice for
all the folks to come and see his fish.
He had hooked it through the back
when he was drawing up his line bnt
that too cut no figure with him. He
had caught a fish and he was as big a
man as the sportsman who gets tarpon
after three hours struggle
He determined then and there to take
1t home and have it cooked. After he
had exhibited it with the greatest pride
to everybody on the bank he put it in
the pocket of his knickerbockers He
didn't want to lose it. 1t was safe
enough for other persons to string their
fish and leave them in the water, but
this was 4 particular fish. He had
caught ii and he was afraid some one
might grow Jealous of him and wish to
take 1t from him. So he slowed it away
underneath his handkerchief and his
other small treasure. and whenever he
thought of it during the afternoon he
would take it out and fondle its bright
sides and cautiously try the spines of its
fins with the ball Of his thumb.
Father and son went home and cot
there too late for supper The small
boy decided he would have the fish for
breakfast. He went to bed and next
morning his mother looked for the fish.
which she had placed on dish in the
pantry. 1t wasn't there. Search was
instituted while the small loy slept. but
no fish was TO he found. With fear and
trembling his mother went 10 his bed
side and awakened him. She knew she
would have to tell him Of the loss of his
beloved fish, but she feared an outbmst.
The moment the small boy got his eyes
open he made mad grab uuAer the
clothes. lie had taken the fish To bed
with him.
When be gets bigger and studies
chemistry and all that sort OF thing, and
comes to know about the disinte .ration
of tissues and the like, he viii under
stand why he didn't have that fish for
breakfast.-BuFai0 Enpress.
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ttust publication August %. 1871 No IN
| n PhOBAIE-MANITowOC COUNTY t'OTrRT
Il In the matter of the estate OF Theresa, Ra IN
son, dece; sed on
On reading aud filing the petition of William
Wallace benson OF the estate of said deceased for
the adjustment and allowance of his admIuistra-
ZION accoant land the assignment of the resi-
que OF said estate to sach other persons az arc nv
law entitled to the sameo " " ~
II Is ordered. that said account be Examined
adjusted and allowed at a special term of "a iii
court U? De ned at the Office of the county Judge.
IN the CITY OF ManitowOc, said county on ines
day the 18th day of Septem Der A. d., 1874
1t Is further ordered, that upoE the adiust roent
ana allowance of such account by this cor + as.
aforesaid. the residue Of said estate be. b, The
Iurther order and judgment of this court assign
ed 10 such persons as are by law entitled to the
same ~ 'iO
1T IL further ordered that notice of the time
ahu place OF the examination and allowance of
such account, and of the assignment of the resi-
que Of SAID estate, be given to all persons inter
ested by publication OF this order for three snc
cessIVe weeks, before said day in the hanitoypoc
Pilot weekly newspaper printed and pIf1Iisbedi
at the city of ManitOwoc and state of W,srons;n
Dated August 10Th A. D., 1884,
BY the Court,
r. i. MANSEAU. County Jue,rs.
~ 'i'' h''orhey' sepI3
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CANINE CONSCIENCE.
The Incomplete Moral Tendencies of a
Terrier.

In his work on The Human Mind"
Prof. Sully writes as follows in a foot
Rete:
Dxe W. the e4earest examples of ca
nine conscience | have met with was
given me by friend, the owner of the
dog, and the witness of the action. The
animal. variety of terrier, was left in
the etning-room, where were the re-
mains of Il cold supper. lie got on the
liable and secured 4 piece of cold tongue,
hut, without eating a mOrsel of it, he
carried ii into the drawing-room de-
posted it at the feet of his mistress, and
then crawled out of sight, looking the
picture of abject misery"
/ have no wish TO say one word which
shall detract from the moral excellence.
II anyone likes so to call it, of that ter
rler, but | may, perhaps be allowed to
analyZe his case. We may suppose he
was hungry poor fellow. but the natu-
Fal impulse to appease that hunger was
checked IN the presence of shat loyal
feeling of subservience to the mistress.
which IS the outcome OF the dogs mode
OF life as the companion Of man, and
which has probably been developed
from certain innate social tendencies of
the canide, which, like wolves and
jackals, hunt in packs. Note, in pass
ing, that the checking of this impulse
was incomplete. Had it been complete
he would never have stolen the tongue
at all, and would have remained I'M
known to fame
His is not the only case in which our
sympathies 90 out toward the imper-
fectly moral more freely than toward
those who are above reproach In the
case OF the terrier, then, the prompting
OF what We should call lower impulse,
the satisfaction of hunger, for the mo-
ment got the better of what we should
call the higher impulse. obedience to
the mistress; but only for a moment.
The highest impulse prevailed, and the
dog crept abjectly to his mistress.
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RI INT nr publication Aug. 10. Ise4.) no. 4

nIIflnt publication Aug. 10 ISesl No 40
NAN OF WlSCONSIN-(iOTrNry Cnrrp,r rot,
- MASlroWoC COUNTY In Probate
IN The matter of the estate of Elizabeth Waltz
an instrument IN writing purportinc 10 10 the
i Tst VIII ana testament of Elizabeth Nnltz nf
said court, 7 ~ "N4i ''Icd INTO
ana Peter Hermann of Branch in said comfy.
lidvIHS presented to said court his petitiou IN
WrlIng duly verified, representing anon. ,thnI.
Hblliss' that sad Elizabeth Volt died tesfate ar
piahcH III saiu county, on the 18th day o. I1uG.
o't tlat SAID instrument j. the last wi II of s,;J
iece'sed hnd that said Peter Hermann !, rurrJ
LheIeln as executor, and praying that said usir,j
uleHt De proven and admitted to probar,, and
Peter Hermann 4''"'' W
, II Is ordered that said petition and the matters
thefeln be heard, and proofs of said last will md
Testament be taken at Il regular term of said
Uouhty court to be held at the pr,,hate Office in
He CITY 81 AanltOwoc on TUESDAY tho an ,Iav ~
september 1894, at 10 o'clock A. N
ana IL Is further ordered that notice of the fir,
ana pace OF said hearing be given by publiy-,-
ton hereof for three successive weeks, once each
week, previous to the time of said hearing, in fha
,m,ahitowoc fliot, Il newspaper published IN said
ManltOwO" county. ~
Dated August 1ith. 1894.
BY the Court:
septb +. i. MANSEAU County Jud,,a
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GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, Sept. IA
steady downpour of rain lasting for
three hours has broken the long
drouth. 1t is the first good rain since
early in June. Forest fires have at
last received check On the valley
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 1t. Paul railway number Of far
mers have suffered loss Of stock, hay
and grain Between Grand Rapids
and Rudolph station, about eight
miles north of here, Stephen Warner
and Fred HicoX lost their barns and
seasons grain. A farmer named
Burds lost his house, barn, grain and
stock. No fatalities are reported. At
Pittsville a force Of men were employ
ed TO watch and fight fires night and
day.
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First publication Aug. So I8qD No, ~
SIAIE OF EVlSCONSIN-CoUNTY COURT FOR
~ MANTrow3C CoUNTY-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Margarine RoIen
deceased
An instrument IN writing purporting to be the
last VIII and SHetanent of Marguerite BoIeD uf
the city of MaEtowUr irfaid county having been
delivered into said court:
And Catharlhe DOolan of said city in said conn
", having presented to said court her petition
II writing duly verified, representing among Other
things that s4id Marguerite Bolen died testate al
the city of hasiitowoc IN said county on the nth
Day of January, 1859; that said instrument is the
last Will of SAID deceased and that no person is
named therein as executor and praying that said
instrument be proven and admitted to probate
ana that Letters of administration with said will
annexed be Chareon issued to some proper Der.on
1t IS ordered: That said petition and the mat
ters therein be- heard and proofs of SAID last will
and testament be taken at a special term of said
county court 10 be held at the probate office io
the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday, the 18th day
OF september 1891 at 10 o'clock A. N.
And II Is further ordered: That notice of the
time and place of said hearing be given by pub
hcatlon hereof for three successive weeks, once
each week, PREVIOUS to the time of said hearing
IN the Manltowoc Pilot. a newspaper published
IN said ManitowOc county
Dated August 3D. 1874
Isy the Court.
L. L. MANSEAU, County Judge.
u. a. Forrest, Atty, sepa
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His Life Work.

"Oh, said the lady lecturer, Il have
had such delightful conversation with
the gentleman you saw bow to me as we
lett the train He told me that the
emancipation of woman had been his
lie work for ever 30 many years"
" e.. said the woman who had come
to meet her. that Is So He has been
divorce lawyer ever since | can remem-
ben. Indianapolis ,J0urHal.
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CURES PROMPTLY CwEl I lNHS
kdIvIklvkOO1 SORENESS.
SOOTHES, SURDUES, CURES.

Trefoi."
mo, no." cried Tina shivering.
Let us get out of the mountains to-
night"
At Trefol they found their driver
awaiting them.
what the devil are you doing here,
and how did you get here?" holly in
guired Standish.
by the short cuts" replied the be
wildered man. ''Pietro. one Of my
masters old drivers. wanted, l don't
know why, to drive you as far as Ire
fol. Where Is he, sir?'
Il don't know" said Stan dish, I'VE
saw nothing Of him. Hhe must have
been pushed off the box by the mad
man. Here jump up and let rs get
on
Tina breathed again. That crisis
was over.
They live very happy together, for
Tina Is very taCtful little woman.
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in odd Marriage.

A wedding under peculiar circum-
stances took place at the registry office
at Bristol, England. recently. The
bride, Il prim woman of Is. wheeled in
to the office in an old-fashioned peram-
bulator the bridegroom. crippled man
of 40 who from his birth had not been
able to walk. When supported on his
was only thirty-six inches high. He
asked that he should be married in the
perambulator. which request was al
lowed. After the ceremony had been
performed the bride proudly wheeled
away her new won husband
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ST. LoUls, Mo, Sept. T. Eugene Dick
son swallowed green fly Tuesday after
noon and died yesterday. He was play
ing In the kitchen ard laughing heartily
at some incident which had happened and
swallowed the fly. About an hour afte~
wards he became so i'll that 1t was nee.
essary to call a physician. Nothwith-
standing the efforts of the medical at
tendant the child died IN terrible agony.