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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-10-17
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a WESTERN MAN-kiiLE ER.
He Was Panied by = reference to Ills
Prowess at Dodge City.

He Was Panied by reference to Ills
Proves at Dodge City.
1t has often been noted by those
favored men who, in travelling about
the west, made the acquaintance of
some famous killers, that the killer was
always quietly and soberly reserved
about the homicides he had committed
and never cared to talk about them,
says the Washington Post. Charles
Bassett, who has great renown in the
southwest as d gun-fghter and a game
man, is no exception to the rule. Il
CHANGED that all of Bassett's killings
were on the side Of public order and
occurred while he was an officer Of the
law. For several years Bassett was
marshal Of Dodge City. Bat Masterson
was Bassett's deputy. 1t happened
more than once in Strengthening out the
destinies of Dodge that Bassett was
called on to shOOt-a ceremony wherein
he was always careful to aim low, with
gratifying results. When Luke Short
who afterward killed Jim Court
wright, Texas desperado-was run
he came to in seeking help to put him
back. Having secured Dassett, Luke
Short gathered about him an array
which had Il record for cool nerve and
quick, sure work with a Colts pistol
that would be hard to duplicate. Short
was escorted back to Dodge by Bassett,
Bat Masterson, Wyatt carp, Bill carp,
rI.r
Shotgun Collins and others, who, as
stark, indomitab!e fighters, had as
much fame in their country as ever had
the Black Douglass or Bruce or Wal
lace in his. But as to the solemn reti
cence of those killers when touched on
as to their bloody deeds: Bassett is and
has been for years, the manager Of a
resort in Kansas City. One winter
night Bassett and several others were
standing near the big stove, drinking
and defying the weather. The talk had
drifted to the winter days of Dodge
City. when Jack Nuckols suddenly
spoke up with:
by the way, Charlie, you killed sew
eral men at Dodge City, didn't you?"
A look of pain and uneasiness came
across Bassetts face like a cloud. He
was staggered and worried and showed
it. A profound silence fell upon the
several men present and Nuckols be-
gan to grow embarrassed. For full half
a minute Bassett looked at the ques-
TONER without saying a word. Then,
as if thought had come to him that
he knew he was safe to act on, he
helped himself to a drink of whisky all
alone. When he returned he backed up
to the stove, and, surveying Nuckols,
said in a mild, inquiring tone:
well, If | did it was right"
Nuckols hastened to assure him that
no one harbOred a doubt on that point
and the subject was politely changed.
Afterward one of the onlookers re-
marked:
Yen can bet it bothered Bassett
when it drove him to drinking whisky
by himself III bet two to one that's
the first drink Bassetts taken alone in
tVantY years"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-10-17
Big Pearl in an Oyster.

David Hirsch assistant treasurer Of
the New York excise board, was eating
clans at an oyster house recently when
his teeth crunched on something hard.
What sort of clans do you serve
here, anyway" demanded Hirsch. Il
can't chew hazel nuts
What is it, my friend" asked Pro-
prietor Foth, running up.
Hirsch pulled lump out of his mouth
and threw it on the table Mr.. Foth
saw that it was big pearl
III give you $10," said he, "and call
it square"
For why?" asked Hirsch.
I'll give you $50" was Mr.. Foths re-
ply.
Let me see it," pleaded Hrsch. He
looked upon pearl of a beautiful blue
shade. mo, guess not" he said.
MT. Foth offered $3.50, but it was re-
fused. The pearl is oblong and as large
as a hazel nut. The heat of cooking
the CLANS had somewhat spoiled it's
color, and it has a slight break in it.
But for these defects it would no doubt
be worth several hundred dollars.
Last summer DR. Gadecke of Second
avenue, near Eighteenth street, found a
beautiful egg-shaped pearl in Foth' s
restaurant. He now wears it in a ring.
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A Peculiar Product.

Scientific American: One OF the
most peculiar vegetable products of
Brazil is the Moquilea utilis, or pot
terry tree. This tree attains a height
lee feet. and has very slender trunk,
which seldom exceeds a foot in diam
eter at the base The wood is exceed
ingly hard, and contains a very large
amount of silica, but not so much as
does the bark, which is largely employed
as a source of silica for the manu-
facture of pottery. In preparing the
bark for the potter's use it is first
burned. and the residue is then pull
yerized and mixed with clay in the
proper proportion. With an equal
quantity of the two ingredients a su-
psrior quality of earthenware is lro-
duced This is very durable and is
capable of withstanding any amo unit
Of heat. The natives employ it for all
kinds of culinary purposes. When dry
ii is generally brittle, though son,e-
times difficult to break. After being
burned it can not, if of good quality,
be broken between the fingers, mortar
and pestle being required 10 crush it.
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Czarina and the Woman Question

The influence of the Russian empress
is strongly felt in the sphere of intel
lectual progress. She has manifested
great interest in the growth of the
woman movement, and in court circles
this subject is one that engrosses much
attention. 1t is related that a meet
ing of feminists was recently about to
be held in the capital and that the
empress was anxious to obtain fuller
information about the precise aims of
advanced Russian women than she was
likely to get from the st. Petersburg
press The ladies of the court, as well
as the czar himself, were questioned on
the subject, but at that time their
knowledge of the matter was not very
extensive. The empress therefore dis
patched one of her secretaries to the
meeting, with orders to take a full re-
port of the proceedings. This she has
also done on every similar occasion
subsequently, SO there is every appear
aace that the court will now be kept
well in touch with the aspirations of
the pioneers of feminism in Russia
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Wanted a New Trial.

A humorous scene was enacted IN the
superior court room at Jackson, Ga,
recently. A negro had been charged
with burglarizing store. Colonel Wat
kins defended him, and was about TO
open the case with a well-prepared ora
ton of his innocence, when the negro
quietly informed the colonel that he de-
sired to plead guilty. Judge Beck ac-
cordingly read the law in the case, and
sentenced the negro for ten years. Dunn
founded at this long sentence, the negro
rolled his eyes round and beckoned
Colonel Watkins to come forward, and
when the lawyer reached his side, the
negro gently whispered: Say, Mr..
Watkins, KANT yer peal fer a new
trial?"
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4 Japanese Scholar.

Within a short time there will ar
rive in New York the Rev Maskazoo
Tai. one of the most eminent scholars
Of Japan, who has come to this country
to study the social, political, and re-
ligious principles Of American civiliza-
ton. He has planned TO spend several
months in New York familiar
izing himself with the labor
question and life in the slums
Mr.. Tai is an Episcopal clergy
man and belongs TO what was known in
Japan twenty-five years ago as the SOL
dier caste He was educated for and.
intended TO enter the army. He was
converted and baptized by the Rev Dr.
Cooper, a missionary. with whom he.
studied theology for a year. Then he.
became the pupil Of Bishop Williams.
and was with him three years.-Com-
mercial- Advertiser.
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a SALVATION ARMY COLONY.
Gen. Booth Anxious to Secure a Large
Tract of Land.

Gen. Booth Anxious 10 Secure Large
Tract of Land.
Quebec special: A number of Saliva
tion Army delegates from the army
farm in England have rSturned here
from the northwest territories, where
they have been spying out the land
with the object of selecting a block of
a hundred thousand acres or so where
on to establish a Salvation Army
colony. They have seen many avail
able districts, but prefer a location for
which they are applying in Alberta.
1t is very unlikely that their request
will be granted, and the promoters of
the scheme will probably turn their at
tention now to the western states.
Gen. Booth met the goyernor-general
and members of his cabinet in Ottawa
last winter and propounded his scheme,
which, he was subsequently given to
understand, did not commend itself
favorable to the government. The lat
ter is willing to accord its usual home
stead grants Of free land to individual
settlers from the army farm in Eng
land, but will not recognize the pater-
nal character of the directors of the
enterprise to the extent demanded by
the general who contemplated a grant
from the government to the Salvation
Army. or to himself as its head, OF
large block of territory, to be appor-
toned by the army among graduates
OF its English farm, according to its
idea of individual capacities. Nothing
daunted. however, the general sent out
his delegates to select the land. There
is little chance of it being secured by
thm, now that it is selected, and they
threaten to make their next attempt
! IN the United States.
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An Annual Drunk.

The oldest temperance society in the
world is the abstaining commune in
Achlyka. in Siberia, all of whose men,
bers are strict teetotalers every day in
the year except one. Regularly on the
first day OF September, year after
year, all the adult members of the COM
mune assemble in the parish church
and every one takes a solemn VOW be-
fore the altar to drink no wine, beer or
spirits from the morrow" of the fol-
lowing day for the whole year. The
clause from the morrow" is intro
Guced in order TO give them reward
for their virtue in the shape OF whole
day of drunken carnival. As soon as
they leave the church they begin to in
dulge in a horrible bacchanalian drink
ing, which continues throughout the
day, until neither man nor woman in
the village is sober This is naturally
followed by considerable physical suf-
fering and then mental remorse, where
upon the penitent parish enters upon
its twelye-month Of model sobriety, and
all live like the Rechabites. Some stu
dents imagine that this queer proceed
ing may be a prehistoric tribal custom.
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TRAMP IN MAYORS CHAIR.
Wanted Pans and Heard His Honor
Was Dispensing Them.

j tramp, the most misera rable-loOking
tramp that could be picked out in a
days travel, played Mayor of New
Pork the other morning, says the New
York Sun. His clothing was in tatters
and was in danger of falling off. His
face was old, and he was three years
away from a bath. Janitor Larkin
went into the mayors Office al o'clock
in the morning and just missed having
Fl when he spied the specimen sitting
in the mayors big chair. AS the jani-
tor came in the tramp stood up and
leaned against the desk
What" exclaimed Larkin
'Sir?' said the tramp.
What the blazes are you doing
here?' demanded Larkin
4 only want pair of pants" said
the tramp with a tremulous voice.
Think this is Baxter street?" de-
nanded Larkin. Think we run a
pants factory? Think this is the head
quarters of the Hebrew Pants Makers
Arnalgamated Reform Union? Well, it
amt, and how in blazes did you get
hera?"
4 came in through the window"
said the tramp softly. The door was
locked"
He looked at Larkin and Larkin
looked at him. For a moment neither
spoke. Then the tramp said: Il un-
derstand the mayor distributes pants
every morning, and that great crowd
gathers to receive them. I merely
wanted to be on hand in time, and SO
| climbed up and came through the
window"
well you'll come out of the door,"
said Larkin.
Certainly said the tramp.
Larkin held him in the hall until a
policeman came and took him to the
Oak street station. where he said he
was Andrew Bradley and had home
In Brooklyn. Later he was arraigned
in the Tombs court and was sent to the
workhouse. Nothing in the mayors Of
fee had been disturbed
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The Strongest Ale.

At Oxford, England, there is what is
called Chancellor ale" brewed out of
sixteen bushels of malt to the barrel,
and so strong that two wine glassfuls
will intoxicate most people. 1t is kept in
oak, bell-shaped casks, and is never
tapped until it is two years old. Some
of the casks have been in use for half
a century; but Chancellor ale" is only
used at high table, when a man takes
very high honorS.
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DISHONEST DRUG
One of the Practices by Which They
Make Money but Do Great Injury.

Make Money but Do Great Injury.
Patients often wonder why it is that
physicians are so posi- we in their in
structions as to the drug store at which
prescriptions are to be filled, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. Nearly
every physician uses prescription
blanks furnished by a druggist In
whom he has confidence, and bearing
upon them the full name and address
OF the favored dispenser Of drugs.
Frequently when a disease fails to
yield to powerful remedies prescribed
the attending physician asks anxiously
where the prescription was filled, and
sometimes insists on satisfying himself
by glance at the labels on the bottles
or boxes. 1t is a matter of current
gossip that there is a financial under
standing between the physician and
the druggist, and that, in addition to
his stipulated fees, the former gets a
percentage on the amount charged for
preparing the medicines called for IN
the series of hieroglyphics which go to
make up a prescription. The code OF
statements and requirements, has at
least the merit of demanding profess
sional spectability, and anything Like
a rake-off on prescriptions is distinct
breach of The strict code Of laws laid
down for the guidance of the medical
profession. The doctors themselves
are practically unit in denying that
they have any business under
standing at all with the drug trade or
any members of it. They give reason
for insisting upon certain druggists be-
ing patronized the danger that is in
Cured from an offense, which, in some
cases. is an actual crime, and which Is
known among doctors, nurses and
druggists as substitution" Some ply
sicians, with a view to still further
protecting their reputation and their
clients health, prescribe special COM
pounds under names and signs known
only to themselves and the particular
druggists in whom they place conf
dence. Others, who are of a less in
ventiye turn CT mind, prscribe drugs
recognized in the national and inter-
national pharmacopoeia, but but dis
tinctly decline to assume responsibility
for a case if their prescriptions are fill
ed at any drug store which happens to
nurses.
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First publication Oct. ,, 1861

tFirst publication Oct. ,, 1861 NO 65
STATE OF WISE tON$iN-C0UETY COURT FOR
= MANITOw0C County. In Probate.
IN the matter of the estate OF Albert JOharek.
deceased,
an ireuument in writing purportirg TO be the
ls-t will ~ d testament of Albert Johanek, de
ceased la q nf the town of kOsSuth, In 81 coUn-
~. hsvlr; been delivered INTO sad couri:
Aud John G. keilnnr, of the CITY Of Mauitow0c
n said county having presented TO said court
his Uetition in writing, duly verified. represent
ing among other things, that said Albert ohaCek
lied t+atnt2, at to&'n of kossuth, III said comfy
N the 23rd Gay of September iS,5; that said IL
e+~ufnent is the last VIII OF said deceased and
that said John c. kellner is named therein a.
executor aud praying that said instrument be
proven and admitted 10 probate and that letters
tastamentary he thereon issued TO said John {.
hcllHcF.
1t Is ordered that said petition and the matter
therein be feard ard proofs of sald last VIII and
testament lie taken at a special term OF s9lC
county court to be held q. the probate Office ir
,ha civ Of NanitowDc on Tuesday, the 2sth da!
Of October. 1895 IT 10 O'Clock a m.
ard If * further ordered that notice Of the
time ard place OF said hearT s be given by pub
lrcatioT hereof for three successive weeks, once
zach week previous 10 the time of said hearing
m tie NaUitJwoc Pilot newspaper published
N said NanitOwcc county.
Dated October 2, 1875.
By the Court.
J. s, ANDt RSON, County Judge
Schmitz x FirwaT, Attys, cct4
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RELIEFEA SIX HUTRS

eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure
This new remedy is a great surprise or
account OF its exceeding promptness IL
relieving pam in tbs bladder. kidneys
back and every part OF the urinary pas
sages IL male or female. 1t relieves re
pention Of water and pain IN passing II
almost INN sdiately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your only remedy
Sold by Z. @. Buerstatte, Druggist, Mani
tOwoc. Wis
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Woman Who Talks Only of Her Fad.

No dinner table is well appointed
without good takers; and the basis of
interesting conversation is reality. At
ter course of London dinners Sir
Walter Scott said: The Bishops and
the lawyers talked better than the
wits" that is, the wits talked for the
sake of talking, and the church
and the law had something 10
talk about Yet speciaties and
hobbies are not admissible at a
dinner table, and woman who can
only talk on her own fad has no busi-
ness in society She ought to write a
pamphlet, or go on the lecture platform,
for auy conversation at the dinner table
that is a strain on the attention or the
patience soon becomes bore. Indeed,
one of the chief elements of pleasant
company is a readiness to talk, or to be
talked to, on any rational subject.
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OLD PEOPLE.

Old pesple who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys Will
fad the true remedy In Electric Bit
ters. Tins medicine does not stimu
late and contains no whiskey, nor
othec Intoxicant, but acts rs a tonic
and alternative. 1t acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels. adding strength
and giving tone 70 the organs, thereby
aiding Nature in the performance of
the functions. Electric Bitters is an
excellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price 50c. per bottle at
Henry Hinrich's Drug Store.
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Hair Ropes and Snakes.

There is a common superstition
among western cowboys that rattle
snake will not cross hair rope" said
superintendent Brown, of the Phila-
delphia Geological Garden, the other
day. The cowboy don't mind rattle
snake much, anyhow, but when he has
to spend the night in the open, he fre-
quently takes the precautiOn of encir-
cling his camp with a rope of this de-
scription, and then goes to sleep with a
uuiet mind. | often wondered if there
was any truth in this belief, but never
happened to have hair rope and rat
when a friend of mine came from the
West, and We began talking on the sub
ject He had a hair rope with him,
and we decided to try it on the snakes
in the reptile house. We shut the
building up, made a circle with the
rope on the floor, and put seven differ
ent species of snakes inside of the rope
circle. Every single one crawled over it
as if it wasn't there. and since then my
friend has lost faith in its protective
powers" An old campaigner says to a
reporter for the Inter-Ocean that this
was poor test. "A hair lariat must be
made purposely for this use, and the
sharp projections of the butts of the
hair be made prominent. A hair lariat
can be, and is, made as smooth as any
other lariat. They are strong, but use
less as protector from snakes. l have
used one IN places where snakes were SO
thick that half a dozen could be run
from under single bush, and never
knew one to crawl over or inside of my
bed"
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EngIand's New Type of Warship

An entirely new type of vessel will,
it is reported, soon be built in Chat
ham for the British navy. She will
combine the features of fast gunboat
and a torpedo-boat destroyer, will be
propelled by electricity and possess a
submergable hull. The vessel will be
2IO feet in length, and is designed to
make a speed OF thirty knots an hour.
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SOTTHW ARD no!

FARMERS who are seeking to bet
ter'themselves should go South. The
Queen and Crescent Route offers q
million acres Cf farms at $500 to
$500 an acre ION easy termsD and
monthly half rate excursions to go and
see for yourself. Go and see. No
Olizzards. Noccld waves. Fine schools
and churches. Hospitable people
Send for books and information.
y, e. RINEARsoS, G.. z. A.,
Cincinnati, O.
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BUCKTsEN'S ARNICa SALyE.

BUCKLEN'S AKNiCa SALYE.
Tag BEST SALvE 10 the world fcr Gu
8ruiscs, Sores, Uicers, Salt Rh5um
fever Sores, Tst!er, Chapped Hands
Jdiblai1s, Corus, and al Skin EruF
ions, and positively cures Piles, or I
,ay required 1t is gualag!eed to Gi,
'arfrct satisfaction, OF money refundeG
price 25 cents per box. y Jan 81
For Sale by Henry H1nrichs.
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English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and BIemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring Bone, Stiles, Sprains, al Swol-
len Throats, Coughs, etc. Save S50
by the use Of one bottle. arranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever
known. Sold by T. G. Buerstatte,
Druggist, ManitowCc. Wis.
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Woman's Suffrage in London.

The Central committee of the Ma
tional Society for Promoting Woman's
Suffrage have compiled a list of mem
bers of the present Parliament who are
favorable to womans suffrage. Out Of
$40 members now at Westminster 222
are upon this list says the sLondoE
tlueen.
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First publication Sept. "a, 1857 No.

First publication Sept. q, 1881 No. Ct
TN PROBATE-MANITowCC COUNTY COURT.
| In the matter Of the estate Of John ), MayeTl,
deceased.
10 All whom It NAV concern: Letters Of ad-
r,inistratlon or sai,! est-r cS Chn s. NGyer late
of NanitovZoc county q ceased irtestatr having
haer iseued to Mary Mayefi or the 24ih day Of
Se,Iaml Or 4. T. IeG5 Al & six r.oathe from and
sfter s;,is! Csz Ici a nd limit for crsli-
tors to pr eseIt heir ,laIGs f"T aEaIaf1a-ICi and
allowance ro'ics L. hoTa7E civsu tnat Jhe Gn3er-
Igned Will ou The fcgrti. fec-aayE nf q months
of January February ard March ls.fi ~ ihe pro
hate Office u tire city of Ha7itryrtc H said conn
~ receive a.---u. le. AID 4dj7-t si riaim- and
demand. e all pcTsors against sad deceased
Dated September -4't. ls!5.
is. ~ ;iII'S IN, rEaty Jnien.
Sahmilz & hirwa1:. Attys. ooi24
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Tr It and Sec

A pair Of wrought iron tongs, or a
piece of hoop heated and bent until the
ends form a circuit like the feet of
tongs, will magnetic knife blade laid
upon them and rubbed with another
piece of steel. The cause is not yet
satisfactorily explained.
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The man who prides himself that
he can drink and remain sober is vain
of a qualification in which the demi
john Is greatly his superior.
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TO EORaE OWErES.

For putting a horse in fine healthy cou
1ition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cur,
ioss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correcr
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. =.
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
Henry Hinricbs. druggist.