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Gen. Grants Way.

In the 4rg0HnUt Col. Thomas P. RObb
OF the staff of Gov. Yates Of Illinois tells
an interesting story OF the meeting of
Grant with a troop of enthusiastic vo'-
uuteers in Springfield. HI. III the early
part of 1861.
Col. RoJb was busy around executive
quarters, cnlisting soldiers and attend
iag to other military affairs, and had
noticed little man clad in shabby clothes
who for several davs had occupied the
same chair i'll the executive office. never
approaching any one or speaking but
listening to the conversation and mill
tary discussions round about him with a
twinkle in his eye. Col. Robb, who
was then major, at last became nervous
and one day asked the little man if
there was anything he could do for
him.
Yes major. answered the little
man, / would like to meet Gov. Yates
Il asked him why he had not made
his wishes known to me before and he
said | had seemed 50 busy he did not
wish TO interrupt me. | took him TO the
governors room and while on the way
inquired his name.
Mr.. Grant, was the reply.
What can ] do for you, Mr.. Grant?'
inquired the governor
! do not like to trouble you, re-
piled the stranger, out | would like to
obtain a position in one Of the depart
ments for a short time to fit myself for
active service
W both readily perceived that his
ldea OF htting himself referred in one
sense to obtaining better clothes, for
ms appearance was certainly shabby.
The governor turning to me, said:
'OHr departments are already very
crowded, but ii You can find a place for
Mr. Grant you viii please do So"
30 Col. Robb set the shabby yOlun-
teer at Wor copying a cord Of useless
letters and applications, as there was
nothing else for him to do. Mr.. Grant
smiled at the work but said nothing.
Several days atterward the governor
tod Col. Robb that the volunteer SOL
dIers III Springfield were becoming so
restless and were 50 undisciplined that
the citizens were complaining and he
could see no way out OF it but for Col.
boDb TO 60 to Cincinnati and persuade
rope or Mcclellan to come to Spring
le-d ana organize the soldiers. just
then Mr: Grant stepped in.
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THE CUNBOAT WAS A DUMMY.
But All the Same 1t Was the Cause of
100000 Damage to the Enemy.

A well-knOwn riverman who lives in
Jeffersonyiie recollects this story of
the war, according to the Louisville
C0urier-JOurnai: "Its joke" he said,
but it cost the confederacv cool
500, 600. The confederates had sunk
and captured the federal monitor In
dianola at the head of Hurricane island,
some few miles below Nicksburg. 1t
was at the time the navy was attempt
ing to run the Nicksburg batteries. A
lieutenant of artillery, with squad of
men in charge of the boat, had been left
while they sent back to Red river for
assistance to raise the vessel. In the
meantime the joke was planned. Who
the originator was is not known, but
Admiral Porter received the credit
"A bogus ram was built. On an
enormous log raft was erected a super
structure that rcsembed a terrible iron
clad. Fence rails and boards were used
to make 40 imitation ironclad casemate
gunbOat. Guns protruded from the
ports, and pork barrels stacked high
served for chimneys. Underneath them
Il hearth of earth had been made. Fires
were built of fuel which made the black
est of smoke. Without engines. gun
or crew this bugahoo was set adrift
few miles above Nicksburg On came
the monster Within an hour it had
reached the city. CoudS Of smoke
rolled out of It's chimncys and as it was
just breaking day, the time when both
sides anticipated IN attack. the confed-
crate senlri,5 d"rrrtcd the demon.
There was hurrylns uad -H.}rr ~.
but not a shot broke the stiffness uu..i
the dummy had reached n point-blank
range. Nlcksburg will never he awak-
ened by such another noise. 1t lasted
an hour. Shots raked it and hulled it,
but it still tloated deiiantly. At last the
current swept it nearer TO the shore.
Then the besiegers read in rudely made
letters on one side, 'Secesh sod; on
the other side were tho letters: Con.
federate States Mail Packet
In the meantime the discharges of
artillery had warned the lieutenant in
charge of the Indianola that the hour
for action was at hand. In his imagin-
alton the lieutenant saw gunboats ga
lore belching forth death and destruc-
ton. He would not permit the enemy
to recapture the Indianola Hastily
placing all the powder he had in the
turrets of the monitor, he applied a slow
match and retreated. Only a few mo-
ments elapsed and all that remained
above decks of the ironclad was a mass
of debris. About the time the dreaded
'gunboat' came sailing by and ran onto
a sandbar a short distance below.
The Indianola could have been raised
by the confederates and would have
been formidable vessel in their hands
had not the lieutenant been SO hastv in
destroying her. She was armed with
two eleven-inch and two nine-inch CO.
lumbiads, two of which were destroyed
The other two were recovered and
taken up Red river"
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Rice Planting in Japan.

The people were busy putting out
their young rice plants and the fields
were full of men and women wearing
their "kasa" and straw coats, oiled
paper, rush mats or other cOntrivances
to keep off the rain and working in
mud and water halfway up to their
knees. 1t is surely the dirtiest and
most labOrious form Of agriculture; the
work is almost entirely done by manual
labor, with a spade and a heavy four
pronged rake, though | occasionally
saw COW or a pony, with little
thatched roof on its back to shoot off
the rain, dragging sort of harrow
through the mud. As soon as the
spring crop of barley or rapeseed is
garnered aud hung up to dry the
ground is trenched with the spade and
water is turned over it until it has be-
come a soft slush, which is worked level
with the rake. The young rice plants,
grown thick together in the nursery
patches. are pulled up when the fields
are ready for planting their roots are
washed and they are tied in bundles,
which are thrown into the mud and
water; then the men and women wade
in, unite bundle and set the seedlings
in lines by just pressing them with their
fingers into the mud. They do this
wonderfully quickly and can plant eight
or nine in row without moving from
their places; when the field is all planted
it looks like a pond with delicate
green haze over it. The dividing banks
are planted with beans or other veget-
ables SO that not yard of ground is
wasted. This was the 18th of June, the
damp. clammy heat of the dew month
just beginning period very encourag-
ing to all vegetation. but full of discOm-
forts for the trave.er aud especially for
the landscape painter. -Ha,per'S Ndga-
nine
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Lincoln's Wonderful Memory.

One of my cousins, John Holmes
Goodenow, OF Alfred Me, was appoint
ed minister to Turkey early in the Lin
coin administration. and was taken to
The white house before his departure
for his post TO be presented to the presi-
dent. When Lincoln learned that his
visitor was a grandson of John Holmes.
one of the first senators from Maine
and man of note in his day and Gen
Grafton, he Immediately began the reel
tation of q poetical quotation which
must have been more than a hundred
lines in length. Mr. Holmes, never
having met the president was aston
ished at this Outburst and as the presi-
dent went on with this long recitation.
the suspicion crossed his mind that Lin
coin had suddenly taken leave of his
wits. But when the lines had been
finished the president said: There.
that poem was quoted by your grand
father Holmes in a speech which he
made in the United States senate"
and he named the date and specified
the occasion. As John Holmes term
in the senate ended in 1888, and Lincoln
was probably impressed by reading a
copy of the speech rather than by hear
ing it, this feat Of memory appears
most remarkable. If he had been by
any casualty deprived of his sight his
own memory would have supplied him
with an ample library. y.-A0ub Brooks
III the Century.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18
THE DIVERS LIGHT.
Deep sea Monsters Are Greatly Interest
ed, Surprised and Frightened.

The denizens of the deep dwell either
IN twilight or darkness. according to
the distance beneath the surface at
which they are accustomed to live, and
to them light is an object of intense
curiosity. Before the days of the cleo
trio light, spearing fish by the light of
a torch was a favorite amusement on
many rivers, and is even now practiced,
rather for the fun than for profit, on the
Columbia and elsewhere Since the
magical bulb with its featherv carbons
enabled man TO light up the bottom OF
the sea as brightly as the land, much
amusement, SAYS the St Louis Globe
Democrat, has been obtained by scien-
titic men and divers in watching the
antics OF various fish when the light
was lowered close to the bottom of the
water. Owing to the density of the
medium, the light is in more than
Egyptian darkness. As the diver
moves to and fro about his business,
with his electric light in his hand there
will suddenly flash out OF the blackness
half dozen bright colored fishes, pause
an instant, in apparent astoniShment at
the spectacle of the man in his helmet
and diving dress, then scurry away
IN all directions as though panic strick-
Ell.
Thea large open-eyed, open-mouth-
ed monster will poke his head in the
charmed circle of light while the re-
mainder of his body is shrouded in
gloom, and look soemnly on as though
striving to fathOm the mystery. Some
times, ii the man remains perfectly
quiet, the fish will imperceptibly draw
nearer, until almost within reach;
sometimes, after a careful inspection
from a safe distance, he will slowly
back away and disappear. The light
thrust IN his face always seem to cause
the utmost astonishment and dismav.
He can not yell with fright, because
yelling is entirely out Of his line. but he
Will come very near it by opening his
mouth and emitting volume of water
from IL as he flies in terror from so un-
usual and horrifying a spectacle. When
the light Is let down to- the bottom at
the end of wire, the fish play about it
with the utmost curiosity. A few
months ago the light by which a gov
ernment party was inspecting the bot
tom of the sea of Cape Hatteras was
swallowed by a mackeral who was
drawn to the surface with his interior
brillies ly illuminated by the still burn
ing lamp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18
New England Rum.

Boston can very well do without the
reputation of having originated the
manufacture of rum, bat there has been
a time in New England hietoi.y when
rum had better reputation rs bey-
erage than is now accorded it.
The early New England clergy re-
garded it rs a reviver and strengthener
on festive occasions when made into the
form OF flip and toddy. DR.. Holmes.
with this recollection in mind. &c e.
brated its virtues in his lines to a punch
bowl. The late Judge Thompson, who
was wit, convulsed the members of
the MASSACHUSETTS legislature in one Of
his speeches on the temperance qurs-
ton by declaring that the heroic a re OF
New England was the time whcn.um
was sold at ) cents Il glass -DoStJn
Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18
n Mean Trick.

Patrick was one of those witty sons
OF the Celtic isle whose amusing say
ings had entertained many transatlantic
travellers
One day, when the steamer was about
leaving port Patrick received the order
to haul in long cable that dragged
astern. Patrick jumped to the task
cheerfully enough, and hauled away
contentedly. But the excessive length
of the cable taxed his patience.
81 wonder what's become of the end
of this ould cable, anyhow" And
finally, growing more impatient. he
growled out: Faith, it's no use haul
ing away at the baste NV a cable. Some
divil's cut the end off NV t."-HWper'S
Hagazine.
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First pubucatIon March 2S, 1851 No 10
SIAIE OF WlSCONSIN-CoUNTY CoIrRT FoR
~ MANIToWoC COUNTY. In Probate
In lhe matter of the estate of Friedrich Kues
ter, deceased ~" NUTS
An instrument In writing purporting to be the
last Will and testament of Friederich Kuester
or Manitowoc Raplds. in said county having
been delivered INTO said court:
And Riley Olson, of the town of Cato in said
county, having presented to said court his nett
uon III writing duly verified representing amonp
other things, that said Friedrich Kuesfar died
testate at the town of Manitowoc Rar,ids in
SAID comfy on the seventh day of March ISa5.
that SAID instrument II the last will of said de
ceased and that said Riley Olson, is named there
IN as executor and praying that said instrument
be proven and admitted to probate and that let
ters testamentary be thereon issued to said
Riley Olson. " A
1t Is ordered: That said petition and the N a.-
ters therein be heard, and proofs of sad last
Will and testament be taken. at SPECIAL term 81
SAID county court, to be held at the probate Of
nee IN the city of Manitowoc. on Tuesday the
-Srd day OF April, 1895, at IL O'Clock A. M. of
that day. " ~" VI
And 1t is further ordered That notice of tho
time and place of said hearing be gwen Inv nnbO
lcatlon hereof for three successive week. once
eacn week, previous to the time of said he.rin~
IN the Manlt0woc Pilot newspaper publi she'd
IN SAID ManItowoc county.
Dated March 2}rd 1895.
BY the Court, apriI1s
+. Il. MANSEAU, County Judge
Schmltz X kirwan. Attys.
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RELIEF M SIX HuTRS

eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure. -
This new remedy is a great surprise Oh
account of its exceeding promptness ID
relieving pam in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages IN male or female. 1t relieves re-
pention of water and pain in passing it
almost Immediately. If you want quick.
relief and cure this is your only remedy
Sold by +. c. Buerstatte, Druggist, Mani
tOwOc, Wis.
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SEE THE WORLDS FAIR FOR FIF-
TEEN CENTS

Upon receipt of your address and
fifteen cents III postage stamps, we
will mail you prepaid our SOUVENIR
PORTFOLIO OF THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION, the regular price is fifty
cents, but as we want you to have one.
we make the price nominal You will
find it work of art and a thing to be
prized. 1t contains full page views
of the great buildings, with descrip
tions of ef same, and is executed in the
highest style of art. If not satisfied
with it, after you get it, we will refund
the stamps and let you keep the book
Address, III. T.. BUCKLEN 4 Co,
Chicago. III.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring Bone, Stiles, Sprains, all Swol
len Throats, Coughs, etc. Save $50
by the use of one bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever
known. Sold by f. G. Buerstatte,
Druggist, ManitowOc. Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

One Of the curious facts of domestic
life is that a daughter will stand in with
her mother to pull lambs wool over
her pas" eyes, but once let father
say to his son, You needn't mention
this TO your mother" and he may ex-
pect to be blackmailed from that on
yU{gg.
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4 Plain Refusal.

Her Adorer-I would like to marry
your daughter, sir.
Her Father-Iou miserable sluggard,
Her Adorer-Pardon me. had not
finished my sentence. merely wished
to tell You that | would like to-not
that | wished to. or cared to, or wanted
to, or intended to.-IrutH.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18
Some North German Superstitions.

If you are superstitious there are
many things you must not do. In north
Germany you must not spin during the
twelve nights of Christmas, lest YOU
should walk after your death; nor after
sunset on Saturday, for then mice will
eat your work. Speaking of eating, if
you want to have money and luck all
the year round you must not fail to eat
herrings on New Years day; nor, if you
wish to be lucky, must you rock an
empty cradle, or spill salt wantonly, or
cross knives, or point at the stairs. If
you leave dirty cloth on the table over
night you will make the angels weep;
if you point upward to the rainbow you
will make the anges feet bleed. and if
YOU talk of cahbages while looking at
the moon you will hurt the feelings of
the man in it, who was u cabbage
stealer in his salad DAYS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

There's fine opening here for a
man who wants to make a prophet" :"
said the whale as he took Jonah in
partnership. That's all right" re
piled the prophet as he took out his
jackknife and carved on piece OF
whalebOne, but I'll wager I'll not be
the first party to throw up the con
tract -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

Il believe [ need a tonic" said Miss
Soenso.
Why don't you try beer?" suggest
ed Cholly Cumboy.
All" replied Miss Soenso, that's
Teutonic."
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Itch on human, mango on horses
dogs and all stock, cured in 80 min.
utes by W oolford's Sanitary Lotion
This never fails. Sold by f. c. Buer
tatte, Druggist, Manitowoc, Wis.
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L. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of Prom
ise City, Iowa, says: Il bought one bot
tie of Mystic Cure, for Rheumatism an d
took two doses of it did more good than
any medicine ever took" Sold by f. G
Buerstatte, Druggist, Manitowoc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

Miss Snapperly-Now, don't begin
taking my picture with that old chest
nut OF asking me to look pleasant.
Operator-No, miss: we never ask
impossibilities of our subjects. Detroit
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-04-18

The salary list of the Bank of Eng
land, including pensions, aggregates
e3CO,O0O per annum. There are 1,100
employes in the bank.
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The three counties Of Knox, Athens
and Fairfield, Ohio return a certiti
cate that there are no cigarette deal
ers in either county.
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DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Cold Medal MidWinter Eair San francisco.

The three most common names in
England, Scotland and Ireland re
spectively are Smith, Macdonald and
MnrDhy.
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First publication March 2Sth 1895 No |
L n PROBATE-M ASJTOWpC ~ CnrrNrry ror-Dr

First publication March 2Sth 1875. No13
| PEOBAIE-MA ANITOwOC COUNTY COURT
L In the matter of the estate of Gulbrand O
Berge. deceased
On reading and filing the petition Of Matthias
Is. Helneltson administ' 'ator with the will an
nexed of the estate of said deceased for the ad-
justment and allowance of his administration
account land the assignment of the residue of
said estate TO such other persons as are by law
entitled to the same)
1t Is ordered, that SAID account be examined
adjusted and allowed at a special term of SAID
court to be held at the office of the County Judge
IN the city of Manltowoc, in said county, on
Tuesday, the 23rd day of April, A. D.. 1895
IL Is further ordered, that upon the adjustment
and allowance of such account by this conrt az
aforesaid, the residue of said estate be- by the
further order and judgment of this conrt as
signed to such persons as are by law entitled to
the same.
1t i 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 tins order for three sue
cessive weeks before said day. in the Manitowoc
Pilot, weekly newspaper printed and publish
ed at the city and county of Manitowoc and State
of Wisconsin.
Dated March 2lst, A. D., 1895.
BY the Court
F. E. MANsEAU, County Judge
G.. e.. & c. II. Sedgwick. Attys. aprillS
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Vaccination has been made a religion.
ceremony iii Geneva and Holland.
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The ancients know how to cheat.
Loaded dice have been found in the
ruins of Herculaneum.
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MEN W NTEE

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SEEGER Bros. Extract teeth
without pain.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-03
AnnnE pHnpi,Is.
suuuEsru in tho Guy aud Wheeling Folk
Abroad,


Strangers in the Guy aud Wheeling Folks
Abroad,
Miss Lizzie Hamilton has returned
home from Cambridgeboro.
Hon. b. b. Dovenor returned from
Washington City yesterday.
G. !. Porter and vito hRvo returned
homo from visit to sIeubenville.
Squire D. z. Phillips went to Woods.
field. o., yesterday OH oil business.
Miss Clara Dornan, oil WoIl,burg. has
boon visiting friends on South ChapIlne
street,
Mrs. John CIator aud daughter. Miss
Ella, leave to-day for MacGinac, Mich,
TO spend few days.
Abram Stamm got homo from Wash'
iugtou yesterday TO spend hia vacation
and take in the state Fair.
Capt. Panel Carbon came homa yes.
terday from Washington City to take in
the State Fair, He looks Us clipper rs
over.
Col. Ben Wilson, OF Clarksburg, was
hero yesterday on business connected
with tho Benw God. MOundsyiiio electric
railway.
Miss Emma Roberts, OF Thirteenth
street, has returned from an extended
and pleasant visit to her cousin, at Jean.
nette, ia.
Mr.. Ed Albinger, an old East Wheel.
ing boy, is now chief property man
with buffalo bins Wild West His
numerous friends were glad to SEQ him
and learn OF his prosperity.
Assistant City Clork Watkins will
take in the Mackinac excursion ovor the
W. & L. L. road this morning, his obiec.
tive point being AlpOna, Mich, where
he will spend ten days vacation.
Hayes Shanks and Porter Alexander
rode to Wheeling on their bicycles this
afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Kline md son.
OF Wheeling, ". Va. arc visiting Mr.
and Mrs, Joseph May.-SiasJcHrillc Her
aid.
Ex.Mayor Lander. OF Bonwood, is ly.
ing very low at his homo in that city OF
congestion OF tho brain. Ho was form.
erly well known department suporin.
tcndent at tho Wheeling steel plant,
but has been incapacitatod for duty for
about year by illness. No hopes are
entertained OF his recovery.