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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
EXISTENCE OF RABIES DOUBTED.
Physicians Say Fright Is at the Bottom
of Nearly All Alleged Cases

Physicians Say Fright Is at the Bottom
of Nearly All Alleged Cases.
An interesting letter was issued the
other day by the American Antivivisec-
ton society appealing to the public not
to circulate sensational stories about
alleged mad dogs and the terrible re-
suits of people being bitten by them
Such accounts, it states, brighten peo-
pie into nervous disorders, and vet
there is upon record a great mass of
testimony from physicians asserting
the extreme rarity of hydrophobia, even
in the dog.
The letter quotes number of promi-
nent physicians in support of the the
DRY that practically there is no such
affliction to markind as hydrophobia
DR.. Hiram Corson, late president of the
Pennsylvania Medical society, who was
"a years old. wrote: Il have never seen
real case of hydrophobia."
DR.. Vrail Green, the eminent phy-
stefan of Lafayette college, who is over
SO years old, writes: Il have never had
case of hydrophobia, nor have ever
seen case"
DIR. Matthew Woods, who has been IN
quest of the disease for 90 years, as
serts that he never saw hydrophobia
IN either man or animal, although six
years ago he offered 500 reward to any
person bringing him such a patient.
He says further that he has never met.
physician who had seen a case of the
disease. Such distinguished physicians
as DIR. Theophilus Parvin, Thomas G.
Morton and Joseph ". Hearn say that.
fright is responsible for nearly all al,
legged cases Of rabies.
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MAIL FOR SMALL TOWNS.
Free Delivery Can BE Had by Paying
for 1t.

Small communities, denied letter-car-
rier service by the post Office depart
ment, can have such service legally at
comparatively small expense to the
beneficiaries. This has been demon
strated at Berwick, Columbia county,
Pa.
Berwick, says the New York Post,
was one of the 46 post offices selected to
test the practicability and expense of
extending the free delivery service to the
smaller post offices. When the service
was suspended July l, after having been
in operation for five years, the patrons
of the post Office were quite willing to
provide for its continuance ct their own
expense.
This was done under an old regula
ton of the postal department which
makes it the duty of postmasters to de-
liver to any private letter-carrier letters
and papers for all persons who have
given such carrier a written order for
their mail matter. fhis regulation had
not been used anywhere, it is believed,
for a general system of delivering let
tiers.
The post office department, although
not resembling the regulation, has not
favored a private carrier system, and
has given as a reason that it "aims Il
deadly blow at box rents" The carrier
system in Berwick had cost the govern
ment 1925 year. No trouble was eX-
perienced in obtaining the consent of
go families to have their mail delivered
twice daily for one dollar per annum.
So anxious were the business men to
have a carrier system that many offered
to pay enough to give the carrier boys
twice their old salary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06

PITTsBURG. July 3I-Ethel Ellis,
aged Is, and Annie Miller, aged II,
the children af respectable parents,
and employees IN the department store
of Carson, Pirie * Scott, Chicago,
were arrested at the st. James hotel
at 2:30 o'clock this morning on a
charge Of stealing 5000 Six hundred
dollars of the money was recovered.
The girls took their arrest good
naturally, thinking that they were
apprehended only because of running
away from home. They left Chicago
Saturday night stopping in Fort
Wayne over Sunday arriving in Pitts
burg on Monday They intended
starting for New York this morning.
They were on pleasure bent and evi-
IDENTIFY enjoying their trip. 1t is
understood the money was taken from
Mrs. Mary Ellis, mother of Ethel.
Both girls are intelligent, remarkably
good looking and very we'll dressed
The Chicago police department was
notified OF their arrest
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
SHE WAS SHY ONE TURK.
Protest of an Audience Against Bern
hardt's LOGS of n Servant

Protest of an Audience Against Bern
hardt's Loss Of n Servant.
Sarah Bernhardt was once playing at
Marseilles in a spectacular play in
which she made her entree accom-
panied by six Turkish slaves. \ line
on the programme announced that
these six Turks would accompany
Nine. Bernhardt, but when the time
came for them to go ON one of the
youngsters had disappeared. Sarah
mustered the five in order, says the
New York Evening Sun, and made her
entrance with a grand flourish. The
house was crowded, but not a handicap
greeted her as she appeared. Then a
still, small voice in the gallery muir
INJURED something in an indignant tone.
FIFTY voices Immediately took up the
STRAIN, and in ten seconds more the
Whole house was shouting the same
phrase. Bernhardt strained every
nerve to catch what they were com
planning about She knew the phrase
began with "Manque," but the rest Of
1T was lost in the general hubbub.
For full minute the tumult continued.
Then Sarah, muttering things below
her breath, rushed like fury down to
the footlights. In the front row the
actress hai spotted one man who was
not taking part in the huHabaloo.
Pointing at him, the actress exclaimed.
sternly: You seem to be the only sensi-
bic person in this house. Tell me what
on earth they are kicking up this row
for?' The man rose, bowed to the
actress, and remarked, in very bad
American-French; Madam, you are
shy one Turk"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
WRITES UPSIDE DOWN.
His Handwriting Is LeGibie and Letters
Well Formed.

There is a man who lives in Gam
bier, o.. who writes upside down from
force of habit. He has become so used
to the idea that he never writes like
other persons.
One day he walked into the Ebbitt
house in Washington. The clerk
turned the register book around in the
usual manner, so that he might inscribe
his name, but, to his astonishment,
the stranger reversed the volume quiet
" so as to make the writing all up
side down from his point of view, and
adder the name: ~. ". Mann,
Gambler" in the proper place.
Though writing his name upside
down he did it with as much ease and
quicllness as man would ordinarily
do it rightside up. The clerk did not
know what to make of it and asked him
to explain whether he always did it
that way. The stranger replied that it
was as comfortable for him to write
in that fashion as in the ordinary man
ner. He added that It was not difficult
at all to learn, and that anybody could
acquire this peculiar art, though he
had never met anyone in this country
or in Europe who knew how to write
upside down. lie claimed 20 have orig
mated the system.
And this information was not con-
vcyed by word of mouth, because Mr.
Mann is deaf mute. He is a clergy
man, and breaches by signs at Gambler
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
Willing to Learn.

Lord Chelmsford relates that friend
of his at the bar was once engaged in a
nautical case in which it appeared
that a vessel had been exposed to a very
severe gale of wind, and had been
thrown upon her beams ends.
The barrister, ignorant of nautic-
al matters, asked a seaman who
was in the witness box how il
was they did not lower the top
mast, upon which the witness said,
with a sneer: IF you knew as much of
the sea as do, you would know that
this is not very easy matter" This
incident led the counsel to turn his at
tention to the subject, and he invented
an apparatus for lowering topmasts,
for which he obtained patent and real
lied thereby upward of 100000 by his
inventiu-..
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06

LIMA, O., Jnly 3O.-Joe Grebler,
the st. Paul professional bicyclerider
was killed in the half-mile open pro
fessional race at Lima, O., yesterday
afternoon Walter Sanger of Mil
waukee was in the race, and one press
report stated that Griebler had been
killed by Sanger's running into him,
but this is evidently a mistake. In
appears that Griebler became excited,
lost control of his wheel and rushed
wildly ont of the course. He struck
the banking, rose into the air, shot
over the heads of the people, struck
the fence, and rolled down upon the
track. He was carried up under the
trees, bleeding at the nose and mouth
and later to the Burnett house, where
he expired in twenty minutes. Grieb
ler's death is particularly pathetic, as
he has wife aud two children at
home. He was telling a crowd of the
circuit chasers yesterday of his family,
and of how much he expected to make
this season that they might prosper
Cooper won the race in which Griebler
met death, Sanger and Stevens having
fallen
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
MONEY USED IN WAR TIMES.
Rare Collection of Currency Employed in
sn1,nI

Rare Collection of Currency Employed in
Trade During the Rebellion.
There is a collection in this city says
the New York World, which is war
ranted to make the eye of the relic
seeker glisten with delight. 1t is a
coin collection, not of antiques which
have the history of ages stamped on
their faces, but of coins none more than
IS years old, but each one of which tells
not only the story of the nation, but also
a personal history.
The coins are of G28 varieties, and rep
resent the various metal moneys issued
by private individuals during three
years of the rebellion. Each bit of brass
or copper has adifferent design stamped
on it, and others a name and address.
Occasionally a wag has announced in
brass tones Il owe you one cent" Del
monico, the gatherer in of silver and
gold, found it necessary to send forth
bits of metal stamped with his name.
OF shoemaker, grocer and candlesticll
makers there are any number. One
man announces to the world that 5000
people are annually cured by his pills,
while another inculcates the moral Of
little by little" presumably pennies,
to insure wealth. The interest of the
collection is not confined entirely to the
comic, but to the manner in which they
have been set up.
DR.. George r. Bond, of New York
city, collected the coins with great care
not later than 1868, and arranged them
in a design representing the front ele-
walton of the capitol at Washington.
Brass pieces are SO arranged as to srg-
gest the windows and porticos. Around
the coin design are arranged pieces of
paper money used during the war. IN
Guiding duplicates, just 1882 articles
have been employed. 1t is probably the
only collection of its kind in the coun-
try. The whole is Enclosed in n frame
five feet eight inches by four feet, AMI
is the property of Mrs. Kirschmann, OF
No 40 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn.
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LIVED WITHOUT A BRAIN.
Human Paradox, Who Has Been Mys-
terry to Physicians.


\ Williamsport man has surprised
the scientists by living for years with
out a brain, claims the Wilkesbarre
CPD Record. John BLY,, aged 20 years,
who died recently, had suffered for \
long time with a tumor, which grew
into the very base of the brain, and oc-
casioned his death. The growth had a
visible effect upon his brain, and the
case became a curiosity to the medical
profession. The tumor was imbedded
too deeply into the brain tissue to adj
NIT of an operation. 1t was found that
the tumor was nearly as large as 4
billiard ball 1t was so located as II
demoralize the nerves of the sight CEN
ter, and as a consequence young Bly,
was blind for over three years.
1t was developed at the autopsy that
the entire brain had been followed out
by the action of the tumor The cavity
was at least five inches in length, and
was filled with pus. All that was left
of the brain was a thin shell, composed
of the tougher tissues, which were less
susceptible to the process of decay.
When an incision was made in the shell
the whole mass collapsed.
The circumstance which made the
case almost unprecedented in the an
nails of medical science was the man
ner in which the patient retained his
nationality and faculties under the cir
cumstances. He had the senses of
touch, taste, hearing and smell, had
very tolerable control of his locomotor
muscles, could talk, and, in fact, was
comparatively discCmmoded in no
other way than by the loss of vision.
His retention of memory was remark
able. He was able to memorize poems
M to within two weeks of his death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
BORROWED FROM BYZANTIUM
Russian Coronation Ceremonies Closely
Resemble Those of the Old Empire.

ONLY those who have studied By
zantine history can have any idea of
how closely the ceremonial of the Mos
cow coronation resembles, even in its
minutest details, that which used TO be
observed at the coronation of the By
zantine emperOrs, says the London
Chronicle. Although the Russian
church did not separate from that Of
Rome until the twelfth century-that
is,nearly 400 years later than the schism
Of Photius, which rent the western and
eastern churches asunder-neverthe-
less it retained its oriental rite. In
1854 a Russian commission arrived in
Byzantium to study the etiquette and
ceremonial, ecclesiastical and profane,
of the court and church of that cap
ital. On their return to their native
country a great change took place in
the national costume, architecture and
ceremonial. When Moscow became the
sacred city par excellence of the en-
pire the kremlin was rebuilt on the
same lines as the Blachernae palace.
on the land walls of Constantinople.
Like its Greek model, it consists of a
series of halls and apartments kiosks,
as the Turks call them-linked to-
gether by gardens and interspersed
with scores of churches and monster
les, the whole surrounded by a wall
and entered by strongly fortified gates,
above which were icons of the virgin
and saints. Burnt down early in the
century, it has been rebuilt in palmer
architecture, but on the same Byzan-
tine plan.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
CONDENSED TESTIMONY.

Chas. b. Hood, Broker and Manu-
facturer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, GER
titles that DR.. Kings New Discovery
has no equal as Cough remedy. j.
ID, Brown, Prop, St. James Hotel,
Ft. Wayne, Ind, testifies that he was
cured of Cough of two years stand
ing, caused by La Grippe, by DIR.
klng's New Discovery, b. f. Merrill,
Baldwinsville, Mass, says that he has
used and recommended it and never
knew it to fail and would rather have
1t than any doctor, because it always
cures. Mrs. Hemming. DO f. 25th
St. Chicago, always keeps it at hand
and has no fear Of Group, because it
instantly relieves. Free Trial Bottles
at Henry HInrichs Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
POLLY WORRIED THE NURSE
Learned to Cry just Like tho Baby
Did.

A nurse at Broomhill complains that
she has difficulty with parrot, says
the Weekly Telegraph. Polly's cage is
in the nursery and she has learned 20
initiate baby's voice when crying with
wonderful accuracy. One afternoon
recently the baby's mother came run
ming into the nursery because she
heard the wa<ling cry, not of one, but
of two babies. Baby was crying as
though his heart would break, and
Polly, on her perch in the cage, was sob
bling a doleful accompaniment, while
nurse alternately soothed the one and
scolded the other.
cts that drafted parrot, ma am"
she said. "She's that aggravatin'
Just because 1 won't give her lump
Of sugar she starts crying like child
and that sets baby off, SO that they
fair worrit my life out between them"
Give me the child" said the mistress,
scarce able to represn a smile at nurses
distress, and as she went along the
passage she heard the girl say:
"Oh, you are an aggravatin' insect if
there ever was. Give over crying, can't
you?" And in reply Polly sobbed loud
er than ever, SO that the cage was
shaken with the violence of her woe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
HIBERNICISMS.
Two Irish" Bulls Not at All Chargeable
to Irishmen.

The Spectator records two Hi
bernicisms' which are not chargeable
to Irishmen. One of them was recent
ly uttered by the captain of a boys
brigade"-a popular military organiza-
ton in a certain English parish. He
addressed the corps on the subject of
the death of Prince Henry Of Batten-
burg, and in ending his sympathetic
remarks chose an appropriate hymn to
close the service.
"And now" he said, ''let us sing these
ines in solemn silence!"
The other remark was made by cler-
gyman in a discourse on the transitory
nature of earthly things.
Look" he said, ''at the great cities
of antiquity; where are they now?
Why, some of them have persisted so
completely that it is probable they
never existed"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06

STATE OF WISCONSIN -CmCrIr corr Ao,,
~ MANiTOWOr COUNTY,
y =. Btrndt plaintiff ~. August Knoll and
Maria Knoll mis- wife, George BAumam and
Theresa BaumanH his wife, Chris EhrharIf and
hcnricttc Ehrhardt his wife. Alnis krtus and
Sophia kTns hIs wife. Gu7taye Srhelhe The
CenterVIAc Brewing Comuay a domestic ruTnr-
ration. Guttl!cb Mill. PU5cr Hoffman, Frank
li"rrmke, The State Bank of Manitowoc Fros-
drrt Bruthers Grain ami Malt company William
Rahr, RuBha"dt Nthr. Max Rahr, Charles \
hlewcrt harleS koss, j. T.. Button and AEpust
Il. BackhHus defendants.
Notice - hereby given ia a hy yirtuc and pur-
suitrt lU a judgement of foreclosure and order of
Gale made aud entered in the above autltlaj
aclIo1 on the l2th day Of February 1897 tho
undersigned as sheriff of the county aforesaid
Will sell al public auction, to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, at the sherils office IN The
sheriff residence and jail binding, in the city
Wisconsin on Saturday tho 9Th day Of August
1916 AT 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day to
pay the amount adJudgcd to the plaintiff for
principal interest and costs, the premises do
serb, IN sad Judgment, as amended, as follows
10 wit. Lots No. SIX, Seven. Eight Nine Tau
ana Eleven in Block No Four and lots No
Ten, Eleven and Twelve in Block No One IN the
village ui tCntcryIlle according To the recorded
plat thereof IN the county of Manitovoc and
state or w ISCUHsn together with the brewery
aud buildings thereon and the boiler engine aud
all machinery and apparatus in said buildiu rs
USED IN the manufacturing Of beer and malt.
Dated al Mani .owoc Wis June 2ith 4. II, 1885.
HENRY SCHMIDT sheriff Of
auGb ManltuWoC county Wisconsin.
Schmit2 kirwsn Plaintiffs Attorneys
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EXECUTORS SALE.
First publication July lGth, lssG.J

First publication July 18th. 1850
IN COUNTY COURT MANITowoC CoUNIY p
i In Probate.
In the matter of the estate 81 Anton Pankratz
deceased.
Notice Is hereby given. that by virtue and 10
pursuance of an order of license made in SAID
matter on the 18th day Of June, a. D., Ie!6 ny
the county court Of said county, tho under igued
John Grail executor of the estate of hutnn
PankTatZ late Of Mantowoc county. deceased
WILL on Saturday the eighth day Of August 4. y. d,
1s!i. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of SAID day
at the office OF Schmitz kirwan, in the c,ty of
Manitowoc, IN said county, offer for sale at
pnbllc vendue the following described lands,
to-wit: The West half of TIE North East quarter
of the South East quarter of section fifteen 80
and the West half of the North East quarter of
section fourteen (lD in township nineteen ilgi
north Of Range Twenty two tz3) east lu the
county OF Manltowoc and state Of Wisconsin
The terms or sale Cash.
Dated at MaHitowOc, the eleventh dag of igiy,
A. ID 1896. JoHE GRAIL
Executor of the estate #
Anton PankTatz. deceased.
Schmltz x kirvan, Attorneys. aIgb
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PYnnT EIeDhnnts.

In the vicinity of Malta is the only
place where remains of the pigmy ele-
plant have been discovered. There are
several places on the island where these
remains have beeen unearthed. but par
ticularly in the caves and in the muck
and mari of The coast. One specimen,
which is known to have been full grown
at the time Ct his demise by the state Of
his teeth. was no taller or larger than a
Newfoundland dog.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06

BEssEMER, Mich, July 31.-An at
tempt was made July 4, to blow up a
vacant building owned by Henry
Reel. Twelve sticks of dynamite We're
placed under the floor, attached to
thirty three feet Of fuse. Only one
stick exploded, SCATTERING the front
and destroying the floor. 1t was
learned that an Italian stole load of
furniture stored in the bailding, and
by destroying the building the robbery
would not have been suspected. The
case was placed in the hands of a
deputy sheriff. which resulted in the
arrest Of the man. He refused to give
his name On paying for the furniture
and the damage to the building, the
criminal proceedings were dropped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06

DO You rectify mistakes hero?,'
asked a gentleman rs he stepped into
a drug store. Yes sir, we do, if the
patient is still alive" replied the ur-
bane clerk. Never was Il druggist
called upon to answer s1ch a question,
after selling Il bottle of Or. Pior3e's
Golden Medical Discovery. Do not
be hopeless although you are thin and
pale In spite Of a dry hacking cough,
night swea;5, and sIight splitting of
blood, You need not fill consump-
tivc's grave. Take the discovery"
and you will soon get rid Of the
troubles which harass you. But do
not delay. Delay may mean death
and that mistake you cannot rectify.
Sold by druggists more largely than
any other medicines.
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DID YOU EVER

Try Electric Bitters as n remedy for
Your troubles? If net, get bottle
now and get relief This medicine
has been found to be peculiarly adapt
ed to the relief and cure of all Female
Complaints, exerting wonderful di-
rect influence in giving strength and
tone to the organs. If you have loss
of Appetite, Constipation. Headache,
Painting Spells, or are Nervous. Sleep
less, Excitable, Melancholy or troub-
led With Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters
is the best medicine you need. Health
and Strength are guaranteed by Its
use, Large bottles only soc. at Henry
dinrich's Drug Store.
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HALF RATE TO SALT LAX 4.
CITY. UTAH.

On account of Annual Convention
international Association of Fire En-
gineers, the North " estern Line viii
on August 6 and 7. sell excursion tick
cts to Salt Lake city and return at one
fare plus $500, for the round trip
Fer tickets and full information APP.
ply to agents Chicago & North West
ern R'y. 2tiul3C
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A bad Lot

The Paris Figaro tells story of the
famous horse-breeder Lupin, to whom
a friend one day showed list of horses
that were to compete for a prize, ask
ing his opinion as TO which he should
bet on. LupIn scanned the list care
fully and exclaimed with an air of con-
Viction: Among all these horses | do
not see one that IS able to get there
first"
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C.BUTLER, Ind. July 3l.-Mrs. Web
ster, wife of Henry Webster, a prom
nent citizen and county official who
lives six miles from town, was fatally
shot in the abdomen by her Oldest son
last night. and Mr.. Webster was
knocked insensible with a sling shot
by the assassin when be attempted to
escape. Bloodhounds are to be put
on the murderers' trail. and when
caught he is liable to be lynched.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-06
Titles of English Kings.

The title excellent grace" was given
to Henry VI, most high and mighty
prince" to Edward ~. and "highness"
piled to Henry VIII. until, toward the
close of his reign, the more lofty express
sion of majesty" came into use-beiDg
the expression with which Francis l.
addressed him at their intery lew in 1920.