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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
CRANKS PESTER EDISON.
One of Them Walked from Montana to
Orange.

''Why, you talk about cranks," said
Edison recently at Orange to a New
York World reporter; Il have more of
them come around here than any man
in the country. They come out with all
sorts of schemes which they want me
to puzzie through. These long-haired
fellows, with dandruff on the shoulders
of their coats, meander around mere IN
shoals. One of them got in here the
other day, and he was a walker, too.
He belonged out in Montana and got
the idea that he was the first man who
ever invented an electric light, and that
l had robbed him of it. So he came on
here to make me give up half the pro-
ceeds, and he walked every foot of the
way. You ought TO have seen him when
he got here.
''Some of the boys saw his trail down
stairs and followed him up and told him
/ wasn't here but out at the mines, and
I'll be hanged if he didn't walk there.
When he got out there the foreman
we'd posted him-asked him if he hadn't
invented the arc light. The man from
Montana said he had. Then the fore
man told him that I had not invented
the arc light. but that it had been in
vented by Thompson. The Montana
man wanted to know where Thompson
was right away, and the foreman told
him Thompson was down in Lynn, Mass
"'How do you get to Lynn" asked
the man from Montana. The foreman
told him the road and he started to
tramp down there. ] expect any day to
hear of his raising the deuce there some
how. We have 'em here all the time,
but they don't bother me any,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
STRANGE POST OFFICES.
Queer Arrangements Seen in Other Part
nf the WnrId

of the World.
Until quite recently the postal system
in Persia was very loosely conducted.
1t was under the superintendence of a
minister of posts, who, however, does
not work the system himself. Each
road Is farmed to some merchant or
wealthy person, who pays a certain sum
to the minister for the privilege, and
makes as much money out of the bust
ness as he can.
On the south coast of Patagonia is the
most remarkable postal service IN the
world. Close to the post is a large sign
post with the inscription: Post Office"
Attached by chains to. the foot of the
sign post is a strong chest, which has
served as post office, master, clerk, all
in one, for many years. The ships pass
ing through the Magellan straits send
n boat to the shore to fetch any letters
that may be addressed to their places Of
call, and at the Same time to leave any
letters they may wish to have taken in
other directions.
In small group of islands off the
south coast of Iceland the islanders have
a bottle post, which depends mainly on
the wind. When the wind blows from
the south they put their letters into
well-corked bottle. To insure delivery,
plug of tobacco or q cigar is put in
side, and people on the mainland are
usually on the lookout for and ready to
deliver the letters so dispatched, in re.
turn for the inclosed remuneration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
PAPER GARMENTS.
The Latest Fad for People Afraid of
Lightning.

lightning.
\ glass house and feather bed used
to be considered the lightning-proof
mediums behind which timid persons
could seek refuge from the possibility
of being stricken by an electric bolt.
But these are old-fashioned ideas
now, compared with the lightning proof
paper suit which a New York genius
has just invented, patented and invited
fearful and apprehensive people to try.
This suit is made of fiber pulp and can
be made to look exactly like any other
suit of clothes. Paper is poor con-
ductor, and a man arrayed in such gar
ments might go forth and defy light
ming. even if it should show special
preference for him.
This is particularly the case if hat
is worn made of the same stuff. In
side of this should be placed piece of
newspaper, and inside the clothing
should also be laid folds of news
paper, which would do as we'll as a
paper suit.
The paper suit is also a good thing
for summer excursions, for if it is
ruined in the rain there won't be much
loss. Those whose nerves are upset by
atmospheric disturbances had better
wrap themselves up in paper during the
electric summer storms, even if they do
not have suits made up la mode and
wi.h seams and buttons to hold them
togetf=-.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
HER WEDDING PRESENTS.
The Princess Maud Now Possesses Forty
Eight Wheels.

1t is evident that Princess Maud,
who married Prince Carl of Denmark,
will not lack for means of locomotion,
says the London Letter. The parents Of
the bride and the aristocracy having
presented their gifts to the young
bridal couple, they are now being iol
lowed by the numerous towns, counties,
shires and guilds. Among the presents
received there are not less than 48 ladies
bicycles, for it is known that Princess
Maud is an enthusiastic wheelwoman.
There are wheels of almost every class,
make and of the most varied cOnstruc
tions and executions, some adorned
with engravings and others with in
scriptions. Besides the wheels the
princess is the recipient of sew
eral dozen motor carriages, some
driven by steam, others by petroleum
motors, compressed air and electricity.
Since the exhibition of wedding pres
ents is still fashionable in aristocratic
England, the show of Princess Maud's
wedding gifts looks very much like
cycle show or an exhibition of motor
carriages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
WOMAN FLIES KITES.
Champion Lady at the Sport 1nvents .
New Kind.

Barrel kites" are the novel invention
of Miss Nellie Ross, of Fruit Vale, Cal,
says the New York World. Three
months ago she demonstrated their
practicability, and since then has
proved, as she claims, that they fly
higher than any other kites ever made
On the Pacific coast. \ recent visitor
to what Miss Rose calls her "kitery"
saw simply q very clean and neatly
whitewashed back yard. Against some
deserted henroosts leaned some queer
cloth and bamboo objects that looked
like fattened balloons with the ends
knocked out The largest were five feet
high by four feet broad, and they were
f all colors. The string used In flying
tsem is about two miles long.
The young liite-fyer, who holds that
every woman should have hobby and
who thoroughly enjoys hers, makes all
her own kites. Then she flies nine or
ten at once, to the great edification of
the surrounding neighborhood and to
the delight of the small boys, who are
always willing to help haul them in.
Each kite is named, and mckinley"
and "Grover" compete with those bear
ing less famous names to see which can
climb the highest. Barrel-llite flying
Is said to be as pretty as it is success
full, and California's champion kite
flyer wears her distinction very grace
fully.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

The nineteenth century Is tOnspicu
Gus in history as an epoch of marvel
Gus advancement. Steamships, rail
ways, telegraph and many Of the
achievements we prize so highly are
the offspring of this grand ere. Right
abreast with the wonderful improve
ments in science and art is the not
less remarkable progress iii the medl-
cal world as exemplitieA in SO efficient
and powerful restorative as Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
accomplishing SO speedily what form
erly was considered impossible. 1t
will not restore sight To Il blind eye
nor insure a healthy circulation i'll Il
wooden lpg-bnt consumption-in It's
earlier stages. Yields to it,
Mr.. James Fl. Chenoweth. Of oak,
NuckOHs Co., Nebrdska. wrote DIR.
Pierce as follows: In June 1890, |
was taken with the grip and began
soon after to cough up hard sub
stance. sometimes the lulups would be
half AS large rs coffee berry. The
physicians said | had consumption in
the worst form. but they did me no
good. / then took Golden Medical
/ Discovery" and it has now been one
year since / cougaed or eXlectnrhied
anv hard substance. Beside, 1 weIsi.
more than l ever did IN ny life"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
WHEN DAYS WILL BE LONG.
Eventually Each VIII BE as Big as q


Do you know that the day, which is
now only "a hours long, Is slowly in
creasing in length, and that it will
eventually be 25, 90. or even 100 hours
in length? This statement, strange as il
may sound to one who has not read TIE
results of observations made on that
score, is believed to be true in every re-
spect.
Not only will the earths motion slow
up until the day will be one, two and
three times as long as it is at present,
but this pace-slacllening process will
increase with time, until the day Will
eventually be n week or even a month
in length. The "retarding medium y
which the astronomers speak of as be-
ing the cause Of this phenomenon, is not
fully understood at present.
Sir Robert Bali says that 1t is the fric-
ton of the tides which is responsible
for the most of it. He urges that the
time will come when the day will be a
full year in length! Others among the
Investigators along this line declare
that it will be absolutely impossible
for this day-lengthening process to in
crease beyond one lunar month.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
ACCOMPLISHED DOG.
Exhibited Intelligence Unusual in the
Brute Kingdom.


4 Newfoundland named Oscar, be-
longing to myself, had often listened
with much interest to stories of rescue
of drowning persons by dogs, says An
drew Lang in Longman's Magazine. 1
happen TO possess an engraving of
Landseer's Member of the Humane So
ciety.' Oscar would contemplate it for
hours, and study the pose in the mir
ror. One day two little children were
playing alone on st. Andrews pier, and
/ was sketching the ruins at short dis
tance, Oscar running about on the pier.
| happened TO look up and saw Oscar,
as if inadvertently, but quite deliberate
ly, back one of the children tJohnny
Chisholm by name) into the water,
which is there very deep. The animal
then gave three loud howls to attract
attention. He had been taught 10 give
"three cheers for Mr.. Gladstone"
jumped into the water, rescued the
child, and carried him, "quite safe, but
very wet" to the local photographers,
obviously that the deed might be COM
memorated by art. Nobody saw the
beginning of this tragedy except my
self.
Oscar, when brought home, deliber-
ately raped out Humane Society"
with his tail on the floor, but. much as
l appreciated his intelligence, could
not, in common honesty, give him a
testimonial. This preyed on his mind;
he accompanied party to the top OF
from the top, being dashed TO pieces
at the feet of an eminent divine whose
works he had often, but tunsuccessfully,
cntreated me TO review in an unfavor-
able sense. His plan was to bring the
book, lay it at my feet, and return with
the carving knife in his mouth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
HIS LOT AN EASY ONE.
But the Pestered Butler Couldn't See 1t
That WAY.

But the Pestered Butler Couldn't See 1t
That Way.
\ butler who had. been 25 years in
the same family went one morning to
his master and said that he wanted to
leave, says the Weekly Telegram. The
master, much astonished, asked what
his reason was.
''Do you want your wages raised,
John?"
"No, sir"
"Is it the food that you're complain
ing OFF,
NO, sir
We'll, what is it, then?"
I'D rather not say, sir"
"Now, john" said his master, losing
his patience, you've been long time
in my employ, and insist upon your
telling me-"
We'll, sir" said the butler, finally, ''if
you must know, it's all along of the
missus. It's nag, nag, nag from morn
ing to night, and I can't stand it any
longer"
His master sighed and then said, SOL
emnly: John, go upstairs to your bed
room, lock the door and then go down
upon your bended knees and thank
Heaven that you're not married TO
herl"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
Racial Lines In Africa.

All the colored people in South Africa
are treated alike by the whites as di-
vided from themselves by a wide and
impossible gulf. \ native, whatever
his rank. would seldom be permitted,
except as domestic servant. to enter
private house. When Khama was in
England last autumn and was enter
tanned at lunch by the duke of West
noyance and disgust among the whites
in South Africa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
FORECLOSURE SALE,

lFirst publication July 81. 1851
ArIATE OF NISCONSIN-IN CIRCUIT CuTRT
y MkNIrowuC COUNTY.
George a. Sedgwick, plaintiff " Carl
Wuensch, sophia Wucus,h. hIs wife. GottlIeb
Mill and William Belitz. defendants
Bv virtue and pursuant To judgment and or
der of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above
entitled action at a special term of the Circuit
Court for MauItuwoc County, held at the Court
House III the city and county of Sheboygan and
commenced on the nth day Of September 1894
and Dated September II, 1894. and docketed Sep
tember - 1897 in the Circuit Court of ManIto-
voc County. in favor of the above named plaintiff
and against the above named defendants the
SAID Judgment having been amended by adtiug
the last two defendants Guttlieh Mill and VIII
liam BelitZ, 10y an order of said court entered nj
the Fond du Lac special term therefor on July
%. 1870 | shall offer for sale and sell AT Dub-
front door Of the Court House in the CITY and
county of NAnltowoC, ON the 18th day Of Sepreul-
ber 1896. at ten o clock IN the forenoon of thpt
day the following described premises lying and
being IN MauitoWoc County. Wisconsin and
known and dps guated as follows. Lots four a
five 90 ard six Is IN block enc / in Turpee's :
Addition To the village of Cleveland. in Manito-
We County Wisconsin.
This sale s made subject To mortgage for
Eight hundred Dollars >st0i dated August y
al, recorded in the office Of tie Register of
Mortgages page 81, on the 2qth day of August
1891.
And all u said premises or so much thereof a,
maS toe sufficient to satisfy said Judgment IN sane
action and interest and costs of suit will he sold
Dated July -, 1886
HENRY SCHMIDT.
Sheriff of MsnltowoC County, Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
FIGHT BETWEEN ELkS.
How the Patriarch of the Drove Demon
strated His Prowess.


strated His Prowess.
a writer in the last issue of the Amer
lean Field had q very interesting paper
On Hunting Big Game in the Rockies"
III W hich he depicts a combat between
the chief of band of elks and num-
Der OF Yalorous but indiscreet young
bulls of the same family.
After leaving camp and hunting the
mountains for distance of four or five
miles he came in sight of a fresh sign,
followed it up, and soon found band
of perhaps hundred elks, COWS, calves
and bulls, going to the windward. They
soon crept up within 80 to IS yards of
them. There was one old bull among
them who seemed to be chief of the
harem. He came out into an open park
and challenged the other bulls to COM
bat. Pop and Van We're lying fat in
the timber taking in the circus. The
old patriarch would whistle, and soon
young bull would answer him and trot
out ready to take up the challenge, and
fight for some fayorite. They would
spar around for some little time, for
points, then back off and rush together
Ike two battering rams, below and tear
up the earth. One such round would
usually end the fight, and the young
ster would take to the timber, fully sat
isfed. Another challenge from the old
patriarch and another young bull
would appear on the ground TO take
up the gauntlet, only TO get an awful
drubbing and be sent back to the timber
cowed. This challenge was given and
accepted by four different bulls, and
all were beaten back to their corners
and oyer the line. After two hours Of
hard lighting he called time on the old
bull and shot him,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
Ward Or Lightning.

Telephone wires seem to have an inn
portant influence in preventing light
ming from striking, according to the in
yestigations of the German telegraph
department. Three hundred and forty
towns with telephone saystems and 800
towns without them were under obser-
vation. In the former the lightning
struck three times for every hour Of
storm; in the latter five times. More
over, the violence of the lightning was
much less in the former cases.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
Jury DEVELOPMENT.

a pretty story is told about little
boy whose elder sister is much inter
ested in photography, and gives the
family the benefit of many observations
about her work. This little boy was
taken to the courthouse IL see the end
of a certain trial. He came home and
told his mother about it. THE judge
made speech to the Jury" he said, "and
then sent them into a little dark room
to dpvaInn"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
Suicide In Austria

Austria is suffering from an epidemic
of suicide. Vienna had GOT suicides dur
ing the first six months Of tho year,
which is double the average fthe1ast
period. d..seyeRs ldiers5tss ;TGig ssnlh
tsfantrystregif1henp Killed 6enisefveg
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

A Florida boy has shed his skin.
1t came off in & single piece from his
neck down and is a perfect cast of
the human form and is about the con
sistency Of hard glue, which it much
resembles"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

..ts,.1hcr;ein'5 Eye and Skin OintT-1,
= uncqualled for Eczema, letter, ~.
Eheun, Scaid Head, Sore Nipples Chartei
i.aads, Itching Piles, Burns, FIRST Bite
h.onic Sore Eyes and Granuiated Eye lids
Enr .ale I,y drroeists at % cents per box
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting a horse in line healthy con-
lition try Dir. Cady's Condition Powder.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders a:.d destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse p
cents per package. For sale by druggists
Henry Hinrichs. druggist
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

1t is a melancholy fact that the
fastest way to spoil a boy is to give
him men for associates.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

1t doesn't matter much whether sick
headache. biliousness, Indigestion and
constipation are caused by neglect CT
by unavoidable circumstances; De
Wits Little Early Risers will speedily
cure them all. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

L. f. Anthony, Ex-PUstmaster OF Prom
ise City, Iowa, says: II bought one bot
tie "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
took two doses of it did moro good thfn
any medicine | ever took" Sold by T. g.
Buerstatte, Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

One of the surface indications of
weak mind is to manifest a disposition
to disobay orders.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

Boys will be boys" but You can't
afford to lose any of them. Be ready
for the green apple season by having
DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure in
the house Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10
wisconsin Central Time Table.

PASSENGER TRAINS,
Going West.
Leave Manitowoc.... ......5:.i5 a.. N. 2:3O p. m.
= MenaShiI. -.......... ~ J l:31
Seenah SUI = 30 :
Arrive Ashland. .....-...... 500 y N. 7jj a. m
ST Paul .......... 5:.Il s:l5 "
Minneapolis. ........ 600 S%N
5:35 a. m train of ManItowoc makes connec-
ton at Neenuh for south at I2:lh y. m. 10 tram
makes connection at Neanah for south at - pm
(iong East.
Leave Minneapolis ....1aH a. m. t1G1 p. M
81. Paul .... .......I:3 III Ilu
Ashland .--.... ...-.I;l5 80
Neenah.... .....-..s, 90 p. III. 500 a. m
Menasha ............. .5:ln o;5 :
Arrive Manltowuc ..........I,l5 Iu:3n :
SOS train ont Of Neenuh gets counecti from
south at 500 a. $50 p, m. tram gets connec-
ton from sOuth at i;l1 - m,
W. II. NANnEGRIFF, Agt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

Poison Ivy, insect bites, bruises,
scalds, burns, are quickly cured by
De Wits Witch Hazel Sulve, the
great pile cure Henry Hinrichs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

4 girl without bean is as much of
an anomaly as man without a home.
Neither have any place to lay their
heads.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

Dyed hair is deadly foe to honor
able old age.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

English SPAWN Liniment removes
All Hard, Soft on 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 ore bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known. Sold by i. G. Bnerstatte,
Druggist. Manitowoc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

Many days work is lost by sick
headache, caused by indigestion and
stomach troubles DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are the most effectual
pill for overcoming such difficulties.
Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

If you treated your neIghbor as you
do yourself he would often think he
was being abused.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

The whole system is drained and
undermined by INDECENT ulcers and
open sores DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve speedily heals them. 1t is the
best pile cure known. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-10

That Charlie Spindles Is horrid
fellow. isn't he?' Yes. but he once
saved me from mad bull" How
was that" II saw Charlie coming and
went through another field"
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The price Of liberty in married life
is to have your mother iii law express
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DAILY. Daily except Sunday.
: Nos Band are Limited trains making
very fast time and have through sleeping cars
between Milwaukee Chicago and BessemeT
Eronwood. Hurley and Ashland. Breakfast
going SOUTH aud supper going north are
erycd III dining cars between Chicago and Nit
waukce.
Nos 5 and nave through sleeping cars be-
tween Chicago aui Milwaukee and WAusdu
aud parlor cars between kaukauns and Ash
land.
Nos. and = run between Milwaukee and
Antigo. with parinr carr between MILWAUKEE,
aud Wausau
Nos. 7 aud ; run between Milwaukee and
+ aukaunA.
All trains make close connections in union
.epot at Milwaukee to and from Chicago.
For information or tickets inquire OF
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