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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
SOAET%il.-, OruE.NII,
& 7IembCr OF TIC -. Lo,s:- - I.ntrr:ain1
the Ladies' with a P.r!ar Dog eight.

McmbCr OF TIC -. Lo,i.- : - Intrr:ain1
the Ladies' will. ., Pariar 10" eight.
A wealthy st. Iouislan Iiviu" in the
novel form of entertainment for his
guests one evening last week, says the
st. Louis Republic.
The hostess WAS extremely anxious to
provide something original for the cdi-
ticatiOn of a score of Gi"sts whom she
intended to call together for an in
forma! evening. Her husband promised
to provide such novelty, and took a
boon companion into his confidence TO
that end. They had not exchanged
ideas 30 consecutive seconds before they
hit upon the device of converting the
elegant parlors into gambling house
pro tenn. y faro bank, a roulette wheel
and poker and keno "Iay-Outs" were
easily procurable, as the cOnfeTrees
well knew, and that part of the pro-
gramme was soon settled The friend
suggested rs Il pretty epiloguc the in
PRODUCTION of a pair of bulldogs, guar
antecd to reduce each other to mincc
meat in three rounds. This rather stag
gered the ambitious host, but lis
friend is ward politician, and with
the eloquence he always keeps on
draught he soon convinced the other
that the evening would he a failure
without those bulldogs.
The evening arrived. and with it
came the guests. The ladies were pref
tily shocked at the sight of the gam
bling paraphcrnalia, but became ac-
customcl to it in an aStOniShingly short
time and shared in the games with be-
coming vim. It was when the yellow
bulldogs made their unexpected en-
trance that the horror of the fair guests
proved genuine. The beasts yelped
and growled and showed other peculiar
ly canine symptoms of "spoiling for
fight" Thereupon the ladies sought
refuge on the piano and card table and
chairs, conducting their retreat as from
mouse.
Notwithstanding excited feminine
protestations, the friend who had been
consulted as to Il novelty in entertain
ment unle9shcd the dogs. 1t was an
exciting climax 10 an "Original" even
ing. The dogs Toasted for five minutes
en- choice bits Of each others anatomy.
The ladies screamed and the friend who
was consulted eTultC1 in the success of
his novelty. When he was quite con
WINGED, and ii took Il considerable time
to convince him, that the ladies' desire
FOR gore had been fully gratifcd, he
doused the dogs into a convenient tub
of water and separated them.
Refreshments were then served. OF
which the ladies did rot nartake.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
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,
TT. Wayne, Ind, testities that he was
cured of Cough of two years stand
ing, caused by La Grippe, by DR..
Kings New Discovery, b. T. Merrill,
Baldwinsville, Mass, says that he has
used and recommended it and never
knew it to fail ana would rather have
it than any doctor, because it always
cures Mrs. Hemming, 222 E. 18th
St, Chicago, always keeps it at hand
and has no fear of Group, because it
instantly relieves Free Trial Bottles
at Henry Hlnrichs Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
NO USE FOR LEATHER APRONS.
Samantha Mann Declines to Trade Jelly
Cake for Cold Buckwheats.


When the children used to go TO Pos
sum Walk schoolhouse the dinner hour
was time when they gathered together
and compared the contents of heir din
ner baskets and traded with each other.
Two doughnuts for piece of pie, one
cookie for red apple, etc. Some of
the scholars were children of the poorer
class of tenant farmers and their bas-
lets were not filled with anything like
so appetiZing an outfit as the baskets
OF the others. Mary Jane Squirting, for
instance, used to come to school with
buckwhea cakes for dinner. They were
Of the large kind. about lG inches round
and a quarter of an inch thick. They
had been buttered thinly while hot. but
the butter would melt quickly and the
cakes would be as cold as tOmbstoncs
by the noon hour.
Still, they We're the best that Mary
Jane had, and as the spirit of barter
beat in her humble breast she CsSayed
to exchange couple of these pieces dc
resistance TO Samantha Mann for a
slice of jelly cake. Samantha turned
up her snub nose a trifie higher and said
in scornful tone:
ooh, yes; now, Mary Jane Spurlin',
you don't git me to trade any o my nice
jelly cake fur one O. your ole luther
aprons"
And Mary Jane Squirting never smiled
again.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
YOUNG MEN TAKE WARNING

Alas, how prevalent are those dis
tressiDg diseases and weaknesses
which make Young inen prematurely
old, pale, listless, low spirited. languid,
easily tired, forgetfuI and incapable;
fill mad houses and swell the lists of
suicides separate husbands and wives;
bring untold suffcrings to millions,
even unto the third and fourth gener
atoms. The afflicted will recognize
only too plainly to what class of mala
dies we refer. \ complete and scien-
tific treatise (sent only in plan sealed
enN elope) on receipt of ten cents, (the
cost OF postape.l if inclosed with this
notice to " orld's Dispensary Medical
Association, 663 Main Street. Buffalo.
y Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
POWER FROM MELTED SNOW.
SWISS Towns tiIize the a:cua;aIa streams
for Manufacturing Pnrpo,es.

SWISS Towns tiIize the A:Cua:aIl streams
for Manufacturing. Purposes.
Besides conside -aE!c humber CT
large water-!power Installations. Swift
erland is full Of small power plants,
nearly every Town in that land of noun
iains and Waterfalls being well sup
piled with power from the white coal
US the melting snow on the mountain
sides has well been called. When there
are 10 large streams, says Casters
Magazine, many small ones are i'm
pounded and collected in reservoirs on
the hillsides, and it is rare to find
place of any size which is not we'll light
ed by the power of some mountain
stream
At MontreuX the electric tramway
gets its power in tais way, and from
the old Roman town of Nevey TO the
medieval castle of Chillon one may ride
in a trolley car propelled by the power
of an insignificant little stream which
may or may not he noticed when climb
ing up the hillsides just above.
The capabilities of this general utili-
Zation of natural power are beginning
TO be understood everywhere, and with
the appreciation of the possibilities of
the best me thods of longdistance trans
mission, the development of many
mountain streams must surely come.
There are innumerable streams which,
while very small, are yet very high, and
these can with comparatively little diff
fculty be impounded and carried down
many hundreds of feet, thus making up
for their lack of volume by the great
pressure readily obtainablC, and, either
by the use of electricity or compressed
air, the power may be transmitted to
many points of application with Tut
I
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
EiNS REPAIRED

Fannie, or as her family called her
Fan had lost l. + beau and she was
afraid she never would be paired
She hated the Thought Of being single
all her life. One day she saw in Il
store window the sign Pans Repair
ed LaughingIy she SAID to friend.
There Is hope for mo yet, may be
re paired "Of course You may said
her friend, III you will take DR..
Pirerce's Favorite Prescription, that
wonderful cure of wUman's complaints.
and tone up yonr system Do You
wonder your beau left you when he
found you always ccmplaing, looking
pale as a ghost and all that. Young
men won't knowingly harness them,
selves for life 10 walking CORPSE on
st peripatctic infrmary. Take tie
remedy and get we'll" Fan did and
has been satisfactorily re paired. For
nursing mothers ur those about Ia be
come mothers, 'favoritc Presentation,
Is priceless boon. It lessons tho
pains and pefiis Of childbirth. sEorftus
labor, promotes the secretion If Am
abundance + norrishment for the
child and shortens the period Of con
tiDemrnt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
DID YOU EVER

Try EIectrlc Bltters as remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a 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 n"ad. Health
and Strength are guaranteed by its
use. Large bottles only soc. at Henry
Hinrich's Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
FINANCIAL REVERSES,
disappointment of an Investor Who over
worked the Market.


They had been talking about trusts
and the immense profit realized by cap
ital, says the Washington Star
"A man is never satisfied, however
big the returns ma BE-" rcma; keI the
man with the patient expression.
Yes, said the plump-looking citizen
with meerschaum cigar holder; no
matter what a person achieves, he Is
always haunted by the thought that
he might have done better The trouble
about making money rapidly is that
man fails to be content with Il fair per
centage of gain on his investment"
II have a friend who is exactly That
way. He turns up his nose at Il mere
hundred per cent or so"
He must lie plunger."
No; he's a conservative investor"
What does he hanGle?"
We'll. YOU might call them govern
mcnt obligations"
He must have new l.nd Of Il good
thing"
He used to have. But he's lost me.
And it's positively depressing to read
what he says because the two-cent
stamp he recently bought TO put on a
letter to me didn't real re the usual divi-
dend of five dollars
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
HER CURIOSITY WAS SATISFIED.
Met the Man Who Had Been Solicitors
for Her.

A Vienna paper relates an amusing
incident which occurred to great lady
who had Just recovered from long and
severe illness. Seated in her boudoir
she was looking over the cards OF con-
doIence that had been left for her while
i'll. Among the names of counts, bar
ons and other aristocratic sympathlZers
emblazoned with cOronets and coats Of
arms. she came across a simple card
with the plain inscription: Hermann
Berger
In vain the lady asked who Hermann
Berger was None of her servants could
give her any other information than
that the individual was q remarkably
handsome young man. The lady's GU
riosity became excited and she gave or
Gers to admit the stranger if he should
call again.
The order was punctually obeyed,
and on the following day she received
a really charming young man, dressed
in the most exquisite style, who evident
ly appeared greatly embarrassed at
the honor of a tete-a-tete with the still
brilliant though somewhat faded
beauty.
Il can hardly find Words" said the
lady, with blush, "to thank you for
the sympathy which you have mani
Tested for a stranger"
Il beg your pardon, gracious lady"
stammered the dandy, but I am the
agent for Messrs. A. b., the under
takerSt,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
ABSURD THEORIES.
The An"ient5' Explanation OF II. Rising
and Set in. of the sun.

!
and Set in- of the sun.
The recent death of man who had
maintained all his life that the earth
was fat recalls the curious theories
entertained by the ancicuts to explain
the risin" and setting of the sun says
the New York Journal. They thought
the earth was fat and were greatly puz-
zled to l.now how the sane sun which
plunged into tie ocean at fabulous
distance in the Ecst could rcaEp2ar the
next morning at an equally great dis
lance in the east.
A number of remarkable theories
were advanced and every one Of them
wrong. The old mythology asserted
that after the sun had Dipped in the
western ocean at sunset Uhc IECrians
and other ancient nations actually inn
agined that they could hear TIE Kissing
of the waters when the glowing r'ohe
was plunged thcrciu) lie was seized by
Vulcan and placed in golden goblet.
This strange craft. with its ast0nish-
ing cargo nayigatcd the ocean by q
nOrtherly course, 50 as to reach the east
again in time for sunrise the following
morning
Among the more sober physicists Of
old, as related by Aristotle. il was be-
lieyed that in some manner the sun was
conveyed by night across the northern
regions and that darkness was due to
lofty mountains. which screened OFF
the sunbeamS during the voyage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

W. II. DELANo received notice lately
from the signal service that a number of
the stations were to he discontinued if
the shipping business done did not justl-
fy their continuance and he was asked to
make report of the Manitowoc harbor.
He got statistics from Collector Hinrlchs
and sent them IN adding the prospective
business of this winter. He received no.
tice on Friday last that the signal service
for Manltowoc would be continued and
throughout the year. Heretofore We had
the service only during the summer and
fall. This is another evidence of the
growing Importance of Manitowoc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
A SOUDANESE SURPRISE.
Dsrvishes Found Fighting in Armor Left
by the Crusaders 700 Years Aro,

by the Crusaders 700 Years Ago.
The British expedition against the
mahdi, which has now reached Dom
COLA on the Nile, has made some very
surprising discoveries.
On the bodies of many of the dead
DcTishes was found ancient arnor,
which has been pronounced by experts
to date back to the Crusades. 1t is,
therefore, between 600 and roo Years
old. Some of the Dervishes were also
using arms of the same antiquity.
These Dervishes are partly descended
from Arabs, who wandered from Asia
Minor into Egypt, and thence into the
Soudan, where, in combination with the
aborigines, they have proved the
1iereest and most fanatical race in cX-
istence. Their ancestors were no doubt
among those who fought against the
Crusaders.
The mahdi and mis- follow ers have
fallen far below the chivalrous Saladin,
who nursed his adversary. Richard
Coeur-de-Lion, back to life, and the
Saracens. On the other hand, the mo-
tiVes of the British expedition are less
unseltish than those of the Crusaders
1t has also been reported by explorers
that they have found in the hands of ma
tives in the heart of Africa weapons
closely resembling revoIvers, although
they must have been centuries older
than the modern form of those firearms
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
ChristianiZing q China man.

A lady recently took into her service
a Chinaman and began to ChristianiZe
him. Shortly afterward some silver
spoons were missing. Then she taught
him the apostles creed and it was dis
covered that valuable piece of plate
had been stolen. His benefactress,
loath to suspect her new convert. start
ed in to teach him the ten command
ments. Be- the time he was able to re-
peat the first commandment the scamp
stole her watch. Then the philanthropy
ic lady's son rebelled. Mother" he
exclaimed, ''for heavens sake don't
teach that pig-tailed scalawag any
more or by the time you've got him to
the tenth commandment he will have
stolen the house and taken the cellar
along with it!'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
IN LONDON BARBER SHOPS.
Shaving Iugs Adorned with Em3Iems
Of the Owners Business.

Shaving Mugs Adorned with Em5Iems
Of the Owners Business.
An interesting feature of the east end
barber shops is the rack of pige0nho!es
filled with shaving mugs, each bearing,
usually in German text, the name of the
owner, says Pearson's Weekly. The
shaving mug is evidently esteemed n
valuable advertising medium. for
many mug bears. in addition to the
owners name, some emblem Of his
business. The undertaken puts on his
mug the picture of a richly-appointcd
hearse. with all the proper trappings of
woe. The butcher decOrates his mug
with shoulders of mutton. pigs heads
and linked sausages. The dentist dis
plays the traditional double row of an
noyingly perfect teeth. The fireman's
mug bears the illuminated picture of
fire engine.
Vain and handsome men adorn their
cups with photographs of themselves.
Others place beneath their names some
Inscriptions sentiment from the poets
or an old German rhyme of good cheer.
y child's photograph occasionally ap-
pears on a shaving mug and now and
then a coat of arms is emblazoned above
the owners name, for coats of arms are
as abundant in the east end as elsewhere
IN the town. Sometimes it is a national
coat of arms, German. Austrian. Swiss
or italian, displayed in honor of the de-
serted fatherland.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
REMARKABLE ENTERTAINING.
The Host Furnished Everything for His
Guests.

A young woman has corlided 10
writer in the New York Times Il some
what extraordinary account al the man
ner in which wealthy al.d ~, Known
New Yorker treats those Who are in
vited to the house partics at L. suburb
an home. She was informed by Il note
from her hostess that = carriage would
call for her and her luggage at u certain
hour to take her to the ferry. where
Mr.. Y would meet and take charge
Ct her. At the ferry she found the en-
tire house party, including matrons
with their husbands, young men and
1naidens, assembled to be looked after
by Mr.. Y. The valet checked their
luggage. and in each instance round
trip ticket was returned with the
checks. At the house, in each room
the writing-desk was supplied not only
with an ample stock of letter-paper,
engraved with the estate name, bat also
with a box filled with postage stamps
of various denominations, including
special-delivery ones. lOng-distance
telephone. connecting with, among
other places. the station telegraph Of
flee, made it possible to talk or wire all
over the country and quite impossible TO
paw for the service. On the little guest
card in each room. which gave the
hours of meals and the schedule Of
mails and trains, was a little notice:
.'Visitors are kindly requested not to
fee the servants" Finally, TO cap the
climax, on Sunday morning a maid
brought to the young woman's door,
On a tray which was loaded with SIM
liar missives, a small envelope which she
proffered with the simple message:
"For the church box" 1t contained
money for the offertory plate and one of
these envelopes was left with each
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

ST. Louis, Dec. 10. Passenger train
No. 60, sOuth-bOund on the Iron Noun
tain railroad, was boarded at Vande
venter avenue in this city at nine o'clock
Wednesday night by six would be train
robbers, Two held up the conductor and
brakeman, two covered the fireman and
engineer, and two others operated on the
express car. Those on the locomotive
stopped the train at the Bates street
crossing and the door of the express car
was opened by dynamite. The express
messenger was forced to give up his keys
but the through safe, containing the
money packages, was locked with a time
lock and could not be opened. The
robbers got nothing, and at a signal they
left the train, firing their guns to prevent
pursuit, and fled Ia the darkness. The
vicinity was soon surrounded by police
and a number of arrests were made.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

FRANKFoRT,k Ky, Dec 10.-Gov. Brad
ley's health is so poor that he has been
unable to attend to his official duties
for some time and it is even said that
he contemplates resigning. Lieut.
Gov. NOrthington is therefore acting
chief executive of Kentucky and from
remarks he has let fall it is possible
that there may be startling develop
ments in the case of Scott Jackson and
AlonzC Walling, convicted of the
murder of Pearl Bryan, and sentenced
to be hanged. The lieutenant COVER
Tor is said 10 be not in favor of the
exaction of the death penalty in any
case. Furthermore he is said to be
lieve that Jackson and WalIing did
not intend to take Pearl Bryan's life.
Therefore it Is safe to assume that if
Gov. Bradley remains incapacitated or
IN the event of his retirement, Acting
Governor Worthington will commute
the sentences of the men to life i'm
prisOnment. There is much indignat
ion here and in Cincinnati over the
prospective action.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

HAVANA, Dec. 10.-Dr Maxim Ter
tucha, who was the personal physician
of Antonio Maceo, has surrendered to
Col. Tort, the Spanish commander at
San Felipe, this province. The doctor
confirms the announcement thatMaceo
was killed on Dec. Z near Punta Bravo
in an engagement between the insurg-
ents and Spanish column command
ed by Maj. Ciruieda, DR. Zertucha
says that Maceo was shot in the chin,
the bullet breaking his jaw and pas
sing out near the neck and shoulders.
A second bullet wounded him in the
abdomen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

Oscar Cool who is at work at the
gravel pit of the Wisconsin Central
was quite seriously hurt on Thursday
last. Water is brought in on a tank
over the track. The tank was cut
loose from the engine and allowed to
run down to the steam shovel. 1t got
away from those in charge of it and
ran into the steam shovel. Cool suf-
fered by the collision. He is hurt
internally and has bad cut on one of
his legs. though his injuries are
painful they are not dangerous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17

LONDON, Dec. IA special dispatch
from Berlin says that the North German
Lloyd steamer Salier was wrecked on the
night of December four miles north of
Nillagariet, Spain, and Two and one half
miles from land. The dispatch further
says that she must have broken up al.
most Immediately, as parts of the steamer
have already washed ashore. She had on
board 20 passengers, mostly steerage
and a crew of eixty.fi men. All on
board were drowned
BERLIN, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Cologne from Corunna says that while it
is true that the North German Lloyd
steamship Saier left Antwerp with only
30 passengers, ste took on more at vari.
Gus Spanish ports and the correspond
ent estimates The number of victims of
the disaster at 400 or 800
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
Her Majesty Has Decided to Make St.
Paul's Church the Central Scene.


The queen has decided that ST. PauTs
cathedral and Westminster abbey shall
be the great central scene of the func-
tons associated with the jubilee Access
sion fetes in June next. Westminster
abbey was selected for her maiestv's
recent jubilee on account of its asso-
citation with her coronation. The prog
ress of the queen and all the European
royalties from Buckingham palace to
St. Paul's will be, possibly. one of the
grandest spectacles of its kind the world
has witnessed. The duke and duchess
of York are arranging to visit Toronto
in the fall next year. The extension Of
their tour from the Dominion TO Aus
tralia and homewards via India is under
consideration by the government
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
WITCH HAZEL OIL

Wife-"Talk of men as much as you
like, bnt you cannot dispute the fact
that woman's sphere Is growing every
day"
Husband-''I don't know that it is;
the fact is, she started in with the
apple, and now she CLAIM the whole
earth"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-12-17
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES

% E'cember q, %, 81, 1896, and Jaa
uhry J 1897, The Chicago x North West
ern RI viii sell excursion tickets at low
rates H. points on the NorI hives ern
Lin and Union Pacific Sy stem vi hin
200 miles of selling station, good for re-
tnrn passage until January 4. 1897, in
elusive. For tickets and full informa ion
apply to agents Chicago & NoTth-W, ST.
ern R'y. dec3I