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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
DIET AS a MORAL AGENT.
Experiment Introduced in a New York
Reformatory.

4 queer food experiment is being
tried at The Elmira reformatory, in New
York state, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. All civilized nations hold out
some inducement to the criminal in
confinement to sooner secure his release
from legal restraint. A certain amount
Ct time is always taken off for good be-
havior. The criminal has often been
eXhorted to this end by father, mother,
brother, sister and by others who had
his interest at heart. His manhood, his
future, his ambition and his hope of
quick release from confinement have
been appealed to, and in many cases in
vain. Now it is to the mans st0mach
that the appeal is to be made.
The proposed experiment contem-
plates a somewhat enlarged scale of die
tary' privileges, increasing from grade
to grade, from lowest to highest, SO
that within due and proper limits of
Indulgence of the appetite by prisoners
in prison reformatOry for crime they
can out Ct their own accumulations have
the privilege to select meal by meal at
their pleasure, provided always that
they keep their expenditure within the
limits OF indulgence allowed by the
government of the reformatory. The
prisoners, under the ageearning sys-
tenn of the reformatory, rs it is at pres
cnt, must earn their living and keep
n credit balance to their account, re-
spectivelv, in order to progress toward
their release by parole. A prisoner, to
maintain credit balance. must needs
restrain, regulate and exert himself in
Il manner which accomplishes and
shows his Improvement; but hitherto
the diet rate has been infeXible. 1t is
believed that if more latitude is allowed
and the prisoner has a chance of tick
Ing his palate occasionally with mince
pie, Il juicy roast or other hOmeli<e
Gaintics, he will be more likely to make
an extra effort to reform. In other
words, + he mas an inviting menu td
choose from for breakfast, dinner and
supper, he will get up and hustle and
lie q man
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ELECTRICITY FROM COAL.
4 Process Which May Revoluticnixe
Methods of Generating Power.

-
Methods of Generating Power
when we remember" said a we'll
known citizen to Washington Star re-
porter, that the finest triple-expansion
engine on one of the great ocean liners
only obtains about II per cent. of theo-
retical efficiency in burning her coal,
and that our ordinary steam engine
does not get over six or seven per cent
therefrom, we cannot overestimate the
recent discovery of process for gem
Grating the electric current direct from
coal, or coke, and from the process, it
Is claimed by it's inventor, 81 per cent
Of tho theoretical efficiency of the coal
used has been obtained. Further, it IS
claimed that the cost will be from one
fifth to one-tenth of the present ex-
pense. The process seems simple
enough, for we take quantity of coke,
reduce it to powder, and make II into
big, round sticks of carbon, that then
hook good deal like giant firecrackers,
or the sticks of carbon for an electric
arc light, though very much enlarged.
This stick carbon is suspended in a CYL
indrical iron pot, containing an electro
lyte of melted caustic soda. And
when current of air, introduced by
small tube, is driven through this solu-
ton, electrical action is set up, pro-
ducing q current of extraordinary vol
ume.
ITO gain the necessary voltage, or
electric pressure, 100 or more of these
iron pots may be put together and their
rims connected by wire. The whole
plant, or, 1t may be called battery,
must be inclosed in an oven, to keep the
solution up to a uniform temperature
of about 400 degrees Centigrade.
"a pump to drive the air through the
solution is all the machinery that is re-
quired. No boilers, no engine, no
dynamo, no ashes, no water, no endless
quantity of supplies are needed
'The annual expenditure for steam
power in the United States is estimated
at about S450,OO0, 000-an equivalent, it
Is said, of all the annual cost of our gen.
eral government, including all improve
ments and expenditures on public
works. The new process will reduce
this expenditure for power to less than
s1OO,OOO,OOO. Then, again, there are
over 81, 100, 10000 invested in steam ell
gines alone in the United States; the
first cost of the new process would be
one-fourth Of their present value, and
thereafter they can be run for one-fifth
of their present expense. So. it is
claimed by the inventor that upward
of threc-fourths of n billion Of dollars
will be saved in he first cost alone
"The expense of maintenance, or,
rather of attending the process, tits as
serted, will be very small. The carbon
cylinder will last $50 hours, or even
more; the inclosing oven has q self
feeding attachment. and the attention
required viii be no more than an ordi-
nary small steam-heating house ar
rangement."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
An Offending Postcard.

All sorts of complications have arisen
in connection with Italy's new post
card. The design Of the cad Is intended
to commemorate the unior of Rome
with Italy and the fall of the temporal
power of the pope. Leo NH. considers
the issuing of the card an cffense to the
church, and in Difference 10 his protests
Austria, Spain, Portugal and several Of
the southern German states have re-
fused to receive it or pass il through
their mails. France and Belgium have
done the same in number Of instances,
and the eXpostulations have now bcca
addressed by the Italian government II
the foreign powers concerned, with
claims for compensation made on the
ground that the postcard is framed ir
strict accord with international postal
1oyy-c
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
q POPULAR TALLaCY.
Fail in Temperature OF Ocean Does Not
Indicate prescnce of Ice

Indicate Presence OF Ice.
For many years an opinion existed
among seamen and others that. a fall in
the sea-surface temperature implied
nearness of ice. Nothing, says the
Nautical Magazine, can be more remote
from the truth, though shore folk still
rcrpetuatc this fiction in books and
newspapers. Il sudden fall in sea-
surface temperature is likely near the
Agulhas, the Japanese current, the gulf
stream, while running he Fasting down
IN the South Indian ocean, in the South
Atlantic about 10 degrees south, 40 de-
Grees west, and elsewhere; and this.
whether icebergs be near or hundreds
of miles away. Capt. s. 7. s. Lccky, Z.
\. r., to whom the nautical profession
is indebted for his "Wrinlkles in Prac-
teal Navigation" was probably the
first to draw the attention of his breth-
rem 10 this fact. In the ninth edition Of
his book he points out that "aIlied to
fog Is the question OF danger from ice.
1t is popular delusiOn among passcn-
gers or board ship that, by taking the
temperature of the water at short in
tcrvals, the approach to ice is unfailing-
~ indicated. Unfortunately such is by
no means the fact, and il is time the idea
was exploded. More than ordinarily
cold water merely shows that the ship is
In part of the ocean where ice may
possibly be encountered, and not that
it is actually present" Shirmasters Of
repute freely confess, with Capt Evans,
of the Tainui, that they have never
found sea temperature fall lower when
near ice than when several miles away"
from the danger
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
DOLLY MADiSON'S TACT.
How She Managed to Win Everybody
Heart.

How She Managed to Win Everybody's
Heart
1t was the tact and genuine kindli-
ness of Dolly Madison that made her
one of the most prominent of American
women. Several episodes mentioned
in Mrs Goodwin's Life of Dolly Madi-
SON" are significant of this. At one of
her leyees, her attention was drawn
TO q rustic visitor, q youth who was
evidently suffering all the tormerts of
embarrassment. He had at last VEN
tured to help himself to a cup of cot
fee, when Mrs. Madison walked up and
addressed him. In the surprise of the
moment, the lad dropped the saucer and
strove to crowd the cup into his pocket.
His tactful hostess took no notice of the
accident, except to observe that in such
Q crowd no one could avoid being
Jostled, and straightway turned the
conversation to the boys family, and
ended by sending her regards to his
excellent mother, and bidding the serv-
ant bring another cup of coffee. On
another occasion two old ladies from
the country arrived at the white house
while the family We're still at break
fast. To the surprise of the rural Wis
itors, the woman they had come to see
appeared in stuff dress of dark gray,
protected by a large housewifely white
apron, and with linen kerchief pinned
about her neck. Her simplicity Of
manner and attire completely swept
away their awe, and before departing
one of them found courage to ask:
Perhaps you wouldn't mind il l kissed
you-just to tell the folks about"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
HE CUPEY.
"A West Indian Tree That Grows from
Tree Tops.

Tree Tops.
The cupey, or, as It is sarcastically
called in the English possessions, "the
attorney" Is one of the most curious
as 1t is certainly the most picturesque
denizen of the virgin forests of the
West Indian island, says London It'd
Bits. 1t belongs to tho parnsitical fam
lily of trees or plants, but, terrible to
relate, 1t invariably with the basess
1ngratitude destroys all life in the I'M
fortunate tree that cherishes it in it's
early growth. The seeds are borne on
the wings of the wind, and deposited
on the branches of other trees, when
they burst into roots, which are dropped
toward the ground all around the
nurse tree. In time these roots reach
the ground and strike into the soil.
FROM this moment the roots grow
stronger and stronger until they re-,
semble n lot of rope ladders thrown
over the tree Next the parasite sends.
down great cord, which twines round
the trunk of the supporting tree, at first
as though in loving embrace. but IL.
grows tighter and tighter, eventually
strangling its'benefactor out of exist
ence. The nurse" tree thus killed rots.
to decay, and.from the immense fibrous
roots of the destroyer now springs 4
great trunk. which rises high into the
air. When the cupey is full grown il
presents magnificent spectacle, for
the oord-like roots rise often to so or,
90 feet, and.support in midair the vast
tree itself
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24

In the midst of IA stormy discussion
gentleman rose to settle the matter
in dispute. Waving his hand majest-
ically, he began; Gentlemen, all I
want is common sense" Exactly"
interrupted another; that is precisely
what you do want"
But Sir Edward Clark retort in the
Jameson trial is still more to the pur
pose. The ATTORNEY General had
argued against Sir Edward Clarke's
points as being contrary to common
sense. Sir Edward objected. Then
you think" sad the Lord Chief Jus
tice, dryly, that common sense has
nothing to do with a legal point"
No" replied Sir Edward, with that
quickness and felicity which never
fails him; Il am only of Archbishop
Whatelys opinion, who said that com
mon sense is an authority to which
every one appeals on any subject he
does not fully understand
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
SPOKE HIS MIND.
Grand Duke Vladimir Criticised in Ills
Own Presence.

Grand Duke Vladimir Criticised in Ills
Own Presence.
refreshing story is told in the col.
umns of the Frankfort Gazette: Tn.
car intrusted Count PahIan, liberal
minded man, with an inquiry into the
causes of the terrible disaster at Mos
cow on the occasion of the coronation,
and the count did not hesitate to tell
his majesty, in the presence of Grand
Duke Vladimir, that he would have done
better not to put the superintendent of
the coronation festivals into the hands
of the grand duke. This frank decIara-
ton staggered the emperor, who asked
Count Pahlen to advance his reasons.
The count answered.: The grand
dukes are in their right place in the
army and navy, but if they have to do
with purveyors and purycyance they
must be cheated" The Grand Duke
Vladimir protested against this. but
smilingly Count Pahlen reminded him
of his own bad experience in connec-
ton with the building of the memorial
church to Alexander III. In consequence
Of this frank attitude of Count Pahlen.
the minister of justice was ordered to
continue the inquiry. He succeeded in
clearing up the dark affair, but when
the investigation begun TO take a very
disagreeable turn it was determined 10
submit it not to the ordinary court OF
Justice, but to the ministerial council
I'm other words, to burke il.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
CONDENSED TESTIMONY,

Chas. b. Hood, Broker and Manu-
factarer's Agent Columbus, Ohio, Ger
titles that DR.. Kings New Discovery
has no equal as Cough remedy. j.
u. Brown, Prop, ST. James Hotel,
TT. Wayne, Ind, testifies that he was
cured of Cough of two years stand
ing, caused by La Grippe, by DR..
hlng'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. Hemmiug, 222 E. 25th
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, 1896-09-24
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

First publication Srtst 3 1896
SIAIE OF WiSCO NSIN.-COUNTY COURT FOR
- MAEIT0woC COUNTY. In Probate,
In the matter of estate of the Andrew r. Web
lin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue and in
pursuance of an Order OF License made IN said
matter, the 18th day Of August, A, D. 1875, by
the County Court of SAID County, the undersg-
ned, as administrator of the estate of Andrew T.
NeblIn. late of the town of Cato. III said county
deceased, interstate, Will. on Saturday the 18th
day of Sept. A. ID, 1886, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the office a. Sehmitz
" hlrwan, the City of Manitowoc. III said
County. offer for sale, at public vendue the fol
lowing described lands whereof said interstate
died seized, and which are all situated in Mani
towOc County, WIscOnsI to-wIt:
The northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter IN. w. 4 of n w. "a, and the north
west quarter IN, y of s. w. Il of ~ w. ID all in
Section Five o., in Township Eighteen u.s.
north of Range Twenty Two (22J east, containing
IN all fifty three ard one-third t53 - acres,
more or less;
Also III. Southwest quarter of the south west
quarter Is, W II of ). ". Ia of Section Two
~, IA Township Eighteen us) north. of Range
twenty one C2l cast, containing forty li0 acres
more or less:
Also tie East half of tie South East Quarter
Z. "a Of 5. 4. IA Of Section thirty-one 3ll. and
The " est Half of the West Half of the West
Half of Southwest quarter Nv. = of w. q OF
W Il of 5 W. l-4l, of Section thirty-two (32),
all III township nineteen II9i, north, of range
twenty two Y cast, and containing one hun
dred acrea, more or less, excepting therefrom
strip of land one hundred feet wide. and which
ls Included within two lines running parallel
with and each being fifty feet distant from the
center line of the Manitowoc and Western Rail
road Company's railroad, as located, surveyed
and constructed over and across the two tracts
Of land, last above described, and also excepting
all buildings UDon said strip of land.
The terms of sale will be made known at the
lime and place of sale.
Dated August 81. 1885.
&: j. Gilbert, Administrator Of the estate of
aid Andrew L. WebIin deceased.
Schmitz q kirwan, Attorneys.
Sept q. 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
THE CHINESE SCHOOLBOY.
He Must Study Long Hours Every Day In
the Year,

Ths Chinese school children have in
stilled into them at an early age habits
of hard, steady study, saysan exchange.
At the age of five q boy begins his
schooling. At daylight he rises and,
after dressing as quickly as possible,
he starts breakfastless to school. He
is given a task and after it is completed
he is allowed an hour for breakfast.
Again, later, he has an hour for lunch
con, but he is at his study nearly -
hours day, seven days in the week.
All this time when he is not receiv-
ing his lessons he is studying aloud at
the top of his voice. He is under the
eye Of his master both in school and on
his way to and from school. The lad
is taught rudimentary astronomy,
physics and natural history, but greater
stress is put upon writing and his lit
erary studies.
"a Thousand Letters poem, is the
study that forms the backbone of his
literary education. In it are taught the
duties of children to parents and all
such matters Whatever the study nay
be-history, classics or science-every
lesson is learned and.repeated word for
word
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
A DUST STORM.
An Estimate of the Weight of the Load
1t Carries

Bio. II dust is q general and familiar
nuisance TO housekeepers over the en-
tire west. \ minimum estimate, veri-
ied by direct observation, for the quan
Gty of dust settling on floors during
t~lch storms, says writer in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly, is about n
fourteenth of an ounce of dust on q
surface of square yard III half day.
y maximum estimate made on the basis
of the above newspaper accounts would
be at least five pounds TO @ square yard
of surface for storm lasting q hours
If we then suppose that house is 2i
feet wide and 30 feet long, has open
creyices which average a sixteenth Of
an inch in width and have a running
length in windows and doors of $50 feet,
the wind may be supposed TO enter half
of these crevices with a velocity Of:
five miles per hour for the time the
storm lasts, or for 81 hours. The dust
may he Supposed TO settle on not less
than SIS square yards Of surface, includ
ing floor space and horizontal surfaces
of furniture. The minimum estimate.
based on these figures, gives us 225 tons
of dust to the cubic mile of air. The
maximum estimate would be 10000
tons
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
A PREHISTORIC HORSE.
Fossil Remains That Are Found In the
Rockies,

Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, of the
American Museum of Natural History,
In the Century describes the remarka-
bic fossil remains that are found near
Bridger Lake, in the Rockies. He says:
If we leave the lake shore, ard pass
into the drier upland, we discover the
clever little four-toed horse, swift, alert,
intelligent. He is, to use the modern
measure, only four hands, or 16 inches,
high, so he would not reach the knee of
the Uintathere, and could be devoured
At one sitting by the Patriofelis. His
limbs are as slender as pencils. His
large eyes are much farther forward
than in the horse. He could readily
hide among the taller stalks, and it is
possible that he had the beginning of
protective stripes initiating reed shad-
ows upon his neck and name. In his
hair and coloring, however, we pass into
pure conjecture. His well-worn chisel-
shaped front teeth indicate chat he was
already cropper or browser, and the
evident secret of his triumphant per-
sistence over his ponderous contem-
poraries is that be learned to browse
just about the time that grasses began
to appear. He was the animal of the
times
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24

The Sheboygan papers are making
a great deal of ado about the conduct
of the Manitowoc crowd during the
game of base ball with the Shoboygan
club in this city 1t is admitted we
have a few among the spectators who
do not know how 10 behave, but there
are only Il few. No one can say truth
fully that obscene or insulting Ian
guage ever ssuedfrom the grand stand
at this place. and it is safe to assume
that the Sheboygan player who says
he was rotten egged at the depot,
he'd, The custom of newspapers to
magnify base ball squabbles and to
dignity them by long articles of de
nunciation is not to be commended
That is simply carrying into the news
papers what is reprehensible in the
grand stand.
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- III IL, 1880.
DIVISION

ROCKFORD, Ill, Sept. 49, The quite
of Belvidele, fourteen miles from this
city, was broken this morning by the
most shocking murder in the history
OF the city. fust as the IL: 80 North
western train was pulling ont for Chi
cago, man dashed into a car,pointed
his revolver at the back of woman
passenger, and fired. Turning coolly
away, he was taken in charge by the
police, The woman had dropped dead,
the ball entering her brain.
The murdered was Edward Shan
non and the woman shot was his wife.
Some time ago she had been driven to
live with her children in Chicago by
his brutalities. and had sought divorce.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24

One of the native Indian princes is
determined that his infant heir shall
be acquainted from his earliest days
with English luxuries and British mu-
sic. For the convenience of this fortu-
nate child a perambulator has been con-
structed which will play, as the wheels
90 round, all kinds of British airs
lullabies when the infant wishes to go
to sleep, and martial strains when 1t
is in a wakeful mood.
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CFirst publication Sept. 3. 1881 No.

IN PROBATE -MANITowoG COUNTY COuRT
Il In the matter Of the estate Of Lconhard
trasch, deceased.
To all whom II may concern: Letters tesla
mentary on said estate of bconhard Frtlsch. late
of the town of Two Greeks, said county deceased
tcstate having been ISSUED To Louis Frasch on
the 3st day of August, i. D., lSi, and six months
from and aft ter said day being allowed and limit
ed for creditors to present their claims for
examination and alluwuce, notice IL hereby
given that said county court Will at regular terms
thereof to De held on tho first Tuesday in each of
the months of October and December 1856 and
at a special term to be held on Tuesday, March
9, 1897, all at the probate office in the city of
ManltowoC, IN said dounty, receive, examine
and adjust all claims, and demands of all persons
against said deceased.
Dated August 81. 1895.
j. s. ANDERSON, County Judge
ochhll'H hlfwan Attorneys. octI
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First publication Sept 3, 1891 No 80
SIATE OF MISCONSIN-CoUNTY NnIKT EnK

(first publication Sept. g. 1917 No 80
STATE OF MlSCONSIN-CoUN COURT FOR
y MANIrowoC COUNTY In Probate
In the matter of the estate of Ellen Rose. de-
ceased.
Whereas, Mrs. Richard OConnor of the city of
ManItowoc in said county. has presented To said
court her petition III writing duly verified, rep
resenting, among other things, that said Ellen
Rose died testate at said city, in said county, on
the 10Th day of August 1896 having made and
pronounced her nuncupatIvc Will in the manner
provided by law. wherein petitioner Is named as
legatee and praying that the proofs of said
Will he taken and that the same be- allowed and
admitted TO probate and that letters of admin
stration with said will annexed be thcrcun issued
To Henry MulhOlland, of said county:
Ii Is ordered: That said petition and the mat
tiers therein be- heard, and proofs of said nuncu-
patfve will be taken. Mt special term of said
county conrt to be held at the probate Office IN
the city of Manitowoc, IN said county ON Tues
day, the 22nd day of September 1895 at 10 O'Clock
a
And II is further ordered: That notice Of the
tlmeand place of sad hearing be given by pub
lIcatIon hereof fOT three successive weeks, once
each week, previous to the time of sand hearing
IN The ManitowOc Pilot newspaper published
IN sad ManItowoc county.
Dated August Slst. 1898.
BY the Court:
j. 3. ANDERSON, Couny Judge
SchmtZ Krwan, Att 'rncys, sept.4
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SOracfous RfrdS oF prcu

The voracity of the eagle and similar
birds of prey is well known, but the
contents of a nest which was recently
discovered in the Alps by Swiss hunter
shows the following remarkable variety
In the daily menu: 4 hare, 81 chamois
feet, four pigeons feet, so pheasants'
feet, IL heads of fowls, Is heads of
grouse and the remains of number of
abbits, marmots and squirrels.