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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
CURIOUS CURRENCY.
Vegetables Used as a Circulating
Medium in Montana.

BOYS in the east sometimes think
money a scarce enough article, b 1T they
really know very little about it COM
pared with what some of their cousins
from the far west could tell them.
There one often goes for days without
sight of even So much as a nickel, and
then the people resort to all sorts of
queer devices to make change" says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
An eastern man who had occasion to
spend many months in Montana tells
Of having seen man buy a box of
matches with a watermelon and receive
as change two muskmelons. Another
paid for supsenders in turnips and got
a carrot or two back with his purchase.
But of all the queer financial trans
actions that 1 have ever known" said
he, 1.-The oldest came under the head of
paying the fiddler 1t had been noised
abroad that a dance was to be given
little way up the mountain, and l
agreed to GO along with one of the boys
and see the fun. After going through
the elaborate preparations of backing
his boots and putting on collar saw
my companion GO to the potato bin and
carefully select dozen nice potatoes
and put them in his pocket. No sooner
had we arrived at the music half than
he gracefully surrendered his vegeta-
bles for an entrance ticket. But what
puzzled me most was that upon coming
out after dancing all night he was
given two onions as change l have
been trying to make up my mind ever
since just what that dance was worth
in the currency of the realm"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

PITTsBURG. Pa, Sept. 16.-After three
months of idleness, between $1,000 and
$4,000 coal miners in the Plttsburg dis
trict returned to work today 10 accord
ance with the action taken at yesterdays
convention, authorizing the men to re-
sumo work IN all mines complying with
the provisions OF the scale of Is cents
adopted at Columbus. The remainder
of the 10000 miners of the district will
be at work before the close OF the week.
1t Is estimated that the strike which has
lasted sIxty-tive working days, cost the
people of the Pittsburg district from
S5,0OO,000 to 100000. OF this amount
the miners lost about 50, $50, 900 in wages.
The strike against the De Armitts will
continue indefinitely, arrangements
having been made to assess the work
ing miners five per cent. of their wages
to defray the expenses of keeping up the
fight, until the 60 cent rate is made uni
form throughout the district.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
GAY MUSIC AT A FUNERAL.
Custom In Vincennes That Destroys
Much That Is GrewsOme Mt Grave.

Custom In Vincennes That Destroys
Much That Is Grewsome Mt Grave.
People in Vincennes have been wit
Messing what is called "a gay funeral"
according to u paradoxical phrase, re-
ports the London Telegraph. Mr..
Ferret, resident III that sub
urban borough for many long years,
died recently at the age of 80. He left
instructions in his will that the local
brass band should be engaged for his
funeral, and that lively music was to
be played during the journey to the
graveyard. The octogenarian's rela-
tives fulfilled his wishes to the letter.
In the black bordered invitations 70 the
interment sent out by them they an
nounced the names of the airs to be
heard during the funeral. AS the cor
tege started for the cemetery, the band
struck up the appropriate Chant du
Depart" to the intense establishment
OF the master of ceremonies sent by the
Pompes Funebres, who knew nothing
about the last wishes of the deceased
octogenarian in the matter of music.
Then the bandsmen played a series of
polkas and mazurkas, and wound I'D at
the cemetery with the "Marseillaise."
After the funeral all adjourned to a
tavern, where drink was ordered in
abundance. The instrumentalsts. hav.
ing been refreshed, played more lively
music and then everybody returned
home, apparently satisfied with the
days outing. This is the third funeral
of the kind which has been organized in
France within the past 12 months
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
CANNON BALL STORY.
Alfred GrissOm Tells of a Narrow Els
cape in Alabama.


Alfred Grissom, the manager of the
summer excursion boats, has a cannon
ball story which he says is Gospel truth.
People in the excursion business have
a strict regard for yeracity, and many
Of his friends believe every word of it,
says the ST. Louis Republic.
Several years ago, the story runs,
Mr.. Grissom was in ST. James parish,
La. He had occasion to visit sawmill
where the big cottonwood logs were be-
ing cut into lumber. His attention was
attracted to a particularly large log,
when suddenly there was loud crash,
like that of the teeth striking a nail.
Windows were broken, men shouted
and the machinery was stopped. Mr..
Grissom was not hurt as he had i'm
agined. Something bad happened and
he stopped to see the cause. The big
log was removed from the rack and
split open. A large cannon ball was
imbedded in the center. The saw had
struck it and broke into a myriad of
pieces which flew in all directions. Five
pieces passed through his hat, one
struck his watch and glanced off, an
other hit a silver dollar In his vest
pocket and left a scratch along it's sur
face. Luckily, none of the flying par
ticles struck his body or did other in
jury than break a few panes of glass In
the office compartment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
SOMETHING To KNOW.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters- This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to to the nerve centres IN
the stomach, gently stimulates the
Liver and Kidneys, and aids these
organs in throwing off impurities in
the blood. Electric Bitters improves
the appetite, aids digestion, and is
pronounced by those who have tried
it as the very best blood purifier and
nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for SOC. OF
$I0O per bottle at Henry Hinrichs
Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
CURED
NAMING THE BABY.
Lawsuit to Decide Whether the Right
Belongs to the Father or Mother.

Lawsuit to Decide Whether the Right
Belongs to the Father or Mother.
The question as to whether the nam
ing of the baby belongs. as n matter of
right, to the baby's father or to the
baby's mother is raised in a queer law
suit originating in Eastl1ill, in the
heart of the Catskill mountains, re-
ports the Albany Law Journal. The
plaintiff is Ole Halverson, Swede, who
cultivates small farm on the noun
tain side. He has sued for damages
Rev. j. G. Remerton, German Luth-
eran minister OF the same place, and the
pleadings set forth the following state
of facts: Mr.. and Mrs. Halverson have
a son of tender years. The former de-
sired that the boy should be called Os-
car, after the present monarch of Mr.
Hafverson's fatherland. Mrs. Halver-
son dislikes the name Oscar and was
determined that the baby should not
be burdened herewith Mr.. and Mrs.
Halverson took the baby to the clergy
man to be christened.
Mr.. Halverson requested the minister
to name the child Oscar, but Mrs. Hal
version had already talked the reverend
gentleman over, and to Mr.. Halverson's
surprise and indignation the boy was
not christened Oscar, but something
else, whereby Mr.. Halverson suffered
serious disappointment, loss of author
1ty In his household lacerat ton of feel
ings, ETC., for which he prays damages
The clergyman's defense is that he
christened the child in accordance with
the wishes of the mother, whose rights
in tie premises he considered para
mount. The case brings up a novel
question in Jurisprudence, the decision
of which will be regarded with interest
In thousands of families throughout
the land.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
BLUE ASBESTOS,
Canada and Italy Have q SerfOv
Camnefftnr In Africa

Canada and Italy Have q Serious
Competitor In Africa.
Canadian and Italian asbestos will
find serious competitor in the blue as
bestos recently discovered in the Cape
Colony, since the South African product
is less than half as heavy and furnishes
fbers considerably finer and longer
than any other, says the Detroit Tri-
bune. The South African fiber has been
worked into webs, which are but little
inferior to those made of vegetable
fiber, and are absolutely freproof.
Irvine, cord and rope made of this blue
asbestos will not only resist fire, but
also most of the known chemicals, cor
rosive vapors and atmospheric infiu-
ences. These qualities will open a
new field for the employment of ashes
tos fabrics in chemical laboratories, and
for the caulking of chemical apparatus.
A novel application of this material
IS the working of blue asbestos fiber
into mattresses for hospitals. They
are cooler in summer and warmer in
winter than those made either of ami
NAL hair or vegetable fiber, and no YER
min can live in this mattress. Expert
ments are now being made of working
this fiber into cloth for firemen's APP
parel Of course the long fiber blue as
bestos can also be employed for all che
uses to which white asbestos has been
put heretofore While trifle more eX-
pensive, its superior qualities make it
well worth the difference.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
The Queens MeissOnier,

In the Contemporary Review Mrs.
Emily Crawford, writing her reminis-
cences of Queen Victoria, thus describes
the purchase of one of the cleverest lit
tie canvases Meissonier ever painted.
The occasion of the buying of the pic
ture was a visit to the Palais de Pin
dustrie in Paris. prince Albert sim
gled out as worthy of admiration hor-
rid little painting that had every quail
ity manipulation could give-'Le Rixie,'
or The Brawl.' Ruffians were shown
engaged in a deadly tussle. The tech
nique was marvellous. Meissonier up to
that time a struggling artist, was the
painter. The emperor bought the
painting behind the queens back for
6 1000, and presented it next day to
her husband as a birthday gift. The
subject was inauspicious. 1t would
have startled an old Roman in the
princes place" Certainly Prince AL
bert had good taste, and so had Louis
Napoleon, as far as Meissonier is con-
cernpd
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
IN LAMPPOST LETTER BOXES.
Not Many Things of Value FOun,
There-DeEi Mice Drowned In.

Not Many Things of Value Found
There-Deni Mice Dropped In.
Ever find things in the boxes ?" was
asked of post office collector who was
taking the letters from lamppost let
ter box.
Some, but not such an everlasting lot,
either" was the reply, says the New
York Sun. "a thief fleeing from
his pursuers once dropped a watch
In lamppost letter box, so that it
would not be found upon his person nor
along the line of his flight; but watches
are not commonly found in lamppost
letter boxes.
"Once when 1 came up to a letter box
l found standing by it a policeman and
woman. The policeman said that the
woman had dropped dollar bill into
the box between some letters and she
wanted to get it back. The rules of the
post office require that anything that
may be found in the boxes shall be
turned in at the post office; the loser
must apply for it there. If I had found
any money in this box should have
been compelled to turn it in But there
wasn't any money there; the lady must
have lost It or have left it somewhere
else.
"As matter of fact not many things
OF value are dropped into lamppost let
ter boxes. Uptown you find dead
mouse in box occasionally, but that's
about all. Children put the mice in the
box-they find a dead mouse in the
street and think it's funny to put it in
lamppost letter box"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
CAN SEW UP HEART WOUNDS.
They Are Not the Kind Made by n
Maiden's Chances, Either

They Are Not the Kind Made by a
Maiden's Chances, Either.
Can prompt surgical aid save the life
of a man stabbed through the heart?
1t has always been held that any at
tempt to operate directly upon the
heart was worse than foolish, and that
to sew up a lesion in the heart prop
er without killing the patient would be
an absolute impossibility, says an ex-
change.
Yet DR.. Rehe, of Frankfort, Germany,
at meeting of the surgical congress
In Berlin recently, reported a success
full operation of the kind-the first in
the history of surgery-and produced
his patient living and well before the
assembled scientists to attest it's truth.
Describing the case, Dr. Rehe said
the man had been stabbed in the right
side of the heart. He was conveyed with
great haste to hospital and taken di-
rectly to the operating room. The sur
geon laid bare the heart in a few sec
onds and found a wound in the right
side of the organ. He sewed up the or
ifice and applied general treatment for
arresting hemorrhage. The heart
worked violently during the operation,
but the commotion of the organ grad
ually S Ibsided, and in due time the
wound healed and the patient re-
covered
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

Columbus was a weaver. Franklin
was j'urneyman printer. Pope Sixtus
V. was employed in keeping swine. Burns
was ploughmap. Esop was a slave.
Homer was beggar. Daniel Defoe was
apprentlced to bosler. Demostheues
was the son of cutler, while VIGIL was
the son of baker. Ben johnson was a
brlcklayer. Cervantes was common
soldier, Clifford and Bloomfield, poets,
were shoemakers. Bezoni was the son of
linen draper. Canova was the son of
stone cutter. Captain Cook began his
career as cabin-boy. Falconer was the
son of barber, Haydn was the son of
poor whee,~right. Pizarro WAS never
taught to read when young, but was sent
to keep hogs. Klrke White was the sor
OF butcher. Shakespeare began his
career rs mental.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
THE GRANDEST REMEDY.

MIR r. B. Greeva, merchant, of
Chilhowie, Va, certifies that he had
consumption, was given up to die
sought all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
remedies he could hear of, but got no
relief; spent many nights sitting up
IN chair; was induced to try DIR.
Kings New Discovery, and was cured
by the use of two bottles. For past
three years has been attending to
business, and says DIR. Kings Now
Discovery is the grandest remedy ever
made, as it has done so much for him
and also for others q his community.
DIR. Kings New Discoy cry is guaran
teed for Coughs, Colds and Consunp-
ton. 1t don't fail. Trial bottles free
at Henry HinriChs Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
a S1UCK-UP CAT.
Kansas City Kitten That Fooled with
Fly Paper,


A small, gray kitten in Kansas City
walked back and forth in a store win
dow the other day; conscious of her
graceful appearance she lifted her feet
daintily and curled her tail up over her
back. Suddenly a noise in the store
startled her, and she lowered her head
and dropped her tail, as she turned
stealthiiy to investigate. This was a
mistake. For the tail came in contact
with a piece of sticky fly paper, and all
the efforts she made to remove it but
increased her discontinue and humili-
alton. She shook her 1.-THE body, and the
tail was wagged vigorously, but the
paper held her faster and tighter than
t ever held a fly. She put her forepaw
down; it stuck. Her little hind paw
came to the rescue, and was held where
it fell. Frantic and mewing piteously,
she rolled over and over, till enwrapped
in drapery of tiypaper, she tumbled
off the window platform and was gone.
No one knew where or how, with but
two feet free and those on corners dag
onally opposite, she had managed to
get out of sight and hearing. But she
did it, and the f1ypaper went with her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

AMHERST, Wis, Sept II. Ole Eefson
OF Newhope and John Lombard of Stock
ton got into row in the saloon OF Otto
Beck here last night and before they
parted Elefson received injuries which
caused his death almost Immediately.
No weapons were used. Lombard SIM
ply stamped the life out of Elefson be-
fore the people in the saloon were aware
of it. Lombard was taken to Stevens
Point and lodged in jail by Deputy Sher-
1T Powers Elefson was farmer %
years OF age.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

ways look after the health and yigor of
the organs distinctly feminine, the pitiful
Sabbath uay procession of rnotherless
children that goes to the cemetery 20 "put
flowers on ua-ma's grave" would be ma
teriallv reduced in numbers. Too MANY
women bring child into the world at the
sacrifice of their own life. This sad trap-
edy may be avoided by any women who
VIII resort to the right remedy.
The usual dangers of maternity are BAN
ished by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t acts directly and only on
the important and delicate organs that
bear the burdens of motherhood. 1t
makes them healthy and strong, vigorous
and eltsuc. 1t does away with the dis
comforts OF the expectant period, insures
the health of the newcomer, and makes
Its advent free from danger and almost
free from pain. Over 1000 have testi-
ned to its virtues. Druggists who offer
substitutes are Enthusiastically.
Mrs. William Vincent of Sidnaw Houehton
Co. Mich. (care Birglaud's Camp. Box b. writes:
When FIRST began to take your Favorite Pre-
scrip,ion, tour years ago, was suffering with
local weakness and heart trouble At times I
could hardly endure the pain in my sides, quite
low down, and had such pain between my
shoulders could not sieco at night Was lust as
tired In the morning at night. At times there
was a very sharr pain around my heart. When
would stoop over there a dull aching inst
under the heart. Ny head ached and was con
dnually sore to the touch. took ten bottles of
the Favorite Prescription and one bottle of the
Golden Medical Discovery / can most tr1,lv
say that as result never felt better in NV life
was more like young girl than mother of a
family. The pain all len me so / know that your
medicines will do all that medicine can do"
"A headache IS a symptom of constipation.
DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consi;;,-,-
ton, promptly and permanently. The, do
mot gripc. Druggists sell them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
A NEW WESTERN IDEA.
Girls Who Give Gold Models of The
Little FINGERS tn Their RetrOth q d


Little Fingers to Their Betrothed.
"Do girls here give gold models of
their little fingers to their fances ?"
asked the western girl of the Gotham
lite. reports the New York Sun.
Heavens, mol" answered the Goth
amite. 1T seems to me that that is
rather grewsome souvenir"
Not at ALL" answered the western
girl; sit is decidedly dainty, and I'm a
little surprised that New York is so far
behind the times. The fad started in
this way. When the daughter of one
of our big western politicians was six
months old he had model of her little
finger cast in gold. Around the little
dimpled digit is a ring Of turquoise,
which is her birth stone, and it makes
lovely charm for her betrothed's watch
chain. He valued it SO much that it
set other men to thinking. and the re-
suit is that as soon as girl wraps one
of these chaps around her own little
finger sufficiently for proposal to fol-
low he Immediately insists upon gold
facsimile of the flesh and blood orig
inal. 1t is pretty conceit. and is be-
ing followed by every westerner who
is in subsection to somebody's little
finger"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
a SPRY MAINE GIRL.
Works Her Fathers Dairy Farm. a n

Works Her Fathers Dairy Farm. and
When Grown VIII BE n Doctor.
All the way from East Orrington to
Bangor the people are talking ABOUT
and praising Sarah Curran, the 16-year-
old daughter of Nick Curran, dairy
farmer Curran has been confined to
the house by rheumatic fever for six
weeks, and every morning Sarah has
been up at three clock to do the
chores. When she and her mother
have MIXED IS cows and put them to
pasture, she eats her breakfast, and by
the time the other milkmen are getting
up she is on the milk cart on her way to
Bangor When she has gone over
good part of the city, supplying Gus
toners with milk in pint and quart
lots, she turns the horse for home, ar
irving there in time to take dinner. In
the afternoon she attends to the farm
work and does other tasks that usually
devo1ve upon a man. After supper she
helps to milk the Is cows and goes tC
bed early. to get a good start the next
morning.
Though she does the work of a man,
Sne is HOt at OH iidiiilSii III hci WY d
being of slight frame and very modest.
Until she left school two years ago to
help her father on the farm she was
considered the brightest pupil in her
class. Since then most of her life has
been passed outdoors She has driven
a pair of horses to haul cordwood to
market, taking it from the stump in the
forest to the dooryard of her customers
and unloading it without trouble. She
says that when she reaches IS years of
age-by which time her father ought
TO be well-to-do-she is going away to
school and take course in some col
lege that grants equal privileges to
both sexes. After getting educated
she proposes to become doctor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

English Spawn Llmment removes
All Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring Bone, Stiles, SIrains, all Swol
len Throats, Coughs, etc. Save $50
by the use of ore bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known. Sold l.! +. G. Buerstatte.
Druggist, Nanitow &C. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

SRArTLE, Wash, Sept. 16.-The
steamer Farallon, arrived this morn
ing from Skaguay and Dyea with
thirty passengers who have given mp
the attempt to reach the Yukon gold
fields this winter. c. G. Shaw, repre-
senting an English syndicate, accom-
panied by party of seven, took pas
sage on the Farallon from ST. Wran-
gle and are in Seattle
None of the returned miners had
heard anything of the reported lynch
ing of alleged thieves on Skaguay
trail by vigilants.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23

APPLETON, Wis, Sept. l7.-Edward
Weltenberg, farmer residing ten mllee
north of here. was caught IN windmill
Yesterday and so seriously injured that
be may die. He has been unconscious
since the accident and fracture OF the
skclI is feared Weltenberg was caught
on the revolving shaft and vhlrled
around until he caught the gearing wires
which, winding about bis body, stopped
the mill
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
RELIEEIN SIX HEIRS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder ols-
eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure"
This new remdy is a great surprise on
account Of its exceeding promptness ID
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part OF the urinary pas
sages in male or female. 1t relieves
pention Of water and pain IN passing IT
almost Immediately. If You want quick
relief and cnre this is your Only remedy.
Sold ~ F. G. Buerstatte. Druggist. Mani
towCo, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-23
GRANTS LOG CABIN DECAYING.
Structure Removed from St. Louis to
Philadelphia Needs Care.


The old log cabin once owned and oc-
cupied by Gen. Grant, which he had
brought to Philadelphia from st. Louis
20 years ago and which is now in Fair
mount park, is fast decaying. Many Of
the logs have been rotted by the ele-
ments and others have been carried
away by relic hunters.
Gen. Grant presented the cabin, with
the original furniture in 1t, to his
friend, the late George II. Stuart. 1t is
still the property of the Stuart estate.
and neither the city nor the park COM
missioners can do anything with it.
George II. Stuart, Jr., applied four
years ago for permission to remove it
from the park, and permission was
granted, provided the grounds WOO ID
be restored to their original condition.
Nothing has been done in the matter
since. 1t is possible that the grand
army men will take some action toward
preserving the cabin.