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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
GOOD SIGNS IN LONDON.
Things Which Are Jokes without In.
tending to Be Such.

tending TO BE Such.
The Americans first visit to London
brings to his notice, if he be at all Oh
servant, many peculiar signs, says the
New York Mail and Express. Here are
few seen by a reporter last summer:
Englishmen are noted all the world
over as prolific letter writers. In fact,
little personal attention is paid to bust
ness when it is possible to write let
ter and say what one ordinarily should
say verbally. Attached to the heavy
doors of four-fifths of the most success
full business houses in the English cap
ital is highly polished brass plate, on
which is inscribed: DO Not Ring the
Bell Unless an Answer Is Required"
Directly under this plate is an open
ing for dropping letters that 90 not
require an oral answer"
On the Strand, within stones throw
OF the Bank of England, is well-knoWn
tradesman. who has 4 richly hung
blue sign in his window which tells the
busy throng outside that 'Yankie Cy-
der Is Sold Here"
1t may be considered a joke-this
sign--as a party of Americans who in
Quired earnestly believed, but the
tradesman took the matter quite Sc
,usly when the subject of the sign
was preached. and then remarked:
Hi ham er blooming Brighter hif an
other chap didn't soy the same thing
t'-day. E told me 'ow to spell Yankee,
but 'ang me hif hit 'asn't escaped me
memory. Hit viii ave to do now,
though"
\ "gentleman's hairdresser" close to
Charing Cross exposes a sign which
SAYS: Hair Neatly Trimmed While You
Wait"
And this sign, too, was not intended
as joke. London signs are indeed Pc
culiar, if not strikingly odd.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28

The camel is least of great
strength and endurance. Nothing
hurts it until the proyerbiai last
straw is added to its burden. The
human digestive system is very much
like camel. 1t is really astonishing
how much abuse it will stand. Some
times, however, something worse than
usual Will be eaten. and will go
through the stomach into the DOW els,
and there it will stick-that's consti
patton. Ninetenths Of all human
sickness is due TO constipation. Some
of the simplest symptoms ale coated
tongue and foul breath. dizziness,
heartburn, iatulence, sallownes, dis
tress after eating, headaches and las
situde. A little thing will cause con
stipation, and little thing will re
lieve it. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's are certain cure for constipation
They are tiny, sugar coated granules,
mild and natural in their action.
There is nothing injurious abont them.
Sold by druggists.
Address with II cents in enc cent
stamps, to cover cost Of mailing only,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Assscia-
ton, Buffalo, n. Y, and get free
copy of the peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
PLEASANT DREAMS.
The Nervous Young Minister'S Night of
Peace


Peace.
n nervous young minister in visiting
a remote village had an unpleasant Elk
perlence. says the Boston Traveller.
The old lady at whose house he stayed,
IN showing him to his room. said: 1T
amt everybody I'd put in this room.
This here room is full of sacred assucia-
tons to me-" she went on. MY first
husband died in that bed, with his head
on these pillows. aud poor Mr.. jerks
died sitting in that corner. Sometimes
when | come into the room in the darl
] think l see him sitting there still.
My own father died IyiI right on hat
lounge right under the window there
Poor pa, he was spiritualist, and he
3lius said he'd appear in this room after
he died, and sometimes | am foolish
enough to look for him. If YOU should
see anything of him. tonight you'd bet
ter not tell me. It'd be a sign TO nc.
that there was something in spiritual
ism. and I'd hate to think that. Ny
son by my first man fell dead from
heart disease right where YOU stand
lie was doctor and there's two skels-
tons in that closet there belongs to
him, and half q dozen skulls in tbat
lower drawer. II you are up early and
want something to amuse yourself with
before breakfast. jus: open that cup
board there end you will find lot of
dead mems bones. My poor boy thought
4 lot of them. Well. good night and
pleasant dreams
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
STREAMS LIGHT TOWNS.
Electric Plants Run by Melting SNOW II


Switzerland.
Besides "a considerable number of
large water-power installations,
Switzerland is full OF small powct
plants. nearly every town i'll that land
of mountains and waterfalls being
well supplied with power from the
"white COAL as the melting snov On
the mountain sides has we'll been called.
saws an exchange. When there are IL
large streams, many small ones are IN
pounded and collected i'll reservoirs OF
the hillsides, and it is rare TO find
place of any size which is not wei.
lighted by the power of some NOUN
tain stream.
At Montreaux. says = London paper.
the electric tramvaE gets lis Powar IN
this way. and from he old Roman town
of Nevev to the I,lcj.. acval castle q
ChHlon ore MAJ ride iii Il trolley car
propelled b. the power Of an ins.cH.-
ficant little stream. which HAS or -
not be- pot.cel in climbing up The hii!-
side itist above.
The capabilities OF this general III
ization of n tura, on. CT are beg nn.nF
10 be unders TODD everywhere. aHd with
the appreciation Of 1he possibilities o:
the best mcthcG:; CT lcn|-3istaLce
transmissio. the development Of n:auy
mountain streams must surClT cone.
There are innumerGble streams which.
while very small. a:2 yet very h.Gh,
md these can with comparatively lii
tie difficulty be imrCGn1ed and carried
down many hundreds OF feet. thus
making up for their lack of volume
by the great pressure readily obtain
able. and, either b. the Usc of electric
ity or compressed air the power may be
transmitted to many points of aPplica-
ton with but little les
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First publication Jan. IL, 1897

First publication Jan. (, 1897 No g.
STATE OF W1SCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR
- MANITowoC COUNTY. In probate.
In the matter of the estate of Walburga NOtz
deceased.
An instrument III writing. pm porting to be the
last will and testament of Walburga Notz of the
Town of ManitOwoc in said county. having been
delivered into said court
And John Franz OF Manitowoc Wis, in said
county, having presented to said court his petit
on in writing, duly verified, representing among
Their things, that said Walburga Notz died tes-
tate, at the Town of Manitowoc in said county,
On the 4th day of January 1897; that said instru-
ment is the last will of said deceased and that
John Franz is nam9d therein as executor. and
praying that sand instrument be proven and ad-
mitted to probate and that letters testamentary
be thereon issued to John FAM.
1t is ordered that said petition and the mat
tiers therein be heard, and proofs of said last Will
and testament be taken at a general term of said
county court to be held at the probate office in
the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday the sixteenth
day of February 1897 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the
time and place of said hearing be given by pub
location hereof for three successive weeks once
each week previous to the time of SAID hearing in
the ManItwooc Pilot newspaper published in
SAID Manltowoc County.
Dated January II. 1897.
By the Court:
feb j. S. ANDERSON. County Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
DEVOID L a,l;1.a. LEE.
= Co.; ,e;ess Struggle BctUcan Fire nd
Water in kntarct:ca.


Water in kntarct:ca.
Tae antarctic is continental land
unique ia lie world Its desolate
shores. rarely approaehaEle under most
favorable coudiEors, are lascd by at
ocean. the richest Oh the globe in its
a,arine life. an:Inai and vegetable, says
the Ladies' Home Journal. Seals and
=: hales in Incredible nunbers abound III
its waters. ard countless sea birds
cover with nests and eggs the few IA
yored land sgsuts which are free from
STOW during the brief, coElfortless sum-
t.:er 1t is Il continent where aDoundS
no I-nd animal life. either mammals,
birds. insects. spiders or reptiles No
9uanlui:I exists within Go miles OF It's
borders. II * also devoid OF land vege-
t:Itiou Except the lowest forms of cell
inIar tissue. Iichcns, which have been
found in rwo places cnly), having lEeith-
er ferns. Towering plants. shrubs nor
trees.
Here. however. nature displays be-
forces on scale elsewhere Unknown.
Over the millions Of square miles of tins
austral continent ceaselessly continues
:, titanic struggle between the opposing
ancient elements Of fire and water. In
rain the volcanoes pour forth streams
of molten lava and shoot upward Pill
lars of fire. Welcoming the lava as
a protecting, noH-cUnducting covering
Of it's lower strata of flowing glaciers,
the continental icecap resistlessly ad-
vances. certain that IN time, when the
processes Of erosion have lowered the
elevation of the volcanic craters, its
countless, tiny snowfakes will quench
the apparently uneXtinguishable fires
that now shake from end to end the con-
tinent Of Antarctica.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
Sat on Eggs.

Offenders of high rank at the Rus
sian court were punished in a singular
way by Peter the Great. 1t was the
duty of everybody else at court to con-
slider and treat the delinquent as .
fool. When Anne, the daughter of
Peters elder brother, Ivan. came to the
throne she originated an even queerer
form Of punishment. She decreed that
q certain prince should become hen.
and for this purpose she had made .
large basket, stuffed with straw. and
followed into nest, with quantity of
eggs in it. This was placed in a con-
spicuous place In the queens palace
and there, under pain of death, the I'M
fortunate prince was obliged to set day
after day, initiating the cackling of ths
fowl he was supposed to represent
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fFirst publication Jgr

| tFlrst publication Jan. u, 1881 No
| IN PROBATE MANI owoG COUNTY Court.
| i In the matter of the estate of Joseph Sieveri
I deceased.
| On reading and filing the petition Of Anna
| SieyeTt. now Anna Mrotek executIix of the
estate of SAID deceased, for the adj iInent ami
allowance of her administration account and
for the construction. of the last Will and Tesla
me MT of Joseph Siever. deceased land the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to such other
persons are by law entitled To- the samet
Ii is ordered. that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed and that the said last will
and testament be construed and the true ard
correct meaning thereof be ascertained a, "A regu-
lar term of SAID court 10 be held the otfire of
the County Judge in the City Of Mauitowoc in
said county. on Tuesday the 10Th day Of February
A. ID. 1871,
1t is further ordered. that upon the djusiu ent
and allowance Of such account by this Count q
aforesaid. the residue of said estate be- 10y the
further order and judgment of this court. as
signed to such persons az are IS law entitled 10
the same.
1t is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place of examination ana allowance of sucl,
account. and of the asst gnment of the residue of
said estate and conctr, elton of said last v i'll and
testament be given to all persons interested by
publical ION of this order for three successive
weeks. before sad day. in the Manitowoc PILOT.
a weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of ManItowoc and State of Wisconsin
Dated. January IL. 1897,
By the Court.
J. s.ANDERsON. County Judge.
T. b. Schmltz Attorney. feblI
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A Missouri publisher is responsible
for the statement that he has a farm,
er SUBSCRIBER who, whepever lie comes
to town and gets drunk, makes a bee
line-that Is, as near as practicable
to the printing Office, and insists OF
paying his subscription in advance.
At last accounts he was soma years
ahead. Although we are opposed to
whisky. yet if some of our delinquents
must drink, it is pity that they don't
use the particular brand used by the
bucolic patron Of our western contem
porary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28

| NTATE OF WISCONSlN-CuUNTy COURT FOR
| \, MANITOwOC COUNTY In probate,
In the matter of the estate of Mary Paul. Annie
Paul. Arthur Paul, Ellen Paul and Lily Paul,
minors, heirs at law of Michael Fitzgerald late
| of said county. deceased.
Letters of guardianship on the estate of the
minors above uamf having been issued by this
court to T. j, Mcmahon. of the Gown of Meemc,
IN SAID county, on the 18th day of December A
ID. 1895; and Ann Fitzgerald n creditor of esid
minors, having by verified petition duly applied
TO Tins court to receive, examine and adjust all
ella OF al persons against said minors
1t Is orcerSu that six months from and after
this date be- AID are hereby allow ed and limit ed
Tor the creditors of said minors to present
their claims for examination and allowance, to
this court.
Ordered further that the claims and demands
OF all persons against said miners ne received
examined and adjusted by this court at regular
terms thereof, 20 be held at the office of the
county Judge. in tie city of Manitowoc. in said
county on the first Tuesday in ZACH of the mr. ntls
of February and june. 1897, and 1T a special
term of said curt to he held uesday, July
-, A, ID 1897, and that notice of the time and
pace at which said CLAIMS and demands may he
presented, examined and adjusted aforesaid,
and OF the time limited therefor be given by
publication of "A copy OF this order for -four
weeks excessively, in the Manitowoc Pilot. "a
weekly newspaper published at the city Of Mani
within fifteen days after the date of this order.
Dated January H. 1897.
By tue Court.
J. s. ANDERSON, County Judge.
Schultz IL kirwan febls
Guariian'e Attye-
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fFirst pu ,lis alto ! Jan. Z. lsesl

tEirst pu big alto Jan. 7, 1886 No. .
: TATEOF WISCONSIN, MANITowoc COUNTY
- CoURT.-in Probate.
In the matter IF the Esjaie Of Charles Hueb-
ner deceased. int state.
On reading ard filing the petition of Frieder-
icka Hue liner, of Town CT Newton in said conn
~. representing among other things that Charles
Huebner an inhabitant of said county, on the list
day of November, A. D., 1873. at Town Newton,
died intesta.e leaving estate TO be administered,
and that the said petitioner IS widow of said de-
ceased, and praying that administration of said
estate be to Fred Groth granted.
AZ rs ordered that SAID petition be card at a
spectral term of said county court To be held on
Tuesday the 9;h day Of February, A. d., 1877, at
70 O'Clock A. u the Office of the County Judge,
In he city of Manitowoc, SAID count.
Ord red further, that notice of the time and
place so appointed, be given t. all persons in
terest4d, ny publication hereof for three weeks
sGcrnsslvely, prior to sand day of hearing in the
". nitowoc Pilot. W. ekIy newspaper publishe Il
at Manitowoc in said county.
Dated at ManitowOc, the 9th day of Januyar,
A. d., 1851.
By the Court
j .S.ANDERSON, County Judge.
SchmitZ kiPWa an Atty
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
LEGAL FIGHT FOR 4 BIG CAVE.
Secretary o: the Inferior 20 Decide
youth Ea-..a Case.

Secretary @: the Inferior 20 Decide
::outh Da-csa Case.
Litigation. watch has ben n pro
gress for mere than year for pCesea-
sion of the famous T. ri c:gc, at { ham
berlaip. S. d.. has rg,. reacao} al II ec!-
est:ug stage. McC rai1. t. l2an nyAo
located the cave before it Y, Is surveyed
and held it rs Il SIu"tt"f. made fi:.:;!
proof in june. 1895. ia. ming the lan.l
rs agricultural land. y few months
later the South Dakota Mining COM
pany filed a protest. in which it vas al
legged that minerals existed on the prop
erty.
The register and receiver Of The
United States lard Office at Rapid City
investigated the matter. and decided III
favor Of Mcdonald. as tho investigation
showed there was no Inineral-bearin."
rock to DE found in tie place, although
colors Of placer geld as well "a Other
mineral traces were discovered. The
case was then carried 10 the commits
sioner of the general land Office. lie de
cidcd that The land was neither G@ricrl-
tural nor mineral. ard held for cancel
lation McDonala's application for n
patent.
Both parties are naturally dissatisfied
with this sort of a decision. and beth
have now appealed the ease to the see
retarv Of the interior. \ decision is
awaited with considera bic interest, as
the cave is equivalent to a fortune to
the person who becomes the owner of it.
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| First nnhIicntinn Inn Ii i0l1l

|
SIAIEOF WISCONSIN, MANITowoc County
y COURT. LII probate.
In the matter of the estate of Alouis Gruber
deceased. utestate.
On reading and filing the repitiou Of Anthan
Gruber and Jos. Gruber. of the town of kossuth
IN SAID county, representing among other things
that Alouls Gruber TN inhabitant of said county
on the ith day of November, A. D., 1880 at the
town of kosSuth SAID County died intestate.
leaving estate to be administered and that the
said petitioners are brothers of said decease1 and
praying that administration of said estate lie to
}, &. Mccarthy granted.
1t Is ordered, that SAID petition be heard at a
Special term of said county court to be held on
Tuesday the 10th day of February, A. d., 1897. at
~ clock A. NJ, at the Office of the County I'D ge
in the city of Manitowoc in said county.
Ordered further. that notice of the time and
place so appointed be gwen. to all persons inter
ested, by publication hereof for threee weeks
ssuccassIvely. prior c said day of hearing in tho
hanlt"woc Pilot, weekly newspaper published
at CITY OF Manitowoc III said County.
Dated at ManItowoc, the 18th day January A.
D., 1897.
BY THE COURT.
+, % j. s. ANDERSON. County Judge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-28
JOKES BY SPOPTSMEN.
Tricks That Hunters Play Oh One Anothe
in the Woods.

in the Woods.
Sportsmen like to play tricks on one
another. Some of the Jokes are older
than the hills, but always ready for
service, says the New York Sun. A
dead deer braced up against the side of
tree has more than once been a mark
Tor pounds of lead. Eight men once
shot their repeating rifles at such
deer, some GO shots being fred at it be-
fore It fell. The joyful hunters, on
going to it, found that the beast had
been dressed and that As bullets had
gone through it. Hunters sometimes
doctor the shells of their mates, putting
in double charges of powder and tax
ing out the shot. Firing pins are ex-
tTacted and putty ones substituted.
BCckshot is substituted for SIS, and
the amazement of IL hunter when
he finds how the SIS punched, as
he supposes, and tore a woodcock half
in two is the sport that comes from
it. Rifle shells are filled half with
powder, half with red pepper. The
powder drives the bullet after d
deer and burns the pepper. Unlimit-
ed sneezing' follows.
False trails made by man with
bear-foot moccasins in the snow have
led many tenderfoot over weary miles
only to end in Il mans trail at some
log where the bears feet could be
taken off. 1t sometimes happens that
pack of fox dogs are led on a drag
trail when the dog followers thing ii
In n live foX's
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NEITHER Of the members of the
assembly from this county would com
init himself on the pass question,
Halls bill is killed in ala probability
and passes will be issued to members
of the Legislature and state officials as
heretofore. 1t is pretty hard thing
on those who refuse passes to bear the
expense occasioned by frequent ad-
journments.
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leal,h H. IS tetnptine tate and tarnperiug
N'th C<.-ta. Nine rlcii out of ten neglect
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their cases Were given up by the doctors and
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Claims 10 nave something that will do lust
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was aflicted for four years with local weak
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Mrs Beulah Noodall. of Batemau Patrick Co
Va " Ny mother told me she had read of DR.
PlerceS nedicines and advised me TO try them
| took the FavOrlte Prescription and Golden
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First publication January q. 1897 No !
TATE OF WISCONSIN-NANIIow COUNTY
- COURT. In probate.
In the matter of tie estate Of Thomas Watt
deceased, .ntestate.
On reading and filing the petition of Thomas
A. Watt, of Maple Grove In said county, repre-
sentIng among other things that Thomas Watt
An inhabitant of SAID county, on the LIST day OF
December, A. D., lse6 at Maple Grove, In said
county diedlntestate. leaving estate to be admin
stered and that the sand petitioner Is the son of
said deceased, and praying that administration
of said estate be to him granted.
1t Is ordered that said petition be heard at q
special term of said County court to be held on
Tuesday. the 18th day of February, A. d., 1891
at 10 o'clock a. m, at the office of the county
Judge in the city Of Manitowoc IN said county
Ordered further that notice of the time and
place appointed be given to all persons inter
ested, bv publication hereof for three weeks sue
cessively prior to SAID day of hearing in the Man
itowoc Pilot, & weekly newspaper published at
the city of Manitowoc III SAID county.
Dated at Manit0woc, the 18th day of January,
A ID. 1891
By the court,
febll is. ANDERSON. County Judge
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A middle-ag man of rather dis
tingushed appearance walked up to
tho desk IN the Palmer house yester-
day and wrote on the register "Great
Scott, Baltimore The clerk smiled
when he saw the name and looked in
quiringly at the guest. "Yes, it is rath
er peculiar name, remarked the man.
constituting the clerks smile as an in
quiry. My family name is Scott, and
my father was somewhat of humorist
When | was born he applied 10 me as
a name the common expression of sur
prise, and have borne the name pa
tiently and with dignity Mr.. Scott
is prominent merchant of Baltimore
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 22-Arch
bishop Katzer has been made defend
ant ID suit brought by Father He'll
stern of Barton, Wis, IN which the
latter wants $4,000 for alleged ex-
communication and $4,000 for evic-
ton from his church There has been
trouble between the priest and his
parishioners for a long time and the
climax was reached last October when
Archbishop katzer, at the request of
some OF the parishioners, removed
Father Hellstern and appointed Faith
er Wuecken in his place.