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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
HOG ISLAND WASHING AWAY.
bathing Beach o: Far EockHyay Mag
Soon lie Il Thin nf thn De-.

bathing Beach OF Far EockRway Mag
Soon lie Thing of the Past.
Hog Island, the bathing beach al lar
Rockaway, viii, if the work of the ocean
at that point continues on lines that
have been followed fer several years,
soon be a thing of the past. The ocean
made Hog island, and the ocean has al
most destroyed il. y recent storm swept
completely over the island, wreckiug
and carrying away buildings and shift
ing the sands of the island much nearer
shore than they had been. knowing
ones looked at the changes The next
morning and agreed that few more
northeast winds would land the island
high and dry on the shore of the village,
and the surf bathing may then be en-
joyed without taking sail.
The shore of Far Rockaway used to
be far beyond the present outer shore
of Hog island. Waters flowing from
Debb's inlet, which is east of Far Rock
away, worked inland % years ago ana
cut bay in the sand far back from the
shore. This body of water worked it's
way to the ocean again west of Far
RocKaway, ard left an island of the new
coast line. Both inlets filled up later
and the body of water behind the beach
became lake and remained SO FOR many
years. Ferry lines were established to
carry bathers to the beach over the
lake, which was then 1,50O feet in width
Hog island was then a fourth Of a mile
wide, and was believed to be as perma
nent a strip of sand as is Rockaway
Beach or Sandy Hook.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
An EYacting Heernr.

Several beggars il Pera own 4 large
amount OF property. One well-known
man has houses worth 10000 liras. and
yet Is TO be seen begging in filthy rags
poor governess, who was very charit-
able, used to give him piastre twice a
week. One day she missed a Ira
(pound), and thought she must have
given II to the beggar by mistake He
had gone home for the day, so she fol.
lowed him to his house on the Taxime.
He received her graciously, looking like
q pasta al least in his magnificent
robes. L never like to lose a good
Client" he said. and sent for his bag OF
takings; IF there's 4 Ira here we shall
find it." Sure enough, the Ira was
there. Take it" he continued, ard the
poor girl, full of thanks. was hurryinc
away when the beggar stopped her.
Wait moment; YOU haven't given me
the piastre,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
BULL AGAINST RHINOCEROS.
A Terrific Battle in the Land of thu

Terrific Battle in the Land of the
Zulus.
When | was on the Zulu frontier,
said traveller recently, | stopped for
a week with a native, a splendid fellow,
who had fine farm. Among other ami
mails he had a young bull, called Hulo,
which he and his children fondly be-
lieved could vanquish any beast on
earth. Hulo was great pet and not in
the least vicious, so | was surprised on
The second evening of my stay to sec
Hulo shifting the air and paving the
ground in evident rage. | was about
10 ask what it meant when out of the
forest came an ugly rhinoceros. My
host and hurried for our guns and HUI
10 dashed at the beast with dauntless
courage. \ rush. Il crash, and the bull
was hurled 30 feet. Fortunately the
horn of his enemy Ead not caught him
and the first rush had taught him a les
son. His horns were like sharp swords.
but the hide of rhinoceros is remark
ably thick. and the young bull soon
showed signs of fatigue. So he resort
ed TO strategy. and lodged behind his
clumsy foe, giving him vicious stabs in
the thighs. This was rapidly weaken
ing the rhinoceros, and Just at this time
we found some steel bullets Qeaden bull
lets having no effect on this animaD
and quickly completed the work Hulo
begun. Then the bull stood on the car
cass and beloved his ioy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
ROSA BONHEUR'S DAILY LIFE,
Early to Bed, Early to Eise-Her Method
of Work.


~My life is that of 4 peasant" writes
Rosa Bonheur in Ladies' Home
Journal Il wake with the day and lie
down to sleep almost at Lisi,faIl.
Early in the morning | stroll III the gar
den with my dogs or drive my pony
cart through the forest of Fontaine-
bleau Tin the midst of which is hor es-
tate, Dy). Toward nine O'Clock | tako
my seat at the easel and work until
1880. Then l breakfast quite simply
and afterward smoke my cigarette as
l run through the daily papers. l re-
sumo my work at one O'Clock and az
five | go out for walk. love to see the
sun sink behind the trees of the forest.
l finish the day by reading. The books
1 prefer are those of travel, hunting and
historical works. Often / read the
Bible
Before commencing picture
study my subject exhaustively, prefac-
ing this work with conscientious
studies from nature. ! look for the ex-
act sky and the exact ground that viii
suitably frame the subject, and not un-
til then do l commence the work on the
canvas. The ever-present desire to
bring myself nearer to truth and an in
cessant research after simplicity are
my two guides. | have never grown
tired of study. 1t is to-day, and ii has
been during my whole life, happiness
to me, for it is with persistent work
alone that we can approach the I'M
solved DrOhlem which more than any
other elevates our soul and cntertains
in us thoughts of justice, of goodness,
of charity"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
ONLY IOyesick.

1t is not long since the emperor OF
Austria definitely settled the success
sion to the throne on his nephew, Arch
duke Otto, passing over the latter's elG-
er brother, Francis Ferdinand, becaus
lie was on the point of death from con-
sumption Francis is apparently re-
covering his health, however. and it
Is limited that he was not suffering SO
much from consumption as from blight
cd affection. He has long wished 10
marry Archduchess Stephanie. the wild
ow of Crown Prince Rudolph, whose
tragic death at Meyerling, few years
ago will be recalled. and he was con-
additionally debarred from doing 50
while he remained in the direct line OF
succession to the throne.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
WHAT AN ENGLISH DUKE COST
Vanderbilt Is Said to Have Paid S15,09o,-
900 to the Marlboroughs.

Fifteen millions is the price of a real
first-class duke. At least that is what
the New York World says Mr.. W. X. Van
derbilt paid for the honor of allying his
family name with that of the ancient
house of Marlborough.
This statement, says the World, is
made on the unquestionable authority
of an English gentleman visiting IL
Washington who has been in a position
to know all the facts. His account is
circumstantial and undoubtedly cor
rect.
The terms of the settlement were
$4,000, O00-or, to speak with absolute
accuracy, the income of $4,000, 000-on
Mr.. Nanderbilt's daughter during her
lifetime and $5,OOO,cOO on the duke. II
children are born they will inherit the
mothers portion at her death. If the
marriage shall be without issue this
$10,OOO,000 will revert on the death OF
the duchess.
But the dukes S., 900, 900 is to be his In
any event.
The settlement was not made in cash,
but in investments for the benefit of
the duke and duchess. These invest
n,ents are principally in the stocks and
bonds of the Lake Shore and other Van
derbilt railroads.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
CLOCKS WITH NERVES,
They Refuse to Do Reliable Work whe
Placed In High Build ngs.

Placed In High Build nss-
There is one disadvantage about very
tall buildings which is just now being
noticed by the occupants. 1t is perhaps,
a small disadvantage, but still is wortlr
considering, as it involves some annoy
ance to those who have not made pro-
vision for it, says the New York Times.
The trouble referred TO is the stop
ping of pendulum clocks by the vibra-
ton of the buildings. Many a EeEdu-
lum clock that has kept accurate time
for years in old-fashioned low strtc-
lures has refused to run at all when
moved into some one of the new tall
steel-framed buildings in the lower
part of the city. On the lower floors o.
the buildings the clocks run fairly
well, but when higher up in the build
ings, they become more whimsical,
and on the top floors viii not run at all.
Mr.. Dunn, of the weather bureau, has
a fine pendulum clock III the tower of
the Manhattan Life building, which has
not done an honest days work since he
weather bureau was moved into the
new offices. 1t has stopped SO Often
that it is no longer TO be relied upon.
The pendulum swings continually, but
ONLY from the vibration of the building,
as the clock has rot been wound for
weeks. The only relief is in replacing
the pendulum clocks with others that
have balance wheels
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
A Pretty Story.

Here is a pretty story of the young
empress of Russia. A number of ladies
had been invited to the palace, in order
that the empress might think them per-
sonally for their share in a recently
concluded charitable entertainment.
OF course, all of them, womanlikc, were
longing to inquire after the little girl,
but felt that the query would sound
cold and formal if, according to Ell
quette, they gave the child all her titles
But there is a wonderful freemasonry in
motherhood, and one of the ladies,
whose own sweet little girl was born on
the same day as Grand Duchess
olga fact well known to the empress
said, quite naturally: How is the
baby?" The effect was magical. The
empress face no longer wore what we
may call the state smile, but was
radiant as she talked of her little pet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
LAUGHTER A DISEASE,
An Actual Case of Man Who Began
Laughing from His Toes Inward

Laughing from His Toes Upward.
DO you laugh? Then you have been
attacked by disease, for laughter is a
disease. This has been proven by nu-
merous cases which have come undel,
the notice of eminent neurologists.
They have declared even moderate
laughter symptom of nervous hys-
terra.
People have died of laughter. From
Austria comes a curious account of Il
man suffering from n nervous disease
that manifested itself in paroxysms of
laughter. The patient was 80 years of
age and had been subject for three years
to fits of laughter. which occurred at
first every two or three months, grad
ually increasing in frequency to dozen
or more a day. The attacks occurred
especially between nine o'clock in the
evening and $50 o'clock in the morning,
and in greatest frequency between five
and 6:30 o'clock. In the intervals be-
tween the attacks, and Immediately be-
fore and afterward, the man was per-
fectly well. The attacks commenced
from a tickling sensation arising from
the toes of the left foot. The patient
would fall to the ground, where he could
lie down. At the height of the attack
the patient first smiled and then
laughed aloud without any apparent
cause for the excessive merriment. The
entire act occupied about two minutes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
The Color of Adam and Eve.

1t was an American clergyman who
held the theory that Adam and Eve
were black people. His idea was that
when man appeared on the earth the
whole climate of the globe was as hot as
nowadays in mid Africa, and so our first
parents were necessarily as dark as ne
groes. When the ages rolled on and the
northern climate became colder, mar
took to wearing clothes and dwelling
under shelter, with the result that his
skin was bleached and ne became q
white being, while the negro in the tor
rid zone kent his ORIGINAL color
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
SUITORS IN CARACAS.
How a Young Woman Was Shocked by
Her American Sweetheart

A friend of mine from New York,
who was visiting in the city last win
ter, became engaged to a young woman
belonging to one of the old families,
says a writer in the Cosmopolitan. EX-
cepting a few moments chat with his
sweetheart at the low bay window on
the street the young man in question
had never spoken one word alone to his
fancee. To an American, especially i
New Yorker, this peculiar state of af-
fairs was ineXplicable and the warmer
bis affection grew the more uncomfortable
became this restraint. Finally. one
evening when the object OF his devo-
ton was left alone in the window, NAM
ma excusing herself for a moment to
obtain q drink of water, nothing seemed
more natural to him than that his hand
should seek hers. Before the poor fei
low had been able to give it that gentle
pressure which to lovers means more
than a thousand words his sweetheart,
shocked beyond expression, rushed
away from the window crossing her
self, as is the custom of tie women
at the first Indication of the approach
of the dread earthquake or any other
danger or evil.
The next evening when the amazed
American attempted TO explain that an
engaged couple in his country were
permitted not only to clasp hands but
even to kiss each other, the young
woman vowed that she would never
leave th1 peaks Of the Andes for such
q wicked country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
BIG ORDER FOR BEER.
japanese Merchants Surprised by the
King of Corea.

Japanese Merchants Surprised by the
King of Corea.
japanese merchants of Chemulpo, in
tie kingdom of Corea, were very much
surprised recently when the king or
dered 10000 bottles of beer in one lot,
says the San Francisco Chronicle The
entire japanese colony was not pre-
pared for such Il sudden and extensive
order of beer and they put their heads
together, wondering whether it was
the court or the body guard of the king
which had suddenly developed such
a gigantic thirst \ cable was imme-
diately dispatched to Japan and the
beer ordered TO be shipped at once, so
that it might be delivered TO the royal
master of the house in due time. The
beer arrived promptly, and at the same
time the explanation Of the conundrum
was given to the japanese, for almost
en- the same day Russian man-of-war
arrived there and the entire crew was
invited to he guests of the king OF
Corea, who thus showed his gratitude
to the Russians for the shelter accord
ed him at the Russian embassy during
the recent revolutionary disturbances.
The 300 marines on board were very
agreeably surprised when his royal
highneSs sent 10000 bottles of good
Japanese beer on board-that is, 100
bottles per Marlborough liquor to
thoroughly celebrate the Russo-Corean
alliance
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
First puhlicatiop Dec q 1soS ,

(First publication Dec 81, 1850 Moss
STAIE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY COURT FOD
- MANITOwoC COUNTY In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Iads Larson
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of RILEY
olson, administrator of the estate of said MAIDS
Larson, late of the town of Cato in said county
deceased, TOR the adjustment and allowance OF
ms administration account lard the assignment
OF the residue of said estate to such other per.
sons as are by law entitled to tn samel:
1t is ordered that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at a regular term OF SAID
court to be cid at the office of the county Judge
IN the city Of ManitowOc, in said county on
Tuesday, the second day of February A d.
1897, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
1t Is further, ordered that upon the adjustment
and allowance of such account by tins court as
aforesaid. and the time and place hereInbefore
appointed therefor. the residue of said estate be-
by the further order and judgment of this court.
assigned to such persons as are by law entitled
to the same
1t Is further ordered, that notice of the time and
count, and of the assignment of the residue of
said estate be given to all persons interested. by
publication of this order for three successive
weeks, before said day,in the Manitowoc Pilot a
weekly newspaper printed and published at the
city and county of Manltowoc and state of Wis
CnnsIn.
Dated December 90 1896
BY the Court,
!. s. ANDERSON, County Judge
ociihlltZ " hlrwan, Attorneys. Jan p
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
WITCH HAZEL Oil

Her best friend was looking at the
Photographs.
"What 90 youthInk of them?" was the
query naturally pnt to her.
II never saw two photographs of the
same person so totally unlike each other"
returned the best friend.
(Which do Won prefer?"
"Ob, this one Is by far the prettier,"
answered he best friend, holding che OF
them up. There's really DO comparison"
do you think 40? Why every one
says that the other looks ever SO much
more like me-"
Yes, that's quite true,'' responded the
best friend, promptly.
As result coldness has sprung up
between them that would be sufficient 10
maintain an ice rink through the Indian
summer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

The Progress of the World" in the
Review OF Review for January, 1891, gives
an admirable resume of the great world
events of 1896. Nowhere else can SO faith
full and impartial a chronicle of these
stirring times to be found. This illus
trated editorial summary in each months
Review is everywhere recognized as one
of the triumphs of modern Journalism.
The discussion of the Cuban situation is
enlivened by the reproduction of timely
Spanish and Spanlsh-Amerlcan cartoons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
First publication

First publication Dec. 18th, 1885, No 5G
CTATE OF WISCONSlN-CoUNTy CoirRr r,,r
~ MASITowoC COUNTY, In probate
In the matter o. the estate of John Dittmar
deceased, '
To all whom 1t may concern!
Letters testamentary on said estate of John
Dittmar. late of the city of Manitowoc. in said
county, deceased, testate. having been issued H.
Gustave Dittmar on the 18th day of December
A. ID 1856, and Six months from and after said
present their claims for examination ard allow
snce notice is hereby given that the court aho~a
on the first Tuesday in each of the Tnontba 80
February and May 1876, and at a special term to-
be held on Tuesday June Is 1897, all at the Pro
bate Oflce IN the city of Manitowoc. in said
and demands of all persons against SAID
Dated December D. 1896.
By the Court:
J. 3. ANDERSON, County Judge.
Schmitz i Kirwan attorneys janll
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
THE IDEAL PANACEA

James L. Francis. Alderman. Chi
cago, says: I regard DR. Kings
New Discovery as an Ideal Pancea
for Coughs, Colds and Lung Com
plants, having used it in my family
for the last five years, to the exclusion
of physicians prescriptions or other
preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: II have been a Minister of
the Methodist Episcopal Church for
so years or more, and have never
found anything SO beneficial, or that
gave me such speedy relief as DR..
Kings New Discovery" Try this
Ideal Cough Remedy now Trial
bottles Free at Henry Hlnrichs Drug
Store
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 31.-George
B. Wilkins, vice president of the Com
mercial National Bank OF Selma, which
failed for half a million yesterday,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head in the Episcopal church
at Selma at 4 o'clock this morning. He
had been vice president of the bank and
treasurer Of the church for thirty years,
and was one OF the best known men 10
the state. Wilkins was treasurer of the
Episcopal diocese of Alabama and de-
voted church member. In his distress
he sought refuge in his church, where he
remained all night, and on the appear
ance of searching friends at the church
door this morning he fired the bullet into
his brain. His accounts with the bank
are thought to be all right.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec 3l.-The body OF
Joseph b. McCullagh, chief editor of the
Globe Democrat, was found early this
morning on the stone pavement beneath
the window of his room ID the residence
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Maniop,
on Pine street.
The suppositlon is that he flung him
self from the window. His skull was
crushed and the body other wise injured.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
GIadstone's Versatility,

In all the stress and trouble of his
long political career, says the Dramatic
Mirror, Gladstone has never gave such
evidence of his mental balance and MS
title to human admiration as he did the
other day at Hawarden. He was Judge
and prize-giyer at a competitive meet
ing OF IS brass bands. He heard them
all play. and he was amiable to the
last.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

LACROSSE, Wis, Dec. 31.-Peter
Walker, resident of this city forty
years and nearly all that time an en-
ployee of G. L. Colman's mill, com
mitted suicide to-day by hanging. He
has been night Waterman since he be
came too old for hard work. He has
five living childeen, all married.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

Max RAHR and family Lave located for
the winter at Pass Christian, Mississippi.
They have rented cottage and are keep
ing house. They write that they are
wearing their summer clothes, the flowers
are in blossom and the children are romp-
Ing about. They will probably remain
there until Nay.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

WAUKEsHA, Wis, Jan. 1.-The home
of Allen Mucke]stone, a mile and
half west of this city, was made one
of mourning today by the accidental
shooting of his 10-year-old son Ben.
ME, whose injury at last accounts was
deemed to be mortal. The lad was
passing around the corner of a barn
where an elder brother, Arthur, IA
years of age, was shooting at target
with a rifle, and was struck in the
head by bullet The family resides
a few miles from the home of Morgan
Jones, whose only son was accidently
killed few days since by the cars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
THE EORUM FOR 1R9Z

During 1897 The Forum will contain
many features of extraordinary interest;
and no effort or expense will be spared
to MAINTAIN the high character and use
fitness of this most popular and widely
read Review. Never before in the his
tory of The Forum have so many inter
estlng tasks been laid out for 1t as are
now 10 hand by the most distinguished
writers of both hemlspheres.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

La England they have what are called
the Autumn Manauvres of the army.
They camp out and fight great mimic bat
ties. The farmers in the vicinity where
these military operations are carried on
complain that their flocks of sheep have
been SO frightened by the noise of the
guns and cannon that they will not re-
cover from the effects for generations to
come.
Similar observations have been mad In
regard to sheep before. Il is well known
that if dogs get among a flock of sheep
and worry them badly and tear them, the
lamb are likely, for successive generations,
to appear timid, frightened and uneasy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

The number of local papers are quite
tax upon businessmen who feel they
must take them all, and when 1t comes
to carriers addresses the burden is in
creased. There is probability of still
further increase in the number of papers
OF the city at an early day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07

Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectacles, "but | I'm surgeon, and
that is not where the liver is" Never
you mind where his liver is" retorted
the other. If it was IN his big toe or
his left ear DeWitt's Little Early
Risers would reach it 81 shake it for
him. On that you can bet yyur gig
lamps" Henry Iienrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-01-07
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Ind, Sum-" writes: "You have a
valuable prescription in Electric Bit
tiers, and I can cheerfully recommend
it for Constipation and Sick Headache,
and as general system tonic it has
no equal" Mrs Annie Stehle, 1925
Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, was all
run down, could not eat nor digest
food, had a backache which never
left her and felt tired and weary, but
SIX bottles of Electric Bitters restored
her health and renewed her strength.
Prices SO cents and $1O0. Get bot
tie at Henry Hinrichs Drug Store