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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28
Their Horseless Carrtaxe.

Their HOrseless Carriage.
81 wish we had horseless carriage"
said the farmers son.
Eve have" replied the farmer, land
now that. you speak of it you might as
well get it and bring load of potatoes
up to the house. Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28
War on =! an Educator.

Bacon-The late war was great edu'
Gator. w. va
Egbert- How SOP. - y a
:'Why, Corporal Cartridge couldn't
write his name before he enlisted, and
now he's writing magazine articles."-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28
Better Than Medicine.


appears to have improved greatly of
late. ri L. s.z@ss.s 49, ...:s IT,. 80.
Convalescent-Y Yes, I've been off
among strangers who didn't eternally
talk to me about il. IN. Y. Weekly
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

In moody silence, with lowering brow snd
folded arms, the young man stood before
her.
He was returned soldier, volunteer Of
fieer, honorably discharged from the service
of his country.
make the dear girl happy who had hung
upon his neck when he babe her good to
go to the wars.
But the dear girl had received him colby
A hustling commercial traveller had taken
advantage of his absence and suppIansed
him in her affections.
so" he said, at last "You have NO re-
morse for your faithIessness,"
None whatever" she replied.
You prefer that chap with the sample
case to me, do you"
He drew himself up stif1y.
Miss Grenadine Corkins," ne said, IT
added, picking up his hat, 'sdrummered out,
but not drummed QUIT"
And as he marched out Of the room with
military step the heartless girl called out
Left! left! left left" after him.-Chicaso
Tribune
81 TIE DsPk secret.
IT'S not dark enough YET" she Whispered.
as she peered eagerly up and down the
street.
There's no one IN Sigh" he replied, after
careful survey.
But some one may come round that cor
ner at any minute and recognize us, and
then should want to die
well, then, We'll wait a bit"
What dreadful deed did those two con-
template doing?
He was about to give her her first lesson
in riding bicycle.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Knox-"Miss Blythe has gone over to the
vast majority" WheeIer-''You don't mean
to say she has bought wheeIs"-Town
Topics.
One swallow may not make summer.
but one frog makes spring.-ChIcago Daily
News.
Some men are so mean their best friends
don't like them very well.-Atchison Globe.
| Although people never take it, they dear
| ly love good advIce.-AtchisOn Globe.
| Don't cover your neglected duties with
| the cloak OF excuse.-Ram's Horn
| Use of sense makes no one poorer.-Ram's
i Horn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28
Slightly Rushed.

:. Clancy--Marcifulh ivens, Mike, phwat
are yez drinkin' SO fast for? .shnake
bite2 ,sfjfaes. s.ssftsaJi assl E.sr,; sst,rE,
sey---Nope! Little Pats gone to
tell tn ould woman, an she'll be down
here in foive minutes n. Y. Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

paul, I'm not at all pleased with the
report you bring home from school -
Il knew you wouldn't be, pop, and
I told the teacher so, but it didn't seem
to make any difference!"-Der Floh.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Although people never take it, they dear
ly love good advice.-Atchison Globe
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Some men are so mean their best friends
don't like them very weII-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28
TIE Dark Secret.

Knox-"Miss Blythe has gone over to the
vast majority" Wheeler-'.You don't mean
to say she has bought wheel2'-Town
Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

One swallow may not make a summer,
but one frog makes spring.-ChIcago Daily
News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Match1ess indeed.
"A matchless night!' exclaimed the maid
Quoth he in tone of deep regret:
1--we just discovered that I've not
Fen one to light my cigarette
Boston Courier.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Don't cover your neglected duties with
the cloak of excuse.-Ram's Horn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Use of sense makes no one poorer.-Ram's
Horn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-28

Slabbs Never hit q man when he's
down. ia,s{st.
slobbs-Dat's right unless you're
sure he can't get up.-st Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
WOMEN ARE NOT MECHANICS.
According to This Item They Are Un-
able to Repair Their
Wheels.

1t was on Tventy-secoud avenue,
Brooklyn, that an incident occurred a
shornime ago tending TO show that even
in these settled days OF cycling there
are women who are as ignorant of the
ways of a cycle as they are OF loco
motive, and as much afraid OF handling
a wrench as most women are OF gun.
There was a parry of four standir Z
at the side of the road, three of them
gazing compassionately at the other
one, and yet with an unmistakabie
look of veXation that told of a spoiled
outing, says the New York Sun.
As a lonely wheelman went past one
of the women called out and asked if he
knew where there was repair shop.
The rider slowed up little and an
swered that he did not. Then he has
tened on, for he had played the gooa
Samaritan before, and he knew that
to stop and offer assistance might mean
anywhere from one TO three hours OF
fussing. But his conscience troubled
him, because a. he searched his mem
ory. he recalled that there was no re-
pair shop within three miles of where
the young women were. SO he turned
back and overlook the party walking
toward the Coney Island boulevard
The one whose wheel was in trouble
had it appended and was pushing it
along on the rear wheel only.
The front one could not be turned eN-
cant NV q ctrepuous effort A moment s
examination showed that nothing had
happened except that the cone had
slipped, or had not been set properly
to its locking-pin and haG run up SO
as to jam the bearings. 1t required
Only a wrench to fix matters SO that
the wheel was fit for century, and yet
the four women on account of their
ignorance had resigned themselves to
a three-mile walk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
LAND OF MEDALS.
Frenchmen of Any Rank CannOs
Hope TO Escape Being Pre-
scented with One.

France is the land of the medal, Not
taking into account the 30 odd military
ones. all of which no solGicr-and. oW.
ing to CONSUMPTION, every Freuchman
is onc-has been able TO dodge, there
are Is labor medals and some II awards
of merit.
If YOU are clerk. or have been en-
ployed in commercial house for 90
years. You get medal, All government
officials, from doorEecpers 10 heads G.
departments, get a medal for being true
to the republic If you are farmer
ana anyone who owns one acre Of land
can call himself ore--yuusIre decorated
with the Order OF the Leek. Crossing
swecpers also have their own badge Of
good conduct.
Apropos of this they tell Il story Of {;
Frenchman who lay dying in Paris. yet
although he was dying OF starvation
he seemed happy. His few friends
standing round his bed waiting for tn,
end. asked the reason.
"Ah!" he replied, Il have lived for s.
years without having received ono
medal"
Two days passed and still he fingered
on the borderland. On the third. as hi
was fast sinking, Il parcel came by post
II was from the Anti-Medal society, ant
decorated him with its badge Of mem
bership made in bronze.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
SPANISH NEWSPAPERS.
La Epoca, II Highly Conservative
journal. Is Edited and in Part
Owned by NobIcmnn.

Madrid, the Spanish capital, has one
or two papers which have Il fair circula-
ton, but they cannot compare in i'm
rortance. as to their influence over their
own country's population, with other
hrSt-class continental newspapers
with the best productions Of Austria,
Russia, or even Italy, says Il writer in
the Pail Mall Gazette. Of the Spanish
papers probably the impartial has The
greatest sale among the people Of
Madrid, but the chief paper for in
huence among the better classes is La
Epoca, which is a conservative Journal
Of very old reputc, having been estab-
lished for over half n century.
La Epoca has never supported any
other party in Spain but the high con-
servatives. Its present circulation may
be taken rs being about $4,000 daily,
and ii is edited by Marquis de Val
diglesias, who is also one of its pro-
prietors. 1t is a four-pGge journal.
whose columns are principally given
over to news from Spanish sources. and
its supply Of foreign matter and doings.
as we know them in this country, IS but
scanty. There is generally "A leading
article of Importance in its first column,
and The latter half of its fourth page
is given TO the serial" which is as
much in vogue in Spain as elsewhere on
the continent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
Birds ana Beasts at War.

You would hardly believe that moles,
clumsy and almost blind become per-
feet demons when they quarrel. No
one knows what they quarrel about.
hut if they once start fighting one has
to die. They will keep on in the pres
cnce of any number of spectators, hang
ing on TO one another like bulldogs and
bHryiug their enormously strong jaws
and teeth in one another's flesh. Hedge
hogs, another type of the quiet, inoffen-
siNe- ooking animal, not only fight, but
always . the Gtath, and when one is
killed the other generally devours him.
Hares, on the other hand, are proyerb-
tally the most timid of creatures, vet
they can fight. \ fight between two
hares is ludicrous sight. as they skip
and jump over one another. But blow
from the hind legs of a hare !. no joke
10 his opponent. Among birds robins
are the most puguacious. More than
one case could be quoted of two robins
50 franticaily set on killing one another
as 10 have allowed themselves 10 be
picked up in the hands Of looker-on
and there have laid with beak and claws
deeply buried in one another's pumage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

First publication December y. 1921 No. IS
~ MANITowoC COUNTY.
In the matter of the estate of VI. E. Hennessy,
deceased. In Probate.
An instrument in writing. purporting to be
the last will and testament of NJ. E. Hennessy
of the town of Franklin in said county. hav-
ing been delivered into said court
And Patrick Hennessy of town of Franklin in
said county, having presented to said court his
petition in writing duly verified representing
among other things, that said VI. E Hennessy
died teState at the town of Franklin in said
county. on the 10th day of October, 1894 that
said instrument is the last viii of said deceased
and that no one is named therein Executor,
and praying that said instrument he proven
and admitted to probate and that letters of
administration with the will annexed he there
on issued to Patrick Hennessv.
1t is ordered That said petition and the mat
tiers therein be heard. and proofs of said last
win and testament haltaken al special term
of said cc;;cty court to he held at the Probate
Office in the cisv of Nanitowoc. ON Tuesday. the.
ath day Of January. 1859. at ~ o'clock 4 NJ
And il Is further ordered. That notice of the
time and pac" of said hearing he given ~ pub
LEGATION hereof for three successive weeks. once
each week. previous to the time of said herring
i'll the Manitowoc Pilot newspaper published
in said ManitOwoc county.
Dated December g3rd. ls,p
By the court
j. 5. ANDERSON. County Jude
Schenian q Kelley. Attorneys. janis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
RELATED TO TAM O'SHANTER.
A Great-Granddnugh OF Robert
Burns SIN Living I'm This
Country.

Relatives of great men still crop up
out of the silence of neglect.
A great-granddaughter of the i'm
mortal Scotch bard, Robert Burns, is
resident of Nevada City. She is Mrs.
Susan Eleanor Andrews, the wife of
Samuel Andrews, an old Californian,
hailng from Londonderry, Ireland.
Mrs. Andrews is the daughter of Robert
Burns, one of the two sons of the poet.
Robert Burns, the younger, had five
children, four daughters and son,
named respectively in the order OF their
seniority, Mary, Susan, Elizabeth or
Betty, Prudence and John. Betty mar
riSd Scotchman named Lamon and
emigrated with him to America in 1885.
Mrs. Andrews is one of the issues of
that marriage. She was born at Nes-
quehoning, Pa, in 1914. John Burns re-
NAMED with his father until the time of
his death, in 1910, and after the death
of his wife, in 1870, he likewise crossed
the Atlantic to join his sister He died
four years ago, leaving four daughters,
two in America and two in Ireland.
Mrs. Lamon died in 1883, and four chill
dren survive her. "All that remains OF
the Burns family" writes Mrs. An
drews, ARE my two brothers, one sis
terand myself, aud four of Uncle john
children Mrs. Andrews takes great
pride in her relationship to Bobbie
Burns. from whom she has inherited
talent for verse writing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
NO ONE FEARS DEATH.
An Experienced Physician of Long
Practice Tells of a Popular
FalIacy.


81 have seen thousands of persons die
under all sorts of circumstances, anC
never yet have | seen one display the
slightest fear of DEATH" This remark
able statement was made the other day
according TO the Philadelphia Record
by physician who has practiced many
years in Philadelphia, and who has seen
a great deal of hospital service.
1T is a popular fallacy," he went on
ito imagine that a deathbed scene is
ever terrible, other than as parting
between loved ones. The fear of the
unknown is never present at the last
Even amid ignorance and vice | have
never experienced such scenes as nov
elist. who strives after realism, will
sometimes picture.
when patient is told that he can
not recover and the end is near, he in
variably seems resigned to his fate, and
his only thought seems to be of those
who are to be left behind. This is true
alike OF men and women.
Those who become hysterical and
declare they are not fit to die are the
ones who are not as i'll as they think
they are. These always get we'll \
psychological reason? Oh, don't know
that there is any. It's just human
trait -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

means for the establishment of fac.
tories in which the products of the
country can be prepared for market
at nominal price.
The men to meet these requirements
of civilization will have to come from
the outside, as the Soudan will not
produce them. OF the population Of
the Soudan, Neufeld, in his "A Prisoner
of the Khaleefa," published by the
Putnams, says the people are divided
into three great classes. OF these the
first is the Arab, to whom manual labor
has been unknown for centuries. The
second is the Negroid, who will per
form nothing more arduous than few
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
COUNTY OF MANITOWOC. ISL


First publication. Dec IA, 1891
Petition having been duly made 10 the County
Board of Supervisors of said County OF Manlto-
woo 10y thirty or more resident freeholders OF
said County, fifteen of whom reside in the town
of Eaton and fifteen in the town q hockland for
highway to be laid out extending along the
town line between said towns of Eaton and
Rockland in said county follows: commence
ing at point on said town line at the road which
terminates on the said town line at the y. f.
corner of the w IA y w IA of Sec. 5, Town
ship Is n Range q East, westerly along said
town line between the said towns of Eaton and
Rockland To the Y. W. corner of the \. w. IA of
the n, w. IA of Sec. of Township Is, North of
Range Il East TO a point where this SAID road
will meet another extending eastward between
the towns of Rantoul and Charlestown in the
Coanty of Calumet The following named per
sons are owners of land abutting aud south of
said proposed road as follows to-wlt: L. kreug-
er the n. w. IA of the \. ". IA of Sec. ,,
Township Is n Range q z. n E. IA OF the \.
f. II of Sec. in said township and range are
owned by unknown persons. The \; w IA N
E. IA in said Sec &. town and range above men
toned is owned by Leuhman, Fechter and Han
son. n. f. IA. n. w. IA in said Sec. D. in town
and range above mentioned Is owned by John
Driahn and the n. w IA, y. w. II in said sec,
town and range last mentioned is owned by I'M
known persons.
The following named persons are owners of
the following named described property which
is north and AUDITING said soproposed road TO be
laid out as follows to-wit O. Halverson the w
IA s w IA of Sec. 30 town ~ of range = f the
:. u of :. E. IA of Sec 81 in said town and range
above mentioned is owned by unknown persons.
S. f. Ia of ). w. Il of said Sec. 81 in town and
range last mentioned is owned by unknown
persons The 5. w IA of the 5. w. IA of said
Sec 81, town 10 n, and range p E. is owned by
one VIM. Duke
And the undersigned members of said County
Board having been duly appointed committee
with full power to act in the premises. Notice
is therefore hereby given that we the said COM
mittee will meet at the house OF W IN. Schmidt
in town of Rockland, Collins in said county on
the 4th day of Jan 1909 at o'clock in the after
noon to decide ON such petition.
Dated this 9th day of Dec. 1899
JOHN SECHRIsT. !
X. A. DREws. Committee.
/ w FINCH
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
THE KAFFIR'S WIVES.
They Are Purchased for Ten Cows
ana Are Quickly Dis
carded.

he aborigires of this vast country
were black mer-the Katfirs. They
have lost dominion Of the country and
are but serfs to the burghers or citizens.
The Katiir. SAYS an interview in the Co
lumbia State, is day lab6rer and reck-
uus his wealth in the number of
heads of cattle he may be able TO ac-
uuire. lie works for a couple Of years
until he can get ] | oxen or COWS. Then
he hes himself TO the IuZuland on the
cast or to other countries controlled by
black men, and here buys himself a
wife Ten COWS il the price Of wife.
The eleventh is killed. for he wedding
feast. The Kaliir remains few
months with his wife, then off to the
mines he goes to earn the price of an
other. When he possesses half a dozen
wives he Katlir's mental toll is over and
he becomes a gentleman. His wives
plant the mealy (cornD and look after
what cattle their lord and master owns.
With a kraal full of daughters the KAT
fir must become a rich and important
person. The daughter of a chief costs
25 COWS, and the daughter Of king GO,
no matter how old or ugly. The chiefs
are severely strict in their watchfulnesS
over the morals OF the Katfirs. If one is
found guilty of dishonesty he is fined
so many oxen. The Kaf1ir is said to be
better in bis original state than when
contaminated with what they call civ
iliy1tipn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

On the highest ground of long, low
hill distant about one mile to the west
ward of the little town of Bodega, in
Western Sonoma county, Cal, there
stands tall, somewhat decrepit red
wood flagstaff. This ancient-looking
pole is about 60 feet in height. says the
San Francisco Bulletin. is bent with
age and exposure. and is slowly decay
ing. That plain, warped old redwood
fiagpole is the patriarch of all hagpoles
not only in California. but on the en-
tire Pacific slope. For it was the first
erected to fly the banner of the union
when California and all other terri
tory in the same latitude from the Pa
cific to the Rockies were taken posses
sion OF by the United States.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

First publication Dec, 2S. 1891 No. 80
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court FOR
~ MANTowoc COUNTY. In probate.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas Haney
deceased
An instrument in writing purporting to be
the last Will and testament of Thomas Haney
of the city of ManitowOc in said county, having
been delivered into said court:
And NJ hazel g. and John l.. Haney of kewau-
nee in Kcwaunee county, having presented to
said court their petition III writing duly verified,
representing among other thinFS. that said
Thomas Haney died testate. at the city of
Manitowcr. in said county. on the s.nd day of
September 1899: that said instrum mt is the
last will of said deceased and that Michael G.
and John L. Haney are named therein as Exc
cutors and praying that said instrument be
proven and admitted TO probate and that letters
testamentary be thereon issued to Michael 9.
and John l.. Haney.
1t Is ordered: That said petition and the mat
tiers therein be heard. and proofs of said last
viii and testament be taken at a special term
of said county court, to be held at the probate
office in the city of ManitOwoc. on Tuesday the
23rd day of January 1900. 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
LEGATION hereof for three successive weeks, once
each week. previous To the time of said hearing
in the Manitowoc Pilot newspaper published
in said Manitowoc county
Dated December %. 1899.
By the Court.
janis J. 5. ANDERSON, County Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
ALL HAVE SIX TOES
singular MaIformation Which APP
peaps to He Hereditary in
Texas Family.

Down IN Kimble county, Tex, said
visitor from the Lone Star state to the
New Orleans Democrat, is remark
able six-toed family, about whom, as
far as | know, nothing has even been
told in print. Their name is higgins
and their family is composed at pres
ent of a grandfather (who must be
over 9O, four middle-aged sons and a
drove of grandchildren, numbering %
or 30.
Old man Higgins, who is called Mex
lean Bill" for some reason l was never
able to learn, had six toes on each FOOT,
and his wife, who is now dead, was
equally well provided. They we're cous-
ms, and all their sons nave six toes eX-
cept one, whose feet turned in notice
ably at the ankle, but are otherwise
normal. All the grandchildren have at
least six toes and several of them have
seven, the extra one in each case be-
ing more or less rudimentary and not
developed like the others. | can youch
for this personally, as | have seen the
whole tribe on a number of different
occasions, and in summer time they
generally run around barefooted. THE
Six-toe Higginses" is the name the fam
lily is known by among all the neigh
bors. Old Mexican Bill has told me
that his parents were both six-toed and
that the same popularity exists among
his relatives as far back as he knew
ANYTHING about.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

In Longman's for September Mr.
Rider Haggard in his article, AZ Farm
er's Year" relates the old chestnut
about the danger of eating rabbit pie
\ bicyclist had an attack like angina
pectoris, and London specialist stated
that his attack was brought on by
eating cold rabbit pie which produced
some peculiar form Of ptomaine poi
soning. II appears that. all pies if I'M
ventilated are dangerous. but that colo
rabbit unveut;lated is apt TO he abso
luteR deadly" 1t seems, however
hardly likely that the mere addition
of ventilation hole in the pie would
be az any benefit The attack was more
probably due 10 some disease in tht
rabbit which was undetected at il:
death.