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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02
ESSAY ON CHILDHOOD.
Roeful "Reminiscences of That Beat
tic Period which All of Us
Have known.

The following essay on childhood was
recently read at the Turniptown Lit
erary society by Mr.. Randolph Hogg,
one of the society's star members:
childhood is a good thing. 1t Is
something all Of us have had more or
less experience with. 1t is pretty diff
cult matter to get along in the world
without being a child at some period in
our careers. Childhood is the flush bud
ding of life's young spring. 1t IS the
season of fairy dreams and golden am
billions, and cramp, collie and seed ticks.
And, as we grow old, as the ghostly
shadows Of the great afternoon steal
athwart our pathways, we love To sit
down and recount the joys of the van
ished past We love to recall the ex
hilarating thrill which filled OR breast
when we stuck our thrmb in cur mouth
and looked in ut the dining room door
Just III time to see the fat. chicken leg
we longed for vanish down the throat
of the local preacher. How cold and
desolatc the world looked! How we
longed 10 hear a motion to adjourn,
ter of regrets! In fact, we threatened
to go exclusively into the warming
business. Another pleasant memory
that comes back to us mixed up wit n
rose mist is that of pushing a wheel
barrow along the margin of stony
brook for the purpose of gathering up a
job lot of stonebruises. Then what no.
BILE aspirat tons thrilled our soul when
we stale into the pantry and lassoed the
fruit jar with n bowstring and with a
manly pull landed it on the floor with
such violence that the cranky old bot
tom followed the example of South
Carolina and seeded from the union!
And with what rapture do we recall the
tidal wave of joy that swept over us
when mother came softly in and
wrapped us in the downy folds of the
broom handle!
Then there was the old schoolhouse.
The memory Of it comes back to us like
the delicious pleasure which hOvers
around the presence of bill collector,
and over the n-azy vision Of our dreams
floats the sublime utterances Of Shake
speare:
How utterly tough were the days OF our
kidhood,
In the schooihouse that stood over there
by the slough;
We toted the water and cut all the fire
wood.
And swept up the floor. for we had II TO
do"
--Atlanta Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02
BIRDS SEEN IN GREENLAND.
Member of the Peary Expedition,
Tells of CnriouS Feath-
cred Bipeds.

AT a meeting of the Linnaean society
held recently in the library of tie
American museum of natural history
a paper was rea6 by j. d. Higgins. en-
titled Notes on Birds Observed in
Greenland with the Polar Expeditions
of 1867 Mr.. Higgins, who is an as
sistant taNidermist in the museum, &C.
companied Lieut.. Peary on his expe-
Gitious and made exhaustive notes upon
the bird life observed.
He began his paper by explaining
that the majority of the birds of Green
land were water fowl. Aside from The
gyrfalcon and the raven. he collected
but three varieties of land bird s-the
snow bunting and two closely allied
species. Many of the water birds were
very bold, and would approach within
gunshot L some bright object was
waved IN the air. Numbers flew about
the ship, seemingly inspired with Gu
riosity.
Large quantities of these creatures
are eaten by the Eskimos, and count
less bones are scattered about the vii
lagos. Some of the gulls take their
young 10 the water as soon as they
leave the egg Numbers of these young
sters were seen. apparently at perfect
ease while a heavy sea was running.
Mr.. Higgins described the putin
which sheds its bill at regular inter
walls, having a different bill for every
season Of the year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02
THE RAVAGES OF GRIP

That modern scourge. the Grip,
poisons the air with its fatal germs,
so that no hoTe is safe from its raw
ages, but multitudes have found a
sure protection against this dangerous
malady in DR.. Kings New Discovery.
When you feel a soreness in your
bones and muscles, have chills and
fever, with sore throat, pain in the
back of the head, catarrhal symptoms
and a stubborn cough you may know
you have the Grip, and that you need
DR.. Kings New Discovery. It will
promptly cure the worst cough, heal
the inhamed membranes, kill the di
sease germs and prevent the dreaded
after effects of the malady. Price
30 cts. and Sl00. Money back if not
cured. A triel bottle free at II. Hin
richs' Drug Store.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The death rate in Tasmania is as low
as 1888 per 1000.
The estimated value of the sultan's
jewels is G 5000. 900.
Paris alone. during the winter sea-
son. spends about $4,000 on lilies of
the valley.
More than 200 municipalities in Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland now own
the municipal gas works.
Alaskan be bies rarely cry. When
they do they are held under a little
stream of running water, usually I'M
der barrel tap, until they stop.
In Japan what we call "after-dinner
speeches" are made before dinner, thus
insuring brevity and furnishing topics
for conversation during the meal itself.
More than 40 per cent. of the British
people could not write their names
when the queen assembled the throne.
The proportion in that condition has
now been reduced to seven per cent.
Organ grinders in Verviers, Belgium,
are by law compelled to appear every
morning before the police superin-
tendent apd play their instruments.
The organs which chance to be out of
tune must be set in order before a
license to play on the streets will be
granted
Marriage is booming in the Lambeth
district of London. One of the regis
trars having advertised that he would
perform the civil ceremony for nine
shillings seven pence, the vicar of Lam
beth church announces that, in order to
encourage marriage in church, he will
perform the ceremony for nine shil-
lings nine pence, including publishing
the banns, the fees until then having
been 16 shillings and six pence.
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WHY GO TO PORTO RICO AND
CTTRA2

We hear great deal OF talk nowadays
relative to the many possibilities and
openings offered settlers in our new pos.
sessions, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. ''Dlstauce lends euchantuent
to the view" anG Cor this reason we over
look the fact that & good deal of our own
country Is still undeveloped Take the
State OF Wisco 1sln. There are thousands
of acres OF hardwood farming lands in
Northern Wisconsin adjacent to the Wis
conslo Central Lines, where q poor man
can make a good living and, ID time, &C.
cumulate sayinga. Here he can bring up
bis family and live in peace and comfort
IN civilized country.
MANUFACI AND INVESTOR
Is also offered rich Inducements in this
section OF the state, as the plentItude of
iron ore deposits, beds of clay, kaoliu
audmarl, as we'll as the immense forests
OF hardwood timber, make it advantage
GUS TO locate various industries. Trans
portatIon facilities are of the best, the
Wisconsin Central lines touching all the
principal cities of Northern Wisconsin,
thus Offering quick and cheap transit to
the larger markets. Those interested,
can obtain complete information, pamph-
lets, maps, ETC.. by applying TO W. 81.
KllleD, Deputy Land Iodustrial Commits
sioner, Colby & Abbot Bldg, Milwaukee,
Wis
81. f. Whltcomb, Gen'I. Mgr, Burton
Johnson. G. T. A, Jas. c. Pond, Gen1.
Pass. Agt., Milwaukee, Wis.
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Two brothers from q North Missouri
county appeared at tho portals of the St.
Joseph insane asylum, one of them to be
lncarcerated there as a patient. the other
having him 10 charge as far as the asylum.
They were dressed very much alike,
and the casual observer on the train
wonld not have detected any signs of
insanity in either. When the keeper ap.
peared each insisted that be brought the
other. The asylum manager was in a
quandary. He chatted with his visitors
until late nour and then locked them
In room together. Then he telegraph.
ed the authorities 10 the town where the
bro,hers lived: Two men from your
town arrived today, both dressed alike;
one calls himself Bill and and talks about
building a. air line to the moon; the
other goes by the name of Dave and ad-
vocates free silver at the ratio OF 16 to L;
which shall l keep"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02
0ULD AkkS ~ SPAIN.
The Unpleasant Predicament of an
Exporting House During
the War.

There are a lot of queer inside sto-
ries connected with TIE war" said a
northern visitor in the lobby Of an
uptown hotel, but / think can tell
the very oldest of the lot. | don't care
10 call any names, but the facts are
these: Late last summer a certain man
ufacturlng concern, one of the biggest
IN its line in the world, received quite
a large order from the Spanish govern
ment, for supplies to be sent to Cuba
There was nothing remarkable in this,
because Spain was at that time lib
eral customer in the American market.
nut ii already owed pretty good, stiff
bill 10 the house in question. and there
was some doubt about filing the last
requisition. However. the stuff was
finally sent on promise of a 9O-day
settlement in full. That was in Sep
TENDER, 1897.
when the 90 days elapsed small
payment was made and the balance
promised directly after New Years.
Some time in January there was an
other small payment and another big
promise. On February Is, as You NAV
happen to recall, the Maine was blown
10 smithereens in Havana harbor. and
the swift succession of events that fol-
lowed the bill was simply ignored by
the Spanish authorities That. very
briefly. is the commercial history of
the case, and the house now finds it
self in a peculiar predicament
at is possible that it might get its
money by an appeal TO the president.
but as most of the stuff furnished to
the Dons was used as munitions of war
against our own troops it IS reluctant
10 make the claim for fear of exciting
popular prejudice. The amount in
voived runs way up into the thousands,
but they figure that it would be more
than offset by loss of home trade So
they have concluded to keep their
mouths shut, and charge it up against
profit and loss Funny situation. isn't
It? The facts are exactly as l have
stated them"-N. o. Times-Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 27.-After
escaping death by drowning, eleven
of the crew of the ship Manbare We, g
captured and eaten by cannibals of
New Guines. The Manbare, bound
for Australia, was caught in the
terrible gale of Decent or and near
Cape Nelson it began to sink. The
crew, eighteen all told, left the vessel
in two boats and soon became sepa
rated.
One boat containing twelve men
was finally thrown ashore ten miles
from the cape The sailors were
seized by the natives from the interior
and hurried off 10 the village of the
chief. One man, James Greene. es-
capped.
The sailors were stripped and bound
and killed, one each day. A wild
orgle was participated in by at least
100 savages who had gathered for the
feast.
In several cases the sailors were
tortured by the old women aud child
rem of the tribe. The eyes of one
were gouged out. The doomed men
stoically watched the elaborate prepa
rations for their death. A huge pot
filled with boiling water was used for
the feast, which on the first day was
prolonged away into the night
In most cases the man were be
headed, their heads being stuck on
poles and paraded before the men
who were to suffer the same fate.
Greene was rescued by steamer
after tramping without food a day and
a night to reach the coast The scenes
of horror he had witnessed turned bis
hair snowy white.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02
HOW TOLOOK GOOD

Good looks are really more than
skin deep. depending entirely on a
healthy condition of all the vital or
gans. If the liver is Inactive, you
have bilious look; if your stomach
is disordered, You have a dyspeptic
look; if your kidneys are disordered.
you have pinched look. Secure
good health, and you surely will have
good looks. Electric Bitters" is a
good Alternative and Tonic. Acts
directly on the stomach, liver and
kidneys, purifies the blood, cures PIN
pies, blotches and boils, and gives a
good complexion. Every bottle guar
anteed. Sold at Henry Hinrichs'
Drug Store. SO cents per bottle.
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Clear Throat
First publication Jan. II, 1929

First publication Jan. II, 1899 No. !
CTATE OF WISCONSiN-MAN ITowoC COUNTY
- COURT. In Probate
In the matter of the estate of Calvin c. Barnes.
deceased, lntestate
On reading and filing the petition of JOIN f.
Pritchard, of ManitOwoc in said county, repre-
senting among other things that Calvin G. Barnes
an inhabitant of said county, on The 18th day of
AUGUST, A. ID. 1898 at Charlevoix, Mich, died
interstate, leaving estate to be administered and
that the said petitioner is creditor of said de
ceased, and praying that administration of SAID
estate be to William g. Lueps granted.
1t is ordered, that said petition be- heard at a
regular term of SAID county court to be held on
Tuesday. the Eth day of March, A. D., 1899 at 10
o'clock A. NJ. at the office of the county Judge, i'll
the city of Manitowoc IN said county.
Ordered further, that notice of the time and
place appointed, be given to all persons inter
ested. by publication hereof for three weeks sue
cessively. prior to said day of hearing in the
Mantowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper published
at Manitowoc In saldcOunty.
dated at Manitowoc, the 9th day of January,
A. d. 1859. =
By the court.
Us ANDERSON, County Judge.
Markham & Markham Attys. for said Petitioner
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Henry Hinrichs. druggist.
Nature knows no pause in progress
and development, and attaches the
curse on all inaction.


First publication Jan. 26 1897
IN CIRCUIT COURT.-NANITOwoC COUNTY
L John Maggie, Plaintiff, V Dennis s. Kavan-
agh, Nellie kavanagh, his wife. and The William
Rahr Sons Company, Wisconsin corporation.
Defendants.
Whereas. at a general term of the above nam
ed court, held at the court house in the city and
county of Manitowoc, Wisconsin and on the 18th
day of January. A. ID. 1899, judgment WAS render
I'd IN the above entitled action in favor of the
plaintiff for the sum of One Thousand One
Hundred and Seventeen dollars and two cents
damages ami costs. foTecosing the mortgage
described In the complaint In this action and
directing a sale of the premises hereinafter des-
cribed to satisfy the amount adjudged to SAID
plaintiff: and
Whereas. ali of the parties to said action have
by stipulation IN writing signed by them and
filed with the clerk of the above named court
consented to an Immediate sale of said real es-
tate under said judgment:
Now therefore, by virtue of. and pursuant to
the Judgment of foreclosure and sale rendered in
the above entitled action as aforesaid and by
virtue of said stipulation filed. shall expose
for sale and sell to the highest and best bidder.
at the front door of the sherifs office, in the city
and county of Menltowoc. Wisconsin, on Satur
Jay the 18th day of March, A. d. 1899, at ten
o'clock, II the forenoon of said day, all of the
herelnafter described real estate, directed by
said Judgment to be sold to satisfy the amount
adJudged to the plaintiff for principal, interest
and costs, to-wit:
All that part Of the Fast half (E ~ of the
Northeast quarter IN ~ of section No. TWEEN
ty-four ga in township No. twenty co north. of
range No. twenty one I'D East. in Manitowoc
county, Wisconsin, bounded and described as
follows tO-wit: Commencing at point IN the
Eastern boundary line of said East half (F ~ of
the Northeast quarter IN + ~ aforesaid, twenty
tE0) rods and eleven and one half Ql1) feet
north of the Southeast corner of said East half
of the northeast quarter aforesaid, and running
thence due west twelve (12) rods: thence due
south about seven 90 rods and eleven and one
half tl1h) feet to the northwest corner of land
at one tine sold to or for the of st. Patrcks
church, and from thence East along the North
line of said church lot to the East line OF the
section aforesaid: thence North along the east
line of said section to the place of beginning;
being the same tract of land conveyed to Michael
Buckley by Thomas Mangin and Honora Mangin
his wife, by two certain deeds recorded respect
iyeIy In the office of the Register of Deeds of
Manitowoc county on pages ISL and l52 of vol
ume "A of Deeds.
Dated January 18th. 1879.
HENRY LEHMAN, Sheriff
of Manitowoc County, Wis
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First publication Jan. 5. ls9a.

IN CIRCUIT COURT-MANITowOC COUNTY,
/ STATE OF WISCONSIN.
Mary Nelson, Plaintiff VS. Charley McCuley,
Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that under and by yir-
tue of an execution issued out of and under the
al of the circnlt court for Maultowoc county.
state of NlscC nsln, on the 3lst day of December
A. ID. 1898, subscribed by Schenian and Kelley,
attorneys for above named plaintiff, upon a
judgment rendered in the Municipal Court for
Hanitowoc County, State of Wisconsin. on the
30th day of December, A. ID. 1898 in favor of
above named defendant, a certified copy of
which said Judgment was tlsd, and said judg
nent duly docketei In the office of the clerk
of the circuit court, In and for Manitowoc
county, state of Wise Dnsin. on the 30th day of
December, 1898. for the sum of Three Hundred
Fourteen Dollars ana Thirty seven cents (S314 81
damages and costs which said execution is to
me directed and delivered: | have levied upon
and seized all right, title and interest, which the
above named defendant. Charley McCulley, had
in the following des crIbed lands, the said 80 h
day of December, A. ID. 1898 or at any time
thereafter: to-wit; undivided one third inter
est In and to the East Ohe-haIf of the East One
half of the Southwest one quarter of section four
~. in township nineteen C9) north. of range
twenty-five or east, in the county of Manito-
voc, and state of Wisconsin; and thst | shall e1-
pose said property for sale, and sill the same.
the law directs, to the highest bidder, for cash.
at the front door of the colrt house, in the city
of Manitowoc, county of Manitowoc. state of
Wisconsin, on Saturday the 18th day of Febru-
airy. A ID. 1899, at the hour of 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon of that day.
Dated at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. this January
HENRY LEHRMANN Sheriff.
feb16 Mauitowoc. Wisconsin
Schenian & Kelley, ATTORNEYS for plaintiff.
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does II, that only starts him His blood
was all ready for il in the first place twas
thick with bilious poisons clogeed with
germs OF disease all ready to be reused into
fatal activity at the least touch
My wife had a severe attack Of pleurisy and
tuns trouble, says Abram Freer Esq. of Rock
eridge Greene Co, H., in a thankful letter to
Dr. r. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo N. Y. The doctors
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and she be-
gan to improve from the FIRST dose BY the time
she had taken eight or ten bottles she was cured
and il was the cause of large amount being
sold here. l think the Golden Medical DisCoy-
cry is the best medicine in the world for lung
trouble"
Not only for lung trouble is it the most
wonderful medicine in the wo-l id, but for
every form of weakness sno debility II
redeems the very sources of life from these
subtle poisonous taints which Law the sys-
tenn open to dangerous disease II gives
digestive power helps the liver to do its
work; enriches the blood builds up solid
strength and vital force
When you find yourself losing flesh ard
appetite; growing listless by day and
sleepless by night there is an enemy
lurking ready to apply the torch Write
10 Dr Pierce Your letter will be con-
sidered strictly confidential and he
makes no charge for advice His great
thousand page book, The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, will be sent
free paper bound for the bare cost of mail
ing, II one cent stamps, or cloth bound
for 81 Stamps. Address Dr.. r v. Pierce,
Buffalo, n Y
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PHILADELaHIA. Pa, Jan. 27.-Tbe
Business Mems league to-day offered
rewards aggregating A25, 900 for in.
formation leading to the discovery of
any purchase of vote or influen.a If
members of the Pennsylvania legs
lature the interest of any leeisla-
ton or convection of perpetrators
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PETER HERMAN of Branch was in the
city on Saturday. Mr. Hermann says
this talk of farmers focking to markets
outside thiss county is all moonshine.
Farmers. he says, are holding their
gram, particularly wheat. Consider
able rye and pesse have been sold but
only very little wheat. He cites toe
case of one farmer who has 1000
bushels of wheat aud has not sold a
pound of 1t yet. MIR. Hermann says
there was much more wheat raised in
this county last year than is generally
supposed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 2.-Grant
G.. Gillett, the Kansas cattle trader
who recently failed with liabilities az
gregatine over 81, 100000. has turned
all his property over to his creditors
and it is stated that tine latter have
promised that no criminal action shall
be instituted against him if he shall
return from Mexico. G1llett will re-
turn to his ranch at Woodline.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-02-02

FEssIMoRE, Wis, Jan. 27.-Delbert
Church, aged IA, met with fatal
wound by the accidental discharge Of
a gun He took his rifle along to
shoot rabbits and in order to steady it
in the buggy he buttoned the barrel
of the gun under his coat. While
crossing the railroad tracks the jolting
discharged the rifle, the ball penetrat
ing his lungs. Death follow shortly
afterwards.
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LaGrippe is again epidemic. En- cry
precaution should be taken to avoid it
its specific cure is One Minute Cough
Cure. A. j. Sheperd, Publisher Ag
ricultural Journal and Advertiser,
Eden. Mo, says: No one will be dis
appointed in using One Minute Congt
Cure for LaGrippe." Pleasant to
take, quick to act Henry Iiinrichs
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The secretary of the Carriers Asso.
citation has kept a record of lake levels
for each month of the years 1897 and
1898. The average stage of water in
Lake Michigan for 1898 is somewhat
above that for 1897, but is consider
ably below the average for the last II
years. Just the reverse is true for
Lake Superior The December level
for Lake Michigan is nearly feet be.
low the general level for the last II
wears.
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WASHINGTON, d. g., Jan 26-Form
er Attorney General Augustus II.
Garland was stricken with apoplexy
while addressing the United States
supreme court at 1915 o'clock this
afternoon, and died within ten
minutes. The occurrence came with
startling and tragic unexpectancy
changing the usual calm and dignity
of the court into temporary confusion,
while the dying man was carried from
the chamber in futile effort to allie
viate his condition.
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These are dangerous times for the
health. Group, colds and throat
troubles lead rapidly to Consumption
A bottle of One Minute Cough Cure
used at the right time will preserve
ife, health and a large amount OF
money. Pleasant to take; children
like it. Henry Hinrichs.
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The Sentinel of last Friday an
nounced that Judge ellison had de-
clded to become candidate for justic e
OF the supreme court against Justice
Dodge. Judge ellison denies that he
had authorized any such announce
ment. Petitions are being circulated
in Justice Dodge's interest.