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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

MOST COMPLETE LINE OF BATH
Cabinets in the world. One agent sold
one thousand in four months. Tlhe
Irwin Co., 123 Chambers ST., New
York. 16-3t. g. o. w.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-16
The "3 Days. Cure

lFUR MEM
DRUGGISTS REFUND THE
MONEY If it fails to cure. Guarantee
on the package. Price $1.00. Also by
mail on receipt of price.
THE 80 DAYS" CURE CO.,
Washingtox. l. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-16

Dughi will have the finest lot of fruit
for the Christmas trade ever shown
here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-16

Oranges and Lemons at Dughi's.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-16

LICENSED PHARMACIST AND NJ.
d., wants position. az" care News
and Observer. l4-4t.
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A nice basket of fruit makes fine
Christmas present. Dughi will fix You
a basket with the most delicious assert
ment of fruit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
COUNTIES HELD LIABLE.

Considerable interest was taken in the
matter of the liability of counties for the
publication Of the banking law last fall.
The expense to the counties publishing
the law was quite high and three coun-
ty boards refused to allow the bills. Suit
was brought by the publishers. In Lang
lade county Judge Goodland decided the
county was liable and gave verdict for
the publishers. In Wood county Judge
Webb decided against the publisher al
lowing pay for only one weeks publica-
ton In Villas county Judge Silverthorn
has just decided that the county is liable.
That gives two decisions for the publish
ers and one against. The matter is al
ready before the supreme court and its
decision will settle the matter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
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GOOD ROADS.

The Good Roods convention held at
Milwaukee last week was very success
full. Its success was due in large meas
ure to the interest taken in it by the
farmers for whose benefit it was mainly
held.
ManitoWoc county farmers should
take equal interest in the convention to
be held in this city on the Goth of next
month. 1t cannot be success without
their attendance. This fact they should
recognize and act upon. The people of
the city have done the work so far They
have raised the money, sufficient to meet
all necessary expenses and the amount
is by no means Insignificant They have
done this and many other things at ex-
pense of time, in the interests of country
roads Those who use the country roads
should show equal interest at least
Some condemn the convention without
any knowledge of it. Every one must
concede that the purpose is good, and to
condemn anything whose object is good
is unwise. We cannot have roads which
are too good nor can we have too great a
degree of interest in the subject
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

WHAT might have been a serious ac-
cident occurred Saturday afternoon about
. O'Clock One of Rand & Roemer's drays
was backed up to the walk IN front OF
their hardware store so that some of the
employees could put on stove. a pass
ing laundry wagon scraped by close to
their heads and scared them so they start
ed to run away. They turned the cor
ner going east on York street An old
man was crossing York on Sth street at
the time and was knocked down by the
wagon There were several iron pipes
on the dray ana these projected over the
rear and one of them came near striking
him in the head as the wagon swung
round the corner. The driver was oc-
cupied in loading the stove at the time the
team started and running after them he
leaped on the dray and had them under
control by the time they reached Seventh
street The horses had not time TO get
fairly started otherwise he could not
have caught up with the vehicle. The
old man was unhurt save slight scratch
on his face, and a few skinned knuckeS.
He was not rs much frightened as The
spectators. He was taken into Hemp
tons grocery store where he brushed his
clothes and washed up, after which he
went on his way as though nothing had
happened
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
SCHUETYEBR0S.
Buckling Down to Work

again after a summers va
cation, makes a busy man
sometimes forget that his
clothing is out of gear. 1t
won't take you long to look
at our new Fall styles even
if you don't want to pur-
chase yet. We have some
summers in our new and
elegant stock of Mems and
Boys and ChiIdren's Fall
Suits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

The absence OF the editor during a
portion of last week prevented mention
in these columns of the generous dona-
ton of Mr.. R. H. Allen TO the proposed
library for Manitowoc 1t is not what
is due to Mr. Allen in recognition Of his
liberality which makes tardv mention
proper, but evidence of appreciation by
the city through every channel for pub
lie utterance seems imperative in view
of the generous treatment accorded. Mr..
Allen subscribes $3.50 for the library,
and in his letter expresses sympathy
with the movement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

THE fountain in Washington Park was
undergoing repairs last week. 1t was
found that the basin was cracked In one
spot. Cement was also spread on the
bottom where it meets the basin wall so
as to prevent the walls from cracking by
the lateral pressure of the water when
the basin is full The stone work in the
center is an imitation of the stump of a
tree. The imitation is very good con-
sidering the materials used but it is to be
feared the fountain will have one rather
serious defect The nozzle in the center
of the fountain is not in the exact center
of the stump as it was supposed to be,
and this may mar the symmetrical effect.
The nozzle is not visible to one standing
on the ground but by mounting the ba-
sin it is plainly seen to be considerably
out of centre Whether it will affect
the looks of the fountain can not be told
until ii is in operation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

A BRANCH of Bohemian Catholic
Knights had an excursion from Milwau
kee to this city on Sunday last. Several
people from Tisch Mills came to the city
to meet them. There were in all, 143 on
the excursion from Milwaukee. The
Knights We're in uniform and marched
from the G. q n. w. depot to the Opera
House, headed by the Tisch Mills band.
A drama by Milwaukee talent was pre-.
sented ON Sunday night. The excursion
lists returned to Milwaukee on special
train
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

CHARLES HACKER of this city has
purchased the Wehausen flour mill at
Two Rivers for $4,000. The Chronicle
says that this mill, equipped, cost $50, 600
1t was built and managed by man ex-
perienced in the milling business and who
gave his undivided attention to business
affairs. But the mill proved losing
venture as it was not III u wheat pioduc-
ing county. The property will be used
by Schroeder Bros. for the storage Of
grain largely, though its purposes as a
Touring mill will not be wholly discon-
tinued,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

SHEPARDS Great Minstrel Jubilee
which will appear at the Opera House
on sunday Sept. "a, are Offering mum
Der of novelties in black face art this sea-
son, that are quite out of the ordinary.
The Crimson First Part is one of the
most beautiful products of scenic skill
ever placed on any stage.
The entire setting is in brilliant red
with gold trimmings, and requires nearly
an entire baggage car TO transport 1t.
Lieut.. Walter Allen, one of the great
est living ventriloquists, and Ogawa's
Troupe of Royal japanese, are some OF
the leading features of the olio.
4 magnificent street parade will bt
given at noon. and a grand free open All
concert by the entire band of solo nusi
clans is promised in the evening.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
AMONG FARMERS.

No fall blowing has yet been done.
The blowing done for fall grain was
done under unfavorable circumstances
as the ground isv very hard owing to lack
of rain
The visible supply of grain is much
larger now than it was at this time last
year The tendency toward decline in
prices for this reason was offset by the
stimulation caused by the South African
situation.
There is a general advance in the price
of farm produce, particularly i'll pease.
The advance is not great but sufficient
to show that the tendency is upward.
Notwithstanding that farmers have COM
pleted their threshing there is but little
farm produce brought to market.
The weather report for the week says
that killing frosts prevailed in the north
ern ana central counties. The rainfall
has been very light. Corn is being har'
vested and the crop is pronounced good
The potato crop is quite good The Bull
| letin will be discontinued after the pub
| LEGATION of the issue of next week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

Mr.. GEORGE BORN and Miss Selma
Marie Rhode, both of this city were mar
ried on Tuesday, Rev. Mr.. Gray officiat-
ing. Mr.. Born is travelling salesman for
the Madison Seed Co. He has worked
up to responsible position through
merit and i. regarded highly by all who
know him. His bride is daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs B. Rhode and is a young
lady who enjoys the respect of all who
know her The young couple will make
Manitowoc their home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

FOND DU LAC evidently gives some
credence TO the rumors that the Illinois
Central is to build to that city and that
Manitowoc is to be the outlet of the sys-
tenn. But it is another case of the wish
being father TO the thought. There
seems to be no basis Of fact for the ru-
NOR. There is something reasonable in
the Illinois Centrals extending its line
north. Ii is a line running north and
south and what it wants of lake outlet
is by no means apparent. Fond du Lac
is excited, however II has good reason
to feel hopeful OF the future.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

OUR fall rains will soon set in and
people living on side streets will expert
ence some relief from the dust nuisance.
1t seems that city located on the second
largest of the great lakes can't have their
streets sprinkled at reasonable cost. 1t
would pay the city to have their sprink-
ling carts filled at the lake rather than
30 have the water taken from the hy-
drants. In this way all our streets might
be sprinkled Even if the water had to
be hauled in tubs and thrown on the
street with tin dippers it would be bet
ter than to go through next summer as
we have this
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

TIE swimming professor who held
forth here during the summer has skip
ped, leaving many unpaid bills. Weller
that's his name, appeared TO be doing
Il good business. Perhaps his only fail
ing is indisposition TO pay debts knd
yet. it is, to say the least, somewhat in
discreet to assume that q stranger is al
right, particularly when his calling brings
him into association with young people.
A swimming teacher should be required
TO furnish some guaranty Of good charac'
ter before he is patronized. Weller is
probably al right but the fact he doe:
not pay his debts makes him an object Of
suspicion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

RuMoRs are rife throughout the state
in regard to the proposed extension OF
the Illinois Central. One which seems
to have some foundation is that the road
will build from Madison to Fond du Lac
and thence to Manitowoc which Will be
the outlet for the entire system. 1t is
also stated that The line will probably be
extended up through Door county in
cluding the towns of Algoma, kewaunee
and Sturgeon Bay. The city of Fond du
Lac claims that the extension of the road
to that city and thence to Manitowoc is
a certainty but they are so wrought up
over railroad matters in that city that
reports from there are very apt to prove
unreliable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
NOTICE.

Parties owning or harboring dog and
neglecting or refusing TO pay the tax on
or before the Both day of September VIII
be arrested without any further notice.
p. ]. PIERCE, Chief of Police
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

SCHOOL is conducted in the little Nor
wegiau church these days by Miss Clara
Filholm. The pupils are as orderly and
studious in their new surroundings as
though they had always recired there.
The painted windows are something OF
a drawback rs they obscure the hight
somewhat. School will be held here I'M
til the addition to the Luling school Is
completed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
PRESS CLUBS EXCURSION.

The following is the programme at
Waverly Resort for the Press Club ex-
cursion from this city on Sunday next:
Fat mems race-200 pounds or over.
Hurdle Race.
Running Race.
Three Legged Race.
Sack Race.
Swimming Race.
In addition there will be a base ball
game between the members Of the Mani
towoc Press Club and those of Neenah
and Menasha.
AT Waverly Resort where the Press
Club has its outing, there is large
dance hall, always supplied with dance
music Boat livery has fine row boats,
sail boats and steam yacht which
makes hourly runs on the lake.
The Inter Urban cars run directly
through the grounds, giving all an OPP
portunity to visit the cities of Appleton,
Neenah and Menasha The Inter Urban
from Neenah 10 Oshkosh is now in oper-
alton.
Train will leave Manitowoc from the
Wisconsin Central depot at So'clock Sun,
day morning and returning will leave
Waverly Resort at 1;30 p. M. Ticket
for round trip one dollar, and may be
purchased from members of the Press
Club and at the book stores and restaur-
ants.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

GEORGE KENNEDY and jay Hall can
draw the long bow with degree Of ease
which is indicative of long practice. The
two met on Monday and Kennedy rela-
ted how he had seen horse pulled out OF
a hole that morning The method EN-
ployed was to put a chain around his
neck and then hook on d team. George
said it didn't hurt the horse a bit. Then
Jay took his innings and he was Us seri-
Gus as a clergyman preaching funeral
Grafton. He had seen a horse with a
heavy wagon load fall into hole from
which he could not get out A chain
was attached to his neck and he and the
load were pulled out at the same time
by means of this chain, and the horse
suffered 10 damage. Kennedy was so
dazed that child could heat him in q
horse trade.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

THERE was no truth in the statement
that Manitowoc and Sheboygan were
playing for the championship of the
state The championship series between
Watertown and Oshkosh has now turn
ed out to be only Il 'hippodrome' also
and was advertised as championship
series merely to draw a larger crowd.
No team can consider itself champion
unless it has defeated the fast GAINESVILLE
team among others.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

TUE fire in the coal docks of the Ad-
ans Coal Co. is still burning. Spontan-
eous combustion was the cause. Some
of the coal was wet when unloaded and
the enormous weight of the pile packed
it SO tight as to cause combustion. The
work of removing the coal just above
the burning portion was begun last week
Many of the supports are burnt at the
bottom. Workmen have had the hose
playing on the pile for weeks but it
doesn't seem to quench the fire. The
smell of gas above the pile is almost
oyerpOwering.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

A SCHRIETER and J. A. Rummele have
devised scheme Of advertising which is
a public benefit and hence not open to
the objections which may be urged
against the cheap trash method of fence
advertising. They are putting in mile
posts on all the roads leading to Mantle
voc for distance from the city of IA
miles. The mile posts read, of course, to
to the place of business of each OF the
men putting them in. The inscription
can be read easily for quite a distance
and will prove quite a convenience for
the travelling public. Within distance
of four miles of the city half mile posts
are put III. People in the neighborhood
Of these posts should see TO ii that these
pests are saved from wanton destruction.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
FREE!
At A. Clicks Cash Bargain Store

To any person guessing the nearest correct number OF Seeds
when counted the Pumpkin exhibition at store that being
the largest Pumpkin at the Fair Nick Gengen receiving first prem.
um on same will give free d fine wool dress.
Every customer entitled to guess Call and have your guess
registered.
Respectfully ADOLPH CIZEK
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

ON Saturday last young masher tried
to force his company on two girls who
were out for walk. One OF the girls
politely requested that 'he discontinue
his attentions, but he persisted and took
her arm She had parasol and with
this she struck him across the face In
relating the circumstance she says, laugh
inglv. NV, how it did crack. The
ma her took leg bail at once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

COUNTY CLERK LANDER has just DIS
{ ,vered that all town clerks do not make
out correct reports. 1t seems singular
that officers who can make out tax list
seem in many cases unable to correctly
add a column of figures. The trouble is
that they rely upon others to make cor
rections and for this reason are careless.
Hardly 40 per cent Of the reports receiv.
ed by county superintendent from town
clerks are correct.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21

THE work Of moving the poles of the
Electric Light Co. was begun last week.
They are not placed inside the curb how
ever. The Telephone Co. is also chang
ing its present poles and putting in new
ones. This seems TO be necessary every
few wears. If the wires of both COM
panies were placed underground now
where they belong, we will not have to
tear M our paved streets later to do it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12
STRONG DRINK IN HISTORY.


In Grecian history we read that
Xerxea left as his most striking cpl |
taph "that he was able 20 drink more |
wine than any man in his dominions."
Alexander the Great organized drink |
ing contest, offered prize to the man
who could drink the most. Promschus
tssoh the prize, after drinking IA quarts
of Wine, the others coming near to him;
but cold wind springing up, the win
ner and 10 Of his companions died be-
fore morning; and Alexander himself,
whom our young fancies exalted as .
sort of demigod. died at s2. after q
drinking bout that lasted two days and
two nights.
Rome passed through session of un-
bounde9 fntemperance before its down
falA We read of one man who was
knighted under the name Tricon giuEr-
chree-gallon man-because he had
been able to drink u quarts of wine
at single draught. The intemPerancs
of our Saxon ancestors, on mead and
1netheglin, is sufficiently indicated IN
such books as Kingsley's "Hereward; +"
and In England drinking habits, from
king and court down, were universal.
Only the fact that Intoxicating drinks
were very costly saved the common peo-
pie from rninous debauchery; but IN
the century that brought the Pilgrims
to our shore the common people learned
that alcohol could be made chenply
from grain; and in Switzerland, France
and Holland immense amounts OF gin
were poured out from mammoth dis
tilleries, and the nation. which had
moderated it's drinking under CrOm-
well, went back to more than its for
mer excuses under the Dutch William;
and in his reign the production of gin
was stimulated as an encouragement
to agriculture.
The tSfects were so disastrous as to
give pause TO ali thoughtful people
Tie price Of this intoxicant was ridicu-
lousy low, and shops could be seen IN
London plecarded: Drunk for q pen
ny; dead drunk for twopence; clear
straw for nothing" Previously people
had used beer, which was less destruc
tive; but now parliament became
) alarmed, and parliament passed Law
} in 1876 prohibiting the use of gin.
The law was so unpopular that j
ceased to be enforced after two or thre,
years, and at the end Of seven was ma
: terially modified. While the lowe
= classes were thus being ruined by gin
: drinking, an almost equal havoc wa
being effected among the aristocrac.
by strong wines from Portugal. tina
early in the last century were ADMIT
q ted under such tariff regulations a
Q to be comparatively cheap. The tast
d for these spread rapidly, and the LET
e tiers and diaries of the time present pic
: lures of revolving dissipation amonl
the land-owning governing elias:
t Drunkenness was the to-be-expecte
It condition, and the man who could "cal
e ny" the largest amount Of port was tn
n man of mark and won the plaudits Q
3 admiration. The most brilliant Of Eng
?. hsh statesmen were incapacitated 6
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12
a STRANGE NURSERY.
g5z- sarGnam Toad Carries Her Fam
uy Around In Little Pouches
on Her hack

The SsrrinaIu toad is the possessor of
S..s OF the strangest nurseries known
= science ID lives in the dense trop-
s,-,t forests of Guiana and Brazil, and
- a true water-haunter. But at the
a-cedirg season the female undergoes
:. curious change of integument. The
Sin OH her back grows pulpy, soft and
y-like. She lays her eggs in the wa
g.x: bat as soon as she has laid them,
l.sr lord and master plasters them on
II hcg imprcSsionable back with his
= u. So as TO secure them from all as
s.ults Of EN-, mics. Every egg is pressed
= 1arstely into bed of the soft skin,
4 ta;ch soon closes over it automatical-
IS. thus burying each in little cell
- uichc. where il undergoes its further
.'c>clopment. The tadpoles pass
through their Iarvai stage within the
-c.2. and then hop out, as the illustra-
sion shows, in the four-legged condi-
lion AS soon as they have gone of
TO shift for ihesv Sci.es, the mother toad
mods herself wisn a ragged and honey
s-orltsed skin. Vhic.i must be very un-
comfortable. so she rubs the remnant
81 il of against stones or the bark OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12
HORNET SHOWING STING.

head, and possibly drop to the earth
with pain, for the hornet flies with such
velocity that the human body is not
swift enough in movement to get out
of the way" In making such q charge,
Mr.. Laney says, the hornet aies with
head and tail together" and the sting
is driven deep. But II the boy gets be-
hind tree or bush. and throws from
shelter, he is likely to escape, because
the hornet seems to possess little pow
er of locating the enemy by sight.
When the delivery Of a stone isfollowed
by successful charge, Mr.. Laney
thinks, it is because the hornet pos
sesses "the faculty of marking the di-
rection Of missile thrown at the nest"