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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
FLOWERS CHEAP IN MEXICO.
Armfuis of the Most Beautiful Bios
som Csn Ce bought for
De er. ,.~ag ,

The flowers of the City of Mexlc; ar
one of its chief delights. Roses, violets..
forget-me-nots, marguerites and lilies
bloom all the year round. There are
few weeks when quarter will not bay
a splendid big bunch and when p silver
dollar will not fill all the vases in the
house to overnowing, says Modern Mex
leo. Flowers are sold not only at the
flower market near the cathedral, thai
is devoted entirely to flowers, straw
berries and birds, but at the other gen.
eral markets and on the street corners.
The flower girls" of the capital are
all boys and men. AT some places IN
Mexico, particularly Guadalajara, little
girls are to be seen on the streets all
day and in the evening offering
boutonniers for which they will not set
price, but ask you to give what YOU
please. In this city ii is hard TO find a
flower on sale, anywhere, after mid,
day. The flower seller makes up
bouquets in the most artistic fashion.
The street vendors never sell loose-cut
flowers, but arrange them upon base.
work Of green so that each flower
stands out by itself. and the whole,
bunch is prettily finished with garni-
ture of green leaves or ferns. Set pieces
are also arranged with fine sense o.
taste and regard for colors. A pansy
wreath three feet across can frequent.
ly be purchased at the market for doll
lar. Flowers are very generally used at
funerals, and il is not an unusual sight
TO see casket. even of one of the poor
er class, completely covered with flow
ers, wreaths, crosses and baskets in
bewildering array, as II is hurried
through the crowded thoroughfares
upon an, open street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
TESTAMENT FOR AN EIfpEESS.
ChIna's Sovereign Has Been prcSent-
ed with the CostIiest Cory
-. p.- Ever Printed,

The poorest can now buy the New
Testament in English for nickel and
yet--strange contrast perhaps the
most sumptuous copy OF the New Testa-
ment in existence is that splendid edi-
tion de luxe presented to the dowager
empress Of China on the occasion of her
sixtieth birthday, the presentation hav-
Ing been made in due form by the Brit
ish and American ministers. The book,
says Leslie's Weekly, is a royal quarto
volume, 2x10Xl3 inches in size and was
manufactured by the PRESBYTERIAN
press and Canton silversmiths. 1t has
silver covers, embossed with bamboo
and bird designs, and is printed on the
finest paper with the largest type, and
with border Of gold encirclng each
page. It was encased in solid silver
casket, ornamented with symbolical
designs, the whole weighing 10L
pounds, and upon the cover Of the
casket there is a gold plate which re-
lates that the book is the gift of the
Christian women in China.
Not long after the presentation Of
this magnificent volume the eunuchs
were sent from the palace to the book
store to ask for common copy. so
that the empress and her ladies might
compare the two texts. Surely the cir
cnlation of such a book is one of the
wonders Of the world! age cannot
wfther. nor custom stale, it's infinite
Variety
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

every time she smelled bears or deers
she'd lay down, an she got so good
bout it that after while she never
fooled me once. That's how I know
there's bears or deers round here,
an I'm goin' after 'em Tomorrow
Say, says Cy to Pete, you don t
want to trade that boss, do you?'
Well. no. says Pete to Cy. Il
can't says | do. Leastwise without I
git pretty big price fer her.
How'll you trade fer this one
I'm ridin'" says Cy to Pete.
THAT bay tilly Cy was ridin' was
bout one o the best hosses in Buena
Vista township, and was worth two or
three times what Pete's mare was.
Not without somethin' to boot,
said Pete to Cy. You see | spent so
much time n learnin' this hoss that /
value her pretty high. How much
boot will yer give?'
Bout how'd ten dollars strike
your asks Cy.
Couldn't never think o it, says
Pete. 'lt'dtake $50 boot fore I'd trade.
Course if find there's many o. them
bears and deers round here it'll take
more'n that
~ don't think you'll find many
bears and deers round here says Cy.
tryin to get leetle Off If it hadn't
been fer that old mare o. your'n
wouldn't never have believed there's
any. How'll $25 boot suit youY
We'll, bein' as the mare'll be in
the same neighborhood with me. an
you bein' willin' to loan her now an
agin. guess ] might as well take It,
THAT fixed up the tradin' all right,
an the saddles was changed right
thar. Cause. you know. nobody ever
trades saddles in Buena Vista town
ship. only hosses. Cy had the money
with him an counted 1t out TO Pete.
That S25 meant the best parts OF
the hogs he had sold the week be
fore. an he was q goin to build a
stable with that very money.
Pete showed him how to start the
old mare, an gave him few more
instructions regardin' her. Then they
started fer home ag'in.
Course. as ] said il bein' an opep
winter and the river not bein' froze.
they went by the ford stead o. the
bridge. But the water wasn't no
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A SINGULAR WILL.
The Testatrix Makes Some Queer
Provisions for the Disposition
~. Of Her Body.

The will of the late Mrs. Pauline Less,
says the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch, is an
interesting document. The command
given in the opening paragraph rela-
tive to the disposition of the body of
the testatrix after death is as follows:
Immediately upon my death notice
thereof shall be given to the president
of Miriam lodge and Adolph Resen-
trater The latter shall perform the flu
neral services and be paid SIS therefor,
and he shall also telegraph information
of my death 10 Jerusalem and also al
low only such persons who do not touch
fire on Saturdays to stay and watch over
my remains. The latter are to be paid
a reasonable compensation therefor out
of my estate The sand which | got
from Jerusc lem and is now in my trunk
shall be laid on my face. My coffin shall
be of rough lumber and my clothing
shall be divided by my executor among
poor and needy persons
The testatriX directs that suitable
grave be purchased for her and that a
monument, the maximum cost Of which
shall be 500, beIerected over her head.
She gives to the president of the He
brew school at Eleventh and Carr
streets $500, in consideration of which
Kodesch Ia Hebrew prayer shall be
offered three times daily at his school
for one year.
After these bequests are paid the
testatrix gives the remainder of her
property in equal shares to her five chill
dren. She names Benjamin Burenstein
as her executor and requests that he be
not required to give bond.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
ODD WAYS OF TELLING TIME
Many New Workers Mark Its March
by the Progress of
Duktness


So regular is the progress OF business
In great city like this that many per-
sons mark the march of time without
referring to clock. They merely note
passing occurrences, says the New York
Mail aud Express. No matter in what
section of the city one may live he will.
after n moments thought. recall some
daily occurrence that will acquaint him
with the time of day
The people on Washington Heights
have for years been able to tell TO dot
when /, is | ] p. IN. on week days and ten
O'Clock on Sunday nights by the footing
Of "a familiar tugboat whistle. This tug
whistles for watchman. A cashier in
one OF the biggest banks near Wall
street never looks at Trinity as he ap-
proacles his office. He knows o GER
tainty whether he is on time by the To-
cation In which he meets .shoestring
peddler. lf the latter be on the south
side OF Pine street and broadway the
cashier knows he Is on time. Should
he be TO the north Of that point the
cashier is late. A woman on West
Twenty-tifth street begins to cook
breakfast every morning at the mo-
ment tha. certain police officer goes
by. 1t is her way Of telling time, and
the bluecoat's approach never varies
minute. Along Third avenue some Of
The shopkeepers tell the time by sim
ply glancing at the familiar face OF
some passing motorman. 1t is a most
interesting study, this telling of time
without watch or clock
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
MEDAL OF HONOR.
Few People Would Know the Rare
Decoration OF Congress If
They Saw 1t.

The medal of honor granted by con-
gress for some conspicuous act of gal
lantry is so rare that hundreds of Off
GERS have never even seen 1t, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The bow knot worn in the button
hole in lieu of the medal goes unrec-
ognized, except by the very few. The
medal is of black bronze, and is often
mistaken for the grand army insignia,
the latter hpying beer patterned after
II to certa,A degree. 1t is much larger
than the latter, and on the reverse side
is engraved the name, rank, date and
the battle in which the service was rem
dered, and the specific act of heroism
FOR which it was given. The medal is
only worn on state occasions, but the
bow knot is always worn. 1t is n small
affair, with its specific ribbon. 1t is
of silk, white stripe in center. bor-
dered by two blue stripes, which are
bordered by two red stripes. 1t is an
inch in length and three-eghths of
an inch wide. The little emblem shows
that the wearer has received from this
government the highest honor that can
be conferred upon man. The secretary
of war recently issued an order, after
conference with the executive commit
tee of the Medal of Honor Legion, that
hereafter on all official occasions, recep-
tons, banquets, etc, the congressional
medal Of honor will be worn resting on
the breast and suspended by the broad
official ribbon of the order around the
neck
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Physical Life OF Our Planet.

The Revue Scientifique contains an
interesting paper by Prof. Kiossovsky
entitled La vie Physique de Notre
Planete Deyant les Lumieres de la Sci
ence Contemporaries" in which the au-
thor regards the earth as living or
ganism whose functions are all closely
connected according to certain laws.
Even the variations Of terrestrial mag
netism are connected with system Of
currents which traverse the earth's at.
mosphere and are correlated with its
cyeionic activity. He considers also that
the magnetic aud electrical fields have
an influence on The progress OF phe-
nomena nt the surface Of the earth. The
professors idea OF the earth as an or
ganism is, however. not new. Is orig
mated many years ago with Guyot.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
WOULD NEVER TRADE HORSES AGAIN

Vista he brung with him an old white
rare that warn't neither beauty nor
much good. The old mare had no par
ticular blemishes that ] ever knowed
about, but she was jist gener'ly no good
Ter nothin'. Then besides bein bout
good fer nothin' she had one trick what
Pete never told nobody of till Cy
Adams found it out after he'd traded
fer her.
i Pete. l reckon, was keepin still SOS
to trade her off, but | bet he never
thought that trick 'ud help him git
morn double what she's worth. but it
u kdid. and Cy Adams give it,
The trouble with that mare was that
She was a ieetle ticklish in her hanks
and under the belly, and when anything
! ever touched her there she was jist
sure to lay right down, and once she
got down there wasn't any gittin' her
Pup ag'in less whoever was a ridin her
ud git off and lead her aways.
One New Years day it sort O. hap
~pened that Pete and Cy Adams was in
town together Twas, as nigh as kin
kreckerlect, bout two mont his after Pete
rome back to Buena Vista. Bein' as
! fhey lived close together Cy proposed
ne wait fer Pete and go home together
That winter was the most openest
winter I've seen in these parts for many
a gear Why, New Years day come
and there warn't snow enough on the
aground to make one good-sized snow
oail, and thar hadn't been no cold
iher hardly tall. | know as how
tewater didn't freeze til late
nand folks out Cy's way was
d stead o goin' round
Pete started home
COW path in the tim
round the road, SOS
a stretch o the way.
1gh them woods was
II was thar that the
place.
n wasn't no wider'n
make it. an cause o.
Y had to ride one
Peter was ridn'
WAS n ridin' behind.
Eas right smart o.
one time Pete went
up leetle TO keep
Dreeches and h;. the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
First Court of Appeals.

Galveston, Texas. January 25.-In the
court of civil appeals today the following
decisions were made:
Affirmed; Frank w. Iams ct al VS..
Laura S. Root ct al, from Harris; J. A.
Bellar vs. City Of Beaumont, from Jeffer-
son; Gulf, West Texas and Pacific Rail-
way Company W. George Letsch and wife,
from Dewitt; Williams Jacobs VS.. II.
Dahl, from Dewitt
Reversed and remanded: l.. D. Howard
ct all W. L. Schwarz G. Co., from Waller;
Coleman B. DeWalt VS. Houston Fest and
West Texas Railway Company. from Polk
r. ]. Polasek, Guard. etc, VS.. Henry
Janecek, from Lavaca.
Motion to dismiss appeal granted unle s.
appellant files sufficient appeal bond by
February /, 1900: Coverdell ct al VS.. s.
X. Seymour, from Harris.
Cases submitted; p. ]. Willis & Bro. vs.,
Marx & Blum, from Galveston, T. w
House. receiver, VS.. Rachel Blum, from
Galveston; San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
Railway Company VS.. Mary z. Lynch ei
al, from Dewitt; John T. Stark, admins
traitor, VS.. Hart e. Sholars, from Orange
A. D. Middleton VS.. a. B. Pipkin ct al
from Chambers; J. b. Adoue ct al VS.. b
8. Wettefmark, from Nacogdoches.
Set for submission on February 8, 1900:
w. A. Mcdonald VS.. John Farmer, county
treasurer from Harris: James Collins Ell
al VS.. c. Ferguson. from Harris; San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass Railway Company
VS.. Day, from Fort Bend.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

United States engineer corps. In charge
OF the improvements made and to be
made on the coast OF Texas by the United
States government. has ander an act OF
congress, with commendable zeal aud abil-
ity, examined into the feasibility OF con.
structing an inland waterway connecting
the bays on the coast with a canal,
thereby increasing the facilities for trans
portation and givins the Inhabitants OF
the coast the benefit OF cheap water rates,
and he has. after full examination, report
ed that such waterway can be easily and
cheaply constructed and will be OF sufti-
cient general benefit to justify the exrun-
diture of the government OF the amount
necessary for It's construction; and,
Whereas, This inland waterway would
furnish transportation facilities 10 the
people OF the entire coast and
Whereas. The nearest railroad running
parallel to the Gulf OF Mexico is from
fifty to 100 miles from the coast; there
fore be IL
Resolved by the senate OF Texas, the
house Of representatives concurring, That
our senators and representatives In con-
gress are requested TO support the report
of Captain Richie and endeavor to obtain
the appropriation recommended by him IS
necessary for the purpose.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS
Application for Injunction to Prevent The
Issuance OF Bonds.
A FURNITURE FACTORY FOR HOUSTON
Is Said to he a Probnbility-Bodies of
Those Lost on the city of waco
Are Being BIown 10 Pieces.

Galveston, Texas January % --Jens
Moller and Mrs. Frances l., Mellen hled
an injunction against the city OF Calves
ton in the Tenth district court late this
afternoon in which Il is sought to restrain
the city from issuing 100000 sewerage
bonds. The complainants alleged that the
issuance OF such ponds are unconstitutional
and that their issuance and sale viii work
II severe hardship on the taxpayers Of
Galveston,
The legislature Of 1897 granted Galveston
the right to revise its charter and issue
said bonds. The suit filed this afternoon
win test the legality OF the Legislative
act and of its offspring, tho 100000 bonds
for sewerage
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
HIGHER COURTS.
The supremc Court.

Austin. Texas, January 25.-The fol-
lowing proceedings were had in the SUI
preme court today:
Affirmed: Galveston. Harrisburg ana
San Antonio Railway Company VS.. Solo
mon Jackson. from Bexar.
Submitted; w. A. Rowan Ell al VS.. r. Il.
King 81 al, from Brazora; w. H. KIM
brough VS.. w. w. Barnett. from Harris;
j. s. Wilcox ct al vs. First National Bank
OF Austin, from Archer.
Set for January 90: Galveston, Hous.
ton and Northern Railway Company vs..
u. H. Hardy, secretary of state; petition
for mandamus.
Set for February 5; International and
Great Northern Railroad Company VS..
w. L. Best ct AL from Dallas.
Applications granted: Texas and Pacific
Railway Company VS., Briteon Da-
Wis from FL Paso; Lion Fire
Insurance Company of London VS.,
w. d. Wicker ell al, from Clay; Insurance
Company OF North America ct all VS.. w.
d. Wicker ct al, from Clay w D. Wicker
ct al VS.. Insurance Company of North
America ct al, from Clay; John T. Gar
rett ct al VS.. Sam Robinson ct al, from
Rusk.
Applications refused City of San Anto-
MO vs. San Antonio Street Railway Com
pany, from Bexar; z. Hunt ct al vs.. Her.
man Siemers, from McLennan: A. B.
Frank vs. Peter Sigmond, from Bexar.
Applications dismissed for want OF ju-
risdistion: Edwin Chamberlain G. Co., VS..
T. j. Fox ct al. from Bexar; Noble g. Hall
VS.. David Barnor from Dallas; d. r
FAINT VS.. Pink Gates Wright ct al, from
Bexar.
Motion for rehearing overruled: Morgan
Jones, receiver, ct al VS.. John ID. Roach
from Potter.
Motion for rehearing (of applioationl
dismissed: George A. Wood ct al VS.. Peter
McClelland ct al, from McLennan.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
nINEN A LIFE rERM

What Is generally known as the Fat
Alley" case was concluded in the criminal
district court last evening, after three
deys' trial OF Frank A. Brooks indicted
for murder, when the jury returned a YER
diet OF guilty and assessed the penalty at
imprIsormcnt FOR LIE within the walls Of
the State penltentary, The trial OF \. y.
Brooks brother Of the defendant was con-
tinued until the March term of the court
rhe lead mans pockets We're empty
when found and his name has never been
ascertalned He was buried before being
photographed. and It was difficult after
wards TO accurately describe his appear
ance Since the mans death Deputy Chief
of Police Gus imundsen has conducted a
vast amount Of correspondence In the ef-
fort 10 establish the identity OF the de-
ceased, and has secured clew that he
was native OF Russia Finland, who had
been employed In the lumber camps OF
Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
surc,pnn NJ DROWNING.
A French Gardener Deliberately
Mnhch into the our.

Rockport, Texas, January 2f-N, Jaque,
not. Trenchman about 65 years old,
waded out into the gulf and the great be-
yond last Saturday AT Arkansas Pass MS
body was found yesterday morning by the
life crew on the middle ground southwest
OF the wreck OF the steamship Mary \
note was found In his trunk dated Oh
the 18th. written In French. saying tnat
he had had many good friends whose ad =
vice he had not needed; that he mad made
many mistakes in life and that he had
determined to end It all
Jacquenot had been here about twelve
years, engaged in this locality in garden
ing He wns an intelligent. sober, In
dustrious man Of pleasant manners and
cheerful disposition with many friends
and no known enemies He had no fam
lily and nothing is known OF his kindred
or antecedents. He leaves no property
The last seen OF him alive was Saturday
afternoon, walking on the beach with a
package under his arm. He had carefully
destroyed everything that would throw
light on his history.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
sourH TEXAS rnucK GROWERS.
The Programme for the Meeting ar
p neeyillc.

The Prog rammc for the Meeting at
Bcevilic.
Beeville. Texas, January 24.--The fol-
lowing is the programme which has been
arranged for the meeting OF the South
Texas Truck Growers association, whien
convenes in this city on February 6 and
remains in session two days
Address OF welcome by Major w. 5. pu-
gat of BeevillG; response by President
Farris of the association. Business meet
ing. Adjourn at noon and reconvene at
p. m. ,1 9d
Irrigation, discussed BY Otto Buchel
OF Cuero, ee rs
Question box opened by Prof. f. W.
Malley.
Business session, Adjourn until 1880
., m.t
Protection of Tender Plants from
Cold.' Prof. Connell
Wednesday morning the association will
meet at . o'clock and hold a business ses-
sion until noon and then adjourn TO re-
| convene at 2 p. M. lif
what Advantages, II any. VIII Accrue
10 the Members Of the Association by Per-
petuating 1t? What is Necessary TO be
Done by the Individual Members 10 Per
netuate the Association? Is Our Organiza-
;lon in Conflict With the Antitrust Law
OF tho State2'
Aftet the afternoon session has adj
iourned the members will be given car
riage ride over the city and then out tc
the State experimental farm
The last session OF the meeting will be
held Wednesday night, and the the viii
be taken UP by IAN experiences meeting.
conducted by Prof j. II. Connell.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
Victoria Locals.

Victoria, Texas, January 25--The oil
mill expects to close down Saturday night
OF this week. Although they started up
in August there have been several inter
missions. and the seasons run will amount
to about three and half months, day
and night. stockmen purchased heavily
OF cotton seed direct from the farmers,
which cut down the supply that the oil
mill would have received from the season.
cotton crop very materially, NeyerShe-
less, the season has been a very saiisfac-
tory one TO the management. saperin-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
HorEL ARRlNAlA-

At the fremont; A TIL hN York.
II, NJ Ward. San saba Elisoih
Fort Worth. T. V, Baker. G. A,
Gates. Dallas; a n. JeaV . houston,
Hugh Morse, Philadelphia Lewis f..
Dean. The Christian company, Il. NJ.
Moore. San Antonio: II Taylor. Chi
cago; Samuel Hartsel Harlsel, ColoG l..
II. Kemsling Sidney, .Neb., 5 H. Mitch
Ell, New York d. Y Martin, Chicago; g.
NJ, Cook san Antonio; A. l.. Jordin,
Syracuse; II, w. Chlnn Welmar; Charles
Droetze and wife Houston; Thomas r..
Daskam. Amigo, Wis. w g. Mcbride.
Chicago S. /. Munger and wife, Dallas;
j. II Galbroath. Cleveland y Lainer.
Beaumont Captain gov, O'Brien, Beau-
mont Alfred Ellera Now York f. r..
Goebel, St Louis; T.. =. Brand, Syracuse.
Mrs. r. b. MAYS, Denver; d. s Wettcr-
mark Nacogdochcs; J +. Flower Elyria,
Ohio. H. Boren, Dallas; a l., Ray Bay
City, Mich. u. p. Dobson, X, II smith,
Denver. Colo; w. l.. Hester md wife,
Wallis Mrs Levi spictr William (,
splcer Noauk. Conn G. Barela and vile
Trinidad. Colo, Bowling j. Ross
Wemar A. L. Newburg, Chicago ]. G.
Andrews. Houston; y. II. Dillon, Boston
G. H. Henry MIR. and Mrs. Il, b. WIken-
burg, II. $, Arcularius, New York.