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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
A Startling Test.

To save life, Dr. r. G. Merritt. Of
No. Mehoopery, Pa, made q startling
test resulting in wonderful cure. He
writes, "a patient was attacked with
violent hemorhages caused by liberation
Of the stomach. had often found
Electric Bltters excellent for acute
stomach and liver troubles 30 pre-
scribed them. The patient gained from
the first and has not had an attack in
IA months. Electric Bitters are posi-.
tivilv guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, Constipation and Kidney
troubles. Try them. Only 50c at Hen.
ry Hinrichs. Druggist
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
DISTRICT SCHOOLS TO UNITE
New Plan for Commence Exercises
Which Will be Held June II.

Arrangements are being made and d
program prepared for joint COM
mehcement Of all the district schools OF
the county, tho exercises Of which will
take place at the Turner hall on the
afternoon Of June II. More than forty
students will receive diplomas and
awards will also be made for the high.
est and second highest average in work.
State Supt. G. P. Carey will deliver the
address and County Supt Christiansen
will award the diplomas. An award of
scholarship medals will be made. The
plan is a new one but it is believed will
he most successful and may be made an
annual event.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
HElDE LEAVES FIRE SERVICE
Captain at North Side Station Resigns
Because OF Trouble In Department

Troubles in the City Fire Department
service, which have caused considerable
of stir for two weeks past, ended In
the resignation of Capt e. T. Heide, of
the North Side station this week. The
resignation WAS accepted by the Board
Of Police and Fire Commissioners Mon.
day and the vacancy has been filled by
appointment temporarily pending the
examination to elect Capt. Heide's sue.
cessor. Many sensational reports have
been circulated anent the trouble, but
the service will not be seriously or )pled
Affairs are now assuming their normal
conditions. Capt. Heide was appointed
only recently.
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LIVED HERE IN BOYHOOD DAYS
DR.. Louis La Count, Dead al Merrl, Was
Native of This City

DR.. Louis LaCount, native of Mani.
towoc county and one of the brave boys
of 81, died Monday at his home in
Merrill, aged go years. His demise was
due to injuries received in fall several
weeks ago. Deceased WAS one Of six
brothers all Of whom enlisted in the
Union Army, Louis Lacount being a
member of Co. A, Fifth Wisconsin
The family removed from here shortly
after the Civil War but Mr. Lacount il
we'll remembered by ..a.ny friends wht
will be panied to learn of his death
The funeral took place at Merrill today
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
Is CASES LISTED FOR TRIAL
Circuit Court Calendar Is Light and Term
Will End Shortly

Twenty five cases are listed for trial
on the calendar Of the jane term Of
Circuit Court which opens Tuesday and
the session will be short one, There
are twelve jury cases, nine Of issue Of
fact for court and four criminal The
most important Of the jury cases is that
of the Bohn Manufacturing Co. vs
Anton Reiff OF al, which was decided in
favor Of the defendant at a previous
trial and was granted new trial on an
appeal to the Supreme Court. The
criminal cases are Of minor Importance
The term will last but ten days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
SEVERE STORMS CAUSE DAMAGE
Village of Kiel Visited By Small Tornado
And Cato Gets High Winds.

The severe electrical and wind storms
which have visited the county during
the past few days have done but little
damage, although the heavy fall of rain
will retard work on the farms consider.
ably. A report from Kiel is that con.
siderable damage resulted from the
storm Tuesday, the wind playing havoc
with all movable articles. A barn on
the old Gehbe premise at Cato was de-
molished. No reports of fires from
lightning have been received.
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For Sale.

Thirty thousand acres of land in Mar
inette county. Partly cut over. The
timber remaining is worth, stand
ing the price asked for. Good soil; had
very little pine originally; mostly hard.
wood and Eastwood; Six miles from rail.
way junction and 12 miles from Iron
Mountain. Good wagon road leading
through it. All in one body with the
exception of a few forties Price 81. u
per acre, II taken soon. This is a chance
to invest where you can not possibly
lose. For further particulars inquire oi
KITTELL 81 BURKE
Green Bay, Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
PLANS TO HONOR
SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Day Will BE Generally
Observed in Cities. Villages
and Towns of County.
G. A. R. VETERANS WILL BE IN CHARGE
School Children Will Take Part In Exer.
ciSes In This City-AIbert II. Schmidt
Is Orator of the Day.

Memorial Day will be more generally
observed in Manitowoc county this year
than for many years past and arrange
ments have been made for exercises in
nearly every city, village and town. AT
Valders Adelbert c. Schmidt and Harry
Kelley will be the speakers and at
Branch l.. G, Alexander will deliver the
oration OF the day. In this city the ser
vices will be in charge of Horace NJ
Walker Post G.. A. r. and all fraternal
and civic organizations of the city have
been invited to participate. The dec
oration OF the graves will take place in
the morning and the program will be
given In the afternoon the march form
ing n. 1880. Mayor w G. Kemper is
the president of the day, Rev. s. R. 8,
Gray, Chaplain and Attorney Albert II.
Schmidt, the orator. The program is
more elaborate than in former years
and is rs follows:-
Assemble at Court House Square at
1 80 p. Nj.
March to start promptly at . o'clock.
in the following order
Platoon of Police
Marshal of the Day.
School Children with Flags.
Carriage with Orator Chaplain and
President Of the Day.
Carriage with Male Quartette
Bus with Alderman and City Officials
Band of Music.
The various Labor Organizations
| Civic Societ les
| Second Division.
Band of Music.
| Rahr Guards,
Co II. End w. N G.
! Camp Lawton, s. A. w V.
II. M Walker Post c. A. r.
Bus for Disabled Veterans.
Exercises at Cemetery.
Opening Remarks by President of the
Day, Mayor w. G. Kemper "Columbia"
Flag Drill and Songs, Columbia the
Gem or the Ocean and My Country
'Tis of Thee" by 7th and Sth Grades
Park and Luling Schools in charge Of
Misses Filholm, Kelley, Olson and Till
son.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. s. r. s.
Gray.
Selection by Male Quartette
Reading Of Lincolns Gettysburg Ad-
dress by the Adjutant, Ct. &. Sedgwick.
Selection by Male Quartet.
Grafton by the Orator Of tie Day, Mr..
Albert H. Schmidt
High School Chorus, Were Tenting
Tonight.on the Old Camp Ground" in
charge of Miss Harrington.
Firing Of Salute.
Homeward March. tt
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olive Old Glory To The Breeze

That all may participate in the
Memorial day ceremonies on May 80, |
hereby request that all places of busi-
ness to be closed at noon. In accordance
with the United States Army regu-
lations, flags should be displayed at
half mast from sunrise till midday.
AT noon the flag should be hoisted to
the top of the staff to remain until
sunset. w. G., KEMPER, Mayor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
LIBRARIAN HAYS.
Submits Her Figures on Circulation 70
Past Week.

Miss Florence Hays librarian of the
Manitowoc public library submits her fig.
ures, showing the circulation statistic g
fol the past week ending May %. They
are: general, 0; philosophy, 1; religion
81 sociology, 4 natural science 49, useful
arts, 6; fine arts, 3; history, 13; travel, 81;
biography, 30; literature 43; Fiction 3Gl
Philology,0, Foreign books s5. Total
b78.
OF the foreign books 60 were German,
II, Norwegian, Polish, 3 Bohem-
ian; 3 French; Daily average was Sc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
Cids for Erecting a Parsonage at Twt
Rivers for the Sacred Heart
CONGREGATION.
Congregation

Sealed bids, with certified check for
$lOO for the erection of said building
will be received until 1880 p. M, May
30 at the Sacred Heart school house in
Two Rivers.
Plans can be seen at the Priest 8
house and at J. J. Tadget's Washington
House in Two Rivers, and at VIM. j.
Raeuber's Architect Office, Manitowoc,
Wis m14t3
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For Sale.

1000 acres good farming land near
railroad, in Marinette county. Hard
wood timber will pay for price Of land
Sold In tracts to suit Address,
s. w. FORD,
m21t4 Oconto, Wis
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MANITOWOC MARKET.
Latest Quotations Corrected for the Ben.
eft of Farmers

The following are the current prices of
the various articles of produce ~ report
cd for The Pilot on May 2S.
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Modern dentistry at Ernst Seegers 8
dental parlors. North Eighth street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

-HE WOMAN who is going to i've
long can find the lines Of longe-
vitv plainly written in her throat
saws the New York Sun" In
stead of being long. tall, and slender her
neck will be rather wide for her height
and if viii measure at least half an
inch more than the ordinary woman's.
This large throat indicates a strong
constitution. It shows vitality and
usually a large degree Of animal spirits
The tired girl, on the other hand the
girl who feels herself weary and Is
called indolent. has neck that is slen-
der but not symmetrical. There are
prominent cords In 81, and II looks like
q collection Of reeds and pipes caught
together with flesh. Pale hands. by the
way. always go with a neck Of this
sort.
The girl who is fond Of admiration
cannot hope 70 conceal the fact, for
sne shows IT plainly in her throat. She is
also a girl who usually shows her
throat. and whose neck is her own pc
culiar and special point of vanity, Cor
1t is pretty.
The girl fond Of admiration has full
neck. Not a booze shows. Yet IL is a
slender neck for all that. Vanity shows,
as I'm the nose. in the straight aristro-
cratic lines. an the clear skin, which is
very fine in grain. and I'm the length of
the neck. for the vain girl is very
swanlike as to the movements Of her
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to the beautiful woman, but ii does not
always do so. Very often it's beauty is
married by the lack of femiuinity in the
face. For the heroic type OF neck is
possessed by the srrong-minded woman.
the woman who leaves the pot TO boil
itself. while she gets out into the world
and boils the pots of other people
II is the woman with the heroic throat
who decides that home is no place for
her, and who gets out into the world so
that she can perform the feat known
as invading mans territory.
But the heroic-necked woman, while
she may he disagreeabie. can also be
magnificent She is capable of great
nobility of character. and when you
get her for a friend. she is yours for
life, or until you deceive her.
There is a certain type Of neck which
belongs to the girl who is fond of hav-
ing her own way. Turn around, with
your back TO the mirror, and take your
hand-glass In your hand If you are a
girl fond of having your own way your
neck will be. not fiat and straight i'm the
back, but curved.
There will be an arch which is the
arch Of beauty. but the arch also OF
selfishness. IL the head pushes for
ward too far. 1t means ambition. and II
the chin drops, il denotes stubbornness
The neck requires room, and Il re-
quires air. 1t must have it's proper
ventilation. and it must not DO bound
down lightly from morning until mid
night. II you are treating your neck
In this manner you will suffer for IL
Your neck may be fat. and for that
reason you bind it tightly, but you make
a great mistake III doing so.
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head. IT swings as upon a reed OF eX-
ceeding grace and willowyness.
This swanlike neck is very lovely. The
young girl whose neck is growing long
and awkward and ugly can comfort her
self with the thought that some day,
when she has attained the full maturity,
this long, ugly duckling neck will be-
come that of a beautiful swan.
The athletic girl has throat affected
by her sports. 1t is long. rather fiat, and
it does not widen, as it should. where ii
joins the head: neither does it widen
toward the neck. 1t fulflls all necessary
purposes of the body. but 1t is not
pretty.
The great popularity of the neck OF
the athletic girl is it's method of join
ing the head to the shoulders. 1t is the
same shape and size throughout its
length, and the head is set upon ii
awkwardly and in wooden fashion
There are no pretty curves to break its
monotony.
The shoulders of the athletic girl are
very square and the head and neck are
set upon them in an angular fashion
which, while ii may denote the ath-
letic, surely does not denote the so
ciety beauty.
Still, the athletic neck has its good
points and its recommendations. II
never gets stiff; II can bend this way
and that; 1t never aches, and inside
there is a set OF mechanical works thai
rarely gets out OF order
The heroic girl has the classic type
of throat. 1t may be beautiful ard Il
may not be so. according 10 the car,
that Is bestowed upon 1t.
The heroic type of neck may belong
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was given by Count Cronstedt 20 his
foster daughter. who became Lady
Christina Louisa Gedda After the
death of Lady Louisa Gedda, in the year
1878, the harp was transferred to her
daughter. Mistress Amely Langenberg.
born Gedda, and after her death. 1898,
the instrument passed over 10 her son,
Alvar Langenberg. and to his children.
The harp. as has been said before.
was made by Noderman. and stands
nearly two meters high.
The precious instrument has seven
pedals. while all the earlier harps have
no more than five. The strings are
tuned over again by hooks, the con-
struction for which became character
istic of all the harps of Noderman.
while the machinery represented the
highest degree of mechanism of the
time. The upper part Of the column is
adorned with beautiful gilt. There are
plenty of certificates proving that the
harp really is genuine.
The present owner of it IS not rich
enough to keep the precious historical
instrument for himself, so he has at
last decided to sell IT, The Conserva-
tory at Moscow has offered 1900
rOubles for #. yet Mr.. Langenberg has
found the sum too small Now he in
tends to find a buyer in America.
Marie Antoinette's harp will soon be
sent from Sweden to New York, where
| it viii be on exhibition.
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GREAT TOY LAND.

~ NE Of the chief industries in many
parts Of Germany is the manu-
~ facture Of toys, and this craft
is subject of an interesting report to
the State Department by Commercial
Agent Harris, at Eibenstock The man
ufacture Of toys in Germany is an in
dustry which gives employment to fully
$1,000 people.
amounts 10 S13. 196. $50. Mr. Harris says
that the prosperity OF this industry. like
a great many other important lines OF
manufacture in the German empire. IS
dependent upon the importation Of GER
tain raw materials from abroad
The wood grown I'm the forests of Ba-
varia. Thuringia, and Ergebirge is es-
pecially suitable to the industry. and
that one product has had more 10 do
with its development and stability than
any Of the others.
The manufacture OF toys In Germany
has become centered chiefly In the cities
of Nuremberg and Sonneberg. which
cities have become famous for the
quantity OF their products. They sup
ply fully so per cent of all the toys ex-
ported from the empire.
Commercial Agent Harris says that
the manufacture Of toys has become i'm
portant as a domestic or house indus
try among the people in the little prin-
cipality Of Meiningen, and the small
villages near Sonneberg contain many
skilled wood carvers and cabinetmakers.
in the village of Hemmern toy ships.
large and small, are carved by persons
who have never seen a sea or navi-
gable river.
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column, while the other had in quality
of arms a little gilt pigeon. fixed with a
tape upon the plateau IF the column.
After the death Of the Queen her pos
sessions in the little Trianon were
transferred 20 Versailles, where every
thing was sold by auction on June %.
1874. and the following days Among
them were the two harps. One Of them
was purchased by a noble lady. the
Baroness Dornier. whose descendants
afterward made a present of It to the
instrumental museum OF the Conserva-
tory in Paris
The other harp. the Queens favorite
instrument, was to have been sold on
the same occasion, but when the time
came for it to be auctioned off no one
could find it. Whittier the harp disap-
peared long remained 4 mystery, but it
was granted Swedish Maecenas, the
eric Adolphus Uric Cronstedt, from
Stockholm, to discover its hiding place.
He found the harp in a garnet in one
of the little suburbs of Paris-Asnieres-
while on a journey TO the southern
countries. He had no occasion 20 fetch
the harp al that time. so he left 1t there
during fourteen and one-half years,
after which time it was sent to Sweden.
in the year 1919.
Upon its arrival in Sweden the harr
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~ HE course Of events can never be
foreseen. AS the beautiful Queen
y Marie Antoinette of France once
sat in her boudoir in the Little
Trianon. playing her hs'p, gift oil her
husband. King Louis XVI she certainly
did not think that a few years later
the world would see her being carried
to the scaffold by her enraged people.
AS her dainty fingers struck tuneful
chords she did not dream that her prop
ertv would be spread almost over all
the world. and that more than a hundred
wears after her death this beloved harp
would find a resting place in some art
collection in a country far over the
ocean.
But this is to be the fate Of the beau
tifuI instrument Marie Antoinette's
barp is to be put up for sale in New
York
The unhappy queen Of the revolution
possessed two harps. both Of which
were built in the year 1850 by Jean Henri
Noderman. the principal fabrica0t OF
harms I'm France at that time. These
two harps. one of which was the prop
erty of King Louis XVI himself and
the other OF the Queen. were e%eellent
Instruments. though unlike in appear
apce one had its arms carved In the
same piece as the column OF the harp
and a blooming moose curled round the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

f" CUNT LEO TOLsToY, the Rus
sian Socialist, reformer. and re-
Tgious enthusiast, had curious
courtship, the particulars Of which are
Interestingly told by Prof. Edward A
Steiner in a recent contribution. which
adds another characteristic incident to
the life and career Of one OF the most
peculiar and incomprehensible Of living
great men
For him. the account states. there ex-
listed only two classes Of women, "the
one which was composed Of all the wo-
men IN the world except Sofia, and who
were heirs 10 all the feminine faults
just common human beings, and the
other class just her alone, without a
fault and high above all others" Al
though no one knew that his attentions
were centered upon her (and the mother
thought that they were surely intended
for her eldest daughter). Sofia. with
that intuition which belongs to woman.
had not only OWNED his love, but had
also awakened in her the same feeling.
Mrs. Baer and her daughters left Yas-
maya Polyana after a three days visit
and there was something in the glance
OF Tolstoy's eyes and In the pressure Of
his hand when ne babe Sofia good-by
which made his riding after them I'm a
few days and his appearance in Ivizy
quite natural and not unexpected in
her.
He came with the strong desire 10 ask
Sofa to be his wife. and while they
were alone under a shading tree. she
sitting on wooden bench IN front of
a table. he looking down on her chest
nut-brown hair and into her grayish-blue
eyes, the desire ripened into determine
ton She was playing with a piece OF
chalk, writing on the table. or rather
just making marks. when he said: II
have been wishing 20 ask you some
thing for long time" and the grayish-
blue eyes looked into his, frightened
but friendly. as she said: Please ask. %
He took the piece OF chalk out OF her
fingers and wrote the first letters OF a
sentence which was very complicated
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fectly dissolved. Save the liquid from
the carrot. and rub the warts night and
morning regularly.
Walnuts for Govt.
Nowadays doctors forbid equity pa
tents TO cat any kind OF, saseet food.
but recommend them to eat at least a
dozen walnuts day. There is no doubt
that wainuts are most usefzs to equity
subjects. or IN cse>s Of chronic rheuu1a-
tism. Swelling gses down andDain de-
creases.
Cure for Sore Throat.
Pour a pint OF polling water upon
twenty-five or thirty leaves Of common
sage; let the infusis-. stand for twenty
minutes Add vipesa, sufacientrto make
IT moderately acid. md honey accord
ing TO taste. This c7mbina.son OF the
stringent and the enoIlSat principles
never falls to produce he deaired effect.
The infusion must be ssed as g. sarKle
several times a day. Ithas .trzs advan-
tage over many gargles-it Is pleasant
to the taste. and may be swallowed oc-
casionally. not only without danger. but
with great advantage
0verwork and Worry.
To eat a grape a minute for an hour
at a time. and to repeat tais perform
ance three or four times day. eating
very little else meantime. bun dry bread.
may seem a monotonous way of spend
ing the time. This treatment works
wonders for thin, nervous. anae.nic peo-
pie whose digestions have got slIt OF or
der from worrying or overwolk- It Is
no mere Quack prescription. but form
OF cure recognized and advised by many
well known physicians Grapes are, per-
existence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Home Remedies for All Manner Of Everyday Accidents
and the More Trivial Ailments.
By A HOUSEWIFE

~ EAR this in mind when you give
* medicine: Read the label on the
H. bottle; shake the bottle before
you pour ii out; even il the bot
tie is marked. it is safer TO measure
the dose in a properly marked glass; a
medicine glass should be in every house;
medicine ordered three times day
should be given at 10 a. m. 2 p. m, and
u. m: If the direction Is that IL Is to
be taken every four hours, give 1t at
8 a. m, y noon, p. m, and D. m
do not give medicine in the night I'M
less the doctor has told you distinctly
to do so: iron is alwass best taken after
food: quinine should be taken before
food: hot milk and coffee disguise the
taste of cod liver OIL better than any
thing else. Pour a little coffee and milk
into the cup first, then the oil. then
moro coffee, and one win hardly know
he fes taken the medicine
For Hoarseness.
If you are hoarse. lemon Juice squeezed
on to soft sugar TIL IL Is IKE syrup
and a few drops OF gIycerine added. re-
lfeves the hOarseness at once.
To Treat Bruises
To prevent a bruise from becoming
discolored. apply to it cloth which has
been wrung out Of water as hot as can
be borne comfortably, and change IL as
it becomes cold supposing hot water
cannot be procured. the next best thing
is TO moisten some dry starch with cold
water and to cover the bruised part
with 1t.
To Remove Warts.
Get a carrot and after scraping hole
down the center. fill up the hole with
salt, and let it stand till the salt is per