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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
QUESTION OF A PROFESSOR.
University OF Chicago Scientist
Moved to Ask Whether Man Is
an Automatic Machine.

Is man a mechanical and auto.
matte machine, whose length of life
is affected by constant or intermit-
tent vibration? This is a question
which experimental Psychologists
at the University of Chicago have
set for themselves to answer.
"As a result of our work." declare
Prof A. p. Matthews and b. r..
Whitcher, in the last issue of the
American Journal of Physiology,
1--WE have become convinced of the
probable truth of Meltzer's opinion
concerning the Importance of me-
chanical shock in the life history of
the body and other cells
Following this assertion, Prof. Mat
thews raises the question as to how
constant submission to shock by mo-
tormen, street car conductors, and
factory employees may affect the
length of their lives.
The question thus raised is OF
considerable practical Importance,
writes Prof. Matthews. For exam
pie, what effect has the constant Vi
bration of the floors of mills on the
length of life, the vital resistance,
and physiological functions of mill
operatives? How far viii mechanic
al Earring account for the digestive
and vaso-motor disturbances many
suffer in railway travel? Are the
motormen or conductors of street
railways influenced by the violent
shocks to which they are constantly
u1,biant OIL ~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02

!
l9I and the air Is incensed with
the breaths of myriad flow
chs. All nature is in gala dress, yet all
things are full of the activity that
comes Of regeneration.
Thus the Easter day always! Earth
now is in sympathy with the glad
ness of men in the promise of the
golden day. Easter answers afiirma-
lively the piteous cry of the af-
ficted Job: IF q man die shall he
live again?"
The religion of the Christ is the
only theology which holds ont the
assurance of immortality. Man has
longed for ii from the beginning.
1t was the heart-wh!sper of this
hope which sustained Eve when she
looked upon the PROSTATE body of
her murdered boy. The ancient jew
hoped for it, yet looked in vain for
promise OF it in the sacred books Of
his people. Plato brought all the
reason of his mighty genius to his
aid; yet he, least of all, was salts
advanced to show that man is i'm
mortal
What the Koran teaches of resur-
rection from the dead Is borrowed
from the writings Of the apostles.
Confucius left superb philosophy
for the guidance of his people, but
In all of it there is not one word touch
ing a future life.
Paul alone expounder Of the faith
of the Christian, claimed to have
climbed from the hill of faith to that
of knowledge. He knew, he de-
clared, that If the earthly house Of
his tabernacle were dissolved, he
had building, a house not made
with hands, eternal In the heavens.
lie alone OF all men who have writ
ten, has given reasons, cogent, con-
vincing, comforting, to prove the res
direction of man from the dead.
But Paul finds his argument in the
grave of one put to death for an al
legged crime against society. He
wendell his way to the tomb of Jo-
seph Of Arimathea, and, being in the
spirit, he witnessed that first Easter
day, when the angels told the wom-
en-: ale is not here; He is risen"
This is his argument-a risen
Christ. "If in this life only We have
hope in Christ, we are Of all men
most miserable. But now Is Christ
risen from the dead, and become the
first fruits of them that slept"
Strange, this, that one goes TO
grave to find proof of mans resur-
rection from the dead. Eternal 81
lence dwells In the City of the Dead.
Rachel goes thither in vain for voices
to speak from the midst of the dead.
Yet the Christian points to the tomb
where the Christ was laid, and, point
ing TO the stone that was rolled
away, says, with confidence: 'I
know that my Redeemer liveth, and
that He shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
cTATE OF wIsCoNsIN-MAsrowoc Count

STATE OF wIsCoNsIN-MAsTTowoc COUNTY
- COURT In Probate; ,ro,,,,.l
In the matter of the estate OF WenHei
Kromforst, deceased Ii; .. no
An instrument in writing purportlhE 10 W
the last will and testament or wehAei
Kromforst OF the town of Gibson, in SAID couh-
ty having been delivered into said court
And Mary Kromforst, OF the town OF 'fibsoh,
in said county, having presented 70 saiu coui :
her petition in writing duly Verlhed' repre-,
senting among other things, that sald Wehzei
Kromforst died testate, at said town OF ,li ,o
in said county, on the 10th day OF March 100
that said instrument is the last VIII OF salo ue,
ceased and that Mary Kromforst Is named
therein as exeCutrix, and praying that saiu
instrument be proven and admitted 10 PROBATE
and that letters testamentary be thereon lSSued
10 Mary Kromforst mn. 49,, .,,o
matters therein be heard and proofs OF said last
will and testament be taken at special term
OF said county court, to be held at the proDate
office in the city Of ManitowOc, on Iuesuay' inc
18th day OF April. 1913, at 10 o'clock A. M
And it is further ordered That notlceo oil the
time and place of said hearing be gwen by pun
LEGATION hereof for three successive weeks once
each week previous to the time OF salG hearli <
In the ManitowOc Pilot "A newspaper puDilsheu
in said Manitowoc county.
Dated March nth, 1913
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge
Adolph s. Chloupek, Attorney.
Pub. Mar. 49, % Apl 2.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02

IN PROBATE MASTowoc COUNTY COURT r,
1 In the matter Of the estate OF A. ID.
Melendy, deceased. sy,,.,,,,
ON reading ard filing the petition OF Elizabetb
Melendy administrators OF the estate OF Salo
deceased for the adjustment aud allow,
snce OF her administration account iahd
the assignment of the residue or sald estate
10 such other persons as are by law emitted
10 the same) ,,
II is ordered that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at "A special term oil sald
court to he held at the Office OF the county
Judge in the city Of ManitOwOc, in SAID county
on Tuesday, the 18th day OF April, "A D.
1913
It is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by TINS
court as aforesaid, the residue Of said estate be
by the further order and Judgment OF inns
court assigned To such persons IA are by
law entitled to the same.
IL il further ordered, that notice OF the time
and place Of examination and allowance OF such
account and Of the assignment OF the residue
Of 4aid estAtr DE giyeI 20 all persons Interested
by publication Of the order for three success
i've weeks before said day, in the hanitowoc
Pilot "A weekly newspaper printed ana publisi-
ed at the city Of Manitowoc and state OF WIS
cOnsin.
Dated March oath, 1903.
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge
Pub. March 26 April2,9.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR CAVALRY
The Lance, Helmet and Cuirass Is
Soon to he Abolished In the
French Army.

Cuirass, lance and helmet are
doomed so far as the French army is
concerned, At an early date these rel
ics Of ancient times will be abolished
and French cavalry will resemble the
cavalry of the United States. Ever
since the experience Of the British cav
airy in the South African war this has
been foregone conclusion. The les
sons taught in that conflict brought
home what has been demonstrated
during the American civil war-that
firearms are the staple weapons for
cavalry as we'll as infantry. The
curass is usless in melee, but worse
than useless for general cavalry pur-
poses, since it cannot stop bullet
The lance is hindrance, and the brass
hIlmet supcrfous and conspicuous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
MEDALS FOR LARGE FAMILIES.
Pennsylvania Legislator Introduces
BILL Which Would Reward Par.
ents Of Many Offspring.

Pennsylvania mothers are to be
encouraged by the state to bring up
large families if a bill introduced in
the house the other day by Repre-
sentative Frank X. Blumie, of Cam
eron county, becomes a law. The
author of the bill is himself the
proud father of IL children, and he
is warm in praise of the attitude Of
President Roosevelt toward large
families. The bill, which greatly
tickled the membership and attaches
of the lower house, is entitled AN
act to subsidize large families, and
to provide for gold medals for
mothers of large families" 1t was
referred to the committee on health
and sanitation by Speaker Walton,
amid perfect roar of laughter.
The scale of awards fixed by Mr..
Blumie's bill follows:
That any lawfully married wom-
an who is the mother of six children
shall receive $40 in money and gold
medal not to exceed SO in value.
The mother of nine children shall
receive $40 and a $40 gold medal.
The mother of - children shall re-
ceive $25 and $25 gold medal. The
mother of Is children shall receive
$50 and $50 gold medal.
The bill provides that every sew
enth son or daughter of any lawful
ly married husband or wife born
within the state shall be educated at
the expense of the state in the
school or college that the beneti-
ciary shall select, provided that the
cost of such education shall not ex-
ceed $500.
The gold medals shall be made
from designs furnished by the gov
ernor. The award of the medals and
prize money shall be made upon the
first day of each July. The bill pro-
vides that its provisions shall not
apply to any woman who has either
been legally divorced or has sepa-
rated from her husband.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
RAPID TRANSIT IN THE EAST.
Prediction Made That Soon journey
over Trnns-Siberinn Road Can
lie Made In Fortnight.

Henry Clark Rouse, of New York
city, president of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad, has returned from a
tour of the world. While abroad he
investigated the construction and
equipment of the Trans-Siberian rail-
road, making the trip from Picking to
Moscow in the record time of II days,
10 hours, over the East Chinese and
Trans-Sibcrian railroad, Mr.. Rouse
believed that the road will be of great
commercian value. He finds il well
constructed and well conducted, and
believes it will soon be possible to
make the trip by rail from Berlin to
the Pacific coast in less than q fort
night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
Find Novel Way to Fight Duel.

a newspaper published at Blago-
vestchensk, the capital of the gov
eminent of Amur, in Asiatic Russia,
states that, as dueling pistols cannot
be obtained in Manchuria, Russian
officers at Zizikar have invented a
novel substitute. The principals in
obliged to take the next train on
the Manchurian railroad from Zizikar
to Charbin and then return. If he
survives the inevitable derailing Of
trains and returns uniniured, honor
is satisfied equally as well as though
shots had been exchanged.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
IN PROBATE MAmrowoc CouNTy CounT

IN PROBATE MAETowOC CoUSTY COuRT
In the matter OF the estate OF j. II.
Hammond deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF Belle
Hammond Administrative OF the estate OF sald
deceased for the adjustment and allowance oil
her administration account land the assignment
Of the residue OF said estate to such other per
sons "a are by law entitled 10 the samel;
II If ordered that said account be examined
ad iusted and allowed at "A special term OF said
court To be held at the Office of the county
Judge in the city Of NanitowOc in said county
ON Tuesday, the 18th day OF April, A. d.
1913.
II II further ordered that upon the adjust
ment and allowance Of such account by this
court a. aforesaid, the residue Of said estate be
by the further order and judgment Of this
court assigned TO such persons as ave by law
entitled to the same.
II is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place Of examination aud allowance OF such
account, and Of the assignment OF the residue
Of said estate DE given 10 all persons Interested
by publication OF this order for three 81 cess
i've weeks, before said day in the manitowoc
Pilot "A weekly newspaper printed and publish
Cd at the city Of Manitowoc and state OF WIS
CDusin
Dated March 18th. 1893.
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOCPEK, County Judge
Pub Mar. -, Apr. D. H.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN ROBATE-MANITowoc COUNTY Court,
i In the matter of the estate OF MARY
Conner deceased. IA III
On reading and fling the petition OF 20 n 4
Conner Executor of the estate or saiu
deceased for the adjustment and allowance 0,
his administration account(and the assignment
Of the residue of said estate to such other persons
as are by law entitled to the sameD 49,,
IT is ordered, that said account be examined;
adjusted and allowed at a special term OF saiu
court to be held at the office OF the county
iudge in the city of Manitowoc in said county
on Tuesday, the l4th day of April, A. d., lss'
IL is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by thls
court as aforesaid, the residue OF said estate DE,
by the further order and Judgment OF TINS
court assigned to such persons as are by la"
entitled to the same. H.,
II is further ordered, that notice OF the time
and place of examination and allowance OF s9ch
account and of the assignment OF the RESIDUE
of said estate be given to all persons Interested
by publication of this order for three succea-
sive weeks before said day, in the ManltowoII
Pilot a weekly newspaper printed ana puooIisneu
at the city OF Manitowoc and state OF Nlscoh-
sin
Dated March litb, 1895,
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEk, County Judge
Baensch a. Kelley, Attorneys.
Publish Mar. 10 %, April 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
Deadly Gns kages.

The number of fatalities from the
leakage Of illuminating gas is not only
large but increasing. An investigating
committee in Boston found that mod
crate increase In pressure caused leak
age in 50 per cent. of all houses exam
incd.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02

"My dear" began the minister's
wife, there's bonnet down at the
mllin-"
There you go again." he inter-
rupted, Railways thinking of worldly
things
But, my dear, you wrong me-"
she said. "This bonnet is perfectly
heavenly"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02
Sir "HOpefuI" Upton.

Sir Thomas Upton is confident
that he has the Americas cup as
good as lifted. One of the most
pleasant things about Upton. says
the Chicago Record Herald, is his
hopefulness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-02

FOR SALE-A three horse power
engine and boiler. Just the thing for II
small shop or for a farmer who wants II
small power and boiler that can be
used for steam cooker, water heater
or other purposes Will be sold cheap.
Apply at the Pilot Office.
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has passed again out
of the sere and yellow leaf.
Grasses carpet the ground
and the air Is incensed with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

act OF a very brave man." One of the
young German princes, who was also
on board, remarked, GA deed like that
deserves promotion" and McKinstry
was soon afterwards made a captain.
OF all his medals, he is produest of
the one given him by the British Royal
Humane society.
Capt. Mills, of the Philadelphia, is
extremely, popular, and the fact that he
can tell good story is not the least
important of his qualifications. Re-
calling his experience when serving I'M
der surly old-time skipper, he tells
That on one occasion, when the captain
came on deck to take the noon obser-
walton, the sun became hidden behind
cloud, preventing the operation. One
of the passengers stepped up to him
and said, Il see that you could not
make your observation" mo" said
the captain, "but 1 see you made
yours" Can't. Mills also tells of old
Capt. -, who had a reputation for
extreme rudeness. One Sunday after
noon he was promenading the deck in
all the glory of his Sunday clothes,
when lady accosted him. Captain,
what steamer is that over yonder?"
With grunt he answered, ooh, go
ask the cook" She stared at him fix
edly for moment, taking him in head
tones, L beg your pardon; l thought
you were the cook" But the lady hap
pened to be the wife of United States
ambassador, and the affront cost Capt.
- his, job as commodore of the
line.
Capt. H. st. George Lindsey, of the
Celtic. likes to see full dress at his
table, and he is himself always i'm
maculately groomed Capt. Lindsey
was asked one day why his company
persisted in giving it's steamers such
slngularly fll-ftting names as Cyn1ric.
Cedric, Georgia, and those proposed for
the. two recently put on the stocks.
Corinthic and Athenic. Why always
this 'ic" at the end. of the names?
Well" responded Capt. Lindsey. I'VE
believe, you know, in keeping up the
famous ic' galaxy, following Majestic,
Oceanic, Germanic, and the rest, and it
is possible that the next boat the com
pany builds will be named the Seasic."
Capt. John C. Cameron. the com
modore of the fleet, is known to most
transatlantic voyagers, and with all
who know him he is a general favorite
He has a quick, terse, incisive way of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

p. m. train from Liverpool to London
next Wednesday," Taking out his
watch, looking at it, and beaming most
benignly, Capt. Cameron answered:
Madam, think you will make it, with
about seven minutes to spare"
Once the weather was so thick that
the Oceanic could not make Queens
town and pick UP the regular pilot. A
strange pilot, a Welsh pilot, was taken
miles outside of Liverpool. When an
chored in the Mersey, the pilot shouted
at the top of his voice, to the chief Of
ficer, who was at the post on the fore
castle head: How much chain have
you got out for'ard?" Capt. Cameron
heard this, and remarked quietly: Il
don't allow shouting on this steamer.
Quartermasters are stationed all along
the line to carry messages" "Oh!"
said the Welshman, I'll be hanged if
knowed I was aboard a blooming man
of-War.''
When Cept. Passow, of the st. Louis,
was chief officer of the City Of Paris,
he showed signal courage and bravery
when that boat broke down about 200
miles west of the Fastnet. Her acci-
dent was singular one, and the fact
that she did not sink within a few
minutes, was marvellous, for her en-
threshed their way through the bottom
before they were stopped When it
was discovered that nothing could be
done to have the ship propelled by her
own engines, the captain called the Of
ficers into consultation. Passow Of
fered to take a crew of volunteers in
one of the lifeboats to look for assist
ance, or make the nearest port possible
on the southwest coast of Ireland. Do
you realize what that meant?
Those on the big steamer, disabled as
she was, had at least the consoling COM
panionship of these three or four hundred
other human beings, but this handful of
men under Passow offered to risk their
lives for the ones they left behind. I'm
agine, if possible, picture it if you can.
the awful solitude of being on the big
ocean in big row boat, and with every
chance against them. Cheered by the pas
sengers, the lifeboat was lowered and
steered away from the vessel at II O clock
in the forenoon. They sailed and rowed
all day and long after dark, but failed
to obtain a sight of anything until about
1 o'clock in the morning of the next day.
Then the lights Of big steamer were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
HERONYMUS CARL FREDERICK,
BARON MUNCHAUSEN,
DEALER IN
IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION


cit is only lack of this quality which L
have to sell that prevents every man
from becoming a Millionaire, and l am
ready to furnish it at a moments no.
tice 1 have all kinds on draught. am
what you might call the Bank OF Eng
land of Imagination, and l truly believe
that if r can only once get started and
the public perceives the quality of the
imagination which am willing to dispose
of at so much a quart, you'll find people
focking to my headquarters in bus loads
Its splendid idea said L. Il
wouldn't mind buying thirty cents worth
of imagination from you now, cash down
1 need imagination in my business and
1 can use some of it this very day.
Every we'll sir" replied the Baron.
Here's a thirty cent idea that is worth
a fortune, or rather will be before you
get through with it. Do you know what
a great. man Tennyson wasp
Eyes, oasaid /.
''And do you know how large a vocab-
ulary he had?" he asked.
mo" he answered.
"Wel, it has been stated to me that
at the outside be did not use more than
1875 separate words in all his work. Now
in the latest dictionaries there are in the
neighborhood of 300, 900 words capable of
an infinite number of variations. If you
will advertise tomorrow that you will
supply vocabularies of 5000 words each
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

own resources-no small achievement,
as can be readily imagined, in stormy,
Wlntry weather. The steamer was out
seventeen days, during eight of which
the captain never left the bridge! 1t
was on this trip that he met Miss Eliz-
abeth Swan, of Oyster Bay, L. l., who
is now Mrs. Horatio Mckay.
Like Capt. Mckay, Capt. Henry
walker r. N R., who has just retired
from active service, met his fate on
the promenade deck, for it was on the
Campania that he first saw and soon
afterwards married Miss A. c. Harri-
son, of Hartford, Conn Capt Nc
Kay celebrated his fiftieth anniversary
Of strenuous seamanship last year, as
we'll as his one-hundredth round trip
as commander of the Cunard line
He went to seat at the age of thirteen
In British man-of-War, and two
years later was transferred to Nelson's
famous ship, the Victory. He took part
in the Indian nutiny and the Chinese
war, and during his thirty-four years
service with the line commanded all
or the big CunarderS. During his fifty
years on the waves he has been wreck
ed but once, when he beached his ship,
the Evangeline, on the coast of Egypt,
and saved all his passengers
another interesting skipper is Capt.
1hl0Adllaef Mchdy, OF the 1ucan1a. He
has been to sea for forty-eight years,
and thirty of these has been spent in
the service of the Cunard line. The
trade of the sea is hereditary with the
Mckays. His father sailed for fifty
three years, and his brother was COM
modore in the United States navy.
Capt. Edward r. McKinistry, of the
Teutonic, has many medals, every one
of them earned for signal bravery.
When the Teutonic was armed and put
into commission by the British ad-
miralty for the last jubilee parade
Capt. McKinstry was chief officer.
When the steamer was down at Spit
head, a training ship, with all sail set,
was passed, and as she went by the
commander of the training ship fell
overheard. McKfnstry, who was on the
bridge of the Teutonic, saw dim fall,
and in full uniform took the dive of
about forty feet, swan to where the
officer was and saved him. King Ed
ward, then Prince of Wales, was on
board, and when McKinstry was
again on duty he went to him. and
shaking hands with him heartily. said
1 congratulate you, sir. That was the