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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
A DAMpER ON PROPOSALS.
some of the Indlgnities That Are
Heaped Upon the Bridegroom.
Elect in China.

Women are constantly complaining
that eligible men show most uncom-
promising desire to remain single in
stead of selecting wife. 1t is, there
fore, good thing that the same con-
ditions do not prevail in England as
in some parts of China, or the proba-
bility is that not one in a thousand
would ever take a woman "for better OF
for worse" says Woman's Life.
In these celestial regions the bride
groom-elect has to submit to being
dressed up by his friends in any sort
Of costume they like, and, thus habited,
they accompany him in state through
the streets of the town. Perhaps in
that part of the world men are over
anxious to be married, and everything
which can possibly be done to induce
them to remain single until they ar
rive at a more mature age has to be
resorted to.
1t is another case of all being fair
in love and war, and no doubt the
Chinaman who is shouting to-day, as
he accompanies his friend, knows full
well that next week he may be the
bridegroom-elect, and so the punish
ment is robbed of much of its terror.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
I'm m liz RIA tiOn Increasing,

immigration statistics for the last
fiscal year are of interest, because
of the great increase in the number
of new arrivals. OF the total of 494,-
500, the month of May brought the
most, S2.o54; and in the past four
months the arrivals numbered $685.
GOT, or considerably over one-half
Austria Hungary, Italy, Germany and
Russia sent the most immigrants. 1t
Is of interest to note that only one
fourth of the whole number were
women, and that not the newer parts
of the country, but New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey were the
destinations of the majority of the
incomers. Many went far west, ever
to California.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

The University of Wisconsin has
come into possession of unique piece
of meteoric iron. The date of its fall
is not known, but it was plowed up near
Algona, Wis, in 1857, and until last
March remained in the hands Of the
farmer who discovered it. 1t is shaped
like shield, ten inches long by six
broad, and an inch thick in the cen.
ter. The convex surface is smooth,
while the concaye side is rough and en-
crusted with oxide. 1t is believed that
it moved broadside through the air.
the convex surface in front On this
surface are strongly marked lines, ra-
dating from nearly fiat elliptical
boss in the center. The lines deepen
as they approach the periphery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
TURKEYS ARE NOT STUPID.
One Brood In Virginia That knew
Very Well when the RoOst Was
In Danger.
in his view!

"People generally think turkeys
have the least sense Of all the de-
nestle fowls" said Frank Wilkinson,
a Virginia farmer, the other day, re-
lates the Washington Star, "but I've
got some that seem to have more gray
matter than a great many human be-
ings I know.
zone night short time ago my wife
and I and some visitors were out driv-
ing in the evening. As ! was putting
up the horses after returning home
noticed my turkeys were not roosting
as usual in the big buttonwood tree
by the barn. Instead they were
perched on the fence posts and in the
limbs of other trees.
at struck me as mighty funny, as
turkeys on the place had roasted in
that tree ever since ! could remember
I mentioned it to my wife when went
in the house, and she said she had no
ticed it when we drove in and thought
1t peculiar.
"That night about midnight hard
wind and rainstorm came up and the
old buttonwood blew down. Now, how
did those turkeys know that tree
was doomed? At shutdown there was
no sign OF a storm, and the buttonwood
was fully 80 years old and apparently
as stanch as ever. ] tell you, I've had
great respect for the judgment of
turkeys since then"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
SOCIAL WASP AND HER PREY
How the Wary Insect Catches I'm
suspcctinE object and stores
1t Away.

The wasp does not sting her prey.
Her habit is to seize the squirming
caterpillar in her fore legs, pass it
back several times between her man
dibles until it is quite limp and dead,
and then to roll it deftly into a ball
and hold it between the fore legs while
she flies to the nest. There the opera
ton is continued three or four min
utes longer until the malaxation is
complete, says Popular Science Month
ly. In distributing the food the mass
is held firmly against the ventral side
Of the thorax by means of the femora
Of the first pair of legs and bit part
ly pinched off with the mandibes.
Next, the wasp inserts her head into
a cell lightly touches the larvae with
her antennae, causing it to stir and
open its mouth, and then pushes the
bit of food into the mouth with the
tarsal joints OF the fore legs. With
the remainder the wasp now passes
to another cell, and the process is re-
peated until the ball of food is used up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

IN PROBATE -MANITOwoC COUNTY COURT
In the matter Of the estate OF Harriet a.
Burnett, deceased. -
On reading ard filing the petition OF Agn rs Is
Murray administrator Of the estate Il sald
deceased for the adjustment and allow,
ance Of his administration account ana
the assignment Of the residue OF sad estate
10 such other persons as are by law entitled
10 the same:
II is ordered that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at "A special term OF Sald
court 10 De held at the office OF the county
Judge in the city Of ManitoWoC, in said county
on Tuesday, the 10th day Of March "A -
1913, ,
It is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance Of such account 10y TINS
court as aforesaid, the residue OF said estate DE
by the further order and judgment OF TINS
court assigned 10 such persons as are by
law entitled 10 the same.
II is further ordered, that notice OF the time
and place Of examination and allowance or such
account and Of the assignment OF the residue
Of said estate. be- given 10 all persons interested
by publication Of the order for three success
i've weeks before said day, In the ManitOwoc
Pilot a weekly newspaper printed and publish
ed al the city Of MaultOwOC ana state OF WIS
Cousin
Dated February 9Th le2.
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge
Sedgwck Sedgwick & Schmidt
Attorneys for Estate,
Pub Feb. IL 49, 20.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
A WONDERFUL CANE.
Wonderful Skill Displayed BY Negro
in Georgia in Carving.
Uscs an Ordinary X nife In Exeruun8
the Beautiful and Int ricate Pat
t~rn-Se n d. Cane to Presl-
dent Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt has received by
express a most wonderfully carved
walking cane, the work of James AT
kinson, of Rome, Ga. Atkinson signs
himself as hailing from the Fourth
ward, 1920 Avenue Il, Rome, Ga" and
he adds the information that he is
a colored man, and the ex-slaye OF
Mrs. Mary Atkinson, of Chattanooga
county, Ga.
Atkinson, in sending the cane to
the president, asks that the chief ex-
ecutive will please stoop SO low as
to allow me to present you this cane
as a New Years gift"
How long Atkinson was engaged IN
carving the cane is not known, but
probably many months. He sends
along the knife with which he did
the work, an ordinary knife that
would cost about Is cents. On the
cane, which is a rather large one, are
1913 images. Twelve of the images
are of persons, and a number OF
them are good likenesses.
These images begin at the Top OF
the cane, and include George Wash
ington, President Roosevelt, Queen
Victoria, Mrs. Ida Mckinley, widow
of the late president, and Christ on
the cross.
There are Is fowls, three dogs and
six houses On the cane. The other
images include a butterfly, honey bee,
house fly, bear, OK, hare, monkey,
chair, pot, ak, hand and balance, can
non, seven small guns, ship, four
flags, horn, three shrubs, pocket
knife, a sea dog, pig, goat, reindeer.
lead, mules head, sword, shoe, book,
turtle, giraffe, fish, rose, three links
Insignia OF the odd fellows), chip
hunk, sleeps head, squirrel, masonic
badge, heart, star, moon, umbrella,
six figures, six letters, snake and
rope.
Many Of the images are well carved,
but the cane throughout does not
show the work of an artist OF the
Finest kind
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
The Pilot for Job work

These dwellings, are said to be "far
more comfortable and luxurious
than the less-original houses to be
found in more pretentious neighbour
hoods" The rooms are spacious
and rain-proof" and the people OF
Enville, cas- the village formed by
these houses is called, are justly
proud of their quaint homes, and
speak with patriotic affection of
Holy Austin rock, the stone from
which their dwellings are hewn."
There are several remarkable cave
dwellings in Knaresborough. in York
shire, says the Detroit News-Trib-
une, the proprietor" of one OF which
has adorned the various levels of his
hillside cave home with battlementS
ana calls it Fort MOnfapra
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

singular case is that of Patrick
Logue, of Altoona, Pa, who has been
prosecuted for cruelty to animals, his
oifense consisting of excessive kind
ness. Logue is so fond of an intelli-
gent horse owned by him that he will
not allow the horse to work or even
be exercised. For four years the
horse has not been out of the stable.
logue feeds it and cares for it ten
DERBY, but he has steadfastly refused
to take it out. Consequently the HUI
name society has brought suit to
force him to give the horse some
work or exercise it daily at least.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
MODERN CAVE JEWELLERS.
Comfortable Villas Carved Out Of
Rock by Civilians Mt kinver
Edge, England.

Although there is nothing inher-
emily improbable in the circum-
stance, it is not generally known
that the race Of troglodytes is not
yet extinct, and that there are at
least quite number of cave dwellers
in modern Britain. The inhabitants
are by no means half savages.
At Kinver Edge, near Birmingham,
are two rows of modern villas,
formed mainly out of the "imme-
hill" with stone-front projections.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
MADE THE FIRST REVOLVER.
Jo,eph Shirk Was the Inventor Of
This Modern Handy weapon OF
Destruction.

The majority of people can scarce
ly remember the time when there was
no revolver, yet the fact is that 1t is
a modern weapon and in its form OF
real efficiency is less than half cen
fury old, says an eastern exchange
1t was the invention Of Joseph Shlrk,
a citizen of Lancaster county, Pennsyl-
vania, a county which also boasts OF
Robert Fulton, who, if not the in
ventor Of the steamboat, was certainly
the man who introduced the art OF
steam navigation successfully and is
largely to be credited with the wonder
full results which have followed and
it's revolutionary effects on commerce
and civilization.
Before the civil war there were the
old-fashioned pepper-boxes, which
were dangerous to the user; then
came the navy" which had to be load
ed like musket, each barrel requir-
ing separate attention, and usually be-
ing ineffective except at point-blank
range. Then followed the present
weapon Of destruction, which is much
more effective than the muskets OF our
fathers. Out of the revolver was
evolved the repeating rife Of to-day,
which has so far changed the whole
tactics and strategy Of war that Jean
De Bloch felt that a great war could
never again take place. Had he lived
to see the end Of the late war in South
Africa he would have been confirmed
in u ic yievc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
CENTURY OF PATENT ISSUES.
beginning July 81, 1890, the Number
Granted in This Country Has
Been 42S, G21.

The census bureau lately issued a
report dealing with the cooperative
relation of patented inventions to
manufactures, which shows that New
York, though third in population and
patent rank for the first decade of
the 100 years has since been first in
both, as well as manufactures. It is
an interesting fact, in considering
the list Of states presented in the
report, that the manufacturing rank
of state as rule approximates it's
patent rank, says the New York
Sun. The report says:
The first patent granted by the
general government was to Samuel
Hopkins, July 81, 1890, for an i'm
provement in pot and pearl ash
manufacture. The last patent grant
ed for the year $780, at the close of
the first 100 years of patent issues,
was to Wilhelm Dreyer, December
81, 1889, for an electromagnetic
typesetting machine. These two pat
ents are suggestively symbolical Of
the progress of the century in in
vention and manufactures-the first
akin to the primitive industries of
new country and the last serving
the exacting demands Of highly or
gained industrial system. The total
number Of patents issued during this
century of invention was 42s,621."
A feature of the report is the
steady growth shown in the number
of patents granted to citizens of for
pirn cpupfriac
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Political snperiors Of Women.

The immigration statistics say that
during the past year, Of the adults
who landed in New York 81 per cent
Of the Syrians, IS per cent. Of the Ital-
ians, 81 per cent. of the Poles, and 81
per cent Of the Greeks could neither
read nor write. 1t is inspiring. writes
Ida Hustled Harper, for American WON.
On to contemplate that in five years, or
less, the vast majority Of these, being
males, viii be casting their ballots
for every official and every public
question that go before the electorate,
while educated, taxpaying, native
born women are absolutely barre,
from voice or vote. But, then. OF course,
it insures us n much wiser and better
government to have the steerage vote
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

IN PROBATE MASrTowoc COUNTY Court
1 In the matter Of the estate Of Lawrencc
Keehan deceased. $780,
To all whom il may concern letter.
OF administration on said estate having beer
issued 10 Mathew Keenan, on the 18th day OF
February 1903 and six months from and after
said day being allowed and limited for ere
ditors to present their claims for examiina
ton and allowance, notice Is hereby, giVel
that the undersigned will, on the second Tues
days Of July aud August 1903 at the Probat,
Office in the City Of Manitowoc, in said Comfy
receive examine and adjust all claims and de
mands Of all persons against SAID deceased
Dated February, 18th 1903
JOHN CHLCUPEK, County Judge
Healv IL joyce Attorneys.
Publish Feb ~. p March 3 II.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

INF ROBATE-MA NTTowoc County Court,
l In the matter of the estate OF John
Boen deceased .,. r,..o -,
ADMINISTRATION on saia estate hayingoTeh rTsuy
A D. igIs and six months froman after sald
day being allowed and limtedfoT creditors
to present their claims for examination ana
allowance notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will, on the second Tuesdays Of
July and August 1903 at the Probate Office IN
the city Of Manitowoc, in said county, receive
examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against said deceased.
Dated February a. 1903.
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge
Healy & Joyce, Attorneys.
Publish Feb H. 81, March 8, II
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
JERSEYS PURCHASE PRICE.
Historic Document which Shows
That the State Was Sold by In
dams for Rum, Guns, Etc.

Carefully locked away in one OF the
fireproof safes of the New Jersey His
torical society there now are two valu'
able documents that tell of the early
colonization of the state, says the New
York Times.
The first is deed on parchment
from Charles II. to his brother James,
duke of York, afterward king OF Eng,
land, giving him grant Of all lands
from the st. Lawrence river to Chesa.
peake bay. The only two names on the
grant that Americans of to-day would
recognize are Nantucket and Cape Cod,
which are spelled as they are to-day.
The st. Lawrence river is designated
as "The Great River in Canada"
The deed is beautifully written in
Gothic lettering, and the document is
in excellent condition. Under each
line of writing is ruling of red, evil
IDENTIFY done with quill, The parch-
ment is over two feet in length, and to
the bottom is attached what was once
large seal Of wax.
Gold and silver cords are fastened
to the seal. In an upper left-hand cor
ner is an engraving of Charles H., and
the borders of the deed are filled with
pen and ink designs, delicate and beau
tiful. The document is dated from
Westminster in the seventeenth year
of King Charles reign. While the
deed is apparently the original, for the
amount of work expended on it would
not be given to copy, no signatures
appear, and apparently none was ever
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
LOGGING WITH A RAILROAD.
The Old system OF Rafting and boom m
Ing Likely to Disappear In
Pennsylvania

The appearance OF the lumber centers
Of Pennsylvania have greatly changed
the last few years. Indeed, the
whole method of handling logs and
lumber has changed.
A few years ago the man who pre-
1icted that rafting would be succeed
I'd by railroading as method OF get
ing the logs to market was laughed
at. Now as many logs are taken to
the mills by rail as by water, and in
a few years rafting will probably al
most disappear, says the New York
Sun.
1t Is q novel sight for the old lum-
lives in breaking log jamin swollen
stream To see the long trains Of logs
come rolling up to the very doors OF
the mills, regardless Of the river and
weather conditions. But the lumber
men have come to know that the new
method is not only cheap, but also re-
moves all danger Of losing millions OF
dollars worth Of logs in big floods.
1t is probable that most of the lum-
Der brought into the market in the
future will either be sawed in the
| timber tracts, or taken to the mills
by train. The former method has
been freely adopted for many seasons.
The great tracts Of timber lands
have been cut. What remain are the
smaller tracts, that would have seemed
TO the lumberman Of a decade ago
to be Improbable, They are not so
accessible as the tracts that have been
cut, and in many cases the owners find
that ii paid better to build a small port
able mill near the tract than to haul
the logs TO a stream or railroad and
and then have the additional expense
OF boomage or railroad freight rates.
The finished product can be shipped
direct TO the planning mill or TO the
retailer.
The growth in popular favor OF the
use Of railroads in bringing the logs
TO market is shown by the figures
Of the lumber shipments and BOOM
age at Williamsport, which has been
the lumber center Of Pennsy lvania for
many years.
In the palmy days OF the lumber
industry 1t was not unusual for the
boom at this place to receive and raft
out during season more than 2OO, 000,-
600 feet Of logs. Last year but &c.
900, 600 were received by the boom
company, all told.
In the great food Of 1895, 100000 600
feet escaped in the high water the
boom timSerS not being built high
enough TO hold in the swift current.
One small stream leading back into
a logging district into which no rail-
roads have been built brought in last
year one-tbird al many logs as were
stored by the big boom at Williams
port On the other hand. during the
past year the big mills OF the city
have received many millions of feet
% lGss by rail Log trains have come
10 be recognized as a regular feature
Of railroading, and a dangerous one,
too, for the logs sometimes slip when
bumped hard, and many railroad men
have been killed by being caught be-
tween them.
The new method has been found To
be so satisfactory and so cheap that
II seems certain TO succeed booming
and rafting entirely.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Fine Tribute to Mackay.

John w. Mackay, the Irish-Amer-
lean nulti-millionaire, who died re-
Gently in London, had fine tribute
paid 20 him once by friend. Mack
ay,' said he, as one Of the few rich
men ! should like to know II he were
poor"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

London Is introducing water
troughs for thirsty horses, ut which
the water can be run Off by touching
q push button and fresh water run in.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Crenatories for Diseased Animals

Crematories for the destruction Of
animals which have died from infec-
lions and contagious diseases have
been erected in several parts of ST.
lesia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
n. f. BAHR, ID. o.

FOR SALE-A three horse power
engine aud boiler. Just the thing for n
small shop or for a farmer who wants n
small power and boiler that can be
used for a steam cooker, water heater
or other purposes. Will be sold cheap
Apply at the Pilot Office
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

Wisconsin led other states In lum.
Der production in 1899, with 3,4oo,.
100000 feet OF sawed lumber, valued
:. 81 a an anA
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Emigration of Jews.

During the last year $4,000 Jews
cmigrated from Roumania.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
A De1nitiOn

A tornado, by the way, says the Chi
cago Tribune. y = cyclone boiled down
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-16
WOMEN AND JEWELS.

Jewels, candy, flowers. man-that !,
the order of a woman's preferences
Jewels form a magnet of mighty pow
er to the Average woman. Even tt
greatest of all jewels health, is e:le
ruined in the strenuous effort I =
or save the mon4y to purcbas .er
It woman will risk her healt. 20 9t'
| coveted gem, then let P.r t.,ctff,
herself against tb5 insi... LOU. conse
quences of cough eds md hron
chial affections ~ r.e regular use o
Or. Boschee's Gor..a1 >srup. 1t viii
promptly ARE cLHsumption in it
early stages aud J cal the affected
lungs and bronchial .ubes and driv'
the dread disease ft'.m the system. |
s not cure-all out it is a certain
,tre for coughs olds and all brCn
7hial troubles. \ u can get DR.. G. s
,roen's reliable emedies aE ]. A
'oles Get Greet S Special Almanac