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picture which has been a familiar OBJ
Ject in the years Of long ago.
He turned to the proprietor Of the
store and asked the price.
Sorry, mister" the man said but
that picture Is sold
"SoldY questioned joe THAT sells
me, too. But why is it hanging there
II It's sold?"
well" said the man, 81 guess l
shd have taken 1t down. A young
lady came in here not ten minutes ago
and paid deposit on 1t. She's fetch
Ing It this evening" And suiting the
action to the word, he lifted down the
picture and laid It to one side.
Joe turned away disappointed. He
wanted that piclure--it was just like
n breath from the old home days. And
some girl had beaten him to it-just
his luck lie went into quick
lunch and ate some suppcr-say, but
lonely man does have 10 eat any
thing that's handed to him and went
home to his aparimcnt-bedroom and
bath.
How should he spend the evening?
A movie show? Shucks! What's the
idea Of watching lot of ginks making
love all over the screen? Nix on that.
He was In no mood of lovcmaking. The
loss Of that picture was stil affecting
him!
While Joe was I'm this frame of mind
certain young lady. Of whose exist
encc he was not even aware was feel
ing quite cated. She had got back
home from the Office ana after eating
her supper she was going 10 extract a
certain number Of dollars from a GER
tain private cache and was going after
that picture she hud paid the deposit
on. Funny how the same thing can
have such opposite effects on different
people But then, Of course, the girl
had not lost the picture
when Joe put on his hat that eve
ming and set out to try and forget the
old home days, his steps seemed nat.
urally to bend themselves IN the direC.
tlun Of the antique shop. The rain had
stopped and fresh wind was blowing
He was still feeling homesck on ac
count Of that picture, and was just
wondering what had become Of those
friends of his boyhood. Blll Smith ant
Larry Jones and that freckled-facet
Red, when, on turning a corner, b,
was violently Duuled IN the middle by
some one carrying bulky and re
marknbly hard parcel Joe staggered
from the sudden impact. lie stoopet
70 pick mp his hat, aud then looked {,
see what had caused II. Instantly h,
realized what had happened. lie hat
met the girl with the plcture Al
though to confirm his suspicious, tn
Wind p'ayfnly whipped up Il corner o
y" "#o wrnming paper, and tn
glimpse ne got proved him TO be cor
rect Without tnbing his eyes of the
coveted picture he addressed the girl
Would you mind If took peep, d
last peep nt ~" he asked pIendngly.
The girl nodded. Evidently this mar
must be tie one time owner Sh'
thrust the picture toward him, aud Jos
gazed III IS Tong and earnestly.
Guess you've seen II before some
Nherel' she asked presently.
Il should say hayel Gee" h'
muttered. drinking In the familiar
scene Il wonder what bus become O
Bill Smith and Larry Jones and tina
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Equal to the Occasion.

zone man who was sure he was let
ter-perfcct In the part halted lieu
tenant.
"'WhO goes there?"
Lieutenant Breckenridge, his wife,
their infant daughter and one dog,
was the answer
1.-THE sentry was equal to the oc-
cason
"The lieutenant will advance and
be recognized, he said sternly. His
wife will stand at parade rest. The
baby will mark time. The dog-about
face ana carry on T."
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Sentimental
Values
e. -
BY GRAHAM ZINGFIELD

The girl with the mop Of fair hair
and the chlna-bue eyes laid down the
dollar on the counter and said to the
shopmau: "All right, I'll call in for
1t tonight and pay the balance" She
nodded to the man and left the little
store. That was about ten minutes be-
fore Joe Annerly happened along.
Joe was hurrying home from work
and as he passed the little old IAN
tique" shop he hesltated. II was rain
ing and Joe hurried on that account,
not because he was particularly anx-
ious to arrive at his solitary bachelor
Notwithstanding much TO hurry
home for when there is no one when
you get there!
So Joe stopped and passed in among
the antiques, or pieces of secondhand
furniture, as they really were, and in
CURED the price Of the elgont brass
clock he had seen In the window.
Fifty dollars! No, fifty dollars was
too much. lie didn't really want it,
lie was just turning to 90 when a
picture hanging on the wall at the
back OF the store caught his glance. 1t
was just one of those colored lithO-
graphs which, in a good frame, lock
so wei hanging on a parlor wall, and
It was enough to give tlrob of home
sickness to Joe, for that very picture
for an exact replica Of it, had hung on
the wall OF his mothers parlor back
in the old home town. There is moth
ing so reminiscent as the sight of n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Hard to Find Good In Crow.

About as omnivOrous as anything
could well be, crows eat dead animals
and are dreaded agents in the spread
ing of diseases such as hog cholera,
foot-and-mouth disease and CHAMBERS.
Unsuitable egg eaters, they scour the
fields, hedge rows, Tickets and or
chards for nests of birds and even for
eggs Of the barnyard fowls. They dis
played, well remember, almost human
intelligence In watching our turkey
hens to their nests, and then waiting
on some nearby fence stake or dead
tree top for the eggs. They follow the
wild ducks to their nesting grounds in
the far north to feast on the eggs and
young. Prairie chickens suffer severe
ly from their depredations and the
pheasant preserves are the frequent
victims of their maraudlng habits
Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Sapphire is New Fashion Gem.

That person who wishes to be In 1t,
TO use the English equivalent for TIE
French phrase, Will wear sapphlrcs.
Such Is the edict of fashion. One rea-
son for this is that it has been com.
paratiyely easy to initiate the ruby,
hitherto enthroned as the show gem.
Another probably is that the sapphire
has been somewhat neglected and 1t is
prudent to get rid of accumulated
stock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10

Then, again, itmay become necessary
for Congress to define intoxication.
What would you call IL for instanceY
There is the soporifc daze, the noctur-
nal striving for the minor chords 10
"Kentucky Home, the rare affection
ate advances toward mother.in-law, the
soItening Of sibiants by combining the
aspirate, as saying "shundown' for sun
down, and plain spiliiicaton, as is in
dicated when one is Hat on his back
reaching up for the ground
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Dairy Market.

Plymouth, Vision the Wisconsin
cheese exchange on Tuesday p
factories offered ., 430 boxes OF cheese,
All sold as follows: IS twins at 2Sgc
100 daisies at 2slc; 800 daisies at 29c;
SIS double daisies at 2sgc cases long
horns at 2ssc; 80 cases at oslo: 500 cases
st 2sgc; so boxes square prints at 29sc,
220 boxes OF 29c
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
HOW BOOKS ARE STERlLlZEn
Simple Apparatus Used by French Sci.
entists in Conducting Their
Deadly Gas Attack.

Almost the first thing to meet the
eyes Of French hyglenists in their war
time campaign for protecting the
younger generation was their old en-
emy the circulating book, well known
as a carrier of disease. The many OBJ
vious solutions of the problem shared
one disadvantage while killing the
germs they destroyed the book also.
For the method perfected by Doctor
Marsoulan, and now practiced in the
Institute for Wounded and Infirm
Workmen at Montreuil, it is claimed
that for one-fOurth of a cent for each
book, and with safety to operators,
books can be sterilized without the
slightest injury. Two pieces of very
simple apparatus are used, a beater
and disinfector.
The beater is long box open at one
end and commune, ting at the other
with an ordinary stove. Inside of the
beater are wooden rods SO arranged
that the turning of handle will cause
them to strike on the books placed on
a sliding frame. AS the rods beat the
books, the heavier particles of dust
fall out into a tray of disinfectant be-
low, and the lighter are carried by an
exhaust fan to a stove, where they are
burned.
The books are hung, open, by spring
clips from a skeleton framework, and
wheeled into the disinfecting chamber,
which is equipped with tank contain
ing a solution of formaldehyde. The
temperature is raised to 120 degrees
Fahrenheit, the formaldehyde kills the
germs, and the fumes are carried off
by funnel.-Popular Mechanics Mag
aZine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Small COINAGE Doubles.

During last year the coinage of
pieces under 81 in value was 7l4,000,-
900. or nearly double the coinage of
1917, and approximately FIVE times the
coinage Of 1916 The coinage Of pen
MES reached Sli56, 2s2, and there were
more than SfO00OO0 IN nlckels, the re-
maindtr being half dollars, quarters
and dimes Uticn Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10

Sam Blythe says the American pri-
vate soldier won tie war 10 spite OF the
officers. You know smart men like Sam
will say fool things like that. Without
officers 40 army can Eight effectively
against skillfully led force. II is i'm
possible topraise heprivate soldier too
highly, but is quite Unnecessary to re-
fleet upon the Officers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10

There is a good deal Of talk about
Germany refusing to accept some Of
the peace terms, but 1t is a safe BET that
the German delegates viii take what
is handed them in Paris and then re-
turn home and do some lively ducking.
Asa matter Of fact ii can not be said
that the lot Of a German peace delegate
is happy one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
Brains Not Everything.

People have got brains on the
BRAIN" declared Spurgeon. IF you
say that you don't like person, some
one is sure to remark, oh, but he is
so clever! just as if that were rea-
son in itself for liking a person
Cleverness is not everything. Some
times it is the very thing that fills
one with distrust of a person-he or
she may be only made dangerous by
1t. Make the most of your brains, but
don't think they are the only things
worth cultivating."
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IN CIRCUIT COURT MANITowoC COUNTY
Max NJ. Arndt,
Plaintiff
VS.
Flossie Arndt,
Defendant
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE SAID
DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear with
in twenty days after the service Of this sum-
mons exclusive of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure so to do,
Judgment will be rendered against You accord
ing to the demand of the complaint copy of
which is herewith served upon you.
KELLEY a. WYSEMAN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
P. o. Address, Wood Block, Manitowoc, Wis
The Summons and Complaint in the above
entitled action are on file in the office of the
Clerk Of Circuit Court of Manitowoc County,
Wisconsin.
Pub Mar. Cot
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10

A New York court has ruled that
eighty seven is within the marriage
sble age. The decision is evidently
based on the ancient dictum that it is
never too late to mend.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-10
THURSDAY APRIL 10, 1919

1t was only about year ago that
LudendorT flung a million men against
the allied armies at Cambria and ST.
Queutin. Now see where he is.
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STATE or WISCONSIN,. IN COUNTY


COURT, FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Ann Lee, de-
ceased.
nursuant 10 an order Of license made In said
matter by the County Court Of Manitowoc
County, onthe sth day Of April 1913 the under.
signed will on tie 9th day Of May, 1919, at 2
o'clock p NJ at the County Court Room In the
Court House In the city aud county Of Manito-
woe Wisconsin. offer for sale at public auction
the following described land situated in the
county OF Manitowoc Wisconsin to-wit; The
West Half wv ~ Of the North West Quarter
m. w ~ Of section NJ. seven NJ ~ Iownship
Twonty-one t2ll North, q Range twenty-five
~ East excepting therefrom one and One
half Ttt) acres In tho southwest corner there
OF.
cash and the balance on mortgage security not
exceeding Three go years
Dated April Nth, 1917
Mary FIaherty, Executrix.
HEALY 8 JOYCE, Attorneys
pub, April 10, i7,A
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, IN CIRCUIT
COURT, MANITOWOC COUNTY.
A. l.. Hougen,
Plaintiff,
VS..
Peter }, Hanson and O. Torrison
Company,
Defendants.


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN .hat by
virtue of and pursuant to judgment
of foreclosure and sale entered in the
above entitled action on the Both day
Of March, 1918, by said court, in favor
OF the plaintiff and against the defend
ants, the undersi gned, the sheriff of
said county, will on the 18th day of
May, 1919, commencing at eleven
o o'clock In the forenoon az the east
door Of the court house in the city of
Manitowoc in said county, offer for
sale and sell TO the highest and best
bidder, all the following described real
estate situate in the county of Manito-
voc in the state of Wisconsin, to-wit:
Lot Number Eight (S) in section
Number seventeen 90 in Township
Number Nineteen (l9) North of Range
Number twenty three (23) East, except
ing and reserving therefrom strip Of
land described as follows, viz Com
mencing at the south east corner of
said lot Number Eight (S) from thence
running north along the east section
line OF said section Number Seventeen
al eighteen rods from thence running
due west to the Manitowoc River,
thence southerly along the east bank
OF the Manitowoc River to the south
line OF said lot Number Eight (S) from
thence east on the south line of lot
Number Eight (8) to the place of begin
ming.
Also government Lot Number One
N In section Number Eight (S) in town
ship Number Nineteen CO. North Of
Range Number Twenty-three (23) East
in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Date this 2nd day of April, 1919.
THOMAS BRENNAN,
Sheriff.
Hougen & Brady, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Pub April Sit.
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Theodore Osofsop,


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that by
virtue of and pursuant TO a Judgment
of foreclosure and sale entered in the
above entitled action on the 30th Gay
of March, 1918 by said court, in favor
of the plaintiff and against the defend
ant, | the undersigned, the sheriff of
said county, Will on the 18th day of
May, 1919, commencing at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon at the east door of the
court house in the city Of Manitowoc in
said county, offer for sale and sell to
the highest and best bidder, all the
following described real estate situate
in the county of Manitowoc in the state
of Wisconsin,, to-wit;
Government lot No. One ~ in Sec
ton No. Seventeen az in Township
No. Nineteen 40 North Of Range No.
Twenty. (25) East
Dated this 2nd day Of April, 1919.
THOMAS BRENNAN,
Sheriff,
Bougen & Brady, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Pub. April st.
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The Vatican.

The expenses of maintaining the
Vatican are provided for by the pope.
Or a any rate, BY the Catholic church.
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No. 40b Makes close connection at Neena,
with Main line train No. for points South
No. 403 Makes close connection at Neenah
with Main line train No. II for points North
No. 423 Makes connection AZ Neenab wit
Main line Train No for ST, Paul and Mime
apolis
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All letters and Communications should
be addressed to
THE MANITOWOC PILOT,
Manitowoc. Wisconsin
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MANlTOWOC MARKET

The following are tn current prices
of the various articles OF produce as re-
ported for the Pilot on April 10 1919.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, IN COUNTY
COURT, MANITOWOC COUNTY.
Anna Osofson,
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Bougen & Brady, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Pub. April st.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-13
BRITISH TARS TO
DIVIDE. MILLIONS

vary from priceless emerald to tin
Kettle. The gross proceeds Of the sale
of ships goods, the marshal told a
New York Sun reporter, amounted to
$70,000,000, but this included goods
seized under the blockade, which must
be held pending the conclusion of
peace.
$50 Ships Seized During War.
1.-The president (Lord Phillimore)
has sat every day since he was APP
pointed, and there would appear to be
quite another years work before the
court said the marshal. Including
vessels seized in port upon the out
break of war, which numbered over
100, about $50 ships have gone into
my custody in the United Kingdom.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of
goods of all descriptions-coppe
aluminium, metals, wool, cotton, lard,
oils and fats, coffee, cocoa, dried fruits,
wheat, barley, hides, leather, tobacco,
nitrates, zinc concentrates, diamonds,
pearls, human hair, false teeth and
many other things-all are among the
prize captures"
Abiding to the quantities of bonds
and securities captured, he said the
intercaption Of these securities proved
a powerful lever in British hands,
causing serious interruption of German
trade and damage to German credit.
"An amusing incident" said the
marshal, happened in the earliest
days of The war, when upon a large
enemy vessel, brought In by the navy,
some alligators We're found. The off.
Ger of customs at the outport in adj
vising me of the seizure appeared to
be very nervous of their presence.
Some he thought were dead, because
their eyes were shut, and some were
too much alive.
eThe geological society not being
anxious to have them they were sold
to a, buyer who subsequently toured
the provinces. exhibiting them as
prize alligators.
Eighteen months later the owner
appeared in the prize proceedings and
obtained a release Of the proceeds of
sale only. He appeared astonished to
find that they had been sold. / don't
know" said the marshal, show he
expected me to feed and look after the
animals for eighteen months. ] heard
that he expressed himself very forcibly
to the innocent purchaser"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-13

London When w. w. Jacobs wrote
MANY Cargoes" he had no notion his
idea was 10 be plagiarized, and plst-
CARRIED by a great naval war at that.
But wars--like nomenclature strange
ways. And not the least strange OF
them is the working of the department
of the British marshal of the adj
miralty and prize court.
In time Of history it was the duty
of this highfaluting dignitary to ar
range for and attend the execution of
prisoners sentenced to death Tor MUIR
der on the high seas. And it is on
record that the marshal Of the olden
time attended the execution of Ad-
miral Bynga British commander,
who was shot on his own quarterback,
as a penalty for losing a battle. Times
have changed. The modern marshal is
only a milk and water edition of his
sterner prototype. He is the watch
man, stevedore, caretaker and guar
dian angel i'll chief of&all German
shipping that has fallen into allied
hands during the war, and incidentally,
of the British naval prize fund, of
which thousands of British jack tars
and their officers are now awaiting
their share.
The "AIany Cargoes" to be divided
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FIRST AND LAST
CHURCH SHELLED

seven years after the laying of the
foundation stone, it was soon to have
lived the. golden age of its life. To
say nothing of the fire which broke
out in it's steeple (16S2), neither of the
acts of vandalism of the revolutionists,
let us speak only of the commandments
which it suffered.
The Prussians shelled it in 1915. An
inscription on the wall reminds the
reader that it was nearly ruined. 1t
lost its beautiful stained-glass win
dows Of the sixteenth century and the
exterior pinnacles We're seriously dam
aged Several shells penetrated into
the interior, causing great deal of
damage.
Hardly had the damage of 1916 been
repaired when new cloud arose on
the horizon and threatened Mezieres
in 1870. New invasion, new fears and
new ruins for our town on the from
tier.
The 31st of December, 1870, and LIST
Of January, fisherman Christmas
b0x--the enemy again shelled Me-
zieres. The church was principally
aimed at and was once more the VIC
tim of the shells. which spoiled the
steepie, burst the vaults, broke the
sculptures and stained glass windows.
During nearly forty-seven years
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-13
HUNS SAFER AT HOME


Coblenz-When Chicago Tribune
correspondent entered one of the head
quarters Offices the captain was just
completing what appeared to have been
an interesting lecture to a German
civilian.
Just take my tip" he said, land
stay right here in Germany where you
belong. They are laying for you fel-
lows back in the States, and you are a
whole lot safer right here
Whats the matter with the bird?'
asked the correspondent, and the cap
tain explained.
He's another of those damned
boches that we call American citizens
for convenience We have had about a
dozen wanting passports to the United
States. They were born in Germany,
went to the United States and took
out citizenship papers, and then, ac-
cording to their stories, either just hap
pened to be over here when the war
started or We're forced to return and
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Mezieres Victim of Hun Ferocity
Even Up to Signing of
ArmiStice.
BELLS ARE CARRIED AWAY
After Suffering in 1921 It's First At
tack Sacred Edifice Got Germans
Parthian Shct--FuIl of His
soric interest.
BY M. Liable A. PouLlN.


Mezieres, Ardennes, France.-It is a
fact known to everyone that the Ger
mans. after having desperately begged
for the arlnistice. shelled the town of
Mezieres, even np to the exact mo-
ment of the beginning of the armistice,
cowardly and without any military
reason whatever. They aimed espe-
cially at the. monuments, which were
well known to them, as they had oc-
cupied the city for four years.
Among the latter the church is es-
recially to be mentioned 1t is fine
Gothic. flamboyant structure with five
naves, the largest and perhaps the
most beautiful of the country. This
church has had, among other prfhcely
visitors, the honor of celebrating the
marriage ceremony of Charles IX and
Elisabeth of Austria 11570). We make
bold to assart that it was "the last
of the churches shelled." A fact less
known, although not less interesting,
Is that it was also 'the first Of the
churches to be shelled."
Begun III 1499 it was % years old
when in 1921 the imperials besieged
Mezieres, defended by Bayard, the
knight without fear or reproach. His
torians relate that shells were EN-
ploycd for the first time during this
Siege. The enemy shelled the town
for exactly month. from August 81
until September y, and one part was
entirely destroyed. The monuments
as we'll as the church were struck. by
the projectiles, as is proved by the
archives OF the epoch, kept in the de-
pository of the department of Me.
zieres. Several large holes had to be
mended in the roof of the church
steeple as "the glass frame of the
round of the steeple which had been
broken during the siege"
Many Times Bombarded.
One can notice that the lombard
ments of this epoch, even compared to
those that the history of after times
was TO note, were not-as certain
People might believe. games of chill
cren' The church of AIezieres was,
however to undergo more terrible
ones on three different occasions.
Completed with difficulty in 1926,
that is to say, hundred and twenty