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A Washington Story.

Mr. Gay, senior, OF the Nation, Hotel,
Washington, bears quite resen blance
to the late Gen. Cass, upon which is told
good story.
A stranger who supposed that he knew
Mr.. Gay well, put up at the National.
Since this house has become crack hotel
at the Capital, it is quite full all the time,
and the newcomer was necessarily for the
first night sent to the up-fioor to sleep.
Coming down stairs in the morning lit
tie cross, he met Gen. Cass there, who
had fine suit of rooms in the hall. He
stepped up to him and said
'1'll not stand it You have put me
at the top of the house. | must have a
room somewhere else, lower down
Gen. Cass, interpreting nervouslv, Sir,
you are mistaken in the parsonage; you
are addressing Gen Cass, of Michigan. +"
Stranger, confusedly, beg your par
don, General-thought it was my old
friend Gay Beg thousand pardons.
sir All mistake-all mistake, | as
sure you.
The general passed out of the building,
but soon returned but as luck would
have it, the-stranger met him full in the
face again, but in another position This
time he was sure he had met Mr. Gay,
for the senator from Michigan he knew
had just gone out. So the stranger step
ped boldly up, slapped the general famil-
iarly on the shoulder. exclaiming:
by heaven, Gay, I've got a rich joke
to relate. | met old Cass upstairs just
now; thought it was you, and began
cursing him about my room"
General Cass, with emphasis, "Weil,
young man, you have met old Cass again.
Stranger sloped, and he has not been
heard of since
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Novel Attempt to Escape from Prison.

A Sing Sing correspondent describes
the ingenious method adopted by con-
Wet to escape from prison:
One OF the most ingenious men | ever
met L found here, by the name of JAS
Dunn, a medium sized, middle-aged, dark
complexioned man. He was here for the
third time, and was kept under stricter
surveillance than some others in eonse-
quence ct repeated attempts and eontriv-
ances to escape, the most ingenious of
which was his:-About three months
after his second commitment, having Sc
creted a quantity of gutta percha from
the contractors agent, he made water
tight coat, with a hood or head dress at
tached to it. In the front part of the
hood he securely fixed small pane of
thick glass. From each side Of it gutta
percha horns we're extended upwards to
the length of ten or fifteen feet; at the
further end of each was fixed hollow
''decoy duck. -
With this equipage he stole away to
the edge of the river. Here he put a
stone into each pocket for ballast, DOM
ed his gutta percha rig, made it tight
about his waist and wrists, and taking up
his ducks he waded in crouching post
ure out some two hundred feet, when he
lie, them CO. On he travelled, the water
from TWO to four feet above his head,
breathing meanwhile through his ducks,
which were floating along about eight feet
in his rear The guards saw the ducks,
and would have shot them had they not
been on duty. With some inconvenience
he reached the upper dock, where friend
met him, furnished him with citizens
clothes, a few dollars in money, and 9th
erwise fastened his retreat, not, however
so but that he was soon overhauled and
returned to his old quarters.
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APOLOGIES. The Waupaca C,1teeion

APOLOGIES. The Waupaca G,1teeion
thus apologies for sundry mistatements
III previous number:
e, MISTAKES AND APOLOGIES. week
we made the statement that Mrs. Holt
had moved. We forgot to say that she
had to move. but didn' want to move,
and hadn't ought to have moved, and we
are sorry that she did move
We made statement in last week s
paper that the religious interest was dy-
ing out in the Methodist and Baptist
churches. In all probability, we lied.
The religious interest is not dying out in
Waupaca. 1t is going on on, until the
work commenced by Jesus Christ is con-
sumated and the wicked heathens of
Waupaca are rescued from the Valley of
the Shadow of Death.
We made a statement last week that
our members of the Legislature brought
home each a baggage-waggon load of
postage stamps, stationery and unabridg-
ed dictionaries. Browne says they didn' t
bring home any such amount of stamps,
stationary. and dictionary, and we don t
say they did, either. In our present be-
logged state, we guess the Legislature
didn't vote itself any stamps, stationery
and dictionary, though we are inclined
to think it needed them, particularly the
stamps and dictionary.
In last week paper we stated that the
cold weather had driven the suckers
down the river. A friend who is in the
sucker business. says they didn't go
down, aren going down, nor won't go
down until they are ready to go down.
They go down as we'll with milk as
any way. e M
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fulScene in a Cornish Mine.

The English papers bring an account
of sad accident In a Cornish copper
mine Some miners at work, nearly 500
feet below the surface, dug through into
an abandoned mine. The accumulated
waters of thirty years drainage burst
through in g torrent, drowning five men,
the others escaping through great perils.
Some OF the men who escaped were be-
tween 700 and 500 feet below the surface.
Richard Warren, an experienced and
cool miner, who had seen death in every
form, was, with VIM. Warren, his son.. a
young man OF twenty-one, and his nephew,
aged seventeen, at work in the l 5 latham
level. They were thirty fathoms from
the winze, down which the water stream
ed He heard the torrent coming, urged
his younger companions to be prompt but
collected, and sent them on In front of
him. They crossed under the winze,
down which rushed the stream, and, of
course, were at once In darkness. As
they approached the shaft Warren pass
ed his nephew, knowing the level and It's
junction with the shaft. At this time
the water tumbled around Item four
feet deep. Warren could notfnd his neph-
ew. He had not many days since recoy-
cred from fever, and was weak. He
went down in the stream in the level OF
fell into the shaft; at any rate, he has
not yet been found. The rising water
drove them from the level into the shaft,
but here the water which fell from above
was SO weighty that they could not cling
to the ladder. As the enemy rose about
them, however, it was necessary to ascend
or perish The father led In the level
they could just hear eachother. The son
wished to give up what seemed to him a
useless struggle, and to pray during their
last minute or two. The father dragged
him to the shaft, where the falling water
drowned all sound of voices By a kind
of instinct, as they rose, the son plac-
ed each hand on ladder stave under the
father S foot. At the expense of swollen
and excoriated hands the son was thus
assisted to keep his hold. With his heel
propped up and pushed the father, who
felt a weight rushing down upon him
which he described as at least 500 pounds.
Slowly and painfully they moved upwards,
step by step, fourteen fathoms, and saved
themselves.
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added complacently, sin pursuading her
TO the step. Sister Lane Is such home
ily."
By this time Mrs. Zane was in the
room.
Good afternoon, ladies, she said,
glancing around with a pleasant smile,
you see sister Shaw that l kept my
T ed, as that individual fixed her eyesSa
undisguised astonishment, upon the boy
whose reluctant hand she held
I found this poor lad, she continued,
in the alleyway, playing marbles with a
number of nrefana and vicious bows who
were uttaring words that | shudder to
think Of The black eye he has got in a
fight with one of them, in which it ap-
pears he had the worst of it. He is very
dirty and ragged as you see But offer
no apology for bringing him to you in
this condition, as your society was formed
for the benefit of such, and | trust that
under your kindly care he will soon pre-
sent another appearance.
Twice did Mrs. Shaw essay to interrupt
the speaker, but anger and shame check
ed her utterance. When she concluded
she sprang to her feet.
Matilda Lane!'' She exclaimed, stdo
YOU pretend that you don't know that
that is my boy?n
Your boy!'' exclaimed Mrs. Lane,
starting with well dissembled amazement,
is it 9ssple? Now that | look at him
closer, it does look like Johnny But
who would have thought it? "I'll leave
it to you, she said, addressing the other
ladies, IF the mistake was not a natural
one, or if ever child apparently stood
more in need of your friendly offices?''
This assertion could not be denied by
any present, certainly not by Mrs. Shaw,
who was completely silenced though she
was looking unutterable things.
This sharp, but needed lesson, had
most happy result, and was evident not
only by Johnny improved appearance,
but by the increased comfort of the whole
family. Mrs. Shaw learned what it is to
be feared too many forget that no object,
however praiseworthy, can excuse the
wife and mother in the neglect Of home
duties; that, as there lies the truest hap
piness, so there are found the dearest
objects of her care, who have the first
claim upon her time and affections.
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ITEMS.

Resolutions were offered at the Equal
Rights Associations in New. York, ap-
plauding the action of the legislatures of
Wisconsin and Kansas on the subject Of
female suffrage. Lucy Stone sent them
dispatch from Atchinson, stating that
the measure would carry Kansas by an
overwhelming majority.
Gov Cummings has rendered his resig-
nation as Governor of Colorado, in order
that he might accept the relationship of
the Fourth District of PENNSYLVANIA.
The President at once appointed Hunt
Democrat, who contests Chillicott's
Republican, seat as delegate from that
territory. Chillicott is the sitting member
and this move virtually abandons the
contest which he knew was hopeless.
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useless and miserable. Not one dime less
than three. and we think five hundred
million dollars are annually lost to the
country on this account. Now we do not
insist that unequivocal protection would
secure every one constant work; but we
do hold that more have work, and all
work more efficiently, when employments
are multiplied and diversified by protect
ion, than elsewhere. A purely agricultu-
raj community, still more numbering
one, has many more idlers or dr. 1es, and
produces far less wealth per hand, than
Lancashire OF Massachusetts,. Diversity
of pursuit is one main element of efici-
ency in production and such diversity ls
promoted by protection.
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REASONS WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCH
Made at Waitham, Mass.


1t is made on the best principle. It's frame
is composed of solid plates. No jar can inter
iere with the harmony of its working and no
sudden SHOCK damage its machinery, o Eve
ry piece is made and finished by machinery
itself famous fer its novelty we'll for its
effectiveness) and is therefore properly made.
The watch is what all mechanism should be-
accurate, simple, strong and economical. Ex-
cept some higher grades, too costly for general
use, foreighn watches are chiefly made by wo-
several hundred pieces, screwed and riveted
together, and require constant repairs to Keep
them in any kind of order All persons who
have carried "ancres," "iepines" and "Engiish
Patent Levers" are perfectly well aware of the
truth of this statement
At the beginning of our enterprise more
than ten years ago, it was our first object to
make thoroughly good low priced watch for
the million, to take the place of these foreign
imputatiens-thc refuse of foreign factories
which we're entirely unsaleaele at home and
perfectly worthless everywhere.
How well we have accomplished this may be
understood from The fact, that after so many
years OF public trial, we now make more than
half Of all the watches sold in the United
States and that no others have ever given such
universal satisfaction. While this department
of orr business is continued with increased ia
cilities for perfect work, are at present en-
gagged in the manufacture of watches of the
very highest grade known to chronometry, un-
selves, and unsurpassed by anything made in
the world. For this purpose have the am
pIest facilities. We have erected an addition
main buildings, expressly for this branch OF
our business, and have filled it with the best
workmen in our service. New machines and
appliances have been constructed, which per
form their work with consumHate delicacy and
exactness. The choicest and most approved
materials only are used and we challenge com
parrison between this grade of our work and
the finest imported chronometers. We do not
pretend to sell our watches for less money than
foreign watches, but do assert without fear
of contradiction that for the same money our
product is incomparably superior All our
watches, of whatever grade, are fully warrant.
ed and this warrantee is good at all times
against or our agents in all parts of the
world.
CAUTION.-The public are cautioned to
buy only of respectable dealers. All persons
selling counterfeits will be prosecuted.
ROBBINS Il APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watch Company.
elm 1872 Broadway, N. Y.
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GUARDIAN SALE.-In Probate

UARDIAN& :. SALE.-In Probate
W Manitowoc County Court.
In the matter OF the real estate of the minor
heirs of joseph Poquan. deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that BY virtue and
in pursuance of an order of License, made in
said matter. on the 13th day of May. A. D.
1857 by the County Court of said County, the
undersigned Guardian of the minor heirs of
said deceased, will Monday the tenth day
of june, A. u. 1857, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, at the Office of the County
Judge in the Village of Nanitowoc. in said
County, offer for sale, at Public Vendue, the
following described lands, to wit: The north
west quarter of the South west quarter Of Soc
tien No.fourtcen( Ia and the north east quarter
of the south cast quarter of section number
fifteen Q5) all in township number twenty (20)
of range number twenty three (23l east.
The terms of sale will be made known at
the time and place of sale.
LOUIS POQUAN, Guardian.
Dated at Manitowoc. the 18th day of May,
A. D. 1867. h w4-3t
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FAIRLY CAUeHr-Covetous people

FAIRLY CAUGHT. people of
ten seek to shelter themselves behind the
widows mite, and to give paltry sum
to benevolent objects under cover Of her
contribution. The following incident has
moral for all such:
A gentleman called on wealthy friend
fer contribution.
You mean the widows mite, I sup
pose p replied the other.
To be sure [ do. -
The gentleman continued:
/ will DE satisfied with half as much as
she gave. How much are you worth?
Seventy thousand dollars" he ans
wered
Give me then check for thirty five
thousand. That will be just half as
much as the widow gave, for she gave all
she had.
- L was new ideato- the wealthy mer-
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HIRCUIT COURT, Mamtowoc County
~ Fanny Hirsch, Plaintiff, against William
Bach, Franzesks Bach his wife, Oscar Koch,
and Wilhelmne Charlotte Frederike Won Min
nigerode, Defendants.
To the above named defendants.
You are hereby S; mmoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action, which was
flea in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, County Of Manitowoc, at the Village of
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on the 4th day of
March, 1867, and to serve cory of your
swor to the said complaint the subscribers,
al their office, No. 395 East Water street, in
the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,, within
twenty days after the scrvice of this SUNNI ons
on you. exclusive Of the day Of such service !;
and if You f;n to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for th e relief
d. manded in the complaint 516w
SMITH & SALOMON, Pltffs Atty.
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TN PROBATE Manitowoc County
L Court. In the matter of the Estate of

TN PROBATE anitowoc County
i Court. In the matter of the Estate of
William Kynass, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Ernst
Das.ler, of Centervile, Wis, representing,
among other things, that the goth day OF
February A. D. 1867, at Meme Wisconsin,
the said petitioner contracted to convey to said
ID 1i.ioner the premises known and described as
follows, to-wit: The \ L quarter OF N "
quarter Section number Is, town number II,
north of range number %, in the County of
Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, ard the
said petition claiming that he is entitled to
conveyance of the said land, and praying that
Frederick Borcherdt, administrator of sai3 es-
tate be authorized and directed by degree of
this court. to make and execute conveyance
of said premises to him the said petitioner, it
vs. ordered that said petition be heard before
the Judge of this court, on Menday, the tenth
day of June A. D: 1857, at 10 o'clock A. M,
ut my Office in said County.
Ordered further that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
interested, by Publishing a copy of this order
for six successive weeks prior to said day of
bearing, in the Manitowoc Tribune Weekly
Newspaper published at Manitowoc in said
County. GEO. W. BARKER, ~
~.Teac County Judge.
lesed Il. Maaitewoc. the 24sh. Of April. a.
D. 1se7- XIV
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IN PROBATE = Manitowoc County
i Court. In the matter of the Estate Of
Frances Rueler deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
Frances Rueller of Mich icott representing,
among ohter things, that he is Of Frances
Rueller late of Mishicott, on the eleventh day
of July, A. D. 1854, at his residence died III
testate. leaving goods chattels and estate with
in this State and that the said petitioner is the
son of said deceased, and pray ing that admit
r,istration of said estlte be TO Usel Crete grant
ed, it is ordered that said petition be heard be-
fcre the Judge of this Court, Monday the
9th day Gf May, A. D. 1867, at 10 CLOCK A.
NJ, at nay ofice in said County.
Ordered fur her, that notice thereof be given
to the heir OF said deceased and to all persons
interested, hy publishing a copy of this order
for three successive W. eks prior to said day of
hearing, in the Manitowoc Tribune, Weekly
Newspaper published at Manitowoc in said
County. GEO. W. BARk ER,
County Judge.
Dated at Manitvwoc, the 29th day of April,
A. d 1857. M2-3w
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FUN FOR ALL

Full instructions by which any person, male
or female, can master the great art of Ventril-
oqulsm by few hours practice, making a
world of fun, and after becoming experts them
selves, can teach others, thereby making it a
source of income. Full instructions sent by
mail for SO cents. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Address p. o. Drawer 81, Troy. N. Y, Ally
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GROW ESTEEM & CO..
Piano Forte Manufacturers.

499 Broadway, New York.
These Pianos received the higest award of
merit at the WORLD'S FAIR, the best
makers from London, Paris, Germany, the ci-
ties OF New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Boston also the GO. d METAL at the hme
rican Institute. FOR FIV E successive years
Our Pianos contain the French Grand Action
Harp Pc 1al, Overstrung Bass, full iron trame
and all modern improvements. Every Instru-
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supervision of Mr.. j. Il. GRovETEEN, who has
practical experience of over thirtyf.e years
ami is the maker of over eleven thousand piano
fortes. Our facilities for manufae turing enable
Ne to sell these instruments from 500 to $500
cheaper thsn any first class piano forte.
HPl3-14-ly
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The citizens of Montreal are said to
be having some fun at the expense of
Judge Mondelet, who insisted upon off
ering seat on his bench to New York
merchant, and referring wise points Of
law to him under the impression that he
was one of the Justices Of our Supreme
Court
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Confidential

INFORM ALTON
For the MARRIED
Sent FREE, in sealed
envelope, on receipt of
10 cents. Address
DIR. E. B. FO0TE.
(author of Medical Com
mon Sense.-Book 400
pages $3.50 sent by mail
No. ITO Lexington Ave.
Cor. East 2S st. y. I.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
For the Million.

will send, ost-paid, so Photographs Of
the most celebrated Actors for so cents: so
Actresses FOR 80 cents; 80 Union Generals
for so cents SO Rebel Generals for so cents
80 Statesmen for so cents; SO Beautiful Young
Ladies for 90 cents large Photographs of
French Dancing Girls in costume, beautifully
colored. exactly as they appear tor 30 cents
or for so cents, Of the most beautiful Ladies
of the Partisan BALLET Troupe, as they appear
in the play Of the Black Crook, at Niblo's
Garden, New York. Ally
Send all orders to P. 0. Box III, Troy Ny
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Sweet Breath for All!
- DR.. FONTAIN'S
B A l. NJ OF MY RRH

Is a sure remedy for the cure of bad breath
no matter from what source the decease may
arise. What young lady gent will not make
an effort to remove this disagreeable evil when
1t can be done for ONE DOLLAR, seat to your
address post paid, by mail, and speedy cure
guar anteed, or money refunded. All orders
must be addressed to H. DORR, Albany, NY.
sole Agent for the United States. 41y
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Every Instrument is made by competen
workmen, from the beet ma terial under our
personal supervision. and every modern im-
provement worthy of the name, is intro iuced
in them. Among these would call atter ton
to the TEEMOLENTE, which has been SO
mu ch admired, and be found only in In.
struments of our ewn manufacture.
From among the very fattering Testimo-
malls of eminent Professors and Organsts, we
give the following extracts
=" The pedals conceive to be unapproach
able in their beautiful smooth quality WIN
A. King.
Z" 1t is grand, good instrument, and does
credit TO the bulaer.'-H. C. Folger, Troy, N.
Y.
=" hey are among the finest Instruments
manufactured either in this country or abroad
WIN. Berg. J. Mosenthal, Aptomas.
''They have given universal saiisfactien."-
W. f. Hawley, Fond du Lac. Wis.
There is a peculiarly sweet and synpa-
thetic tone which harmonizes char mipgly with 1
the voice"-W. H. Cooke. .f.
60 am particularly pleased with the arrape-
ment of the different regsters."-Wm. H.
Bradbury, s.
Ono other instrument so nearly approaches
the organ The Cherister, N.
This instrument has clear superiority y
over anything yet introduced among u.s.
Independent, N. Y.
The tones and the action are excellent
Rev. W. s. Leayitt, Hudson, N. Y.
q" The more we use it the better we like it.
j. B. Haue, Hudson NY
The two Bank Organ Harmonium is real
ly GEM. ". Kinnicutt, Boston, Mass.
Eve have found them excellent in all points
constituting good instrunent."-J, c. Cook
T. J. Cock.
1t looks and sounds splendidly."-s. B.
Saxton, Troy, N. Y.
ss
The most perfect toned sIelodeon ever
saw ."-Guy +. North. a
:" They fall back on such substantial merits
as superiority of workmanship, beauty Of tone
and rsasonabeness of price. And we must ray
that in all respects they are we'll worthy Of
praise. "-M"sieal Pioneer, aug. '65.
AS~ Every Instrument is fully warranted,
and Boeed and Skipped in New York city
,oathont charge. s.--
Circulars, Cats, and Price Lists, &C., sent on
application TO
PEL0UBET. PELT0N & CO..
S41 Broadway,
NEW YORK,
Or to any of our agents in the principal citi
of the Union. s sai = 4.sssz
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