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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20
The Value of knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE, like virtue, is not good be-
cause it is useful, but useful because it is
good. 1t is useful contlngently, and good
essentially. The JOY of it is simple; and
not only needs not to be supplemented by
accessory advantages, but it is well worth
the forfeit of many advantages to obtain
The most miserable wretch we can imagine
is the ignorant convict locked up in soil
tary cell, with nothing to employ his
thoughts but unattainable vice and frus-
trated crime, whereon his stupid judges
leave him to ruminate, as if such poison
were moral medicine likely to cure the
hand, one of the happiest beings we can
imagine is the man at the opposite end of
the intellectual scale, who lives in the
free requirement of noble knowledge.
What is an "increase of sorrow" incurred
thereby, compared to the joy of it?' To
look on the fields of earth and air-not as
the dull boor regards them, as mere
patches of brown and green and blue,
with promises Of food or shelter, sum
shine or shower-but as the geologist,
the botanist, the astronomer regards
them, each as an infinite world
of interest, wherein order and law
and beauty are traced by his rapid
thought, even as the swallow traces the
insect ON the wing! To be able to take
surveys such as these, is to be admitted to
spectacle for which angels might jenny
the sons of men. But to do yet more, to
make memory like gallery hung round
with all the loveliest scenes of nature, and
all the masterpieces of art to make the
divine chorus of the poets sing for us
their choicest strains, whenever we beckon
them from the cells where they lie hidden
deep in our souls; to talk familiarity, as if
they were our living friends, with the best
and wisest men who have ever lived on
earth, and link our arms in theirs in the
never whitening groves Of an eternal
Academe-this is to be happy indeed. This
is to burst the bonds of space, and to
bring the ages together, and lift ourselves
out of the sordid dust to sit at the banquet
of heroes and of gods.~Frances Poaoer
Cob5e.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20
POETRY.
HER LETTER.

Tx sitting alone by tho hre,
dressed Just e came from the dance,
In a rooe even You would admire
IL cost cool thousand In France
In be diamonded out of all reason.
hair y done up in cue:
An snort, sir, - the belle of the season
Is wasting an hour On you.
a qozen engagements I've broken;
LEFT in the midst Of . set:
Ai ne proposal, half spoken,
an. lnas Waate-on the staifs-for me yet.
say he'll be dch-whcn he grows mp
ana tnen he adores me indeed.
1Aru yon, slr-are turning your nose up,
1nfee thousand miles of-as you read.
And how do like my positionr E ~
!, And what do think Of New York;"
And now. il my higher ambition,
With whom. do waltz, flrt talky'
ana isn't ii nice to have riches,
!. AND diamonds. and silks, and all that7'
AND arm t 1t change to the bitches
And tunnels of Poverty Flat!"
Well, yes-f you saw rs cat driving
zach day in the park, four-in-hand-
you saw poor, dear mamma contriving
TO look supernaturglly grand
you saw paPa's picture, a. taken
By Brady. and tinted ut that
You'd never suspect he sold bacon
And flour at Poverty Flat.
And get, just this moment, when sitting
In the glare of the chandelier
In the hustle and glitter betting
The :" finest soiree of the year.
In the mists of od,sze de CndUlJerry
And the hum Of the smallest OF talk
somehow, Joe, thought Of the . Ferry
And the dance that we had on 1.-The Fork"
VI Harrison barn. with its muster
VI flags festooned over the wall; s=.
VI the candles that shed their soft lustro
And tallow on head-dress and shawl;
VI the steps that we took to one fiddle,
VI the dress OF my queer riS a Uis;
ana Eow l once went down the middle
Tith the man that shot Sandy MCGEE;
Of the moon that was quietly sleeping
On the hill, when the time came to go;
Or the few baby peaks that were peeping
From under the bed clothes of snow;
vi that ride-thst to me was the rarest;
Of-the something you said ut the gate;
All, Joel then l wasn't an hei,ess
To !" the bestpaying lead in the State"
Wei, well, it's all past, yet it's funny
To think, as stood in the glare
OF fashion and beauty and money,
That 1 should be thinking right there,
OF some one who breasted high water,
And SWAN the North Fork, and all TINT,
Just to dance with old Folinsbce's daughter,
The Lily of Poverty Flat.
But goodness! what nonsense Tn writing
(Mamma says my taste still 10 low
Instead Of my triumphs reciting
I'm spooning on Jo-eph-heigh hol
And IN to be - finished by travel
Whatevers the meaning of that
y, why did papa strike pay gravel
In drifting on Poverty Flat!
Good-night-here's the end OF my paper;
Good-night-f the longitude please
For may be, while wasting my paper,
Your sun, climbing over the trees.
But know, II You haven't got riches,
And arc poor, dearest joe and all that,
That my hearts somewhere there in the bitches
And you've struck ton Poverty Flat.
-Opsrldnd Monthly
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20
" Sunday School concert at Metro,

AT Sunday School concert at Melrose
some time since, as was the custom, all
present were invited to recite some pas
sage from scripture. A young fellow,
who wished to create some merriment, re-
Vent out and hung himself" " A young jung
lady Immediately rose and lrecited the
selection, eco thou and do likewise"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20

lg As AN Indication of the great scarcity
of employment for women in San Fran
cisco, it m.y be stated that an advertise
ment for girl to attend store in that city
resulted in ninety six applications for the
situation ht sstha e
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20

AN examination of some old letters that
remained in Confederate post-oflce,
brought to light this unique love letter.
The writer had evidently been tainted
by her lover with being "cold," and she
vindicated herself very triumphantly in
the following modest but sufficient init
nation of her desire:
90 MARRIED. ~
MY DEAR: You say am cold toward you.
Well, now let's prove who's the coolest, Let's
you and me gct-oh, i hate to write it; look at the
top of the lstter and you'll lind It. Yes that's 1t
let's me and you set-oh, you understand me-
Affeettonately yours, ever.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20

AT funeral in Brooklyn church, the
other day, six ladies' had their pockets
picked. One of the victims was robbed
while looking at the corpse.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-20


ing immensely to the explosive force. The
salt being quite deliquescent, the old
adage, keep your powder y, would
lose its significance, should the powder
come into general use. i3a< ff'
a REMARKABLE case of suicide is re-
ported from Hanover. On the 25th of
November the wife of day laborer of
Linden, near Ebsdorf, As years old, and
| the mother of five children, seated her
| self in a cauldron of boiling water, which
had been prepared for scalding pig just
killed. She had been reading the pre-
vious evening about the martyrdom OF
| Huss. and had said that burning was not
so fearful after all. She is supposed to
| have been insane.
! FEMALES are in decided minority in
the West and the new States, while they
are in a majority in the New England
| States Thus in Ohio here is an excess
| of 10000 men in Michigan 10000, and in
| California 900. In Massachusetts, on
the contrary, there are 81, 900 more women
than men; in New Hampshire $500; in
Rhode Island 6,0O0 and in Connecticut
1890. The total excess in New England
| of females over males is As, 500.
| THE shifting of bog is reported from
| Ballylongford, County Kerry, ireland.
| The bog, which covered over 200 acres,
! moved to distance of nearly half mile
| inland, creating great CONSERVATION in the
| neighborhood Several cabins were
| thrown down, and cattle and horses were
| lost A lake took the place of the bog.
| The inhabitants on the skirts Of the
morass barely escaped, the motion Of tile
bog being sudden and unexpected. o. n2l.l'
YEARS ago, deficit of $a2, 900 was found
| in the accounts of bank Cashier in Ports
mouth, NJ H. He disclaimed all knowl-
edge of it, resigned, and his bondsmen
took possession of his property to indem-
| Nifty themselves. 1t was supposed, at the
time, that the Cashier had circulated i'm
| properly bills to the amount of the deficit.
The persons connected with the affair
died, the business of the bank was wound
up, but the missing $32, 900 never came IN
for redemption, and it is supposed that
that amount Of bills was destroyed by the
directors. The Cashiers property was
finally restored to his heirs, but he and
his family had lived in poverty and .sor-
row for years, and died without vindiea'
ton. - tiaHA ~. lAl,ill- - a a7is4ssas
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24
New Railroad.

Grounds was broken on Tuesday and grad.
ing commenced along the line Of the new
railroad from Streator to Fairbury, and the
work is to be prosecuted with the utmost Wig
Or until the road is completed. The contract
ors, Messrs Cushman, Strawn and Plumb, have
two years to finish the road in, but they are
confident of building 1t in half the time.
The contract for grading and bridging the
Kankakec and Illinois river railroad has also
been let, Mr.. ]. G. Campbell, of Streator, q
first class man, obtaining the contract for
grading the road through the towns Of Bruce
and Eagle, and erecting the bridges across
the Vermillion river and Eagle Creek.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. The temperance
senatorial convention at Ell Psso on Wednes.
day, we understand, nominated Hon. VIM.
Reddick as their candidate for state senator.
The temperance folks are evidently after the
best man, without regard to political relations.
Mr.. Reddick is doubtless good temperance
man, so far as he IS personally concerned and
the influence Of rigidly abstimeous and tenn
perate habits are concerned, though We are not
aware that he belongs to any temperance
organization.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

The GEORGIA STATE FAIR is to be held this
year at Atlanta, commencing Oct. 10th. We
acknowledge the receipt Of ticket Of invi.
tation, and tender Of unusually liberal hos
pitalitles as member Of the press The pre-.
MUM list ammounts to over $4,000, and
doubtless it will be one Of the most notable
gatherings of the sort this season. We confess
to one who saw the burning buildings Of At
lanta illuminating Sherman's famous march to
the sea, q sight of that city, as it has phGnix.
like arisen from its ashes, would alone be great
temptation to attend this fair. Among the
new structures erected there this season is the
new hotcl-thc Kinball Housewife three
hundred and seventeen sleeping rooms, the
whole SIX stories high, with mansard roofs
and dome, and fronts on three streets, meas.
uring in the aggregate $50 feet.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24
One Issue.

The democratic convention at Joliet having
nominated julius Avery for Congress against
Burton C. Cook, it is proper to consider the
issue involved in the support of one or the
other of these candidates There is no ques-
ton, in the pending election, Of more impor-
lance than that which relates to the tariff.
The government, during the last six or eight
years, in all that relates to finance and tax
alton, has been confessedly run in the interest
of New England. With their varying changes
on the negro, the bond and cotton lords of
New England were enabled hitherto to blind
the people of the west to the enormous
swindle they were the victims of in the tariff
laws enacted by Congress. But since the ne
gro is virtually out Of the ring, the people of
the west have time to look at other questions,
and glance has shown them the lniquity Of
the tariff swindle. There is, therefore, no can
didate for congress in the west, that dare
openly defend the present tariff, and many OF
the radical candidates profess, like Burton c.
Cook, to oppose protective tariff, and talk
loudly about free trade But the trick is an
old one. These same gentlemen have made
these professions for years past, but when they
come to 'rOting their language is entirely diff
ferent from what it was from the stump. Thus
Burton c. Cook, while protesting on the
stump devotion to free trade principles and
denouncing the swindle the tariff has put
upon the west, votes in Congress for the infa-
nous Schenck tariff bill, which the Chicago
Tribune high radical authority, denounces as
"a dead swindle from every point ofview. 1t
isla swindle. on the House of Representatives,
in that it requires, under the peculiar decisions
Of the Speaker. a single vote upon large
number Of items of TAXATION without any
chance to vote upon them separately. 1t is a
swlndle upon the people, in that it seeks to
diminish the revenue of the government, and
at the same time to increase taxation for
private interests. 1t is an evident swlnde, in
that it seeks to fasten an obnoxious measure
which it is proved could not go through on
necessary measure. 1t is a premeditated fraud,
in that it seeks to delude the people with the
idea that they are to obtain some benefit by
reduction OF the duties on tea, coffee and
sugar, when at the same time an increased
price is put upon the railway bars by which
this tea coffee and sugar are transported to
them, and their own products transported in
exchange for them
We are compelled to conclude, therefore,
that Mr.. Cooks free trade pretensions are hol
low and hypocritical, or he could not have
voted for this Schenck "swindle": and if the
people of this district desire TO vote their
principles on the high tariff question, their
only chance is to vote for julius Avery against
Mr.. Cook for congress.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

HERE Is something about the question Of
Chinese and Mongolians as voters in this
country which may as we'll be brought to the
public remembrance. In the house OF represen-
tatives at Washington, on the god Of March,
1863 Mr.. johnson moved suspension of
the rules so as to enable him to submit this
resolutions
"Resolced, That, in passing the resolution for
the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of
the United States this house never intended that
Chinese or Mongoliaus should become voter"
The motion to suspend the rules was lost,
yeas IS, nays 1885, not voting 42,-the yeas
consisting of forty-four democrats and only
tom republicans, and all the nays being re-
publcans.
Thus, we see that the republicans in the
house, by an overwhelming majority, voted
that, in passing the resolution for the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution of the United
States, the house did intend that Chinese and
Nongolians should become roters.
We need not make any comment on this
proceeding. We present it to the public in
its nakedness.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24
Julius Avery for Congress.

After the action of the La Sails county De-
mocratic convention, declining to send dele
gates to the Joliet democratic congressional
convention. the unanimous nomination of Ju-
Illus Avery of Ottawa by the convention came
to us somewhat unexpected. Yet on looking
at the elements at work in that convention,
its action becomes clear and natural. In the
La Sale county convention elements were at
work that were evidently too important to be
disregarded. These were twofold-the labor
union element and the anti. tarif, anti-corrup-
ton and anti land-stealng wing of the repub-
lican party. Both came to the democrats and
said: "If you will let us, not as straight-out
democrats, but as anti Cook men, have voice
in naming the candidate to oppose Burton G..
Cook, we pledge you from two to three thous
and votes that your candidate otherwise will
not receive" The democrats of La Sale CO.
were disposed to give these important ee-
ments voice, which they believed could be
best attained by letting them meet the demo-
Gratis in "People's Convention"
The proposed Peoples Movement, however,
was not vigorously pushed, for the reason that,
upon consultation, the prime movers in it be.
lieved their main object could as we'll be at
tanned by attending the Joliet convention,
from the fact that indications pointed to will
lingness of the delegates to that convention
from other counties to unite in the nomination
of Mr. Avery, while, with the elements indlca.
ted, Mr.. Avery was the first choice. So we see,
as active elements in the Joliet Convention, the
men from this county who had been most tena.
cious in urging the peoples" movement.
The nomination of Mr.. Avery thus in fact
becomes the joint work of the democratic par
ty and the elements above referred to, and thus
also becomes fully, in the sense intended, q
Peoples movement. In all that relates to the
ayowed objects and purposes of the Labor
Union men, Mr.. Avery fills the bill in all the
objects and purposes of the anti-tarif monopo-
ly, anticorruption and notwithstanding wing
of the republican party, he fills the bill as
we'll; while as democrat simply, there is not
a stauncher or ADLER man in our ranks.
Mr.. Avery is a young lawyer Of very marked
ability, having done for years the work, and in
large measure furnished the brains, Of the
noted law firm of this city of Bushnell 4
Avery. A ready, fluent, eloquent and torcible
speaker, man of polished education and
vigorous, active mind if elected to congress
he cannot. fail, in short time, to become man
OF decided mark in the councils of the nation
Personally very popular among eli who know
him, and, melted by noble cause, he will
make splendid run, and though il may no,
be safe to bet on his election, we will not be
accused of being over sanguine in placing il
at least among the possibilities.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

Our Ministers in France and Belgium.
The following, which We find in the State
Regisser, accords 50 perfectly with frequent ex-
pressions made to rs by returning tourists to
Europe, that We give it place in our col
umns with peculiar satisfaction:
In tho crisis now impending over France thous.
aads q AneeieaAs In Paris have been Obliged 70
call upon our minister for his aid and influence.
From every quarter we learn with pleasure and
pride that our distinguished fellow-citizen, Hon.
E. b. WAshburne, minister of the United States
in Paris has done his utmost to protect our citi.
zens Who remain in that beleaguered city, and to
facilitate the departure of those who seek safety
by leaving tho country.
After the declaration Of war he was selected by
the Prussian government % its representative in
France In this now capacity he has been beset
with the appeals and opportunities of thousands
Of perssouted Germans, and his relations with
the French authorities have been exceedingly
dslicats and complicated In all let 1t be said he
has given satisfaction to France and Germany,
and has preserved intact the dignity Of the Uni
ted States.
Belgium, lying along the northern border of
France, affords IN asylum of easy access to Amer
leans: fleeing from Paris. A great many have
already sought refuge there and more are going.
A. Consequence the labors of our minister, Mr..
]. Russell Jones, are increased enormously. We
learn with pleasure from Americans returning
that no has given them every attention in his
power 70 render them comfort table and contented
Il u subject Of eeogratulation to the people
Of thiA state that both Mr.. Washburne and Mr..
Jones are residents OF Illinois.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24
Senatorial Nomination

The republican senatorial convention which
met at FL Paso last Saturday, nominated E. F.
Bull for state senator, the vote standing 10
for Bull to II for Elmer Baldwin, we are
able to understand the telegraph report as
given in the Chicago 7rN1me. The 70 votes
for Bull were the is votes cast by La Sale
and from Woodford the | ! for Baldwin be-
ing the votes of Livingston, and of Wood.
ford
AS the republican party Of the state is in a
very uncomfortable condition of "diyersity Of
sentiment" on the tariff questionable state
convention having adopted an anti-tariti reso-
luton while the mass of the party are in IA
vor of protcction--thc convention undertook
to define on which side of the fence Mr.. Bull
was expected to stand, by adopting the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolred, That every person has the natural
right 10 dispose OF his own property and earn
ings IN his own way, subject only to the taxation
imposed for the revenue requirements of the
government, and that any system OF taxation
which seeks to build up the industry, or to aid
one GLASS at tho expense of others, is unjust,
impolitic and subvcrsive of Republican princ.
pies.
The resolution, being in reality a perfect
surrender to the democracy on the most vital
issue involved in the political campaign this
fall, is certainly very extraordinary one to
be adopted by such convention, and we are
not surprised, therefore, to find it secuted
with disgust and "spit upon" by the Republi-
can, which denounces it as "evidenty intended
to rap the knnGkles Of our Republican men,
hers OF Congress for their votes on the tariff,
and at the same time steal small clap or two
of democratic thunder, with which to carry on
the campaign ga nd says it isonly cat thin di!u-
ton of stale democratic SOUP and protests
against the whole proceeding as 'tinkering
of the platform by irrepressiblc botchcs"-
80 by politicians who are disposed to render
themselves prominent by introd ucng strange
gods into the republican church, or foisting
upon us the agrarian schemes of Anticipated
tinancicrs who would change the monetary
system of the world"-ths last being intended
rs ''sarkasum" OH the labor unionists.
The QUESTION is Mr.. Bull being placed on O
free trade platform, and the Rep"Jtica" regard
ing q protective tariff rs an essential plank In
the platform Of its party, can the latter, with
its "loyal" party friends consistently support
Mr.. Bull unless he also "spits upon the plat
form" upon which he has been placed Or
which side Of the fence, anyhow, does Mr.. Bull
staad' Further developments on this inter
esting subject are anxiously awaited.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

ALIEN. FULLER, Esq, of Streator, whom the
Republican County Convention had placed
upon the ticket as one of their candidates for
representative from this county, withdrsws
his name as such candidate, on tho ground
OF doubts as to his eligibility from insufficient
length of residence in the state. Al there
was no chance Of his election, the withdrawal
strikes US as a work Of supererogation. Mr.
Fuller was quite as good q candidate to be
beaten, We imagine, as any other that can be
set up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

We read, with much pain, the announce.
ment of the death, at Quincy, on the 10th inst,
of Austin Brooks, for the last IS years editor
of the Quincy Herald. We knew him we'll.
He was sharp, tcrse, vigorous writer, often
too sarcastic,-but socially an exceptionally
genial, good hearted man, withal consistent
member of the Methodist Church. He must
have been under so years of age.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

Permit US respectfully to suggest to the Chi
cago Tines, that If it has any disposition to be-
friend Julius Avery, the democratic nominee
for congress in this district, there are many
better ways of doing so than by indulging in
lew abuse of his law partner, the Hon. Wash
ington Bushnell, whose standing in this COM
munity, at least, is such that nobody here
feels any qualification in seeing him meanly
maligned-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-24

It Is said that the Internal Revenue tax paid
in the Western States, will not pay the salar.
les Of the officials appointed 70 collect it,
Either the officials should be discharged and
tho tax collected BY the States, OF It should bs
abolished altogether. The people do net
feel like paying tax soely for tho benefit Of
Radical ofiiceholders.