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Modern Paragraphs.
F1om the Cincinnati Times.

That was otter joke of the man in
New Jersey who put a quantity ofJalap
IN some beer his friends were about to
drink. The funeral was very generally
attended-Erchaage.
We don't know who originated the
above manner Of stating fatal occurrence,
but is seems to be quite generally follow
ed by newspaper paragrap hers. 1t is Il
delIca fe way OF putting it, and reads
much better than one says, "he died
amid the most horrible and excruciatlng
agonies. We get the whole story and
our sensibilities are not unnecessarily
shocked.
The new style Of paragraphing affords
a fine field for the exercise of ingenuity
in conveying the intelligence that the
man died. Variety, freshness and
cheerful. not to say facetlous vivacity,
might be mingled with the briefest no.
tice of fatal casualties that might be
otherwise utterly neglected by the read
er or briefly glanced at. As, for instance,
in the following:
A man in New Hampshire the other
day ate fifteen dozen raw oysters on
wager. The silver trimming alone on his
cofin cost twelve dollars and thirty-6ve
cents.
John Smith, in Nebsaska, said he
could handle rattlesnake the same as
snake charmer. The churlishness of
the undertaken in demanding pay in ad
vance delayed the funeral four days.
A circus rider in Texas tried to turn
three someisaults on horse back the 9TH
er day. Management sent back to New
Orleans the following day for another
somersault man.
A man in New Jersey couldn't wait
for the cars to get to the depot, and jump
ed off. His widow has sued the insurance
Few men would attempt to dry gun
powder in kitchen stove A man in
Canada did. His afflicted family would
be glad of any information as to his
Tn Massachusetts,, the other day, a
man thought he could cross the track in
advance of locomotive The service at
the grave was very impressive.
A man warned his wife in New Or
leans not to light the fire with kerosene
She didn't heed the warning Her
clothes fit his second wife remarkably
WELL
A boy in Detroit disregarded his
mothers INDUCTION not to skate on the
river as the ice was thin. His mother
didn't have to cook for so many as she
did, into one.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10

AN ANTIQUARIAN DOCUMENT Mr..
A. II. Lincoln, of Menasha, has in his
possession an old antiquarian document,
being handed own through the family
since its date. The paper bears the seal
of the Province ot Massachusetts,, and
shows that the tax on the town of Ian
caster at that date was thirteen pounds.
1t commences
''By virtue Of an act Of the Great Gen
eral Court or Assembly Made at their
Sessions begun and held at Boston, the
Twenty Day Of May, 1857, in the
ninth year of his Present Majesties Reicn,
Entitled an Act for Granting unto His
Majesty a tax upon Polls and Estates. "
And finishing with the following:
"Given under my Hand and seal at
Boston, the FIRST Day of September
1897, In the Ninth Year of the Reign OF
cur Sovereign Lord William III of En-
gland, &C., King
SAMUEL TAYLOR"
Uinne6ago County Press.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10

THE SULTAN AND THE VICERoY.-T
Gaulois states that. so far from the diff
ficrltv between the Khedive and the Sui
tar being at an end, the former is now
collecting an army of 40,OeO men on the
Egyptian side of the Suez Canal. On
the other hand, the Grand Vizer, is pre-
pairing to encounter him with 25, 0G0 in
different troops, wholly unlrovided with
modern arms. The supplies for the
Egyptian army are drawn from Austria.
A recent vice-regal order prohibits the
use OF the. Turkish language in Egyptian
councils. and another relieves from their
functions all members of the Egyptian
administration who are Turks by birth,
or who. by any other title, belong to the
Suzerain.
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Income Return.

As a matter of public interest, it
should be known that all income returns
must be made on or before the first day
of March, and if any person fails to make
returns Of his income by that date will be
liable to be assessed by the Assessor ac-
cording to the best information he can
obtain; and in such cases the law requires
fifty per cent to be added to the amount
enumeration so made there can be no
suspected of being liable to pay an in
co me tax to make sworn return, wheth-
er le has been supplied with blanks or not
notwithstanding the amount may fall
short Of 81 900, which is the amount ex-
empteG by law.
Commissioner Delano has recently de.
cided some matters respecting incomes
which are important III connection with
the returns.
In estimating gains, profits and income
there must be included the share of the
person in the gains and profits of all
companies. whether Incorporated, or
partnership, who would be entitled to the
same if divided, whether they have been
divided or not. Returns must therefore
be made on profits when undivided
Interest paid on money invested in
business or real estate from which no in
come if received is not deducted from in
come interest thus paid may be offset
against interest receive or falling due to
the taxpayer.
The laying of floor or putting on Of
a new roof would usually be regarded as
ordinary repairs but the replacing of a
shingle roof for slate Roof, or board
floor by tile floor, or in short, by sub
stituting a higher priced article for an
inferior, would not be regarded as ordi-
nary repairs, and only the inferior article
would be deductible.
Expenses incurred in putting property
in better condition than when it was
purchased, or if purchased prior to Jan
uary 1st, 1862, than it was on that date
would be deductible such repairs would
be regarded as betterment.
Expenses on real or personal property
from which no income is derived are not
deductibls from income
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10
LAUGHERANEOUS. L

Opening dead letter is styled, max
Ing post noltem examination.
Kitchen girls call themselves
young ladies Of the lower parlor.
Catching at straws is a good thing
when there Is mint julep at one end of
| them.
The lates, disease prevalent among
handsome young girls is Irritation OF the
heart.
A greedF man should wear plaid
waistcoat, as always to keep check on
his stomach.
What moral lesson does weather
cock on church steeple continually IN
culcate? Ills ga!a to &pirs.
The feeloyers of New York de-
nounce marriage as gigantic Internal
ism. Is that the experiment OF their
leader, Greeley?
Sally" said young man to dam
sci who had red hair. keep away from
me or you will set me on fire. - No dan
ger OF that, was the answer, you are
too green to burn.
-"Look here, Pete" said knowing
darkey; don't stand dar on de rail-
road. u
why, Joe p
'Kase if de cars sse dat mouf oh
yours, dey tink it am de depo', and run
rite in.
Wife was undressing little four-year
old Charley the other evening. He 81
lently felt of his chubby arms little
while, and then looking up into his moth
er' S face he said.-
Mamma, who made me2"
''The good Man up in the sky - answer
ed mamma.
Charley turned steady, sober, search
ing look through the tree tops, up into
the clear, beautiful, star-lit sky for a
moment, and then innocently capped
the climax with the important ques-
tion,-
But, mamma, who took me DOWN."
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TRANSIT OF VENUS.
Great Event in the Scientific World
Grand Problems and their Solution.

The next transit Of Venus will occur OF
the Sth of December, 1874. 1t will be {
grand event in science, and already the
scientific world is on the move with
reference to it. These transits are rare
and important, occurring about eight
years apart in June and December, and
not again for generations. Kepler in
1904 announced that it would happen in
| l76l but Young Horrocks, of Liver
pool, better informed. fixed the event
on the 4th of December, 1859, and he
was right. IT was then calculated that it
must have taken place on the 9th of
Deeem 1851, and another in June,
l726, and that the next would not occur
till the 9th of June l76l. But Of all the
translts. past and to come, the climax
would be that Of the Sd of June, 1869,
when Venus passed across the disc of the
sun very near the center.
The next one, b not visible in this
country, will take place FIVE years hence,
on the Sth Of December, 1874 Another
will occur on the 9th of December, 1882,
but not again till nearly five quarters of
a century later, on the 7th of June,
2004; to be followed eight years after, on
the 9Th Of June, 20l2, to be repeated in
December, 2l17, and so on. In Fergu-
sons Astronomy, written about the mid
die of the last century, the earth's dis
tance from the sun is given as 50 600, 900
miles, The transit of 1868 gave a result
of 95. 100000 miles. The same result
was obtained by tie transit of 1869. We
are now dependent alone upon the transit
of Venus. The base line system has
been applied to Mars, and even the We
locity of light has been made to bear on
the problem. The result of modern in
gestigations thows an error of 100000
miles.
Distant stations have already been
chosen the most accurate instruments
are being constructed; arrangements for
the outfit of expeditions have been com.
menced; it is nearly time for those de-
signed for the Antartic regions to COM
mence their long journey. The English
astronomers have selected their stations,
and have petitioned Parliament for a
grant of $50. 900; the French Academy
is vigorously at work; the German
''Bunds' are zealously in the field, and
the other European societies will con-
tribute their share to the great object. =
The wonderful agencies of the spectre
scope and photograph as indicators of
time will be brought into requisition, and
four years remain to perfect the arrange
ments which are being made for the pur-
nose
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Dunlb bIlt ELOQUENT.

The following touching story of "a hand
some coach dog" and his drunken mas
ter, is vouched for by leading Boston
paper, from which we quote.
1.-The man pursued his devious course,
closely followed by his four r-footed COM
panion, until at length he approached
the door of the saloon referred to, and
was about to enter, when, to the sur
prise of all who had witnessed the affair,
the dog jumped up, and, catching the
skirts of the man s coat, sought TO pre-
vent him from going in. The inebriated
biped spoke in angry tones to the beast,
and without avail, until more than or
dinary severe command induced him to
relinquish his hold and the man hasten
ed inside, followed by his faithful COM
panion and would-be protector.
Actuated simply by curiosity, We also
went in. and as we gained position
near the bar saw in close proximity there
to, the beast and his master, the latter
trying to reach the bar, and the former
standing on his hind legs, with his fore
paws against the mans breast, vainly
endeavoring at the eleventh hour, to
prevent him from again lndulglng IN the
Intoxicating cup.
To the credit of the bartender be il
stated. that he refused to furnish the
man with liquor, and tears were drawn
from eyes that had long been unused TO a
melting mood, as at each refusal the un.
doubtedly heart-stricken canise would
bestow look intending doubtless, to DC
one of gratitude upon the dispenser
of tulips sings, and, tods, and ther
turning, would, as it were, mutely be-
seech his liquor loving master to alb
stain
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10

THE New AUSTRIAN MINTsTRY.-The
final appointments to the Ministry were
made on the lst inst. with the full con-
currence of Count Beust. The following
is a complete list of the members Of the
new Cabinet: President, Herr Won Has
ner; Minister of the Interior and of Po-
lice, DIR. Giskra; Minister of Justice,
Herr Won Herbst; Minister of Finance,
Herr Brestel; Minister of Commerce,
Herr von Plener; Minister of Agricul-
ture, Herr Banhaus Minister of Edu-
cation and Religion, Herr Strohmayer
Minister of War. Gen. Wagner The
Polish Deputies have been pursuaded by
the late Minister, Connt Potocki, to re-
main in the Reichsrath for the present.
The inquiry into the Austrian consular
system '-as to begin on the 4th ult.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10
The Age of our Earth.

Among the astounding discoveries of
modern science is that of the immense
periods that have passed in the gradual
formation of the earth. So vast were
the cycles Of the time preceding even
the appearance of man on the surface
of cur globe, that our own period seems
as yesterday when compared with the
epochs that have gone before it. Had
we only the evidences of the deposites of
rocks heaped upon each other in regular
strata by the slow accumulation of mate
rials they alone would convince us Of the
slow maturing of Gods works on earth,
| but when we ada to these the successive
populations of whose life this world has
been the theatre, and whose remains are
hidden in the rocks into which the mud,
or sand, or soil of whatever kind, on
which they live has hardened in the
course of time-or the enormous chains
of mountains whose upheaval divide
these periods OF quiet accumulation by
great covnulsions-or the changes of a
different nature in the confgurations of
our globe, as the sinking Of land beneath
the ocean, or the gradual rising of CONT
nents and islands above-or the slow
growth Of the coral reefs, those wonder
full sea walls raised bv the little ocean
architects, whose own bodies furnish both
the building stones and the cement that
binds them together, and who have work
ed so busily during the long centuries,
that there are extensive countries, noun
tain chains, islands and long lines of
coast, consisting solely of their remains
or the countless forests that have grown
up and fourished and decayed, fill the
c+nrabouSao Of cool tbot food tho firoc of
the human race-if we conclude all these
records of the past, the intellect fails to
grasp chronology Of which our expert
ence furnishes data, and time that lies
behind us seems as much an eternity to
our conception as the future that stretch
es indefinitely before us.
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ER EY EEEGER.

OFFERS ~ Fsfs many friends and the
~ publc generally 4 choice selection OF Fresh
Meats Salt purk and Reef, Smoked Beef and Hams,
shoulders. Sausagcs TalIow and Lard at the lowest
afas Market on Commercial Street ely
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s. S.g.yEDE ERsDB-.

asASUFACFUREEi anti Dealer i'm
iSE Boots Shoes. Leather, &c, &c. Shop on Buiiaio
street near corner of Eighth. Repairing neatly
sad promptly executed.
danitowoc, September 20, 1860.
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Hoofland's German Tonic

combination Of al the fagredients Of he Be-s-
with PURE Santa Cruz Ram, Orange, etc. II is rSed
for he diseaSss he Bter, 1ChrTe
ptre alcoholic Snul,s is required. You ,pi beer
mind that pese remedies entirely different fToT5
any others adv.rtsed for Ds Of The diseases dnrd
these being scseatlf preparations o HedtctRdi ertracs
vhiie he cthsrs mere Gscoctf0TS Of run
form. The TONIC as decidedly of the most plea
and agreeable remedies ofee1 to The ptlic
TASTE exquisite u pleasure take 81 toliie is
leqriH0, eshil0rdtina and medicinal qualities kase
eagseG Il 60 Dc kn0ae1 as he greatest q al tostea
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EE'nt. G.. C0Y.

"0UsE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE
! Painter, Quay Street, adjoining the new Touring
nil South Side Offers his service to the Citizens
ef this Village IN the above branches the most
saaatle rates 1910
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Mount Etna is on record as an active
and awe inspiring volcano one thousand
years before Christ. Compared with it,
Fesuvlus. more seen of tourists, is only
a hiil Etna rises to height of eleven
thousand feet, and its base is ninety
miles IN circumference. Its lava steams.
five miles wide, and fifty to one hundred
feet deep, extend to a length of eighteen
miles.
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F.. IL. MIR MH.F.FF,

L TFC1EEY and Counselor at LAW.
n ani Notary Public. Office. No AXtells Block
South End Walkers Point Bridge, Milwaukee, Wis,
N.gins Bankruptcy, and Land Once. l5-I
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LOEMsnW & Mc9AVIM

fsr their services to their friends and to the public
eensralfy for House Painting, Glazing, Graiung and
paper h&agux Any orders left at the drug store q
o & Bacon 4 Co., will be thankfully received and
faithfully executed at the lowest possible rates
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r~ryr. Sgyr gEDEY.

ssEAT warket.--8Eavlug purcErased
FSE the business of Wm. Brown, shall hereafter
constantly keep hand the choicest meats at the
ewest rates. A share of public patronage solicited
I2-lI
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r KERR.

WORK street.. .=TarifowOc. wis. ID Deaiers
in Dry Goods, Groceries, Croc kerry, Eancy 6oodS
Glass ware Boots and Shoes, Ready made Clothlng,
Paper hangings Hats and Caps, Toys, Children caps,
Live Geese Feathers, Bird Cages, Kerosene Oil and
Lamps Sc, SC. A share of public patronage Is soil
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- R.s.EsSGB

yEwEE.Efs and Photographers Aas
81 kinds Of work the line Of my business prompt
bavs isst receivei a Wing < ornsbey's Multiplying
CAMERA. oBSCURA, with which | can take small
pictures of the fiAest order for one dollar per oZ.
pbotoTranbs taI,en of all sizes Albums aad Frames
constantly on hand. York Street. I5-&u
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FRED CIR US,

DlACTsCAE. FUREE3, Keeps CON
I stantly h,nd the largest and best assortment
OF hats and caps OF the latest stvles AT the lowest pcs
sIble prices anil always pays the highest value in
cash Tor all kinds of f1lrs. l6-l
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~. 8. FB.aEC0.E, .FE. 3D.,

DHyssf AN and Surgeon, Also ES-
aTn!ning Surgeon for PENSIONS, appointed oy
the Government. Mt.
OFFICE corner Of Eighth and York stfeeis' -uSni''
voc Wisconsin. - -.
orders left at the Drag Store, viii receive prompt
gg-particuIar attention paid to consultations and
Ia the gtreatmeat of DIFFICULT and CfIIiosh
GASES. -
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GESTaEr EEKEsS.

vEvATC.ENsN and JEW EHEEl- OF
Nv fers his services for repairing all kinds oI
Clocks and watches. Has fine and well select 81
assortment of the latest and best styles OF Clocks
American English and Swiss Watches, as also oI oIu
.n9 plafe1 JeY-elrv Oily
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DEBILITY.

Tn,rs Z. no medicine eqsnl to Hoofars Gsrrsos,
Biters 1asic IL, ss.fsrzz7zss Eases a. Debility.
& 1asg la,3 .ocses ses Ed g. sss e ss,s sssse
enjoymest Of ne sssS<=s food, enable the Sto-
mach 70 digest T. purtty lie blood gre good, sound,
LeGty ilerioa eradicate Gs EsioJy f.ge from tbs
1TnTdrf bloom The cheeks ard Change The pdteas
from shortbreattcd emdcidted, toeGk and NERVOUS
inudltd, to FIJI faced S'oR, and rigorous person
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using The EfitteTs or
Tonic. En- fact, they are Family NEedi-
clnes. They can be administered Will
perfect safety TO child three months
old, the most delicate female. or a ma@
of ninety.
These Rentedie, are the best --.#
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I'd e E.TESE SER =.

ORA. y. PAEcHEN, Dentist. III &c
4 in Shcrmans new building,l Sta Street,
Manitowoc, Wis.
To- Teeth extracted without pain.
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REsIGNED.-It is certainly gratifying
to know that in , Illinois, the
Young Mems Christian Association is
doing a good work One of its most ac-
tive members is Mr.. -, young gen.
tleman of position and means, who has
done much in aiding the poor and unfor
tunate. At one time he became interest
ed in German family in INDECENT cir
cumstances. The wife was quite sick,
and he visited her very often, doing ali
he could to prepare her mind for the
worst, if it should come to that. He
had not seen her for few days when he
met the husband, and the following con-
versation took place:
How do you do, Mr.. -? How is
your wife %
"Mine frau 9-mein frau is dead
Dead is it possible? Was she re-
| signed ?''
Resigned =? reagacd2 Mein Got.
she had to be r'-EDTroR' DRAWER, in
Harper's Magazine for March.
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Political Items.

-Dcmas Barnes, the Brooklyn Demo
cratic Congressman, says that twelve
years of Democratic rule has raised city
taxes in Brooklyn from $500, 900 to $6.-
900, 900. and in New York from $5, 900,
900, to $26.000,000
The vote on the Fifteenth amend
ment in the Texas Legislature, on Tues
day, stood 60 to 8 in the House, and "a
to in the Senate.
The Baltimore American thinks that
the Fifteenth Amendment will bring out
1000 colored voters in Maryland.
Mr.. G. Hamilton and Lieut.. Gov
ernor Flanagan were elected United
States Senators by the Texas Legislature
on the 2lst, in accordance with the Re
publican caucus nominations; the former
for the long term and the latter for the
short term.
Fernando Wood is becoming qaite
pious. He goes to church every Sunday,
and recently seems to have turned his
attedtion to Catholicism. Fernando
Wood and Senators Casserly and John
son, besides nearly the entire diplomatic
corps, attend St Mathew Roman Catho.
lie Church. corner of Fifteenth and II
streets, Washington.
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For Sale.

ETWO HOUSES and Tive Lots, being lots number
IL & 12 in Block HI in Manitowoc A good bargain
can be obtained For terms enqnire at THE TRIBUNE
Office, 4o-t
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CREAM CITY ED USE
x,o,.rv and south Water Sts-

Milwaukee, Wis. vy.n-o,s
This House. located at the South end OF Naikers
Point Bridge. is well calculated to accoTanlouase e
fravar arriving bv or waiting for the Lake Steamers
Tera,s = 90 per day. with first class
Call ana See ,--,., =, -.
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TX every description.
am nreparel to manufacture full suits OF Men anu
boys clothinz the shortest notice, and satisfaction
garantead employ the best woTknen 10 ne to!tI
saa keep two Of Singers Sewing Machines constantly
in @Es . -.
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~ v,y, szx, E<EJ.ygBER Y.aRD,

rsyzgr v-,iersigr ii are prepared 90 iii
TO order bills ofl inber or lath on the shortest
7ofice A man will oe all times IN the yard
sa~s The best stock kept costtntly hand at the
f3i4 SMART & PANKRAT2.
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JOSEPH Ss.WES.

nEAEER ia Stoves: Tim sheet Erosa
] and Copperware manut .cturer. All kinds OF
repairing done. Eighth Street. opposite Tribune Of
rra 14-1y
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ED. MAERKLIN,

Drug~ist ami AnOfsecery. Sth Street
] J opposite the Post Once Is fully provid ed
with a complete selection of fresh Drugs aud Medi-
cines and offers ms services especially 70 the PHTsI-
CLANS of this vilage and county for the cdreft and
s{ifc preparation of their prescriptions lS-