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To PREVENT PITTING IN SMALL.POx.-
DR., | II. Bird, according to the Medical
and SmgicaL Reporter, uses an ointment
made OF Charcoal and lard to prevent
plttlng IN smallpox. This is applied
freely over the surface of the face, neck,
and hands, as soon as the disease is dis
tlnguished, and continued until all symp-
toms of surpurative fever have ceased.
The application aliays the itching, and
seems to shorten the duration of the
disease, and leaves the patient withou
a blemish, the eruption protected by tile
ointment not even showing signs of pus-
tulatlon; the charcoal preventing the ac-
ton of light, and lard that of air.
, 1872-01-02

A LETTER was posted at a village post
office that had no postage-stamp on it,
but, in place of the stamp, had the fol-
lowing written on one corner of the en-
velope;-"Mr. Postmaster, don't charge
no postage on this; the stamp wouldn't
stick, SO [ tore the thing up.
, 1872-01-02

A GooD instance Of sharp practice is
that of a man in Ohio, who was acquit-
ted of murder on "a plea ofinsapity. He
had secured his lawyers by giving tnema
mortgage on his farm, but now repu-
dlatesthe mortgage on the ground that
he was insane when he made it, accord
ing to the showing of these same law
yers.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
ITS STRONG POINT.

Alex. Ii. Stephens received letter a
few days ago from one Of his Democra-
tic friends, inquiring why he (Stephepsl
did not attack the administration Of
Grant vigorously because of its extraya-
gance and corruption. Through his pa
per Mr.. Stephens made the following
pertinent and sensible reply:
Mr. Stephens knows the defensible
and indefensible points in Gen. Grants
administration much better than those
who cry so loudly against the rotten
ness and extravaganza" in its fnan-
cial management and that the mons
trous frauds" and 'usurpations' of
the Fifteenth Amendment, and the En-
forcement acts are the dead issues" of
the war. When Mr.. Stephens is attack
ed for not assaillng the Administration
upon points on aUhich he k7,o,cs no sue
ceSSlal assault can be made, is he not to
speak the truth in assigning his reasons
for not joining IN such an assault, it will
be upon points where there can be no
di saStrous repulse upon the exhibition
of the facts, merits and truth of the
case. Is it not true that Gen. Grant
administration has paid over $500. OOO,-
900 of the public debt and lessened $780,
100000 besides? What, then, can be
made before an intelligent public of the
cry ever so vocifeTously made of rot
tenness' and extravaganza" in the
face of these facts 2"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Rock COUNTY.


The Rock County Agricultural Society
cleared between $500 and $1,000 by the
late Southern Wisconsin fair.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette says: 1.-TWO
brothers, residing in the First Ward, got
into an alteration yesterday, while play
ing ball, and the younger participant in
the quarrel cut short the angry discus
sion by slipping pocket-knife between
his brother ribs. the blade penetrating
the lung, making a serious wound"
WALwoRTH COUNTY.
Pickerel fishing is good at Geneva
Mr.. A. Van Dyke has resigned his
position as editor on the Delavan Rep
publican.
WINNEBAGo COUNTY.
A Buggy worth $l75 was stolen from
the barn of widow lady named Church
i'll, in Oshkosh, Sunday evening.
b. ID. Wickwire, the proprietor of the
Empire House, Oshkosh, let a new cook
take $3.50 gold watch to be able to get
meals ready at the proper time during
far week. a few evenings after the
cook was missing, ditto gold watch, and
neither have been seen since.
Inc oshkosh Times says that on Thurs
day night OF last week, some heartless
wretch entered the sheep-pens on the
fair grounds, and so mutilated eleven
bucks, seven Of which were full.blood
merlnos, belonging to Mr.. Eli Stilson,
the other four Cotswolds, and owned by
sundry individuals, that most of them
have died or will probably die.
GENERAL.
Last Saturday Mr.. Chapman, of Ply
mouth, suffered dislocation of the jaw
while having tooth extracted.
While party of six were out in a
boat near Appleton, on Sunday, man
named James Slope was accidentally shot
through the back by gun in the hands
OF a comrade, Leonard Murphy. He
cannot survive.
On the last day of the Trempealeau
County Fair, one Of the horses in the
running-race stumbled and fell on his
rider, who was seriously injured.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
TEMPERANCE

Who would not be an advocate of tenn
perance, when we look about and con-
slider the evils of it, the cost of it, the
tears and suferings of the drunkard
wife and childre n, the deprivation OF
the conforte of life of many families
occasioned by drinking, by persons who
would not be classed among the drunk
ards, and sorrow of many parents who
are witnessing the downward path OF
their sons through the influence OF drink
ing and drinking associates and blastee
hopes of many young wife who sees
her husband following the fashionable
folly of drinking? When we consider
these things and by correct statistics
that the liquor used in our country, costs
more than all the public schools, church
es aud railroads combined. And we ask
what good does it do, to balance all this
this? Who would not, then, be a sup
porter of Temperance If you are
moderate drinker, abondone it, for your
precept by your example is against the
cause of temperance. IF you are not
a hard or moderate drinker stand out
and show your colors on the right side
ON the side Of humanity. Don't have
too much sympathy for the drinker,
thinking it is too bad to deprive him of
his stimulants, nor for the teller, think
ing it is wrong to spoil his business, for
our public houses that they can't be sus.
tanned without they can sell the poison
Gus beverage Down with such false
sympat by! Must we license an evil for
the purpose of putting a little money
into Our neighbours pockets? What
would you say if our butchers should
knowingly buy deceased meat and sell
us? Would you say let him sell it, for
he cannot make living if he does not !!
What if our school directors or agents
should hire a licentious, drunken man to
teach our schools, would you say let him
teach for he has been to the expense
of getting an education and cannot make
living without teaching? Would you
want to intrust your children to his fos-
tering care what if a steamboat COM
pany should put an old, rotten, cheap
boat On to line would you say the
public should let them go on? This is
a liberty country, it won't hurt US, we
won't patronize them. All! it may not
hurt you, but your neighbors or your
children may unsuspectingly find wa
terry grave thereby What would you
say of railroad company who WOULD
employ an engineer that was moderate
drt.nker one who only gets very little
lover the bay occasionally ? Would
you say that it is their right to do 81
if they please, this is free country i
folks don't want to get smashed up lei
them keep away from our road-they
are not obliged to travel it? Would no
many, unsuspectingly, take passage, a!
many are now, the road to ruin by strong
| drink p? perhaps they might travel over
it and not receive any material injury
but is that an argument in favor of the
managers of the road? Think and pom
| der these things as you ought, and YOU
will come to the conclusion that we al
| ought to become temperance people
| both by precept and example, and eve
| let our influence be in that way.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
A LETTER FROM GRANT.
New York, Oct. q.

NEW OKK, OCT. 4.
President Grant has addressed letter
to the manufacturers Of Philadelphia, in
reply to an invitation to visit their estab-
lishments. saying he cannot at present,
but at an early day he will take great
pleasure in making the visit. He closes
as follows II feel very great interest
in the success of the manufacturing inter
ests Of the country and their develop
ment, looking upon their growth as ne
cessary to the solvency of the nation. by
keeping down the balalce of trade
against the United States, and in digni-
flying labor and making it remunerative.
Of your respective interests, and those
of all manufacturers and producers the
land OYER.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
SECESSI ON.

AS to secession, / havs said repeated
" and here repeat that If the people OF
the slave States, or OF the cotton States
alone, really wish to get out of the I'm
ion. / am in favor of letting them out.
If tn cir votes shall indicate their settled
resolve to get out of the Union, L will do
all can to help them 10 get out asean
early day.-Horace Greeley, over his
own signature, January Is, 1861.
And now, to-day, if the nation were to
be i'm perilcd and there were just two
modes of saving ito trust to the chan
ces Of civil war or the chances of a free
vote of the Southern people, [ would
very greatly prefer to take the latter
chance rather than the former. H Grace
Gleeley's Pittsburgh speech, Sept. 9th,
1872, reported in the New York 1rib-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
SHE URtBUNE.
LOST ON THE LADY ELGIN.
AS SUNG BY C. J. WILLIAMS.

AS SUNG BY C. J. WILLIAMS.
The followin song was written some
years ago, but has only recently been In
troduced extensively into our midst by
Dir. Williams. who has been requested
TO have it published
Up from the poor mans cottage,
Forth from the mansions door,
Sweeping across the waters,
And eciloing along the shore,
Caught by the morning breeZes,
Borne on the evening gale,
Comes the voice of mourning,
A sad and solemn wall.
CHoRus.--Lost on the Lady Elgin,
Sleeping to wake no more
Numbering in death three hundred,
Who failed to reach the shore.
Oh it's the cry of children,
Weeping for parents gone,
Children who slept that evening,
But orphans woke at dawn,
Sisters for brothers weeping,
Husbands for missing wives,
Such are the cries ascending,
For those three hundred lives.
CHoRUs.-Lost on the Lady Elgin, etc.
Staunch was the noble steamer,
Precious the freight she bore,
Gaily She loosed her cables,
Grandly she swept her harbor,
Joyfuy she rang her beiIs,
Little thought we, next morning,
They'd toll so sad kneH.
CHoRUs.-Lost on the Lady Elgine, etc.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
JEAIousY.-Jcalousy, says Arthur

JEALOUSY. says Arthur
Helps, the well known English essayist,
is at once the most unacountable of vices.
What belonges to Us we shall have lnevi-
tably, aud what we want and have not
we shall never win by unreason. If we
are lovely we shall be loved; and if we
are unlovely we shall not be loved, no
matter whether any one takes its place or
not. jealousy of the wealth, the social
Importance, or the happiness of others,
is alike unaccountable and absurd
Your own house is not lowlier because
your neighbor's is four stories high and
brown stone. If he should fail, and have
to give up his carriage, it would only
crowd the horse cars little more,
and by no means provide you with chaise
or buggy. What is it in human nature
that makes our poor fare seem poorer be-
cause our neighbor is eating roast duck
and drinking champagne? To envy the
love seems equally idle. Hearts keep
their accounts, usually, with very toler-
able fairness. We shall receive that of
which we are worthy, no more-and what
is our own by virtue Of our desert no fate
can take away.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-17
"UNADULrERATED PATRIOTISM TIL,

"UNADULTERATED PATRIOTISM The
West Bend Republican, the valiant ad-
vocate Of Republicanism in Washington
county, pays the following deserved
compliment to the noble band Of Repub-
lican patriots, who have so long fought
the good fight in that section:
1t may not be generally known to most of our
readers that the West Bend Republican has been
started by stock company, composed by about
thirty of the patriotic Republicans of Washington
county, who have long felt the need of such paper
but such is the fact; and We should be recreant to
our duty the editor of this paper, if failed
acknowledge the great obligation which we in COM
mon with the mass of the Republicans of the county
are under to those who have so nobly come forward
and aided this enterprise. From the moment the
project first discussed by a half dozen of our
wide-awake Republicans, such word fail has
been allowed to enter into fhe discussion of the
question; and the responses by way of subscription
to the stock by merchants farmers and business
men of the county have shown that the Republicans
Washington county are not dead-neither sleep they
but they fully awake to the Importance of the
great struggle of 1872 The Republicans of this
ty, although always overwhelmed by large MAORI
ties made up of that pure and unadulterated pa
triotism which will always respond to the great par
ty of freedom without fear, favor expectat ton
reward. They have fought the battles over and ove
again, and to-day are as eager for the contest a
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
The Preparation of Tea.

The definite effects sought from tea
drinking over and above the mere com.
fort given by the hot liquid are pro-
duoed by two Ingredients of the leaf
the alkaloid theme and the aromatic
matter. The latter is what is chiefly
valued by the refined connoisseur of
tea; and accordingly he Tor she) makes
tea by pouring perfectly boiling water
on a pretty large allowance of leaf,
drinking off the first infusion and re-
jecting the rest. Made in this manner
tea is, no doubt, not only very pleasant
beverage, but also most useful restora-
tive; but, unfortunately, SO far from
being cheap, it is costly beverage, and
the poor cannot afford to drink it. The
plan which they adopt is that of slow
stewing, the teapot standing for hours
together upon the hob. The result of
this kind of cooking is that very high
percentage of theme land also of the
astringent substances which are ruinous
to fine favor) is extracted; and the
tea, though poor enough as regards any
qualities which a refined taste would
value, is, says the Lancet, decidedly a
potent physiological agent.-Scribner's
for October.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
ROYALTY en- VOYAGE.

During the past twenty years royalty
has made unprecedented progress in the
facility of travelling without fuss or par
ade. Although George III. had never
seen the sea till, at fifty, the doctors
sent him to Weymouth, his great grand
sons are among the most travelled men
in the world, and go hither and thither
with no more notice than great noble
men. During the past few weeks the
Prince of Wales has been on board
friends yacht at Trouville, pacing the
sands with M. Theirs, and dining with
the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild
and other friends in the neighborhood,
whilst his wife and children embarked
on the Queens yacht, and were soon in
the embraces of their Danish kith and
kin at Bernstorf Castle, the King of
Denmark's pleasant simmer abode. To
no other class has rapid communication
probably contributed more pleasure. In
former days the daughter Of royal
house who married into foreign coun-
try became practically an exile for life,
but now friends and family can be seen
as easily as they would be by the daugh-
ter of aiplomatist or a wealthy mer-
chant living abroad, and an intercourse
tending to keep alive and stimulate in
ternational relationships follows.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
Varieties.

The awl knight question-Crispinism.
THREE popular kings - Smoking,
drinking and talking.
Why is U the gayest letter in the
alphabet? Because it is always in fun.
WHAT belongs to yourself, and is used
by everybody more than yourself?
Your name.
WARS the difference between truth
and eggs? "Truth crushed to earth
will rise again" Eggs won't.
IT may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking of both wings of an army is
pretty sure way to make it fly.
THE way they muzzle dogs in most of
the Western towns is by placing the
muzzle behind the ear and pulling the
trigger.
"LoR-AMAssY," exclaimed the old lady
in the witness box, chow should know
anything about thing dunno any
thing about?"
VICTOR HUGO says that "the dog car
ries his smile in his taiI.n The infer
ence is that the dog is the greatest wag
in the animal kingdom.
Mrs. CLARK, who edits newspaper at
Sacramento, goes for Train for President,
and excitedly exclaims, "Never mind
platforms. We want a man."
A YOUNG Connecticut lady was lately
taken aback, when her swain got upon
his knees before her and read declara-
ton of love which he had nicely written
off.
THERE is more truth than poetry in
the following line from an advertise
menr: Babies, after having taken
one bottle of my soothing syrup, never
cry any more
A GENTLEMAN who had a very deaf
servant was advised by friend to dis
charge him. "No, no, replied the gen
tleman, with much good feeling, 'that
poor creature could never hear of an
other situation"
"MY son." said an afectionate moth
er to her son (who expected to be mar
ried very soon), 'syou are getting very
thin" Yes, mother" he replied,
'when l come the next time you will be
able to see my rib
AN editor of religious paper says:
"We consume millions of gallons of
distilled spirits annually" We don't
believe him. There is no doubt that he
drinks to excess but if he gets on the
outside of two or three hundred gallons
annually, he is doing as much as the
rest of us.-Lo,asvilIe jour nal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
Exercise and the Health of the Horse.

Stonehenge," in his work on the
horse, in relation to the care of riding
and driving horses, says:
Without regular exercise, no horse
can long be kept in health and l be-
lieve that, as far as this point is con-
cerned, even those which are hard
worked would be the better for half an
hours airing every morning after they
have been fed, and before they are
dressed. But those masters who are
particular about the mouths of the an
imals they ride or drive find that the
hands of their grooms are generally SO
heavy that they spoil the delicate ''feel"
on which the comfort of riding and
driving SO much depends. Hence, in
such cases, the poor horse is condemn
ed to confinement in his stable, not only
on the day when he is to be ridden or
driven, but on those also when he is to
be idle.
/. The health of the body is sacrificed
to the maintenance of the delicate con-
dition of the mouth, which is SO highly
priced by good horsemen and accom-
plished whips; and l confess that l
plead guilty to having, for long series
of years, acted upon this principle.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
DiscoIoration of the Skin.

Often persons receive an accidental
blow or fall, from whence discolora-
ton of the skin is apt to ensue. To
prevent this, take little dry starch or
arrowroot merely moisten it with cold
water, and lay it on the injured part.
This must be done Immediately, so as
to prevent the action of the air upon
the skin. However, it may be effect
ually applied sonle hours after. Raw
neat is not always at hand, and some
children have an insurmountable re-
pugnance to having it applied. These
applications are not always of certain
effect. There is no remedy for black
eye but bathing in hot water, which is
often very tedious, but if Immediately
applied it is sure remedy or proven
tive.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
Personal.

THERE are 16 physicians in the Do
minion Parliament.
RuBENsTEIN is described as "small,
dark, and very ugly"
KARL MARX, the International leader,
is coming to the United States to live.
TEN American citizens have become
naturalized and elected to the Canadian
Parliament.
PROF. THRAsHER is the disagreeably
suggestive name of the principal of a
school in Netawaka, Kan.
THE first installment of Motley's new
work, the History of the Thirty Years
War, will soon be published.
BuNc HE'D, formerly of China, now Of
San Francisco, is in the laundry bust
ness instead of being on the police.
HERE is st. Joseph, No, advertise.
ment: IF you want hoap-skirt, go
to the ant, thou sluggard, and B.
Weiz"
A MAN in Detroit lived in his house
ten years without finding out that a
wallet containing $4,000 lay under the
kitchen floor. The bills faded to dust
on being handled.
BLoNDIN's disease has now assumed
the form of walking rope 500 feet
long and so feet high, with suit of
armor and a cooking stove. Strong
hopes of his death are entertained with
every rising wind.
N1LssoN's wedding cake was splendid
affair, profusely ornamented Nth must
cal trophies, and having on the summit
harp made of real and costly pearls,
which the prudent bride, who has no
nonsense about her, promptly turned
into cash.
The case of Mr.. J. Ross Browne shows
what official preferment will do for a
man. A few years ago he was poor
Bohemian. taking shorthand notes for
a living, and now he has bought 10000
acres Of salt.marsh in California, paying
$25 an acre for it.
MISS JEAN CLARA WALTERS, an actress,
awoke few nights ago at st. Lake City,
| to find burglar in her room, when she
frightened him so by springing up with
blood curdling stage scream that he
| dashed down her jewel-b box and watch,
and, standing not upon the order of his
going, went.
THE death is announced, at Utica,
N. Y, of Eliphalet Cramer, a pioneer
| of Milwaukee, and for many years one
of the most prominent business men o.
that city. He was the elder brother Of
William E. Cramer, editor of the Wis
consin, and was for many years President
of the State Bank and of the Gas Com
pany.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
In Hanging Gardens.

In On old city, so the Rabbins tell,
wi; Lived young lady having youth and wealth.
40 IN me hanging gardens loved to dwell;
CT, f nd Ike a shadow. and as still as stealth.
one walked the soundless paths that climbed to
The sun above the grand metropolis.
Here stair and stair, with heavy balustrade,
And columned hybrids cut in rigid stone
And vase and sphinx. and obelisk arraved
And arched wide bridges over wheelways
Valley Of heaven the gardens seem to be.
Or isles OF cloud-land in sunset sea.
The lady. daughter of some prince or king.
Was loved by one who. rich, had lowiy birth.
He gave her gems inclesed in toy or ring
Trifes of cost, of value for their deartb:
But she was used to greater gifts than these.
And their poor beauty failed her heart TO please
The soul is child of heaven, and whom the world.
Her, lover. brings his presents. wealth and
fame
Wealth, a bird jeweled; fame, ring i'm
pearled-
She is not satisfied. She holds no blame;
But dreams of hanging gardens pathed with bills
Above a golden-domed metropolis.