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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19

OF all the foolishness of which Ameri-
cans are gsllty, none is more stupid than
certain style OF wagers on elections an d
other public matters. One enthusiastic
partisan agrees to carry or wheel another
a specified number of miles in 8 certain
event, or eat or drink eaough to kill an
elephant, or do any other thing that will
endanger his life or make him anpear
supremacy ridiculous. This is purelv
American, and 1t is pure jackassry. and
ought to be punished with kicks. The
late presidential election deyeloped sev.
eral instances of 1t, and many newspaper
columns have been sacrificed to promote
this species of notority. The wheeling
IN wheelbarrow of one man by another.
from Valparaiso, Indiana, to Chicago
lately took place. y wheeIbarrow that
cost $50 was built for the purpose. Re-
porters OF the press accompanied the ex-
nedltIon, made notes and printed them.
The, wheeler nearly killed himself by
hard work, but he kept himself warm.
The wheeled enjoyed the fun at first, tus
the way was long, the progress was..slow,
aud the weather was cold. He nearly
troze TO death, and came off much the
worse of the two. 1t paid, however, for
both victims saw their names and the de-
tails Of their wonderful exploits in the
papers. That was the point.
Another man On such a wager walked
the whole length of New York city. pla-
earded L am Greeley man going west. -
We don want that man out west unless
he viii take up his residence with the
Digger Indians, and they would probab-
~ scalp him if they knew how he had
disgraced his manhood, and violated the
proprieties of civilized Efe.-.St. Louis
Republican,.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19

Be HAPPY NoW.-How old are you
Twenty Thirty? Are you happy
to day Were you happy yesterday =? Are
you generally happy? If so you have
reason to Judge that you will be happy
by and by. Are you SO busy that you
have no time to be happy? and are you
going to be happy when you are old and
have not much to do? No, you will not.
You now have q specimen of what you
will he when you are old. Look in the
face of to-day. That is about the aver
age. That will tell you what you are
going to be, what you are carrying along
with you is what you have been by and
by. If you are so conducting yourself
that you have peace with God, and your
fellow men, and with your faculties if
every day you insist that duty shall make
you happy, and you take as much time
as it is needful for the culture of your
social faculties, you will not be exhaus-
ting life, and it will be continually re-
plenished. But if you are saving every
thing up till you get to be an old man
habit will stand like a tyrant and say
You would not enjoy yourself before,
and you shall not now How many
men there are who have ground and
ground to make money that they night
be happy by and by, but who when they
have got to be fifty or sixty years old
bad used up all the enjoyable nerve that
was in. them. During their early life
they carried toll and economy and fru-
gality to the excess of stinginess, and
when the time came they expected joy,
there was no joy for them.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19
The Greek Brigands--A Woman
StratageIn and its Results.

s story comes from Athens about
Greek brgandage, very refreshing
to honest people, and suggestive of the
question whether women might not gov
crn Greece better than its men. One OF
the curses of modern Hellas, as everybody
knows. is the unextirpated guild Of brig
ands, who infest the land, defying the
government, SURPRISING commerce, de-
moralizing the peasaGtry, and robbing
aud numbering strangers or rich natives.
One of these unhanged villains recently
captured the youthful son of widow
woman OF property, we'll known upon the
border. The usual message was sent
down from the hills The brigand chief
must have one thousand drachmas by
certain day, or the life OF the boy-he
was only twelve years old-would nay the
forfeit. As usual, too, the last hope
which q mother could cherish in such a
position was the chance of government
help. The wretchedly weak administra-
tIous which play in and out in Athens
still allow these scoundrels to hold the
roads and passes of the country, and this
poor woman had to trust to her own c0ur-
age and wits. Neither were wanting;
there was some true old Odyssean blood
IN her, and she hit upon plan for saving
both her child and her drachmas. She
had 0 brother, young fellow of perfect
pluck, though his cheeks were as smooth
Gs the Delian Apollo S, and him she dress
ed up carefully as Greek girl Having
appointed to meet the robber chief in a
certain spot, she took up two hundred
draehmas and present Of cakes and fruit,
the Greek girl going with her as
guide" On reaching the place they
found the scoundrel waiting, with the
captive bound hand and foot beside him.
The woman first aSeertained by cunning
questions that the man was really alone,
and then offered. with many supplications,
her money aud the present of cakes and
fruit The villain took the latter and
munched while he counted out the
drachmas: then, with fierce oath, he
said il was far too little-that she must
so back and send enough tG make up
thousand or the head of the lad would
be sent down TO her without delay
While the woman chung significantly to
his knees, the Greek girl suddenly
flung grip of iron around the robbers
arms, and, as the fellow was thus pinion-
ed, the outraged mother drew loaded
pistol and shot him dead. The pair lost
no time in liberati1g the lad, nor did they
forget TO cut off aud wrap in a cloth
the head Of the chief" and as a reward
Q! three thousaod draehmas had been set
upon this precious article, they made
qaite an excellent days business of it, on
arriving safe and sound at their own Will
age. London TeleoruDh
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19

LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE.-It is the bah
bling spring that flows gently, the little
rivu! let which runs along. day and night
by the farm house, that is useful rather
than the swollen food. or the roaring cat
aract. Niagara excites our wonder, and
we stand amazed at the power and great
pess of nature there. as she pours it from
her hollow hand. But one Niagara is
enough for a continent, or the world
while the same world requires thousand
and tens of thousands of silver fountains
AID gentle flowing rivulets, that water
every farm and meadow; and every gar
den, and that shall flow night and day,
with their gentle. quiet beauty. So with
she acts of our lives. 1t is not bv great
deeds, like those of martyrs, that good is
deuei it is by the daily and quiet virtue
of l'fe-the kind temper. the meek for
bearance, the spirit of forgiveness,,;i lin the
husband, IN the wife, the father, the
mother, the sister, the friend, the neigh
Dor. that good is to be done.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19
Violent Tremors Caused by Tobacco
From the Popular Science Monthly.


The trembling, which is one of the
usual symptoms of acute, is also com
mon result of chronic necotism. A very
disting uished Partisan physician had
hands which shook so much that he could
not write. Whenever he remained with
out tobacco for any length of time, these
tremblings disappeared Another case
mentioned by Blatin is noteworthy. A
man rs years consulted him respecting
violent and numerous attacks of vertigo.
When he felt one of them approaching,
he was obliged to lie down wherever he
might be, in order to avoid falling. In
the country, where he had plenty of ex-
ercise, they were less frequent than in
the town, where his occupation was Sc
dentary. Cessation from tobacco and a
tonic regimen quickly restored him.
a physician of 81 was affected with
similar disagreeable symptoms, and was
also cured by abstinence. Habit had be-
come so strong that he could not resist
at times the temptation to slight indul-
gence. Finding that these returns to
tobacco were Immediately followed by
his old painful attacks, he renowned it
| forever
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19

4 PAINFUL SIGHT. There is nothing
more painful to the naked eye than
tashionably dressed lady of our day. If
their posterity are not smitten with hump
backs. il viii be in consequence Of a spe-
cial interposition of Providence, in behalf
of the Fathers: who, be it said to their
credit, dress plain and sensibly. While
the community is making war upon Man.
sara roof as matter of safety, let them
make war upon the Mansard bustles, as
a matter OF good taste We are not war
ring upon the expense it is only the
abominable way they have of piling 1t on
behind. to make it EXPENSIVE. Shame,
where is thy blush 2-Rac3re Journal
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19
LIQUORS DEADLY WoRK.-W ashing-

LIQUOR S DEADLY WoRK.-H ashlng-
ton ID. CO. dispatch of the 2eth says:
Two murders are under sentence here,
and the third was sentenced o-day. One
has already been hung this month, and
second execution this week was only pre-
vented by the interposition of the Presl,
Dental reprive, giving the condemned
man one more week of life Seven muir
derers are now in jail awaiting trial. :
Such is the tragic record the criminal cal
endar presents in this city. In every
case the responsibility for crime is traced
directly to intoxicating liquors.
OvERDREssING is vulgar, especially IN
women, for the glare of the sunllt and
eye.lit street. Toilets, even when taste
ful as to color and style, denote, if habit
ually rich and snowy, mental vulgarity,
their transparent designs being SO super
fetal, material means TO impress the re-
fined being unfavorably impressed, sus-
pectlng such outward richness to be the
mask Of inward poverty. A prevalent
fashion of costly dressing is sign of gen.
eral vulgarity. The finest type of lady
hood would recoil offended from her mir
ror at seeing herself besilked. befeathered,
and bejeweled, fer morning walk or
drive She will be as simply elegant in
her attire, in doors or on. as in her man
ners and will not exhibit, either in one or
the other, the slightest effort to outvie
the other.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19
L Know that My Redeemer Liveth.
From tao Troy Press.

From TAI. Troy Press.
On Christmas night OF 1871 the writer
of this article sat beside Horace Greeley
at Steinvay Hall, New York City. where
was being given HandePs Great Orato-
rio of The Messiah" During the ma
jor part Of the performance he sat appa-
rently lost in thought, if not in a doze,
and seemingly obliyious to all that was
going on.
But when Miss Kollog appeared and
sang the great soprano Solo, Il know
that my Redeemer liveth, he raised up,
mis- face was suffused with joy, his bright
eye was dimmed by a lear, and he list
ened with that steady and intense earn
estness so peculiar to him when inter
ested.
When it was finished no hands moro
loudly applauded than his, no face
beamed forth such great satisfaction and
he murmered to himself those grandest
of all the words of the world, Il know
that my Redeemer liveth.' Then again
came the absent preoccupisd look, nor
did it change until Miss Sterling sung the
contralto recitative. Then snail come to
pass that which is written: Death shall
be swallowed up in victory, when the
same JOYOUS look of satisfaction lighted
up the face no one could look upon and
not love.
a few days ago he turned YEARLY on
his bed of pain. and the old light came
back as he muttered, Il know that my
Redeemer liveth )" few hours more,
and sit is DONE Death was swallow
ed up in victory-the victory of life
time. fighting for the right over wrong
for truth over error: fOrreason over pre-
judice; for peace and love over war and
hate-the victory of well-spent life. en-
titling a soul to life eteral after death
This is his victory. and he needs DO eu-
logy or monument. The heartbeat of
the nation is the one, the imprint of our
more lasting than marble, more endu-
ring than brass.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-19

Why are ripe potatoes In the ground
like thiefs? Because they ought to be
taken UP.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17


A number of Cinnamon employed bv
the California Pacific Railroad to shovel
gravel from pit near Chico, recently
took up the pit as mining claim, and
nave developed an excellent gold mine.
a roaring. untamed lion, with no nom
sense about him, has taken lease of a
forest near Pleasant View, No.; and th
huckleberries are drying up on the bush
es, in consequence OF q ''oorner in chill.
dren."
A colored man. named James Hand.
ley, living near Winchester, Miss. was
Killed the other day. on account OF his
iavoring Greeley's election. He was
prominent politician in his neighbor-
hood.
In Montgomery. Ala, the other day.
tour negroes got on a spree; one took ont
little jack knife, and now there amt
but three.
Mrs. Cecilia Mckinney, of Geor0e.
town County, died last week, aged
elghty-six. She had never been twenty
miles from home.
A young Connecticut lady was lately
taken aback when her swain got upon his
knees before her and read a declaration
OF love which he had nicely written off.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

NJ. Charles Loysop, better known az
Pere Hyaointho, Of the church Of Notre
Dame OF Paris, having concluded to
marry and become worldling, writes q
long letter-hRlf-d and half.
praotical-to New York journal. ex.
planning his new position, and the WINS
ana wherefores OF his determination to
ieave his convent and take wife. All
Inns. we fancy, is quite irrelevant, and
III. noyson's long epistle has an air of
vanity about it which does not comport
with the circumstances. It would have
oeen better had he quietly gone off and
married without publicly apologizine for
the faot; bat better even than this oonrse
would 1T have been had he consplted the
pages of Punch, before taking the fatal
step OF matrimony. In the columns of
that astute journal, he would have fonnd
very seasonable suggestion. and one
appropriate to himself, under tho beod
OF advice to Persons About to Attempt
Matrimony," which is, briefly, s'Don'tl"
1t ls to be hoped that our clerical gal
liant, having now composed bimself com
1ortably into the haven Of rest and peace
which lie SO eioq6ently describes in his
letter, will hereafter lead a law.abidino
lie, and refrain from intruding his do.
mestio affairs upon the newspapers. The
precedent that he has established of tax.
ing the public in his confidence regard.
ing his courtship and marriage is yery
bad one. and may possibly be followed
hereafter by some silly individuals-a
consequence which would be truly dread
ful. Already, in fact, we find M. Du-
vergler de Hauranne, of Paris, rushing
INTO PRINT IN the Figaro. (of all journals,
the Figaro0 to explain to the public
that it is all mistake that he is abont to
marry certain young American lsdv
whose name is not unknown to fame.
Washington Patriot.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

AN IMPARTIAL OPINION OF Four
SLANDER.-Mr. Thomas Mast returns in
this weeks number OF Messrs. Hnrners'
Teehty TO the jacknl habit OF desecratino
graves. He has drawn caricature'
coarse In every respect, representing
Horace Greeley clasping the hand Of
Wilkes Booth across the grave of Lin.
coin. All caricatures, to be effective.
must have basis Of truth; this one is
utterly untrue. No man would dare pre-
tend that Mr.. Greeley ever did, or now
does, regard that act with any feeling
but exeoration; then, if he fraternizes
now with the spirit of that act, he does
IL by accepting the Baltimore nomina-
tlon. But the act of Booth was not the
act OF the South; they who approved it
were few, aud no man believes-what-
eyer his first thought ut the timo may
nave been-that the great body of the
southern people had any sympathy with
Booth. 10 suppose that the people of
one-halt of the United States are assas.
SINS ~ disposition, is simply monstrous,
ana thls carlcature proves too much, if it
proves anything, for if to extend the
mana OF reconciliation to the South is to
grasp the hand of nssassins, there can be
no safety Ill political or business union
with such people, and re arc remanded
TO discussion ut once, which is not what
MIR. Nast's party prefers to seek. AS to
the appeal to the baser passions, the at
tempt to revive the hatreds of the war
years. the pulling open of old wounds,
"nlch ls manifest in such shameful pic
lures as this, whoever does not at first
sight of them feel q touch OF indignation
WILL hardly appreciate them us they are,
alter careful Interpretation. The sub
title, "a Journal OF Civilization" ap-
peariing above such picture as this,
may DO taken as unconscious irony, and
1t ls Disgrace to the United States that
publication containing such a defile-
ment should go forth to foreign cacc-
tries. The pages of the Financie, may
6e searched in vain for any advocacy Of
nir. Greeley's cause, and we ore, there
fore, tho more free to say, that if this
carlcature may be taken as representing
the disposition of the Grant party,
hardly any greater calamity than it's
success could befall the country.
The Findncier, TIL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

ua. HOTEL ARRIVALS, September 16.-Hendriz
9ws Jennings n Seeiy. ~, ,Hy; Fairly, G; Fl
Path; Agnew, Due West; NJ Lesser. T. p
9mIsn, ER + Hubbard, Clark. Pegg, E
KVern, IA And1teraon; 4 D Spears, E Cotton.
H,' \ L Sims Union; W Chick, J Wheeler,
Edgefield; W W Wannamaker, St Mathews.
Vt, NtcHerson House, al White, Fort Mills: G.
s;a,a sM;ashippgton. pg Q A; s a Spencer, s C.; F
Ta Sims; 10 JHHlsl;land; Mayrant, g; W Il Tyree,
SU; 81 Humphrey, G Tennent, Europe: Il
y = smith, Glenn Springs; A Wrid and son.
y AioSander, Mrs Kennedy, Miss MacKay'
HnreeenViile; u . ID Hall. Iowa; F D Bush, G i G
C2tum'id Ho'el-J NJ Carson, Charleston: +
an a Mcayer r e and wife. Cheraw; l. A Treat, Bos-
Ton; 4 Turner and lady, s G; D L Fiilvaw.
Markwater, NY. -
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

The "bells! bellsll bells!!l" have g
Poetical association, whether when ring
ing out in melodious chimes an ovation
S;,an 20 the =. .ne.wsly.wedded wi or tolling solemn
urge 10 the recently departed, and have
obtained throughout ali ages a firm hold
on tue sympathies of mankind. The
practical association owes It's origin to
our own day and time, when the girls of
the period patronize them in mininture
as pendants for their ears. and the young
bucks display them as ornaments on Their
watch-chains. It must be oonfeaaed
however, that in utilitarianism. Mr.
Hudson G.. Wolfe, of New York city. ia
entitled to premium, for henceforth
and throughout all time bell, Of what
ever magnitude, shape or sound, must
inevitably be associated in ones mind
with "WoLFE's BELL ScHNApps. in
every respect the best stimulant and
tonic of the age.
Houston 1esas) Telegraph.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

A New York letter, in the st. Louis
Republican, says: ''You know lots of
girls have embraced the jewish religion
and Jewish husbands lately. One OF
them, Catholic girl, espoused the He
Drew faith and German gentleman the
same day. Now, her parents took a
coffin with her name and age thereon to
the church and had high mass over it:
toted it over to Calvary, and buried their
daughter to all intents and purposes. I
suppose if they ever get recoaoiled
they'll dig up the empty coffin and use it
to keep furs in."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

It is said that tho soil of ireland ia
fatal to snakes. A son OF Erin, who
vlslted the green Isle this summer, and
returned to Augusta, Ga, with a
memento in the shape of q shamrock
growing in Irish soil, tested the matter
by placing snake within the box oon.
tanning the plant. The creature died al !.
most Immediately. "
A Whitefield County, Ca, scamp
sprinkied salt on the railroad track to
attract cattle to the place 30 they will be
killed and the owners get pay from the
road.
The New York Herald's editor is re-.
ported to have stated that the search for
Livingstone has cost that establishment
5000 and the expenses arc not oil in
yet.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

French correspondents now settled on
Mount Saint Bernard complain that they
do not find the dogs OF that locality 20
discerning as fame has reported. They
object to being rescued by quadrupeds in
the snow when they seek 1t for the ex.
press purpose of keeping cool; they have
some difficulty in making the animals
understand that they do not want to be
saved or violently dragged by their
clothes to the good fathers, who have "a
way OF rubbing them over with spirits
whom heat is the very thing they are try
ing to avoid.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

CHEERING ASSURANCES FROM ONO. =
we can assure our friends abroad that
the supporters of Greeley and Brown
will carry this State both at the October
and November elections, if there is any,
thing IN indications. The change in tile
German vote in Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Toledo. Dayton, Columbus and the
North west, will be more than sufficient
to change the past political character OF
the State. A very large part of the Ger
man vote, so called, has been against us
for years. but now there are few among
them who will touch Gen. Grant or auy
OF his tickets. This County gave nearly
5000 majority for Grant. It will give
that same figure now against him. In
many other Counties the change will be
equally marked. We have never, in our
political experience, seen the political
skies as bright as they nre this fall. All
that Is necessary is efficient organization
to give Greeley the State by full 20, ,OOe
majority. Friends, push on the ball!
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-17

MULES FOR MosEs.-On Saturday last,
q fine pair of mules came to Senator
Smalls as present from Frank Moses.
They are campaign mules, and are to be
used in hauling the speakers for Moses
around the County. The mules are too
honest-looking for such work. One is
named Validating Bill, the other Certifi
Kate. Their tails are appropriately
shaved to indicate the condition of the
State Treasury. But they are good
mules. and intelligent. We are told tha.
a progenitor of theirs. on tue fathers
side. rebuked Balaam for lying pro.
phecy. Ii these animals are equally SEN
s!tive to falsehoods. We may be able to
chronicle protest from them, before the
campaign is over, against being used for
such disreputable service as electioneer-
ing for Moses. BEAUFORT Republican.