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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
A Burning w orld.

1t is said by astronomers that during
the last two or three hundred years over
thirteen fixed stars have disappeared
from the sky. One of them in the Nor
thern Hemisphere was especially noted.
1t grew SO bright that it could be seen
by the naked eye at midnight. 1t APP
peared to be a world on fire. The color
changed from dazzling white to reddish
yellow, and then faded to an ashy pale
ness Who could watch it with but feel
ings of the deepest interest and solemn
ty !! For sixteen months the appearance
continued, and then it disappeared for
eyer from the sky.
Such "a phenomenon our world may
sometime present to watchers upon other
stars. 1.-The world also, and the works
therein, shall be burned ur.'' Just
think of the treasures Of gold and pre-
cious stones, the costly fabrics wrought
with so much skill. the beautiful works
Of art so highly priced and choicely pre-
served-all these are to be swept away as
if they were only chat, Although they
are not SO much in Gods sight as
the soul of one poor beggar child Let
us look upon worldly treasures as God
does, and to value the soul at its real
worth. Is it wise to cast away ali its
happiness for a few trines that you must
soon leave. and that in the end will be
destroyed?
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
Husband and Wife.

HUsBAND.-Th good old Saxon word,
husband, still fingers in the rustic vocab-
ulary of the island districts of America,
but it has nearly disappeared from the
circles Of fashionable metropolitan life.
That sterling, old-fashioned phrase, my
husband" has given place to the short
and sharp abbreviation of MIR =
which, alas is about all that is left of
| this once mighty monarch Of the family
circle. And this "Mr., )" this Tabbrevia-
ton Of husband, is little more than
respected boaraer in polite society-if,
indeed he has the good fortune not to
be regarded as an impeachment 10 the way
of the freedom and happiness of the wife
and oldest daughter The following is
lady's definition of husband, who seems
to have composed vocabulary to ex-
press her experience in the matrimonial
experiment;
He is snarling, crusty. sullen, testy,
forward, cross, gruff, moody, grabbed,
snappish, tart, splenetic, surly, british,
fierce dog; morose, waspish, currish,
boorish, fretful, peevish, huf1ish, sulky,
touehy, fractions, clustering, captious,
ill-natured, rusty, churlish, growing,
uppish, stern, enrious dog In manger,
Who neither eats himself nor lets Others
eat.
WIFE. This good old Saxon word
tt0J'l is, after all, the dearest and most
sacred word in the whole vocabulary of
love Around it clusters all that is most
beautiful, chaste and permanent in the
tender passion. Into whatever forbidden
paths the heart ofman may wander, still
it must return. at last to the hallowed
name of wife for consolation and rest.
Any other relation between the sexes
however alluring 20 the imagination. in
variably ends IN wretciledness, in shame.
and degradation. Happy is the man who
can sing with Robert Burns:
"she is winsome wee thing,
She : handsome wee thing,
She is bonnie wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o mine"
Whose heart docs not beat softly and
joyously within HIN whes. be reads the
tstchiug Picture eta wiie's viltuous and
enduring love, in Burns song of John
Anderson, my Jo p
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
GRADUAL DTSAPP EARANCE OF
THE POLAR SEA.

IF a writer in the English periodical,
Nature, is correct in his views, the open
Polar Sea, unless discovered soon, will
exist no more. Land is said to be rising
everywhere between the Pole and the
ffty-seventh parallel, and the greatest
movement is at the Pole itself.-Some
interesting facts are quoted in support Of
this theory Piioy slys that Scandinavia
is an archipelago, and speaks OF bold
seamen who have circumnavigated the
group Of islands.-Ptolemy confirms him.
Celsius said, in the seventeenth century,
that Norway was rising at the rate of 40
inches year. Sir Charles Lyell endors-
es the theory. The waterlevel in the
Gulf of Bothina falls one foot every fif-
teen years. Near Geffe there are PAS
lures where old men remember seeing
boats afoat. Near Stockholm, seventy
feet above the sea, the remains Of she'll
fish Identical with the present coast spe
cies are found. At Soduleige, ninety
feet above high water, there Is bed of
sand which contains some wrecked boats
and an old anchor. In the interior of
Spitzbergen skeleton ofwhales have been
unearthed forty feet above sea level. The
fishermen say that the land has risen SO
much that the shallowness of the wa err
has driven away the right whale, viii h
once abundant, is now rarely seen.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
Mark Twain on Woman Suffrage.

Mark Twain says that when women
frame laws the first thing they will do
will be to enact:
l. That all men should be at home at
ten p. NJ. without fail.
2. That married men should bestov
considerable attention upon their own
wives.
3. That it should be hanging offense
to sell whisky in saloons. and that fines
and disfranchisement should follow In
such places.
4. That the smoking of cigars to ex
cess should be forbidden. and the smok
ing of pipes utterly abolished.
5 That the wife should have the ti,le
of her own property when she marries
man who hasn't any.
''Such tyranny as this says Mark.
''we would never stand. Our free souls
could never endure such degrading thral-
dom. Women, go away Seek not to
beguile US of our imperial privileges.
Content yourselves with your little fenii-
nine triAes-your babies, your benevo-
lent societies, and your knitting-and lei
your natural bosses do the voting Stand
back-you viii be wanted to go to war
next. We will let You teach school as
much as you want 20, and pay you hall
pr ,e, too but beware we dom want
20 to crowd Us too much.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29

Alexis went into ecstacies o-er
Niagara The tall of massive cakes of
ice, the frozen spray and the terrible
roar made his Imperial blood curdle, if
correspondent is to be believed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
DIR. G.. M. MACK,

Graduate of Guys Hospital London, England and
for over two ye.rs confidential Physician 10 Her
SHY OF New York, has located at Indianapolis
and viii give advice TO the sick abroad as Well as at
home.
Every village in America, however small contains
among its Inhabitants always few, and often many
men, women, and children, suffering with cnroIlic
diseases which have baiiet tie skill the resident
physician, if not, indeed that men eminent in the
profession IN the country State wherein they
reside, when really under a rational sustain of pe1f-
cation administered by who has given exclusive
attention to diseases of chronic character they NAV
be easily cured; and when such help found it be-
comes matter OF surprise and inquiry why they
should have suffered 50 long. The reasons are-1st
That your local physicians much occupied in
the treatment Of acute diseases at the bedside of their
patients chat they have neither the time patience
to give the proper attention TO a long-standing and
supposed incnrab!e disease; 3D. The man OF emil
neuce who is called upon may haye gained all his
great reputation in surgery, Instead OF nedec5ac so
that the Invalid not recognizing this fact, supP0ses
he or she is trying the best skill that country af
fords. Dr. c. II. Mack is successful treating Iy lust
sac all over the country by letter ana express
whose faces have never been seens well as at his
Office at home.
DR.. Mack has been steadily gaining upon the conf
dence OF the public for the past year, durfnr which
time he has treated nearly two thousand cases ninety
OF every hundred OF which have been radically cured,
while every has been benefited, and ut this mo
ment he has patients IN nearly every State in the
Union ana many IN Canada. Every reader of tins
who has any affection Of Jhe Head Throat. Lungs
Heart, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Bladder Bowels
Womb, Genital Organs, Rheumatic or Net!IaIgic
Difficulties Eruptions OF the Skin Blood ImDuri-
ties, Tumors Cancers Nervous affections, diseases Of
the Eye and Ear etc. are invited to simply send the
SYMPTOMS they have and the Price Of Package Of
Medicine, t@o,) on receipt OF which they VIII receive
one package free. DR.. Mack has ready prepared
remedies for ali diseases. Each disease has its ppro
pirate remedy; are pleasant 10 take Put up in large
Packages, mrde OF pure extracts Roots and Herbs
(lo Mercury or poisonous drugs used} these rene
dies have been used by the physicians Of the above
Hospital and University for 20 years known Us
their tayorite Prescriptions for the of patients
and phs scians. Each package sent Will have full
patients can be treated at home and She expense
OF coming to the city list of Questions any
iarfrgr sca iiId % St oaF G SI ",
Order or the money in Registered Letter. Address
1889 ly C. n. MACK, n. D.
No so East Market st. indianapolis Ind
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29

A Des Moiaes damsei having ,,1l-
eda young man at a leap-year BAH he
threatened to send hisbig sister to de-
mandan apology
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29

Whose heart docs not beat softly and
joyousiy within HIN whes. be reads the
tstehiug Picture Of wife's viItuous and
enduring love, in Burns song of John
Anderson, my Jo ?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11
HOW I MAKE GUANO.

For several years past I have had what
bones were obtained on the farm manufactured
into guano in the following manner: From
time to time as there are bones to dispose of,
I take them to my hen house, lay them on a
flat stone, and with an old AK break them up
fine and let the hens eat them. This is all the
labor that is required, and the bones with the
other articles of food which the hens eat are
digested and made into as good guano or man.
ure as have ever used for any purpose. 1t
is not necessary to wait year for guano made
in this way, for it is ready to use at any time
that it is wanted.
My method of saving and preparing the
droppings of my hens is as follows: In the
hen house under the roost there is a tight floor,
and over this floor I spread dry, fine earth or
muck, and occasionally, as the manure accu-
mulates, more earth is spread over it. When
1 wish to clean out the manure, the contents
are shoveled over and mixed together, and it
is then in shape that it can be used at any
time or place. My practice is to clean out
Spring and Fall, and by having supply Of
dirt to use when wanted, manufacture and
save, with very little labor or expense, a
very valuable fertilizer-the quantity depen-
ding on the number of hens kept; but the
amount of manure which can be made from
hens in this way is much larger than one
would suppose, who has never practiced it,
and the value of it when carefully saved and
applied to the cultivation of crops, is probably
more, in proportion to the cost of keeping,
than that of any other kind of stock kept on
the farm Correspondent Germantown Tele-
ornDh
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BE A MAN.

The highest order Of creatures, Of which we
know anything, is angels the second order in
the scale of creation is man. Hence, the
highest and noblest aspiration that can incite
the human mind is to be man. Sometimes
we hear individuals singing in lugubrious
strains, ri want to be an angel" This is all
nonsense. No sensible man ever desired to
be an angel. No sane man ever, for one mo-
ment, contemplated that either in this world
or the next, he would be converted into an
angel. Such change comports we'll with
the doctrines of the heather philosopher,
Pythagoras. Man is complex being, or a
creature of two.fold nature. Partly he is
material, and partly spiritual. By the form
er he is allied to creatures of lower order,
and by the latter he is brought in close prox-
unity to exstences of higher order. To be
a man in the fullest sense of the word, the in
nate powers of the soul must be cultivated.
The intellect must be enlightened, the sensi-
bilities purified and the will directed in its
voltions. The lust of our nature, and mere
animal passions and appetites, which, when
unrestrained, assimilate US in conduct with
the beast of the field must, before we can be
a man, be put under subjection to the higher
powers of the soul. To be man is to dis.
charge our duties to God and man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11

TESTING ON SACRED THINGS There is
scarcely week passes but the ear of such as
reverence Gods Word and his name, is pain
ed by coarse jests on holy things, or by puns
on sacred passages. 1t is not only the vulgar
prints which we exclude from our homes, but
respectable and first class magazines which
are guilty in this matter, and offend the taste
of their more refined readers, whom they
imagine themselves 10 be gratifying. The
most tender entreaties, and touching appeals,
and terrific threatenings Of Scripture are put
into the mouth of some "hard-shelled Bap-
tist," or other ignoramus, and are henceforth
made the occasion of mirth to many as often
as they recall the ludicrous stories. The or
dinances of Gods house, the glories of heaven
and even the woes of the lost, are made sub
jects for jest by these would. he-wits, who are
not confined to the ranks of the scofer, but
who sometimes come down from the pulpit,
where they have pleaded with men to honor
God and to heed his words, and by some
misapplication of passage Of Scripture turn
the heart of the hearer away from the truth
food.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11
Ghildren's department.
CHARACTER.

The wisest man the world has ever seen,
says "a good name is better than precious oint-
ment." There is no exaggeration in this.
The experience of thousands of years proves
that everything else, when compared with a
good name, is mere trash Character is the
reputation which we sustain. 1t is that which
all individual secures to himself by mode Of
lfe 1t is the result of no one sing lie act, but is
the result of series of acts continued through
a life time. 1t is one of those things which
cannot be bestowed upon us by others; we
must work for it. No man can give an other
a character for honesty, for virtue, for integ-
rity, or for anything that is good. 1t is that
which results from our own conduct. He
who conducts himself properly in all his in
tercourse with his fellow men, makes for him.
self good name He may not accumulate
wealth or fame; but he will make for himself
that which is better than gold. On the con-
trary, he who conducts himself improperly
will accumulate that which will out balance
all the wealth of the world. He will go down
to the grave dishonored and disgraced.
AS there is nothing so precioNs as good
name, nothing should be so carefully protect,
ed. This is more important since fair fame
is easily tarnished 1t is difficult to conceive
anything so delicately tender as character.
This is especially true of the character Of a
young girl. The rose that blooms upon her
fair cheek is not more delicate than her good
name How careful should every girl be that
she avoid the very appearance of evil. One
immodest deed, one improper act, one single
word may cover her character with the gar
ments of shame for life. Every one needs to
be on the watch lest their fair name be pol.
luted but the young Of the female sex most
especially.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11

A LESSON FOR G1RLs.-An intelligent gen.
tleman of fortune, visiting country village in
Maine, not far from Bangor, was Hospitality
entertained and lodged by gentleman having
three daughters. Two Of these, in rich dress
es, entertained the distinguished stranger in
the parlor, while one kept herself in the kitch-
en- assisting her mother in preparing the food
and setting the table for tea, and after supper
in doing the work until it was finally compile
ted, when she also joined her sisters in the par
lor for the remainder of the evening. The
next morning the same daughter was again in
the kitchen, while the other two were in the
parlor. The gentleman, like Franklin, pos
sessed a discriminating mind, was a close OBJ
server of the habits of the daughter, and
watched an opportunity to whisper something
in the ear of the industrious one, and then left
for time but revisited the same family, and
in about year the young lady of the kitchen
was conveyed to Boston, the wife Of the same
gentleman visitor, where she now resides in
an elegant mansion. The gentleman whose
fortune she shares, she won by judicious de-
pertinent and we'll directed industry.
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&eadimg fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
REFORMATION NEEDED.

Everything that man touches, or with
which he comes in contact, is in constant
danger of being corrupted. To err is human.
This polluting and communicating influence
fails not to reach the church of the living
God In these days, as well as in former
times, there is peculiar disposition to do
unconstitutional deeds and to inaugurate un-
constitutional measures. This is the case not
only in the state but also in the church. Old
theories and old practices are deserted, and
new theories and new practices adopted. The
constitution of the church is the Bible.
Whatever, either relating to doctrine or mode
of worship that is taught in this constitution,
is binding, and must be exactly obeyed. On
the contrary, whatever is not found in this
constitution, whether it refer to doctrine or
mode of worship, is of doubtful propriety and
dangerous in its tendencies.
Many things are practiced by all professed
Christians which are not enjoined by the BIZ
BILE; and on the other hand many things are
enjoined by the Bible as duties, which in the
practice of professed Christians, are entirely
ignored. This has always been the case, and
whilst man remains as he is, always will be
the case but there are times when neglect or
disregard of constitional order and teaching,
is more noticeable than at others. Progress
in religion is very similar to reformation.
At the present time, unless we are greatly
mistaken, we need reformation in all the
churches. There is too much worldly-minded-
ness, and too little vital godliness. The Bi-
BILE, the constitution of the church, is too
much neglected. We need in the pulpit
more gospel and less modern bombast; in the
pews we need more searching Of the scrip
lures and less conformity to the ways Of the
world. The church needs reformation. 1t
needs to be brought back to the simplicity Of
apostolic times. Christian people need to be
taught of the Holy Spirit. There is an effort
making at present all over christendom, to
wed the world and the church. The result
will be ruinous if the effort is generally sue
cessful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11
HOW TO KEEP MILK SWEET.

The Southern Farmer mentions that tea
spoonful of fine salt or horse-radish in pan
of milk will keep it sweet for several days.
Milk can be kept year as sweet as when
from the cow by the following method: Pro-
cure bottles, and as they are filled, immedi-
ately cork and fasten the cork with pack
thread or wire. Then spread a little straw
at the bottom of boiler on which place the
the bottles with straw between them until the
boiler contains a sufficient quantity. Fill up
with cold water, and as soon as it begins to
boil draw the fire and let the whole gradually
cool. When quite cold take out the bottles
and pack them in saw-dust in hampers, and
stow them away in the coolest part of the
house.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11

How THREE MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY
BECAME INsANE.-Turnkey Geo. McKeon
yesterday conveyed Patrick Craven and his
sister to the Poughkeepsie Insane Asylum,
where their brother had already been confined.
On the trip down, they were continually EN-.
ployed in giving utterance to expressions Of
affection for each other, and for another broth
er, Rev. Father Craven, who accompanied
them. The clergyman came to this country
some years ago, and recently, at his desire,
his sister and two brothers followed him. The
three had been well educated, and brought
with them about$ So, 900 in money. The omens
were all in their favor, and the indications
pointed to successful and happy career in
the land of their adoption. By advice of
their brother, the priest, they purchased a
farm in Essex county, and went there to live
They had been brought up in the strictest
possible manner, and to have implicit faith in
the Catholic Church. Their affection for each
other was only rivaled by their devotion to the
religion in which they had been educated.
To them, a hereto was the worst possible per-
son, and all who did not look upon the church
with their eyes was unfit for association with
them. Near them, lived fellow-c -countryman,
who, it seems, was Free Mason. One of the
brothers entered this mans dwelling, and
while there, learned of his friends connection
with the Masonic order. To him Mason
had always seemed to be representative of
the evil one, and when he was apprised Of the
fact that he was on intimate terms with one
of the dreaded fraternity, he ran from the
house.
| The incident caused depression of spirits,
which brought on sickness, and this in turn
produced insanity. The sister watched by
her afflicted brothers bedside for two weeks
with all the devotion Of which q woman is
capable, and wore herself out in ministering
to him. At last her strength gave way, and
she became i'll herself. Her disease resembled
brain fever, but when she recovered her ply
sical power, it was found that she, too, was a
maniac The double misfortune preyed upon
the mind of the other brother, whose reason
also soon fled, and these three persons, devo-
ted to their religion and to each other, became
irrational beings. One brother was conveyed
to the insane asylum at Poughkeepsie two
weeks ago. The sister was placed in the hos
pital in this city, and the other brother re-
moved to Malone, where he subsequently at
tempted to take his own life. It was deter
mined early this week to send these two to
the insane asylum also, and yesterday they
were placed there by Turnkey McKeon and
their sane brother, the priest, whose grief at
parting with them is beyond the power of
words to describe Great tears rolled down
his cheeks, and he seemed to be almost heart
broken. The only relief to the sombre color
ing of this recital is the statement of the ply
sician in charge of the asylum, which is to
the effect thas their cases are not entirely
hopeless. Times, June 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-11

TELL Your MorHER.-I wonder how many
girls tell their mother everything Not those
"young ladies" who, going to and from school,
smile, bow, and exchange notes and cartes de
visite with young men who make fun of you
and your pictures, speaking in way that
would make your cheeks burn with shame, if
you heard it. All tais, most incredulous and
romantic young ladies, they will do; although
they gaze at your fresh young faces admiring-
ly, and send or give you charming verses or
bouquets. No matter "what other girls may
do," don't you do it. Schoolgirl firtations
may end disastrously, as many foolish and
wretched young girl could tell you. Your
yearning for some one to love is a great need
of woman's heart. But there is time for
everything. Don't let the bloom and fresh
ness of your heart be brushed off in silly fir
tation. Render yourself truly intelligent.
And above all, tell your mother everything.
"Fun" in your dictionary would be indiscre-
tion in hers. 1t would do no harm to look
and see. Never be ashamed to tell her, who
should be your best friend and confidant, all
you think and feel. 1t is very strange that so
many young girls will tell every person before
mother" that which is most important she
should know. 1t is very sad that Indifferent
persons should know more about her fair
young daughter than she herself lf-fanny
Fern.