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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WORDS

The father of the great orator and states
man Richard Brinsley Sheridan, when
lessee of old Crow street theater, Dnblin,
was the manager" alluded to in the
origin of the word quiz
1.-THE word quiz. to make fun of,
or to poke fun at person, was the
coinage of theatrical manager in Dublin
who, at drinking party with his friends
on Saturday night, when the conversation
urned upon the subject Of words, off
cred to bet the wine that he could then
and there coin a word which would be in
the mouths of all Dublin next day. The
bet being taken and the party dispersed,
the manager called up bis call-boys and
runners gave them pieces of chalk, and
ordered them to run all over the city
chalking the word quiz on every door,
shutter and fence they came to. This
was done, and as a matter of course the
new word was in everybody's mouth
the next day. The manager won his
bet, and the word is now in all respect
able dictionaries.
''The slang expression for death,
kicking the bucket, had its origin from
one Bolsover who, in England. a great
while ago, committed suicide by standing
on bucket till he kicked the bucket
from under him.
The word bumper meaning full
drink when friends are drinking. is a
corruption OF the toast offered in French
to the Pope when the Catholic religion
was in the ascendant in England-'au
bon PEREZ
ITO, dunn to press for money due,
comes from one joe Dunn. a famous
hailiff of Lincoln. in England, during
the reign of Henry VII He was SC
commonly successful in collecting money
that when man refused to pay, the
creditor was asked why he didn't Dunn
him.
Humbug' is a corruption of the
! Irish words 'uim bog, pronounced DOM.
pug. signifying soft copper, or pewter,
/ or brsss, or worthless money, such as was
made by James III at the Dublin mint
twenty shilliugs of which was worth
only two pence sterling. At first applied
to worthless coin the word became the gen.
eral title OF anything false or counterfeit
The sign viz, signifying to wit, OF
namely, is an abbreviation of 'yidolicet;
bat the third letter was not originally
z; it was the mark used in medicine for
a drachm, which in writing much resem.
bles z, and in viz. was simply used as
mark or sign of Authorization, -
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often and let a man get out when he
wants to. But genteel idieness is an ex-
press train; Satan is the stoker and Death
is the engineer, and though you may come
out in front Of it and swing the red flag
of danger or the lantern of God .
word, it makes just one shot into perdl-
ton, coming down the embankment with
a shout and wall and shrek There are
two classes of people sure of destruction
first, those that have nothing to do; see
oEdly. those that have something to do,
but are too lazy or too proud to do it
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17
SITTING Fea A PSk0TOGRAPfE.

Having a photograph taken is one Of
| the great events of a mans life. The
| chief desire is to look the very best, and
on the success of the picture hangs in
many cases the most important epoch in
life To work up proper appearance,
time enough is used, which, if devoted
to catching feas for their phosphorus,
would cancel the entire national debt and
establish New York daily paper When
you have completed your toilet you go to
the gallery and force yourself into a non-
chalance of expression that is too absurd
for anything Then you take the chair,
spread your legs gracefully, appropriate
calm and Indifferent look, aud COM
mence 20 perspire. An attenuated man,
with pale face, long hair and soiled
nose now comes out of cavern and ad-
iusts the camera. Then he gets back of
you and tells you to sit back as far as
you can in the chair, and that it has re-
markably backward spriEg After gett-
ing you back till your spine interferes
with the chair Itself, he shoYes your head
into pair of ice tongs, and dashes at
the camera again. Here, with a piece of
discolored velvet over his head, he hom-
bards you in the following manner
'Y our chin out little if you please
The chin is protruded. That's nicely :;
now little more" The chin advances
again. and the pomade commences to
melt and start for freedom Then he
comes back to you and slaps one of your
hands on your leg In such position as
to give you the appearance of trying to
lift it over your hes d. The other is
turned under itself, and has become so
sweaty that you begin to fear that it will
stick there permanently. A new stream
of pomade finds its way out, and goes
downward Then he shakes your head
in the tongs till it settles right, and says
it looks ike rain, and puts your chin out
again. and punches out your chest, and
to do next winter unless there is radi-
cal change in affairs, and then takes the
top of your head in one hand and your
chin in the other, and gives your neck
twist which would earn any other man
prominent position in new hospital
Then runs his hand throug., your hair
ard scratches your scalp, and steps back
to the camera and the injured velvet for
another look. BY this time new sweat
and pomade have started out. The
whites of your eyes show unpleasantly,
and your whole body feels as if it had
been visited by an enormous cramp, and
another was momemtarlly expected.
Then he points at something for you to
look at tells you to look cheerful and
composed, and snatches away the velvet,
aud pulls out his watch. When he gets
tired, and you feel as if there was but
very little left to live for, he restores the
velvet and says it is an unfavorable day
IOr q PICTURE put lie hopes LOT tne pest,
and Immediately disappears in his den.
Then you get up and scratch yourself,
slap on your hat, and Immediately sneak
home, feeling mean, humbled, and alto
gether too wretehed for description. The
first friend who sees the picture says he
can see enough resem blance to make GER
tain it is you, but you have tried to look
too formal to be natural and GRACEFUL
Danbuy Nelcs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17

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NFu DJSrovFpFc

New DISCOVERIES Marsh has
recently made new geological discoveries
in the Great American Desert, which viii
afford new links to the Darwinian theo-
ry. such as verterbrated birds and birds
with teeth. He has found fossilized ele-
plants and horses also animals not
supposed to have existed on this CONT
nent. Mr. Darwin viii doubtless re-
ceive these facts with great satisfaction
and announcement.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17

A SAX Francisco widow keeps the skull
OF her husband in a glass case. She
once remarked to friend who was view
ing the remains: 'sAlas how often I have
banged those bones with a broomstick.
am sorry for it now,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17

WIFE, do you know that I have got
the pneumonia 81 New monia. IN
deed Such extrayaganee You're the
spendthriftiest man ever did see, to go
and lay out money for such trash when
I need new bonnet 50 much.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17

II is said that the newspapers are the
means OF . great many ladies' ssgetting
their backs-up The best conducted
papers often make great hustle among
them, and nearly every pannier is a news
paper waist-basked.
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So,1E Questions very mott

SOME questions very naturally sug-
gest themselves TO an inquiring mind.
A tramnateur farmer wonders why on
all this fair earth, the ground is bottom
side up, so that it must be turned over
with plough before crops can be rails
ed ~
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Avoid Quacks and Inonoster-

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and enclosing stamp to prepay postage.
Send for the Guide to Heath Price 10 Cents
y. 3. DYOTT, MD, Physician and Surgeon,
104 Duane st. New York.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-23
New York Notes.

John w. Norton, the deianlting post
office cashier has surrendered his real
estate to the value of $50, 1000, to eX-Post-
master Jones, who is held responsible for
his acts. Prior to the transfer it was feared
that Horace Greeley's estate might be EN-
barrassed, as he was one of Jones' bonds
men.
George Francis Train was brought
up under writ! of habeas
corpus Thursday morning before Judge
Fancher, in the supreme court, who, stated
that he could not go behind the record in
the present case proceeding, but that under
the statute an examination could take
place at any time as to sanity or insanity.
Train will make another application prior
to his being sent to the insane asylum at
Utica.
Michael McCabe, cartman, died
Wednesday from the effect of injuries re-
ceived from Patrick Brady, his employer,
in quarrel about wages. Brady has been
arrested.
The old cable rate Of 81 per word to
Great Britain will be resumed on and af-
ter June LIST.
There were twenty bids for gold yester-
day amounting to $6,275,0 900, at from
1l7.01 to HIT. Tie amount sold was
81, 800, 060. There was one bid of 50 ,500,-
900 at I17.75.
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washington News.

The health Of Senator Sumner has in-
proved somewhat, and he expects to
leave here for Massachusetts, early in
June.
1t is rumored that the Mexican govern
ment has made a proposition to dispose of
Sonora to the United States.
Representative John Hill, of New Jer-
sey, has returned his back pay.
The receipts from internal revenue on
the 22d instant were 1892 ,702.6S.
The annual examination of the cadets at
the West Point military academy begins on
Monday, June I'd. Secretary Belknap, who
takes very great interest in the academy,
will leave here the latter part ofnext week,
to attend the examination. and will be alb
sent about two weeks. The graduating
class this year numbers about As members.
That class will be allowed three months
leave of absence, and the second class will
be granted shorter one. The other boys
will 60 into camp at the academy to spend
the summer. The new class to enter next
year comprises 100 members, the largest
class ever entered. The increase is caused
by the increase in the number Of represen-
tatives under the new apportionment, each
representative having the right to nominate
a cadet
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Virginia has over 500, 900 living repre-
sentatiyes, born on her soil, residing in the
west. E q
Cherries half-rpe, have made their
appearance in the Norfolk market at 20
cents per quart.
Bishop Johns, Of Virginia. will be
seventy-seven years of age OH the 18th Of
July next.
Shenandoah, it is said, has five candi-
dates all of whom expect to be sent to the
next House Of Delegates.
The railroad bridge over north fork,
at Strasburg, injured by the recent flood,
has been repaired.
A young man named Malon Roster, of
Grayson county, was kicked on the head
and killed by a young horse, which he was
attempting to unhitch.
+ Mr.. A. j. Cullers, of Woodstock, has
made contract with the postoffice de-
partment to furnish 800, 900 labels for mail
service. @ a.
Mr.. Massie, of Amherst county. made
and sold in one season, since the war,
"a 900 worth of tobacco on land for which
he paid one dollar per acre.
The barn of Mr.. j. T. w. Allen, near
Mt. jackson, Shenandoah county, was
burned last Saturday night, about eight
o'clock. The light was seen distinctly at
Woodstock.
The public school house and town
hall in Middletown, Frederick county, is
under construction and will be soon COM
pleted. 1t is well situated and will be an
ornament to the town.
An Orange courthouse correspondent
of The Alexandra Gazette says: "The
Virginia people have become so used to
complaining Of being poor since the war
| that it comes natural to them. 10 hear
them talk you would think they were starry
I ing to death, but to visit their houses, or
see the young ladies wearing the finest
| quality dresses and ornaments, it would
puzzle you to know what they mean by
the word poor"
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Gpei.i,.g State Sol.rnal.
Tbe Presldent,s proclamation.

No one can regret the necessity Of the
Presidents proclamation, which will be
found in our Geographic columns, more
than ourself. We regard the fact that
such document was demanded at the
hands of the National Executive, as
the chief humiliating disgrace although
it is no doubt true that it was
owing, in very great measure,
to the criminal neglect of Congress
to properly meet the exigencies of the
case, at the time when the difficulties first
arose in Louisiana. The President seems
to have had no alternative but to stay the
tide of revolution as it was progress
ing, and which is infinitely more dis
graceful to the state than the existence of
martial law under the circumstances.
The proclamation speaks for itself, as it
consecutively recites the revolutionary
measures there in progress, and the tacit
recognition by Congress of the legality
Of the kellogg government, with the
other legislative and judicial acts which
made it imperative on the President
to take the course he has done.
We earnestly hope that the good sense
Of the people of Louisiana will be awaken
ed to the necessity Of a full and complete
compliance with the demands made in this
proclamation, and that public quiet, order
aud respect for law, may everywhere take
the place of discord and confusion in the
administration of state affairs.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-23

RESULT OF THE ELECTIoN.-At the
election held yesterday little interest
was manifested and very small vote was
polled. Mr.. Samuel G.. Greenhow, Con-
sentative, being the only candidate for the
office of city treasurer, was reelected. In
jackson ward, which was the only one in
which the Republicans had candidates in
the field, our ticket was elected. The vote
was as follows: s
First precinct-Braselman for council
Republican,, 326; Vanderyall for council
Republican,, 1922; Drinkard for council
CONSERVATIVE, 35; Hulcher for council
Conservative, 81. Second precinct Van
deryall, 305; Braselman, 304; Hulcher,
109; Drinkard, 10Y. Third precinct
Vandervall. $3.50; Braselman, $3.50; Drink
ard, 80; Hulcher, 70; scattering |. Total.
Braselman, 959; Vandervall, 957 ;
Drinkard, 222 Hulcher, 2l9.
7. In Madison ward Messrs. James Alfred
Jones and /. s. Tower, Conservative candi-
dates fer vacancies in the city council,
were elected, there being no opposition.
In Fairfield township, Henrico county,
the entire Republican ticket was elected
yesterday Major S. L. Anable, supervi-
sor; H. L. Davis, clerk G.. w. Barker,
assessor; @. L. Miller, collector; John
Woodwork, justice of the peace A. j.
Waldrop, commissioner of roads II. Dab
ney, overseer of the poor, and Robt. Allen,
constable. There are three precincts in
this township, two of which are largely
Republican and the other is Conservative,
this latter being at Chaddick's, and, for
some reason unexplained, the only poll
opened in this township, yet their entire
ticket received majority ranging from four
to fifteen. @
In Varina township the Republican ticket
was elected, r. Turner being elected over
DR.. Archer, the present Conservative SUI
pervisor.
Brooklyn and Tuckahoe townships also
elect the entire Republican ticket.
The Conservatives elect their entire
ticket in Manchester.
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THE Washington Republican having
made some criticisms upon the sad decline
of the free schools Of Virginia notable to
every obseryant citizen, was answered by
The Enquirer with the usual boast that this
state had done more according to it's means
than any other for public schools. The
Republican Of yesterday retorts as fol-
lows: 81
The Richmond Enquirer attempts to re-
ply to our recent criticisms on the sham
progress, under Conservative control, OF
educational matters, but entirely ignores
the facts of the case. Its main argument
is to show that Virginia has made better
progress than any other southern state
since the introduction of the frce-school
system. Our criticism was based upon
the official figures Of the census of 1870,
and of the latest report of Mr.. Ruff
ner, the state superintendent of schools.
which do not lie, but may be perverted, as
The Enquirer has given us undoubted
proof. Any one interested in the question
may satisfy himself of the facts by refer
ence to the census compendium or to Mr..
Rufner's report. They show that there
arc in the state 1906 schools and 1858
teachers, with an average attendance of
95,4S8 pupils. The Enquirer claims a
daily attendance of 166, 900, which is pro-
badly the maximum, and is therefore not
so fair a basis on which to found an opin-
ion Of the progress of the system as the
figures which show the average attend
ance. The niggardly sum Of Sl7s,770--
and not over million as The Enquirer
incorrectly quotes us-is annually paid
for their support. Our limited space pre-
vents detailed contradiction Of the many
falsehoods contained in The Enquirer s
article but we cannot folbear asking a
few questions: Why are there fifteen
counties in the state in which no schools
have ever been opened? Why is it that
the schools are closed in the country dis
tricts more than half the time Why is it
that teachers are paid, on the average, only
$29.81 per month? Why is it that suita-
BILE buildings are not provided for the
schools? And, in view Of all these glar-
ing facts to prove the contrary, why does
The Enquirer claim that the system has
been success under the Conservative rule
which has prevailed in the state for four
years past? s
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NEW YORK.
Fin anciaI.

New YORK, May 23.--Stocks dull.
Money steady, 6a7. Cold strong, 11sB.
Exchange long, 8; short, 10. Governments
very quiet. State bonds dull and steady.
The Secretaryshfp of the Interior
Alleged FOrger Committed. &c.
NEW YORK, May pa letter to the
New York Sun says that Hon. Charles
w. Ford has undoubtedly been rendered
the secretaryship of the interior.
George Mcdonald, implicated in the
Bank of England forgeries, has been COM
mitted to the custody of the United States
marshal to await the action of the proper
authorities,
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-23

NORFOLK FEMALE HoME.-The char
ter of the Norfolk Female Home, granted
by Judge George Blow, of the circuit court
of the city Of Norfolk, was to-day lodged
in the office Of the secretary of the. COM
monwealth. The purposes for which it is
formed are to provide comfortable home,
with board, clothing, employment, medical
and other attendance for the aged, infirm
and INDECENT females of the city Of Nor
folk, the capital stock to be not
more than one hundred thousand
dollars, nor less than five thousand
dollars--the shares twenty-five dollars
each. The officers for the first year are:
President, W. L. Harrison; vice-presi-
dents. w. II. Morris. w. S. Forrest, j..
G. Pollard, and W. L. Owens secretary,
R. f. Vaughan treasurer, j. &. Capps !;
managers, Miles Davis, II. Burgess, e.
Cutherell, j. 0. Carnage, G. A. Santos,
I. A. Williams, R. II. Baker, G. H.
Miller, Z. j. Griffith, E. G. Lindsay, and
Rev. Robert Gatewood.
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