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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06


Advertisers are adopts in ambiguity.
A lady advertises her desire to obtain q
husband with a Roman nose having
strong religions tendencies. J" "A spin
ster particularly fond of children" in
forms the public thae she wishes for
two or three, having none of her own"
Somebody wants "a young nan to look
after a horse of the Methodist persua-
sion - a draper desixes to meet with an
assistant who would take an active and
energetic interest in a small frst-class
trade, and in quiet family )" and Bos
ton chemist advertises ''the gentleman
who left his stomach for analysis will
please call and get it, together with the
result" Siirshod English is not, how
ever, confined to the advertising columns.
or We should not read of the shooting OF
wild cat by little boy five feet eight
inches long - or of procession which
was very fine, and nearly two miles in
length, as was also the prayer of MIR.
Perry, the chaplain J" nor should be
much scandalized to note the fact, re.
Gently stated in some Journal, that "a
self-made man arrived in California twenss
ty years ago with only one shirt to his
back, and eince then has contrived, by
close application to business, to accumu-
late over ten millions.
An English theatrical paper. after an
nouncing forthcoming benefit perform
ance. went on 'Of courae every one
soaH be there, and for the edi6catioE of
those who are absent, full report will
be found in our next paper" The fol-
lowing advertisements are collected fro m
Irish papers q One pound reward.
Lost, cameo brooch, representing We
nus and Adonis, on the Drancondra
road, about 10 o'clock an Tuesday eve
ming" Advertisement of wine mer-
chant: The advertiser, having made
an advantageous pa1cbase, offers for
sale, on very low terhs, about six dozen
OF prime port wine, lately the properly
OF gentleman 40 years Of age, full in
the body, and with high bouquet.
The two following emana.ed from well
known livery stable keeper: ITO be sold
cheap, a splendid gray horse. calculated
for charger, or would carry lady with
switch tail" ITO be sold cheap,
mail phaeton, the property Of a gentle
man with movable head, as good as
new. Ten shillings reward. Lost,
by gentleman, white terrier dog, ex-
cept the head, which is black. To be
brought to-. &c. To these Irish adver-
tiseguents may be added an EnsGsh one
which was the subject Of humorous ar
ticle in the Saturday Reuteo, some four
or i've years since To be sold, an
Erard grand piano, the property of a la
dy, about to travel in a walnut wood
case with carved legs. "-P4ce Current,
London.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

BfECHER says: "Tke cynic is one who
never sees u good quality in man, anC
never fails to see bad one. He is the
human owl, vigilant in darkness and
blind to light, housing for vermin, and
never seeing noble game. The cynic
puts all human action into two classes
openly Dad and secretly bad. All vir-
tue and generosity and disinterestednes,
ara merely the appearance of good, but
selfish It the bottom. He holds that no
man Goes a good thing except for profit.
The effect of his conversation upon
your feelings is TO chill and tear them i;
10 send yon away sour and morose. His
criticisms and hints fall indiscriminately
upon every lovely thing, like frost on
flowers.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

DR.. HALL tells the story of the man
who sung most piously the hymn
Were the whole realm of nature mine
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06
THE SEA.sERPENT.
IncreduIity az toSerpents I'm theOceau
Plenty 10 be Fonnti i'm the In-
Giian and. Pacific oceans.
(From the New York Journal of Comm.rc.

(From the New York Journal of Comm.rce)
Most land-lubbers which credulous
TO u fault about other strange things, arc
obdurately skeptical with regard to the
sea-serpent. Every time some sea cap
tain comes home and quietly shows an
entry on his log, that he saw sea ser
pant, 50 or 60 feet long, OF dark brown
color, ON such day, III lat. and long. SO
and SO, the average landsman raises q
gaffaw of ridlcule. Another TO C sole
yarn, tell that TO the marines" ETC..
are the responses which sturdy Captain
White, of the good ship Sea Serpent.
evokes from the unthinking, when he
brings back and gives 10 print his obser
yatlons on the big water snake. There
are two reasons why 1t seems impossible
to convert mankind to faith in the sea
ssrpant. One Is The preposter0us notion
that serpents-the real ophidians-can
not live in wster, that they are exclusive
ly land reptiles.
But il should be well known tina: true,
POISONOUS serpents exist In shy quanty In
the Indian and Pacific oceans 1t is
dangerous to battle in waters that they
frequent. There Is not much of logical
leap IN reasoning from little serpent,
four or five feet long, to one. fifty, sixty
or hundred feet long As there are
monster fishes, why not monster snakes?
The whale being warm blooded mann
NAL. Is obliged to ris to the surface for
air 1t is seen when it blows But for
this necessity of the whales Organization,
the whale would probably be seen so
rarely that it, too, would be declared
myth by those who disbeiieve in the sea
serpent. The latter, by its constitution
may be from the need of rising to the
surface, and when seen may be there by
accident; Its home being in deep water
or else at the bottom of the ocean,
Theoretically. there is no good argument
against sea-serpent of any length
The second cause of the wide spread
skepticiSm upon this topic Is the well
known habit at watering places of hoax
ing the public with reports of sea ser
penis deserted off shore. Ever some of
of the interior lakes are said. by local
newspaper wags. to have their bulky
snakeship.. This is the funny side If
the question; but it Goes not dispose of
the great mass of concurrent testimony
given by sober ship captains for ban
dred years, as to the actually of the sea
seapent; aud This testimony is not sailors
yarns, but prosaic log entries OF matters
of fact. 1t human testimony is tn l.,
believed. the sea-serpent Is verify. la
he old hanging days, men were just,
ent to the gallows on weaker evidence.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

SOMEBODY has been summing up the
fate of kings and emperors as follows
Out of two Thousand FIVE hundred and
forty emparors or kings over sixty four
nations. two hundred and ninety nine
were dethroHed, sixty-four ab6icatcd.
twenty committee suicide, eleven went
mad, oi-e hundred died en- the battle
field, enc hundred aud frenry-th were
made prisoners, twenty ave were pro-
nouneea martyrs AID saints. Ure hundred
aad fsfiy me were assas>;uated. sixty two
were poisoned. ard one hundred and
eight we're sentenced to death. Total,
nine hundred and sixty three.
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.HE NRlBuNE,
GRowING OLD,

Our father in growing old, John.
HIS eyes are growing dim
And years are on his shoulders Ia In,
A heavy weight for him.
And yeu and are young and hale,
And each stalwart man
Add we must make his load rs light
And easy as we can
He used to tske the brunt, John,
At cradle and at pillow,
And earned our porr:dge by the sweat
That tricklsd down his brow;
Yet rsyer heard We him complain,
Whate'er his toll might be,
Nor wanted Ger a welcome seat
Upon his solid knee.
And when our boy strength came, JOHN.
And sturdy grew each limb,
He brought us to the yellow field,
To share the toll with him;
But he went foremost in the swath,
Tossirs aside the grain;
Just like the pillow that hsaves the sod,
Or ships that steer the main.
Now We must lead the van, John,
Through weather foul and fair,
And let the old man read and dozs,
And tilt his easy chair
And he'll not mind it, John, you know,
At eve to tell us DER
Those brave old DAYS of British times,
Our Frandsires and the war.
hear you speak mama, John,
lis gospel what you say,
That caring for the like of US,
Has turned her hair SO grey,
Yet, John, do remember well
Whsn neighbors called her vain,
when her hair was light and like
cleaning sbeaf of grain,
She had = buxom arm, John,
That wislded well the rod,
whens'er with willful step our feet
The path forbidden trod.
But to heaven of her eye
We never looked in vain
And svermore our yielding cry
Brought down the tears like rain.
But that is long sgone, John,
And we ara what VIC are;
And little head We day by day
Her aidIug cheek and hair;
And when beneath her faithful breast
Tho tides no longer stir,
'Tis then, John, we most shall feel
We have have no friend like her.
Yes fathers growing old, John,
His eyas are getting dim,
And mothers trssding softly down,
The steep decent with him:
Bnt you and 1 are young and hale
And each stalwart man;
And we must make their path as smooth
And level as we can.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

THE Christian Union says Mr. Greeley
thought that to be born with a burden
of lazy ShiftlesSness or of mean cum
ming, was almost the newest curse OF
heaven, and that those who came ;ulo
life better equipped through no desert of
their own, owed these incurables some
thing in the way Of help.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

n 0 possessions are good, but by the
good use we make of them; without
which, wealth, power, friends, and ser
wants, DO bat help to make our lives
more unhappy.
Let farmers who have swampy land,
which produces only coarse grasses and
weeds. remember that such land needs
nothing but thorough undermining to
make it niue of wealth.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06

and all through the singing was fun bling
in his pockets TO make sure Of the small
est piece of silver for the contribution
box.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
True TO the Last.

Among all the dog stories OF the sea-
son there are few which can rival in
tender pathos this affecting obituary
tribute, prepared by the local reporter
OF the Springfield Republican:
"Muggins is dead. His young life
went out suddenly about four o'clock
Saturday afternoon, taking with it
fifteen dollars. cash. 'Muggins, said
his owner, Yves 10 ordinary dog; if he
had o fault it was too much frmness,
and when he got hold of one of those
young ones in Trask's block, as he did
almost every day, nothing short Of
nitro. glycerien would shake him off,
On that fatal afternoon Muggins saunt,
cred down the railroad. looking for a
boy. One stood in a doorway-a
plump legged, mature baby-and Mug.
gins resolved to wait for him. AS we
have said before, Muggins was set in
his way; he lay down on the track
with one eye on the boy. Presently the
down train hove in sight. Muggins
was not going to get up-let the train
turn out if it wanted to. Nearer thund.
erei and glittered the engine the boy
came out step; Muggips got up; the
boy went back again; Muggins lay
down again-and in an instant the poor
mamgled body was hurled into a ditch
10y tie track side. The boy who had
inLocent'y caused the slaughter ran up
to The dying dog and reached down to
him; slowly the iron jaw shut on the
plump hand, look OF Vulnerable satis-
faction lighted up bis glazing eyes. and
Muggins was dead"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
New York Market.

NEW ! ORKi July ~.
FLOUR-Market for State and west
ern flour dull and 5@10c lower at
IS l5@5 40 for superfine state !;
Sc 1906 80 for extra state: S. 1896 40
for choice do; 6 45@7 20 for fan
cy do; 1905 40 for super6ne
western; 6 Is Of 90 for common to
medium extra western; 6 30@72O for
choice do; 1905 40 for common to
choice white wheat western extra; 6 20
@6 As for common to good shipping
brands extra round hoop Ohio. South
ern flour dull and lower at $6 10000 for
common to fair extra and 81 90
10 Is for good to choice do. Rye
-four quiet and easier at 1895 80.
WHEAT-Market a shade frmer
with moderate export demand at 81 46
'or No. 2 Milwaukee; 81 4l@l A for
No. 2 Chicago and 81 80 for No. 3
spring.
kYE-Quiet and frmer at 7S@SOc.
BARLEY-Rules dull at previous
prices.
CORN-Rather more steady at 500
SEC for steamer western mixed; SOTO
SOC for rail 5s!@60c for yellow west
ern; 49@52c for Kentucky dried.
OATS-Steady at 444@46c for new
mixed western; Acc for white western
and 4l642c for black do.
PROVISIONS-Mess pork $A Is for
extra pIime and l6 25@l7 so for prime
mess. Beef steady at 9 00@l0 80 for
plain mess and II 25@l2 so for extra
do. Beef hams quiet and steady at
25 OO@31 90. Tierce beef very dull at
II O0@2l 90 for prime mess and 81 90
@23 90 for India do.
LARD-Dull and prices rule in buy
er's favor at S4@S5c for prime steam
and &c for kettle rendered.
COTTON-On spot opens quiet and
without change; the business done was
chiefly in email lots to supply pressing
wants; sales at 20c for low middlings
and 2lc for niddling uplands.
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baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, July "a.
FLOUR - Unchanged. quiet and
steady.
WHEAT-Steady; choice amber a:
81 IS.
CORN-Firmer and scarce; white
southern S6@S7c; yellow southern 6Oc;
mixed western quiet at SIC.
OATS - Dull; southern $4,000;
western mixed 44@46c; do. white 47c,
RYE-Dull at 75c.
HAY-Unchanged.
PROVISIONS - Mess pork SIT %
alt so. Bulk meats firm; shoulders
Sic; clear rib sides 94c. Bacon firm
shoulders 9t@9l; rib sides lO!9lOi
clear rib sides II. Sugar cured ham:
l4@l6.
LARD-In moderate demand at 81
@9c.
BUTTER-Firmer and in improved
demand at lS@2lc.
WHISKY-City at &c; western
nominal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
Mail, in Advanoa
nS.Ly REGISTER.
Thieves the House.

There is peculiar ssddenipg effect
in waking in the night and hearing
burglars at work in your house. This
was the case with Mr.. Henry, on South
Street. Friday night. AS soon as he
detected the noise, which appeared to
be down stairs. he softly crept out Of
bed, and commenced to prowl around
for a match. His wife was soon
awakened by the came noise, and be"
lieving that something was the matter
with the children who slept in the next
room, she carefully withdrew from the
bed, SO as not to disturb her husband,
and started for the door. An instant
later they collided. What he thought
was evident enough. All the hard
earnings of an arduous life were at stake.
Before him stood one or more robbers.
With an exclamation OF condensed elo-
quence he clinched her. What she
thought is not quite so evident, but it
was doubtless OF her husband and child.
rem, and being plucky withal, she at
oace twined her fingers in his hair, and
gave him wrench that made him
think OF death. Then both of them
went down to the floor together, che
having the advantage in the fall. and
getting on top, with her hands still in
his hair. she shook his head against
the floor with an energy and courage
that would undoubtedly filled him to
overlooking with admiration had he
known who it was, or had he known
anything at sill. Every time she raped
she shriekei for help, and in a brief
space OF time the children and Mrs.
Eben Davis, who lives down stairs, were
on the scene. Mrs. Davis was not dress
ed for company. but in the excitement
she didn't mind adornmept. She had
q candle in one hand aud long cary
ing-iork in the other, and was about to
drive the latter in the legs OF the villain
when recognition ensued. Then Mrs.
Davis laid down her candle in one d.
rection and her fork in another, and
immediately returned to her own spart-
merts. her yellow flannel night-cap, as
it shot down stairs, being the first thing
Mr.. Henry saw on springing to his feet.
The children were returned to their
room and put TO bed, but the parents
did not resume their couch. 1t was 30
pleasant that Mr.. Henry concluded to
remain up the rest OF the night and
enjoy the scenery, and Mrs. Henry
thought it hest to stay up too, go as to
change the clothes on his head az often
as possible. -Danbury Ncws.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
Hangs PastD6icc, Va.

A correspondent Of the Richmond
Dispatch, wiring from Christianburs
Depot, says:
The good people 0! this thrifty VIII
lase have been sadly put to it Tor
want OF name. Christianburg is a
mile south. and disipclined, suspect,
to be transferred to the railroad. A
village is here, and Uncle Sam has
kindly established q postoffice. Now
VIVA, shall it be christened? Mount
ain View is the favorite, but it seems
that some Underwater country, on the
principle o. iucus a ron Mcendo. has en-
crossed that name for Virginia. A
list of other poetical favorites was sent
TO the Department, but all had been
anticipated. To relieve the perplexed
inhabitants of the dilemma and do
proper homo to some official for civil
or military services the papers were re-
tu-ned with the Office designated by the
euphouious appellation of-Bargs!
"Phebus! what a name -.
To iii the speaking trump Of future fame"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
Quasi Government Approval. OF the
BALLOON Experiment.

Col. Mallory OF the Signal Bureau
has addressed letter to the Washing
toa correspondent of the New York
Graphic, informing him that the request
OF that journal for the cooperation Of
the Bureau in the approaching scientif-
ic balloon expedition across the Attain
tic ocean would be complied with to
the extent OF furnishing carefully drawn
instructions, and proper instruments
for meteorological observations, and
that ii any qualified observer OF the
Signal Corps should freely volunteer
his services, he would be permitted to
accompany the expedition, reporting
soley to the Bureau This action Of the
Bureau is understood to be based on the
fact that observations by balloon have
been for a considerable time past, one
Of the intended agencies of the Signal
Corps, and that the present joint un.
dertaking OF the Graphic Company and
Professor Wise have sufficient warranty
of experience and scientific approval to
Justify the Bnreau in at least the quail
tiei participation here indicated.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
@STAR FOUNDRY"
Benz Fisher.

A complete assortment OF Marbleized
Iron and Slate Nantes, slate Hearths ana
other Ornamental Castings at manufactur-
ers' prices. ,o,N
Manufacturer Of the celebrated ACORN
COOK STOVE, extra large, burns WOOD or
coal, extension tops, hot water reservoir,
&c. Also the following Cooking and Heat
ing Stoves:
COOK STOVES.
Eureka, 8 sizes, wood or coal.
Torchlight. sizes, wood or coal.
Tropic, Improved, 3 sizes, coal only.
Defiance, sizes, wood.
National, 2 sizes, wood.
Improved Olive Branch, wood, sizes,
plain top.
extension top.
La Belle, wood, 8 sizes. -...
America, wood, 2siZes.
Kentucky, wood, sizes.
HEATING STOVES.
Wheeling franklin, parlor, sizes.
Model Parlor No. z, size.
DINING.ROOM STOVES.
Bachelor, 2 sizes.
OFFICE, WARE ROOM, SCHOOL
AND CHURCH STOVES.
Belfont, coal, sizes Burnside, coal, 3 sizes
Sunshine, coal, 8" Equator, COAL, sizes
Ironsides, wood, sizes.
JOB CASTING attended to promptly.
Machine shop at Foundry.
orders respectfully solicited.
Nos. 3 and4 Market and and Fourth
st reefs ja2l-c
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Toledo Market.
TOLEDO, July "a.

TOLEDO, July a.
FLOUR-Dull.
WHEAT-3c better and firm; AM
Der Michigan spot 81 81 seller July
l 56@l 81; seller August l 361; No. .
red new 3S; No. new Amber Illinois
As; No. . do l 40.
CORN-Steady; high mixed on spot
seller July and August 1890; low mixed
on spot 42}@423; seller September
Az; white 81; no grade 40; damaged
3lt.
OATS-Quiet; No. . 32I.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
w a q Il .

NOR ALL WHO ARE WILLING TO
twork, ANY person old or young, OF
either sex, can make from $40 10 $50 per
week, at home or in connection with other
business. Wanted bv all. suitable to either
city or country, and any season o. tne Se are
This isa rare opportunity m 1op ovSe to make
An independent living. No capital being II g
renmired. Orr pamphlet chow TO MAKE
living" giving full instructions. sent
on receipt OF 10 cents. Address, A. BURIoN
&CO., Morrisania, Westminster Co., n. l.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
THE PARLOE COMPANION
THE NEW ELASTIC TRUSS.

An IMPORTANT IN IGNITION. 1T RE-
htains the Rupture at II times,and under
the hardest exercises or severest strain. 1t
is worn with comfort, and If kept on night
aud day, effects a permanent cure in few
reoueSted, Circular free when ordered by
ettcr sent to the elastic Truss Co., No. 6S6
Broadway, NY. City. Nobody uses Metal
Spring TruSseS, too painful, they slip OF too
frequently. mayo-c
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
FOR SALE.
Valuable Coal Property For
Male.

%rorICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
" the undersigned wishes to sell Qn
whole or In part that portion OF coal now
acres, located along the Ohio river about
one-third OF mile north OF the city limits,
together with one acre Of surface at the en-.
trance on the aide nearest the river, and
three acres Of surface around the other en-,
.france. back OF Fulton. The vein OF coal
will vary nom s feet inches to feet In
depth, and could be conveniently shipped
by means of the county road, or by the Z.
W. 4 X. Il r., as the entrance on the river
side Is not 900 feet nom either.
The above will he sold on reasonable
terms, or exchanged for good town prop
erty.
lnarl-h WALTER MARSHALL.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Money Market.
NEW YnRK Il

NEW YORK, July ~.
Money was easy on call to-day and
nearly all business was at 4 per cent.
Foreign exchange was dull and lower
with actual business at from 100 to
1901 for sixty days sterling and 1925
to ITO for sight. Gold was lower in
the morniug and declined from l15s to
ll5s, but IN the afternoon there was a
recovery to 1l54, followed by decline
to l15s at the close.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25

J.HEIGoH VANCE. Prs1ident.
mo. !. JOHf;5. Cashier. fnyl
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25
Commissioners Sale
OF 452 ACRES
Valuable Short Creek Land,
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875.
ON THE PREMISES.

In pursuance Of decree entered by the
Circuit Court OF Ohio county, West Virgin
In, on the 10Th day OF May, 1873, IA the
Chancery cause in said Court pending,
wherein Elijah Marlin, Jr.. IS com platnant
and Isaac B. Kelley and others a.e deem
dants, shall, as Special Commissioners
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-25

AGENTS everywhere to sell our new and
WANTED novel Embroidering Machine.
send for illustrated Circular to the Mchee
Manufacturing Company, SOS BroadwaS
New York. maSo'e
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-06
No PoacoYet.

Further adyices from the MOdOO county, are
less pacific. Elijah Steele left YerlZa, Cali
foFnia, on Tuesday, for the Lava Beds, with
the propositions agreed on by the Peace Com
should surrender rs prisoners of war, and re-
celve full amnesty, and that they should be
removed TO Angel Island and there fed,
clothed and sheltered until they could be ne.
moved TO q warmer country perhaps Arizona
ches and other warriors were decidedly hos
tile in manner. The indians finally asked to
be left In the Lava Beds, promising that II the
past was forgotten they ''WOuld make peace. 2