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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08
GHOSTS AND GAMBLERS.
Spiritual Visifanfs of Two Nevada
Gambling Shops, and their Little
Bell.
from the Virginia City Enterprise.

| From the Virginia City Enterprise7
The sports of this city are not a
little exercised about certain mysterious
and ghost-like proceedings which are at
present taking place in the faro-rooms of
the Delta and Adriatie saloons. In these
places the call-bells have been ringing
without any perceptible cause. The bell
IN the Delta rang for the FIRST time in
this manner last Friday night, greatly
astonishing all present. Saturday night
the bell in the Adriatic rang in the same
mys FERROUS manner. but just one stroke.
Night before last, however, at the Delta
the ''bell-ghost'' made a grand demon
stration, the bell being struck eight OF
ten times, This bell Is screwed fast to
the wall near the faro-table, and is rung
by pulling back the hammer or clapper
with the fnger-no wire is connected
with it. A person who was In the room
at the time of the manifestations declar-
es that he saw the hammer slowly move
backward as though pulled by an invisi-
bic finger, when it suddenly few back.
producing a clear and startling peal. 1t
being suggested that some one might be
throwing buttons or something of the
kind against the bell, person placed his
hat over it. No sooner was that done
than there came two sharp strokes upon
the bell, and instantly every light in the
house, saloon in front and all, went out.
As may be supposed, this caused the
hair OF those present to stand erect. and
their blood to run, cold These Strange
things are about all that is talked of now
in sporting circles, and many ofthe 'sgay
gamboliers are not little worried
about them.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08
WOMEN.S HAIR.
ion Upon the Growing Glory ofthe
From the New York Commercial.

FROM the New York Commercial.
The present fashion of arranging ladies'
hair with the profusion or ornamental
coils, puffs and frieses, is exceedingly de-
trimental to the natural growth of that
GROWING glory" The head is over
heated with false hair and the weight
of the couture. which comes upon one
spot on the top or crown of the head.
drags the hair out, and causes the round
bald spot so frequently seen when ladies
are en- dishadiue. The large number of
hair pins necessary to fasten the orna-
mental hair In a manner TO give it nat
ural effect are also injurious to the scalp,
breaking off the hair where they ale
pushed in, and getting tangled in its
meshes, so when withdrawn each one
will have snarl attached In the fash
ionable mode of hair dressing, the natu-
raj growth is an insignificant part, some
times more in the way than otherwise,
| for all the show it makes in the great
pyramid that is heaped in such luxuri-
ance it is, therefore neglected and left
in most careless condition. None would
ever suppose that long hairs were the
growth of years, observing how, in many
instances, they are tangled and ruthlessly
pulled out. Unless women have a large
coil of natural hair they ignore it entirely,
and strive to hide what little they pos
sess by rolling it in small knot on the
back OF their heads to be covered by the
false switches. The state of the majori-
ty of ladies' hair at the present time is
truly lamentable The locks are broken
and burnt off with crimping and curling
with hot irons. The bald spot on top is
fast widening it's circle the scalpy head
which is never SEEM is left urdisturb-
ed from shampooping, and the hair
which should be silky from brushing, anG
free from snarls, receives no attention
save the rough handling necessary tt
tuck it out of sight.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08
Cat this Gut and Keep 1T.

Franklin Dyre, highly respectable
and intelligent farmer, of Galena, Kent
county, Maryland, gives the following as
a sure cure for the bite Of a mad dog,
As vii be seen he has tested it, with the
most gratifyin rasalts.
Elecampane plant we'll known to
most persons, is to be found in many of
our gardens. Immediately after being
bitten, take one and half ounces of the
root of the plant-the green root is pre-
ferable, but the dried will answer, and
viii be found in our drug stores, and was
used by me-slioe OF bruise, put into a
pint Of fresh milk, boil down to half a
pint. strain ami when cold drink it, fast
ing at least six hours afterward. The
next morning reneat the doze, fasting,
using two ounces of the root.
On the third morning take a third dose,
prepared as the last. and this will be suf-
ici 7pt. 1t is recommended that after
eaoh desc nothing be eaten for at least six
hours.
/ had sonwho was bitten by mad dog
eighteen years ago, and four other chill
dren in the neighborhood were also Bit
ten: they took the above dose, and are
alive and well to-day. And [ have known
a number of others who were bitten. and
applied the same remedy.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08

i CONNECTICUT banker having been
elected fence viewer, calls on all who
have fences to be viewed to bring them
to his office, under penalty of the law.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08

DID our readers ever hear their young
lady acquaintance ask each other
whats your politics % and then gig
gle. The question has a hidden mean
ing. For example apply to the first lady
you know wears hustle.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08

GIVE me, says the Rev. Robert
Taylor, 'sthe money that has been spent
in drink, and | viii purchase every foot
of land upon the globe; J will clothe
every man, and child in an attire of which
kings and queens would be proud /
will build school house on every hill
side and in every valley over the whole
earth, a college in every State, and fill it
with able professors I viii crowd eyery
hill with place Of worship eonsecrated to
the. PRONUNCIATION of the gospel of peace !;
and will support ii every pulpit an able
teacher of righteousness.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-08

ISAAC Palmer and Borgess. q. Brier two
Sank Co. pioneers, are dead.
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
The Future Price of Wool.

The New York Economist says: ''1here
is one thing certain that in the midst Of all
this fluctuaton and uncertainty wool is
very scarce, and prices are not only very
firm, but buoyant Indeed, strange as it
may appear, prices are nearly as high now
as year ago, when we take into account
the high rate of interest and gold, with
nothing to warrant such Il feature but the
short supply available and the large demand
for consumption"
Walter Brown & Sons in their circular
say 1T il, however, quite noticeable that
firm feeling pervadeS the whole trade,
with the general opinion that early in the
new year higher figures will be obtained
resulting probably from the fact that stocks
of domestic wools in the eastern markets
are very light, and such woods as still re-
main in the west are mostly held by farm
ers and second hands at sextreme rates,
with no indications Of yielding before the
near approach of the new clip; also that
few, if any, orders have gone abroad for
foreign woods, owing to the unremunera-
tive character Of last seasons operations.
Henry P. Hughes 4 Son, of London in
their circular of December 9TH 1872 say ;
''If the present activity in the woolen dis
trict should continue at the commencement
Of our first sales for the coming year we
may seasonably expect that stocks of col
onal wool in the hands of both dealers and
manufacturers will be considerably smaller
than has been witnessed for many years
past. We anticipate good prices through
out the coming year"
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20

The corn crop in the United States for
the year 1872 was the heaviest ever grown,
reaching the enormous total of 100, 900, 900
bushels.
There are over 100000 cows in the State
of Vermont, yielding an income of s., ,533,-
$50; an average of S55 :f3 l-2 each
The car load Of italian bees sent from
California to Utah last season succeeded so
well that another car load will be sent the
proper time for shipping.
The profits Of farming should consist in
the Improvement of the farm itself and its
belongings, and there can be no better in
vestment than This. That is very poor
farming though it may nominally show II
cash balance, leaves the homestead in a
worse instead of better condition than it
found it,
Agricultural associations are organized
in Germany in almost al agricultural dis
tricts. They generally combine into
common central association. Of which there
is one, and in some cases more than one. in
province. Other associations are indie
pendent. The local agricultural published
organs and the experimental stations eStah-
lished by agricultural associations are
under management OF the central associa-
tons.
me London Fle!d gives comparison Of
the strength with which tie several leading
breeds of cattle turn out at the shows Of
the Roval Aoricultnral Socie+,,. ..Tbo ro
suit of seven wears. endinu in 1872 was 100
Shorthorns against 2lI HerpG,rds and 357
Devons; and for the Inst ten wears rhe
Numbers have been 4-4 Short horns 5-4
HereforaS. 472 Devon4 At The leadiuo
markets and tairs eycent narhans il, thn
southwest, they comprisp the majority. and
1T is estimated that there are more Short
horns bred, fed and prazed in England. than
All the other breed, put together
lne HianulactuIe Oh oet1 sugar III Cal-
'orhid' lor tHf season "hlch Is not yet
Ciosen, seems 10 De quite success. A late
pan francesca paper glves the following
result 'lhe Alvarado beet sugar mill has
peeh running now httie more than two
hohths on the Deet crop OF 1872, and will
pfohaply De hnsY Tor four or five months
more, worklh@ un 90 tons per day. The
tAhct yleln VIII not be known before Decem-
ny "h'eh time aIl lHe footS VIII be out
W we er''lna ana pied for winter. The
ny 'p' -" ElNe 'oo'ooo pounds OF sugar;
, ,''o, ,,, VI ''V'ooo i"1uhds ana mat cf
io' "'' o'''''oo ana '27oooo
F.li, e,, 'lo'iiVaGe .Ge oi sugar
lam" .'''' ~ "'7 "u'e' eight IN
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
Setting Milk

The question of deep and shallow setting
of milk for butter making has been dis
cuSsed and the results OF various expert
mental tests have been given, from time 10
time, during the last quarter of century
When milk has been set in mlk-rooms
Of variable temperature, and TIL" cream
skinned off from both setting with a com
mon skinner, the majority of experiments
so far their reports have come under
our ohServation-Statc that the Shal low
settings give the largest returns in butter
The setting of milk in vessels surrounded
with water, in order to keep it at an cquta-
bic temperature while the cream is rising,
is comparatively of recent date. The SyS-
tom has been found practically the best
system. From this sprung the plan Of
setting milk deep in pals of small diameter,
and of utilizing the skinned milk in cheese
manufacture.
The water system for setting the milk
developed one thing of considerable mpor-
tance ia butter making, and that is, that a
uniform temperature within certain limits
has controlling influence upon quantity and
quality of product.
After time certain butter makers who
were accustomed to set their milk in pans
and in milk-rooms poorly regulated - TO
Temperatures found they could make more
and better butter by using pals on the
water system, than by the other plan.
Hence we now have many who are advo-
Gates OF deep setting.
They claim that most Of the experiments
Of deep and shallow setting have not been
conducted properly and the reported Ain
from the shallow sittnos are due to the un-
favorable conditions wherein the milk and
cream OF the deep settings have been man
aged or from the butter of the shallow set
tinSs containing a larger percentage OF curds.
They insist that the milk should not only
be cooled to about 90 degrees, within an
hour after it s drawn from the COW, bnt
that it be kept surrounded with flow inn
spring water so as to keep it at an equita-
bic temperature during the whole time tile
cream is rising They claim that the cream
from deep settings should be dipped of
with properly shaped vessel made for the
purpose, vessel causing the least amount
OF disturbance or agitation to the milk and
cream so that the two shall not be mingled
to@ether and, again, that the cream in the
deep setting vessels, being much thinner,
cannot we'll be removed with a skinner,
and that eXpermenters, nnaccustomcd to
handling cream from deep settings. are liza
bic to leave more or less cream on the milk
mistaking it for milk. They hold that if
the deep settings be kept at uniform
temperature, and if the quantity ard quail
ity of the butter (pnre tat) should be
compared in the test, that from the deep
settings will have ordinarily a less per
centage of cascine or curds than the
other. In other words, they claim that as
much butter may be obtained 10y deep as
by shallow settings, while the deep settings
give better quality of butter.
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
The Fountain of Youth.
WRITTEN IN FLORIDA. BY SOLON ROBIN

WRITTEN IN FLORIDA, BY SOLON ROBINSON
Welakas stream | sing of thee!
Thy lovely lakes. and inland seas;
Thy shores adorned with fruit like gold
And m0sS-clad trees so hoary old,
That mark the time when hther came
Those armored knights with Spanish name,
Who vainly searched through all their shores
70 find that spring whose water pOurs
\ balm that cures the march of age,
And would, if found, all ills assuage,
The fount of which old poets said
Would youth renew when youth was dead!
Nor were they wrong in what they said,
Though wrong were they who roughly read
That what they sought was but spring.
Whose water drank would clip Times wing,
And cure the ills which old age feels,
When racled with those swift rolling wheels
Which bear us down declining years,
Through scenes of bliss, or wales of tears;
Through years when we would gladly find
A fouut of youth, or some soft wind
Which would our youth or health renew,
And Ng0r give to manhood due.
All well, if that Old tabled spring,
SO Nainly sought where poets sing,
Has not been found along thy shore,
Thy waters will the health restore.
Thy climate, too. so balWy sweet
Gives life anew to crippled feet,
And strength to use poor feeble hands.
Which have no strength in colder lands.
And so of thae. Welaka dear,
| sng my strain of hearty cheer.
Since have found. along thy shore,
The health that's due when past three score.
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
Written for the journal.
Reqiste: Studies. No. 6.
"sHE WEIGHED $50 POUNDS y

| thO uaSo WHeu ldilDiui tcFOllOH Ip uuIE
was more considered than pounds and
| ounces avoirdupois!
The late snow blockade, causing
deartE Of newspapers, drove me To the
dire necessity of perusing some rather
modern specimens of the New York and
Boston papers Washington correspon-
dence.' After wading knee deep in pink
satin slippers, point-lacr tlounccs, white
satin petticoats, yellow satin over-skirts,
and blue satin court trains, was begin
ming to yawn over the samencss and
wishing the rainbow bad more than the
seven prescribed coors, when 10, (n0t
the poor lndian) came upon the astound-
ing assertion that ''shc weighed hundred
and fifty pounds' Ipaused, | wondered,
my breath came feeblv--lowlv. Pm sure
| should have tainted and fallen on my
register. had it not been for the friendly
arms of my broad and generous sofa.
When | recovered my equilibrium pom
dered thuslv WAS it fol weight and
measure that Cleopatra Was distinguished
above her Egyptian sisters? Was it for
.,ounds and ouuce. that Dido's scentre
ruled in CaIthaoe9 Was if Minorva's
fieetupss of foot and strenoth of muscle
in dancing the Syrian, that caused
crowned heads to acknowIr,loe borrowers
as the goddess of wisdom and the liberal
~ | -.
some scholar, verscd in classical lore come
TO the enlightenment OF my benighted
vision, tor memory fails to rtr.ll any at
these things And so it has been reserved
for this glorious Yankee najon 10 pqradr
its fair womcn before the public galo,
telling u to an ounce how much they
weigh, We'll, itl>a long slide into Wash
ington.
| have NO doubt bat before thA HrNt
Presidential inauguration. some shrcwI
Fairbanks viii htye invented diamond
studded P9rlor scales, and that it will 'hen
| be the correct thing tor every society bcilr
whlIe saIntIng the host apt hostess, ln
have her weight and mra-rur taken AMI
telegraphed over the entire continent and
beyond, even to China and Japan, so the
next morning the great Tycoon while
| SiPplhg ms col1te ShaIl read NJ the 'C hing
ching Chronicles the fashionable weight
ot American bellies,
And somehow 10y this anu reminded Of
/ OIL b,+ 4 l.
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20

1t is now publicly charged in New York
that Mrs. Putnam, the widow OF Avery D.
Putnam, who was murdered with Il street
car hook by Foster, received $15,0 from
rich uncle of the murderer for writing
an earnest appeal to Governor Dix for the
commutation of Fosters sentence.
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20

An Iowa country Squire concludes the
marital knot ceremony thusly: "Them
that the Court hath joined together let no
man bust asunder; but suffer little chill
dren to come unto them, so help you
God"
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20

A countryman in Fond du Lac put his pipe,
after smoking it, in his coat pocket behind
Notwithstanding the thermometer was seven
teen degrees below zero, he went home in his
shirt-sleeyes, and has since "taken his meals
from the mantepiece"
The Republican journal., 1873-03-20

The doctors in Florida are working
night and day at their stomach-pumps to
prevent the human craft from sinking that
are overloaded with water-melons
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

The New Bethlehem Press does hipk that
the Justices in that thriving borough can be
bought off for Wheeling stogie in almost
auy case which comes before them. 1t re'
msrke:
mo better place for oui-throats, pick
pockets, drunkards, liars, and every agent
the Devil ever set to work for him, could be
found than New Bethlehem. No matter
what crime you may commit, who you
abuse, where you get your whisky, what
you lie about, who you steal from, or whose
pocket you pick, why, ito oil right, II you
have Q Wheeling Stogis in your pocket,
when you come before the proper officers
for justice. Oh this 10 nothing.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

Speaking CT tha business prospscts of 81.
Petersburg as well az the other sections oi
the oil region, the Progress ruthfully says:
During the past lew days business has
been very dull, and every one has begun to
feel the depression resulting from dollar and
q quarter oil. Every one is more or less
af.cted and bis depression is In exact pro-
portion to his connection with the oil busiI
ness. Probably the most severe sufferers al
the present time are tue hardware deaIers,
wholsre compelled to carry large stock o.
goods, and and that they have them on
hand, there being no demapd; or II there Is
any at all, time Ia asked, and in most cases
much more than they can receive from the
manufacturers. Tank men are also suffer-
log severely, because. although tbeysare
compelled TO put up the tanks necessary at
the new wells being struck every few days,
to keep their trade, they fud 1t almost im-
possible 10 make any collections whatever,
aud arc 10 consequence far behind, 90
rule. General business men also complain
Of the closeness of money matters, and /, is
generally expected thot within ten days
times will become exceedingly hard. II is
to 6s hoped that oil will drop to atly cents
nett, and rrman at that price few weeks
or months, aud thus close ont the firms that
have been overstockiug the market, and
rendering every kind OF investment uusats
After the reaction occurs times will improve,
sud oil will sell for woYYY instead Of for
NOTHING.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

The Oil City Derrick OF this morning
again attacks the managers OF the Aileabe-
ny Valley Railroad in regular old Nodoc
fashion We do not pretend to know what
the Derrick's grievances are, but 90 far ss
we are concerned we are. under obligation q
to both the Allegheny Valley and Oil Creek
Roads for favors rendered. There may have
been occasional wrongs, int generally
speaking the officers Of both road. are about
as accommodating Us can be found and ATE
justly entitled TO t be thanks OF the pubic
who We believe they labor with might aud
main 10 please. In the meantime we pre-
sume trains will continue to run just the
same ss II nothing had happened.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

C6NuNDRux.-A correspondent asks us
tho following conuudrum:
1t is q we'll established custom among
railroad managers 10 reduce the late tor
mile charge according to the greater dis
tsnce the traveller rides. Why does the OH
Greek Road charge 65 cents for . passage
from Titusvills to Oil City. and only 60
when ticket is purchased to Petroleum
Centre (35c) and then one from there to Oil
City (25c.)!
Let some posted individual answer.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

NOTES OF THE DAY.
The Aslatic collarer-s Chinese polio
man.
A band Of wolves has taken possession
Of toe poorhouse at OskaiOosa, Kansas.
A Kentucky man claims 10 have discov-
cred mine of the best sealing wax"
WATERFOWL, N. Y, has purchased secs
ond-haad hearse TO convey prisoners 10 the
lookup.
The same mule that killed q man at Lex
ingtou, Indiana, was permitted to haul the
widow to The funeral.
A Texas woman has arrived at st. Louis
with 1000 cattle, her one property, which
she assisted In driving from Texas.
The market is very we'll supplied With
berries. The new worm that comes with
them this year is rather acid 10 flavor aud
not alt Igether uopleasant-Danbury News.
Twenty eight different kinds of .'bitters'
Cd In Rhode Island Tor "strictly medical
"eeb otO uuueteoiuS ouoIyotei W Suo sStoko
chemist from su excise point OF view.
In North Carolina recently colored boy
wio went ont 10 field to hoe was after
ward fobnd there dead, with . rst.lesnake
o,iled about him, and still biting the Iiis-
less body.
An Indiana man, having been acquitud d
by jury Of the charge OF numbering biz
wife, turned 10 them with the remark, 'Boys
I reckon can stand the soda water oni
that"
Gen. MacMshan, President of the French
Republic, smokes from twenty to thirty cil.
arstts day, aud when psrplexed abou.
any thing be increases the number 10
fifty.
A pair OF robins were found to have
built their nest aud raised brood of young
onesruuderltbe hat which =Couuect icut
farmer had placed on Q scarcrow in bis
strawberry patch.
The Massachusetts, Democratic .Copytn
tiou will meet q, Worcester, September 3,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

Iu:s recent case of assault with intent 10
kill 10 Indiana, II was shown that the Of
fray came about from q father insisting on
remaining 10 the room with bis daughter
and her beau. The sympathetic jury &C.
quilted the young man.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

According TO the "Fishermsns Memorial
aud Report" $50 vessels from Gloucester.
Mass. ehave been lost since 1880. The
number Of lives lost is 1881, while 400 wo/
men have been left widows with 800 chill
dren on their hands.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

Our townsman, George Stevens, the well
known refner, is the proprietor OF 9 large
barrel factory at Waterloo, Venango county,
devoted entirely 10 the manufacture Of oil
barrels. The barrels made by bin Tor the
refined oil trade are second to none TER dur/
ability and strength. He sells them ut an
extremely low figure for cash.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-07

Ben. Butler is mentioned now as the
American Tiohborne; but It is not stated
whether be is the lost Sir Roger OF the dis
covered butcher. II is pleasant, at oil
events, to know that he is no longer q bsas''
and that bis Massachusetts, mother has some
slight intention OF recognizing him.