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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
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SENATOR MoRRIL1's AGRICULTURAL Cor
LEGF RIIL

LEGE RILL.
The aid to agricultural colleges by the
Morrill, bill OF 1882 was expedient, and
has been useful, in some cases eminent
ly SO. The app lratus of the ''new edu-
cation so called, IS expensive. These
institutionsneeda great increaseof funds.
It may be expedient that the general
government should DO more for them,
but the bill which has just passed the
Senate grants, In effect, $3.50, 900 to each
State for this purpose, which viii absorb
the income from lands for the next ten
years or more. Il. other departments of
education were every where equally adj
vanced, this action would doubtless
awaken less criticism. But the fact is
that even the common school is hardly
known in large sections of the country,
and in Alabama, for instance, fifty-three
per cent. of the voters can not write Of
course they are, TO all intents and ptlr-
poses, illiterate and even seventeen per
cent of the voters in the whole country
are illiterate.
The sentiment in many States is strong
against an efficient system of poplar edu-
cation. Maryland only last year made
provision for the education of the color
ed children outside of Baltimore, devot-
ing $4,000 for the purpose. Neither
Delaware nor Kentucky has yet any pro-
vision for this class of children.
Now craftsmanship, while it looks to
special education that shall increase the
skill of the industries of the country,
must not overlook that elementary edu-
cation which is absolutely essential to
right knowledge OF the duties of the citi-
zen, and disposition to discharge them
This is essential, and nnderlies every
other elment of the public welfare IF,
then, Congress is 20 apply the doctrine
long since promulgated by the fathers,
that the public domain and its income
should be applied in aid of education,
certainly while the colleges for industrial
science reasonably, they ought also ade-
quately TO aid universal education by the
same means. A bill to this effect, con-
secrating the net income of the public
lands to the education OF the people,
passed the House nearly year ago. By
this bill half OF the income from this
source is to be made permanent fund !;
and the income from that and half of the
net proceeds each year from that and half
of the net proceeds each year from the
sales Of lands are to be distributed
among the States pro rata, on the basis
of illiteracy.
It would seem that a discriminating
and far-sighted craftsmanship would not
sacrifice this measure to the aid of agri-
cultural colleges alone. Indeed, many
of the most eminent educators OF the
country-amongth them Dr.. Sears-believe |
that the aid proposed by the House bill,
to the South, would be ade-
quate to revive education there, and not |
a few consider it the only means of their
ever reaching that desirable result. t.
EDTroR's HIsToEIcAh RECORD, in Hg5- |
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13

A monthly Magazine for wide-a wake boys and girl
As good the best pretty tie fsTe..e- and cleI
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
MAN WITHOUT MUSCLES.

A most wonderful case Of wasting away
of the muscles, or, as the doctors say,
muscular atrophy, has lately been devel-
oped in New York. The patient, ia
dealer named Reid, was first attacked in
the fingers of the right hand. Gradually
the disease spread to the arm and shou
der, and next invaded the left hard.
The muscles simply became fabby and
small, and at last disappeared totally.
The muscles of his chest, neck and face
in turn became subject to the wasting
unable to make any muscular movement
with either upper extremity, SO that he
is entirely helpless and unable even to
help himself. The muscles Of his hands
are so entirely atrophied that they resen.-
BILE birds claws. The forearms and arms
are covered merely by loose. fabby skin,
appeared, while the whole outline Of tie
bony skeleton around the neck and Shout!
ders is distinctly visible owing to n cor
responding loss of muscular fiber. The
muscles of respiration in nearly all these
cases are the last to be invaded by the
disease. Blu. already In this patient it
is found that nearly all the muscles
around the chest have disappeared, ex-
cepting the intercostals. Nevertheless,
these are not sufficient to carry on the
normal respiratory process, which is now
performed by means of the abdomen.
In chewing his food he notices weak
ness about the muscles of the jaw, which
shows that these organs have already been
affected, and at the present time the fb-
hillary contractlons are present in those
muscles The head of the patient falls
forward SO that his chin touches his chest,
and lie is unable to r. Use it except by
means of jerk, with which he throws it
back in distorted position.
This is the third case of the kind on
record The cause is unknown, but the
persons subject to it are men rather than
women, and athletes rather than men of
sedentary habits
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
Cllf Ur,l)uue.


The following lines. copied from an
exchange, are surccrtible Of two mean
ings A cross old bachelor reads the
fr.t and third, and second and fourth
lines together, aud seems to find an in
ternal satisfaction in reading them thus,
from some cause or other:
The man lead happy life
Who is directed iy his wife
Who's free from matrimonial chains
Is to suffer from his pains.
Adam could find peace,
Until he a wuman's face;
When Eve was given for mate,
Adam In ilsppy state.
In all the female hearts APPEAR
Truth, darling of heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceipt aud pride,
Neer known in woman resi,ie.
What tongue is able 10 unfold
The worth in woman we heholdz
The fal-ehood that in dwvlls
Is almost inperceptible.
Fooled be the foolish man, say,
Who will not yield to wonans sway.
Who ch$nges from his singleness
Is sure of perfect bles.ednoss
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
How TO MEASURE A TREE


1t is often desirable to know the height
to which a tree viii work into timber be-
low the branches. If one has a choice
lot of timber he does not like to cut it
down at random. II he wants a stick of
some particlar length he would choose a
tree that would just make it without cut
ting to waste. A writer in the Couut,v
Gentleman gives a simple rule for deter
mining the point, which we transcribe in
brief: Measure from the tree the num-
of feet you want your stick in length, on
as level ground as possible. Then place
stick in the ground at the point Of
measurement, exactly your own height,
and exactly perpendicular. Now lay
down fat on your back with your feet
against the stick, SO as to bring it in a
line with your eye to the tree, and where
the line of sight strikes the tree, over
the top of the stake, that point viii in
dictate the length desired.
In one of his lectures, the celebrated
English agricultUrists, J. J. Mechi, said
''Where you have plenty of food, warmth
and stock, you viii have abundance of
flies. Ny bullocks could never lie down
in the daytime, owing TO their attacks.
and, of course, their feet prevented fat
tening. BY darkening the feeding
houses, I entirely removed the nuisance,
and had the qualification of putting my
animals IN a most profitable state Of re-
pose, for, if you have ten millions of
flies, not one Will bite in Che dark. .
Mecm is a warm advocate of providing
shelter for stock, hrsS on the ground of
OF economy, and second on the score of
humanity.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13

THE Lost COMET. one hundred
years ago a new comet was discovered by
Montaigne. It was so faint and difficult
of observation that no time could be fixed
for its return In 1926 a comet was found
by Won Biels, and on computing the or
bit i. proved TO be identical with that of
I772. Further Investigation showed that
it was also observed in 1905, but was not
then recognized as the same. 1t was,
therefore periodical Genet, and the
period of its revolution was found to be
six years eight months. 1t has since
been known as Riela's comet, from its
diseoverer of 1926 The next two re-
turns were not favorable for its observa-
ton, so that it was not again SATISFACTORY
ly detected til lS45 II was seen 10 No
vember and December of that year by a
number of observers, who noticed nothing
have suffered an accident such a. was
never known before to happen to heav-
enly body, and of which no explanation
has ever been given. 1t was split in two,
and for some months was observed as
two comets. In 1852 it appeared again
and now the two comets were nearly two
million miles apart They disappeared
from view about the end of September.
and have never been seen since, although
they must hare returned in 1889 and
again in 1866 and 1872 The return of 1866
was quite favorable, but although the
most powerful telescopes searched for it,
all was in vain. The comet had vanish
cd from the heavens.
The earth crossed the orbit of this
comet about the end of November. Pro-
| fesSor Newton was thus led to infer that
| though lost to sight. the fragments oftbe
| comet would be seen about that time
striking the atmosphere as shooting stars
| This prediction was fully verified by the
event On the evening of November
/ -. between the hours of six and eight, a
remarkable shower of metcors was OBJ
served, the astronomers OF tie Naval
Observatory counting several hundred
/ And further. the direction of their mo-
| ton correspondcd. as nearly as could be
| judged. to that of The lost comet. In
/ consequence the Washington asfrollr-
raers entertain no serious doubt that the
me,roric shower was really caused By the
earth meeting the dc!,ris of the Comet
EDITOR SCIENTIFIC RECORD, in Hv
| res .Iuotfzssse for NdrG
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13

A good trade is always a comforting
companion to travel with, u something
that man can fall back upon in time of
need, and yet it does not preclude hin,
from entering upon some proIess;on i.
his NOMINATIONS OF genius deyelon the
proper capacity. In Iaus, our most sue,
cessful business men in almost every
capacity are from the workshops ana
farms.
There are high positions to be @ Iuired
in mechanical arts, ard every Workman
has right, ara an opportunity to be-
come master of this business. ami a
man can b. grea, in anything if he has
the proper elements in him.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
SECOND AUDITOR 5 OFFIcr-T

SECOND AUDITOR OFFICE-The to-
tai Number of Claims for arrears of pay
and bounty received at the Office of the
Secand Auditor, Treasury Department.,
for the fiscal year ending June, 80, 1872.
was -. 6s1 number OF claims allowed.
s.397 number rejected, 1873. The
amount involved in the settlement was
l,2IS. i60 % Duriug the same peri d
$50, 59i letters we've written The mum
Der OF paymasters accounts disposed o:
WAS ,. so, amounting L, SI3l 5u2 1871 46
This Vii afford IN idea IT the work per
formed 10y single bureau of the Treas
ury seven years after the close of thu
var.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13

OF al the dreamy places, says Col.
Curtis, deliver me from the farmhouse
which many people call home. Bars for
a front gate, chickens waliowing before
the door, pig-pens Glowing the houses
in the rear, scraggy trees, never cared
for, or no trees at ali, 40 cheering shrubs,
no neatness, 40 trimness Aad vet
lawn and trees, and neat walk, and a
pleasant fence, don't cost great deal =
They can De secured. little By little, at
odd times, ana the expense hardly felt
And Ii. the time comes when it is
best TO sell the farm, SO 50 invested viii
often bring 500.
Nh. Mechi. the great scientific farmer,
sums up the results of the English har-
vest, in the London Times. He says he
is no al;u1nist, bat he believes that Eng
land viii have 70 pay for corn, in quanti-
" and price, SIS, 093. 000to go, 900. 900
sterling more than In a good wheat
season.
Hay chopped ready for feeding is now
pressed into bales. in Maine, and ship
ped to the Boston market.
A MAJ, OF Losva Falls, who has lime
kiln, asserts that, VITA wood ana corn IN
about equal parts, the fire is better, and
scarcely more expensive, and that the
ina Is somehow vastly iv.fsr.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13

Meat is much better for family use
when at least one week old in cold wealth
er. The English method for keeping
meat for some time has great merit.
Experts say hang up quarter OF meat
with the cut end up (being the reverse
of the usual way, by the leg), and the
Juice viii remain in the meat and not run
to the cut and dry up by evaporation. It
is worth trial, and when made will be
continued
All do not know that lemons sprinkIed
with loaf sugar almost completely allay
feverish thirst. They are Invaluable in
the sick-room. InYaids affected with
feverishness can safely consume two or
three lemons a day. A lemon or two
thus taken at E'tea-tiIne" is recommen-
ded as an entire substitute for the ordi-
nary supper of summer, and viii often
induce a comfortable sleep through the
night, and give a good appetite for break
fast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
House and Lot for Sale.

NHE Cottage House and Lot on the lane leading
l. south from Green street, near Chestnut street,
owned by III. NJ. Rines and occupied by Charles
Weeks, are offered for sale.
Inquire orc. K. HODGkINS, at Railroad Wood
shop, Augusta. mayS-tH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
For Sale :.

INHE Leonard Farm on Burnt Hill Augusta,
i comprising about l}U acres. Also IL cows ,
good horses and 4 frstclass oxen. Good bargains
offered if applied for soon.
Apply on the premises to
EDWARD f. LEONARD.
Augusta, March II, 1873. marl2.t3m
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HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE.

'INEN HOUSE Lots lying in the heart of the city
l. of Augusta; two on Green street, four front.
Ing on Chapel street. and four on TappGn Place.
3. Farwell at house on State street. or of Salnue
Titcomb at his office, west side Water street.
Augusta. May 6, 1872. may7-ttf
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Also on Green Street.

4 VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE splenditlIy fin.
"A ishcd throughout. Bay windows. Hard and
sott water. Lighted with gas furnace, cemented
cellar with all the modern improvements of first
class house, with Stable attached. Large lot with
fruit trees and vines.
For sale by A, LONGFEIJOW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
House on Green Street.

CPACIOUS and Elegant New House, with two
- splendid bay windows, portico and cupoia
finished throughout in selected hard wood all hard
wood doors. Lighted with gas. Hard and soft
water. Also Stable with all the modern improve
ments. Lot lCGx200 feet with all kinds OF fruit
trees and vines.
For sale by j. ". SANBORS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
Hall Scenery For Sale,

fNiiE entire set of scenery now in Waverly Hall,
consisting of Drop Scenes, Flats, Wings, SC.
late Samuel Brown. Comedian. Will be sold at a
great bargain, together with all the settees in said
Hall. Inquire of
Al STAPLES, Proprietor,
nprl-ttf lnl State Street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
Maine General Hospital Fair,
TO De HOLDEN IN
PORTLA A ND,
Commencing June 10, 1878

THE Executive Committee announce that the ar
i rangements for Grand State Fair in aid of
the Maine General Hospital are about completed,
and tine Far Will he opened in City and Fluent
nails, 1nesdsy afternoon, June TO- at O'Clock. to
continue eight days and evenings, Sunday except.
ed. ON each day after the i0,h, the halls Will he
opened at 10 O'Clock 4. NJ.
Applications Tor space at the tables must be
made to the Executive Committee ON or before the
18th of May. the tables will be numbered, and
drawn by lot.
All articles marked, 'Iiospital Fair, rortltni,
Me-, viii he brought free by any OF the railroads
or steamboat lines running 10 Portland, hy the
Eastern Express Company.
The Executive Committee desire that contllbu-
tons should be forwarded AT as early date pos
sible, that further arrangements may be made in
the halls for space.
Arrangements are being made for reduced fares
on all railroads and steamboat lines in the state
during the Fair, the particulars of which VIII he
announced June LIST.
City and Fluent halls will be connected by II
bridge
Congress Hall will be open day and evening, I'M |
der the charge of a competent person, for the use
of visitors to the Fair from out of the city.
A. w. III. CLAPP,
Chairman Executive ComGittec.
CHARLES L.. JOSE, Secretary.
Portland, May 90, 1873. may22-'tf
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,For Sale or to let.
For Sale,

HOUSE and Lot No. 27 Perham street. House
i l. two-story, nine rooms, and in excellent order.
Very nice cemented cellar good water, small
garden and few choice fruit trees. No better 10
cation in Augusta for any whose business is on
Water street. For price and terms, inquire of
FRANK HAM1.ES, ESQ, or address
Il. Y. CROCKETT,
Care Patten Car Works Bath Me.
IN I'LL w Eyy1 NV
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Also, Our store.

1Ol Williams Block, with the goods
and all the fixtures.
All the above property of J. NJ. Sanbcrn, A. G.
Longfellow. and LOngfellow L Sanborn, must be
sold, as the parties are going to leave the state
NOTICE.. All indebted by note or account viii
please call and settle at once.
LONGFELLOW 4 SANBORN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-03
On Crescent Street,

hNE TWO.STORY HOUSE with l.. Large lot
~ with nice variety of fruit trees. Fine loca.
tion, and will he sold low by
iOSGFELLOW " sANEORN.
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FOR SALE

The mills of said company are located on
the Cobbossee Contee river, at Grams mills,
so called, and are abo It six miles from Gar.
diner and IIallowel The water power is
one Of the best in New England. The com
pany are engaged in the manufacture of eXten.
sion tables and bedstcads, and a large and valua-
BILE trade, both III Maine and Massachusetts, has
been established, and the reputation of the above
articles for superior workmanship is unsurpassed
in the state. They are also engaged in the manu-.
hcture and sale OF lumber of different kinds, and
facilities Tor obtaining lumber are excellent. In
connection with the above they have a store, with
good trade established. They also IL very large
storehuuse, two dwelling houses, dry house, and
several other buildings; also five horses and good
carriages for the transportation of goods rail-
road stations at Gardiner, Hallowe and Mon
mouth, ali OF which are easy of access.
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For Sale andsRent,
For Sale.

THE very desirable brick residence on summer
l. street, formerly occupied by Mrs :. f. Ladd,
For further particulars inquire of
GEO. +. POTTER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-13
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

John Struck, of Kentucky, recently
| died from being past partlcipled with
paralysis.
Mrs Albert Ayers died few days ago
at Lyndonville, n. Y, from eating too
plentifully Of popcorn.
Master Fuchs, Of Patterson, n. j.,
poured scalding water into his little sis
ter's ear, and is now an only child.
BY the explosion of locomotive en-
CINE, at Philadelph ia, one man was killed
and two others were badly hurt.
F. A. Brunzwig, of Hudson County,
n j., committed suicide the other day by
choking himself to death with straws.
Owen Norton, workman at the ST.
Louis lead and Oil works, while oiling the
presses, was caught in the machinery,
and had his head cut off.
"A street car horse in Cleveland was
attacked with blind staggers and plunged
| through window into millinery store,
breaking four ribs of an old lady who was
in the store.
AT Nassau, N. Y, mother and two
children died recently from supposed poi
son in drinking cider from brandy cask,
from which the copperas had not been
washed.
"A boiler in the drying house of McVay
& sAllison's lumber yard, at Mansfield,
Ohio, exploded, killing Adam Kohn, NOR
tally injuring John Rismond, and severe
ly wounding two others.
John Gratsriger, of Louisville, KY,
took down an old musket and shot at a
turkey. The charge went out at the
wrong end of the gun, and Mr.. Gratsriger
was picked up in seven pieces.
"A child died recently at Allegheny
City, Pa, from the effects of eating col
ored confectionery. The baker had got
up very pretty little cake, covered with
sugar colored with red aniline, a rank
poison.
Julia Morton, an elnploye in paper
factory in Boston, was caught by her
clothing and drawn into the machinery,
and so badly injured that she lived but a
couple of hours.
Three women, living near Mons,
Iowa, being very poor and out of fuel,
went to bed the other night to keep
warm. The next morning they were
found dead, having frozen to death dur
ing the night
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-13
FACTS AND FIGURES,

Europe consumes 100000, 900 pounds
of tea annually.
The Exposition building at Vienna is
to be 700 by 5000 feet.
Twenty thousand persons have emf
grated from Georgia in the past two
years.
The receipts of the first masked ball
at the Paris grand opera were nearly
$4,000.
Three hundred and thirteen million
pounds of coffee are used annually in this
country.
The income of the Oneida Commu-
nifty for two years foots up 1882, 600 over
expenses.
The first copper coins ever made in
the United States were the work of a
blacksmith living in CRANKY, CT.
"A Louisville ear is worth 500; at any
rate that is the amount demanded by a
justice of man who had bitten one Off
Last years crop of cereals in the
bushels, valued at 81, 100000 600, about
eight per cent. of which reached the sea-
board.
The annual report of the Missouri
Superintendent of Common Schools
shows that there are in the State, be-
tween the ages of five and twenty one,
$50, 524 white, and SO, $50 colored chill
dren, making total of 500, 493, an excess
over the year 1871 of $1,000; the number
attending school the past year was 3S9,
$50, an increase over 1871 of SO, 1856.
There are in the State 6,60S school houses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-13
Carefulness in Old Age.

AN old man is like an old wagon; with
light loading and careful usag it will
last for years, but one heavy load or sud
den strain will break it, and ruin it for.
ever. So many people reach the age of
hfty, or sixty, or even seventy, measure
ply free from most of the pains and in
firmities of old age, CHEEKY in heart and
sound in health, ripe in wisdom and ex.
perience, with sympathies mellowcd by
age, and with reasonable prospects and
opportunities for continued usefulness in
the world for considerable time. Let
SUCH persons be thankful, but let them
alse be careful. An old constitution is
like an old bone-broken with ease and
mended with difficulty A young tree
bends to the gale-an old one snaps and
1alls before the blast. A single hard lift
an hour Of heating work, an evening ex,
posure to rain or damp, a severe chill. an
excess of food, the unusual indulgence of
an appetite, sudden fit of anger, an i'm.
proper dose of medicine, any Of these, or
similar things, may cut off valuable life
IN an hour, and leave the fair hopes of
usefulness and enjoyment but a shapeless
wreck. 0-0''