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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-04

Il think there is, said the old man.
BE good enough to give the orders, y
returned Boisberthelot.
1T is for you to give them. You are
the Captain
But you are the General" answered
Boisberthelot.
The old man looked at the gunner.
Approach. - said be.
The gunner moved forward o step.
The old man turned towards Count de
Boisbert helot, detached the cross of St
Louis from the captains uniform, and
fastened it on the jacket Of the gunner.
"Hurrah !" cried the sailors.
The marines presented arms. The old
passenger, pointing with his finger to
ward the bewildered gunner, added,
Now let that man be shot -
Stnpor succeeded the applause.
Then. in the midst of a silence like
that of the tomb, the old man raised his
voice. He said:
"A negligence has endangered this
ship. At this moment she Is perhaps
lost. To be at sea is to face the enemy.
A vessel at open sea is an army which
gives battle. The tempest coneeals, bet
does not absent itself The whole sea is
an ambuscade. Death is the penalty OF
any fault committed in the face of the
enemy. Ne fault is reparable. Courage
ought to be rewarded, and negligence
punished"
These words fell one after the other
slowly, solemniy, with sort of inexor-
able measure, like the blows of an ak up
on oak.
Aud the old man, turning to the SOL
diers. added. DO your duty
The man upon whose breast shone the
cross of Saint Louis bowed his head.
At a sign from Count de Boisberthelo t
two sailors descended between decks,
then returned, bringing the hammock
| winding sheet. The ships chaplain, who
since the time of sailing had been at
prayer in the officers quarters. accom-
panied the two sailors; sergeant de-
tached from the line y marines, whom
he arranged in two ranks. 6 By 6; the
gunner without uttering word, placed
himself between the two files. The chap
lain, crucifx in hand, advanced and
stood near him.
March said the sergernt.
The platoon moved with slow steps
toward the bow. The two sailors who
carried the shroud followed.
4 gloomy silence fell upon the corvette.
4 hurricane moaned in the distance.
A few instants later there was flash );
a report followed, echoing among the
shadows; then ali was silent; then came
the thud of a body falling into the sea.
The old passenger still leaned back
against the mainmast with folded arms,
thinking silently.
Boisberthelol pointed toward him with
the forefneer Of his left hand, and said
in & low voice TO La Vieuvlle
The Vendee has found head -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-04
A Brave f45fiIA Girl.

A gentleman who was on the Inflated
Pat Rogers, states that while he was
standing on the forward part of the boat,
making ready to spring into the wafer,
he heard one of the officers of the boat
tell a lady who was standing near him
with 81 little girl, that the time had come
when she must trust herself to the
water The lady, turning to her little
daughter, inquired If she could summon
the courage to Jump into the water.
The little girl glanced al the approach
ing flames, then at the water, and re-
sponded in & firm voice that she would
Jump If her mother would follow her.
The mother assured her that she would
leap in after her. The officer threw a
mattress overheard and told the little
girl to jump towards it, Without q
moments hesitation the heroic child
ieaped into the dark and swiftly gliding
water, the mother instantly followed,
but both sunk to rise no more. There
were grown women and even strong
men who shank back from the whirling
waters, almost preferring to perish IN
the flames to trusting themselves TO It's
treacherous embrace. But this brave
child saw the situation, and, appreciat-
ing the only means of escape presented,
babe her mother follow and boldly flung
herself into the raging food. Such
heroic resolution is not often exhibited,
and the world has lost courageous wO-
man ia this dead child. - Courier jour
mai
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-04
Conn Z, tlfso=y I'd issistS.

Everybody il Paraguay smokes, and
every female above the age of thirteen
chews. I am wrong. They do not
chew, but put the tobacco in their
mouths, keep it there constantly, except
when eating, and instead of chewing it,
roll it about and suck it. Only imagine
yourself about to salute the red lips of
magnificent little Hebe, arrayed in
satin and flashing with diamonds, as
she puts you back with one delicate
hand, while with the other she draws
forth from her mouth a brownish- black
roll OF tobacco quite two inches long,
looking like monster grub, and then
depositing the savory lozenge on the
briin of your sombrero, puts up her
face, and is ready for salute.
have sometimes seen an over-deh-
cate foreigner turn away with shud-
der of loathing under such circumstan-
ces, and get the epithet OF Savage" ap-
piled to him by the beauty for his SEN
sitive squeamishness.
However, one soon gets used TO this
i'll Paraguay, where you are preforce Of
custom, obliged to kiss every lady you
are introduced to, and one-half you
meet are really tempting enough to
render you regardless OF the conse-
ouences, and you would sip the dew OF
the preferred lip in the face Of a tobacco
factory-even in the double-distllled
honey dew Of old Virginia
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-04
AZ, Advantage Of Cremation.

Just imagine Jones sitting by the Gre
mating cylinder. reading the New York
Ledger, while his two-hnndred- and-fifty-
poaHd motler-in-law is seething and
crisping within. Most happy thought
Jones, the man who had been told q
thousand time. by this self-same moth
er-in-law, that sine Wished from the bot
tom of her heart that her daughter had
never seen his face; she could have
done so much better. Jones, the long
suffering one, who had time and again
given mp housekeeping and gone to
boarding in one room for the express
purpose Of getting rid of her who lay
steaming and tuning in the iron case
ment at his side. Think of it What
sublime ecstasy-what supreme JOY,
must have raYished and filed his soul
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
Silk Culture.

A SHORT description of the process of
raising silk-worms will be interesting.
We are to suppose that the mulberry trees
are sufficiently grown to furnish food for
the worms The first thing is to hatch
the eggs. This is accomplished by plac-
ing them in a case with tin bottom, ar
ranged with shelves like bookcase this
case is heated by means of spirit lamp
placed underneath, at first to twenty de-
grees centigrade or seventy-tive degrees
Fahrenheit; the temperature is increased
each day by placing a sheet of paper un-
der the lamp, thus gradually elevating it
until the thermometer marks the required
heat If the eggs are good they will
hatch in from ten to twelve days. When
they begin to hatch they will nearly all
come out in one day; few,
however, will not hatch until the
second day. If the eggs have been
exposed to variable temperature during
the winter longer time will be required.
Before the eggs are placed in the case,
however, they must be bathed, This is
done by placing them in salt water, In
the proportion of half pound of salt to
gallon of water, if the eggs are old; If
new, the proportion is reduced one-half
They remain in the bath about five hours
and then are rinsed in fresh water seven
or eight times.
After the young worms are out
they are placed on the shelves in we'll
ventilated apartment, with the tempera
! ture kept uniform at from eighteen tC
twenty degrees Reaumur, and fed every
three hours during the day, and at least
once in every four hours during the
night In feeding young worms the mul
| berry. leaves must be cut up almost al
| fine as hair; as they get older and stronger
| the leaves are fed with little or no cut
ting, The leaves are picked at leas
twelve hours before feeding, Every
day or two a quantity of refuse leaves
accumulates on the shelves and mus
be removed This is done by laying Owe
| the worms sheets of thick paper per
forated with holes large enough for then
to pass through. On the top of the pa
per leaves are spread, and the worms
coming up through the holes to get tn,
feed can be lifted to one side and tn,
shelf cleaned out. The process alsC
serves to separate the healthy from the un
healthy worms; if worm is not in gooC
condition il will not have energy enOugl
to go through the holes, and can by thi
means be detected and rejected. Afte
the worms have been fed eighteen o
twenty days they will begin to spin
This time is indicated by the appearance
of the worm. If on holding one up +
the light he appears full of water this
the time for making the web. Mustar
stalks with the brush on them are set u
between the shelves, the worms crawl u
on them, spin web, roll themselves u
In it and spin another web on the il
side, thus forming the cocoon. Wit
good attention and under favorable eli
cumstances this process requires abou
twelve or thirteen days; If the weathe
is very warm It will require about eight
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17

cen days. This can be ascertained by
shaking the cocoon; If 1t rattles the
worm has finished IL; If not, 1t Is either
unfinished or the worm Is dead; and by
opening one or two cocoons you can tell
what is the matter. If silk is the object,
the cocoons are then picked and placed
in an oven with sufficient temperature
to kill the chrysalis, but If IL is intended
to raise eggs the cocoons are placed on a
table, the ragged ends of silk picked off
carefully, and the butterfly allowed to
eat its way out. AS the butterflies come
out the males and females are paired of
and placed in a dark, cool room on sheets
of paper, letting them remain about SIX
hours. The males are then destroyed
and the females placed on linen
cloth, stretched vertically. They are
placed on the upper edge of the cloth,
| about a quarter of an inch apart, and lay
their eggs as they descend; each piece of
| cloth is marked with its weight before the
eggs are placed on it, and by weighing II
after the eggs are deposited the weight OF
| the eggs can be ascertained. They are
allowed to remain on the cloth but one
| day. One butterfly will produce about
500 eggs, and there are about $4,000 eggs
in an ounce. These eggs will keep sew
eral years, and, if they are known to bC
good, can be readily sold for eight dollars
per ounce but if they are not wei
known cannot generally be sold at any
price. Three average trees will furnish
feed for an ounce of eggs.-,Sdn Frdnctsc
| TjtIJefin
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17

As an external application IL Is Q perfect
can afford TO be one day without II In the
house. Besides, Il is equally as good for the
horse as for man. II subdues Inflammation
Of all kinds Used rs a gargle and applied
freely externally TO the throat, IL Is sovereign
remedy in Diphtheria and Quinsy or imam
nation Of the TOnsil Glands. To all wounds,
Bruises, Sprains, Burns, Bee Stings, Insect
and Snake Bites, Frost Bites, Chilblains,
Caked Breast, Swollen Glands, Rheumatism,
and, in short, to any and all ailments, whether
afilicting man or beast, requiring direct exter-
nal application, either TO allay inflammation
or soOthe pain, or both, Extract OF Smart
Weed cannot be excelled. ] do not extol this
medicine as a cure-all, nor is it necessary TO
mention all the diseases wherein II Will be
found to effect cures, as | have said enough
10 indicate Its properties, and the intelligent
will at oncs,Bee wherein its use may properly
be extended. Recollect IL is sold under a
positive guarantee. n, after using two-thirds
| of the contents Of the BOTTLE you arc not sat
| isiied with it, return the bottle to me and
your money will be promptly refunded. Al
| low me to say, in conclusion, that my Com
pound Extract Of Smart-Weed is SAT-
| remedy in all cases, which cannot be said o
many medicines put up for sale to the people
SO harmless is il that Il may be given in smal
doses Of 8 to 10 drops in milk to infants 10
Collie, and will be far more effective and mucl
safer than any Soothing Syrup or Cor
dial" ever put up, and will not injurc th
child as they do. My Extract OF Smart
Weed Is now sold by most druggists, both b
this and many foreign countries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
Having arTOOth Pulled.

THE toothache misery to which
all mankind are subject--cOmes upon
You stealthily by degrees, like north
east rain-storm in the month of No
Vembcr.
Generally you get cold in the first
place, and your head is sore, and your
ears are fun of bells, and your jaws are
stiff, and your gums begin to swell and
make themselves unoOmfortably promi.
nent, and you feel as if every tooth in
your head had started out an inch or so
and as if it would be relief to take a
hammer and drive them back again
Pretty soon the toothache sets in as II
it meant business 1t grows fiercer and
fercer with each succeeding moment, and
by the time il has had you in its merciless
grip for two days you cannot tell which
particular tooth on "that side" aches
most. They are all in sympathy, and
each one seems trying to outdo the other
OF course, you have tried scores OF
remedies. Hot drops, and cayenne, and
pain killer, and salt and alum, and catniI
poultices, and camphoT and laudanum
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17

which are of great value for adding to
the compost heap, and in the country
lime, ashes, or even little fresh stable
manure can usually be obtained to ex-
cite fermentation in the muck heap. Cot
ton seed, or cotton seed meal, or even
corn meal of the best quality may
be employed for this purpose when
ever man can afford to pay sixty
dollars per ton for any commercial fer
tilizer. The time to make compost heaps
is in the spring or summer, and not late
in the fall or winter as Is usually prac-
ticed, because the object is decomposi.
ton, and this takes place more rapidly
in hot than in cool weather. The ma.
terials used in the compost may be OBJ
tanned when most convenient, but the
principal chemical changes which, in
great measure, give to it its value take
place during warm weather.
OF course there are hundreds OF othel
sources of cheap and valuable fertilizers
but these we have named are, as IL were
universal, and there Is no good reasoi
why they should not be drawn upon Il
an unlimited extent and lands which ar,
now constantly growing poor be made 4
produce double what they do at present
and increase in fertility at the same time
If every farmer and planter would pa
more attention to homemade fertilizer
and less to the commercial, they woul
soon find the products of their farms ir
creasing and their debts decreasing
| ~ Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
Dogs and Their Cost.

THE St Louis Globe has been making
some calculations from recent statistics
on this question, and sums up, in ref
erence to the State of Missouri, as fol-
lows:
"Our 400, 900 dogs furnish one of the
most important economic considerations
now affecting the State. In the first place
they initiate against the mutton crop an
nually to the extent of at least 50, 600, 600 I;
secondly, they cost, at an average of 20
cents week each, $4,000, ,O00-enough to
run all our common schools and leave a
large stealable surplus; thirdly, they slay
annually through hydrophobia at least
100 persons, which, at $4,000 each-the
average price paid by railroads for the
very poorest of brakemen-amounts to
the further sum of 100000. Here is a
direct expenditure of nearly $780, 900
for dogs, not to mention the fines, costs
and more remote sentimental damages
resulting from lawsuits about dog-hghts
and severance of friendship between the
owners of the combative ours. CAPITAL
lied, our dogs represent awaste OF $50,
0O0, 600, and invested at compound inter
est their worthlessness wouldpay Oft the
national debt before 1900"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17

two months the worm will appear; and
the continual process of prooreation in
few months increases the number TO
thousands. This moth has no season. 1t
destroys in winter and summer alike,
and II Is kept in active life by the con-
stant heat OF the house. We find at the
same time, in the same piece OF furni-
ture, the fly, the worm, and the eggs
thus showing that they are breeding and
destroying all the time. 1t does not eat
pure curled hair, but fastens its cocoon
to IT, the elasticity of which prevents its
being disturbed. ..
The inside of furniture is used by It
only for the purpose of propagation. The
worm when ready for food crawls out
and destroys the covering, If of woolen
or plush material, and falling to the car
pet destroys 1t. 1t rarely cuts through
plush from the inside, as IL is OF cotton
back, but there are instances where the
worms have cut up muslin on the outside
hack of sofas. There is no protection
against them but continual care. new
| furniture should be removed from the
walls at least twice a week at this season
of the year, and should be well whisked
all round, and particularly under the
seats. to prevent the fly from lodging
This is an effectual preventive, and the
only one known. Cayenne pepper
Scotch snuff, camphor, turpentine, anC
all other remedies for protection from the
large moth are of little or no avail
against the furniture moths. SaturatioI
with alcohol will not destroy them whe1
in a piece of furniture If the furniture
is infested they may be removed by tax
ing off the muslin from under the seat
and off the outside ends and backs, wher'
thew congregate most, and exposing t
the air as much as possible. Beat wei
with whisk or the open hand, and xii
all the flies and worms which show them
selves. This done often will disturb
them, and may make them leave the fur
niture in their desire to be left in quiet
When the furniture is free from moth
and is to be left during the summe
months without attention, 1t may be pre-
tected by camphor in small bags or high
} ly-concentrated patchouli. The safes
way is to have the furniture well whiske
twice week. If the moths attack tn
. carpet, which fhey will first do under tn
! sofas and chairs, spread wet sheet o
: the carpet and pass hot flat-iron over
! quickly; the steam will effectually destro
: both worms and eggs. If furniture is d.
= livered in a dwelling free from moth
: the upholsterer's responsibility ends thel
!, and all rests with the housekeeper, as 1
\ tradesman can tell whether the moth wi
= attack it or not. There are cases whel
> the furniture has been in use ten or twely
4 years before being attacked. ltwould
as fair to hold the tailor responsible II
the safety of clothing from moths as
: hold the upholsterer responsible for q
y safety of furniture. .
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
Moths in Furniture.

LAST year writer in technical or
scientific paper gave the following in
formation, which is seasonable now. He
says:
There are two species of moths which
infest furniture One is large fly OF
silvery-white color; the worm of the same
is shaped like chestnut worm, and is
familiarly known. 1t rarely infests
furniture. The other is small fly of a
dark -drab color; the worm is about one
fourth Of an inch long, and tapering from
the head to the tail. II was first observed
by upholsterers about thirteen years ago
This fly penetrates a sofa or chair, gen.
orally between the back and seats OF
sofas, or under the seats, where the va
cancy among the springs affords safe
retreat. 1t may make lodgment IN one
week after the furniture is placed in the
house. If such should be the case, In
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


WuIrE CUP CAKE.--One cup of fresh
butter two cups of white powdered
sugar. four cups of sifted flour, five eggs,
one cup sour cream or rich milk, soda to
sweeten It, half q grated nutmeg, one
teaspoonful cinnamon; bake in small
tins
CATsKnL APPLE PUDDINe.-One pint
sweet milk, four eggs beaten to q froth,
one teaspoonful soda, o little salt, Hour
enough to make stiff batter, four large
apples, chopped; mix well, or, rather, STIR
bake in deep tins; serve hot, with butter
and sugar or sweetened cream.
CARAeENE CUsTARD Procure an ounce
of caragene moss and divide into four
parts one part is sufficient for one mess.
Put the moss into water andlet it remain
until IL swells; then drain it and put 1t
into two pints and half of milk and
place it over the fire; let it boil twenty
minutes, stirring it continually; then
strain 1t, sweeten with loaf sugar, put 1t
into cups, and crate nutmeg over the
tops of them.
RAIN BY Conclusion. The Scientific
american, speaking of Edward Powers
proposed experiments, says; There Is
reason to believe that the conclusions OF
artillery, when sufficiently long continued,
may have condensing or aggregatlng
effect upon the aerial vapors, and so in.
duce the fall of rain. When the national
debt is paid, or specie payment resumed
we think it might be well to burn some
public powder, as suggested by the
present petitioner. But we move thai
the experiments be postponed unit
then"
AN American inventor has produced {
pail to destroy the peculiar odor of fyesh
drawn milk. 1t is tin pail, the bottom
/, of which is perforated with one or tive
: rows of holes three-siXteenths of an incl
in diameter. The pail is hung over thu
Z empty milk cans, and the milk poured IL
through strainer. The fluid start
through the holes in streams, but befor'
it falls a foot it is separated into drops
and is thoroughly purified of all otfensiv
i. odors by the air, which is good deodel
7 izer.
3 To CLEAR room of mosquitoes, tax
|, of gum camphor piece about one-thir
j the size of an egg, and evaporate b
e placing it in tin vessel and holding
e over a lamp or candle, taking care that
d does not ignite. The smoke will 500
t fill the room and expel the mosquitoe
c One night not long since, / was terribl
e ANNOYED by them, when / thought of an
d tried the above, after which ] neitht
}, saw nor heard them that night, and ne1
v morning there was not one to be foun
1t in the room.--C0r Inter Ocean.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TRIcHINA.-Tt
> Medical Society of Kalamazoo urge: Ell
. no uncooked or halfcooked hogs flesl
u u The raw flesh of the hog, whatever i
y shape or condition, whether ham, bacc
e e or pork, salt or fresh, smoked or u
y smoked, is liable to contain this parasit
e full of life and activity that may VOL
, a remediless mischief in the human bod
= Bologna sausage, if pork be in it u
- cooked, is as dangerous as any form
., ~ this meat The heat that cooksmeat Y
~ terly DESTROYS the life and mischleyo
- power of these vermin, and no one net
fear any harm if this fact is observed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17

A FAIRY FoUNTArN.-Th English Me-
chanic gives the following. IF twenty
grains of phosphorus cut very small, and
mixed with forty grains of powdered
zinc, be put into four drains of water, and
two drains of concentrated sulphuric acid
be added thereto, bubbles of inflamed
phosphoretted hydrogen gas will quickly
cover the whole surface of the fluid in
succession, forming a real fountain OF
fire" Those not accustomed to expert
ment with the phosphorus may need q
caution in regard to handling it. 1t is
best to cut it under water
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-17
Thirty Years Experience of an Ole
Nurse.

Mrs. wrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip
ton of one ofthe best Female Physicians and Nurse
in the United States, and has been used Tor THIRTY
years with never.failng safety and success by mil
ions of mothers and children from the feeble infan
of one week old to the adult 1t corrects acdity o
the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest h lth and comfort to mother ant
child We believe it to be the Best and surest Rene
DIV in the !orlJ in all cases of DYsENTERY an'
DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN, whether arises from
Teething from any other cause. Fun direcuoH
for ms will accompany each bottle. Non Genun
unless the fac-simile of CURTIS q PERKINS ia oi
the outside wrapper.