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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-27

but to leave him with 10 other resource
but stagnation or the street is criminal
The days are growing short. the nights
cold and rosy rolicking girls will be oblig-
ed to remain in doors. and only the boys
be left out We shall see them cluster
ing with their cronies around the store
windows, In circle about the street
lamps, anywhere where light seems to
impart something Of warmth and good
cheer; we shall see them slapping their
numbed hands together, and dancing
about to keep life in their half frozen
bodies Bright, brave boys most Of them
are, too. yet we tremble for their future,
since their presence is living testimony
to the fact that parents are too many,
fathers, mothers too few; that while we
build and adorn too many houses, homes
are too few.
Fine furniture, overneatness. and
nerves put out the home fires Of many a
heart and hearth. We often feel like
exclaimirg, with some considerable
change of the original text
That furniture should be so dear,
And these young souls cheapl
And we see no open door, no genial
Preside, no home where our young folks.
every one, can gather in and spend their
evenings, their gayety heightened. not
checked by the tender. sympathizing
presence of older heads. until condition
Of affairs so cepsurable no longer has toll
erance inside of four walls which child
can call home Christian at York.
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man, who but moment before had step
ped as proudly as king, conscious of
having the love of true woman. His
anguish overpowered and unnamed
him, and the few deep sobs which con
vulsed bis frame soon passed. leaving
him gazing at the corpse Of Katrina.
with dull, agonizing, wild stare.
The many passengers at the depot be-
came aware Of what had happend. and,
when all had been told,
NOT DRY EYE
was to be seen. Even men Of the world,
who were accustomed to pitiful sights,
could not witness the grief of poor Fritz
unmoved.
The friends soon recovered themselves
and conveyed the body of the girl and the
stricken lover home, where proper atten-
dance was summond.
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LIFE.
A Shipwrecked Lie.

So poor Dick Yates is gone. A des-
patch from St. Louis tells o. his sudden
death on Thanksgiving day. The snare
is broken at last, and the sorely bruised
and wounded soul is escaped.
A dozen years since. Dick Yates was
one of the rising men of the West. A
thorough good fellow, kindly in heart
and manner, well stocked with brains,
possessed also Of a good voice, keen
sense OF humor, little personal magnetism,
there seemed every reason to perdict for
him an exceptionally successful and brill
ant career There was every reason but
one.
Like SO many good fellows before him,
Dick Yates drank at first moderate
ly, then oftener and more then to stune-
faction Or delirium. He made more than
Que desperate struggle to free himself,
but the net of tate-to borrow from
IEshy lus-was around him. Whether it
was hereditary faint or disease, or merely
d weak will and strong appetite, he drank
on. Men begun to speak of him as
drunken Dick Yates" His infrmity
became matter of public gossip and
scandals \ fond husband, a kind father,
hiJ thirst for whiskey proved stronger
than his love for his wife and The little
children she had borne him. He went
from bad to worse, until tie war govern
or Of Illinois, the popular senator, the
man for whom his friends had cherished
hopes of even higher perferment, was
dismissed in disgrace from the service of
the people whose confidence he had
abused. whose patience he had exhaust
eS,, OF his life since then, we know too
littie to speak: il is possible-though
hardly probable We fear-tbat at the last
be reformed and retrieved himself
The pity OF it, the pity of it, God for
bid thai We should say harsh word be-
side this open grave-stiil less assume to
judge aud condemn. We have not re-
cited his painful history wan:oaly, but
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-27

from motive, and with hope, and for
an end. The Republican is very widely
read by young men. in the colleges and
elsewhere It was thinking of them we
begun this article it Is thinking of them
that we close it. Here was a man who
seemed to haveeverything In his favor
eloquence, popularity, proved honesty
and patriotism, the momentum of past
achievement and service, the prestige of
high office, troops of friends. This is
the end he made. This is what he has
done with his career It seems to Us
that there is something rather SOLDERING
in thespectacle. Springfield Republican.
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FASHION,.

The travelling dress of the Duke of
Hamilton bride was dark green velvet
trimmed with silver fox fur, with bonnet
and muff to match.
A modification of the Elizabethian
ruff is standing collar of black lace made
over foundation muslin, the lace being
studded with gilt beads in elaborate pro-
fusion.
This from the London Court Journal:
The Americans are displaying our shame
and their own cuteness in the ears of
American ladies. The Alabama English
sovereigns are being worn as jewelry.
The newest French bonnets are trim
med almost exclusively with feathers of
two or three different shades. All knick
knacks. gilt or steel stars. daggers, etc.,
are ignored.
Bonnets have undergone a material
change in shape since autumn. The real
French understanding in the Maud
Muller styles being generally adopted
by the leading ladies of fashion here, and
as a rule is very becoming.
The velvet and fur combination so
popular this winter in street costumes is
one of the most elegant and stylish intro
duced for many years. Nothing can De
handsomer or richer than real fur and
real velvet.
Umbrellas for the fashionable young
women Of the period are of navy blue
serge-silk with ivory handles cut in the
form Of cross They are not ornament
ed in any way with silver or gold, and for
that reason are very genteel and mice
looking
Filigree jewelry is looming up again.
The new designs and patterns are stylish
and pretty, but would be still more so if
shown In gold. This is especially true of
the miniature trunks with locks. handles,
straps and even label complete. Perhaps
jewelers. will take the hint.
The only recent change in the style of
wearing the hair is the addition Of the
coronet braid. 1t forms rather heavy
head gear for the thin faces of American
women, and is not, as a rule very becom-
ing. When the coronet is surmounted
by an aagrette, or feather, as is the fash
ion for full dress, lady's head from top
to eyes measures in the ghborhood of
two or three feet.
Gentlemen fashions are gradually I'M
dergoing o decided change. Frock coats
are now worn with skirts, trousers are
full. almost ''peg-top, and overcoats, or
topcoats as they are called in England,
are made to come far below the knees,
especially the frock topcoat. There is no
change in the evening dress, and white
neck-tes are the correct thing in London
and New Y ork fashionable circles, altho'
some gentlemen persist liz wearing black
and lavender.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

tangua washing clothes. All the wo-
men of the brides company had their
hair plated full of gold coins; these
were heirlooms, and so greatly
treasured that woman would al
most starve sooner than part with
one. The present given by the fami-
ly to the bride was an elegant pale
blue brocade silk dress, and black
silk embroidered with gold. The
bridegroom's presents were sumptu-
Gus lilac silk, heavily embroidered
with gold; earrings of pearls and
gold, bracelets as wide as a finger.
During the call she wore the bride
groom's presents. The other dresses
were hung spread out on the wall.
We stopped at q house below, ae-
cOrding to custom, and sent word we
were coming. The bride returned an
swer she would be most happy to sa-
lutte us. After waiting about twenty
minutes, we went up stairs, for she
lived on the second floor. She had
not quite finished her toilet, and sat
on the floor before n small mirror,
surrounded by her finery. As we en-
tered she rose and saluted us, and
then returned cOmposedly to her
dressing. OF all the strange and
CHASTITY sights, her face was the most
wonderful, as may well be imagined
from the way in which it was pre-
pared.
First, hot wax was spread over the
whole face, which, when cool, was
peeled off. This was done to remove
all the hair from the face. Then
whiting was rubbed on till the skin
looked like marble. Her eyebrows
were painted jet black, her lips and Il
large spot on each cheek painted bril-
liant red. On these red spots on her
forehead, and ut the corners of her
mouth, gilt flowers were pasted.
Then all over her face powdered SUI
gar had been snapped, which made it
sparkle as with diamond dust" She
wore pearl earrings, and around her
neck were 4 string of amber beads,
three strings of rOped pearls and a
curious necklace, which we were pri-
vately told was borrowed for the oc-
casiOn. 1t was made of gold five
pound pieces, overlapping each other
like scales. The usual head-dress
was covered with real and artificial
flowers. The finishing touch was
put on in the shape of piece of
black wax heated over the cdROOR
till very hot, made round and fiat,
and then stuck between the eyes,
From DR.. JeSSup's 'Syrian Home
Life"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30
The Cost of Living.

Valuable statistics in regard to the
comparative cost of living in Ameri-
ca and Europe are given in the last
Massachusetts Labor Report:
zone dollar will buy twenty pounds
of -four in Boston, one or two pounds
more in several European seapOrts,
but the same are considerably less in
a majority of the places compared.
In Boston one dollar will buy 5.56
pounds of fresh beef, roasting piece.
In no place in England will it buy 50
much by a pound or more, and in
Europe still less, Copenhagen being
the only place given where it will buy
more. Butter in Europe averages a
pound more to the dollar than here,
cheese less by more than that, except
in a few spots. AS for potatoes they
are cheaper here than in England,
and dearer than in Ireland or Ger
many. Seven or eight pounds of
pork for a dollar are sold here, and
not much over half as much can be
obtained for that sum in England or
Europe, and nowhere as much. In
rice, milk and eggs they have the adj
vantage of us. Tea costs less here
than in England, but more than on
the continent. With coffee it is about
the same, though the difference is
little. In sugar the British are lit
tie better of, the continentals good
deal worse. Coal is cheaper here
than in Germany, and dearer than in
England. Merrimac or common prints
are cheaper here than anywhere in
England or Europe. Boots are about
the same here as there, generally
speaking. There are but two or three
places in England or the continent
where brown sheetings are cheaper
than here, while in brown shirtings
the foreigners are better of. Rent,
for four-roOmed tenements, IS from
two to four times cheaper than IN
Great Britain and on the continent
than in Boston, in Austria fifteen
times cheaper. Board also is from
once and a half to twice as cheap in
Europe and Great Britain as in Bos-
ton."
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81 80 i'm Advance
NUMBER So.
A Very strange story.
I'M the Continental Herald.

From the Continental Herald.
The following strange story has
been communicated to the Indian
|papers: We had left Columbo in the
Steamer Strathowen, had rounded
|Galle, and were well in the bay, with
'Pur course laid for Madras, steam
ing over calm and tranquil sea.
about an hour before sunset, on May
FO, we saw on our starbOard beam
hnd about two miles off a small
schooner lying becalmed; there was
nothing in her appearance or posi-
Zion to excite remark, but as we came
+. hp with her, lazily examined her
with my binocular, and then noticed
between us, but nearer her, q long,
low swelling, lying ON the sea, which
from its color and shape l took to be
bank of seaweed. As / watched,
the mass hitherto at rest on the quiet
Bea was set in motion. 1t struck the
Schooner, which visibly reeled, and
then righted; Immediately afterwards
the masts swayed sideways, and with
my glass / could clearly discern the
enormous mass and the hull of the
schooner cOalescing-I can think of
no other term. Judging from their
eXclamations, the other gazers must
have witnessed the same appearance.
Almost Immediately after the COLI
sion and coalescence the schoOner's
masts swayed towards us, lower and
lower; the vessel was on her beam
end, lay there few seconds and dis
the masts righting us she
sank, and the main exhibiting a re-
versed ensign struggling towards its
peak. A cry of horror arose from the
lOokers-on; and, as if by instinct
our ships head was at once turned
towards the scene, which was now
marked by the forms of those bat
ting for life-the sole survivors of
the pretty little schooner, which only
twenty minutes before flOated brave
ly on the smooth sea. As soon as
the poor fellows were able to tell
their story, they astounded us with
the assertion that their vessel had
been submerged by gigantic cuttle-
fish or calamary, the animal, which,
in a smaller form, attracts so much
in the Brighton Aquarium
rs the Octopus. Each narrator had
his version of the story, but in the
main all the narratives tailed so re-
as to leave no doubt of the
fact. The Captains account was as
We could see huge oblOng
mass, moving by jerks just under the
surface of the water, and an enOr-
nous train following; the oblOng
body was at least half the size of our
vessel in length, and just as thick;
The wake or train might have been
lne hundred feet long. In the time
hat / have taken to write this the
brute struck us, and the ship culver
I'd under the thud; in another sec
md the monster was aboard, squeez
ed in between the two masts. The
brute holding one by his arms, slip
ped his vast body overheard, and
pulled the vessel down with him on
her beam ends.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30
A WOMAN'S CHOICE.
BY EBEN REXFORD.

81 wish | knew what to dor
Kate Warlield, sitting on knoll in
the cool, shawdowy orchard, on a
warm and pleasant summer afternoon,
gave utterance to the wish.
She was in quandary. She had
two lovers, and she wondered whether
it was best to choose.
John Rainsford was young, and
had life full of promise, and great
possibilities before him. But he was
poor. Kate Warfeld knew that he
loved her, as strong man can love,
but could she, used to the luxury of
life, give up that which seemed neces-
sary to her comfort and marry poor
man?
Philip Leith was old, and rich.
And he, in his letter, which she had
just been reading, made her an offer
of his heart-supposing such an or
gan to be in eXistence-and hand.
He could give her the things she
lOnged for, the glitter and show she
coveted.
She heard some one whistling down
the road, and looked down that way
saw John coming. Something seem
ed to tell her that she must decide
between her lovers now, and in swift
way she looked the matter over On
one side wealth and fashion, and all
that heart could wish for in the graft
lication of its selfish, worldly enjoy
ments. On the other hand, an hum
bic life, and struggles to climb to
that position where wealth could
place her at once.
But then? Did she-cOuld she
love Philip Leith, man old enough
to be her father? Would his wealth
make up for what her life would have
if love was in it? AS she asked her.
self that question she felt twinge
which told her that, after all, she
cared for John RainsfOrd as she had
never cared for any other man, and
for moment she wondered if life
with him would not be preferable to
life with Philip Leith and all his
wealth.
But the glitter of gold blinded her,
and she shut her eyes to the purer
vision which passed before them for
moment, and in that resolute crush
ing down of her nature, John Rains
fords answer to his wooing was made,
befora ha oclyad for If
He came up the orchard path, and
sat down upon the knoll beside her.
He had learned, in the summer gone
by, to love this woman as he thought
he could never love another one. She
was all that was good and true, and
womanly in woman to him.
81 have had letter from the city" /"
she said. 81 am going back next
week."
$50 soonP' he said, slowly and
looking thoughtfully off to the blue
hills. She knew well enough what
he was thinking about.
"Yes; l have fingered here too
long already. This summer has been
very pleasant one to me. One of
the pleasantest summers of my life, /
think"
"Can you guess what it has been to
me" he asked suddenly. 81 have
learned a lesson in it that l never
tried to learn before. have learned
to loye-to lOve gour'
His earnest eyes were on her face.
His words were full Of passionate
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30
License or No License.

The opinion of such a man as Hon.
Samuel Shellabarger is worth some
thing. In answer to certain ques-
tiOns submitted to him he replies as
follows:
''The first one is, whether the de-
sign of the license clause is, if adopt
ed, to pledge the Constitution against
absolute prohibition? OF course, no
one, in advance, can tell what the
courts may decide about it. But since
the no license clause submitted ex-
pressly says the Legislature may pro
hibit' the traffic, and the license clause
carefully omits this word, and only
authorizes the Legislature to restrict
(not prohibit, and to compensate
for injuries, &c, l should greatly
fear that voting of the form to pro
hibit,' and voting up the form to re
strict would be held to render abso-
Lutte prohibition by law uncOnstitu-
tional. So l think the courts would
be authorized to hold, and would
most likely hold. / answer the sec
ond question that we certainly would
be more likely to get a prohibitory
law under the mo license clause than
under the other. This for two rea
sons-one that under the license
clause in the Constitution | doubt
whether it would be constitutional to
prohibit absolutely; the other that
a voting down the prohibition clause,
and voting up the other, would seem
to me to carry with it such a moral
force against absolute prohibition as
to render it extremely improbable
that the law of absolute prohibition
would be possible, even If constitu-
4 i
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

The editor of the N. Y. EUeniag
Post has been reading the utter
ances of the democratic conventions
of Indiana and New York, and he
reaches this conclusion:
We search in vain for any promised
plan by which the administration of
public affairs can be reformed. 1t is
too evident that the democrats be-
lieve in merit as qualification for of
flee only until they get the power to
reward their favorites; they think
now that they have a chance to OBJ
tain the loaves and fishes, and there
fore civil service reform has lost its
virtue. Neither are we favored with
any distinct promises as to the reve-
nue. legislation. Do they propose
once more to remand this subject to
the people, at the Congressional cleo
tions? 1t will not do to repeat the
blunder of 1872.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30
An Iowa Boy Swallows a Knife.

From the Davenport DemOcrat'I
On the Ist of the month little lad
named Charley, son of a German
named Heinrich Klopke, residing
near Princeton, in this county, swai-
lowed-so says our cautious IN
formant-"a two-bladed brass-han-
died knife three inches long, three
fourths of an inch thick, weighing
two ounces" which the same was as
certained by measuring and weigh
ing one exactly similar in shape and
size. He was playing with it, when
he remarked he could put it in his
mouth. This was doubted by one OF
his playmates, and in making the at
tempt it slipped down his throat.
1t gave him no pain, nor was it the
cause of any bodily distress. About
four days after this stupendous swal-
low, while the boy was returning from
the La Claire celebration, the knife.
departed from out the modern whale
who had gulped down a-JOnah in the
shape of cutlery, and the boy stillF-
lives, is healthy and happy p
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For the Gallipolis Journal.
A DREAM.
BY MRS. SARA woLVERToN.
81 had dream that was not
all a dreami''


all q dreaml'
| dreamed last night so strange thing
think it must come true;
So pause, and rest, from work awhile,
And I'll relate to you.
] saw at first, river wide,
With rapid, rolling tide,
And one by one, were barks bound down
With little boats beside.
Some dragged their sails, and some
Were under iury-mast;
And some were more like ruin-wrecks,
AS they were hurried past.
knew that rocks upreared beyond,
| heard the mighty fall,
And felt no human aid could hold
Destruction back from all.
/ shuddered as gazed thereon,
And held my breath in awe;
When loi the sweetest strains awoke,
In music from the shore.
Entranced | gazed, and wondered where
Those magic sounds had birth;
They seemed to me unlike the ones
We listen to on earth.
And watching thus, saw band
OF white-robed forms appear,
And mingling with the softer notes,
Fond pleading tones could hear.
| saw each hand upon the helm
Hang listless down beside;
/ saw those barks with anchor out
Rock slowly on the tide.
saw the little boats made fast,
Lest they should 90 astray;
And over all-One glorious burst
Gods own bright sunshine play.
And then-you know how it's in dreams,
How scenes will come and go,
And in how short space of sleep,
Whole towns and cities grow?
Well, just like that saw bright homes
From clouds of sorrow rise;
And happy smiles of love and joy
Clean from the tear-stained eyes.
And little ones that once knew want,
And walked along with woe,
Like woodland flowers-as God meant
In careless beauty grow.
And seemed some faces there | knew,
could not tell at first;
But, all at once, from memory's keep,
That river-drama burst.
And then | saw and understood,
Perhaps the same win you,
And wish with me when wide awake
The dreaming may come true.
DETROIT, Feb, 1874.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

Hon. NELSON H. VAN Worries will
probably be the Republican candidate
for Congress in the Fifteenth Dis
trict-Athens, Meigs, Monroe, Nor
gan and Washington. Mr.. Sprague,
the present member, who is serving
his second term, declines to be can
didate for reelection. Mr.. Van
Vorhes is fit man for the place, and
eminently deserving of the honor.
The district is decidedly Republi-
cans-CiR. Times.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

The Schenectady Star is responsi-
BILE for the statement that June bug,
buzzing around in a dark, Water
town parlor, flew against a young la
dy's face with such force as to become
hopelessly entangled in her beau's
moustache.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30
Harmonious Democracy.
From the Enqlirer.l

The Maine brethren march under
a hammer bearing the label, This
Government z was devised for the ben
eft Of New England The Indiana
brethren and, we might say, those of
Ohio, respectfully decline to muster
under that flag.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

The Western papers are full of
"The Man with the Branded Hand"
but no attention is paid to the men
with the ''brandied'' noses, though
they are as ten thousand to one
Boston Post.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-07-30

Next to music, nothing so power
fully tends to sooth the savage breast
as to see the young man who parts
his hair in the middle showing baby
wagon on Sunday.-BrooklyR Argus.