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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-17
Call for the Republican State Gonven-
ton at Madison.

4 State Convention representing the Repub-
iican party of Wisconsin, il hereby called TO
meet at the Capitol in the city of Madison, at
II O'Clock NJ, on Wednesday, July Z, 1915, for
the purpose of placing in nomination candi-
dates for election for State officers TO be sup
ported by the party at the next general cleo
lion. and to transact SUCH other business as
may he deemed appropriate.
Each Senate and Assembly district will be
entitled to two delegates in the Convention.
tSigned) L. w. kEYES. CHAIRMAN,
FRANK LELAND,
J. Il. NfOAR,
j. Ill. VIVIAN,
I. NJ BEAN,
EIIHU COLEMAN,
ROBERT MCCURDY,
III. Il. COLES,
j. L. KINGSTON,
Republican State Central Committee
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NEWTON. Mantowoc Co., April 10, 1876. Fl. D.
Smalley, Mantowoc Wis
The Table Rake Buckeye Mower and
Reaper | bought Of you gives me PER-
Feet SATISFACTION. 1t cannot be beat,
for 1aeataess, duradility and Gg1ataaess
of draft. 1t will leave the bundles just
as compact as bound The bundles lay
perfectly straight from top to bottom. not
crossing the straw as with the Reel Rake.
Ny brother, Mr.. Michael Taugher. of
Meme, after trying other machines and
binding after them for the last three
years, bought Buckeye this winter IF
farmers will take my advice they will buy
the Buckeye Yours &C..
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SWEEPSTAKES THREsHER

We offer the Farming Public, the
SWEEPSTAKES THREsHER the coming
season, with the following Improve
ments
lst We have new device for raising
and lowering the Concave, while in motion
I'd. A great improvement in the Shake
Wheel, saving all wear and tear and al
lowing more or less shake at the will Of
the thresher.
Sd. The Thirty inch Cylinder Mach
iue comes out this season, with the Apron
and Shoe inches wider. A great i'm
proyement.
OFFICE, atthe Foundry on York Street
Manitowoc. Wis.
III. d. SMALLEY. Agent.
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U.,I. waste
full and imperfect work of other ThTesLers, when
posted the superiority of this one fC, saving
grain, saving time, and doing fast thorough and
economical work.
THREsHERMEN FIND.IThghly. advantageous TO
a machine that has 'Beater5, - "Pickers," or
Apron" that handles damp grain, long straw, head
ings flax tImo ny millet and all such difficult grain
and Seeds with ENTIRE EASE AND EFFECTIVE
NESS. Cleans to perfection saves the farmer his
thresh bill by extra saving of grain; makes no
Offerings" requires LESS THAN ONE HALF the
usual belts boxes, Journals and gears; essier man
aged less repairs that grain raisers prefer to
employ and wait for, at advanced prices, while
other machines 'tout of jobs"
Four sizes with 6, 8, 10 and u horse ''mount
ed' powers also a speciality of separators ''alone,"
expressly for power and to match other horse
powers.
If interested in grain raising, or threshing, write
for illustrated circulars (sent fee) with full partic
lars of sizes, styles, prices, terms &c.
NICHOLS SHEPARD i CO,
1apr75 13t Battle Creek, Michigan.
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FTIHE undersigned offers his services to the com-pu
Il nifty for putting under sills and otherwise
repair and move buildins Having superior faculties
for moving Houses,-can assure ell in need of
service that any business entrusted to -ay viii
receive prompt attention and be performed in a
ner warranted to give full Abstraction Enquire OF
the undersigned on Fourth ST., North Side
JOHN CONE.
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By HORSLEY BROS, & FIGUERS

should inform them if he were in
trouble and put them on the alert TO
help him. As soon, therefore, as he
started from his cousins the signal
fioated from the window to warn them.
And when they saw the pursuing party
dash madly down the road to the river
and recognized the British uniform of
the leader they pulled swiftly out to
sea. The horsemen reached the shore
only in season to see the boat with two
men IN it nearly out of sight; and sup
posing their destined prey had escaped
relinquished the pursuit.
Meanwhile the hunted victim lay safe
and quiet where the simple shrewdness
of the little cousin had hidden him,
until the time came for her TO return
for supper. Then he bade her go as
usual to her home, telling her TO ask
her mother to place the signal lamp, as
soon as it grew dark, in the window, for
the boatmen, and to send him there
some supper, with his valise, which, ia
the hurry of departure, he had left
behind.
The signal recalled the boat, which
after twilight had ventured in sight of
the shore and the farm house, and the
governor quietly made his way to the
river in safety. When he rejoined his
family in a secure home he named his
infant daughter, which had been born
in his absence, Hetty Marvin" that
he might be daily reminded of the
little cousin whose truth and shrewd-
ness saved his life.-MOT7ajrg Star.
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Henry Clay.

I'll Indianapolis correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial says:
As we steamed out of Greenfield, Mr..
Hendricks took a seat beside me and
remarked: "Mr. Hackleman, who is
familiar with this part of the country,
has just been telling me an incident
connected with Henry Clay's visit to
Indiana many years ago. 1t was long
before there was railroad, and his
journey partOok of the character of a
triumphaI pilgrimage, swelled at every
point by the citizens who focked from
far and near to get look at him. Here
abouts, his retinue consisted of six car
riages and a mounted guard of honor of
forty men, augmented considerably at
Greenfield by delegation to escort him
to Indianapolis. As the cavalcade was
leisurely proceeding hlther, man and
woman were observed bringing a large
tub and gourd out of farm house to
the side of the road, where they stopped
and made signs for the procession to
halt. On closer view they we're found
TO be an old man and venerable woman.
The latter asked if ''Henry Clay" was
in the crowd, and said she and her hus-
band wanted to see him. Mr.. Clay,
who was in the first carriage, rose to his
feet and, lifting his hat as courteously
as if he had been in the presence of
ROYALTY, saluted them. The woman ex-
claimed that she and her "old man"
were from "Kaintuck," and they had
always said that if Henry Clay ever
passed that way they would offer him a
drink of their best cider. With this
she dipped the gourd into the tub, and
passing it to her husband, he handed it
to Mr.. Clay, who, with another courtly
bow, quaffed the delicious beverage
for it was as delicious as the rich, sweet
Juice of good apples could be made.
The gourd was then reflled and passed
from one to the other of the goodly
company, who, as they moved on, gave
three hearty cheers to their Kentucky
friends.
A writer in Appleton's Journal has
this pleasant allusion to the "Great
Commoner :"
Mr.. Clay had not his great rivals
(Mr. Webster's) knowledge and love of
literature. He was q natural genius,
with wonderful political learning, singu-
lar acuteness, and great sympathy. He
was always a charming talker, very
graceful IN his manners. In spite of
his remarkable plainness of feature he
was always admired aud courted by
women. To the last he knew how to
pay compliment to a lady with old
fashioned courtesy, and with some
southern warmth in it. To men he was
nresistibly fascinating; he had great
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
ShOddy Leather.
The Latest SwindIe by Massachusetts
shoe Manufacturers.

The Latest SwindIe by Massachusetts,
shoe Manufacturers
Apropos of a recent article on the
revolution in the leather trade caused
by the excessive demand for the poorest
grades of leather in the market to an
extent that stocks are exhausted not
only but the prices run up almost to
those of the best leather, while the
stores of our dealers are filed with the
best qualities which are almost I'M
salable, now comes the Cincinnati Eu-
quirer and tells what is done with this
poor leather. It says "We are in
formed that cases of mems boots are
sold constantly at less than $lS per
case. The whole secret of the matter IS
that the shoe manufacturers OF Massa-
chusetts have almost ceased to use
leather in the manufacture of shoes for
the western trade. For soles, a species
of composition termed leather board,
hardly distinguished from the genuine
article, but actually composed of mix
ture of powdered leather and mucil.
lage, pressed into sheets by hydraulic
press and veneered with thin coating
of split calf-skin, is almost universally
used. OF course, as soon as the veneer
wears out, the sole goes to pieces very
rapidly, especially in wet weather.
G91is stuff is very largely used and sold
n Cincinnati, and costs only from nine
to sixteen cents, while good sole leather
costs from forty to fifty cents. This
60 stifening" used in the manufacture
of these boots is nothing more than
pasteboard, and the boot is consequently
rendered shapeless by the first thor
ough wetting. For the 'uppers split
calfskin is used, with the grain surface
on the inside, SO as to deceive custom
ers. This miserable material, of conrse,
affords the wearer no protection against
water but the fraud is so cleverly
effected in the manufacture that even
experienced shoemakers are often de-
ceived in purchasing it. The cost of
pair of fine calfskin boots to these
leather-shoddy manufacturers is about
81. so, and boots of heavier leather
only 81. The soles of ladies' fine
shoes are generally made of the abom-
ination known as leather board, while
the uppers, instead of being made of
good goat-skin of English lasting, are
formed of worthless sheep-skin or bad
cotton cloth. The manufacturer cost
of a pair of woman's leather shoes is
fifty cents, and pair cloth shoes only
forty-fve cents. IN. Y. Bulletin.
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SIS HOpiniOn hOf Hus.

Chicago has new Unitarian preacher,
the Rev. Brooke Herford, fresh from
Manchester, England. OF course the
reporters were after him shortly after
he arrived, to ascertain what he thought
of Chicago generally and the Chicago
newspapers in particular. A Tribune
reporter sounded the immaculate Her
ford ON the subject of the city papers,
expecting him, no doubt, to express his
admiration of the peculiar methods of
Chicago journalism. Here is the brief
conversation on this subject : Reporter
CT suppose you have noted the diff
ference between American and English
journals since your arrival, if not be-
fore ?" Mr.. H" yes. 1 have
seen nothing so far in which the dis
tinction was so marked as in your pa
pers. They combine the elegant with
the inelegant, and blend blackguardism
and religion in any way that would not
be tolerated in England" Reporter
"Then you do not have the very best
oninion of American journalism ? ]"
Mr.. H" give you Americans due
credit for your enterprise and industry
in gathering what you call news. My
education, however, is that much that
is published in the average American
daily press is not worth the trouble,
while much more is unfit to be printed
or read, while another portion can in
no way be properly called news"
Reporter "You may have noticed
that the publication of sermons once
week is feature in Chicago papers {?
Mr.. H." Yes am so told. That is
never done in England. The religious
press, even, prefer other matter" The
Chicago reporter retired crestfallen.
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A Marvellous Piece of Finery.

The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
has recently made a marvellous pur-
chase, in the shape of a bedroom gar
niture of point d'Alencon lace, which
was originally manufactured for Marie
Antoinette. The approach of the rev.
olution prevented the unfortunate
queen from becoming it's possessor. 1t
was aftorward bought by Napoleon I.
as a bridal present for Marie Louise,
and was again sold after the hundred
days. After many vicissitudes, this regal
piece of fnery has at last found its way
into royal hands once more. 1t COM
prises set of curtains, counterpane
and six pillow covers. The lace is as
fine as the finest founces ever worn by
a royal bride, and the pattern repro
sents baskets, wreaths, and clusters
of roses and lilies in high relief in del
icate net which forms the background
of that most splendid of all modem
lace, the point d'Alencon. The p1ice
for this marvellous garniture was only
25, 600 f. ancs ($5,O0O.) 1t has never
been used, none of its possessoTs since
the days of Marie Louise nave ven
tured to display such a piece of royal
extravaganza, therefore it may be con-
sidered as a great bargain for its new
purchaser. 1t was suggested that it
might one day return to France in the
possession of new empress, the Grand
Duchess Marie being the lady to whose
dauah hter it was recently reported that
The prince imperial was to be betToihed.
But the grand duchess unfortunately
has no daughter, which is a slight i'm.
pedIment to the projected union,
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The YlrgiDius Affair.
Final Settlement by Spain for the Muir
der of American Citizens.

Final Settlement by Spain for the MUIR
der of American Citizens.
The secretary of state has communi-
Gated to the senate, in accordance with
a resolution of that body, the CORES
pondence between the United States
and Spanish government in relation to
the claim for indemnity from Spain for
the execution at Santiago de Cuba of
Americans, who were on board the Vir-
ginius. The secretary reports that the
claim has been disposed of by an agree
ment entered into by Minister Gushing
and the Spanish minister for foreign
affairs. The British government IN
making it's demand for indemnity for
British subjects taken from the Virgin
ius and murdered, fixed the sum of
five hundred pounds for each white
man and three hundred pounds for each
colored man, the sum total amounting
to Z, 700 pounds, there being ten white
men and nine negroes killed. After
much negotiation, Spain agreed to pay
six Thousand seven hundred pounds,
one thousand less than had been de-
manded, with the stipulation that if any
of the families or heirs of the perssns
slain did not make claim to the money,
the amount they would be entitled to
should be returned to the Spanish gov
ernment. Theproposition was accepted
by Great Britain.
Minister Gushing, on Nov. 25, in
formed the secretary of state that the
Spanish government would do the same
for the United States as it would for
Great Britain. Secretary Fish informed
Minister Gushing that the United States
would not take less. Mr.. Fish in
structed Minister Gushing to demand
more in certain cases, and also indem-
nifty for those who were imprisoned.
Finally, the matter was settled in sub
stance as follows:
In the case of the United States,
secretary Fish made a claim on the
basis of 50, 800 for each of the crew
slain, without regard to color, and a
larger sum for each officer slain, with
out specifying any particular sum.
This demand was pressed and adhered
to strenuously, until the Spanish gov
ernment yielded and consented to pay
$4,000 in gold unconditionally, the
money to be distributed by the United
States government, without any ac-
countability to Spain for sums not
claimed, as in the case of Great Britain.
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The Worth OF Life.

Life is no commonplace matter it
may feel so when we are disappointed,
when we are wearied with labor, or are
disgusted with meanness, and then we
NAV say with the Jewish preacher,
" Vanity of vapities, all lie vanity :"
But myself, how often in my more
cheerful moments, and at those more
thoughtful seasons, when my awakened
faculties have made me most truly man,
have / been awe-struck and breathless,
whilst the great mystery of life has oc-
Cured to my mind in sudden vividnessl
In such moments what miracle have ]
felt myself Excepting God himself
what is there more wondrous than the
existence of the infinite; than this birth
of feeling, thinking, and active life,
in our bOsOms. which a short time since
~ere inanimate, insensate dust What
thought Is there more wOnGrOus than
this, that we are living souls, abroad
and active on the face of world which
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interviewing a Burglar.

Constant practice is improving our
burglar and he really bids fair to make
his mark some time in the profession of
his choice. An odd job Of his recently,
was bit of fine art He called cas-
Poole, just north of the Hooker school
house, and after chatting pleasantly
with the inmates of the house and
rummaging around to his hearts con-
tent, took his departure without doing
any damage. He did tins because
there wasn't anything valuable enough
to lug off in the house. He entered by
a cellar window, and first went by the
second story, which was occupied by
three bOarders. He entered the room
of one of the men, who, thinking that
it was mate of his, said, els that
you, Bill ? " to which the fellow pleas
antly said, eyes" Then our burglar
went down stairs, and taking box of
letters, ETC., from the bureau in Mrs.
Poole's room, carried it into the kitchen
and looked it over leisurely by his dark
lantern. The lady heard him, and sup
posing it was one of the bOarders who
intended to start off early, asked what
time it was, and the man replied,
"Three o'clock" He continued to
stumble around the room adjoining her
chamber until Mrs. Poole's suspicious
were aroused, but he told her in answer
to her inquiries that he was "Bill." He
then coolly went up to the room which
he first entered, got a bunch of keys
from the pocket of some clothes on
chair, opened chest, and examined it
contents, looked in a valise and scru-
tinized a closet. The man in bed sug-
gested to him, when he was about half
through, still thinking it was one of
the other boarders, that the burglar
had better light the lamp, which the
visitant did, and continued his search.
Finally he went down stairs in disgust
at finding no booty, and out by the
cellar which he entered. And the
boarders know that it was our burglar,
for there are the tracks in the snow
,Sl1rin0feIH RP111fhIicHY
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HAVE A SPECIALITY. sooner peo-
pie begin to comprehend that practically
there is no business, calling, trade, or
profession which any one man can mas
ter in all its branches in lifetime, the
better will it be for every individuals s
prosperity. We believe that half the
failures in the great struggle for a
livelihood are due to the trying to do
too much-trying to fulfill all the re-
quirements indicated by a name, be-
cause their father did, but forgetting
that, in their fathers time, that name
included an aggregate of labor of very
different extent to that which it now
encompasses. Every day as it closes
leaves the world richer in knowledge,
and the aggregation of many days pro-
duces a store of learning which in
creases vastly the quantity which the
beginner must master ere he ap-
proaches proficiency. A couple of CEN
turies ago all that the world knew of
the healing art was within the easy
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SpIri,unIism Materially Explained.


Mr.. Francis Gerry Fairfield, the au
thor of Ten Years Among Mediums,
has theory that the so called spiritua
phenomena are caused by diseased
condition of the nervous system. he
states his position, in brief, as follows
First, that there is no pathological diff
ference between the frances of mediums,
the induced frances of mesmefism, and
the frances incident to epileptic and
cataleptic attacks second, that spirit
seeing, as illustrated in the cases of
Judge Edmunds, A. j. Davis, Mrs.
Woodruff, and mediums of that class,
is a we'll marked symptom of single
type of nervous and cerebral lesion :;
third, that this lesion develops as one
of its exponents peculiar sensory and
motor aura (or atmosphere), which, en-
tering into intimate molecular relations
and contact with surrounding objects
within a circle of greater or less peri
phery, eventHates in the phenomena of
clairvoyance in cephalic, and of table
tipping, rappings and the like in vital
temperaments. Fourth, that this aura
is of nervous origin, and consequent
upon molecular disturbance of the
nerve centres, developed by nervous
disorder. That as such it is more or
less subject to the volition of the me-
dunn. Fifth, that in its motor aspect,
this nervous atmosphere is correlated
with light and susceptible of transform
alton into luminous clouds, into spec
tral apparitions and other objective
phenomena. Sixth, that in its sensory
aspects it enters into intimate relations
with nervous organism surrounding it,
is impressed with their thoughts and
transmits what they know or remember
to the brain of the medium. Seventh,
that both groups are morbid nervous
phenomena, having their cause in ner-
vous lesion, and their physiological
basis in reflex excitability of the nerve
centres. Eighth, that, therefore, there
is no occasion to refer them to the
operations of an Hypothetical psychic
force, ner to the intervention of de-
parted spirits. Mr.. Fairfield sets forth
a formidable array of verified facts in
support of the different phases of his
theory.
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Ostrich Feathers.

The raising of Ostriches for the feath.
ers, which forms so important feature
of the stock in trade of the milliners
nowadays, appears to have become quite
an industry on the Cape of Good Hope,
whittier the business has recently been
attracted from up the country. A cor
respondent saw a flock of twenty of
them pasturipg in a meadow near the
observatory, and was surprised to learn
that they were valued at $3.50 each.
They feed on grass, like cattle, and re-
quire but little care. Usually they are
tolerabIy dociIe, but at certain seasons
they become irritable, and will some
times go as far as even to attack any
person who happens to approach their
vicinity. In such cases they do not
use their beaks, but kick forward at
their antagonist, and, as their legs are
very powerful, and the middle toe ter
inmates in sharp and massive claw, if
the blow strikes home it is sure to in
fiict a severe and not unfrequently a
fatal wound. When enraged they are
not very easily driven off, and one of
them is a dangerous adversary for an
unarmed man. Singularly enough,
notwithstanding their long legs, fallen
log or fence a foot high is to them an
impossible barrier-they will never try
to step over it. Each bird yields from
$3.50 to $3.50 worth of feathers per an
mum; those from the females being
gray, and those from the males all
black, except a single white plume
which grows under each wing, and
which is the most valuable of all. As
in addition to the feathers number of
young birds are reared each year, and
as the cost of keeping the flock is small,
it will readily be seen that successful
ostrich farming is a very lucrative oc-
cupation.
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SONG FROM A DRAMA.


I know not if moonlight or starlight
Be soft on the land and the sea-
l catch but the near light, the far light,
OF eyes that are burning for me;
The scent of the night of the roses,
May burden the air for thee, sweet
Ills only the breath of thy signing
know, as I lie at thy feet.
The winds may be sobbing or signing,
The touch may be fervent or cold,
The night-bells may toll or be ringing,
I care not, with thee in my hold!
The feast may go on. and the music
Be Scattered in ecstacy round,-
Thy whisper, " 1 love thee love thee!"
Hath flooded my soul with its sound
1 think not of time that is flying,
How short is the hour 1 have won,
How near is this living to dying,
How the shadow still follows the sun;
There is nsught upon earth, no desire,
Worth thought though t were had by a sign
love thee love thee Bring higher
Thy spirit, thy kisses, to mine!