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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-07-01
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A China

THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A CHINA
MANA Chimaman in the employ of
family at Salt Wells Station, over on the
Pacific slope, passed through decided
ly thrilling experience recently. Salt
Wells is a railroad station in charge of a
man named Macarthur. Macarthur and his
wife went away on a visit, and left the Sta
ton in charge of man named Kicks and
Chinaman. Subsequently Kicks was
called away. and the Chinaman remain
ed alone to keep things straight about
the place. He had been thus alone but
a day or two when couple of men rode
up to the station and demanded dinner.
The Chinaman complied with the request
when the two men also insisted that he
should feed their horses. The Chinaman
went into the stable, and was opening a
sack barley, when the two men came
up behind him and fired theirrevolvers,
hitting him in the head. The Chinaman
fell and remained insensible for a few
minutes, but knew enough to keep quiet.
The would-be-murderers were feeling
his pulse, and one asked the other !:
ssShall we shoot him again ?" ''No,
he'll be dead enough in time" was the
answer. Then the ruffians went into the
house, and, securing pixaxe and shovel
began digging a grave for their victim in
the cellar. The Chinaman quietly es-
capped and ran for assistance. A party
was at once organized, and the robL ers
who had taken what plunder they could
carry, were pursued for fifty miles, fin
ally escaping. The Chinaman who saw
his own grave being dug Will have a
story to tell, if he ever gets back to Asia,
and story of the most thrilling kind.
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"CLAWING OFF"

Yesterday as policeman was strolling
past house on Fort street, east, wo-
man a year OF two over 40, having her
sleeves rolled up and her hands covered
with flour, ran out to the gate and called
to him.
sIt's little delicate" she said as she
leaned over the gate and tried to blush,
''but I'm person that knows my rights,
and besides, I'm all alone in the world.
and no one to advise me-
"Speak your mind freely, madam, "
replied the officer, as he tapped on the
pickets with his baton.
''You know all about the law, don't
you % she inquired.
Everything, madam I can tell you
how to go to work in an admiralty case,
and bring you from that down through
divorce, bankruptcy, arson, burglary,
false pretenses, hitching horse to a
shade tree and getting intoxicated
''It's little delicate" she softly said
as she rubbed the flour off her hands,
"but, as I have said before, I'm all
alone"
''Trust me, madam = repose conf
dence in me-" he replied, throwing out
his chest.
'sWel, s'posen you were widow"
eyes, madam. -
@And s'posen one of the boarders gave
you breast-pin 2'
81 see, madam"
"And s'posen he smiled at you, and
sent yon poetry, and asked you to ride
out on Sunday, and the neighbors whis-
pered arouud that you were engaged P"
Proceed, madam - congratulate
you"
"No, you mustn't, for s'posen after all
this he suddenly began to claw off, and
didn't smile on you any more, and didn't
praise your cooking, and took another
woman to the minstrel show o.
"Ah! the traitor! Perhaps he has
transferred his affections to some one
else."
"'That's what think. I know it's a
little delicate, but I'm alone in the world
you see, and I want to know if there ism t
law to bear on him 2 It isn't right to
go and encourage a lone woman like me
and then claw Off.
''He ought to be roasted alive, he
had I"
ST don't know as I'd want him arrest
ed, but I'd like to have you call on him
and make threats. Tell him he's liable
to States Prison for clawing off this way.
L tell you it's a pretty serious thing to
go and encourage a woman of my age
and then sk1ik around behind the hen
coop all of a sudden. Isn't there a law?"
'Less see? [ hardly think there is. !"
"WeH, you can call on him.. Take
him alone-look ferce-have your hand
cuffs in sight. just tell him, that you
know al about it, and that I'm good
hearted, peasant, rich, and that he bet
ter take care low he prances around or
he'll think tornado struck him.
The officer promised, and she rubbed
a cloud of flour off her hands and ran up
the path with a light heart. - Free
Press.
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DIMENSIONS OF OCEAN WAyEs.-We
are indebted to DIR. Scoresby for the
following interesting facts with regard
to the length and height of ocean-waves:
The mean height of waves IN the ATTAIN
TIC, driven by westerly gale, IS Is feet.
The greatest recorded height of wave
IN the North Atlantic, from the trough
to the crest, is 43 feet. In northwest
gales, waves 40 feet in height have been
measured off the Cape of Good Hope,
while those off Cape Horn were 80 feet.
The velocity of ocean storm-wayes In the
North Atlantic is about 30 miles an hour,
and that recorded by Capt. Wilkes for
the Pacific Ocean 26s miles. In an At
lantic storm the breadth of the waves,
measured from crest to crest, is about
900 feet,
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TIE rural papers of North Carolina
announce that the failure of a circus
concern down there was entirely due to
lack of advertising, and sternly re-
mark: "Iet this be warning to others. "
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A SPLENDID climate. The Bay City
(Mich.) Tribune says: ''May 1, ten
inches of snow fell here; May "a, a man
died from the effects of sunstroke.'
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e. KERH,

WORK Street, ManitOWOc, Wis. Dealers
in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Fancy Goods
Glass ware, Boots and Shoes, Ready made Clothing,
Paper hangngs Hats Caps, Toys Children Carriages,
Live Geese Feathers, Bird Cages, Kerosene Oil and
Lamps &C.. &C. A share of public patronage is solf-
fsd
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GUSTAr FEHRS,

VITATCIIMAKER and JEWELER. Of
w fers his services for repairing all kinds of
Clocks and watches. uas fine and well selected
assortment OF the latest and best styles of Clocks
American English and Swiss Watches, also Of Gold
and Plated Jewelry, at his Brick Store on Sth
treet South side door south of Kremer's. Mani
owoc. ely
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THE poet Schiller died May 9, 1905.
The steamship Schiller, named after the
poet, went down May 9, 1875.
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WHATEVER you wish your child TO be.
be it yourself. IF you wish It tc be hap
Ply, healthy, sober, truthful, affectionate
honest and godly, be yourself all these.
If YOU wish it to be lazy and sulky, aud a
liar, and a theft, and a drunkard, and a
swearer, be yourself all these. As the
old cock crows, the young one learns.
You will remember who said, s'Train up
a child in the way he should go, and
when he is old he viii not depart from
it. And you may, as general rule, as
soon expect to gather grapes from thorns
or figs from thistles, as get good, healthy
happy children from diseased, and lazy,
and wicked parents.
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FRED SEEGER.

OFFERS TO his many friends and the
" public generally, q choice selection of Fresh
Meats Salt Pork and Beef Smoked Beef and Hams,
Shoulders Sausages, TalIoy and Lard at the lowest
rates, Market On Commercial Street. 9-1y
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s. S.aTDERSOT,

MANUFACTURER and Dealer in
Nl Boots, Shoes Leather, &c, &c. Shop on Buffalo
street. neaf the corner of Eighth. Repairing neatly
and promptly executed
Manitowoc, September 20, 1865.
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F. RaTSCH.

TEWELER and Photographer. All
kinds Of work in the line of my business prompt
attended to- and warranted to give satisfaction.
have Just received a Wing ornsbeys Multiplying
CAMERA OBSCURA, with which can take small
pictures of the finest order for dollar per Dozen
Photographs taken Of all sizes. Albums aad Framss
onstantly hand. York Street. 13-4tf
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CH.AREES HOTER.

MERCHANT TAIL0RING ESTAB-
N Hshment on Sth street, south end of Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete, and contains
large assortment Of fashionable clothes and Gents
furnishing goods constantly hand. Please call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere. 1921
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DENTISTRY,

DEyTIxSTRT,
DR. A. =. PATCHEN, Dentist. Office
L. in Shermans new building, on sth Street,
Manftowoc Wis.
s4.Teeth extracted without pain.
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Il. *. P.ATNE, VI. ID.

Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon
Ill and Acconcheur late resident Physician at the
Hahnemann Hospital, Checago, has permanently To-
Gated at Mantowoc. Office in Piumbs building, cor.
Buffalo and Eighth Streets
o,,, t1o,,ns to A NJ.
offieA hooAs / to 9, and to P. NJ.
Diseases of the eye and car treated.
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MARK TwAIN's ADvENTURE.-Ig got
into the cars and took seat in juXtapo-
sition to female. The females face
was perfect life insurance company to
her. 1t insured her ever getting mar
ried to any person except a blind man,
Her mouth looked like 4 crack in dried
lemon, and there was no more express
sion in her face than there is in cup of
cold custard: She appears as if she had
been through one famine, and got two
thirds of the way through another She
was old enough to be great-grandmoth-
er to Mary, who had the little lamb.
She was chewing prize-popcorn, and
carried in her hand yellow rose, while
band box and cotton umbrella nest
led at her side. couldn't guess wheth-
er she was mission of charity, or going
West to start saw-mill. I was full of
curiosity to hear her speak, so I said
The eXigences of the times required
circumspection in person who is trav-
cling What {? said she. 'The orb of
day shines resplendid in the vault above
says /, She twisted around uneasily,
and then raised her umbrella and said
I don't want any of your sass; git out ;
And did git out.
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How to Be Happy.

l. Havea healthy stomach, with good
digestion through eating and drinking
only that which is healthful food.
2:.Have clear conscience by being
honest and doing that which is right be-
tween men, and striving to do as you
would wish to be done by.
8. Engage earnestly in some useful
pursuit, by which good to others and
reasonable profit to yourself may &C.
crue.
4. pay attention to the requirements
of the body, exercise, bathing, clothing,
ing to the laws of hygiene.
quacks have induced you to swallow
their pills or their slops, called "bitters'
and thence you may have come to their
stimulants or narcotics, drop them, one
and all. They are insidious enemies. .,
6. Keep your temper; do not permit
your angry passions to rise. A bad or
unregulated temper ccrrodes and spolls
the one who indulges in unrestralned
anger.
I. Keep down an envious or q jealous
spirit. Seek to serve others rather than
require others to serve you. 1t IS al
ways better to minister to others than
to require others to minister to us
s. Avoid controversy. Good men,
honest, godly men, men who seek the
happiness of others, find it not difficult
to agree with each other. Such men,
when differences arise, seek to divine
aid to resolve the difficulties.
9. At a proper lineage, circumstan-
ces being favorable, you beginning in
sound health and established in busi-
ness-take partner of the opposite sex,
who is suitably organized and cultured
and appreciative Of the domestic rela-
TONS, ,
10 Read the ter commandments. t.
II. And follow them to the letter.
- Pay attention to daily dcvotions.
l3. Pray for your enemies.
II. And if you are not made happy
you ought to be.
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-.'EHE 'PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND
IURY.-We publish elsewhere the ad-
plirable and conscientious Presentment
;pf, the Grand Jury-although Judge Car
,penter expressed a desire that we should
mot do so, for the reason, as he said,
that 1.-THE County could not afford the
expense" The why and wherefore of
the Judges economy may be found out
by reading the presentment. We know
;tilis much about it, however, that the
fit came upon him after he had ordered
the Treasurer of this County to pay So
licitor Runkte five hundred dollars for
his services at the term of the Court
lust ended, and which lasted only three
=. days.
Perhaps if the Presentment5 has been
"A little more complimentary to his Hon
or, there would have been less reason for
hisinclination to see it in print. The
, Grand Jury announced to the Judge
! that they meant no personal disrepect
, to "The Court" by the findings. Of
. course not; they merely presented facts,
and if the facts reflected OH Judge Car
penter he must blame the facts and not
: the Grand Jury.
What are the fucts2 Two terms have
passed since the Grand Jnry presented
the late County Commissioners and 9TH
CT County officers for malteasauce (or
stcalage( in office, and no steps have
been taken to bring them to trial. Now
whose duty is it to do this? Primarily,
it is the duty of the Solicitor to indict,
but it is the business of the Judge to see
. that the Solicitor does his duty. That
the Judge has neglected to do-uud these
are the facts that present Judge Carpen-
ter Runkle, the Solicitor, has not Sense
enough to convict the devil on his own
- confession, and Carpenter, who has the
ability, makes no effort to bring him up
to the mark.
This thing Of allowing parties to evade
trial has gone so far in Edgetield that
even Jesse Jones, the twenty-years-old
mulatto Clerk of the court says, to use
precisely his own expression, "thero is
something rotten in Denmark" And
if Jessie. can smell anything bad, how
must an honest mans nose tingle >
Etlgcfetd advertiser.
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AnOther's.

She has the most alluring eyes,
A little Grecian nose;
She wares the most bewitching guise,
And parti-colored hose!
Her touch can thrill one strangely
when
One clasp her in the dance {:
At least, they tell me so-but then,
I never had the chance!
Her melting tones, so people say,
Intoxicate the brain,
And leave, when she has gone away,
A joy akin to pain.
Her voice is like sweet music when
Its strains are soft and low;
So those who've heard it say-but then
l never did, you know.
She makes the most superb ragout,-
Knits stockings by the score;
Knows Latin, and Italian, too,
Greek, French, and plenty more!
She's just the girl to sweeten life
MISUNDERSTANDING!
In short, she is a perfect wife:
But then she isn't mine!
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UNDER THE ROsE.-The custom.
making the rose symbol of silence or
secrecy seems to date back as far as the
sixteenth century, as it is mentioned
by Newton in his Herbal to the Bible, y
published in 1857, as follows:
l will here add common county GUS
tom that is used to be done with the
rose. When pleasant and merry COM
panions doe friendly meete together to
make good cheere, as soon as their feast
or banket is ended, they give faithful
promise mutually one to another, that
whosoever hath been merrily spoken by
any in that assembly should be wrap
ped up in silence antAAot carried out of
doores. For the assurance anu perform
ance whereof, the tearme whic they use
is that all things there said must be ta-
ken as spoken under the rose. Where.
upon they used in their parlors and din
ing rooms to hang roses over their ta-
bles to put the companie in memore of
secresie, and not rashly or indiscreeting
to clatter and blab out what they heare.
Likewise if they chance to show any
tricks, wanton, unshamefast, immodest,
or irrevent behavior, either behavior Ell
ther by word or by deed, they protest
ing that all was spoken under the rose
do give straight charge and pass cov-
enant of silence and secrecy with the
hearers, that the same s hall not be blown
abroadssn tattled on the streets among
any others.
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Nothing of Court proceeding is of
more general interest. than the descis-
ions in bankruptcy. The latest is that
of petition in voluntary bankruptcy
filed by James G. Derby, of New York,
and referred to register Williams, who
certified that he was of opinion tina:
Derby was entitled to discharge, un.
less the Court should hold that it re
quires the assent of one-fourth in num-
Der and one-fifth in value of a volunta-
ry bankrupt's creditors, including those
who have and those who have not prov
ed their claims, to entitle the bankrupt
at discharge. Derby had received the
assent of one-fourth in number and one
third in value Of the creditors who had
proved their claims, and Judge Blatch-
ford held that this was sufficient under
the law, and granted. a discharge.
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A jolly doctor called on lady on his way
home from dinner party, so full that he
could not count her pulse beat. Conscious
Of the cause of his difficulty, he, in a mo-
ment of irritation, blurted out, Drunk, by
Jove!" and rushed out of the house. The
next day the lady sent for him and said
that she lamented that he had discovered
her condition, and begged he would keep it
secret.
A grave digger in Preston, England, was
engulfed and smothered to death while ex-
cavating tomb, thus literally digging his
OWN grave.
Ir is easier to live within an income than
without one.
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The Marion county commissioners, at
their last meeting, passed a resolution
requesting all persons desiring licences
to sell liquor by the quart to publish no.
tice of the same in the county papers
one month previous to the applica-
ton. ~"
"Time softens all things" except the
young man who parts his hair in the
middle. Nothing can make him any
softer than he is.
Who can fail to be impressed, that
just at this especial juncture we should
be catching sight of, and coming up to
those hundred mile-stones in the journy
of our common county.
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a Woman's Answer to Mans Question,

Do you know you have asked for the
costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart and woman's life,
And woman's wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this
priceless thing
AS child might ask for toy?
Demanding what others have died to
49,. win,
With the reckless dash of a boy?
You have written my lesson Of duty
Manlike have you questioned me.
Now stand at the bar of my woman's
Until l shall question thee.
You require cook for your mutton and
beef
require 2 far greater thing;
A-seamstress you're wanting for socks
and for shirts
II look for man and king:
4 king for The beautiful realm called
s. home,
And a man that the maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did on the first,
And say, lit is very good"
I am fair and young, but the rose will
fade -.
From my soft young cheek one day;
Will you love me then mid the falling
leaves,
~ you did 'lnong the bloom of May q
Is your heart an ocean so strong and
deep
I.may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
on the day she is made bride.
l require all things that are grand and
true
All things that man should be;
# you give this all will stake my life
TO be all you demand of me.
H,you cannot be this-a laundress and
cook
.... You can hire, and and little to pay
But q woman's heart and woman's life
Are not won in that way.
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TELEGRAPHIC DEsPATCHES.-Ourd D dali
Iy exchanges announce that from hence
forth they will be able to give them a
largely increased quantity of telegraph
lie matter. The Associate Press service
has been increased from $3.50 words to
$3.50 words per diem. This will enable
them to furnish !, 100 words, or one col
,emn, OF Geographic matter additional
and will make their REPORTS indch fuller
and more interesting. Improvements
will also be made in the commercial
branch q. the service. They are indebt-
ed for the increase telegrapnicsservice to
the courtesty of the Western Union
Telegraph Company-a corporation
which has always delt kindly and Lib
orally with the Associate Press.
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The Most Deadly Disease.

The most deadly disease from which
,the people of the United States are to-
, day suffering is pneumonia. Many are
nearly down with it who do not
expect it, and these may have brought
1T on by a single act of indiscretion.
Ten minutes on the street corner in the
cold wind; aglass Of brandy or whis-
kew, late hours and exposure at night :;
and evening in o badly ventilated
church or the entre-any of these may
permit the latent disease to manifest It,
self.
The disease detacts the lungs, but not,
as generally supposed, species Of hasty
consumption. There is very little eX-
:pcctoration in pneumonia, and in many
cases none at all. The cold settles on
the lungs, the air passages fill up with
,mucus, and death is due to the impossi-
bihty of breathing, or to the weakness
which the disease brings on, as cautions
dieting is necessary. When the trouble
in the lungs is overcome the patient is
often left in so slow condition that it is
impossible to make him rally. It is a
rather singular phase of this daily dis
ease that the per centage of cases is as
four to one in favor of men. Women
very seldom suffer from it. This may
1be due to the greater exposure TO when
men are subject, and the more senden-
tary life of women, who do not, suffer
from such constant changes and such
shocks to the lungs. The best prevent
i've against pneumonia is to keep the
mouth closed when going from a hot
place to cold, and breathe through the
nose. 1t comes like a flash oflightening;
one may 60 to bed healthy, to all ap-
pcarances, and wake up with the disease
in full blast. Then it is simply ques-
ton of constitution. Physicians seldom
pursue but one course-to keep the pa
tient in warm, equal temperature; to
give remedies as much as possible to
clear the lungs, and to seek to keep up
:the-proper animal heart. The crisis is
usually reached on the seventh day af-
ter being taken. If not dead then, there
is small chance of recovery, and all de-
pends on the strength of the patient OF
.-HuWS Journal of Health.
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Did it ever occur to you what the
meaning of mo cards." and mo Cake" !"
appended to marriage announcement
means? 1t is simply the exclamation
of the editor thrown in a spiteful. way,
to show that he was not remember
ed. --r.'.. ..
A young lady, aged only seventeen,
raised large family. She useda keg
of powder in the cellar. -,f
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Before Judge Reed, on Tuesday, in
the case of Dabney, Morgan & Co. es.
the president and directors of the bank
of the State of South Carolina, an order
was taken for the distribution OF the as
sets in the bank of the State among the
creditors who have proveda their
claims.
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Alta meeting of Confederate soldiers
the other day in Atlanta, so many were
dubbed with titles that the following
appropriate resolution was introduced !:
,"Resolved, That the President appoint
a ,committe of one to inquire whether
there were any surviving privates of the
late war;