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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-13

HE NEWSPAPER. newspaper is
the chronicle of civilization-the com
mon reservoir into which every stream
pours its living waters, and at which
every man may come to drink. It is a
newspaper that gives to liberty its prac-
teal life, constant observation It's per
petual vigilance, its unrelaxing activity.
The newspaper informs Legislators of
public opinion, and informs the people
Of legislation. And this is not all. The
newspaper teens with most practical
morality; IN its report of crimes and
punlshments you find q daily warning
against temptations and not case in q
police court, not a single trial of a
wfetched outcast OF a trembling felon.
that does not preach to US the awful
lesson how imprudence leads 10 error,
conducts to guilt how guilt reaps It's
bitter fruit Of anguish and degradation.
The newspaper is the bond that binds
together man and man-no matter what
be the distance of the climate or the
difference of race. The newspaper is a
Iaw-book for the indolent, a sermon for
the thoughtless, library for the poor.
It stimulates the most Indifferent, it in
structs the most profound. Printers
Circular.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-13

IRRESPONSIBLE pedllers infest the
whole country, and impose upon farmers
by selling them ready made clothing, in
exchange for which they take the note
of the purchaser at six per cent. The
paper is then thrown into a bank and
sold for whatever it will bring. After
awhile the victim finds the stuff he has
bought to be almost vaiueless, but as
his paper is out, the best he can do is to
..grin and bear it." The average far
mer knows more about crops than clothes,
and If he would go to responsible deal
er, and buy what he wants, he would
save money and not get SO excited about
1t.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-13

Powers, the great American sculptor,
once said that corsets had ruined art,
and that when he made his Greek slave
he worked from sixteen different models
and then had to go back to the antique
for a bust. Just think, and 5hat was
before Congress raised the tax on whis-
ky. We suppose if some sculptor wants
to have bust now, he VIII have to go
clear back beyond the food. This is
the way art is retarded by your old
crusaders. Huntington HaoCk Eye.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-13

THE value of the wedding presents to
Nile. d'Albe, neice of the Empress Eug-
enie, IS said to reach the pleasant sum OF
81 500, 600. That viii do to start out III
life in reasonable style.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
The Performances Of a Hardened
Criminal.

The list OF crimes charged against r.. W.
Major. Of Milford. \. H., who j. suspected
Of having recently poisoned bis wife, Il
something appalling. His wife was a
daughter Of MOses LOyejoy. a very respect.
able man. About six years ago Major
went 10 work ON L~Oyejoy's farm, and be-
came acquainted with two OF Loveioy's
Tour daughters. One of them suddenly
died. while returning from the blueberry
plains on a July day, and her death was
attributed TO a spasm. but an examination
OF the body showed her q DE pregnant.
In the fall, Ida. the other sister. WIS found
10 be I'm a delicate condition. - and Major
married her. though sine was but thirteen
years old. In course OF time she had four
children. and " out OF three that died
went very suddenly, yet no investigation
was made. Meanwhile, Major was gaining
"A bad reputation. He was admitted 10 the
Baptist Church. however. and Wa for some
time a Jealous member, but the charity
fund was robbed. and suspicion falling on
Major, he was expelled from the church.
He was also discharged from "A furniture
mandatory. which was very soon burned
down. lie began 10 be held in great ter
ror, and even the small boys had occasion
10 fear him. II is charged. for he once took
a youngster by the collar. and, striking
NM dAbbut a ifo-t. biOHfH III tx. "A lew
weeks ago he began 10 talk about the prob
able death Of his wife. saying hat she had
spasms, though 10 others she appeared 10
be in her usual health. On Saturday week
he said he was going To Nashua TO consult
physicians. bur il was aflerward ascer-
tanned that he did not call upon those ON
whom he said he had called. The next
day his wife died, though " hours before
hec death she seemed to be in health. She
was about to be delivered of her fifth
child, though she was but eighteen years
old. An examination of the body was
suggested, but he protested against il. ON
Tuesday. the day OF the funeral. the I'M
dertaker was just throwing the last sod
above her coffin. when the Selectmen in
terfered. and ordered an examination.
Tn jury We're at work all through the
next day, Major knowing nothing about
the post mortem, and no natural cause OF
death wa discovered. The stomach was
sent 10 Boston, but Major was not arrested
till Christmas DAY. though the evidence
against him was abundant. He has been
taken 10 Nashua. and meanwhile there is
great excitement az Milford and in sur
rounding towns. for the people generally
believe Major to be guilty. He is but
twenty-eight years old. HE'S said to have
been intimate with another woman, which
may account for his crime. if he has CON-
mitted one. If the stories prove to Ice
true, Milford will get an unenyiable repu-
tafion. The SOuhegan Bank. which was
recently robbed of a very large sum. Is at
Milford. but this robbery was doubtless
committed by outsiders. = Springfield
(lfaSs.) Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
A Brief Temperance Lecture.

There Is one man In South L~eavenworth
who will forever have occasion to remem-
Der the terrible consequences of getting
dead drunk in zero weather. His
name i. Joseph Barnes. he lives just west
of Broadway. and the particulars OF his
sad case are briefly "a follows:
Three nights ago he attended a party Civ
EN- at a neighbours house. accompanied by
his wife. On their way home the womxn
discovered that she had dropped her apron,
and requested her husband to stay were he
was till she went back and recovered the
lost article. Ii was very cold. indeed. and
when she returned she did not find her
husband, where she had left him. sup
posing he had gone TO a neighboring sa-
loon to get n drink, she went home with
out him aud never gave his sudden disap
pearance a second thought till the next
morning. As lac had not then put in an
appearance she thought possibly some
thing might be wrong, and started out In
search of him. His whereabouts could
not. however be ascertaincd. For two
days and nights the search was continued.
and no trace OF the missing one was found
till he crawlcd into his Owl home.
Wednesday noon. in "A most wretchcd
plight, and with hands and feet so badly
frozen that they will have to be amputa-
ted.
Barnes says that after leaving his wife.
he went to a saloon and took two or three
big drinks to keep ont the cold. Amer 90
Ing out in the air again he did not know
any thing till he awoke from his stupor.
nearly forty-eight hours afterwards, and
found himself in a gully in a vacant lot
west Of Broadway, completely stiffened
up, and IL was with the greatest agony
that he was enabled to crawl ON his hands
and knees to the slanty where he lived.
The loss of hands aud feet will De a terri
bic affection 10 the suffering nsan.-Lsa.
! rcn,corth Commercial, Jan. s.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
Odds and Ends

"A good way for killing time-Sleigh-
ing it.
Take care TO be an economist in pros
perity; there is no fear of your being one
in adversely.
Spain has sent a note to France COM
planning of breeches of neutrality and
pants for a reply. y. MatL.
AT public meeting speaker said that
a certain thing was Just as cure "a that
Romeo founded Rome"
-"Cup-d de Utah is now the way some
OF the BrighaInites are putting II in salt
Lake City.
Sorrow soon enough without
dependency. IL does no man good 10
carry around a lightning rod TO attract
trouble.
Those New York young women con-
tinue TO marry dukes. An orang-outang
with a title wouldn't be safe amoug them.
-C0ur1er-.JOurnd
For fashions in furs il is noted that ii
berian sable is proper Tor ladies whose hus-
bands have recently become bankrupt
". J.. World.
With a well-bred attendant mustered
on each side Of him kalakaua is said TO
make a very respectable sandwich Wor-
ceSfer Press.
Palace cars for the transportation of
pigs are TO be placed on Western railways,
provided with comforts beyond the de-
scriptive powers of pen.
r.. ID. O. thinks hat the notoriety
given to the Katie King imposture Is a dale
OWN TO his Owen connection with it,
Nep Fork World.
Poets may recall a. often as they
please the memories "of many a Christ
mas pa.,t;' for our part We prefer
many a Christmas present.-fe1 York
Mail.
A travelling correspondent writes that
the II. Johns River, OF which Canadians
talk so much. is nothing but a blight from
the mouth OF the st. Lawrence.
A Greek dealer in art antiquities has
been arrested and imprisoned for stealing
ancient statues, Notwithstanding that his
sole object was TO have them restored.
drawing utensils - Pencils, cork
screws, poultices. blisters, ballet-dancers.
free lunches. etc. etc. We have even seen
a yoke Of oxen drawing materials.-Nec
York Nail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
Church Nicknames in New York City.

There are a great many churches in
this city that are known better by their
slang names thar by any other. First and
foremost is THE Little Church Around
the Corner that is never called by any
other name. Before IL received that name.
however. il was called the Church of the
Holy Cucumber" from the way In
which il covers the ground. The present
name has become SO popular that few
know Is by any other. and | could not
now tell you what It's real name Is. When
the excitement about this church was at
it, height. | used TO see n drayman's cart
about town with THE Little Church
Around the Corner" painted IN big letters
on the dashboard. The Rev. DIR. Bellows
church. which is built Of alternate lay
ers of marble and brick. Is kEown as the
:. Holy Zebra" or the Beefsteak."
There j. a church further up tow Of the
Dolly Warden style of architecture,
that goes by the name of the :" Holy Can
dlcstick," from its very ~high-church ten
denotes. and there Is another known as the
. Great Tea Warehouse 81 Prayer An
Episcopal church on Fifth Avenue. In the
neighborhood OF Murray Hill. whose rec
tor and curate have each the unenviable
reputation OF being cruel %firts. j. known
as the Church of the Holy Jilts.' There
are other churches with slang names, but
these are among the best known.-N. y.
Letter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
Haps and

An Omaha school girl was frozen to
death one day during the recent cold spell.
The grist-mill at Magdoo. New Bruins
wick. wa burned a few nights ago. togeth-
er with two of the children of the keeper.
named Boardman.
james Anderson. e. years of age, fell
from his bed in Cincinnati while intoxi-
Gated, and was found frozen to death the
next morning.
Hiram Decker. aged 30. a car inspec-
tor. was run over bya locomotive. at Flint,
Mich, one night recently. cutting off both
legs. He died In ten minutes. lie leaves
a family.
Samuel Devilbliss, a farmer living
three miles east of Orcanura, o.. killed
himself by cutting his throat. Excite
ment over religion is said 10 have been the
cause.
Hutch McDaniels. a STEAMBOAT captain.
was killed ri Point Pleasant, West Vir-
GINA, BY VIM. weitzel. The latter had
been absent, and on his return home
learned that criminal intimacy existed be-
tween McDaniels and his wife.
The wife of the late Gen. Morgan L..
Smith. who Is said to be one of the hand
soonest women In Washington. was at
u tit = WIth AHt ht"N VI Y ltl~
bands sudden death reached her. The
agony of the poor lady was awful beyond
description. and her wailiDg could be heard
by persons on the sidewalk. The blow
was so sudden and terrific In It's consequent
ces that il was feared she would lose her
reason.
Horace Il. Gibbs. an employee of the
lndianapolis.C incinnatia and Lafayette Rail-
road, committed suicide at Cincinnati UNI
der peculiar circumstances. Some two or
three years since deceased married and
lived happily until a few days ago. when
his wife died. since which time he has been
very melancholy. One morning recently
he engaged a hack and drove 10 Spring
Grove. At the entrance he told the
driver 10 exercise his horse, while ne visit
ed a grave. But not returning after some
time, the hackman searched for him and
found his body lying across his wife's grave,
with two empty derringerS beside IL, he
having shot himself through the head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
Foreign Notes.

king Alfonso sister. the Countess Of
Girgen,i. accompanies him TO spain.
-Stromboli is using sulphur of It's own
manufacture, to relieve it, tendency TO
eruptions!
An effort Is making 10 naturallzc the
English humble-bee in New Zealand. Con-
sidering the primitive simplicity of the
unsophisticated aborigines, IL Is to be
hoped that the experiment may fail.-N.
y. World.
-Kalakaua's kingdom comprises a
dozen islands. OF which Hawaii is the
largest. The capital city, Honolulu. Is
ON Oahu, and contains about 5000 inhab-
itants. The china e of the Sandwich
Islands j. favorable for the growth of SUI
gar-cane. cotton, and other tropical produc-
tons. In 1872 the population of the whole
group was about 81 600.
During the first half Of the present
century the Crozef Islands were much
visited by vessels i'm search Of seals aud
seaelephants. But the animals became
almost exterminatcd. and latierly the
Islands have been little visited. The
weather at the Crozets is stormy and disa-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
A Novel Rame.
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY oFFERs HERSELF
AS PRIZE TO The LUCKY on.

A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG A oFPERs HERSELF
ASA PRIzE TO I'M LUCKY oSE.
One OF the most novel a. well as excit-
ing rallies that ever took place Ia Seymour
came of on saturday evening last. Miss
Minnie Clarence made the novel PROPOSE
ton OF putting herself up To be rallied OH
al fifty cents a chance. At first the matter
was treated a. a joke, but when il became
known that the matter was a bona fide one
chances went rapidly, and in less than one
hOur every chance was taken, and heavy
premiums were being paid by young men
anxious TO win the beautiful and lovely
prize.
Miss Minnie is a most bewitching beauty
Of eighteen summers, an orphan, of re-
spectacle parestage, and a member of the
best society G" the State. She was decid-
edly the belle of Seymour, and Vas loved
and admired by all who ever became ac-
quainted with her, and probably envied
just the least bit by the young lbdies. She
Is a bright blonde. perfect in form. fair
complexion. and has most rayishingly
beautiful ewes. Ever since she came 10
Seymour she has been the center of at
traction and the admiration OF the men.
In justice 10 Miss Minnie, we should state
that h gave the winner the privilege OF
accepting or refusing her. and reserved the
same privilege for herself. There may
have been several in the crowd whom she
would have refused, but there were none.
we venture to say, who would refuse her.
How could theyY
The hour set for the rattle came. and
found all ready 10 try their luck. Miss
Minnie was there ia person. dressed In the
height Of fashion. TO lend "A charm 10 the
occasion. She stood leaning gracefully
against a showcase. never speaking a word
nor betraying the least emotion, or show
ing the slightest preference for any OF the
contestants. excepting there was a percep-
tible twinkle i'm her beautiful eyes when
some young and handsome '.lovier" would
shake the dice.
Name after name was called. and each
one in turn would shake the box with
nervous hand, until all but three had
thrown, and nothing higher than thirty
eight had been thrown. Then came Lynn
Falconer's turn. Lynn is a blonde HIM
self. and a clever. Woodworking young
man. and perhaps the twinkle Of her eyes
neryed him TO the work. At any rate he
tossed the ivory with steady hand, and the
scorer called forty-six. The o.her two
throws were made amid too much excite
ment TO even be counted. and the prize was
awarded 10 Lynn. Minnie came forward
and took Lynn's arm. and the two went
out together. amid the cheers OF the crowd.
She accompanied him To his fathers hotel.
where she was presented 10 his relatives,
who had not had the pleasure of her ac-
quainiance before, after which she WAS es-
corted home. We. OF course. do not know
c~er:ain. but as Lynn is a good young
man. and she would be an honor Ia any
clever household, we are inclined 10 think
neither of them will back out.-Seyaour
Ind Siar, January l..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
Hyacinths in the House.

a very small pot Will answer for the
hyacinth. Some prefer TO plant three or
tour In large pots andthese will make very
pretty ornaments. Cover only the lower
half of the bulbs with soil. press them
down until they are nearly covered. then
water until the soil is moistened thorough
" and set the pots in a cool. dark cellar.
The roots will there form, with but little
growth OF top. Here they may remain
for several weeks, and "A pot or two AT a
time can be taken into a warm. light
room, for Towering. a week or ten days
apart.and a succession of flowers obtained
during the winter.
When hyacinths are planted in the gar
den. and well covered, the roots get a
good start in the fall and winter /; and il is
very important in towering them In the
house that the g1owth OF roots should be
first encouraged in the way recommended.
When placed In glasses of water tor fiow-
ering, the base of the bulb should not
quite touch the water.
Fill the glasses with well water. and as
500 a. the flower buds appear sprinkle
he plant frequently with rain water. Set
them away for about two weeks in a cool
dark room, until roots are formed I: then re-
move TO a light, moderately warm room.
aud give plenty of light and air. Keep
hyacinths in the coolest room you have
any thing above freezing will answer-and
near the light.
Flowers of the hvacinth are often ruined
by bringing them into a very hot. dry. un-
ventilated room. Our plan Is TO keep a
stand containing our stock OF hyacinths i'm
the parlor or hail. which is kept most of
the time but a few degrees above freezing.
From this room they are taken
as needed-one or two OF each color-tO
the sitting-room or dinin groom for spe-
cial occasions, but always returned to their
cool quarters for the night. BY this meth
oil they not only flower well but keep in
bloom a long time. Change the water oc-
casionaily. II il becomes discOlored.-EE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22
science and Industry.

The extract of cranberries and hemp
is said TO cure neuralgia, aud both nervous
and bilious headache.
The French Academy OF Sciences. II
Is announced. j. about 10 consider the pro-
priety of adopting the meridian of Green
wich, which Is already recognized by the
other nations of the continent. in lieu OF
that of Paris. The meridian would touch
the French soil al Trouville, and in the
event OF the Government sanciiOning the
change, a column would be erected on the
spot.
AT the Paris Observatory there is "A
telescope In the course of construction that
will be the largest ever yet made. The
tube will be fifty feet in length and six feet
eight ! ches IN diameter. Ii was begun by
Leon Foucault in 1865, but the construc-
ton was interrupted by his death. In the
troubles Of lS10-7l no Frenchman had "A
heart for science. Now, however. the
completion of this great instrument has
been undertaken by the astronomer Wolf.
1t has recently been discovered that
the bamboo contains a dangerous poison
which the natives of Java extract In the
following manner The cane is cut at
each joint. and in the cavity is found "A
certain quantity of small fibrous black
matter, covered with an almost imper-
ceptible coating of tissue which contains
the poison. II swallowed, the filaments
do not pass into the stomach. but remain
in the throat and produce violent infiam-
nation AMI ultimately death. Expert
meDts are 10 be made with various kinds
of bamboo. 10 test the existence and nature
of this alleged poison.
The conclusion Of Prof. Tyndall's in
quiry, says the academy, into the relation
of the atmosphere 10 fog signaling, and
the general conditions OF acoustic tr Ms
p,rency. shows that neither r In. snow,
fog, nor wind Is necessarily an obstacle To
the passage of sound, though sounds Of
different degrees of shrillness ere seriously
affected by them to IN extent not vet ac-
counted for. However loaded the air
might be with smoke Dr. flocculi. ii il was
continuous and homogeneous, little or no
sound was lost in the passage. The in
ference is thst sound sign~ls may be used
without any fear of their proving useless
on the occasions when they are most
needed.
An application Of photography. which
Is aptly described "s startling, has been hit
upon by an English smateur. whose n me
Is not given. The inventor claims To have
discovered a method OF fixing the image
Of an object on a sensitized plste not more
than hslf an inch i'm diameter. an impress
sion from which can be afterwsrd enl ,rged
70 the necessary size. The plate il fixed
into an ordinary locket or keepsake hang
ing from "A watch-chain, snd en- be sud-
denly exposed, by a touch of the finger.
on entering a room, and an image taken
of a picture or of a person without any
one besides the operator being aware of ii.
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greeable much OF the year, the months OF
january, February and March being
finest. But sometimes weeks pass with
out the sun moon, or stars being visible.
OF course the climate i too cold and wet
for vegetation 10 flourish.
Americans have not a single newspa-
per in Japan. The English papers are the
Japan Herald, the Japan NAL, daily and
weekly the Japan Gasette, the lOko-
hama Buiietin. daily. All these papers issue
also a iortnightly or monthly mail sum
mary. Two of them publish an annual
directory OF Yokohama. The French pa
per, L'Eeho du Japon, is a daily. The Far
East j. a semi-montilly pamphlet Of twelve
pages, geographically illustrated, with
descriptions OF scenes and incidents in ia
pan. The Japan Pinch Is printed by litho-
graphy, and is "A clever production.
The Countess OF Dudlcy's jewel case
was stolen AZ the Great Western Railway
station in London on the evening OF Dec.
". under circumstance which leave little
doubt that the thief was a practised hand,
and had laid his plans with great ingenu-
ity. Lord and Lady Dudley arrived at
the railway station in his lordship's
brongham, and were Immediately follow
ed by "a four-wheeled cab conveying w
OF the Countess waiting women, each in
charge of a ponderous jewel box and other
articles. scott, one of the women, was
the first who alighted. and having placed
upon the pavement the box under her care.
while turning round 10 assist her compan-
ion placed one foot upon the jewel case.
Her attention was, however, diverted by
the other maid. and she removed ner o o
from the box. Her companion having
alightei. Scott stopped 10 recover her box.
when she found il had been reno sed. An
instant search was made by the Earl's
servants and by the railway officials in at
tendance, but no tidings could be gained
OF IL. Among the articles lost is a pearl
and diamond bracelet, presented by the
inhabitants OF Dudley on the occasion of
the marriage Of the Earl and Countess.
SOM rather strong remarks are being
made in London about Lord Dudley's adj
vertisement of a reward for his wife's
jewels. A thousand pounds. and no ques-
tons asked. is not exactly what one would
have expected from an Earl.