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, 1877-08-17

ASSORTED KIssEs.--A humorous friend
of ours used to be particularly enthusi-
astic on the classic subject Of OSCILLATION.
He declared there were few sciences" so
difficult of acquisition. "People," said
he, "will kiss; yet not one in hundred
knows how to extract bliss from lovely
lips any more than he knows how to
make diamonds from charcoal" He used
to relate hisexperiences of a goOd-night's
kiss imprinted on the lips of his in
amorata after having escorted her to and
from New England forfeit party, where
the poor girl, being the belle of the even
ing, had been kissed, and, as he ex-
pressed himself, "slobbered over by all
and sundry." He declared that in that
one chaste salute he could discriminate
'nine distinct and separate havors,"
namely, "onions, tobacco, peppermint,
gin, lager beer, brandy, checkerberry,
musk, and camphor."-F II. Broom, in
Applctons'
, 1877-08-17

A CURIOUS ANECDoTE.-An anecdote
illustrative Of an animal abandoning its
artificial for its natural taste, when once
it has learned what it is, may be told OF
tame ichneumon, which kept and fed
with milk. One day brought him
small water-serpent alive, being desirous
to know how far his instinct would carry
him against being with which he was
hitherto totally unacquainted. His first
emotion seemed to be astonishment
mixed with anger, for his hair became
erect; but, in an instant after, he slipped
behind the reptile, and with remarkable
agility leaped upon its head, seized 1t,
aud crushed it between his teeth. THIS
essay, and new aliment, seemed to have
awakened in him his innate and deStruc-
tive voracty, which till then had given
way TO the gentleness he had acquired
from his education. | had about my
house several kinds of curious fowls,
among which he had been brought up
and which, till then, he had suffered TO
90 and come unmolestcd; but, few days
after, he stranged them every one, ate =
little, and, as appeared, drank the blood
of two.
, 1877-08-17
Empty Hands.
~ MRS. META :, BBNSo

Fear not, q hands grown weary
That see no good attained
with only bleeding fingers
And palms 50 torn and stained.
You've sought the doeps for treasures
That vanished into air;
You have gathered only ashes
From fruit that semcd 50 fair,
You've climbed the highest mountain
For the bloom you hought 1t bore,
And found but >centless blossom
Faded forevcrmore,
You've tried within the valley
The golden grain to bind,
And wept to know your hard.won sheave
Were only tares entwined.
You've roamed through tangled fores IS
For some sweet singers home,
Only to find 1t empty
The swee.voiced singer .fo,1i.
You've sought for fruit and blossom,
For bird and golden grain,
And you've but torn and empty hands
For years OF toll and pain.
But know, o hands grown weary,
That hold no well.earned aims,
The King, when he seeks His ,corkers,
Will look for desp.scdrrei palms,
, 1877-08-17

How ToRroTsEs KEEP WARM.-Ac-
cording to NJ. Bouchard, the precaution
taken by tortoises against coming cold
Tin days or season9 may give useful in
formation to farmers and others. For
some years he has been guided by such
indications in the management Of his con-
servatory. At the end of autumn, when
the winter is going to be severe, the tor
toises bury themselves deep, so as to be
wholly concealed. Before mild winter,
on the other hand, they bury themselves
only few centimetres,j just protecting the
apertures of their carapaces. In January
they ventured even to walk out, but on
the approach Of the late cold in Febru-
ary .they ensconced themselves anew
One day in March, the thermometer being
at ten degrees c., NJ. Bouchard noticed
his tortoises bury themselves; that night
the mercury fell to two degrees above
zero, c. Again, on the 1st of April, the
thermometer being at forty degrees in the
sun, his most sensitive subject went into
the ground. On the 21 there was a hoar
frost. Several other like cases are given.
, 1877-08-17
The Last Horse.

Brother Gardner had planned to cele-
brate the glorious Fourth by hunting
snipe on the shores of st. Clai-, but when
he reached the race-coursc the excitement
drew him in among the spectators. 1t was
noticed as he came down in the evening
that his shotgun was missing, and he
was asked t. explain its absence.
IL doan' feel much like 'splaining any
ting he sadly answered. But being
pressed he went on,
"Well, after | got in dar and seed every
body putin up der money on de hosses
| reckoned I'd better scoop some green
horn out'n five or ten dollars. l went
over and took look at dc flyers. Bime
by seed one dat pleased me, and made
ito de driver and aXed him ii he meant
to win de race. He said he did. He
said he'd go right by all de odder hosses
as de lightning goes by man wild a
wheelbarrow, and he'd come down de
stretch home wild sparks of fire flying
from de wheels
"And you bet on that horsel'
"Dat's wOt did, of course. | put up
dat new shotgun agin five dollars, and
when de eight horses pranced up to de
score, could feel dat five dollars jumpin'
right frew all my veins"
swell, did your horse wins"
"Not ezactly-not unless the anamie
which comes in behind all de rest is de
winner. When seed him way back dar
l yelled for de driver to put on de whip,
but he never minded me, and white man
hit dis plug hat an awful smash. be-
lieve dat horse was pulled. 1t doan'
seem to me that he was given fair show.
Den it doan' stan to reason dat his driver
would tell me to bet on de boss if he
didn't feel suah OBJ de race. What fer
should he lie? What fer would be de
objeck"
$50 you've lost the gun2"
'"De gun dun gone. De feller wot
winned it walked right Oft like de big
gest duke in Michigan, an eff rush of
cool air hadn't come along about dat
time mightur sunk down on de grass
to rise no noah. I'ze feelin' better jes
now, an Of kin make de ole woman be-
lieve los de gun in de mash III re-
cover from dis shock as de years roll
away. y."-Detroit Free Press
, 1877-08-17

BE NEAr.-Young ladies, if they only
knew how disgusting to men slovenliness
il, and how attractive are displays OF
neatness and taste, would array them
selves in the simplicity and cleanliness of
the lilies of the field; or, if able to IN
dulge in costly attire, they would study
the harmonious blending of colors which
nature exhibits in all her work a glrl
of good taste, and habits Of neatness, can
make a more fascinating toilet with
shilling calico dress, few cheap ibbons
and laces, and such ornaments as she can
gather from the garden, than vulgar
tawdry creature who is worth thousands,
and has the iewelry and wardrobe OF d
princess.
, 1877-08-17

TALLEYRAND IN AMERICA. - Talley-
rand spent part of his time in New
York. Being on visit to that city my.
self when he was there, be invited me to
breakfast with him. He WAS then about
to set out on visit to the Western coun-
try, and such was the wild state of that
region in those days that he thought it
necessary to equip himself like hunter;
for which purpose he had caused rifle
mans suit to be made, and after break
fast he went up to the bedroom and put
it on. When he was fully dressed in the
costume of a backwoodsman of the last
century he called me up to look at him.
The metamorphosis from the bishop'slawn
and purple to this savage garment was
sufficiently ridiculous, but he did not
think so, for be displayed it with pride
and delight. His companion, Beaumais,
had similar habit, and shortly afterward
they explored the forests of the interior
with their rife.guns and hunting-shirts
, 1877-08-17

A ROYAL PRoPHET.-The following is
paragraph from letter which the late
Queen of Holland wrote to Napoleon III.
after Sadowa. 1t goes to prove that the
credit enjoyed by her Majesty of being
gifted with considerable political fore
sight was not undeserved:
"You labor under strange illusions,
and your prestige has sadly diminished
within the past fortnight. You allow the
weak to be trampled upon, and you per-
nit your nearest neighbor to increase in
insolence and brutality. / regret that
you should have considered me personal
ly interested in this question, and that
you should refuse to see the fatal danger
of powerful Germany and powerful
Italy. 1t is the dynasty which is men-
aced, and which will have to suffer the
consequences. | say this because it is
the truth, and you will acknowledge it
when too late.
"Do not suppose that the misfortune
which over Whelms me in the disaster of
my country (Wurtemberg) renders me un-
Just or suspicious. Venice ceded, Aus
tria should have been assisted, and you
should have marched on the Rhine and
imposed your conditions. To allow Aus
tria's throat to be cut was more than a
crime; it was a blunder. Perhaps this is
my last letter. | do not think it will be
listened to; but desire to be able to say
some day that did what could to pre-
vent the ruin of what has inspired me
with so much faith and so much affec-
tioa."-PaN Mall Gazette'S Paris Corres-
pondence.
, 1877-08-17

A QUAKER, having married for his wife
a member of the Church of England, was
asked after the ceremony by the clergy
man for his fee, which he said was a
crown. The Quaker, astonished at the
demand, said if he could be shown any
text in Scripture which proved the fee
was crown he would give it, upon which
the clergyman directly turned to the 12th
chapter of Proverbs, verse 4, where it is
said, "a virtuous woman is a crown to
her husband" "Thou art right" replied
the Quaker, Gin thy assertion; Solomon
was a wise man. Here is thy money
which thou hast we'll and truly earned"
, 1877-08-17

Two thousand American firms have an
nounced their intention to contribute to
the Paris Exhibition. ''.
, 1877-08-17

AND when they get through using Boss
Tweed as sCarecrow, what are they
going to do about him.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

The E3e ;tt raj Commission, in its de-
cision in the Florida case, holds that the
Arbitrators have no right TO go into evil
dence aside from that accompanying the
Elect oral certificates to prove that other
perso IS Ii a those regularly certified to
by the Governor, fccording to the deter
naination of the Returning Board, had
been appointed Electors that all pro-
ceedings, Judicial or Legislative, subse-
quent to the casting of the vote of the
Electoral College on the day prescribed
by law are also inadmissible.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

WHETHER Governor Hayes is ever
given a certificate Of election or not, the
whole people, irrespective of party, VIII
certify to his gentlemanly and dignifed
bearing from the opening of the canvass
to the present moment. He has done
nothing himself and allowed No one to
do anything for him indelicate or unbe-
coming. 1t is different with Tilden. He
not only sent out emissaries to secure
delegates to make HIM a candidate, but
after his nomination became the chief
manipulation of his own canvass. And
since the election, his nephew and con-
fidential clerk has been scattering money
broadcast to bride electors to defeat the
popular will. This is the difference be-
tween the two men.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

CHICAGO TRIBUNE The most aston
ed with the great trial is, that Justices
Clifford and Field, in the face of the
plain language of the Constitution, voted
against their three colleagues on the
question of upholding the constitutional
rights of the States to select their Presi-
dental Electors according to their own
laws. Their votes on this question show
the terrible power of party over some
minds,-eyen over the minds of learned
and august magistrates of the Nation
highest Count.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

In Putnam County, New York, on the
evening of the Sth of November, Miss
Mary Knox was married to -no-
BODY is quite clear as to the groom.
Mary says that the preceding Friday
evening young lawyer, John A. Mer-
rift, proposed to her, was accepted and
the evening of November s selected as
the time OF the wedding. On that eve
ming a carriage drove to the door. Miss
Mary stepped il aud was driven to the
preachers residence and married to
Merritt she says. Thence she was driv-
On home and Merritt hasn't been around
since. Merritt denies the whole thing.
The preacher is unable to say whether
Merritt is the groom or not and thinks
more likely Miss Knox's brother was
the groom. as he bears a closer resem-
hlance to that mysterious person than
does Merritt. Altogether things are
hopelessly mixed and Mary Is in a sad
way. She wants new bonnet. a pair
OF cardinal red stockings and a new bus
tie, and she isn't clear as to the person
who is legally compelled to buy them
for her
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

WHEN the Joint Committee of Con
gress agreed upon the arbitration plan
of settling the ugly and dangerous Pres
idential middle, Henry Watterson, NJ.
c., of Kentucky, remarked that the plan
might be considered as ladder by which
the beaten side could climb down with
honor and escape from bad dilemma.
As the present appearances indicate that
the ladder is for the Democrats, good
many of them about Washington begin
to indicate an intention to refuse the use
of the ladder to climb down. They will
find it better to use it than to jump down
at the risk of breaking a leg or neck.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15
1'elC .faCertSSc 3fles:fs.
AN ORDNANCE.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,,

MANlTOEOG COUNTY,
CITY OF MANITOWOC,
WHEREAS, on application of C E. Estabrook
tlty Attorney, by direction of the Board of
Aldermen OF the city of Manitowoc. by resoll-
ton adopted August H. 1876, directing said CITY
attorney 10 apply 10 the County Judge of
of See OF See of CHAPTER $50 Of PriTafe and
Local Laws of 1871, to have a jury appointed to
pass upon the necessity of laying out n road
washington street with the Quarter Line Road
in the town OF Mantowoc Rapids. And
WHEREAS, said Jury having been appointed
as aforesaid, and having duly reported To the
County Judge their action in the premises
wherein the said jury report that they find that
public necessity requires the laying out OF said
road, and recommend the laying out of said
road or highway, and assess the damages for
the laying cut of said highway, and the County
Judge of Manitowoc county having approved
OF said report, rs appears from a certified COPY
of the proceedings herein duly filed in the Of
flee of the City Clerk OF said city of Manitowoc.
And whereas, i'll the opinion of the Board of
Aldermen of the city of Manitowoc. public
cesSity requires the laying ont of said road,
Therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city of Afanitowoc
that the said Board of Aldermen, under and by
virtue OF the power in them rested, do hereby
Ortier an determine that Il highway be ana the
same is hereby laid out and established from
the junction of Washington and 18th streets. in
the city of Manitowoc, 10 connect with Il road
known as the Quarter Line Road III the town
OF Manitowoc Rapids, according to the survey
OF said proposed road made by the City Survey
or on the 2lSt day of August, 1876, ana record
ed III the office of said Surveyor, to which
ference is made which said road or street here
by laid ont Is more particularly described
follows, tO-wit
The north boundary line of said street or road
begins at Il point twenty-nine go feet south of
the northwest corner of lot four a. in Block j
IN the city OF ManitowOc. and runs north 81 30
to the southeast corner of Block H. i'm the CITY
OF ManitOWOc. The south boundary line of said
street or road begins nj a point tweuty-siX (;,G0
feet north of the southwest corner Of lot six
60 i'll block j, in the city of Mauitowoc, and
runs north SO .W east. intcrSecting the west
boundary line of 18th street at Il point eighty
five (S5l feet north OF the southeast corner OF
lot one % in block j in the city of SianitowOc.
Said highway shall be eighty $50 feet i'll width
according tie the above survey, and be known
as Custer street. In testimony whereof the
Board OF Aldermen hereby order the seal OF the
City of ManitOwOc to be hereuntO attached this
18th day of January. a. d., 1877.
Adopted, January %, 1877.
Attest. a. ID. JONES,
y. II. RICHTER, Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

A HORRIBLE case of starving
has just come to light near Chaseburg,
a small village twelve miles south of La
Crosse, the particulars of which are as
follows: About four years ago Carl
Walland and wife settled on the ridge
two miles from Chaseburg. He was
rough character, and abused his wife
and made himself so obnoxious to the
neighbors that they would have nothing
to do with him. Dnring tue first year
of his residence in that section, when
his wife was about to be confined, he
drove her from the house, and the child
was born III the straw-stack. She then
went into the house with the child III her
arms but was refused admission by the
brutal husband. She went to the gran
airy and twin brother was born. Du-
ring this neglect one of the babies and
the mother died. Walland soon married
again, his wife became a mother about a
month since. The surviving child of the
first wife died of starvation and neglect
on Monday last, and was buried secret
ly at night by the father in the burying-
ground. The new-made grave excited
the suspicious Of the neighbors toward
Walland, and on being Intercepted he
acknowledged that his child had died
and had been buried as above stated, by
himself. The Sheriff was called on and
the body was exhumed and Coroner's
jury summoned which, on the statement
of a physician, brought i'll a verdict that
the child starved to death. No arrests
have yet been made, but probably will
be tomorrow; otherwise the neighbors
threaten to lynch Walland. The child
although two years of age at the time of
its death, had never walked, and had
lain in a crib wallowing in filth for
week at time.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

On Tuesday Matt Carpenter opened
the Democrats. It may be the proper
thing for great lawyer to stump the
country in the interest of Hayes during
the campaign and then undertake to beat
him out of his rights by laboring for the
elevation of a man whom he denounced
in unmeasured terms-it may be all
right, but it don't look so to the average
honest man.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

CHIEF-J UsTIcE Church, of the New
York High Court of Appeals, expresses
the opinion that neither Congress nor
any Commission created by it can go
behind the properly authenticated Elec-
t0ral vote of State. He is positive in
the opinion that Congress has no such
power, as the selection of Electors is
exclusively State matter-a right con-
ferred on the States by the National
Constitution. In abiding to the case Of
Louisiana, he takes the position that
The Constitution gives to every State
exclusive control over the manner of
electing or appointing Presidential Flee
tors. If Louisiana has seen fit to create
a Returning Board invested with author
ity to declare who is elected to office in
that State, and such Returning Board
has acted in pursuance Of law, there is
no power in Congress, or in any other
body outside of Louisiana, to go behind
its action.
Judge Church is Democrat. one of
the strictest of the sect, and before going
ON the Bench was great leader of his
party. In regard to the Oregon case.
Judge Church has also expressed his
opinion quite as freely and decidedly as
he did against the power of Congress to
override the rights of the States in ap-
pointing Electors. He is reported as
saying that
The Governor of Oregon had given
certificates to two Republican Electors
and one Democratic Eiector. With
reference to the Democratic EIector,
Cronin, he had no right, according to
the decisions of the Courts of New York
or of Oregon, to certificate at all.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

The action of the House upon receipt
of the award of the electoral Commission
yesterday, although in accord with the
spirit and intent of the Electoral bill, is
in keeping with the spirit manifested by
the Democratic party in the Southern
States during the late election. In vo-
ting for recess, instead of acting
promptly on the report Of the Arbitra-
tors, one day, at least, is lost to the lat
ter body, which fact probably foreseen
anu calculated upon by the obstruction
ist majority in the House. The decis-
ion of the Commission is now, however,
beyond revocation so far as Florida is
concerned, and further unnecessary de
lay on the part of the Democrats i'll
recognizing this fact will show to the
country that that party is disposed to
shirk the responsibility and evade the
consequences arising from the natural
working of the solemn compact 80 which
they have almost unanimously sab
scribed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15

THE old saw has it. There is many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, and there
are yet many fine technical pointsto de-
termine before Congress announces the
election of Rutherford B. Hayes as Pres
ident. But the present appearances
decidedly favor his chances of winning
the prize