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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-09-20


Sergt. Feller, of the New York Vol
unteer Engineers, suggested the name of
Swamp Angel " for the battery built in
the marsh between Morris and James
islands, memorable in the siege of Charles
ton-its construction being the sug-
gestion of Col. Serrel, of the same regi-
ment. The marsh thereabouts was six
teen feet deep, as soundings with a pole
showed, and the Lieutenant to whom the
work was confided at first gave it up as
impracticable, and, having been directed
to call for anything he might deem nee
essary Tor the work, made a requisition
on the Quartermaster for 100 men
eighteen feet high, to wade through mud
sixteen feet deep, and Immediately called
on the Surgeon of his regiment and in
qalre0 If he could splice the men if fur
nlshed- This piece of pleasantly cost
the Lieutenant his arrest, and the bat
terry was built of S., 700 worth of sand
bags, on heavy foundation of logs, the
work occupying fifteen days, or rather
nights. The gun mounted was a 200
FOUNDER, Parrot; the distance from
Charleston was five miles, and the gun
was fired at an elevation of 35 degrees.
The strain on it was such that it burst at
the thirty-fourth discharge. The
Greek fire." of which so much was
said, was the greatest humbug of the
war. Three shells, filled with ordinary
Port-hre, were fred into the city of
Charleston; but everything beyond this
was due to the fancy of sensational cor
espondents.-Ne,1 York World.
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OVR JUVENILES.

The Co,o That Would Learn to Hop.
The little bird sat the steeple top,
And laughed and laughed till he thought he should
drop,
At the old brindle COW who was learning to hop,
OF Froggie the dancing master.
sNow follow me close" said Professor LIE Frogge,
..Don't stand there stiff as if stuck in bog
If learned to hop while a poIlywog,
Cannot you learn? % was what the frog asked her.
Then off went the frog, with skip and plunge,
Plump into the frog pond as light as sponge.
The COW gave toss of her head, and lunge,
And followed the dancing master.
Ouack Guack' went the ducks and the glossy
green drake;
Good senses old cow, what spatter you make;
Can't you go somewhere else your hop lessons to
take?
Pray tell u.s." duck and ol2ke asked her.
The little bird sat on his tall steeple throne
The buckles swan off to a corner alone
While froggie gasped out, from green, messy
stone,
az What life leads dancing master !"
The birdie laughed low, and the birdie laughed
That little bird laughed till he thought he should
die
Come up here, old COW, let me teach you to fly,
Oh, won't you ?" the little bird asked her.
''Good cow" croaked the frog, springing out from
his stone,
Cant you spread your legs so ?" the old COW gave
groan.
q Some things are impossible, sure, must own"
She answered the dancing master.
.Soo-ok Brindle-Hil BrindIe, come out OF that
pool;
Stop cutting your capers-don't act like a fool.
Cows were made to stand still by the maids milking
stool;
Don't you know that ?" was what the boy asked
her.
" W. Christian AGUocate.
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The Legend of the .Star-FIsh.

Many, many years ago, before this
world looked as it does now, when the
oceans were very large, and the dry land
exceedingly small, it happened that high
up in the heavens there was great trouble
and excitement among the stars. They
had always been very quiet and peacea-
BILE, loving one another, and never long
ing for anything that was beyond their
born, and he had an entirely different
nature from all the others. He was sell
fish, dissatisfied, and altogether disa-
greeable.
One thing that troubled him much
was that he belonged to the family of
the fish. Now you know that there are
so many stars in the heavens that they
are divided into families there is the
family of the lion, of the crab, of the
dog, and so on and this wretched little
star was foolish enough to imagine that
his family was not quite so aristocratic
as some of the others, so he fretted and
fumed, making himself and others very
uncomfortable.
His kind and peaceable neighbors bore
with him as long as they could, but al
last he became intolerable. So the fish
stars held meeting to see what could
be done with their unruly brother.
They asked him why he was so unhappy
and cross, and he answered that he had
rather never have been born than have
had to associate with the common PEG,
pie he had seen all his life. There were
other families much more aristocratic,
where he could have passed happier
life.
His relatives were sorry to hear him
talk so, and told him that all the fam
lies in the great heavens were equal,
and that the kind Father who placed
them there would be sorry to find any.
one unhappy and then the queen lady
of the fish stars babe him be good and
quiet, or else ne would be banished
from the beautiful blue heavens. They
allowed him a year for improvement
but there was no change in the stars be
havior; he quarreled as much as ever
and made everyone most unhappy. Ther
he heard the startling news that ne wal
to be sent hurting through the air
down to the earth below him. HI
begged. he pleaded, he promised to b.
good, but in vain the verdict had beer
passed, and could not be recalled.
So, on cold and cheerless night
downward through the bitter air spec
the wretched star. Where he was goins
he knew not; behind him the clouds hat
hidden the stars, his only friends, ant
before him was a darkness that could bs
felt.
Hark A voice from amidst th,
blackness he heard as whisper, and i
said: Thou who hast always despiset
the family of the fishes shall become on,
in reality !"
And the star-fish may often be seen OF
sea-shores, among the crevices of rocks
alone and deserted, sadly gazing up
ward to its old home and friends !
We 41Cake for September.
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GPil,Tila,y The Boots.

Boys will be boys, you know" is a
time-worn apology for all manner of
hoyish roguery. That the same apology
was necessary as long ago as boys ex-
listed at all we have no doubt.
Our story dates back more than fifty
cars, and the boys were Familiarity
known as Rune and Ras, short for
Arunah and Erastus.
In upon their game of fox and geese.
with which they were Willing away o.e
long November evening, by the light of
the big fireplace, came their father,
bearing three pairs of new boots, one
for each of them and one for him
self.
OF course the geese were suddenly
left to the tender mercies of the fox,
while the boots were tried on.
wal, now, boys" said the father,
finally, when the boots had all been
pronounced good fits, ST guess we've
got some good boots. They cost the
solid silver, too, SO 1 want you to be
careful on EN-. Don't go to wearin' on
EN- all out sh6in' and tearin' round.
There's no sense in your wearin' out
your boots faster at play than I do at
work, as you always have. Tell you
what, you can't either of you have your
boots tapped till do mine; now that's
fair, for we all start together"
Rune and Ras didn't grumble, for
that was not allowed, but they probably
had their own thoughts about the mat
ter.
Winter came ON, the district school
began, the boys of course attended it.
and, Just as much a matter of course.
INDUCED in unlimited sliding on all
available snow and ice Boy-like, they
were never still when there was any fun
to be had by stirring, while their father
never stirred when he could as well
keep still, and SO it came to pass. before
winter was half out, that their boots
We're worn very thin as to the sole, while
his were almost as good as new
One cold Sunday the rest of the fam
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-09-20
PTn1,iUn Chicken

'sI say, girls" said little blue-eyed,
iaxen-haired boy on Second street yes
terday, "let me take your candy and
Wen all play chicken
els it nice?" inquired a half-dozen
six-year-olds in CHI rus.
s'Nice! you bet it is. Let me show
you. Now you all go down there, and
come mp when you hear me call like a
rooster
The girls retreated and gathered in a
group about fifteen feet off, while the
boy got on his knees, with his head over
the candy, and began to call and strut,
and flap his arms like ROSTERS wings
"Cluck, cluck, rat, rat, tap, cluck, -
and all the girls came running up, and
bent to pick up the candy, when the lit
tie fellow opened his mouth and took it
in at one gulp.
"Oh, you mean boy" they cried,
"you have taken all our candy !"
"That's cause I played rooster" said
the boy; "roosters always call the hens
up when he finds grain of corn, and
then picks it up himself. st. Joseph
G0-offe
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and groans he was hoisted aloft,
and, in an instant, his form dan
gIed beside those of his fellows, with
ing in the agonies of death. The work
done, the candles were extinguished,
and the mob fingered in silence to see if
it were well done. A few of those posted
below moved quietly forward and ex-
amined the bodies, feeling for the pulse,
and occasionally pulling down a mask
and peering into the faces of their dead
victims. Nearly half hour thus passed,
and they, finding that their work had
been well done, silently withdrew. Call
ing in their pickets stationed through the
town and by-roads, and mounting their
horses, which they had placed under
guard near the bridge, they rode off in a
westerly direction. At daylight the few
people who knew of the terrible work
that had been in progress, but had been
driven to their homes at the pistols
mouth, ventured forth. Following the
tracks of the mob they soon reached the
bridge, and found the bodies of the vic
Tins. Their hands were firmly tied be-
hind them; their hats lay in the dry
creek below, where they had fallen, as
the forms of the wretches were pitched
over the bridge; and their uncovered
faces, swollen, disfgured and bruised by
the fall and abrasion from the rope and
against the bridge, with staring eyes
and half-open mouths, were terrible
sight to look upon. Even to these peo-
pie, who had learned to dread the sight
of these faces in life, there was feeling
of horror, mingled with pity and sad
ness, as they gazed upon the four faces
in death-the terrible death which had
been inflicted upon them.
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Il Little BORIS EUiEL-

Last winter little boy of or years
begged lady TO allow him to clean
away the snow from her steps. He had
no father or mother, but worked his way
by such jobs.
"Do you get much to do, my little
boy p said the lady.
Sometimes L do" said the boy; "but
often I get very little
"And ere you never afraid that you
will not get enough to live on %
The child looked up with perplexed
and inquiring eye, as If uncertain of her
meaning, and was troubled with new
doubt.
Why" said he, "don't you think
God will take care of boy if he puts
his trust in Him, and does the best he
camp"
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ANOMALIES OF ENGLISH SPELL
ING.

One of the principal difficulties in
learning the English language is the in
applicable manner in which most of the
words are spelled. the twenty-six letters
of the alphabet vying with each other
to represent the forty or forty-two
sounds of the language in the most
bunglng and disorderly manner.
Be the capacity of the child ever so
great, yet he must spend years in learn
ing these SO curiosities of literature, y
while foreigner can only master our
noble language by vast expense of Ia
Dor, patience and time.
The protean nature of the vowel
sounds is familiar to all A few amusing
examples will show that the consonants
are nearly as bad.
B makes road broad, turns the ear to
a bear, and Tom into tomb.
G makes limb climb, hanged changed,
a lever clever, and transports lover to
clover.
D turns a bear to beard, crow to
Gown and makes anger danger.
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The Misdirection of the Bile.

The instruction of the bile, a consequence
which ensues when the liver Is inactive and the
bowels torpid, produces a number of bodily
evils. The blood becomes contaminated with
the bilious fluid, causing the skin and the whites
of the eyes to assume yellowish tnge; dys-
pepsia and nausea supervene, the tongue be-
in the side and between the shoulder blades,
the urine is high-colored and scalding, and, in
aggravated cases, jaundice and Inflammation of
the liver ensue. All these consequences may
Stomach Bitters, a vegetable Alternative tonic,
which stimulates the inactive liver to exert
itself in secreting and directing the bile, acts
naturally upon the bowels, and removes every
trace of Indigestion,
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lily all went to church, leaving the boys
at home.
81 say, Rune" said Ras, taking up
one of his fathers boots from the corner
where he had left it, ''this don't look
much like getting our boots tapped right
away, does it?'
s'That's what it DON'T replied Rune,
taking the other boot and looking it
over thoughtfully.
"Wish something would happen to
make dads boots wear out faster
Something's going to happen" said
Rune briskly, as if a new idea had stung
him. "You swing over the tea-kettle,
Ras, and fill it up, and we'll fix the
! boots"
The big iron tea-kettle went on to the
trammel and was soon boiling merrily.
Then the boys took it along with the
boots out to the open shed where the
grindstone was kept, and for while
business was brisk us Ras turned the
crank, and Rune held on the boots. Nor
did they cease operations TIL the soles
were ground down to dangerous thin
ness; then Rune slipped them on in
place of his own, and dumped around
doing the barn chores in them, to cover
the marks of the grinding, while Ras
threw in some loose snow about the
grindstone, and drove the sheep over the
place to do away with all traces of the
water.
Two or three days after, Mr.. W. sat
warming his feet by the fireplace.
"Why, fatherl'' exclaimed Rune,
chow thin your boot-soles are getting p
"Sho now, they amt, are they p
taking one up to inspect it. Wal, I
never, so they are
"Mine are worn down about as thin
as wafer,' said Ras. coming forward at
this iunctrlre.
"And mine are getting thin, too, !" said
Rune, bending down to look at his with
all the interest of n new discovery. I"
don't believe old Smith put very good
stock into EN-"
"Beats all how leather rots out these
days; no wear to it, said Mr.. W. with a
sigh. "Wc shall have to get 'em tapped
right away"
So the next day Smith had to tap
three pairs of boots.
And now L suppose you are all wide
awake to know f these boys fulfilled the
promise of their sharp youth and be-
came great lawyers, perhaps Wall street
brokers or Congressman. l wish could
tell you that they lived to be ashamed Of
their boyish tricks, and perhaps they
did, but who can tell? For they grew
up incurably rough and wild, ran away
from home, and to this day their fate is
unknown.
But I notice one certain thing in this
uncertain world of ours. If a man turns
out really smart and all right, the friends
of his early days are apt to know it
however far away from them he may be
And therefore conclude that if Rune
and Ras had ever achieved honorable
distinction, or done anything SO smar
in the line of goodness as grinding theil
fathers boots wac in the line of mis-
chief, their friends would have found i
out before this.-W Wide Aa0ake for Sep
tcn2ber.
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REBEoCA ANDERSON, of Seneca Falls,
n. Y, is thought to be the champion
old maid She is 112 years of age, and
no longer swings on her fathers front
gate, looking for the coming man.
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1t is a WelI-Known Fact

that many grocers sell DooLEY's YEAST POWDER
at the same price they do the cheap inferior
kinds, and, as they pay more for it, make less
money; hence they never sell it unless the pur-
chaser demands and insists ON having it. They
keep it out of sight, and urge customers to
take the common kinds because they are more
profitable. Good, pure articles have value
and cannot be sold as low as those that arc
adulteratea
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Thirty wears. exner1ence proves

THIRTY years experience proves the
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and most effective medicine ever known for the
complete cure of headache biiousness, liver
complaints, nervousness, fevers, and diseases
of digestion. Sold everywhere; price 25 cents
per box. Send for almanacs. Graefenberg Co.,
No York
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THOUSANDS are entitled to increase OF
pension. They having been pensioned at rates
below what their disabilities warranted, others
as their disabilities have increased since first
mere lsed, and those who are not pensioned,
but entitled to pension, can secure the same
by addressing, with stamp, Mcneil q Birch,
Washington, d. c.. No fee till claim is allowed.
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launched over the side of the bridge.
The rope was quickly frightened with a
snap and dull thud, and one of the
murderers of Beely James and John
Owen and Eli Downy and William Gal
lighan and John Gividen and Nelson
Parrish met his fate. Again that awful
voice rang out: "Readyl one, two,
three !" and another form was hurled
over the edge Of the bridge into the dark
ness below.
A third time the awful "ready," and
the counts were heard, and the third
form was dropped by the grave execu-
toner. This time there was a crash.
and sound as if of falling body on the
stones below, accompanied by a cry of
anguish. Then there was a sharp call
from the commander: "Look out there
below Don't let him get away - and a
confused hum of voices in the darkness
below as they gathered up the form of
the haf-dead wretch, the fastening of
whose rope had given way, and carried
llm again to the surface for a second
fall-this time fall into eternity.
Again The rope was fastened, and, amid
the pleadings for mercy of the new thor
oughly unnerved victim, he was again
launched over the side of the bridge.
bleeding from the fall. As the rope
frightened, the dull, cracking sound an
nounced that the murder of Gallighan
was avenged, and that Joe Goodrich had
met the enemy which he and his fellow
conspirators had SO frequently brought
to the door of others.
Then came the fourth and last victim.
and, as he struggled and pleaded for
mercy, he was reminded that he never
showed mercy to his victims; and
amid his pleadings and Impressions
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-24

1t is useless labor for the White Liners
to deny the existence of q conspiracy to
murder the Governor of Louisiana, of which
Weldon was the fanstical agent. We have
already shown that Democratic paper in
New Orleans had publicly advised the seiz-
ure and hanging of the Governor from his
hotel window by a mob; and that recon-
mendatlOn, whose spirit Weldon tried to
carry out In q different way, was not whit
more lAwless and outrageous than the call
of Thompson, of Ohio, for 100000 Demo-
Gratis to march to Washington on the four
tenth of this month to compel Congress to
count in Tilden. This suggestion, which
was conceived in the true spirit of White
Lineism, and necessarily included scene
of horrible bloOdshed and every other spe-
oies of violence, was approved by number
of Democratic newspapers and by members
of Congress who aspire to leadership in
their party. The mob meeting at the Capt.
toll could mean nothing but the assassin alton
of the President, of Governor Hayes, of
every member of the Cabinet and of every
Republican Congressman, if they dared to
resist the demand of the mob. In the
Tilden grand rally urged by Ohio Thomp-
son, Weldons would have swarmed like
hornets around their nest, each seeking to
glorify himself and win his masters favor
by using his pistol and dagger with effect
upon as many leading Republicans as pos
sible. The massacre OF st, Valentine would
in that case have become as memorable as
the massacre of st. Bartholomew. The
suggestion YVES an insane and brutal one,
and should fix lasting reproaoh on those
who originated and encouraged it. Com
pared with its villsiny, Weldon's attempt
to murder one Republican Governor, and
even Booths murder of one Republican
President, dwindles into insignifcance.
Happily the country was spared the shame
of seeing an expedition of 100000 tramps
organized to inaugurate the Ku-Klux and
White Line policy at Neutrality-suspicious.
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