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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23


To give a full account of the adven-
lures of these two men would fill vol
ume. An anecdote must answer.
EARLY one morning, in the summer of
1778, Kenton, with two companions, was
just leaving the fort at Boonesborough,
on hunting excursion, when two men,
who had gone into field to drive in
some horses, were fired upon by five In
dams. They fled, and when within
about seventy yards Of the fort, an In
dian overlook, killed one of them by a
blow of his tomahawl, and was COM
mencing to scalp him when Kenton
shot him down. He and his companions
then drove the remainder into the forest.
In the meantime, Daniel Boone with ten
men came out to their assistance. AS
they were advancing, Kenton discovered
and shot another Indian, just as he was
in the act of firing. By the time Boone
had come up they heard rush of foot
steps at their left, and discovered that
number of Indians had got between
them and the gate. Their peril was ex-
treme. AS their only salvation, Boone
gave the desperate order to charge
through the Indian column-upon which
they first discharged their rifles, and
then, clubbing them, dashed down all who
stood in their way. The attempt was
successful, but Boone would have lost
his life had it not been for Kenton. An
Indian bullet broke Boone's leg and he
fell. A savage sprung forward with
tomahawk uplftod for the fatal blow.
when Kenton shot him through the body,
and, raising Boone from the ground,
carried him safely into the fort OF the
fourteen men engaged in this ARRAY,
seven were wounded, but none NOR
tally.
After the party were safely housed,
Boone sent for Kenton, and said:
"Well, Simon, you nave behaved like
a man to-day-indeed, you are 2 fine fell
low"
This simple eulogium touched the
heart of Kenton.
In one of Kentcn'e solitary excursions.
while disguised as an Indian, lie encoun-
tered, upon the waters of the Elkhorn,
Daniel Boone, also in Indian suise. A
silent contest of Indian strategy for
mutual destruction commenced, but not
a word was spoken. Each, believing his
antagonist an Indian, sought by all the
arts OF savage warfare to protect himself
and draw the enemy's fire. After each
had Unanswered unsuccessfully for some
time to draw the other from his shelter.
Boone, suspecting that his antagonist
was not what he seemed, exclaimed from
his covert:
"For Gods sake, if you are a white
man, speak,"
The spell was broken, and they be-
came companions in the solitary willer-
ness.
Boone afterwsrd conducted Kenten to
the new settlements OF Boonesborugh
and Harodsburg, and introduced him to
the denizens thereof.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

| les were they were very, very little,
and their eyes were not open. The
black kitty was lying on the top of the
others; and Teddikins put in his little
fat hand and picked her up. What do
you suppose she did? She said,
"Sptss {" and she kept ON saying
"Sptss" until Teddikins put her down
again and so we called her Spitfre.
Just as soon as she could see out of
her funny little gray eyes she began to
try to get out of the box. She wanted
to see what there was outside, where
Matte went. She would climb up lit
tie way, and then tumble back on Miss
Tittens and Cuddle, which would make
them say +" New" and make Teddikins
laugh; but Spitfre always said,
"Sptss % and would try again.
At last, one day we heard thump ;
and we looked around, and there was
Spitfre on the floor. She had climbed
to the top of the box, and tumbfed
over the edge, and there she stood, with
her tail straight in the air, and her legs
wide apart, looking at us, and saying,
''Sptss %
Maltie was very proud of her kitties,
and used to take Cuddle and Miss Tit
tens in her mouth, and carry them into
the dining-room when we were eating
our breakfast, to show them to us. But
Spitfire would not let her mamma carry
her. She would walk in all alone, trlm-
bling over on her little nose very often
| (for her legs were not yet strongl, but
carrying her little black tail just as
straight as little boys carry sticks when
they call them guns.
One morning Teddikins put saucer
of milk on the floor, and what do you
suppose that little Spitfre did? Why,
she looked at it very hard, and then she
said,' "Sptss,'' and walked right into
the milk, and out the other side of the
saucer, with Tittens and Cuddle after her.
The floor was covered with funny white
prints of their little paws. ---'
One day mouse ran across the kitch
en-; and Cuddle and Tittens were very
much frightened; but Spitfre bumped
up her back, and made her tail very big
and said "Sptss p' very hard, and then
cantered off sideways staring at the
mouse, and saying, "Sptss !" all the
time.
You know how kitties like to go tc
sleep, all cuddled up together. Blu
Spitfre would not lie down with the
others; she always tried to get on top 0
them.
When the little kitties were quit,
strong, they used to play funny sor
of game. There was a round foot-stool
covered with carpet, and Spitfre used t.
sit upon it, and then Cuddle and Miss
Tittens would try to climb mp the sides
4 Then Spitfre would say, &c Sptss!'' ant
pat them on the heads with her little
paws until they rolled down again
Sometimes, when she was busy driving
one off, another would get up behind
her, and drive her off too; but she al
ways worked hard until she was III
again. She always went first, and tool
the lead, and used to box the ears O
Cuddle and Tittens when they did no
mind her. Now she is big black cat
: with red collar around her neck, anG
she catches rats and mice, and is very
good and useful. She only says
"Sptss y when strange cats come int
her yard; but we still call her Spitfire.
The N2trsery.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
Don't Poison Your System

With such hurtful drugs as quinine, calomel,
or blue pills. but take instead that safe, p-onpt
and agreeable substitute, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which, whether it is used to remedy or
prevent malarial fevers, overcome general de.
bihty, or to correct torpidi.y of the liver and
bowels. will in every case be found fully ade-
quate to the wants Of the sick and feeble. 1t
entirely removes dyspeptic symptoms and, by
stimulating the flow of gastric juice, facilitates
digestion and insures the cow. rson of food
into blood, whereby the system is efficiently
nourished and regains its lost vigor. This
great vegetable restorative has received the
Endorsement of men of science, the press has
repeatedly borne voluntary testimony tt its
excellence, and the public has long since
given it the preference to every medicine of il
kind
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

THOSE who have had faith in Prof.
Tice as weather prophet are complete
ly Disguised. Nearly every prediction
he placed on record for July turned out
a mistake. In fact. the regulator OF the
weather seems to have done his best to
upset the prophetic pretensions of the
professor.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
OUR JUVENILES.
Robin,s Rnill-SOnII.

Robins Rdi1l-SonO.
p o Robin, pipe no more of rain
lis four days since we saw the sun,
An still the misty window pane
- e Is loud with drops that leap and run.
5 = -Four days ago the sky was clear,
But when mother heard you call,
She said, g That's Robins rain-song dear;
Oh, well he knows when rain will fall ~
Fair was the morning, and wept
Because she would not let me stray
Into the woods for=fowers, but kept
My feet from wandering away
-AndI was vexed to hear you cry
So sweetly of the coming storm,
And watched with trimming eyes the sky
Grow cold and dim from clear and warm.
1t seemed to you brought it all
With that incessant, plaintiye note;
And still you call the drops to fall
Upon your brown-and-scarlet coat.
How nice to be bird like you,
- And let the rain come pattering down,
- 49, Nor mind a bit to be wet through,
Nor fear to spoil ones only gownl
But since cannot be bird,
Sweet Robin, pipe of rainI
Your merrier music is preferred;
Forget at last that sad refrain,
And tell of the sunshine, dear
I'm wild to be abroad again,
Seeking for blossoms far and near;
49, %, Robin, pipe no more of rain 49, -
Celia Thazter, in ST. Nicholas for August.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

THIRTY years experience proves the
Graefenberg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest
and most effective medicine ever known for the
complete cure Of headache, biliousness, liver
complaints, nervousness, fevers, and diseases
of digestion. Sold everywhere; price 25 cents
per box. Send for almanacs Graefenberg Co.,
New York.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

THE Catholic missions which were
prosperous concerns. It is said that the
Mission of San Miguel in 1921 owned
nearly 100000 head of cattle, $4,000
sheep and other thousands Of horses and
mules, and this missions prosperity cor
responds with the rest.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
THE STATE OF TRADE.

A FRANKLIN (Vt) firm has recently
shipped carload of butter to Canada,
which it is understood will be shipped
by way of Montreal to Liverpool, and
will be the first Vermont butter to find
such an outlet.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has passed its usual dividend. The Sc
rious destruction of the company's prop
erty during the strike rendered this in
evitable, even were it beyond question
that the dividend had been earned.
THE Raila0ay Age, of Chicago, pub
fishes statement of the extent of rail-
way building in the United States dur
ing the last six months, which shows
that up to July 1 1862 miles of track
have been laid, as against $50 miles in
the same period in 1876.
TWELVE weeks was the time spent by
Pittsburgh mechanics in constructing
the Eads Jetty Company's steam dredge,
of iron, weighing 500 tons. 1t is $50
feet long, thirty-two feet beam, and ten
feet depth of hold, and called the most
complete and perfect dredge ever con-
strl1cted.
VIRGINIA aspires to see the James
river become the Clyde of the New
World. The State has an abundance of
coal and iron, and is not entirely un-
familiar with the art of shipbuilding,
and some of her people see no reason
why the James river should not be lined
with iron ship yards.
THE silk manufacturers of Paterson,
N. j., have Partisan orders for styles of
silk goods that are nowhere else manu-
featured. fnas1nuch as the French have
been considered the manufacturers of
silk goods par excellence, this phase of
the business is good-sized feather in
the caps of the Paterson silk folks.
THE importations of sugar this sum-
mer are immense, and the expectations
small. In eleven months the importa-
tions have been 1929, 944, O35 pounds.
against 1 1888, O6O, TIT pounds in the cor
responding period last year, and they
have been made at 5 cents pound, as
against cents last year. The export
has been about SO, 600, 900 pounds. Last
year, in the same period, it was Sc, OOO,-
900 pounds. The sugar refners have
been loading up with stock during a
dull market, which is pretty good proof
Of their confidence in the future.
ANOTHER triumph of American indus
try-Europe beaten in field where the
world thought her secure. For year
our brewers have been exporting large
and constantly growing quantity of beer
to all parts of the planet, and special
variety of bottled beer is now being sent
from New York to Australia, Mexico,
South America, Calcutta, South Africa,
the East Indies, China and Japan
Everywhere it is said to be given the
preference of English and Scotch ales
and European beers, and trade in the
article seems to have been firmly estab-
lished.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
SpiTre.

She was little black kitten. Teddi-
ktns had great p1onse-colored eat called
Matte, and she had three little kitties-
Spitfire, Miss Tittens and Cuddle. Spit-
fire was all black, just as black as a
lump of coal, while Miss Tittens was
gray, end Cuddle was gray and white.
The first time Teddikins and I looked
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

The wheat crop of the United States
OF this year, it is estimated, viii aggre-
gate 325, 900, 900 bushels, against 26o.-
600, 900 last year.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

Do YOU ask my friend? 1t is made from the
purest and strongest elements. Among them,
cream-tartar made from grape acid expressly
for these manufacturers. The result is that
the biscuit rolls, waffies, cake bread and pastry
produced are beyond comparison.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

If You feel dull, drowsy deblitated have frequent
headache mouth tastes badly poor appetite. and tongue
coated SUFFERING. from torpid liver or "bilio,s
ness and nothing vii! you speedily and perma
nently to take SIMMONS Liver REGULXroR or MED
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
The NOrthern-Indiana
MORN k.S SCHOOL
VALP RAISO. INDIANA

School the entire year. Students can enter at any
time select their studies and advance rapidly
they desire. Full of study New classes organ
lied each month. Commercial course most thorough 70
be found No extra charge; Expenses less than
1T any other school in the land. Tuition
$500 term of IL weeks, including all departments
Good board and well furnished $2oO to S5O per
week Entire satisfaction given money refunded.
Catalogue giving full particulars, sent free applica
ton. Address III. b. BROWN, Principal.
Spring term, Jt 18th, 1875 Summer term, April 10th
Review term, July I'd.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

PoSD's EXTRACT, for Varicose Veins,
Heraorrhages or any Pain. Physicians-allo-
pathic, homeopathic and eclectic recommend
It. Ask Of them
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23
BAD BREATH
CONSTIPATION /!
SICK HEADACHE!
J. n. ZEILIN g. CO.,


Price, S1.OO. Sold by all Druggists.
The Largest Normal school and Bushes
Imstitute in the United States.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-23

She trotted along bravely for awhile,
but the sun was hot, and the little slip
per was full of sand, and she wished she
was there many times; she gathered all
the flowers she saw, and soon had both
hands full, then she transferred them to
the skirt of her little pink dress and
toddled on. At last she reached the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07

One great reason why times are
hard is that business of all kinds is
greatly overtlone. We have too
many dry goods, grocery and drug
stores, too many saloons, etc, and
all kinds of contrivances and dodges
to keep from working. This is true
of Pulaski and we hear it is true
everywhere. There are not enough
buyers to support all these men,
and in the struggle produce is
brought so low that farmers can get
nothing for what they have to sell
These men are always ready to cry
hard times ann that helps to make
times harder and things go on
from bad to worse. We don't know
howeit will be remedied, for you
cannot prevent a man dong as he
pleases. There are too many bust
ness houses built and too few cheap
residences. We need more farmers
and fewer lawyers, more smiths and
fewer doctors, more mechanics and
fewer merchants, more working
men and fewer grocery keepers.
Until some such reformation is
wrought we seeno chance for i'm
provement in general business mat
ters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07

The Turkish first line of defense
in Armenia originally extended
from Batoum, through Ardahan and
Kars to Bajazid, $50 miles south
east of Erzeroum. The Russians
have broken through the line at
Ardahan, between Batoum and Kars,
and at Bajazid. The left wing of
the Russian army is coming up from
Bajazid to Toprak Kaleh, where the
Turks will dispute the road to Err
zeroum from that direction. Troops
of Cossacks are at Lake Van, south
west of Bajazid, skirmishing with
the Turks. The Russian center is
besieging Kars. The right is bonn
harding Batoum. 1t is necessary
for the Russians to take Batoum,
because it commands their rear and
the Turkish feet lands supplies for
the Turks there. The second line
of Turkish defense is now crowded
pretty close 10 Erzeroum, as that is
the Russian objective point. II
Batoum and Kars are taken, the
decisive battle viii take place
around Bardess, where Mukhtal
Pasha holds the passes over the
Souganlo mountains, beyond which
is the plateau on which Erzeroum
is situated.-[C [Courier-Journsl.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07
TWELVE MILLIONS WANTED.
A Number of Long Islanders af-
ter a Big Pile of Money.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 26.-Pro
ceedings have commenced in the
English courts on behalf of num-
Der of the residents of this city and
of Long Island, to recover, as heirs
of law, twelve millions of money.
About the year 1910 Robert Shep-
hard, wealthy resident of London.
deposited in the bank of England
EI,00O,O00 to the credit of Eliza.
beth Sheppard, his only sister. She
had made a runaway match with
John Sheppard, a poor cousin, and
this resulted in an estrangement
from her relatives. The couple
went to Canada to try their for
tunes, and were lost sight of in the
course of time. The affection of
Robert for his sister was revived,
and he used every effort to discover
the whereabouts of the young wo-
man, but was unsuccessful. He
then deposited the sum named to
her credit, and shortly afterwards
died. The money laid in the bank
for some time, and no claimants ap-
pearing advertisements were insert
ed in the English newspapers and
the New York Herald, inviting the
heirs of Robert and his sister Eliz-
abeth to come forward and claim
their inheritance. Since then, how
ever, several heirs have turned up. |
All these are great grand nephews
or grand neices of Elizabeth Shep- |
hard and Robert SHEPPARD and of
Richard Sheppard, a brother, who |
died before the money was depos-
tied by Robert. 1t is estimated |
that the f1,OOO,OOO at compound |
will now amount to about |
EI2,OO0,OOO.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07
A Lesson for the Times.

Few persons properly estimate
the difference between a high and
low rate of interest, and therefore
often borrow money at ruinous
rates that no legitimate business
can stand. But few have figured
on the difference between and s
per cent. One dollar loaned for
100 years at per cent, with the in
terest collected annually and added
to the principal, will amonnt to
$40. At 8 per cent. it amounts to
S3,203, or nearly seven times as
much. At 5 per cent, the usual
rate of interest in England, it
amounts to $19.25, whereas at 10
per cent, the usual rate in the Uni
ted States, it is S13,S09, or nearly
one thousand times as much. At
II per cent. it amounts to $S4,675,
or more than four thousand times
as much. At Is per cent. it
amounts TO $I5,145,007, and at "a
per cent. which we sometimes hear
talked of it reaches the enormous
sum of $2,55I,7 ,799,4 ,4O4, or more
than the State of Ohio is worth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07
A GOOD TIME IN TEXAS.
Gov. Brown and His Tennessee
Party Receive an Ovation
at Dallas and all Along
the Route.

In the Dallas Herald, of the 10Th
instant, appears the following notice
of the Memphis excursionists ::
Hardly had the citizens dispersed
from the reception to Gen. Joseph
L. Johnston, when the Texas d Pa
cific train arrived from the east,
bearing an excursion made up of
the following, the most of whom are
gentlemen of note in Memphis: Ex-
Gov. John G. Brown, of Tennessee,
Vice President of the Texas & Pa
cific railroad, and wife; Hon. John
w. Throckmorton, member of Con-
gress from this district; j M. Keat-
ing, editor Memphis Appeal; B. j.
Semmes, the brother of ex Admiral
Semmes; j. j. Murphy, T. H. Hart
mus, C. P. Murphy, D. t. Ross, E.
E. Meacham, W. A. Goodman,
Memphis; E. Whitmore, proprietor
Memphis Ledger; j. H. Mathes, ed
itor Memphis Ledger; G. A. Math
es, editor Brownsville States; Geo.
A. Noble, General Superintendent
of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and
wife. Messrs. Leonard, Schneider,
Stephenson, General Cabell and
Others, went to receive them. Find
ing detachments of the Lamar rifles
and Stonewall Grays on the streets,
they notified the boys, who again
fell into ranks and procuring the
band again. went to the LeGrand
and gave them a serenade, Tor
which they felt highly compliment
ed. The party are here to see Tex
as, and from the reception they re-
ceived last night they think it is
the gFandest country on earth.
They Intend TO take their time and
view the State in all its sections. |
BY so doing they will be able to
give the country from whence they |
came glimpse of the paradise Of
this world. Newspaper men are
scattered plentifully through the
party which is sufficient guarantee
that the account rendered on their
return will be a true and correct |
one. The party will go from here
his morning to Fort Worth, and
return at 5 o'clock, and thence
to Austin, San Antonio
md Galveston,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07

That the prophecy interpreters
should find the present war in Eu-
rope clearly foretold by Jeremiah,
or Ezekiel, or Daniel, or St. John,
is matter of course. In this case,
however, there is a little popularity;
it is this: In 1851, twenty-three
years ago, S. D, Baldwin, of Nash
vile, published a book, many of
our readers will remember, entitled
Armqgeddon. Interpreting Daniel,
he said that two great European
monarchies would engage in reli-
gious war in 1878; that England
would be drawn into it; that Rus
sia, though obstructed for a time
by other powers, would finally over
throw the Turkish empire. Stu
dents of the Good Book can look
over the book OF Daniel to-day and
get news long way ahead of the
telegraph.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07

Newspapers are TO the civilized
world what the daily house talk is
to the members Of the family-they
keep our daily interests in each,
they save US from the evils Of isola
ton. To live as a member Of the
great white race that has filed Eu
rope and America and colonized or
conquered whatever territory IL has
been pleased to occupy; TO share
from day 10 day its thoughts, its
cares, ITS inspirations, it is necessa-
ry that evtry man should read his
paper. Why are the French pea0-
ants so bewildered and at scar II
is because they never read news
paper. And why are the inhabi-
tants Of the United States, though
spread over a territory fourteen
times the srea OF France, so much
more capable Of concert Of action
SO much more alive and modern, SO
much interested in new discoveries
OF all kinds, and capable OF select
ing and utilizing the best OF them
II is because the newspapers penc
trate everywhere; and even the
lonely dweller on the prairie or in
the forest is not intellectually iso-
lated froin the ourriints OF public
life which flow through the tclc
graph and press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-07

The Grifiin News contained a
very sensible article a day or two
ago. about the patronage due to
newspapers which We heartily en-
dorse:
"The peope of some cities have
very little idea of the true value OF
a good newspaper TO city or com
munity. 1t is a continual advertis-
er OF both place, things and people,
and brings persons nearer together
in interests, tastes and opinions,
1t is silent, certainly true educa-
tor of the people, dropping a
thought here and there to be
clothed upon and materialized IN
the future by those who would not
otherwise receive il, and while the
newspaper is a business enterprise,
it is at the same time philanthrop-
ic advocate for, and defender Of the
people, and the people should re-
member that il Is they who give
journals financial standing by ex.
tending patronage"