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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
The O,rl that Thought He Could Sing.

me cfet uh"t IHoHyHt tie CoUtd Sing.
"What can bring people into the
groves to hear the nightingales sing -
said an owlet to his mother.
The old owl didn't care and she didn't
know-she was busy watching bat
. am sure L have as fine voice as
any nightingale, and far stronger"
Stronger, certainly, my son." said
the owl with blink, for the bat had
escaped
s. shall go into the grove tonight and
give them song" said the owlet.
The owl opened her round eyes very
wide. but said nothing.
Accordingly, when night came and the
hour for the sweet trilling of the singing
birds drew near, he flew heavily along,
and placed himself in conspicuous part
of the grove that he might be seen and
heard to proper advantage.
Now, the nightingales did not by any
means admire the prospect of either his
company or his cooperation in their con
cert; so those who were bent on singing
sought another grove, while those who
were content to be quiet for the night
kept snugly at roost.
"Where can the nightingales be p said
the people who came to hear them.
Upon this the owlet set up boot so
loud and so long that it nearly frightene,!
them into fits.
''That creature has terrified them and
scared them all away" said one; II
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

Two of the most celebrated artists the world
has ever known dwelt in the same city. One
delighted in delineating beauty i'll all its graces
of tint, form and motion. His portraits
instinct with the charm of physical vigor. The
graceful, half-voluptuous outline of form and
feature harmonized with delicately-blended
tints. On his canvas, the homeheSt faces had
an almost irresistible chai'1ii. The other found
| pleasure only i'll depicting weird and gloomy
subjects. Above ALL did he excel in painting
the portraits of the dying. The agonizng
death-throe, the CHASTITY face and form, were
all depicted with marvellous fidelity. There
| existed between these artists the most intense
| dislike. AT length this dislike eliminated. The
! beauty-loving artist had been engaged in paint
ing the portrait of beautiful woman. Con-
noisSeurs pronounced it the most wonderful
| piece of art that had ever been produced. His
brother artist was jealous of his fame and
sought revenge. By bribing the keeper of the
! studio he gained access to the picture each
! night. At first he was content to only deaden
! the brilhancy of the complexion and eyes,
efface the bloom from cheek and lip, and paint
q shadow either cheek Later, his strokes
grew holder and freer, and one morning the ar
fist awok to find the entire outline of the por-
trait changed. He could scarcely recognize in
the emacated form and haggard countenance
the glowing conception he had embodied. The
palhd face and eXpress1onless eyes he had at
| tributed to lack of genuineness in his ma
| terials but when the outlines were changed he
| suspected the cause and Indignantly dismissed
the keeper. What the revengeful artist marred
by few rapid strokes of his skilIful brush was
only restored by years of patient industry.
Reader, need we name the artists Health, who
paints the flowers and GRASSY carpet" no less
than the human form divine-Disease, the
dreaded artist who revels among the ruins
both of nature and hrihanty-and Careless
ness, tic keeper to whom Health often intrusts
his portraits. And is it not the beauty of
woman. the most admired of all the works
which adorn the studio of Health, that Disease
| oftenest seeks to mar? The slightest stroke of
his brush upon the delicate organization leaves
an imprint that requires much skill and pa
tience to efface. Restoration must be prompt
Carelessness must be dismissed. Let suffering
women heed the warning ere Disease has
marred their chief beat1ty-Health-ba
reparation. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
has been used by thousands of these sufferers
and they are unanimous in their praise of it!
excellence. II you would be transformed from
the pallid, nervous invalid into happy, vigor
GUS woman, try it.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
SWORN STATEME emit
Of il
BOSTON DRUGGIST.

Gsant1snsn, II hereby certify that have had Ca.
terrible Was deaf Gad
S SEM h pains the a tep asy
t9nsils hard and constant Cough. Se*efe faH asfoss
the chest, and every indication Of consurption Ny
rapidly in head and throat that could keep
them free. Frequently at night would spring OF
would thea have recourse every in my power
to dislodge the mucus from my and head before
my enss and SO Much named thas
1coud with difficulty swallow. finally consulted an
Tgegest postponed it.. The Constant milan:
and s In oTn GnT V aa By
80 irri5qted sTG d my lungs that c0ughed in,
began to show the effects this disease Is tl fost
neSh grew pale, and showed every symptom OF an
fSached this stage or ABOUT six months ago. began
the use of sANFoED's RADICAL CUEE FOR CATAEEH.
II. The first dose seemed to clear my head az kaa
not known 1t to be for years 1t seemed gradually to
days. By using it as gargie soon reduced the in
Illumination and swelling of my tonsiis SO that they
chest disappeared, the buzzing noises in my head
ceased my senses of hearing and of seeing were
by the use Of SANFoED's ADIoAL CURE or e AREH
have great deal OF suffering from Catarr. and
ge q % az hat hs Ffsat rsnSa
tised by the best physicians and have eehsuted h9
Of rcneiy and Apparatus that have appeared during
period OF six years past, and have, while following
obtained no relief encouragement from any them.
Since curing myself with SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE,
without single case of failure and have in numerous
instances received wholesale orders from parties to
mcdicile Ihaye ever recommended, never having be-
lieycd il them before although constantly engaged in
BosTcS, Feb %, 1915. GEORGE F. DINsMoRE.
Then personally appeared the said George F. Dins-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

Il tOfeHft}tc.
If you will be my valentine,
Ny charming little deer,
The sun can never help but shine
Throughout the coming year.
The lessons all will put themselves
Into your little pate:
The hardest sums you have, you'll see
Ali answered CT Your slate.
If you viii be my valentine,
You'll in all your walks
Fresh lemon-drops on every twig,
And peanuts on the stalks;
While hot mince-pies, all hand in hand,
Meet you at every stile;
With raisins marching on in front,
And figs in single file.
P. S.-But if from you 1 never hear,
Nor even get line,
III ask some other nicer girl
To bc my valentine.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

Representatives in Congress. 1t now
has, in addition, the Secretary of State.
the Attorney General, and Che General
Treasurer, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives with nine-tenths of
all the minor State officers.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

Is THERE ONE reader of this paper s1lf-
fering from rheumatism? If so, write to Hell
phenstine & Bentley. Druggists, Washington,
Remedy. This medicine is taken internally, and
will positively cure any case of rheumatism on
the face of the green earth. Price, one dollar
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

THERE, ATE more than one thousand
different kinds If pills r, the United States
Some of them worthless and injurious,
others are good and beneficial. Old Dr.. Par
sons invented the best anti-bilous pill we ever
saw or heard of. They are now sold under the
name of Parsons P,u'gdtiUe Pills.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

WE understand that the whooping-
cough is quite prevalent in the towns around
It's bit that ITO cases have proved fatal Some
families nothing but Johnson's Anody1ee
Lininent. Our Doctor, however, says a little
ipicac to produce vomiting, would be an adj
VANTAGE
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

The Indian Girl and HeI. Messenger Bird.
Once upon time there was an Indian
who lived in big woods ON the banks of
a beautiful river, and did nothing all day
long but catch fish and hunt wild deer.
Well, this Indian had two lovely little
daughters, and he named one Sunbeam,
because she was SO bright and cheerful,
and the other he called Starlight, be-
cause, he said her eyes twinkled like the
stars.
Sunbeam and Starlight were as gay as
butterflies, and as busy as bees, from
morning till night They ran races under
the shady trees, made bouquets Of wild
flowers, swung on grapevine swings,
turned berries and acorns into beads, and
dressed their glossy black hair with
bright feathers that beautiful birds had
dropped They loved each other so
much, and were SO happy together, that
they never knew what trouble meant
until, one day, Starlight got very sick,
and before the big moon came over the
tree-tops the sweet Indian child had
closed her starry eyes in death, and
rested for the last time upon her soft
little deer-skin bed And now, for the
the first time, SrrDeam's heart was full
of grief
She could not play, for Starlight was
gone, she knew not where; so she took
the bright feathers out of her hair, and
sat down by the river and cried for Star
light to come back to her. But when
her father told her that Starlight was
gone to the spirit-land of love and beauty
and would be happy for ever and ever,
Sunbeam was comforted.
"Now," said she, CT know where
darling Starlight is, and I can kiss hel
and talk to her again
Sunbeam had heard her people say
that the birds were messengers from the
spirit-land. So she hunted through the
woods until she found little song-bird
that was too young to fly, fast asleep il
its nest. She carried it gently home
put itinto cage, and watched over it ant
fed it tenderly day after day until it,
wings grew strong and it filled the woods
with its music. Then she carried it il
her soft little hands to Starlight's grave
and, after she had loaded it with kisses
and messages of love for Starlight, sh,
told 1t never to cease its sweetest song O.
fold its shining wings until it had flow
to the spirit-land. She let it go, and til,
glad bird, as it rose above the tall, greer
trees, poured forth song more joyful
than any that Sunbeam had ever heard
Higher and higher it flew, and sweete
grew its song, until at last both its form
AMI its music were lost in the fioatins
summer clouds.
Then Sunbeam ran swiftly over theso
grass to her father, and told him, with .
bright smile and light heart, that she
had talked with dear Starlight, and had
kissed her sweet, rosy mouth again, and
Sunbeam was once more her fathers
bright and happy little Indian girl.-,St
Nicholas.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
CURRENT EVENTS.

A SON of the late Revetdy Johnson is
one of the extra policemen guarding the
sitsiAgs Of the Electoral Commission.
HE peculiar odor impaired to Russia
leather is done by tie use of birch bark
tar in dressing The skins, instead of tai
low or other grease.
THERE is to be great emigration to
Africa by Southern negroes within few
years, SO says the Missionary, the organ
of South Carolina negro Methodists.
AFFLIcTIoN sore long time we bore
Physicians were in vain
Until at last used blue glass,
And thus we lost our pain.
DR. ELLIOTT Cones says that many
thousands of birds are annually killed
by flying against telegraph wires on the
Western plains. In days journey he
saw over 100 bodies, mostly of larks,
lying Under the wires. In one spot the
number indicated that flock had flown
across the wire, some of them striking it
with fatal force.
JOHN STEVENS ran away from his wife
In Elmira thirty-four years ago. Re
Gently she discovered him in California,
where he had accumulated 500, 900 and
another wife. She is willing he should
retail The second wife, but she demands
third of his fortune, and is likely to
get it.
The cattle disease has shown itself III
several sections in Silesia in Germany,
and also among the cattle driven to Ber-
! iii for slaughter. The disease is as
cribed to the influence of foreign cattle,
imported in disregard of Government
regulations. These are to be more
strictly enforced in future.
TIFF london Gardeners Maoa-
zinc tells it's readers when the potato
beetle makes its appearance in England,
not to use the arsenical preparation
known as Paris green-because it INJURIES
the soil, while dustings of hot lime ben
eft the ground, are equally effective as
Paris green and less dangerous.
In january go wells we're completed
lii The Pennsylvania oil region, with &
total production on the LIST of January Of
1858 barrels, or an average production
per well of about $50 barrels. Fifty Of
the wells were "dry holes" Twenty.
two hundred and ninety-three oil wells
were completed this year.
THE valley of the Pc, in Italy, is &
marvel of successful irrigation. The IL;
rigated land is estimated at 1000, OO(
acres, the increase on the rental of which
is set down at 81, 1901 600. The length
OF the irrigating canals, or conductors
in Lombardy, including the main lines
and branches, exceeds 4. 800 miles.
The New York Herald sent out a re
porter with instructions to discover
volcano in Florida, and the explorer re
ports mysterious smoke in the Pin
hook swamps." It is column of vapol
that has been observed arising ftoih The
middle of the swamp for the last fort,
years, and no one has ever been able t.
reach it or ascertain what causes it.
MARVELLOUS country, California. Say.
the Outlook, of Santa Monica &c Mr.
l. L. Carney, of Downey City, has
vegetable curiosity which one does no
often see. It is a stalk that has borne
its fourth crop of cotton, and babe fail
to continue indefinitely. The stem neal
the ground is as large as mans wrist
The plant has ceased te be an annual
aid has become perennial. We
shouldn't be surprised if it developed
into tree
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great New
ton. Cutler Bros. & Co. s. Boston, only genuine
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
IGNORINCE Is BLISS.

Where ignorance is bliss It's folly to
be wise, often receives practical appli-
cation that to outsiders is ludicrous.
however painful to some of the immedi-
ate participants. A few days ago, at
Wilmington, Del. party of ladies raised
money and the necessary articles, and
carried them to house where was a
corpse needing burial, the relatives be-
ing too poor to furnish the wherewith
The ladies gave their contributions to
the distressed family and left. Di-
reotly after leaving the house one of
the ladies discovered that one of her
gloves was missing, and. supposing that
she had dropped it in the house, returned
to get it, when, 10 I, and behold she
ound the corpse sitting up in the bedf
counting the money which had been left
for her interment, and making merry
with the others over that - funeral
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

ITALY has declared its seventeen uni
versities open to women, and Switzer-
land, Norway, Sweden and Denmark
have taken similar action, while France
has opened the Sorbonne TO women, and
Russia its highest schools of neiicine
and surgery.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08

PROVIDENCE, little city of 100, 900
inhabitants, has for thirty years fr-
nished ell the Governors OF Rhode.
Islsnd but two, and all the Senstors and
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
OUR JUVENILES.
The First Party,

The First Party.
Miss Annabel McCarty
Was invited to party;
Your company from four to ten,n the invitation
said;
And the maiden delighted
To think she was invited
To sit up till the hour when the big folks went to
bed.
The crazy little midget
Ran and told the to Bridget,
Who clapped her hands and danced a jig to Anna
bells delight,
And said with accents hearty,
'''TwiH be the swatest party
yere there yerself. Inc darint e! wish it was to
nightl"
The great display of frilling
Was positively killing,
And, oh, the little booties and the lovely sash SO
wide!
And the gloves very cunning
She was altogether stunning,
And the whole McCarty family regarded her with
pride.
They gave minute directions,
With copious inte-jections
Of " Sit up straight :" AMI Don't do this or that
'twould be absurd ~
But. what with thef, caressng,
And the agony of dressing.
Miss Annabel McCarty Didn't hear single werd
There was music, there WAS dancing,
And the sight most enhancing
As if fairy-land, and floral band. we're holding
jubilee;
There was laughing there pouting
There singing, there shouting;
And old and young together made carnival of glee
Miss Annabel McCarty
Was the youngest at the party,
And every remarked that she was beautifully
dressed;
Like doll she sat demurey
On the sofa, thinking surely
would never do for her to and frolic with the
rest.
The noise kept growing louder
The naughty boys would crowd her;
"a L think you're very rude indeed ~ the little lady
said
And then, without warning,
Her home instructions scorning,
She screamed: g. want my supper! and 1 want to
go to bed ~
Now big folks, who are older,
Need not laugh at her, r-scold her.
For doubtless, if the truth known, we've often
felt inclined
To leave the ball, party,
AS did Annabel McCarty
But We hadn't half her courage and we couldn't
speak mind.
-Josphiae Pollard, in the st. Nicholas.
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SUFFOLK, SIS. Feb. q. 1870
Then personally appeared the said George T. Dins-
more. made oath that the foregoing etsteeEt By
him subscribed is true Before me,
.IT1sric of raP
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
TRUST,

TRUST
In the gracious dawn that men call death,
Scanning the year with bated breath
We shall learn how the Lord remembereth:
And know at last how tender and how sweet
Is the love that guardeth needless feet,
That moIdetli warped souls fair md
e6inpitte,
That the loss is ever the seed of gain;
That pleasure infods its need of pain
That prayers deriied rise not in vain
-iHtuseh.
CLIPS.
The ways of Providence are hid to our weak sense
The shifting blow is kindly given;
We have are compense for midnight clouds SO dense
The sun comes up the eastern heaven.
So stor1n-clouds DER the land,
By bow of promise spanned
When touched by Mercy's hand
There, basking, lies small, sun-bstered stone
A horrid lizard, green and black
cloud e'erspreals the suei
A bird flies near, the secret foe unknown
When, luckily, the warming light comes back;
The songster's day is done.
1t danger sees and%iuickly flies away
A sinless child was snatehed from death that day
La Moille.
LUCK AND LABOR.
Luck doth wait. standing idly at the gate
Wishing. wishing all the day;
And at night, without a fire, without a light
And before empty tray,
Doth sadly say:
Tomorrow something may turn up:
Tonight on wishes 1 must siipD
Labor goes, blowing deep the fertile rows
Singing, singing all the day;
And at night, before the fire, beside the light,
And with a well-tilled tray.
Doth gladly say:
Tomorrow III turn something up;
Tonight wages earned sup
St Nicholas, far March.
THE FALLING STAR.
See where yon star falls hesdlong, flashing
Across the purple twilight air =
An angel, swift-winged, bears from heaven
The answer to mortals prayer.
-ScTibner, for March.
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MEXICAN HiAHINOTFi RYE, for Spring
n Sowing, new variety entirely distinct from any
other grain ever introduced Making superior
the best wheat producing - bushels the acre,
weighing the hushel Price, b. 30 cents, 10
lbs 81 30 lbs. flsG0- Samples sent by II all
receipt of 3: stump For sale by c. B. ROGERS.
lcet
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, 1877-11-23
WESTERN MORTGAGE LOANS.


CRfsroN, H., Nov. SOL hare noted from,
time 10 tine articles ID Eastern pap.ss In wlcl,
the general tone was con,lemuatoEJ Of Western
mortxaxe !oanl. was much pleased with your
aEtlclv OF Nov. 10, aud think II stated the case
very fairly. Perhaps tue experiences Ut our
nrta muy 10 Of somc value. VIC have Lccn iu
th[s bustnesa, lo4atnx MnncY on farms 10 I'LL
nols aud lows, for upwards OF twenty years.
During that time We hare never been Obliged
10 take farm on foreclosure for one Of our
patrons. Nops OF our friends lending monty
through us haye eyer Loaf dollar u prluclpll
or !uterest. We hare on our books sonle ,.Iu
loans. Six Of these arc being forerloscd; thsce
Of these foreclosures are because tho borrowers,
sinrt, tho loans were made, went lnto ba,lI-
ruptcy. Thu security iu each IL ample, being
four iimes the principal Of each loan. One ol
thcse foreclosures ls bccause tho borrower ran
away. aud tho wile desired the loan fose~
closed to get the title in her uame.
The other tEo Ara cases Of ncEll-
Kence on the part of the borrower, who
thought tue lender could wait a month till
Their stock vas fnt tor market, - well ~ not.
We have At thls tisnu perhaps ten coupons past
due; soue probably have failed to receive
notices; others have changed thuls post-offlcr
address: othsrs have sold OUT their farms. and
, 1877-11-23

The sehr Dclos peWolf, recently ushuEe at Char
4otsc, Lake ontarto met with another accident
while In the dry -dack at Osweyo. 1t appears that
ahe was locked with her chrcD Of coal In, and the
waJs o. props under her middle CAyo way, lpaylu.
!Ao fnil weight OF te craft Rnu carlo rcstnC 4naf
hcf extreme ends. Uf cuurse sho settled down tn
eho eenstct and In this why wn. more sar!ously
oan1oEcl Than In Io!nx nshDre.
Il survey was hcld un tha schs ", s. Cross.
inwniIc @ yesterday. and her damages placed nt
st.H0. sho Will fcqulsp seventy. i've feet Ut new
ketl and about tho xame an,nunt vi garboard
Hteak: Ths rcpairs VII! b. made til Miller 1ros.
were received while shhoto OH Lake Huron.
-, khc ing 4unyle tuwtl tho schr uIngkloy Into
Ilcveland Tuesday. It Will bu remembered shs
sst went ashoto nssr North Point = few days ago.
ths uan'a4o 70 hct but after dseharglny hor cargu
q Iron ORC %he will be p1uced IN try.iock, Auuut
her OF, ~ 49,
Thy sehs saseo ran into osweeo Sunday, havlng
haa hce fotesall blown away and matnsali suiit
ena VA Deand from uGdsnpburx TO Charlotte, Tie
scht Elrina and llobokeR also entered viii thcir
halwAFks Knocked away, ""
,e .n1ift, .sat SSs ssst which ssto
f4tllef anPcatanco. arrived We.lncstay utvHt, Shv
in.t hst CANVAS Oh ake Huron, ana unx iowed 10
Try tity. where tia Resolved new saiIs, Slu
The bsTgu Harvey Il: l,lowa nm into tina stern
Of tav nron lAinrs Fisk, IT., YESTERDAY nnnI
whtlc lint eratt lay lug nt ls siryainr et .s"n
Maaa"n aad Warrington s'tsst4, and stoye nuile
Dn n late trip to Frankfort tho caututn n, III.
schs ttara plcket up yuwa. hoat ol lfuInt snnhi"
THc owner ii thc boat can tlays It by sbn1sjn~ ~
board The Clara, now In this pott. Va
1ht damage 10 tna bchf starke has been epti.
serday. N@'s' 'ss'