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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
Signs.


People who still adhere to the look-at-your-
tongue-and-feelof-yo pulse doctor some
times express not little curiosity in regard to
Or. R. V. Pierces original method Of distin-
gushing all forms of chronic disease without
personal consultation. Some even suppose
that he accomphshes this through clairvoyance
some other species of professional jugglery.
All this is utterly false. He claims to deter
mine disease by the rational methods of science
only. Says Comley, in his Biographical En-
cyclopedia of New York State, speaking of this
distinguished physician He perceived that
in each of the natural sciences the investigator
proceeds according to system Of signs. The
geologist in his cabinet accurately determines
and describes the cleft of rock, which he has
never seen, from the minute specimen on his
tatle. And the chemist in his laboratory notes
the constituents of the SUI Nth the same pre-
cision that he analyses crystal of rock salt
The analogous system developed by DIR. Pierce
in Medical Science is worthy Of his genius, and
has made his name justly celebrated" For
full explanation of this ingenious system of
d a2nosis, see the Peoples Common Sense
No dicil Adviser, sent, postpaid, to any ad-
dress Oh receipt of dollar and fifty cents.
Address the author, Il. v Pierce, NJ. D., Bu:-
falO. y. /.
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Uses of the PhOnOgraph.

For public uses, we shall have gal
lerles where photograph sheets will be
preserved as photographs and books now
are. The utterances of great speakers
and singers will there be Kept for thou-
sand years. In these galleries spoken
languages will be preserved from century
to century, with all the peculiarities of
pronunciation, dialect, or brogue. As
we go now to see the stereopticon. we
shall go to public halls to hear these
treasures of speech and song brought out
and reproduced as loud, or louder. than
when first spoken or sung by the truly
great ones of earth. Certainly, within a
dozen years, some of the great singers
will be induced to sing into the ear of
the photograph, and the electrotyped
cylinders thence obtained will be put
into the hand organs of the streets. and
we shall hear the actual voice of Christine
Nilsson or Miss Gary ground out at every
corner.
In public exhibitions, also, we shall
have reproductions of the sounds OF
nature, and OF noises familiar and I'M
familiar. Nothing will be easier than to
catch the sounds of the waves on the
beach, the roar of Niagara, the discords
of the streets, the noises of animals, the
putting and rush of the railroad train.
the rolling of thunder, or even the tumult
of battle
When popular airs are sung into the
phonograph, and the notes are then re-
produced In reverse order. very curious
and beautiful musical effects are often
times produced, having no apparent re-
semblance to those contained in their
originals. The instrument may thus be
used as sort of musical Kaleidoscope.
by means of which an infinite variety
of new combinations may be produced
! from the musical compositions now in
existence.
The speaking photograph will, doubt
less, be applied to bell-punches, clocks,
complaint boxes in public conveyances,
and to toys of all kinds. 1t will super
sede the shorthand writer in taking
letters by dictation and in the taking OF
testimony before referees. Photographic
letters will be sent by mail, the foil be.
ing wound on paper cylinders the size
of finger. It will recite poems in the
Will be "well spoken-with good accent
voice of the author, and reproduce the
speeches of celebrated orators. Dramas
will be produced in which all the parts
and good discretion" the original mat
rice being prepared on one machine
| provided with rubber tube having sew
eral mouthpieces; and Madame Tus
sauds figures will hereafter talk, as vel
as look, like their great prototypes !
| George b. Prescott, in Scrib1aer fol
| ADriL.
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Frightful Mortality.

The Russian Government has esti-
mated its loss of soldiery at over so, 900,
but there has been, probably, quite as
large a loss of Russian subjects, other
than military, from maladies arising out
of the war. At Alexandropol, owing to
the passage through the town, since the
war began, of 10000 sick and wounded.
and the neglect of the sanitary authori-
ties to take the requisite precautions.
there is so much disease that all who can
have left the town; the death rate has
reached So in 1000. At Tifis all the
doctors of the Red Cross Society are
dead. In the Caucasus a plague is ex-
pected. The Turkish prisoners from
Armenia aye all more or less infected
with disease, and wherever they go cpl
denies fellow in their train. At Penza
smallpox and measles are so rife that
public schools and institutions have been
closed by Government order. The
official report gives an invalid to every
house. Near st. Petersburg the black
small pox, a form of the Persian plague,
has broken out among the Turkish prs
oners at CATCHING, and is causing great
alarm at the capital. A month ago
10000 sick and wounded were at Sistova
awaiting removal, so many of whom
were suffering from typhus that it was
proposed to have typhus specials to
carry those so afflicted. York San.
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The Edison Phonograph,

Mr.. Edison, by this invention, has
done Tor sound what Daguerre did for
ight-made it possible TO fix and per
manently retain the most fleeing i'm
pressions. We pointed out, last month,
the marvellous capacities of cold iron,
magnetism and an electric wire; but the
capacities of the photograph are still
more marvellous, for. with only What
ing plate, sheet of tin-foil, and a
crank, it is possible to arrest and fix all
kinds of sound, and, having preserved
them as long as metals wilt hold the ir
properties, to give them forth again In
all their original qualities. The voice,
indeed. Is somewhat muffied and mini
fed when returned from the iron tongue
of the phonograph but its intoLations,
infections, pauses and quality are rem
dered with surprising fidelity. By the
simple turning Of the crank, the ma
chine talks, sings, shouts, laughs. whis-
ties and coughs SO naturally and dis
tinctly that the listener can hardly be-
ieve his senses, or escape from the sas-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

We are skeptics to n greater or les }
extent, but when we have the truth before rs
how can we but believe?
1t is claimed DIR. Graves HEART REGU-
La IOR will cure Heart Disease in III it forms.
F. E. Ranger, of Wilton, Me-, says
:" few weeks ago sent for bottle of DR.. Graves
HEART REG ULATOR. 1t has helped me more than
expected consider it great for heart disease
inclose you will find one dollar, for which will
please send me another bottle and obge
IF f. RANGER
for yourself.
Among the many forms of Heart Disease are
Palpitatlon, Enlargement, Spasms of the
Heart, Stoppage of the Action of the Heart,
Trembling all over and about the Heart Osslfi-
cation or Bony Formation of the Heart, Rheu-
matism, General Debility and Sinking of the
Spirits
Send your name to F. E. INGALLS,, Concord,
N. H., for pamphlet containing list of tes-
timonials of cures, etc. The HEART REGU-
LATOR is for sale by druggists at SO cents
and s per bottle.
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A Horse Eaten Alive by Hogs.

Horton, tin peddler. last week put
up for the night at James Ballard's.
Peeksville, In the town of East Fishkiu'
His horse, which was somewhat the
worse for old age and hard work.
was taken to the stable, his
manager filed with provender, a good
bed made for him, and then he was left
for the night. A number of hogs, which
had been accustomed to feed on the
refuse of slacghter-house close by, got
access by some means, during the night,
to the stable. Finding the poor nag
quietly rposing in his stall, they at
tackled him and commenced gnawing
away ct his flesh. The horse vas M
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
Self-Winding Clock.

A German has invented self winding
clock in which the winding machinery is
onerated by the alternate expansion and
contraction of glycerine, or other suit
able liquid. A piston on the surface of
the glycerine, is 50 connected with
ratchet-wheels and toothed racks that
motion in either direction will wind up
the weight. The inventor thinks that
the continuance will be especially valu-
able for self-registering meteorological in
strIImenfs
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

plclon that there is some ventriloquist
hocus-pocus about if, or a little fellow
concealed somewhere about the arrange
ment. But the fact is established. and
must be made the most Of. A machine,
as SIMPLE as coffee mill, hears a speech
or a song, and gives it back as perfectly
as 1t was at first uttered by the living
organs OF voice. And SO, again, we
have the lesson repeated, with still
greater emphasis, tina. we must raise
our estimate of the powers and poten-
cles OF "mere dead matter. PROT.
IoA'1aa'as, an Popular Science lfoathiv
for april
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

The success of the leading literary paper of
the West, The CHICAGO LEDGER, is truly re-
markable. Since its introduction to the read
ing public, six years ago, The LEDGER has
steadily advanced in favor, and is now &C
knowledged second to no paper of the kind in
the country. Its circulation is national, and
has been obtained through the efforts OF its
publishers to produce a paper of high moral
character, and at the time sell it at a price
consistent with the present hard times. That
they have succeeded, ana well, too, the thou
sands of readers of THE LEDGER scattered from
Maine to Texas and from Oregon TO Florida
will bear testimony. The CHICAGO LEDGER Is a
large forty eight column weekly paper, which
contains stories both complete and continued.
in each number, written by the best authors
of the day, and great variety of information
interesting to every one. The subscription price
of THE LEDGER is only SI.5G per year. postage
paid and it is equal in every particular to other
papers of the same character which sell for So
a year. Three copies of this valuable paper
will be sent to any one whe sends 10 cents and
their address to The L DGER, Chicago. Ill.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
A Muscular Beauty.

The heroine of Chesterfield, Va, is
Mrs. Phebe Corstley, widow of 40
summers She is lady of powerful
physique and great personal beauty
Mrs. Corstley runs a farm in the Glover
Hill district of Chesterfield, and Alexan-
der Condrey mad business transaction
with her about a cow During the dis
cussion about the cows merits, the mad
am became enraged, and knocked Con-
drey down three times before he could
get In a lick Condrey was badly
bruised On the head and in the eyes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
Advice for Twenty-Five Cents.

A young man in Dover, n. H., saw
an advel tisement in a New York paper
which read thus: Any one sending US
25 cents will receive in return some
thing which will be of immense value to
him He sent, and received in reply
this: Don't be such fool as to send
your money to us again, but keep it in
your pocket. Concord Patriot.
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able to get up, and was forced to submit
to the terrible ordeal of being eaten
alive. The next morning the peddler
went to look for his horse, to find only
portion of him there, with but spark
of life left. The poor beast was soon
afterward dispatched, to relieve him
from his misery.-Paaoling (N. ~ Pr
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

But doggy, white and sweet.
River amt so far away
Heard my TuZZin Teddie say.
Went one day wifi Bob, my bruvver-
Up one street and down anuvyer;
Wanted awful much to stop
Felt so tired I most could drop.
What'II wear? Goodness knows
Spex I'll wear Bob sailor clothesi
He's outgrowu en-, SO they'll fit;
Don't care if they are raggy-not a bit.
III wear 'em cause mems lets boys play
Sends mos every girl away,
An there's jes' lots o. Massey men
Down by the river; counted ten
The day Bob took me. Where's his clothes :?
Better start sometime, s'posel
They're awful tight-spex I'm too fat
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The Reason.

TIE reason given for a girls not being
able to throw anything with the accu-
racy of boy is that Der collar bone is
some inches longer, and some deg les
lower down, and, being long and crooked,
interferes with the free action of the
shoulders
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
a Reliable Article.

It is a pleasure to commend an article of a
thoroughly reliible character, and we do not
hesitate to do so in speaking of DooLEY's YEAST
POWDER, which an experience of over ten years
convinces US is the best and most reliable
baking noXder in the market.
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Lucrative Employment.

Two young ladies, well born and well
bred, went into the city of London the
other day to apply for some lucrative
employment, which had been promised
in gushing advertisement by firm In
the ladies' clothing line of business.
They found that the lucrative employ
ment was to consist of the embroidering
of colored clocks on women's stockings
at the rate of l halfpenny a clockl This
liberal offer was hampered with one cor
dition. The candidates for employment
have to pay 5 shilhngs In the first in
stance TO be taught the art of clock en-
broidery.
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Dick HarGin Away at school.

SEPT. 9, 1877.
DEAR MOTHER 1 dou't feel very
we'll / want to come home. lam very
sick ] could not eat any supper. My
throat aches pretty bad. think had
better come home. The boy that sleeps
with me says most all boys feels SO at
first ; but maybe / shall die. ] want to
come home. 1 will study good at home
So good hy.-Your son, Dick.
P, 81 want TO como home.
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OCr O6 1877

DEAR MOTHER: L got the 10 cents
and your letter. 1 had to buy some
popcorn. All The boys bay pop
corn. A man has popcorn TO sell.
Jim gave me some popcorn that time
my throat had a lump in it, and it felt
better. 1t was red, and all sticky to-
gether. l think that was why.
It's buster of house here, and it 8
got a bell on top of it A boy rings it.
1t comes right down in his closet. 1t
comes through little round hole, and
he pulls it, and he let me pull it once,
and that makes it ring. There's lots of
boys here, and some girls. There is
doves living up where the bell is. /
went up there, They kind OF groan,
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IT is said by reliable persons that
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders. fed spar
ingy to laying hens. will increase the quantity OF
eggs two-fold, Try it, 1t won't cogt much:
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Guess I'll wear my sailor hat :"

Guess III wear my sailor hat J"
Down the street the little maid
Goes stalking in Bob's clothes arrayed.
Wondering which the street that leads
To where the long green water-weeds
Come up laughing through the waves
From their shallow, sandy graves;
Nodding, if they would say,
" Little children, come and play
SInooth the sand is meath your feet
Cool the wavelets clear and sweet
Never rock or pebbls rough,
Or shell that's sharp enough
To cut your funny little toes,
Or trip you up upon your nose!
Come, dear children, tumble in
We're mad to see the fun begini ]"
Thus the waves sang; but our maid
Began to be somewhat afraid
She'd lost her way, and grew confused.
I'm mos afraid my way is losed-
But then how could it, say, jes' how?
I'm free. four, ten times older
Then when Bob looked me-seems I'd druvver,
Never come wifi Bob, my bruvver-
He's the baddest boy, 1 fnkl'
Two big eyes began to wink
And try TO keep two tear-drops back
Until they grew too big, alackl
And down, as rain-drops fall, they fell,
And our wee grille couldn't tell
The passeIs by who stopped to see
" What on earth could the matter be p
% What in all wonder was her name 2"
= Whence in all wonder twas she came?"
+" What ais you?' one policeman asks,
And-in that hardest of all tasks
The task of quoting a child
Finds out her name. His accents mild
and tender and compassionate
Quite won her heart.
~ lives at eight
Eight hundred, sir, and twenty-two''
:" What street," Cam-Camden avenue
SO far as that? Why, that's an even
Mile awayn
"My hearts stopped breavin'i'
:" Oh. no: it's not so bad as thatl
Dry up your tears Put on your hati
And off we go, my pretty gent,
Wen take the cars!" Ana of they went.
Sweet home at last. The door-beu rung,
And she upon its clatter hung
AS If 1t were au angels song!
Then Bridget came. 1t seemed so long
Since she had seen that homely face
Absence had given it many grace.
" I've brought this little youngster here
To where he says he lives. It's queer
That such small-sized uTchin could
Remember it,
"Plaze be good
As to come in-my masther's there
A-settin' in yon aisy chair
Jist GO" says Bridget, "spake till him."
The two advanced. The freight dim
Threw out its Pickering, faring light
. If you please, sir. think I'm right;
I've brought your lost son home to you
i found him on Tenth avenue
He'd clean forgot the way to go
Here is he laddia ~
'Nay, not
/ have no son with golden hair
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

has elapsed since Johnson's Anodyne LinimeDt
was invented and it is to-day the most wide v
known as well as the most valuable internal
and external remedy in the world. No fanny
should be without it day.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

The great internal remedy Of DR.. Herndon
the Gypseys Gift. but lately introduced in Chi
cago, is all that is claimed for it, true specific
for rheumatism, acting through the blood, and
prompt and certain in its curative power. One
bottle sufficient. Try it-and prove it.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

Are scarce but the HE kind who buy Scales of travel
ing agents. plenty. j. of B. will deliver Five-Ton
Wagon Scales, freighG paid for $50. No money asked
till tested. Send for free Price-I1ist. JONES OF
NIHON Rinphanntnn
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NEWSPAPERS.

Between two and three Thousand newspapers In the
United States printed upon what is known the
Cooperative plan Nearly per cent of all the weekes
adopt this method 1t makes better paper a lower
and is specially suited for the requirements OF
in small towns and villages The system nainiins
competition With the homep printed country journals 70
such extent that but those firmly established
and backed up by accumulatons of former prosperity
able to stand beside it, and in matter of adver
ing it Oilers circulation with which the greet
weeklies unable mpete. The matter has becon
of vital Importance and York Times, journal
having name, has commenced it vigorous
In Ma 4th. 1lti and 18Th the.
appeared long lpeous articles Every statement
them discredit upon the Cooperative
system untrue. The undersigned have furnished the
Tats with careful showing wherein the art cles
published and the Times has neglected
refused give them the pulic Despairing Justice
sought the advertising columns Of the TiA,
and these also have been closed to W. have. there
fore other than appeal to the public Our
the charges of the complete. and
be refcted They viii be mailed applicant
only which know uf j.
found in the fact have inauguraed system OF
advertising which gives advertiser four times much
circulation a dollar afforded by the columns of
Circulars, with full particulars free by mail
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TO CONSERVATIVES.


The advertiser, having been permanently cured of
that dread disease, Consumption by simple remedy,
anxious to make known to his sufferers the
of To all who desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used Gree of charged with the directions
for preparing ar using the same, which they will find
SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS,
&c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON.
1874 Penn Street, Williamsburgh, N. Z.
The Greatest Discovery of the Age is DIR.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Lmcnt' 81 years before
the public, and warranted to Diarrhea, Dysentey
Collie and Spasms taken internally: and Group Chronic
rheumatism, Sore Threats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores
and Pains in the Limbs Back and Chest, externally
has failed No family will ever be without it
after giving il fair trial Price, 40 cents. DR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint
Bottles at One Dollar, is warranted superior to
other NO PAY for the of Collie Cuts, Bruises,
Old Sores, etc Sold by all Druggists. Depot-1O Park
Place, Nev- York.
War of 1S12.-SoIdiers and Widows Pen
stoned for IA days service. Write Col L. BINGHAM
90, Attorneys, Washington, d. G.
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MOTHERS Mothers ! ! Mothers ~ Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
I'll all diseases incident to the period of teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from pain
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child gives rest to
the mother. 1t is an old and well-tried remedy.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

MOODY and Sankey have commenced
another revival in Boston.
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It's not my child"
His chair beside
That mammals form doth swiftly glide;
With cry Of joy that made them STAR
She snatched the wee one to her heart
Is my precious darling pearl
Nv sweetest. bue-cyed baby-girl,
My little one so dear and sweet
From top TO toe-from head to feetl
Best beloved Pinhie pet
DID 1t think mamma could forget
Her baby-though the funny elf
In Bobs old clothes had dressed herself?
Pspas are only Rea-anu so
They can't see like ire do, You know!-
And never after did she dress
In Eoo's old clothes. / must confess
She thought she would; but always said
" III wait I'LL I'm as big IS Ted,
Or bruvYer Bob. and amt afraid
And then IN wade, and wade. and wadeI'
-EcG ". q 81, IN Cincinnati Breakfast Table
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SANDAL-WO0D.

POSITIVE remedy for all 3ssasss of ,ao A1dBe5~
Bladder and Urinary Or@ens: also. socs "
Dropsical Complaints. h nsrer produces 5>kns.s
is certain and speedy In it's action 1t is fast supsr..dpx
all other remedies Sixty oapsues cure in six or stett
days No other medicine can do this
Beware of Limitations, for. owing to Its sr... sue
ce rl.ny Lave been oasrsd sozs are most danesrous
Causing lies, &C.
DUNDAS DICK 81 CO.'S Genuine Soft o..
Sexes contrasting on IF Sandal Wood sold at all U,ps
Stores A~tJor =iyolcr s,-2 Far one to AZ ana ~
u-.os,-- 49, E>-A
q N L. No. IA
WHEN WRITING To AUVERTISERS-
w please say you saw tho sdvertisem mi
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Fellows HYDOphOSphitGS

adapted for diseases which produced by loss of
nervous and consequent muscular relaxation viz
Consumption Bronchitis, Asthma Whoopirg Cough,
Aphonia, Cough, Nervousness Mental Depression. Neu-
Talgia. Epilepic Fits St Vitus Dance Nervous Debl
ity Chronic Diarrhea. Leucorrhoel, Fever ard Ague,
aiarasmqs Dyspepsia, Dypheretic Prosration Diseases
produced by OvertaNing the Mind by Grief Anxiety,
by Rand Growth. hX Child Bearing &c &c.
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de LITTLE FOLKS.
Baby's Experiences.

Baby's Experiences.
Once little city maiden
Thought she'd like to "go a-wadin'-
Bruvver Bob could allays go
Tuzzin Ted, he told me so.
Papa's gone. and mamma too,
Shoppin' in the Avenue;
Cooks goin' marketin', she said
Nurse is s'eepin' in her bed.
Tant see muffin in the street