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which sometimes emanated from the
Presidents chair itself. sfH
But let us pass on and take practical
view of the proposition, and see how IL
will effect the interests Of the people gen.
orally. For eleven long, weary years the
Taxpayers of South Carolina were held
subject to the rule and conerol of q polit:.
cal party, whose sole object was to grind
them into powder, and forever keep them
go poor that they could never free them
selves from their rule. Vainly did they
struggle to free themselves from this ter
rible incnbus, which rested like pail
upon their lives, and industries. And
when at last they wrenched themselves
from under INC oppression, they found
themselves and their credit surrounded
by net work of iaws end Supreme
Court decisions which have so entangled
their. financial affairs rs to render an
equitable extrication therafrom almost
impossible. Confronted with mountains
of debts of every description on every
hand, the very contemplation Of which
! is oiivuEa 10 usvTWn1iiu US, uuu e,nJar-
rassed with selfish efforts on the part. OF
come of the States creditors to avail
themselves of these legal entangleinents
TO foToe tho FAsss ssent Of their doubtful.
claims, and being desirou9 amidst all our
troubles to maintain, our credit, and to
pay every ''bonaheds obligation of the
State, say, Mr.. Speaker, surrounded by
theae difficulties, we are in no position to
establish any kind of an Institution
whatsoever, and especially arc ne in no
position to establish an institution which
will work violence to the feelings OF
TnUIo imam the people vs tho tho St7ste, tt5
and which, IL established, will be estab.
lished in the interest Of few. We have
already adopted IN amendment to the
constitution which @ill raiso between
four and Ave hundred thousand dollars
for scho0l purposes. In the name of
reason, if not. 10 Justice, is this not a suf.-
| ficiently heavy burden upon our already
heavily burdened tax. x.payers without in.
| angurating an Institution which will
rennire thirtv or knrkv fhnraa .,sI Hi. =
annually In additionS nut the gentle
man says We can and viii support the
Uniyersity from the poll tax fund. II ia
the clear intention of the constitution
thas this fund should be kept In the
counties IN, which it Is raised, to DO ap-
piled 70 common school purposes, and
even il different Interpretation could
DO wrung from that construction, how
can he justify himeclf in robbine the
s. . v .
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New jerseys Meanest.

A young man well known about Mill
stone is In the habit of riding to and
from New Brunswick in the cars. One
Saturday night not long ago he was in
New Brunswick, without penny in his
pocket, and wanted to get home. He
told the conductor his situation. and
asked to be passed over the road, and
be would pay when he returned on Mon
day. The conductor, knowing the
young man well, aoceded to his request.
When the fellow reached home he wrote
plausible letter to the railroad COM
pany, to the effect that they had better
be looking after their interests on that
road, as the conductor was in the habit
OF passing his friends free, whereupon
the conductor was suspended and is now
out of employment Bonneville IN.
" UniOnist.
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How the Judge Repeated the Joke.

The Raleigh On. c. Observer relates
this anecdote of an esteemed North Car
DINA Judge: "Some years ago case
was called for trial in Cumberland Su-
perior Court. Among the witnesses on
behalf of the State was to have been one
Sara Mooney. She was not found in the
court room, and her name was called in
due form from the Court House window
without effect. Whereupon the State
Solicitor, the late Hon. Robert Strange,
who was fond of a joke, even Of pun,
turned to the Court and said: May it
please your Honor, the testimony of this
witness is not material, and we will go
on with the case without Sara-mooney.'
Of course, the lawyers laughed at the
pun, but the Judge didn't see it, and
cracked never smile. There were no
railroads in those days and few stage
coaches, and Judge and lawyers travelled
from one court to another in McKethan's
buggies. On the road to the next court,
in the Judges own county, there was
quite procession of lawyers in buggies
following the Judges lead. The Judge
called halt in the middle of stream to
water his horse, and, in the thoughtful
mood incident to that process, suddenly
astonished his brethren of the bar by
bursting into laughter both loud and
long. He explained that he was laugh
ing at Judge Strange's good joke. Ar
rived at home, through with his toilet,
and seated at supper, his wife, as wives
will, asked of the incidents OF bis jour
ney. There had been none of interest,
he said, except the good joke gotten off
by their mutual friend, Judge Strange,
at Cumberland Court. And what was
that, my dear?' Well, there was case
in which one of the witnesses was named
Mary Mooney. She could not be found,
and Judge Strange, amid shouts of
Honor, we will go on without Mary
Mooney The good lady pondered
awhile, and said she did not see anything
very funny in that; and, after little
thinking, the Judge sail that he did not
either, then, but that he had seen it
while watering his horse"
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Dramatic LAWYERS.

Circuit Attorneys OF st. Louis have a
fayorlte practice of bringing in some
horrible feature at almost every murder
trial. Ii nothing better, there is usually
waved before the jurors faces bloody
shirt. In most cases, however, the object
lesson is conveyed with something more
striking. On one occasion, that of tie
trial of Anton Holm, the Circuit Attor-
ney came before the jury holding in his
hand the heart of the woman who had
been killed In a fit of jealous rage
Holm had plunged dirk into his wifes
breast, anu the lawyer produced the heart.
which had been taken out at the INQUEST.
" to show where the blade penetrated %
This was done notwithstanding the fact
that the defense admitted the killing.
In the Wieners case, where there was
no doubt about the homicide, the Coron-
er, at the call of the attorney, Mr.. Beach,
stepped bhthely before the jury box,
presenting IN his hand portion of poor
Mack Lawrence's veTtebral column.
This, gentlemen remarked DR..
Auler, oomplaoently, els portion of
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Report of the Commissioner


The United States Commissioner of
Patents mas sent his annual report to
Congress. He suggests some important
changes in the present Patent laws.
which, In some cases, the courts have
declared defective.
He thinks that under certain condi
lions it will be better to dispense with
models In applications for patents. They
form no part of the patent VIXEN issued.
The law makes it essential to the validi-
ty OF patent that the specification and
drawing thereof shall disclose fully the
invention to those skilled in the art to
which it pertains. He believes that il
it will be necessary only that the pro
vision be made requiring models in cases
where the capability of the machine to
operate is called in question, or where
the Examiner is in doubt as to suffi-
cheney of the drawing, or where models
may be necessary for ready illustration
on appeals or interference cases. This
will relieve the inventor of large part
of the expense attending applications for
patents, and will tend, on the whole, to
make the drawings and specifications
more explicit and better understood.
He would, however, advise the collec-
ton at the Patent Office of articles of
manufacture and working models of such
operating machinery 6 8 manufacturers
or inventors may desire to place on e1-
hibition
Reformation is also suggested in what
is now source of much complaint. This
is the reissue of old patents with claims
covering machines subsequently invent
ed, and practically the first to operate
successfully. To such an extent has
this been carried that when a man had
really made valuable invention it
was necessary for him to examine
the records of the Office and ascertain
what old patents could be found which
might be reissued to cover his invention;
| and it has been a matter of prudence to
secure such patents before investing in
the manufacture of an invention liable
to be dominated in that way. Further
than this, there are patents granted for
| improvements more or less trivial, differ
ing in comparatively small particulars
from machines or articles preceding
| them. That which seems but O trivial
change may amount in practice to very
important and valuable improvement.
Since the grant of such patent cannot
always be awarded, the question arises
whether their duration may not be
abridged, and for this purpose some
process of natural selection be applied
to the patents issued by the Government.
| 1t has therefore been thought desirable
to require, at certain periods in the life
time of patent, the payment of fees as
| necessary condition to the continuance
of the life of the patent. Such O pro
vision would, in the opinion of the Com
missioner, tend to remove useless and
frivolous patents, without imposing any
serious burden upon those that prove
meritorious.
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The Functions of q Newspaper.

There has groHn up sort OF common
law of obligation, recognized mutually
by the press and by the people, by which
the people expect that the press, as dis
tributers of useful intelligence, shall in
form them as well what is to be avoided
rs what is to be sought, as well who is
be suspected as who is to be confded
in. And a newspaper. as a garnerer
and distributor of news, is o public
monitor, and it is it's duty to admonish
the people against frauds and shams, and
impostures and dishonesties. It is to be
beacon as we'll as a guide; and when
ever public newspaper, through its di-
versified appliances for the collection
and distribution of information, discov-
ers anywhere in life and in public avoca-
ions, whether it be of lawyer, or
clergyman, or a physician, man, who,
instead of securing the public welfare
by honorable methods or practices,
simply prowls about in the backyard of
his profession, and uses the means and
instrumentallties which honorable title
gives him to pander to his OWE lust or
avarice, or any other vile passion, and
that paper fails to send out some adj
monitory voice, and sound some signal
of warning, it is recreant to every prin-
Cipie vi uutJ ANU RESPONSIBILITY anu
should be stigmatized by the public it
pretends to represent and serve.
A newspaper, however, has no right,
in its endeavors to administer to the
public, to sacrifice private character.
The public, too, has stake In the good
name of its citizens, and he who de-
flames good citizen does it at his own
peril The public press should inculcate
the sentiment that he who maliciorIsly,
or willfully. or wantonly, or carelessly
even, and falsely charges man with
crime, is foe to society and an enemy
to the law. The law recognizes this,
and always has, so that from the earliest
history of civilization, and in the rudest
stages of society, we have found the
law furnished protection to every man
IN the full and complete enjoyment of a
WELL earned rs,DutatiOn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28
Failures in Great Britain.

Statistics of the failures in the United
Kingdom during the year 1877 have
thus early been issued, and show very
clearly the difficulties with which ira
ders must have met in conducting their
business during the last twelve months.
The number of firms who have been I'M
able to pay their debts was II. 022. OF
those engaged In the wholesale trade,
135 were connected with the coal trade,
as compared with 147 in 1876, 81 In 1875,
65 in 1874 and % in 1873. Engineers,
founders, iron, metal and hardware
merchants failed as follows: go In
1877. 243 in 1876, 235 in 1875, 231 in
1874 and 179 in 1873. ShipbuIide4e figure
for II in 1877, 10 in 1876, in 1917
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the vertebral column of the deceased.
On this touching one end of the row of
bones) the head rested. This is the sec
ond; this the third section of the col
umn. The bullet entered the right side
of the neck and cut away some of the
bone, causing, necessarily, instantaneous
death"
Mr.. Beach-Doctor, have you the bull
let?
Coroner have, sir.
Dr. Auler produced the bullet, and
showed where it lodged in the back
bone. It was very dramatic, of course,
but had little to do with the case.-St.
Louis Cor. Chicago Times.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Bal by Marion In Church,

Baby Marion In Church.
Baby Marion went to meeting
10 heai her grandpa preach;
lis 'Tismas time ' must be dood,
mustn't laugh nor s,.cccitl1,
II We got my new boo deSs on,
And my pity feddered hat
And my han'chief in M little muff
That's like Aunt Jare's white cat.n
SO Marion went to meeting,
AS rosebud sweet and fair,
She piped up in the singing,
And bowed her head in prayer.
She waved her wee lace handkerchief
To her little playmate Grace,
And tried to wipe sunbeam
From off her mammals face,
She threw kisses to lady
Who sat across the aisle:
Gave DR.. Meade some candy,
Which made the deacon smile.
She climbed upon a foot-stool,
Whispering, " Danma amt tall?
1 wish danpa'd look down here,
But then, perhaps he'd fall"
Then Marion went home again
And jumped on papa's knee;
q" We all have been to meetin',
Cause we are dood, you see.
And danpa preached: SAFE baby
Slept in the barn with COWS;
And men came and div him presents,
And then they made him bows"
Christian Register.
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The advertiser, having been permanently cured of
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy is
xious to make known to his felowsuerers
of To all who desire it, he send copy of the
prescription used Gree of charged with the directions
for preparing and 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, WiliaInsburgh, n. Y.
The Greatest Discovery Of the Age Is Dr.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Lnmenti years before
the public, and warranted to Diarrhea Dysente-y
Collie and Spasms taken internally: and Group Chronic
rheumatism Sore Threats. Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores,
and Pains in the Limbs Beck and Chest, externally
1t has failed. No family will be without
after giving il fair trial Price, 40 DR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint
Bottles at One Dollar is warranted superior to any
other, NO PAY, for the of Collie Cuts Bruises
Old Sores, Sold by IL Druggists Depot-IO Park
Place. New York.
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WaSbiDgtOn,S C0f1in

Ever since the attempts to seize the re-
mains of Abraham Lincoln from the sep
ulcher at Springfield, ILL.,, last year, per
sons in charge of Mount Vernon have
feared some attempt would be made to
steal Washington's coffin, and have late
ly connected the tomb with the residence
on the grounds by burglar alarm.
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A Desperate Man to Meet in the Dark.

a desperate Fhau 10 meet III the Uark.
As a respectable and respected banker
of this city was, couple of nights ago,
walking home from the cars, he met q
haggard and desperate-lcoking man at a
lonely corner, and discovered that he was
one OF the former employees OF the bank,
discharged some months before. "Wh
what do you want?" neryously in
quired the banker "Times, sir" said
the other, in a hoarse, changed voice.
" times have gone very hard with me
since you gave me the g. b., and I have
not tasted whisky, let alone bread, for
forty seven hours. I am desperate
man, and only one course remains to
me. See this revolver?' and he pulled
out weapon, the barrel of which glist-
ened ominously in the moonlight
" Ye-yes," timidly faltered the banker
" took this revolver tonight, and I
swore an awful oath that I would wait
here, in this infrequented spot, and the
first traveller [ saw come along that
looked as if he had the stamps I
would" Miserable man - said the
banker, but his teeth chartered SO that
he could go no further. 81 would try
and sell 1t to him." continued the I'M
happy man. cit is a bully good re-
voiver, cost me 81, but I'll sell it to
you for s., and not charge you a cent
for the four cartridges in it Is it a bar
gain p MY dear sir, said the bank
er, feeling as if the Palmer House had
been lifted off of his breast-bone, "my
dear sir, could not think of paying you
50 small price for so valuable weapon.
Ten dollars is the lowest I could think
OF Offering my honorable friend for it.
L have nothing smaller than $50 note
with me, and you may keep the change. -
80 saying he concluded the transaction.
paid over the money, and, when he had
got block aud half away, set off like
startled fawn, and made the rest OF
the way to his house at the rate of about
2:l34 Chicago Tribune.
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Her Feet.

Nellie has 4year-old sister, Mary
" Matte, they call her The other morn
ing she complained to mamma that her
" button shoes" were "hurting," and
mamma thought relief might come from
changing right TO left "Why, Matte,
you've put them on the wrong feet. .
Puzzled and just ready to cry, she made
answer, 'fWhat'n do, mamma? They're
al the feet I've got ?"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28
Aching Heads and Uneasy Nerves

Are often soothed by Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, because that searching corrective COM
pletely removes the causes of brain and nerve
excitement, which are to be found in the de-
rangement of the stomach, and of its associate
organs, the liver and Fswels. It is truth
winch cannot be too earnestly insisted upon, that
the effect of mere sedatives and narcotics like
bromide of potassium valerian, choral h. drate
and opium, is less appreciable the longer they
relieve nervous excitability, because they can
not remedy the weakness and organic derange
ment which lies at its roots. Hostetters Bitters,
however, can and does cure nervous maladies,
for the reason already stated. Sick headache,
restlessness at night, vertigo mental hesviness
and depression of spirits as well as the dyspeptc
condition of the stomach, and torpidity Of the
liver and bowels, which give rise to them, are
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28
4 Patent Ballot Rox.

Mr.. L. Van Alstyne. of Sharon. has
invited patent ballot box. The box
tender is TO push lever when an cleo
tor offers his vote. This opens slide
and admits the ballot, and a bell rings
as he draws the lever back. at the same
time roll with 1000 numbers on it
turns enough to show one number, each
movement of the lever showing, of
course the number next highest on the
roll, thus marking the number of ballots
ID the box--Hartford lines.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28

II in 1874, and in 1873. In the retail
trades So coal dealers failed to meet their
debts last year.-Iron and Coal Trades
ReUie2D
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28

DR.. PIERCE's Golden Medical Discov-
cry will cure a cough in one-half the time ne
cessary to cure it with any other medicine; and
it cures it, not by driving it up, but by removing
the cause, subduing the irritation, and healing
the affected parts Sold by druggists.
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To Housekeepers.

The attention of heads of families is respect
fully invited 10 the superior quality, in every
respect, of DooLEY's YEAST POWDER. 1t is en-
tirely free from adulteration of any kind, and
every package contains absolute full weight.
Consumers should bear in mind the fact that a
strictly pure, full weight baking powder, al
ated, cheap, light weight, or bulk powders, is
by far the cheapest, both in purse and health.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28

PHYSICIANS have long prescribed DIR.
Graves HEART REGULATION as relief and
cure ofSHeart Disease, for the simple reason
that they have seen its favorable workings in
all the many forms of disease the Heart is liable
to, and it can truly be recommended SCI
entifc remedy for that dreaded Of all diseases,
whose subtle workings are not usually seen I'M
til the patient is beyond ordinary help. Among
the many forms of Heart Disease are Palpita-
lion, Enlargement, Spasms of the Heart, Stop
page of the Action of the Heart, Trembling all
over and about the Heart, Osslfcation or Bony
Formation, of the Heart, rheumatism, General
Debility and Sinking of the Spirits. We can
pronounce DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR
a certain remedy, and advise you to use it.
Send your name to F. E. INGALLS,, Concord, N.
H., for pamphlet containing list of testimo-
mails of cures. etc.
For sale by druggists at so cents and 81 per
ho+f
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28

The old life preserver is what they call
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment way mp in Maine
where it is made. This name is well deserved
forit is the best ljniment in the world. 1t Will
certainly prevent diphtheris, and will relieve
Group and asthma instantly.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-28

The CHICAGO LFDGER-the best Story
Paper in the West. Send five cents and get
two copies.
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EXPOSE TIE FRAUD.-Patent medicine
vendors are now putting up Condition Powders
in packages as large as a nigger's foot for 25
cents, but they utterly worthless. One
small package of Sheridan's Condition Powders
worth dray load Of Them.
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You gave yourself to me; you are
my little daughter"
want mamma" (Sob, sob.)
" What do you want her for"
81 want her to tiss me good might"
"Tl kiss you"
81 want mamma" Sob, sob, sob.
Miss Tollingwood, please, don't want
to be your little girl any more; want
to go home. want to tell mamma Use
been naughty. I tan play here, but I
tan't sleep here"
Mrs. Collingwood could not resist
such pleading, and she dressed her ac-
cordmgly, and accompanied her home.
Mrs. Ray stood in the vine-wreathed
porch, waiting.
home to live all the time. Rosa will be
good"
"My pet lamb kissing the happy
face" mammals tired of it tool'
Need we inform our little readers that
this was Rosa's first and last attempt at
moving?
On Skatin'
My friend, little Johnnie, sends me
the following anecdote, suitable, he
thinks, to the winter season: There
amt no place like Californy for skatin'.
First thing boy does is to buy skate,
and when he gets bigger, and more
money, he bize other, and girls, too
And when there is frost everybody takes
their skates and goes and stands around
a pond a waitin' for it to be ice and git
drownded. Well, once there an ole man
a cryin' like his heart was busted, and
the dockter he come, and he said, the
dockter did, 'Wot is the matter? Take
pill Then the ole man, he said, No,
1T IS jest am ruin man, and the dock
ter he said, Take two pills. But the
ole Teller he shuke his head, sayin', 1t
amt that; wot ails me is blasted hops
aDd WASTED opportunities and the
dockter said, ooh, that's it Then you
must have xercise; git a pair of skates to
once Wen the dockJer had said that
the ole man he stude up and luked at the
dockter and said, Away you have
come to tont me ! Coz it's them skates
that has done it. Wen I was little bot
pair, and I've KEEP them to this day, but
up and find if Idle put the money out
to interest I wud now be rich naybob,
a Twin In Willy at the North pole,
where it is guide skatin' oil the year
round. Avont 7 Wen the ole man had
sed so he throde out his feet rite and
left, like skatin', and set down ker-
plump, and pushed his fingers up thro
his hair, witch made it stand out, and
hollered, 'Ha, ha 7 and nasht his teeth
fritefe. Then the dockter he bakt of,
the dockter did, and shaked his head,
and said, Take black draft ="