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The Little Bridge.

From Chdmbers's Journal.
They parted on the little bridge
Which spans the running water,
Tie brighteyed youth with fluent tongue,
And she-the yeonan's daughter.
A few fond words, a stolen kiss,
A little golden trinket.
Twas all; but that his heart could change
She did not dare to think IL.
He iourneyed to bright southern lands
Where tropic skies bent DER him.
And wooed blind Fortune till she cast
shower Of gold before him.
Then Fame took up her trumpet, tuned
To sound his praise In story,
For much that to his life belonged
Was what the world called glory.
A ribbon marked his high degree,
His name had added letters,
And not on him was any sign
OF LIES more calling letters.
The maidens path lay toward the north;
She toiled for daily yuerdon.
Aud mcekly bore her low estate,
Sortelt her task burden.
Till hope deferred her spirit broke,
And thorns seemed springing round her;
And thoughts that once were purest Joy,
Had only power to wound her.
A poor old maid with fading cheek
Tolls on from early morning.
With scantv thanks and little praise,
And ofttilnes henr,less scorning.
And vet sometimes she sees the bridge,
And hears the river flowing.
When memory lifts the shroud of years,
The dead past calmly showing.
And sometimes he in idle mood,
Mid silence all unhrokcn,
Just wonders II the bridge still stands
Where their last words were spoken.
The little bridge still lightly spans
The ripping, running water;
But ITO bridge spans the gulf 'twixt him
Aud her, the yeoman's daughter,
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The Southland.

From the ST. Louis Republican.
OIL. summer land on, sunny SOUTH
oh, land OF orangc.blosso'n rain,
turn 10 thcel ope my mouth,
And drink thy fragrance. once again.
Again beneath the red oaks shade
| stand, and watch the hammered moss,
And hear the .nockbird,s serenade,
And see the rushing river toss
Aside the tangled willows skein
The years Of absence seem loss;
come-iny friend is found again.
No dainty lady ever won
A lover more devout than I
To thee, land OF the golden SUM-
Gould he do more Tor her than def
What can do to prove my love,
All. words are weak when pulses thrill
Whntif praise thee far above
All other lands; IL dstil
An essence from the sweets Of words,
And oil thy garments with perfume,
And make 1t known where song finds roomf
Would these express how dear to ne
Are memories that are partly thine.
As tender as "a mist at sea,
As fruitful Us thy purple vinef
For have held thee in my heart
=, Through years when thou hast sadly erred.
And knew the current that still stirred
Within thy veins was blue. and true,
An And s,eaS1ast to the cause thou deemed
That thou vert faithful, when faith seemed
ANOTHER name for suicide!
Bit bravsiy meetinF death with pride,
because thou coudst not learn to yield.
For was not thy kin nor kind,
Unless II was through sympathy
That made me to thy faults seem blind
A leaning to the weaker side;
Thy hot impulse still kept in view,
Apride and pity close allied,
The past ia past, give my hand
To thee, sweet land Of blossom rnin;
1woo thee, sue thee. from this strand.
And clasp thee to my heart again.
BARrLEY CAnPBKLL.
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birthdays.
From the Utica Observer.

From the Cticd Observer.
am content
To let the added years
That come 10 me.
Roll back into the past so far
That memory
Can only Mud along the shore
! am content
That sca-weed hits Of wreck
Aud pebbles gray
Float OUT OF sight INTO the sea;
For them 10 stay
Would h. to cherish grief and pain
would not, must not feel again.
] am content
That none of life
Can ever he
Lived DER with self.same throb and thrill;
No more 10 me
VIII former song or book. or toy,
Fill the new measure of my Joy.
] am con,en.
To live all Of o.day;
And when ! dream,
Let fancy reveal in the light
That hope hath seen,
Beyond the present aud afar-
A steadfa-t, swettly bechoning star.
am content:
For axe upon the heart
Can never creep,
And when AT last in stillest night
seem To sleep,
A birthday comes To mo In truth:
The gift II brings, immortal youth.
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Prom me chicago Tribune.
DO believe in fairy stories 7"
Darling. NJ course do;
In giants so tall,
And litania small:
believe in them all,
Don't your
Was there ever any Red Riding Hood :"
Oh, yes; without doubt
There are wolves toe day
To lead YOU astray;
When they come in your way,
Look OUT
And was there really n Cinderella,
With naughty sisterst" Why, yes
I've met with her since;
And, though proud ones may vince,
She'll marry the prince.
guess.
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Too Honest to Succeed.

From The Chicago Tribune.
Sir, have her. little thing,
Quite touching in its way,
That tells OF ripping waters
And the smell of new m0wn hay;
The hashful maideu's witching smile
The lowing OF the kline,
The meadows, spaislri DER with flowers,
The sunset most divine,
Are also pictured by the use
NJ softly sounding words
Aud over all there comes the sweet,
Low twittering oi the birds"
Twas then upspOke the editor;
Your scheme is good, " he said;
:" ON the ripping water racket
Nou are really quite ahead
hut the spangltd meadow business
Ana the blushing country maid
Have long since been copyrighted,
And therefore I'm afraid
That your story Will not answer;
but II You could only make
Tile maiden sweep the pnrlur
IL Will simply take the cake"
The poet man was much downcast,
The lustre left his eye,
lie rose to go. and sadly said:
cannot tell lie"
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Pulpit and Pew.

Prom The Boston Transcript.
! heard u dull preacher
one summer day,
AMI wished the poor teacher
A furlong away.
And | sat with the others,
Held In by the gloom,
While the trees were my brothers
And earth had more room.
And heard the leaves rustic
AMI liap In the air
And ! summed the mans hustle,
shrank from the prayer.
Alas for the preacheri
Alas for the thrOng!
Untaught WAS the teacher,
And so he went wrong
SAMUEL ". DuyvIrLp,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

A DISCUSSION of Reasoning Mania by
the members of tue Medico Legal Society
of New York on Thursday last will indu-
bitably convince many persons of the in
sanity of Guiteau. DR.. Hammond read
paper on the above subject, which will
cause the most skepticsl in the belief of
Guiteau's insanity to question whether
after all he is of sound mind. The
trouble with Hammond's paper is, that
it seems, in describing this form of in
sanity, to draw its characteristics from
Guiteau' 8 case. The aberrant acts given
as marks of this disease, though not
stated specifically of any individual are
precisely those of Guiteau. Other cases
are cited as illustrative of this form of
insanity but really go to prove depravity
rather than insanity, Most of the doc
tors who took part in the discussion
agreed with Hammond in the conclusion
that Guiteau is insane.
Hammond's conclusion as to the re-
sponsibility of such persons for the COM
mission of crime is somewhat startling.
He holds that they should he treated
exactly like other offenders against the
laws. II does not excuse the deed that
it is pleasure for them to kill. If their
insanity is not such as to destroy the
distinction between right and wrong they
should be placed on level with other
criminals. Pleasure in the commission
of crime is as much motive, the doctor
argues, as is ''revenge, acquisitivenes or
other passions. There are many per-
sons who will adopt the doctors views
as to the propriety of punishment in cases
of this kind and it is certain that if this
species of insanity be not treated as q
defense, murder will not be SO common.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

The series of Spring Examinations for the
year 1852, in and for Manitowoc county, will
be held as follows:
1. Meme, (School-house near Walter
bach's,) Friday and Saturday, March 81 and
April 1.
2. Cato Corners, Monday and Tuesday,
April and q.
3. Manitowoc, North Side School house,
Wednesday and Thursday, April and 6.
q. Two Rivers, Friday and Saturday, April
7 and 8.
S. Kossuth, School house near Chou
pek's,) Monday and Tuesday, April 10 and
II.
6. Manitowoc, (Court House) Friday and
Saturday, April 20 and 20. Third grade
subjects both days; Second grade subjects,
Friday; First grade subjects, Saturday.
The examinations will open at each place
at 9 A. M.
Applicants will please come supplied with
pens, ink and paper,-legal-cap preferred.
The following are the requirements for the
different grades of certificates:
An average standing of 90 and minimum
of IS in any branch, for certificates of the
third grade; an average standing of 70 for
those of the second, of IS for those of the
first-grade, with a minimum of 90 in any
Dranch Tor either OF these grades.
The Supplementary Examination to be held
April 2Sand 20, is designed only for those
who purpose to work for certificates of the
higher grades, and those having valid excuses
for failure to attend the regular examinations.
Teachers holding third grade certificates Sc
cured at the preceding series of examina-
tons, may work for certificates of the higher
grades at the coming examination without be-
ing required to write on those third grade
subjects in which their standing is sufficient
ly high.
JOHN NAGLE,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
MANITowoc, WIS, Feb. %, 1882. mar23
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

SOME time ago a fellow named Shep-
herd was engaged to play the spy on
Jesse James and either kill or lead him
into ambush where he could be captured.
Shepherd was a fellow guerilla of James
with Quantrell and it was believed that
the reward offered would induce him to
do his best toward eaptusing the daring
outlaw. A robbery Of bank was plan
ned by Shepherd and the authorities
notified that James would be one of the
gang. When all was ready Shepherd
rode into the village wounded, and stated
that he had shot James. 1t now trans
pires that it was game between himself
and Jesse to secure the reward. Shop.
herd did not get it and have lately ac-
knowled the trick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

CoNKLING refuses to accept the posi-
ton to which he was chosen on the su-
preme bench. Perhaps the world does
not furnish another instance where there
is so much small vanity and large ability
united as in the person of Roscoe Conk-
ling. He is always posing SO as to at
tract public attention. It requires no
great strain on credulity to believe what
was charged at the time, that Conkling
secretly enjoyed the scandal in which he
involved Mrs. Sprague because of the
notoriety it gave him. For two weeks
he has kept silent as to his acceptance OF
rejection of the position to which he was
appointed, simply to be two weeks the
main object in the public eye. He has
put the president, his friend, and the
senate, his former colleagues, in ridicu-
lous position simply for the qualification
of his vanity. CoDkling has gained
nothing by his late acting.
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(first publication Feb. 2, 1882. }
GHERTFE,S SAT.E


TN CIRCUIT COURT,-MANITOVOC COUNTY
i Anthony Dahlman, plaintiff, against William
Schmidt, and Nina Schmidt, his wife, defendants
~ virtue of and pursuant to aiudgm ent of fore
Closure and order of sale, rendered in the above
entitled action, on the 18th day or January, A d.,
1881, in the above named court, at general term
thereof, begun and held at the court house in The
city and county of Manitowoc Wisconsin, on the
10th day of January A. D., 1881; shall on the 18th
day OF March, A. d. 1882, at II O'Clock i'm the fore
noon of that day, at the Sheriff's Office in the
court house, in the city and county of Manitowoc
Wisconsin, offer for sale and sell to the highest
and best bidder for cash, the following described
mortgaged premises, to satisfy the amount ad-
judged to the plaintiff for principal, interest and
costs, to-wit: Lots number four (4) and five (5L
of block number seven %, in the village of Ne
shoto, of the county OF Manitowoc and state of
Wisconsin, according to the recorded plat of said
village
Dated January 27th, A. D., 1882.
NJ. II. MURPHY,
Sheriff of Manitowoc County, Wis.
johnson, Reitbrock q Halsey, Attorneys for
Plaintiff. marie
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09
HAzAEL has made the astonishir

HAzAEL has made the astonishing
record of 600 miles in about two and one
half hours less than six days. The walk
ing match has been remarkable for the
work done by all who took part in it.
Fitzgerald covered SIT miles and the
poorest walking done was 525 miles in
six hours less than six days. Rowell, the
former champion, left the track before the
end of the fourth day. Hughes broke
him down, and deliberately sacrificed his
own chances to effect this purpose. He
bounded Rowell persistently and forced
hiri to niake 150 miles in about % hours.
When he learned of Rowells departure
he expressed himself as satisfied. now
that he had done what he started out to
ID
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

The Pension Ring are the worst lot of
vampires in existence. They cannot get
their eyes off the treasury of tie United
States, and the scent OF money drives
them wild. Bentley was got rid of, the
Pension arrears bill made law, and pen
sion agents grew fat on the patriotic
measure. Now another move is afoot, a
product of the ingenuity of the Pension
Ring. Nurses in the late war are to re-
ceive an extra compensation of 325 per
month while in the service of the United
States. The nurses haven't asked for it.
Neither had soldiers asked for arrears of
pensions. Tt is the sharks at Washing
ton who scent fees and who want to open
a leak in the treasury.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

A CATHOLIC clergyman of Milwaukee
takes exceptions, and very properly, to
the attack made upon Catholics by As
semblyman Bate in the state legislature.
He puts some queries to Mr.. Bate thro'
The Sentinel. There are certainly good
arguments which can be advanced in
favor of the taxation of church property,
and these can be made without attacking
any particular demon nation. No one
but bigot would make the discussion of
bill for the taYaticn of church property
an opportunity for singing out particu-
lar sect for denunciation. Those who
advocate the taxation of church property
should take the broad ground that there
should be no exemption of property and
not proceed on the narrow idea of intol-
erance and opposition to a certain form
of worship.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

Our Agnes has been opening his mouth
and spewing out words in the senate
chamber. Agnes does open his mouth
occasionally and words issue therefrom.
This is simple physiological fact true
of most men, and should occasion no
surprise when Agnes acts in accordance
with natures llws. But Agnes is 80 pc
culiar species of the genus with which
he is classed, that when he shoots off his
mouth Wisconsin people are apt to crane
their necks to see where the pellet is
going to strike. Agnes is kind of
favorite son; the people whom he repre-
sents whenever they think of him, ask
themselves the question: elbow the devil
did he get therea" meaning of course the
United States senate. 1t wouldn't occa-
sion much surprise if Agnes was any :
where else. But he is there and he
makes a few remarks when the spirit
moves him. The spirit is by no means
hard on Agnes. 1t gives him good long
rests. An easy task master, mighty
obliging kind of spirit that which runs
our man from La Crosse. But it nudged
Agnes under the fifth rib lately when the
question of Chinese immigration was up
and Agnes got up with it. He was equal
to the occasion; in fact he was superior
to it, He rose with great deliberation,
weighed down with the mighty announce
ment he purposed making, nothing more
or less than that he thought Chinese i'm
migration should be restricted. 1t was
question of Monaghan or Anglo Saxon,
and he wanted no Mongolian in his
Having delivered himself of this porten-
tous utterance, the Great Man sat, feel
ing that he had settled the Chinese by so
doing And he has. No breeze will fill
a sail from the land of the Poppy to the
Golden Gate if there be celestial aboard.
Agnes has issued the edict.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

WoMAN's suffrage is not such an une-
quivocal success in Massachusetts as the
advocates of that measure would desire.
Of course the franchise is limited and a
''icense fee is required before the bal
lot is accepted. Not one per cent. of the
women have availed themselves of the
privilege accorded, of voting for school
officers. Lately their privileges in this
direction have been somewhat enlarged
in that state. The trouble is that idle
women have grown to be fanatics on this
subject, and thoughtless young ones de-
mand the right of suffrage simply for the
novelty of the thing, unmindful of the
responsibilities it imposes and indifferent
as to its duties. s'The wrong" they suf-
fer is purely imaginary, and not one
woman in thousand has any depth of
sensibility in this particular. The ballot
would be toy to them, and their exer-
else of the elective franchise would be
like children playing house keeping.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

THERE seems to be at times regular
epidemics of servile adulation. Some
man on whom fortune has smiled and
who for the time is riding on the topmost
crest Of the wave of popularity, can
always look down on an army of syco-
phant-, clamorous for his farther adj
vancement, industrious in shouting his
praises. These who thus make profes-
sion of fawning, think that by fattering
Fortunes favorite, the giddy goddess
might be induced to smile on themselves.
Many thus discredit their manhood from
habit. So accustomed have they become
to sounding the praises of those in power,
that they act servilely without voition.
Every new candidate for public favor, if
appearances promise success, has these
self-appointed criers shouting to the peo-
pie to prepare the way for the mightiest
of his kind. Such prostitution of the
press is not only disgusting but nauseat-
ing.
Just at present Fairchild is receiving
honor from the people of the state. It
is no more than proper that distinguish
ed citizen returning to the state after
long absence, having during the interim
filled a position of high trust SO as to
reflect credit on the state, should be re-
ceived with marks of public appreciation.
But the toadies seize upon this nantes
tation of popular good will as an oppor-
tunity for plying their profession, and
make Fairchild and the people of Wis
consin appear ridiculous by spewing out
professional, fulsome adulation, and
making extravagant demands for the
returned favorite. To nothing less than
the presidency should Fairchild stoop,
and even to secure that jewel his verte-
bral column must deviate from its per-
pendicularity. Fairchild should smile
upon these papers. 1t would be like the
kiss of the Amounted to the believer of
divine right of kings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

II is not generally understood how
Bra3laugh offended tue house to such
an extent that it declared his seat vacant.
The following are the facts: While the
announcement of vote was being made
known, Bradlaugh ran up to the table.
drew little book from his pocket,
mumbied the oath, drew piece of paper
from his pocket, shook it az the chair and
rendered it as the oath. He then ran to
the body of the house and took chair
among the members. An alteration then
took place between himself and the chair.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

4aE people along the Mississippi are
ha'1ng serious times of it with floods
The water Is SO feet above low water
mark, Families are floating around in
rafts, aud cattle are either starving or
drowning. And still it keeps ou reinipg
IN torrents. Ii some counties in Missis-
sippi, whole counties sTs Inundated with
only patch of land here and there pro.
leeSing above the water. In such coun-
ties there is total loss of stock. Near
the Yazoo the whole country is flooded
clear TO the hills. No such disastrous
floods have ever been known before and
fhe people are completely discouraged.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09
First publication Feb %, 1922

First publication Feb. IS, 1922 No. l6
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
IN PR0BATE,-MANITOWOC COUNTY COURT
4 In the matter of the estate of George Arm
hold. deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue and in
pursuance of an order of license, made i'll said
matter, on the 2lst day of February A. D., 1882,
by the county court of said county, the undersign-
ed, as administrator of the estate of George Arm
hold. late OF said county, deceased, will, on Sat.
urday, the 18th day of March, A. D., 1882, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon of said day. at the dwell
ing house situated on the premises hereinafter
specified, offer for SALE at public vendue the fol-
lowing described lands, to-wit: The west halt of
the west half OF the south east quarter (wH wH
SEX of section thirty one (31). township seven
teen I'D, north, of range twenty-five Ce2) east, in
the toWE OF Meeme, county of Manitowoc and
state of Wisconsin.
The terms of sale will be made known at the
time and place of sale.
GEORGE MAHLOCH,
Administrator of said Estate.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 21st day of February.
A. D., 1882. mari6
Schmitz & Kirwan, Att'ys.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

THE Vessel Owners Association ap-
pointed a committee of three to draft q
remonstrsnpe against the proposed legis-
lation ''to regulate lake and marine ship
ping" The protest is prepared and is
being circulated among vessel owners for
their &gnstpres,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

The diplomatic service of the United
States seems to have been created solely
to furnish places for men who believe
that the government owes them some
thing. The same is true of the cabinet
and the supreme bench is also being
used as & gift to friends or political
fayoyites.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

SOME time ago farmer near Oshkosh
killed his wife, left his daughter for dead
aud it was thought, set fire to his house
and persisted IN it. Bones were found in
the RUNS which gave color to the theory.
The daughter recovered and efforts were
lately made to secure for her the insur--
ance on the burned house But the in.
surance company refused aud expressed
the belief that the father was still alive.
Other circumstances tend to confirm this
belief and there is considerable excite
ment in consequence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

SCovILLE is about to abandon the Gui-
team trial. He has no hope that the
court in banc will reverse the decision of
Judge Cox. 1t IS probable that Butler
will take charge OF the case. Guiteaa
has made considerable money by the sale
of his autographs and photographs,
claiming that his receipts have been as
high as $50 per day. He is still conf
dent that he will be released and wants
to get married and go to Europe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

BBADLAUGH has been again elected
from Northampton. having majority of
about 100. The conservatives will again
oppose his admission to the house.
Bfadlaugh is in peculiar position as is
also the party to which he belongs. The
liberals were by no means anxions to see
him elected, although one of the party,
and the conservatives wanted him elected
although political opponent. He ie a
source of contention and the opposition
wants him to remain SO.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-03-09

poor, old, harmless woman causes through
ont the world, because she happens to
be crowned head. ," The death of the
queen would have no more effect on the
English people than would the death of
the most Insignificant person in the king
dom, barring of course, few days of
ostentatious mourning.