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Year: 1868

Is hereby given, that the Board of Harbor Com
missioners of the Town of Manitowoc Wisconsin, will
receive sealed proposals for period of thirty days
from the date hereof for performing all the Dro20Dg
necessary to be done in excavating q channel one
hundred and fifty feet wide and twelve feet in depth
in the centre of the Mantowoc River from the West
end Of the Govt. Piers the line of Eight
in the Village of Manitowoc. The said Harbor Com
Inssioners will furnish FREE OF CHARGE to the
contractor performing such work. the Dredge end
Dump Scows now used here in and about the harbor-
works.


All proposals to be accompanied with good and
sufficient securities for the faithful performance of
said dredging) and also for the safe return of said
dredge and Scows in good condition when taken
reasonable use, and tear thereof only excepted
Contract for said dredging ito bel awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder. The Harbor Commission
rsserving the right to rejet any and sill proposals.


By order of the Board


T. C. SHOVE, Secretary
Manitowoc September 2 1865 2O-4i
Year: 1868

IN PROBATE :--Ma anitOWOc Co., COu ~
l In the matter of the Guardianship of the Mirror
Heir of Michael Low, deceased


On reading and filing the petition of Mary Low,
Guardian of said Minors representing among other
things, that the said wards seized of certain real
estate in said County of Mantowoc, and that it is
necessary that the same should he sold, and praying
for license sell the and it appearing the
Court from said petition that it is necessary to sell
said real estate, is ordered and directed that the
next of kin said wards and all persons interested
in said estate, appear before me- Monday the 3lst
day of August A. d. 1868, ten o'clock A NJ at the
Probate Office in said County, then and there to show
cause (if any there be) why license should not be
granted for the sale of said real estate according to
the prayer OF said petition.


And it is further ordered, that copy Of this order
shall be published for four successive -ior to
said day of hearing in the ManitowOc Tribune weekly
newspaper printed at Mantowoc in the said county.


w16-4t GEO W BARKER County Judge


Dated Manitowoc, the Sd day of Augusta discs
Year: 1868

Any one who sends order for five (5) Axes
at one dollar and haft eacll with tho cash. will
receive one extra, for nothing.
We will put our Axe alongside of any other make


and prove it the best finished and the largest steel


measuring two and a hall inches
We have made Axes for twent y-wo years and won t


yield the palm i'll shape to any flcturer and yet


confess that Sucker of Illinois," called Colburn


beat us in his patent shape. The circular bit and


tinuons edge makes the labor produce twice az


much effect.


THIS CUT IS LIKE THE CoLBURN PATENT AXE.
Year: 1868

How TO CURE a CANcER--A Mil


waukee paper states that some months
ago Mr.. L. B. Mason, of that city, ascer.


tanned that he had cancer on his face


the size of pin head It was cut out


by Dir. Wolcott, and the wound partially


healed. Subsequently it grew, as ain,


and while he was at Cincinnati on busi-


ness, it attained the size of hickory nut.


He remained there since Christmas un-


der treatment, and is now perfectly cur


ed. The process is this: A piece of
sticking plaster was put over the cancer,


with circular piece cut out of the CEN
ter little larger than the cancer, 90 that


tho cancer, and small circular rim of
the healthy skin next to it were exposed
Then plaster made of chlorid3 of zinc.


blood root and wheat -four was spread on
p iece of muslin the size of this circular
opening, aud applied to the cancer for
twenty four hours. On removing it the
cancer will be found burnt into, and ap-
pear of the color and hardness of an old
shoe sole, and the circular rim outside
will appear hard and parboiled, as if
scalded by hot, steam The wound is now
dressed, and the outside rim soon separ-
ates, and the cancer comes out in hard
lump, and tie place is healed up. The
plaster kills the cancer, SO that it sloughs
out like dead flesh, and never gross in
again. The remedy was discovered by
DR. Fell, of London, and has been used
by him with unfailing success, and not
case has been known of the temperance
of the cancer when this remedy has been
applied.
Year: 1868

HAFING permanently located himself would
Ii respectfully inform the CitiEensof Water
town and vicinity that he is prepared to do all
kinds of DENTAL WORK. All work warrln-
ted to give entire satisfaction. Office on Main
Street over Post office.
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would call the special
attention of Post Masters and subscribers 10 the
IsQUIRER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws:


/. A Postmaster is required to give notice by
letter, returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out Of
the Office, and state the reasons Tor its not being
taken; and neglect to do so makes the Postmas-
ter rePsoasible 70 the publishers for the payment


2, ANY person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name or another or
whether be has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.


3. II a person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arTeaFages, OF the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount, Whstker q De taken from
che office or not. There can be no legal discoRtn-
uence until the payment is made.


4. IF the subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, i he tukes Il out Of he Post 06ice. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what be uses.


S. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them uncalled for, is
Prim0 Jdcia evidence Of intentional fraud
Year: 1868

The Toronto Telegraph records most re-
markable case of somnambulism: A gentle
man doing business on oung street, VINO
is also something of horse fancier, made
what be thought an excellent investment in
horse flesh. On going home in the even
ing with his new purchase, he entertained
his family with details of the operation. He
retired to bed with his mind in decidedly
horsy condition, and it is therefore not
singular that his slumbers should have been
disturbed with the nightmare. In the mid
die of the night he got up in his sleep, went
to the stable and took CIT his new horse,
mounted him and started on good round
pace to the city. He continued his nocturn-
al equestrianism through the streets for con
siderable time His singular appearance
and actions attracted the attention of pol
iceman, who, thinking some insane circus
rider has broken loose, or that John Gilpin s
spirit had returned to earth, took him into
custody, and with great fear and trembling
conducted him to one of the station houses.
Shortly afterwards the gentleman was thor
oughly aroused, and great was his astonish-
ment at finding himself in such singular
predicament During all bis riding he had
been in somnambulist state, required a
great deal of argument on the part of the
policeman to convince him that he had been
engaged in such unreasonable and peculiar ex-
ereise. Ofcourse he was liberated at once.
This VIC conceive to be one of the most re-
markable cases of fsomnambulism on record,
and but that it is substantiated by the most
reliable authority, it might be doubted.
Year: 1868

PAY YOUR SMALL DEBTs. Pay your
small debts. You do not know how much
good is frequently accomplished by adopt
ing this principle 1t was honest old Ben.
Franklin, we believe, how, as matter OF
experiment, followed up q small amount
which he paid to a tradesman. In a very
little while he ascertained that the money
Maid the trades man had passed from hand
TO hand until the number of bills OF nearly
similar amount settled with it reached some
fifteen or twenty. 1t may not be possible
to do as Franklin did, and trace up the his
tory of a small amount of money in the way
of debt paying; but it may be set down as
fixed fact that the prompt payment OF small
debts is the initiative step towards paying
cash for everything. Generally speaking
these small debts are due to persons who
need all the little capital they cancommaud.
To such, they are of immense importance;
and it may be said of the person who allows
these trihing obligations to remain unpaid
while having the means to discharge them,
that he is not, in the true sense Of the word,
an honest man. unless, by express contract,
a time for payment has been fined, and that
time not arrived. Pay your smalldebts, aud
your big ones too. If you would be happy
and comfortable, sleep soundly, eat heartily,
and enjoy the peace of mind which only men
with good consciences are supposed to enjoy,
pay your small debts.
Year: 1868

things how many masters we have. Last
year, Of the whole number employed, nifty
nine had had no experience, and seventy
had taught less than one year. Tins year
we employed forty-fye raw recruits and
seventy-two who had not seen one year
service. Each year about SO per cent. of
our teachers seek EN- loyinent in some other
occupation Their places are filed by young
men and women who labor with us for
short time, many of them zealously, with
determination to succeed, and then, when
they are prepared to teach-quit the protes-
sion. Now why this constant change? Sim
ply because the term Is too short, and wages
not sufficient to offer an inducement to keep
men in the profession. The same change
will go on until we increase the length OF
the school term and pay more literally.
And while this change goes on while we
employ teachers who win only teach until
something better offers, we need not look for
that perfection of our educational system
intenden by the fathers of the same.
We therefore, again suggest that one Of
the means, calculated 10 promote imprOre-
nlent, is more aid from the State. A more
equal distribution Of the school tax of the
State would greatly lessen our burdens and
aid US to increase our term. This would
check the draft annually made on our most
competent teachers and help us to build up
stronger profession. We again ask the
respectful attention Of the Legislature,
! through the school Department to change
in the number of school Directors in each
district Experience shows how difficult it
is in our rural districts, to have a quorum
at any stated meeting. The full board
rarely meets; meetings are called and busi-
ness is postponed again and again for want
of sufficient number of Directors present.
They receive no pay and many have little
or no interest in the work There can be
but little doubt, that three members in each
Board, President, Secretary and Treasu-
rer, paid for their services, would do the
work much more efficiently


Still we will work on, believing that in
the end we must succeed. We want more
earnest heart work We believe in labor as
| blessing and not as curse, and we know
that sooner or later all will see that intelli-
gence only fits man the better to fulfill the
duties of life. Thus far too much attention
has been paid TO the LaUes of the human
flower; the leaf memory has received much
care, while upon judgment and reason grow
ing in the region of thought much less care
has been bestowed, and those still more
| fragrant, springing from the very heart of
the blossom and in which are the seeds of
life, have been, too often almost wholly neg
| lected." The heart needs more culture
To this the true teacher will ever turn his
thought and attention, remembering, that
he is training, not for life only but for eter-
nifty. H. w. FISHER,


County Superintendant
Year: 1868

SELF EDUCATION that is ac-
quired at school is but the beginning of our
education 1t is the theory without the
practice of the requirements and duties Of
life. 1t is after leaving school that we are
to commence the most important part of
education lfedueation-the applying of
what others taught us-the carrying ont of
what others have begun for us to our own
selfimprovemcnt


It's then in reality that education begins,
for whatever a man learns himself, he al
ways knows better than that which he learns
from others Not that we should disregard
the help or advice of others, for it becomes
us to use all the aids and facilities we can
command. But we should set ourselves at
work upoa ourselves, to be independent.


When we were young our food was pro
vided for US; but even then we ate and diges
ted it for ourselves; now we must not only
do this, but we must earn it also-acquire i
ourselves, SO in understanding and knowl
edge, become men.
Year: 1868




We clip the following which daily finds
an illustration in every city, from an ex-
change, and commend the lesson it teaches,
TO the consideration Of merchants located in
this vicinity


When trade grew slack, and notes fell
due, the merchant s face grew long and blue
his dreams were troubled through the night
with sberifs bailif's all in light. At last
his wife unto him said, -Riseup at once, get
out of bed, and get your paper, ink and pen
and say these words unto all men: My
goods wish to sell to you, and to your
wives and daughters too my prices they
shall be SO low, that each win buy before
they 60. 81


He did as his good wife advised, and in
the paper advertised Crowds came and
bought of all he had; his notes were paid,
his dreams made glad, and he viii tell you
to this day, how well did printers ink
repay.


He told US this, with knowing wink, how
he was saved by printers ink.


The other in a place as tight, eontented
was the press to slight, and did not let the
people know Of what be had, or where to
90. His drafts fell due, and were not paid,
levy on his goods was made; the store was
closed until the sale, and for some time he
was in jail. A bankrupt now without a
cent, at leisure, he deeply repents that
foolish and unwise, he did not freely adVer-
fise
Year: 1868




ADVANTAGES OF CRYING. "A French
physician is ont in a long dissertation on
the advantages of groaning and crying in
general, and especially during surgical
operations. He contends that gIoaning and
crying are two grand operations by which
nature allays anguish; that those patients
who give way to their natural feelings, more
speedily recover from accidents and opera
tions than those who suppose it unworthy
a man to betray such symptoms of cowardlee
as either to groan or to cry. He tells of
man who reduced his pulse from one
hundred and twenty-six TO sixty, in the
course of few hours, by giving full vent to
his emotions. If people are at all unhappy
about anything, let them 60 into their rooms
and comfort themselves with loud boo-hoo,
and they will feel hundred per cent better
afterward.


In accordance with the above, the crying
of children should not be too greatly discour-
aged. Ifit is Systematically repressed, the
result may be st. Vitus's dance, epileptic
fits, or some other disease of the nervous
system. What is natural is always useful
and nothing can be more natural than the
crying Of children when anything occurs to
give them either physical or mental pain.


Probably most persons have experienced
the effect Of tears in relieving great sorrow.
It is even curious how the feelings are
aIIayed by their free indulgence in groans
and sighs. Then let parents and friends
show more indulgence in noisy bursts of
grief-on the part of children as well as of
older persons and regard the eyes and the
Year: 1868

HUMAN DEPRAyuY.-W son for
sakes his fathers house, when he refuses to
comply with his entreaties to return, when
he chooses to endure all the evils ofpoverty
rather than return, we are ready to suspect
that his father must be very disagreeable,
unlovely, or cruel character, since his own
children cannot live with him. At least we
shall think this unless we have very bad
opinion of the son. We must condemn one
or the other. So when Gods own creatures
whom he has nourished and brought up as
children, forsake him, and refused to return
or be reconeiled, it gives other beings cause
to suspect that He must be a very cruel,
unlovely being: and they must either con-
clude that BE is so, or form very bad
opinion of US Now, sinners will not allow
that the falt is theirs; of course they throw
all the blame upon their Creator, and repre-
sent Him as such an unkind, cruel Parent,
that his children cannot live with or please
him. 1t is true, God has power to vindicate
His own character, and to show the universe
that tue fault is wholly ours. But this IS
no thanks to us The tendency of our con-
duct is still the same; it stin tends to load
its character with the blackest infamy and
disgrace, This is all the return, we make
him for giving US existence. Thus do you
requite the Lord, 0 foolish people and un-
wise
Year: 1868

Nature reaffrms the Divine law that one
day in seven should be set apart for rest and
worship. Both the brute and human world
need it for their well-being. DR.. Fare,
distinguished physician, says:


Although the night equalizes the circula-
ton well, yet it does not sufficiently restore
its balance for the attainment of long life.
Hence one day in seven, by the bounty of
Providence, is thrown in asa day ofeompen-
sation, to perfect by its repose the animal
system. You may easily determine this
question by trying it on the beasts of bur
den. Take that fine animal, the horse, and
work him to the full extent of his powers
every day but one in seven, and you viii
soon perceive by the superior vigor with
which he performs his functions on the
other six days, that this rest is necessary to
his well-beirg. Man, possessing superior
nature, is borne along by the very vigor Of
his mind, so that the injury of continued
diurnal exertion and excitement in his ami
NAL system is not so Immediately apparent
as it is in the brute; but in the long run it
breaks down more suddenly; itabridges the
length of his life and that vigor of his old
age which (as to mere animal power1 ought
to be the object of his preservation. This
is simply as a physician, and without refer
ence at all to the theological question.
Year: 1868

A Shoemaker over in Jersey bought
half acre lot. Heswas fond of fruit
and read the PAPERS, The soil wis wet
clay, and he selected fruit suited to the
climate. He built house and put his
land in condition to produce fruit
He had no manure but the droppinga OF
street cattle. In his leisure, he brought
from the woods, bark, rotten wood,
moss and leaf mold, which he mixed
with the soil three feet deep. This was
done BY degrees, anG as fast as the
ground was prepared he planted fruit.
lie became so interested and successful
that he retired from the cobbler's
bench. was his neighbor and knew
him Intimately. His half acre suppor-
ted himself and wife comfortably-al-
most in elegance. She had no servant,
and had plenty Of time to cultivate
flowers. Strangers inquired about
their beautiful home.


Isabella grapes and common currants
formed the bulk of his fruit. With q
better selection his income would have
been larger. Others have had the
same success on small pieces of ground.


One knew who supported his family
on an acre. Half was in grapes, the
crop of which in one season sold for
$500, and he had no labor bills to pay
If concentration will give success, let
us know it and practice it.-Dr. PecE
in the N. 7. Tribune.
Year: 1868

TO remove freckles cut them out with
razor and throw them away. They
will never return.


To bring out 1 moustache, tie to it
a strong stri ng twenty feet long, to the
other end of which attache heavy
smoothing-iron, snd throw the latter
from a fourth-story window.


To procure fair complexion, go to
sea in crazy old boat, and the first gale
you get into your face will turn white.


70 get rid of red hair, hold your head
for a few minutes in strong blaze of
gas.


To preserve your eyes. put them in a
bottle filled with alcahol.


To avoid corpulence, quit eating.


To conceal bad teeth, keep your
mouth shut.


To keep out of debt, acquire THE
reputation of rascal, and none will
trust you.


TO keep your name up, write it fire.
quently on the doine of the court house
tie church steeple and other high pla-
ces.


10 become competent book keeper
borrow all the books you can and never
return them.


TO 'sraise the stamps,' say funny
thing on the stage.


To keep your doors from being bro
ken open by BURGERS, don't close them.
To keep out of a fight stay by yourself.
TO keep from suffering don't talk.
Year: 1868

How much more we might make of
our family life, of our friendship, if eve
ry secret thought of love blossomed in
to deed We are now speaking
merely of personal caresses of affection.
Many are endowed with delicacy, or
fastidiousness of physical organization,
which shrinks away from too much OF
these, repelled. But there are words
and looks and little observances,
tboughtfulness, watchful little atten-
tions, which speak of love, which make
it manifest and there is scarcely flmi-
that might not be rlcher IN Eeart wealth
for more of them.


1t isa mistake to suppose that rela-
tions must of covrse love each other be-
cause they are relations, Love must
l1e cultivated, ard can be increased by
ludicious culture, as wild fruits may
double their bearing under the hand of
a gardner, and love can dwindle and
die, out of neglect, as choice flower
seeds planted in poor soil dwiudle and
grow single. Two cases in our Anglo
Saxon nature prevent this easy faculty
and flow of expression which strike 50
pleasantly in the italian and French
lite-the dread of fluttery and constitu-
tional shyness. l perfectly longed to
tell so and so how tsI admired her the
other day" said Mrs. X.


"Then why in the world didn't you
tell her?.'


"Oh, it would seem like flattery, you
know!n


Now what is fiattery? Flattery is
insincere praise, given from interested
motive, but not the sincere utterance
of a friend of what we deem good and
lovely. And so fear of iiattering, these
dreadfully sincere people go OH, side by
side, with those they love and admire,
giving them all the time the impression
of utter difference.


Parents are SO afraid of exciting pride
and vanity in their children by the ex-
preston of their love and appreciation,
that child sometimes goes sad and dis
couraged by their side, and learns with
surprise, i'll some chance way, that they
are proud and fond of him. There are
times when an open expression of a
fathers love would be worth more than
a church or sermon would be worth to a
boy, and his father cannot utter twill
not show it.


The other things that repress the ut
terances of love, is the characteristic
shyness of the Abglo Saxon blood
Oddly enough race born of two DEM
onstrative, outspoken persons--the Ger
mans and the Frencll-has a habltual
reserve tnat is like neither. There is a
powerlessness OF utterance in our blood
that we should fight against, and strug-
gle for outward expression.


We can educate ourselves to it, if we
know and feel the. nesessity we can
make it a christian duty, motto love,
but be loving not only to be true
friends but to show our selves friendly.
We can make ourselves say the kind
things that rise in our hearts and trem-
BILE back on our lips; do the gentle and
hopeful deeds which we hope to do
and shrink back from and little by lit
tie it will grow easier, the love spoken
will bring back the answer oflove +; the
kind deed in return-till the hearts of
the family circle, instead OF being SO
many frozen, icy islands, shall be full
of warm airs and eehoing bird voices,
answering back and forth witha con-
slant melody of love