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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14

was no time to loose; so, taking his
bow, l mounted, and putting my
horse at his best pace, started on
my long ride. knew perfectly
well that the only chance, such as
it was, of saving my life depended
on my reaching Ladysmith that
night, and obtaining medical as
sistance. The distance was fully
sixty miles, and with but one ex-
ception, there was nothing but
Dutch beers houses on the road,
whence could not hope for any
help. For the first twenty miles !
kept steadily on my way, though
the agony was dreadful, and l
could hardly sit on my horse. I
then reached an Englishman's farm,
pulled up, told my story, and asked
for spirits to keep my strength up,
and the loan of a fresh horse. /
shall not easily forget his wife's
scared look as she came out and
saw me by the light of her flicker
ing candle. l suppose l must have
seemed half mad. They brought
me out full bottle of whisky and
tumbler, which l filled and drank
off neat; but they had not got
horse sup" They were, he said,
all running, and it would take hours
to find them. So started again.
l do not remember much more of
that wild, moonlight ride; became
drowsy and half delirious, just re-
tanning sense enough to go straight.
How / did it do not know, as for
the greater part of the way there
was no road, and even in daylight
and with nothing the matter, /
should have hesitated in more than
one place. However, Providence
or instinct guided me right; and,
as was afterwards told-for / re-
member nothing about it-I reached
the town at one A. Must eleven
hours after had left. had fin
ished the whisky on the road, and
it was to that the doctor ascribed
my ultimate recovery. For nine
days was in high fever and de-
lirious, and it was more than six
weeks before l got up; and for
years afterward the wound did not
heal. Even to the present day it
occasionally bursts out afresh, and
will probably continue to do so to
the end of my existence.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14

tising correspondent, he reminded
her that any sensational demon
stration on her part would only
make her subject of scandal to
the other passengers, and volun-
teered to refrain from addressing
her again until st. Paul was reach
ed. At the later place, she follow
ed some of her fellow-voyagers to
the nearest hotel, she was politely
but firmly informed by her daring
abductor that if she did not now
listen to his often-repeated suit and
consent to an immediate marriage
with him her situation was such
that she must be gravely compro-
missed for life. BY this time, how
ever, she had recovered self-pos.
session; and fercely indignant at
the plot practised upon her, she SO
spurned and upbraided the dotard
that he left her presence in q tow
ering passion. Then, seeing in the
newspaper the advertisement for q
servant-girl, she hastily decided to
make that medium of appeal for
help to some motherly soul, who
might be willing to grant her shell
ter and protection until she could
write to her family. Upon hearing
her story, thus related, the matron
readily granted the harbor and
guardianship asked. Inquiry on
the st. Louis boat and at the hotel
resulting in the substantiation Of
essential points of the narrative,
and in few days there came .
brother from st. Louis, to rescue
his sister from her painful situation
and VOW condign future vengence
upon her fugitive persecuter.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14
A Spirited Girl.

Some days ago respectable ma
tron of st. Paul, Mimi, who adver-
tised in a paper of that city for a
girl to do general housework, was
aghast at finding in the first appli-
cant for employment fine looking
young woman, not only dressed in
the latest fashions, but also having
the manners Of the best society.
Anticipating at least demand for
the use of piano and sewing-ma-
chine, not to speak of hot and cold
water and stationary wash-tubs,
from handmaiden of this SUPER
lative description, the discomfited
old lady was beginning an agitated
rejection of her visitor, when, to
her increased embarrassment, the
latter suddenly burst into tears and
fairly begged to be employed. She
asked it only for q few days, she
said, until she could write to her
friends, and then poured her whole
story into the ears of the astonish-
ed matron. Her home was near st.
Louis, where recent parental in
firmities made it necessary for her
to contribute something to the
maintenance of the family and,
having seen in st. Louis journal
an advertisement for governess,
which some unknown friend sent
marked to her, she had answered
the same with an application.
To her delight she was at once ac-
cepted by the gentleman advertis-
ing, who wrote, however, that. it
would be necessary for her to go
up the river to st. Paul, where his
family were spending the summer,
and directed her to take the steam
boat from st. Louis on a certain
day, that he might meet her there
on further up the country, where
he was tarrying on business. In
flush and expectancy Of her first
effort away from home she had
taken no account of the popularity
of this preliminary arrangement,
but gone upon the boat as told.
At the upper landing designated
her employer did come aboard as
promised, aud proved, to her con-
10 be a certain eccen-
trio and rich old widower of her ac-
quaintance, whom, under his true
name, she had several times check
ed in matrimonial overtures.
Noting her dismay when he in
troduccd himself ms her late advcr-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14

According to old custom the un-
form in which Frederick the Great
died became the property of bis
valet, and was preserved in the in
heritor's family up to few weeks
ago, when, the head of that family
dying, the heirs resolved to con-
vert it into money. 1t was dispos-
ed of for $50 thalers to O dealer in
old clothes, who soon met with q
patriotic admirer of historical relics,
who invested 500 thalers in the
suit. The next purchaser was an
Englishman, who ventured the
comparatively high prize of 500
thalers (f1 ,200) as speculation,
hoping to realize as much as $4,000
by selling to Prince of the reign
ing house in Prussia, who was anxi-
Gus to possess himself Of the uni
form, but the price alarmed him.
The purchaser, it is said, has ship
ed the interesting garment to the
United States, where he believes
he will obtain even a higher price
than that asked of the great Kings
descendant.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14
Advantage Of Crying.

A French physician is out in .
long dissertation on the advantages
of groaning and crying in general,
and especially during surgical oper-
ations. He contends that groaning
and crying are two grand opera
tions by which nature allays an
guish that those patients who
give away to their natural feelings
more speedily recover from acci-
dents and operations than those
who suppose it unworthy a man to
betray such symptoms of coward
ice as either to groan or cry. He
tells Of a man who reduced his
pulse from one hundred and twen-
ty-six to sixty, in the course of o
few hours, by giving full vent to
his emotions. If people are at all
unhappy about anything, let them
go to their room and comfort
themselves with q loud boohoo.
and they will feel a hundred per
cent, better afterward.
In accordance with the above,
the crying of children should not
be too greatly discouraged. If it is
Systematically repressed the result
may be st. Vitus' dance epileptic
fits, or some other disease of tho
nervous system. What is naturalis
always useful; and nothing can be
more natural than the crying Of
children when anything occurs to
give them either physical or men
tai pain.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14

The man who pleaded, "Rock me
to sleep, mother, rock me to Sleep"
has at length been gratifed. His
mother, yielding to his repeatedso-
licitations, picked up a rock and
rocked him into a sound sleep. He
sleeps yet.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14

John Hill, of Georgia, saw q man
kissing Mrs. Hill, and John jumped
into the river and drowned him.
self. Some men would have raised
a great row and made Mrs. Hill
feel bad.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-14
IHM M1&TERN.

Would respectfully announce to the people OF TINS
city that having a dray, he Is now prepared to
do MI kinds of draying and hauling water ut cheap
rates 70 any part of the city. Dray NO. l.
Headquarters at Masters bakery.
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J McIA VISH, NJ. d.,
Physician, Surgeon, &c. Office front rooms over over
the Post office. oo
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LPENA, MICHIGAM TUESDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1873.
Our Common Lot.

OuH SOuhDhOhh LUZ
The world for us and we for il,
Poor self We throb and thrill;
Believing fate or circumstance
Governs all human will;
Nor do we see how large q space
OF life is yet to Ill.
Till haply through some sense Of loss.
Some sweet hope in its shroud,
The hidden hand draws near to us,
In shadow and in cloud,
We find how vain our human strength,
And weep and cry aloud.
we-weep and cry aloud to Him,
To whom none cry in vain;
And one by one. we break the links
That bind US in the chain
OF worldly things that hold US back
From our eternal gain.
Yet as we soar to heights unknown.
We suffer while we rise;
Learning our high resolve and hope
Trough our great agonies;
Finding where Christ in triumph leads,
In pain the human dies.
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14
The Massacre at AlcOy, Spain.

MADRID, July 81.
A correspondent writing about the
massacre at Alcoy, says:
"The women played conspicuous part
in the massacre, as they did in Paris dur
ing the Commune. Nothing which oc-
Cured in Paris, even in the last frenzied
agony of desperation and baffied fury, at
all approaches this brutal massacre.
When the Minister of Foreign Affairs was
asked in the Cortes for statement OF what
really happened, he declared that for the
honor of the Chamber of the Council of
the Republic he was obliged to refrain
from mentioning all that happened. Ac-
cording to his account, the instruction
was got up by the Internationlists and
commenced in strike, or series of
strikes The workmen demanded large
rise in their wages, as much as fifty per
cent, and when it was refused, they lett
their work and assumed very threaten
ing attitude, interfering everywhere with
work and spreading an alarm among the
peaceful inhabitants, especially those be-
longing to the well-to-dO classes, and seek
ing the resignation of the Town Council
and the substitution of a Council of their
own nomination. This demand the
Mayor Of Alcey, Senior Augustin Albora
refused, and was given three hours to
change his mind. He took possession ofthe
Town Hall, and with few civil and ma
tional guards and some friends, tried to
hold it against the mob. The little garri-
son was soon overpowered; the assailants
burst in, and then followed scene which
the Minister declared it impossible for
him to describe. The defenders of the
Town Hall, after being subjected TO other
horrible insults and injuries, were strip
ped naked and held up from the balcony,
in full view of the bowling mob below
Their names were called out one by one,
and the mob was asked whether 1t would
have them dead or alive. According to
the answer, either their heads were cut off
and their mutilated bodies thrown down
from the balcony, or they were thrown
down still alive, the mob below trying to
catch them, as they fell, on bayonets and
pikcs,and everybody then rushed to assist
in dispatching what remnants of life
were left; or, If too late for this, to further
manglc and disfgure the breathless
bodies. One of the principal and most
respectable inhabitants was seized by the
insurgents, and after his clothes had been
sprinkled with petroleum he was set on
fire and made to run, while shots were
taken at him. Other atrocities scarcely
less terrible are reported"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

N its Capital, meets with no favor there, the
entire press of the city being opposed to II, ana
that not single delegate from the county par
ticipated in the Convention. 20
The Virginia Republican State Convention,
recently in session at Lynchburg, nominated
Colonel r. II. Hughes for Governor; Z. II.
Ramsdell for Lieutenant Governor; David
Fultz for Attorney General Among others.
resolutions were adopted indorsing the Ad-
ministration Of President Grant; favoring an
ad yaIorem system OF taxation; advocating In.
ternal improvements, not only in Virginia, but
in the whole country, as means OF
cheap transportation; favoring an I'M
partial administration OF justice TO both
races; favoring the election OF President and
Vice President, and all officers OF the Govern
meut. by a direct vote of the people; demand
ing that the Federal courts shall be accessible
10 all citizens for redress, and demanding re-
forms in the State laws in order to secure fair
elections by the abolition of partisan super
vision. A resolution denouncing the Increased
salary bill was introduced and afterward with
drawn.
A Central Executive Committee to present
the question OF the formation of a new State
in the most favorable bearing in their respec-
i've sections was appointed by the Convention
at Jackson, Tenn, on the goth ult.
Nicholson and Halahan, the murderers OF
Mrs. Lampley, were executed at Baltimore On
the LIST.
The Kentucky election occurred on the 4th
Reports from the State at large indicated that
James w. Tole is elected State Treasurer by
an overwhelming majority over Machee, inde-
pendent, who received only few thousand
votes throughout the entire State. light
vote was polled. The Democratic candidates
FOR the Legislature are elected in nearly all the
counties. 1t is probable that Evans, the Re-
publican candidate, has been elected to the
State Senate from the HoplsinsviIle district,
over Mckenzie, Democrat. Fayettc County
elects Pratt, Radical, to the Legislature by
small majority Jessamine County elects the
Radical candidate for the Legislature.
The Conservative State Convention OF Vir-
ginia met at Richmond on the 9th. There was
large delegation In attendance.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

Appetite and digestion languish at this sea.o,
At the very time when the body most needs REM
walton and support the stomach, Its commiss.,,.,
department. IL apt 10 prove delinquent Under such
circumstances the necessity for wholesome s,i,n,
ulant, tonic and corrective Is sefevident and con-
sequently the demand for that peerless combine.
ton Of the three required elements Hoste,,e,..
Stomach Bitters, is never more urgent than at mid.
summer.
1t is true that few medical bigots-fossils .le,,
OVER from the dark ages-recommend violent pu,.
cation and water Cruel as cure for indigestion
and its accompanying ills; but they make few pros.
elytes. The majority Of the community are sane
and all sane people are aware that pure and bow
erful vegetable tonic with Alternative properties Mo
Hosteters Bitters, IL the only cure for dyspeps;s
consequential damages" they infct
The human intellect. unless hopelessIv dise..os
or egregiously humbugged, declines to astonish tho
weakened human stomach with fierce cathart;cs
that. rushing like an avalanche through the intes
tines threaten to take the inner membrane with
them. To use significant catch-phrase the knock
down and-drag-out methods of treatment are
''played out"
It Il clearly understood that medicated smu.
liant IL essential to the renovation Of an exhausted
frame and that you cannot strengthen man or
woman by dosing them with prostratng prepara
TONS This is an era Of common sense; and com
mon sense approves Of Hosetter's Bitters as the
best article extant for inyigorating regulating and
purifying the system and defending il against moi
son in the air we breathe, or the water we drink.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

The Governor General of Canada has
ordered a Royal Commission to inves-
tigate the Canadian Pacific Railroad
scandal.
"A remarkable feature of the course at
the University of Florence is that all the
lectures of the professors are free to the
public.
The walters in the Paris restaurants
sell the cherry-stones, after dessert, for
half franc the pound; they are broken
and boiled to make the lieueur, kirsch
"A London paper says that the roof of
Westminster Abbey, in which chestnut
was used, was recently examined, and
found to be perfectly sound. 1t is nearly
500 years old.
The profession Of journalism is an
awkward business in Prussia. DIR. Sigl
has been sentenced to months impris.
onment for publishing q funny acrostic
about Prince Bismarck.
The Shah is an ungrateful creature.
When welcomed to Paris he replied
Here | see the sun again, and am re-
minded OF my native country" This fling
ut London was positively cruel. England
did her utmost for the royal Persian.
True, she could not supply him with sun
shine, but she gave him an Unreasonable
quantity of gas.
The London Times of recent date
says Mrs. Cline, the authoress, was writing
in her boudoir on the evening of the pre-
ceding day, when spark flew from the
frc and ignited her dress. Before assist.
ance could arrive. the unfortunate lady,
who for years had been confirmed in
valid, was burned most terribly. She died
on the following morning.
"A wife of Bath, England, recently
distinguished herself by her demonstra-
tons Of grief for the death of her hus-
band She tore the shroud from the corpse
and tried to pour rum down its throat.
She delayed the funeral procession by sit
ting on the coffin and refusing to have 1t
removed. The united strength of three
men was necessary to keep her from
jumping into the grave after the coffin.
The English official who told Mrs.
Fawcett that ladies were not permitted in
the free public reading-room found that
he had walked up the wrong woman. She
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

No MORE HEROES. deadly vege-
table alkaloids such as Mercury, Strych.
nine, and Prussic Acid cannot cure dis
ease or produce any but the most disas-
trous results. Perhaps no event has oc-
CURED Of late years which Is so well cal
culated to disabuse the public mind of a
belief in the efficacy of mineral poisons
and bleeding as the discovery of DIR.
Walker, of California, of certain medic
inal herbs, whose healing principles he
has extracted and combined in the form
Of VINEGAR BIrTERs. The cures wrought
by 1t seem marvellous. Its action is mild
and agreeable, but at the same time rapid
and etfectual, and being unimpeded by
the presence of alcohol or fermented lid
uor Of any description, is attended with
results hitherto unachieved by any RENE.
dial agent. The cures of Bilious Com.
plants, Malarious Fever, Dyspepsia,
rheumatism, Scrofula, and all diseases
arising from impurities Of the blood, at
test the paramount excellence of this
medicine, and justify us in recommend
ing it. Q
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

THE LITTLE CORPORAL.-The contents
Of the August number excellent Life on an
Island" by Helen c. Weeks; 'Claire's Acquaint
ancc with a Royal Princess" by Caroline Marsh
Crane, and Hidden Treasure by Mary A. Den-
son, are continued. In addition to these there are
several short and entertaining stories and poems
among the Flowers" is the title of very pretty
frontispiece A picture-story-"Ru and Ruin
is given in this number. The terms of this popular
little monthly only $1.50a year, and in addition
to the magazine you will get two beautiful chro-
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Sixty cents will secure canvassng outfit, includ-
ing both chromos. Address JOHN +. MILLER
Publisher, 1854 Randolph street, Chicago.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14
Thirty Year, Experience Of an Old
Nurse.

MRS. wrSsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescr,p-
ton Of one of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
in the United states and has been used for thirty
years with neverfaiing safety and success BY mill
ions OF mothers and children from the feeble infant
Of one week old to the adult It corrects acdty of
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child. We believe 1t to be the Best and Surest Rene
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DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Taething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle None Genuine
unless the fac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
ny MRnIcINR DrAIERa
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

gtates .....................& 1s,ys2i32
In July there were issued from the stamp
divisions OF the Third Assistant Postmaster.
Generals Office Jos, J1s, 4l0 stamps from which
revenue IL derived, the value OF which is g..
S36, 747--a large increase over the business Of
any previous month, which Is accepted as the
result Of the abolition Of the ranking privi-
1ege.
Senator Ramsey, accompanied by Gov. Aus
tin, Of Minnesota, was at the Department Of
State in Washington, on the I'd, for the pur-
pose OF enlisting, II possible, the sympathy OF
the authorities there IN behalf Of the Ameri-
cans who were concerned In the alleged kid
mapping Of Lord Gordon.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has directed
Che Assistant Treasurer at New York 10 buy
e5O0,0O0 bonds on the second Wednesday, and
sell 81 800 900 gold on each Thursday during
the month Of August.
A Washington special OF the 4th says Acting
Secretary Of State Davis had stated that the
Department would cndeayor 10 secure the re-
lease on bail Of the Minneapolis officers i'm
prisoned AT Fort Garry, pedging that IL so re-
leased they shall appear 10 answer In Cana-
dian Court when the case Is called.
The President arrived In Washington on the
9Th, and Senator Morton had long consulta-
ton with him. A Cabinet meeting was held
In an interview on the 9th with Colonel
Hughes, Representative Platt, and Messrs.
Chandler and Carter, President Grant assured
Colonel Hughes Of his warm sympathy, and
hoped lie would be successful In the approach
ing Gubernatorial election IN Virginia. lie
expressed his willingness to do all In his pow
or, consistently with his position, to aid
Colonel Hughes and the Republican cause In
that State.
The President has signed The postal treaty
between this Government and the Japanese
Empire.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

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