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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

House-wivcs.-If you want warm
house and save your carpets, come and
buy some moth proof carpet lining, the
greatest thing out.
POTTER Il BRO.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

We do not hold ourself responsible for
the views of our correspondents, or the
ideas contained in any communication to
the ARGUS.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

"GLoBE On" is the best lubricator in
use. Call mt Harshaw's hardware
store, where you will find a complete
stock of West Virginia Natural Lubri-
eating Oils.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Painters-We have the pure White
Lead. VIII pay zone hundred dollars an
ounce" for all impure matter found In 1t.
POTTER & BRO.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Mill Men.-We have just received
large and fine assortment of gas pipe,
steam fltting ETC., etc. Come and sec us.
POTTER & BRO.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Acknowledgements way plastering falls
of. Use plastering board and save
money. Selling rapidly at Potter IL Bro.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

A. Harshaw has some children's car
riages which he offers at cost, call and
get one before they are all gone.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Why does everybody go to trade at the
New York Cheap STOREY Because Rod
man sells goods cheaper than any one
else.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Detroit stovest, he best in use, are kept
for sale by Harshaw. Every stove war
ranted, call and see them.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Good news.-A large invoice Of white
lead, raw and boiled oils, paint brushes
and varnsh brushes just received by
Potter a. Bro.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Advertisements must be handed in by
Monday morning to secure Insertion In
the same weeks issue of the ARGUS.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Kedzie's water filters and Jcwetts
filters and coolers combined, for sale at
Harshaw's.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Ladies', go to Rodman's to buy your
linen suits.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Mr.. Rodman, of the New York Cheap
Store is the agent for that popular brand
Grown Alpacas.'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Call at Harshaw's and get one of jew
cts Rrefrigerator's, the best In use.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12

Carpets Of every description at low
prices, made to fit any size room, at Ny
ers'.
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POPULAR EXPOSITOR

OF TIE GOSPELS AND AUTS,
BY Rev. ALFRED NEvIs, l.. b., ID. D., embraces
the international series OF lessons for three years.
Every pastor, teacher and family needs it. En-
dorsed by Presidents McCosh, Cobeigh, King,
Wallace, Bishops Simpson, stephens, Haven, and
the Clergy and Press in all parts of the country.
Agents wanted. Liberal terms given. Address
Zeigler & McCurdy, corner Adams st. and Fifth
ave, Chicago, Ill.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12
Some Things Worth Knowing

A large book, full of good things valuable sec
rets and important information, mailed for two
stamps. Address, LEE & Co., 52i Sixth Ave-,
New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
The Luck Of Seal Fishing.


The Montreal Gazette thus describes
the luck of seal fishing. The achieve
ment Of the Neptune on her first and
second trips surpasses anything yet &C.
complished. On her first trip she
brought in 81, 900 seuls; on her second
she brought in 5000 splendid old
seals, equal to 80, 900 young harps in
the weight of the fat yielded. Thus
she has virtually brought in 81, 600
seals-value $183, 900, in one season.
The owners are entitled to two-thirds
of this amount, or 1922, 900, which
more than covers the cost and outfit of
this fine vessel. It is useless to preach
against the risks of seal fishery when
such splendid prizes are to be drawn
in the lottery. No doubt fortune ia.
vored the Neptune wonderfully on her
second trip. An easterly wind set in
and continued to blow for ten days,
forcing the ice tightly against the land,
and jamming great numbers of old
seals among the ice, so that they could
not reach the water. In Green Bay
the Neptune had the good fortune to
fall in with large herd thus enclosed
by the ice. The captain formed his
men into liue, like general when Or
dering an assault, and at the word of
command they rushed upon their prey,
and liz two or three hours despatched
5000 old seals with their gaffs and
clubs. Then the work of "scalping'
and hauling commenced, and they were
successful in putting the whole on
board. This Is one of the finest
"hauls" ever made in such a short
time. The remaining 8, 600 were picked
up in various places, partly by shooting
them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
The North American Indian.

.' "e1Aos ~ 'no Nosso American Review.
voluptnary and stole. swept by ousta
OF fury too terrible to be witnessed Vet
lmperturbable beyond al! men under
the ordinary excitements and ACCIDENT
OF !lte, garrulous, yet lmpenetrable ::
curious, yet himself reserved !: proud
and mean alike beyond compare: suDe-
rlor to torture and the presence of Ger
tain death, yet, by the standards of all
otner peoples, a coward in battle ca
Pable OF magnanimous actions which.
when uncovered of all romance. are
worthy of the best days of Roman yjr-
tue, yet more cunning, false and cruel
than the Bengalee-this copper-colored
sphinx, this riddle of unread of men.
equally fascinstes and foils the inauir.
er: This, however, is the Indian of
history. The Indian for whom the
government is called to provide
subsistence and instruction presents
no such psychological difficulties. ca.
nous compound and strange SELF
contradiction al the red man is in his
cnaracter, in his traditional pursuits,
ana amid the surroundings of his own
VIA lie, yet when broken down by
tne military power of the whites.
thrown out Of his familiar relations.
nus st9pendous ccnceit, with it's CLAM.
our OF savage pomp and glory, rudely
o'spelleo' ms occupation gone, himself
beggar, the red man becomes the
most commonplace person imaginable.
OF very simple nature, limited asDira.
lions and enormous appetites.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
The Manufacture or Railroad Iron.

Tho totol number of not tons of rails
made in tho United States in 1872, as
reported to tho Office of the American
Iron and Steel Association by tho makers,
10 94l ,992, or 84l,064 gross tons. This
aggregate includes only such rails as were
made for the use of freight aud passenger
railways, and excludes 1900 tons Of
street rails and all mining rails made
during the year. The importation Of
foreign rails in 1871 was 5G6, ,202 net tons.
ie 1872 it was 53o,85O tons. Decrease,
35,352 tons, or Ct per cent. The net gain
Of the American railnaker in 1872 over
it's foreign rival was, therefore, 20l GIL
net tons. Of the total production of 04l,-
992 net tons of rails in 1872, 94,O7O tons
were Bessemer steel rails. In 1871 there
wore produced 0,O42 not tons Of steel and
steel headed rails. Increase, 34,O42 tons,
or 56 % per cent. OF tho 53o,s50 net
tons Of rails imported in 1872, las, ,786 tons
were steel rails. In 1871 it IL estimated
that there were imported 83,887 net tons
Of steel rails. Increase, 65,8S9 tons, or
78 IL per cent. The total consumption
Of iron and steel rails in 1871, was ,34l,.
935 net tons; in 1872 it was l,472:S42
tons Increase, l30,9O7 tons. This in.
creased consumption was moro than equal.
ed by the increased production Of Ameri-
can mills, az above stated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
The Panic in Vienna.
From Bull Run " Russell's Letter to the n,

From 81 Bull Run " Russcll's Letter to the New
York Times, May 10.
The panic on the Bourse is attributed
in some measure to the collapse of the
ridiculously inflated expectations of an
instantaneous plethora of strangers
from all parts, and if 80, it is a severe
and almost legitimate punishment. It
is all very we'll for Lold Dudley to pay
E12 day for his suite of rooms, which
by-the-by are SO magnificent that the
landlord of the Hotel Imperial need
not fear to be considered extortionate,
or for Sir Anthony Rothschild to pay
.e9 day for his quarters. but the pro
portion of charges for humber
accommodations increase instead of
diminishing. I went into a shop
in the Graben to-day, to buy
some small articles of Viennese
work in leather, and found tho prices
exactly three times what they were in
1866. There are no lodgings to be had
Mt moderate rates, hut it is not the
custom to provide service, or linen.
ETC., and special bargains must be
made for these necessaries in most in
stances. So, if you come to Vienna,
Put money in your purse. Excep-
tions there are, no doubt, but where ia
one to find them, and if you go to Jer-
ico you cannot be sure of always falling
among honest men. However let us
hope that these matters, like the
weather, may mend.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
Early History Of Field Marshal Won
AOltke.

Field Marshal Won Moltke. the most
distinguished of the Prussian Gen-
erals, has, in letter written in Octo-
Der, 1872, but which has Just been nnh.
lished for the first time, given some
interesting details Of his earlier years.
He was the third of seven sons of
Lieutenant General Won Moltke of the
Danish army. His mother was the
daug hter of Councillor Paschen of
Hamburg. On the 28th of October.
1900, while his parents were on q visit
at his uncle's house at Parchim in
Mecklenburg, the great stratezist was
born. His uncle was afterward killed
at the head of the Mechlenburr corps
in the Russian campaign of 1872. His
parents moved to Lubec, where their
house was pillaged by the French. Won
Moltke says his earliest memories are
those of Lubec, and that after long
years of absence, Notwithstanding
great changes. herecognized his family
house of Schrangen. His father bought
an estate in Holstein. but evil fortune
again followed them, and the house,
with all it's contents, was burned down.
Won Moltke, with an older brother.
was sent to the academy for the land
cadets at Copenhagen. At eighteen he
became an officer in the Danish armv.
but as there seemed but little oppor.
tunity for advancement in that service
he concluded to enter the Prussian
service. The colonel of his regiment.
the Duke of Holstein-Beck, father OF
the then King of Denmark, gave him
some excellent recommendations. On
his arrival in Berlin he passed his
examination, and was gazetted forth
with to the Eighth Regiment of the
Grenadier Body Guards, called the first
Brandenburg Regiment. This was the
commencement of his successful mill
tary career. Won Moltke has written
an account Of the Crimean war and
some letters from Turkey, aud has
drawn and published maps of Constan-
tinople, of the Bosphorns, and of the
environs of Rome.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

his happiness was unboundod. Of course
he rushed off to Miss Grantham the mo.
ment his do2utation had. left him, and
although he had not wept, as he received
the news they had to communicate, yet he
succeeded in making them feel that in his
case also they had formed noble resolve
and come to most wise decision.
Mr.. Thornc did not visit the Sandwich
Stands that summer after III; nor did
Posy remain with her aunt giving science
lectures to tho village people and writing
her book On astronomy; but she went to
Norway and Sweden with Mr.. and Mrs.
Grantham and sweet littlo Gwinny, Mr..
Ihorne Joining the party. Gertrude do.
cl.red that she had never been quite hap.
Py until her friend was 90, and Helen tel.
egraphed one line of cordial felicitation
from the 1llawara mountains. =
Gladstone Thorne and Rosalin Gran
than were married ut Whitsuntide tho
next year, just when spring was breaking
into summer, and all the world of nature
was more bright and full of happy lifo.-
Story :-"l972; OF, leap Of a hundred
vearS,h
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
NUMBER 9.
ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON,
Loss EstIma ted 1t $3.50, 600.

Another great fire occurred in Bos
ton on Decoration Day. When dis.
covered the fire was in the upper foo,
Of Holey, Morse & Co.'S warehouse,
among the workshops, and flames were
issuing from the roof. Piles of light
material, packed away, were like 30
much tinder, aud before an alarm
could be given great volumes of flames
were rolling up fifty feet in the air, and
clouds of smoke we're rising. The heat
was intense, aud in twenty minutes the
upper stories of the building. from
front to rear, 200 feet deep, were a
mass of flames.
The Ere worked back into the stable
OF Geo. F. Bonne, on Bumstead place,
which runs out of Boylston street, near
Washington street, and destroyed it
eventually. The walls of the immense
edifice fell in, and crushed to atoms
the extensive gallery of Jourdain, with
all the stores beneath IT.
On the opposite corner of Fayette
court the flames soon spread to another
great building adjacent, and that was
also Destroyed, including Nos. 483,
405 and 407 Washington street.
Continuing its course southerly from
the place of its origin, the fire soon at.
tackled the international Hotel, q. r.
Richard, proprietor, 415 Washington
street, and it fell an easy prey to the
flames which were irresistible. The
next building to fall victim was the
large four-story stone front edifice oc.
cupied by Kelisy's billiard rooms, No.
419; George Tomson & Co., tailors,
~, and Montgomery Il Co., confec-
The fire was checked after reaching
Boylston Market. Washington street,
on the west side, from Avery street to
Boylston street, is nearly or quite de-
stroyed. On the other side, from
Haywood place to Essex street, little is
left to show what existed there at eight
o'clock in the morning. The total loss
is estimated at 81, ESQ, 600.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
Are Advertisements Ever Reod !,

In the course of q spicy article, an
swering this question, the Mobile r. ..
istcr says: ''If any man effects 70
believe that advertisements are not
read, let him advertise that he wants
to buy dog, for instance. If he ia
not furnished with every variety OF
animated sausage that morning before
breakfast-and, besides, with ono or
two sound grounds for suits against
hlin Tor assault, we will break his
golden rule and-deadhead his adver
tlaement. And it is fair to infer that
any man who wants to sell dog, also
wishes to buy something with the pro-
cecds of his canine venture. And 80
up to the man who wishes to sell his
cargo OF coffee, that he may buy cargo
OF Western produce
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
The Champagne vintaee.

The English Wine Trade Review
correspondent writes, under date
Champagne, May Z: "The frost which
scourged all the vineyards in France
during the nights Of the oath, 25th,
and 26th of April. when also snow and
hail fell at intervals and often in album.
dance, has proved most fatal in Cham
payne. Now that the terrible conster.
nation of first impression has abated.
and after having obtained correct in.
formation as possible respecting these
vineyards which have not personally
inspected, I am able to estimate with
out much danger of exaggeration the
extent of the damage inflicted. The
disaster is more severe and more gen.
eral on the right than on the left bank
Of the Marne. Thus, on the right bank
Dizzy, Champillon, Ay, Mareuil,
have been heavily stricken the loss
in those rich vineyards, estimated at
first at about four-fifths of the crop, is
now considered to be about two.thirds.
At and beyond Avenay the frost has
caused less destruction, the loss at that
place being one-third, while Bouzy and
Ambounay have lo4t only one.f}fth.
The severity of the damage, however,
is resumed at Rilly, which it is calcu-
lated has lost two-thirds; but Ohieny
and Ludes, more favored, lose only
one.half. But the rich slopes of Mailly
and Verzenay are damaged to the ex.
tent OF five-si1ths Of the crop, the vine.
yards of Verzenay being, moreover, in
Tested with the 12yrale, which before
the frost had already destroyed the
young buds to considerable extent. I
have no trustworthy estimate respect
Ing Very, which has, however, been
severely visited. As to the VINEYARDS
on the left bank of the Marne Epernav.
Pierry, Moussy, Vinay, St. Martin,
have lost about two-thirds of their CROP
The valley from Vertus to Avize has been
more spared than any other part of
Champagne. At Vertus the loss is re-
duced to one fifth, at LIE Mesmil to
three -fifths, at Oyer to one fifth. at
Avize to one.tenth, at Cuis to three.
tifths. On the other side of the noun.
tain OF Avize, the slopes of Graves,
facing due south, have been completely
devastated, and the vineyards of Man-
cy, Monthelon and Chavot, have been
scarcely more spared. On the author
ity OF the most trustworthy accounts
from all quarters, it may fairly be-
reckoned that at present proportion
equal to two-thirds of the champaene
crop has been annihilated, and there
are still before us a]l the dangerous
contingencies of the five months which
precede the vintage. This alarming
situation, actual and possible, has
given rise to considerable transactions.
Wines in bottle, as we'll as wines in
wood, have undergone very large ad-
vances in price, which, however, have
not checked sales on the spot. The
rare possessors of 1969's and 1S7O's. in
any considerable quantities, have now
q fortune in their hands, and are in no
hurry to part with their stocks"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

PRESIDENT WHlTE, of Cornell Uni.
versity, told his boys he would give
them new boat in which to enter the
college regatta at Springfield in July,
it they would discontinue gambling
and betting, aud the enthusiastic stu
dents accepted the offer with great
applause.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
O@cial Postage Stamna.

The Third Assistant Postmaster.
General has made a tabular statement
OF the estimates of official postage
stamps to be supplied to the several
departments in Washington for use
during the quarter ending September
30, 1873, this being the supply for the
first quarter after the abolition of the
franking privilege. The value of the
stamps for each Of the Departments is
Us follows:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

AN extraordinary. waste of canine
sagacity in shown in story told by q
newspaper in Canaan, N. H. The dog
in question is owned by a butcher. A
shoat was beng driven to the slaughter
house the other day, but took to q
pond, and could not be persuaded to
come out. The dilmema was pointed
out to the dog, which swan round
piggy and drove him out on the other
side, sitter pulling him once from under
some logs, where the current had
drawn him. But discovering that he
had him on the w,nng side, the dog
took the porker by the ear and dragged
him to the water and ferried him safely
to tho spot where he was wanted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

TO Assist THE GROWTH or HAlR.-
Wash the bead two or three times q week
in clean sott water with two or three drops
ofsqua ammoai+ added.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
Harbor Of Refuge fOnnd Near Cape
Horn.

A very important discovery has been
made by the captain of the British bark
Cedric, Of Liverpool, who has arrived
ct Valparaiso. He reports to the
authorities of tnat port that he found
splendid bay. with safe anchorage, in
the island of Wollaston, situated in
latitude 0.23 s., and longitude 67.35
w., in the Hermit group of islands,
south of Terra del Fuego, 20 miles from
Oape Horn, and protected from all
winds and storms. The Cedric
anchored fourteen days in this fine bay,
taking in wood and water. The vege.
tat,on all round is described as mag
ni6cent. The Indians were found
docile, and they use canoes of bark,
covered with the hide of the sea lion.
The captain of the Cedric says the har-
bor is superior to even that of the
Falkland Islands. The Chilian Gov
ernment, in consequence Of the infor-
nation, was about to send orders to
the Chilian coast surveying expedition
in Patagonia to proceed to aud examine
into the claims of the Island.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
Total

The estimates for the Post Office De-
partment are for stamps that are used
at Washington on utgoing mail mat
ter, and DO not include those that will
be required by postmasters and other
postal officers throughout the country.
Each department is required by law TO
supply its own subordinates. Starans
OF special designs to be used in INV.
ment of official postage are in course Of
preparation by the Continental Bank.
note Company, and will be distributed
before July l. The War and Post office
departments will use large number of
stamped envelopes. The other DEPART
Elents hive made requisition for ad-
hesive stamps only. The total number
of stamps called for is 8, ,939,85O.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

CARL SoHuRz's wife has come into pos
session of legacy of $40, 900, left her
by an uncle IN Germany.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
RAILWAY FROM EUROPE TO INDIA.
How the Iron Bond IL to Unto Europc
aAd Asia.

How the Iron Bond is to Unto Europe
amd Asia.
From the New York Herald, May Is.
The following special dispatch to the
Herald has been issued from our cor
respondent in the Russian capital:
ST. PETERSBURG, May 25, 1873.
1t is believed that the Russian I'M
perial Government assents to the propo.
sltion OF Ferdinand de Lesseps for the
construction OF a complete line of rail-
way communion running across Cen
tral Asia from st. Petersburg, and con-
necting with the English railways in
1ndiato Calcutta. In letter addressed
to General Ignatieff, Russian Minister
at Constantinople, by Mr.. Lesseps. un-
der date of May LIST, the writer saws
"A realization of this grand project
toreshadows the cessation of antaeon-
ism between Russia and England, in
consequence of the present position
OF the intermediate territories through
which it is proposed to run the road,
These territories once traversed by the
iron rail, the accomplishment will re.
move all obstacles which present them.
selves to the expansion ef European
civilization, and the rival Empires will
be rendered secure by the attainment
OF . solid, mutual guarantee against the
assaults of an aggressive semi. .barbar.
Gus population. The distance from
Calais to Orenburg is already covered
almost completely by rail. There re-
mains, therefore, only for Russia the
completion of the line from Orenburp
to Samarcand, 1900 miles. From
Samarcand to Peshawur is $50 miles.
from Peshawur to Calcutta-alreadv
constructed-2,25O miles. Countinr
the way from Calais to Calcutta 1880.
with gap only the third of the dis.
tance, travellers from Europe can 70
from st. Petersburg to Calcutta in a
week. The preliminary expenditure
will be $500, 900, and this will occupy
two years."
THE RUSSIAN MINISTER'S REPLY.
To this communication of N. de Les
seps General Ignatieff replied in com.
terms. He said he would
- communicate with His Excellency
Prince Gortschakof on the subject"
THE UNDERTAKING COMING UNDER WEIGH.
NJ. de Lesseps has since resolved to
launch the prospect and form . COM
pany hence it is supposed he has re.
ceived the Russian Imneria1 assant