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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-11-10
The Handiest Tool in Use I!

make up our minds to separate.
At last, as left the room, candle
stick in hand, / could not help,
against my will, casting q furtive
glance at the portrait, and hastily
shut the door behind me. / was
dead tired, for / had come off a
long journey; but when got to
bed it was a long time before /
could compose myself to sleep, and
when did l was troubled in my
dreams. The portrait had follow
ed me upstairs, slipped into the
room after me, and tried to get in
to bed beside me; but failing in
that, went and leaned against the
wall and came out of the frame and
climbed up to the top of my bed,
hid in the curtain folds, and multi
piled itself by thousands, till the
whole atmosphere, above and around
me, was filled with the one weird,
strange face. In the morning my
friend hoped I had slept well. /
told him the sort of purgatory i
had endured, adding:
"I am sure there is some grim
secret connected with the picture ;
you may as well tell me what it is,
If it is q family secret, promise to
keep It sacred" ao-
"Well," he answered, after mo-
ments reflection, "there is pain
full story connected with it. The
portrait is that of my grandfather
DIR. Matthias, let US call him. He
was one of the physicians in or
dinary to George III, which posi-
ton he occupied long before he
had reached middle age. He was
a courteous, genial, kindly man,
full of those social qualities which
make man o favorite of society,
So much / have heard. Whep ]
knew him things were different
In the year ITO, full of high spir.
its and pleasant anticipations, he
went on the Continent for months
holiday /; he came back at the end
of it an altered man--his genial
nature clouded with an ineradica-
BILE gloom. He gave up all prac'
tice, all society; bought this place
and settled here; he received nc
visits, paid none; he lived in hi
library among his books, occasion
ally taking long, solitary ramble.
about the country. His natur'
did not degenerate into harshness
but a strange melancholy possess
ed him; its cause was unknown
so was its cure. He turned hi
back upon the world, and thougl
he was no world scorner nothing
would induce him to enter it again
He was a widower, and his onl
SONNY father--was then q bo
at Harrow, You may imagine thi
was not lively place for q high
spirited young fellow to come to
they saw little Of each other. ]
due time my father married, and
was born. Years passed, and on
wintry night, whea I was sbo'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-11-10
Why He Sighed.

I do not mourn, sweet wife of mine,
Because those ruby lips Of thine
That marble brow
Were kissed by one who might have been,
Had not CHANGED to step between,
T. y husband now.
/ do not grieve because thy heart,
Ere cupid touched IL with my dart,
For him would beat
Nor that the hand which owns my ring
Once wore this gift, "Mizpah" thing
II was but meet.
sigh not that his arms were placed
Some score of times around your waist.
SO sweet and slim.
All no, my love the woe you see
Is mine, because you welded me
Instead Of him.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-11-10
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Practical Suggestions.

3. AaEE, Geay City, Kansas, writes
the American Poultry Journal: I will
here give what found to be an infaIli-
ole remedy for The co-called chicken
cholera: Make mixture of two ounces
each of red pei er, alum, rosin, and
flowers Of suiphn", and put it in their
food IN proportio of one teaspoonful
to three pints of scalded meal. In Sc
we're cases, give about sne-third of a
teaspoonful In meal pellet once day
to each fowl, putting a small lump of
alum in their drinking water. [ have
tried the above ingredients with marked
success; have cured fowls in the last
stage of disease. [ make it pr ;ctice
now to give my fowls some of it once or
twice week, and have 40 symptoms of
any disease among them.
A WRITER in the Journal of the Farm
calls attention to the losses many farm
ers suffer from not attending properly
to their implements and tools, and says
that a moving machine, the journals of
which are cleaned of their accumula-
tons of grimed grease, and carefully
oiled, will run twenty five per cent.
longer than one that does not receive
this attention. The hardest task with
hired men is to make them take care of
the tools of the farm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Terrible Casualty.

A shocking accident occurred on the
9Th of Marchin Paris, which has thrown
the Rothschild and other great Jewish
families into mourning. Madame Ans
pach, with her son and daughter, Mile.
Helene Anspach-a young lady Of con-
siderable beauty, well known in the
fashionable world of Paris-were return
ing homeward toward midnight from
the Theatre Francois. Crossing the
Boulevard opposite the New Opera,
Mile. Anspach WAS run over by an
omnibus, two of the wheels passing over
her body. When picked up she was in
sensible, but as consciousness returned
she said she felt no pain, and was borne
without apparent suffering to cab. In
the vehicle she placed her head on her
mothers shoulder and took hold of her
hand, which she pressed against her
chest-Madame Anspach giving utter
ance all the while to expressions of
thankfulness for what seemed to her the
miraculous preservation of her child's
life But on reaching the house she
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
A Birds Charity.
PHILADELPHIA Star.

Last summer pair of robin redbrests
built their nests in the vicinity of a
fashionable country boarding house. In
due time the heads of four young robins
were observed by some of the boarders
peering above the sides of the nest,
when some thoughtless boys passing
that way shot both the parent birds and
left the young ones to perish.
The ladies and gentlemen moved to
pity by the helpless condition of the
poor birds, were devising plans for
their relief, when little brown wren
flew to the nest, surveyed the unfor-
tunate state of things for moment,
then disappeared. In few minutes it
the starving robins.
Much surprised at this, the human
symphathizers resolved to await further
developments before proceeding to put
their plans OF relief in operation, and
were delighted to find the wren had in
real good earnest assumed the care Of
that orphan family. With untiring en-
ergy it hunted worms and food of such
kinds as suited to the wants and
tastes Of its protege, and continued its
kindly offices until the robins were full
fedged and able to take care Of them
selves. ao
Strange as this story may appear, we
have it from the most undoubted au-
thority, and submit the question
whether reason or instinct was the
governing power with that kind heart
ed motherly little wren?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21

4 writer III the American Farmer says
he has had, since the first of December,
an actual experiment going on between
raw corn and meal made into good
thick mush. Two pigs of about one
hundred weight each, have been eating
seven pounds each of raw corn per
twenty-four hours; ana two others of
nearly the same size, have had exactly
seven pounds of meal aaaae into good
n2essh between them. This seven pounds
of meal cooked into a state of good stiff
mush, weighs twenty-eight to thirty
three pounds. I weighed my pigs
accurately at beginning, and weighed
again two days since, to mark the pro-
gress. The tive eating fourteen pounds
of corn per day, had increased twenty
four pounds in the same time. Here is
a saving Of one. half the corn. I shall
carry them on till early in January,
when I shall kill them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Choice Recipes.

DoUGHNUTs. One pint milk, one cup
shortening, two of sugar, one of yeast,
three eggs, two teaspoonfuls cinnamon
When risen fry III hot lard
SODA CAKE.-One-half cup of butter,
one and half cups of sugar, two cups
of -four, one-half cup Of milk, three
eggs, one-half teaspoon SODA, one tea
spoon cream Of tartac
GINGER SNAPS Take one tablespoon
full of ginger, one of lard, one even of
saleratus, half pint of molasses, half tea
cup water; knead soft, roll thin, and
bake in quick oven.
SILVER CAKE.-One cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, three cups of -four,
one cup of milk, the whites of three
eggs, one half teaspoonful of soda. one
teaspoonful of cream tartar.
COOKIES. teacup half lard and
half butter; ono of thick cream; two of
sugar; one coffee-cup of milk; one
heaping teaspoonful of saleratus; two
cream tartar; knead soft; bake in quick
oven.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21

found that she had only a corpse in her
arms. A heart-rendering meeting took
place when the body Of the young girl
was carried into the drawing room, be-
tween Nine Anspach and her husband
whe had been absent frem Paris
on business for nearly three
weeks previously, and had arrived an
hour before the accident. 70 surprise
agreeably his family, he did not give
them notice Of his coming. A magnifi-
cent set of pearl ornaments, which be
bought when away for his daughter,
were set out on the table in such way
as to catch her eye the moment she en-
tered. NJ Anspach, on hearing the
wheels of TIE carriage in the courtyard
OF his hotel, ran to hide behind door,
N order to enjoy the establishment and
glrllsh delight which the sight of the
Jewels would elicit. His. agony can
well be conceived when the cry, She's
dead. she's dead - reached him. Mile
Helene Anspach was niece Of an eminent
Judge of the Court of Cessation Of the
same name, and granddaughter of M.
Anspach, of Metz, who wrote the Jewish
lltnrgical service III use in France =
LOndo9a DuiyY NegUs u# ~.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Concerning Carpets.

The stretching and putting down IN
place OF carpet Is not, says the Ohio
Farmer. one of the most pleasant Jobs
OF work, yet If the feat be accomplished
satisfactorily. the pleasure derived from
the knowledge that the work has been
well done, will nearly, if not quite, com
pensate one for the bruised knuckles,
torn finger nails. and bleeding cuticle-
the usual auluncts of carpet-stretching
When fitting a carpet to q room, it
should measure one inch shorter in
length and one inch less in bfeadth-if
1t be of n firm fabric-and more than an
inch difference made IN the measure
ment ii the tension Of the material be
greater. Tack each of the four corners
OF the carpet firmly in place, stretching
them to the desired point, Of course
previous to mailing; then work up the
edges as desired. The progress may be
slow, but it VIII prove satisfactory in
the end. We long ago discarded carpet
stretcheTs, on account OF the wear and
tear OF the carpet consequent upon their
x1se; preferring the agency Of the hands
only when putting down a carpet. A
carpet that is firmly stretched Ii place
is much easier swept and looks infinite
y better than one loosely thrown down,
OR one with curved lines set off with
pleats TO accommodate any looseness-
result OF overstretching at one point and
too little at others
Old newspapers make excellent pad
ding to put between carpet and the
floor it covers. They should be eight
or ten thicknesses deep, and more rather
than less. We have used them with the
best results for the past ten years. The
same papers can be used year after wear:
all they need to make them good as new
is all occasional airing and busting. It
is said the ink used in printing will
efectually prevent the ravages Of moths.
/ know that very few of these plaques
ever infest the borders of our carpeting,
but | am inclined to think the thorough
use of the broom under all articles of
standing furniture has as much
to do in Kidding carpets Of
these depredators as any preventive
ever used for their destruction. Moths
prefer to work in dark places, and these
same dark places should be put in
quarantine, and receive the strictest at
tentlon when sweeping time comes
around. All movable articles Of furni-
ture should be displaced as often as
once week during the months the
miller (mother of the MOTH is deposit
ing its eggs. Il the eggs are destroyed
no moths will hatch; thus the carpet
will be preserved. A small brush
broom can be used under articles too
heavy for moving, such as pianos, ward
robes, etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
The Best Depth Of NEiEEA for Cream.

Experiments made TO ascertain the
best depth for setting milk for cream,
gave the following results: A lactometor
of the usual width, 105 inches high,
gave u degrees 0. cream. A glass yes
sci q inches wide with 81 inches depth
Of milk gave 81 degrees of cream. An
other vessel of glass with inches depth
Of milk, and 102 incnes wide yielded
not quite 2 degrees of cream. The
milk was not mixture, but all from the
same COW, and stood Sc hours. This
would warrant the opinion that cream is
not cast up III greater quantity when
not placed IN very shallow vessels. The
cream was carefully taken off the two
latter vessels, and the skinned milk
put into lactometer: that from the
widest vessel gave two degreesof cream,
and that from the second in width about
half a degree. \ thermometer, placed
near the vessels, ranged from a little
above II degrees to nearly so degrees
the whole time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21


which one-tenth of salt has been dissol-
we'd, good eggs sink, and Indifferent
ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure wa
ter. - -. r... #.s.
Barax-sorne of It's Remedial! Properties
Tt NAV be interesting to some to
know that p weak solution of borax
water snuffed up the nostrils, causing it
to pass through to. the nasal passage TO
the throat. theneejecting it from the
mouth, will greatly relieve catarrh, and
in cases not too obstinate or long stand
ing will, if preserved in, effect perman-
ent cure It is also OF great value in
case of infianed or weak eyes. Make q
solution mot too strong), and battle the
eve by opening and shutting it two or
three times in the water. This can be
done by means of an eye cup, or equal
" we'll by holding handful Of the
water to the eye. Another difficulty,
with which many persons arr affiict-
ed, is an irritation or in
fiammation of the membrane
lining the cavities OF the nose, which
becomes aggravated by the slightest
cold, often causing great pain. This
can be greatly relieved, if not entirely
cured, by shutting borax water up the
nostrils two or three times q day. The
most difficult cases of sore throat may
be cured by nsing it simply as a gargle.
AS q wash for the head 1t not only
leaves the scalp very white and clean,
but renders the hair soft and glossy. 1t
has also been found by many to be of
invaluable service in case OF nervous
headache. If applied in the same man
ner as in washing the hair, the result is
wonderful. 1t may be used quite
strong, after which rinse the hair care
fully with clear water, let the
person thus suffering remain i'll a
quiet, well-ventilated room until the
hair is nearly or quite dry, and
if possible indulge IN short sleep, and
there will hardly remain trace of the
headache. If clergymen, teachers. and
others, who have an undue amount of
brain work for the kind aud quality of
physical exercise usually taken, would
shampoo the head in this manner about
once week, and then undertake no
more brain work until the following
morning, they would be surprised to
| find how clear and strong the faculties
/ had become, and there is reason to hope
there would be much less premature de-
cay Of the mental faculties. AS toilet
requisite it is quite Indispensable. II
used to rinse the mouth each time after
cleaning the teeth 1t VIII prevent the
gums from becoming diseased or I'M
clearly. In short, in all cases Of allay-
ing inflammation there is probably
nothing better IN materia medica. The
average strength of the solution should
be a small teaspoonfl1l TO toilet glass
! OF water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Dressing a Lady.

Here is Lucy Hooper's recipe fol
dressing a fashionable lady: ''Iake a
young women and turn her once in a
breath of satin, twice in a gauze scarf
and three times in puff of tulle: add
twenty yards of fowery garlands where
with to season the whole The dish is
then trussed up, but has not yet suffi-
cient dressing. Something heavy in
the shape of a train is needed. 1t may
be made Of matelasse, with raised
flowers, or of brocade. Skeyer it on
well behind, and garnish with gauze
butterflies, lace birds or gilt beetles.
Keep very warm at the base and very
cool at the top. Remove the dressing
as much as possible from the upper part
and pile it on below. Season with. dia-
monds and serve up warm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Buying Butter and Eggs.

The flavor Of butter can be recognized
even when it is adulterated on large
scale. Pure butter, put on the tongue
melts rapidly, without producing any
sensation of granulation; when grease
has been added it melts more slowly,
and causes, at the moment of the fusion
OF the last parts, sensation of granula-
ton. The smell of Xxi. chen grease is
easily identified, but it is not the same
with hogs lard Good butter is always
OF beautiful uniform yellow, while
adulterated butter is paler, and shows
streaks resulting from the imperfect
mixture with the grease. Butter on
"hlch one can see layers and streaks
may nearly always be considered as
adulterated. Ii knife is passed rap
ldly over pure butter smooth
surface is the result, which takes a
fough appearance when there is any
adulteration
Inc smell OF an egg is porus. and the
oxygen OF the air goes through the shell
and keeps up q kind of respiration. An
egg soon becomes stale In bad air or in
dry air charged with carbonic acid
Eggs may be dried, and made to retain
their goodness for a long time: or the
shell may be vanished, which excludes
the air, and then, if kept in "a moderate
temperature, they may be kept good for
years. French poultry raisers are very
successful, and ship millions of eggs to
England annually. Fresh eggs are
more transparent at the center, old ones
at the top. Very old ones are not trans
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Birds of the Wire.
LAERTES,

LAERTES,
country boy one amber moru
strolled up the stony turnpike road,
Where farmers wagons, load on load,
Drew past the greenest fields of corn;
Above his head and hers beside him
The Geographic wires went humming,
And sparrow birds were chatting there,
As if most mlschievous to chide him;
Because danlsel, passing fair, SIS
They saw SO often with him coming.
All! country damsel, still together
Beneath that wire We two jog on,
But all the birds oerhead are gone,
That chartered most in rainy weather.
The sparrows are our baby dears:
For them / feed the wire with news,
And tell the. world of what is humming.
Sing on, O sparrows as We choose,
While down the rosy morn of years
We two school children still are coming.
Ff'ona tie Grap3eio.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
Across the Street.
BY T. Il. AIDRTCI

BY T. =. ALDRICa-
do not know it if she Knows
IWatch her, as she comes and goes
lWonder If she dreams Of a.
Sitting and working at M rhymes,
| weave her sunny hair &t times
Into my verse, or CLEANS Of it.
Upon her windowledge is set
A box of towering mignonette
Morning and night she tends to them,
The senseless flowers, that DO not care
To kiss that strand Of loosened hair,
AS PRETTY she bends to them.
II / could once contrive to get
Into that box Of ,nignoneJte,
Some morning as she tends to them E
Dear me / sec the sweet blood rise
And bloom about her cheeks and eyes
And bosom. as she bends to them
--AN0}1tgc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Coal Ashes
are generally considered dear at any
price, and have generally been put to
no better purpose than packing material
pr walks and drives. -..s <x.m
F, &. Elliott sends note to Moore's
Rural regarding the value, IN which he
considers sufficient to make it worth
while to take some pains to save them.
If mingled with chamber I've and with
soap suds from the kitchen, they are, he
declares, found excellent as absorbents
of fertillzing material, and may then be
dug in around trees, or spread on grass
land, or used as manure for garden
vegetables with apprecisble advantage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-21
The Rebuilding of st. PETERS atERome

EVERYBODY knows that Michel Angelo
repaired to Rome q second time, at the
solicitation Of Pope Julius IL The
Latter wished to construct mausoleum
for himself superior to any that had
ever been erected. Michel Angelo was
charged with the work, and thereupon
commenced design worthy Of himself
and patron This design was a paral-
lelogra11a, and the superstructure was
to consist of forty statues, many OF
which to be colossal, and interspersed
with ornamental figures and bronze
bassi relievi, besides the necessary ar
chitecture, with appropriate decora-
tons, to unite the composition into one
stupendous whole. y The Pope was
pleased with the design, and inquired
crowns" said the artist " Let it be
twice that sum, if it need be, eontin-
ued Julius, and he immediately gave
orders to execute the work. .. ...
1t was suggested to the Pope that
such a monument ought to have q
special chapel built expressly for it
and that ST. Peters being an old
church, was not at all adopted to the
purpose. a
Il Will rebuild ST Peter's!" excIaim-
ed the Pope. This was the beginning OF
an edifce which took fifty years to com
plete, which consumed the for
tunes of millions, gave rise tx
the sale of induigencies, and
though unexpectedly, laid the frs
stone of the Reformation. Albeit, il
is now the grandest display OF architect
ural spIendor that adorns the Christian
world.
The proposed execution of the mau-
solemn was only comedy of many acts
and scenes. The order had been given,
and the blocks of marble awaited the
click of the chisel Michel Angelo so
iclted the Pope for money to pay his
assistants, and was refused. Resolved
to seek some explanation. he repaired
to the pontitical palace, where a servant
denied him entrance, saying, "Excuse
me: | have express commands not tc
admit you, without troubling myselt
why" Michel Angelo returned home
and addressed the following: 'SMost
Holy Father: I was this morning driver
from the palace by order of your Holt
ness. Il you require me IN future, yOr
can seek me elsewhere than in Rome.
Soon after he gave orders for the dis
posal Of his possessions, mounted his
horse, and galloped away toward Flor
euce. Tile GG(HT{ for 4 glriZ