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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

have the temperature over sixty
Ave degrees, Fahrenheit. Take
care not to enfeeble your ivies by
excessive watering or undue heat,
and You will see they will not seem
to mind whether the sun shines on
them or not, or in what position or
direction you train them. Indeed
so much will they do themselves to
make the room charming that we
would rather have an unlimited
number of them to draw upon than
anything else in nature Of art. The
English ivy in growing over the
walls of a building, instead Of pro-
noting dampncss, as many persons
would suppose, it is said to be a
remedy for it.; and it is mentioned
as fact that in room where damp
had prevailed for length of time
the effected parts inside had be-
come dry when ivy had grown up
to cover up the opposite exterior
side. The close overhanging, pen
dant leaves prevent the rain or
moisture from penetrating the wall.
Beauty and utility in this case
go hand in hand.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13


Far too little attention is giver
to the manurial product of the hen.
louise. Every farmer has need fol-
all the i.--tilizing material he car
lay hold of, an.d hen manure prop
erly applied, forms . number one
fertilizer on farm and garden. !
have of late been visiting so,,.,.s Of
the farm heneries and do not ad-
mire the style Of things. A major
ity of them had a roof as broad as
the heavens, and the roosting poles
are the branches of trees in the
vicinity of the barns. Not a few
are filthy places, unfit to enter, and
but one shows any signs of having
been cleansed in years. A little
lime and barrel Of dry earth will
keep a henhouse neat and without
disagreeable odors. The lime
should be applied in the form Of
whitewash, and the earth should
be thrown under the roosts from
time to time to act as an alb
sorbent. By this arrangement it
is not a disagreeable job to clean
out q henhouse and the manure
is in prime condition to use up
on farm or garden.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13
Golden Grains.

When q borrower comes, lend him
your ear.
Women always give more than
they promise-men less.
He can never speak well that
can never hold his tongue.
He who can talk only on one sub
ject is seldom wanted.
The greatest misfortune Of all
is not to be able to bear mis-
fortune.
Sooner or later we pardon our
friends the injuries We have done
them.
Love is like liquor; men say II
is killing them, but they always
come back to it.
Not every one who has the gift
Of speech understands the value
Of silence. a,
Unfriended, indeed, is he who
has no friend bold enough to point
out his faults.
There is no such thing as liberty
for no man is free If he is the
slave Of his conscience.
Weigh others as you would be
weighed yourselves, and the scales
would have a sinecure.
II you become famous, beware
Of the fools, for they always gather
around the people that are stared
at.
A note from q woman, no matter
how tender, is sight draft on you
You must always pay in some
coin or other.
Young vows Of everlasting
friendship are foolish. II ever
kept they are kept by accident
not by resolution.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

A citizen who was driving along
the Jackson road the other day,
says the Vicksburg Herald, saw a
man up tree by the roadside, and
hating he inquired "What are
you doing up there |" The man
made no reply, and the citizen con-
tinued: whats the cause of
your being mp there r. At that
moment a women rose up from
the fence corner, rested club on
the fence, and remarked: "Tm
the. cause, stranger, and IL you'll
wait till he comes down you'll see
the worst field Of carnage around
here that ever laid out doors r.
The citizen drove on, and she turn
ed to the man mp the tree and con-
tinued: "Polhemus, / can't climb
and you know it but IL you'll drop
down here for two minutes III give
you . quit claim deed Of the farm 7"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

It being understood that DR..
Mary Walker was a passenger on
the Oakland boat from San Fran
cisco, a reporter of the Ledger
sought to interview her. After
the boat put off, he made a careful
inspection of the cabin, and at last
saw smooth-faced individual,
with q slender waist, curly hair,
and small feet who he was confident
was "Dr. Mary" Without hesita-
ting a moment, the interview be-
gan:
"Oh, Doctor! Glad to see YOU"
The party nodded.
"Of course am not introduced,
but you are so well known, you
know, that l waive all ceremony"
The party smiled.
"Do you expect to remain long y
81 shall sit here till the boat
lands"
"Oh, I mean will you remain on
this coast Z"
"Oh, yes, of course"
81 see you have your pants on
81 generally keep 'em on, sir, in
public"
(Blushing) "Oh, I don't mean
that. / mean you still wear 'em T.
eyes, precisely"
"How long have you had 'em on y
81 put 'em on this mornin', you
blasted idiot, and l don't want you
to chaff me or pick me up for q
sardine. I'm from Berkeley. I'm
sophnore, sir, from the Univer-
sity, and / -"
Here the interviewer saw he had
made grave error in supposing
that the young man, off on his Sum-
day bust, was a woman, and beat
a retreat.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

Says the Sanitarian: The use
Of English ivies for the purpose
of decorating living rooms il
more extensive every year, and
cannot be too highly commend
ed. Being very strong, they win
live through any treatment study
their peculiarities, and manifest
willingness to crafty them, and
they will grow without stint. Most
houses are too hot for them, a. in
deed they are for their owners.
Neither plants nor people should
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

Jun IN COhIcScs
"What am and whittier am
bound!" All unite in calling me
a Freshman, but, between my en-
emies and friends, i am left doubt
ing, whether my portion is eternal
rest or eternal death, indeed I be-
gin to fear the latter, II this life is
as some say, foretaste Of the life
to come.
How dreary is my pathway ;
every living stream Of water, more
than a cloud, warns me of a drench-
ing shower; what q misty future
there is in store for me il things
are to continue as they have be-
gun How potent with meaning
are those familiar words:
would not live always. ask not to stay
Where storm after storm. rises dark DER the way.
"Yet man is born unto trouble
as the sparks fly upward, and even
to-day is my complaint bitter"
Here where they say wisdom shall
be found, and this the place Of I'M
Outstanding, am scoffed and rallied
at. / enter the chapel, in the
sanctuary of learning, and men
clap their hands at me and hiss me
ont of my place.
60 forth by day, and they
gather about to taunt me for now !
am their song. yea, even their by
word. AT night time, they lift up
their horns against me, together
with the timbrel and the harp.
They enter my room. Lo, the smoke
ascends, as the smoke of a furnace,
and my whole head is sick, and out
of my nostrils goeth smoke as out
of seething pot or caldron.
At my door they lie in wait for
me and on going forth, terrors take
hold on me, as waters. A tempest
stealeth me away in the night, and
l cry out, would that He had COM
passed the waters with bonds, un-
til the day and night come to an
end. No sooner am escaped by
the skin of my teeth, than / meet
other enemies, more cruel. / try
to go from knowledge to knowledge
but a certain Tutorite, by exam
ination, hath fenced up my way
that I am "not passed." and he
hath set darkness in my paths.
or that knew where / might
find him I would order my cause
before him, and fill my mouth with
arguments asking him wherefore
is it that he should despise the
work of his own hands. Yet, If
l justify myself mine own mouth
shall condemn me, and what is my
strength, that / should hope, for
he is in one mind and who can
turn him I
Therefore, I will turn from him
that he may rest; that he may
accomplish as hireling his day.
Thus have they gaped upon me
with their mouths; they have smit-
tel me upon the cheek reproach-
fully; they have gathered them
selves against me. Mine eye is
dim by reason of sorrow, and all
my members are as o shadow.
Have pity upon me, have pity up
on me, Oh, we my friends
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

II was the opening remark Of an
ebony evangel to a congregation of
his colored brethren: "Let all the
good niggahs cl'ar out. De Lawd
moves me dis ebenin' to spoke only
to de bad niggahs." And in three
minutes there wasn't a "niggahv In
the meeting house.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13

L an eutltleu 10 as MUCH money
for that as If / were employed and
paid by the month for the same
work, and / have a right to spend
the money for things that don't
suit you If / please to do so; and
! may add" said /, with a sudden
vehemence, "that it is mean and
contemplate in you to try to OPP
pose or forbid my doing So"
John said no more. / saw by
the look in his eye that he was
quite angry; and so was l. That
was the first time in our married
life that we failed to kiss each 9TH
er good night. Indeed ! felt gull
ty, though hardly know why, but
it was late before ! fell asleep.
The next morning all was serene.
No trace remained Of the evenings
storm, but nothing more was said
about the obnoxious subscriptions.
Next day / met Mrs. West, and
she thanked me very much for
doubling my money.
Dear John he didn't mean to be
unkind, but he never stopped to
think Of such things. When his
next settlement came and he slip
ped q $50 bill into my hand and
said, "That is for your private
purse" really thought he was
he beat husband in the world.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
THE WAR OF THE PRINTING
RREERER

Some time since the holders of the
patent right for the Bullock printing
press filed a bill in equity in the United
States Circuit Court, in New York,
praying for a temporary injunction re-
straining the Times, of that city, from
using the Walter printing press, on
the ground that it was an infringe
ment Of the Bullock patent. The case
came to a hearing Wednesday before
Judge BlatchfOrj, who denied the mo-
ton, holding that the plaintiffs had
not produced facts warranting the
order prayed for. The case now goes
over for final argument on the merits
of an application for permanent In
junction, when an exhaustive presenta-
ton of the claims of both parties will
be made to the court. We believe the
st. Louis Republican is the only other
paper in the country that uses a Wal
ter press. A few years ago, Col. John
Knapp, of that paper, while abroad,
saw one at work IN the London Times
Office and became fred with an ambi-
ton to have one ike 1t. The press
was sent over, but as soon as it reach
ed New York the owners Of the Bull
lock patent secured an injunction
against its use. The complication was
finally settled by the proprietOrs Of the
Republican buying a Bullock and bind
ing themselves not to sell their Walter
to any party or parties in the United
States. Each of these presses prints
both SIDES of sheet simultaneously
and is fed from a continuous roll Of
paper. The improved Hoe, recently
perfected, is said to be vastly superior
to either.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
THE REVIVAL OF KNOW.NOTH,
IEGISM

A new Know-Nothing movement has
been set on foot. 1t is called the
American League, and was first organ
lied in 1871. The Ne1U York Sun says
it has 40, 900 members in the State of
New York, and will run a complete
ticket for State officers in the election
Of November. Its great principle Is
that none but Americans born in this
country and of American parents shall
be eligible to Office; and it proposes
that the naturalization laws shall be
amended accordingly. 1t also lays
down the doctrine of absolute non-in-
reference IN religious subjects, though
its holds the law of the land supreme
above any church or sect. 1t is a Be-
cret society made up of lodges, with
passwords, signals and Oaths. We do
not suppose it can amount to much at
present. The exclusion of fOreign-born
citizens and their children from the
right to hold office is not an object for
which many people willlabor very heart
lily. A secret society based on religious
intolerance might gain strengtb;but this
sort of thing will not enlist 50 many
supporters.
Something of the same kind is be-
ing attempted in Ohio by the Repubi-
can leaders, but their policy is even
more aggressive, as it has FORTS object
a vigorous crusade against the Catho-
lie church.
Maryland, too, has anew secretorgani-
cation, already largeandpowerful, which
has for one of its main purposes oppO-
sition to granting State or municipal
aid to sectarian institutions. 1t has
membership of 5000 voters in Balti-
more alone, so it is said. Though men
of all politics and nationalties are en-
braced in the order, it is understood to
be anti Catholic.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
FLAYED WITH An ENGLISH
ERWEE


The London Standard prints a ter
rife review Of Gen. Sherman's
Memoirs" which has been published
in England, in the course of which it
says. "The writers who in this country
have espoused the Federal cause have
labored to keep out of sight the North
ern violations-systemaic and deliber-
ate-of all the laws of war; the whole
sale pillage of private property, with
out shadoy of a pretense of military
need; the wanton ravage of vast and
fertile regions; the destruction of pub
lie archives, Of libraries, of colleges,
and of thousands of defenseless dwell.
ings; a return, in fact, to the methods
Of war Oil usage of women exeepted)
practiced by lilly. We know of none
who would venture to defend
these as acts of legitimate war
fare, and among the chiefs Of
the Federal armies few were more
guilty in this respect than Gen. w. 7.
Sherman. We cannot say that our
perusal of The work has raised our esti-
mate Of the writer. There is a display
of personal vanity, of anxiety to claim
the utmost possible credit, and to throw
toe blame of all failure on others,
petulant spirit of animosity against
rivals and opponents, a controversial
tone in regard to passages creditable
neither to the General nor to his supe-
riors, and a childish Impotence of
popular elamor which appear to us lit
tie consonant with the simple self
respect of the soldier. No one could
imagine the Duke of Wellington or
Gen. Lee writing as Sherman writes
no one has seen anything Of the kind
from the of officers who have real
groundsof complaint-from Mcclellan,
wbo first created an army out of the
mob of United States volunteers, or
Halleck, who maintained, recruited,
and enlarged that army till it became
the irresistible weapon which won for
Grant and Sherman triumphs as easy
as those of Achilles in his impenetra-
bic armor, or Of the heroes of fairy le-
gend with charmed swords and shoes
Of swiftness."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
TIE DAMAGED TOBACCO CROP.

Evansville Courier.
The entire failure Of last years crop,
and the high prices realized for the lit
tie that was raised, stimulated the
farmers who made tobacco growing a
specially, and induced others who never
set a plant to unprecedented efforts,
and being aided by most favor
able leather, the largest setting
was made in the history of the weed.
Until the last few days everything was
favorable, 50 much SO that the size OF
the crop entered into statistics as a
fact, and was accepted by all interested
in the staple. Bat the floods OF the
past few days have upset all these
calculations. We have received inte'-
igence from our regular correspond
ents In almost every county In South
western Kentucky, and from all the
tobacco growing counties IN Indiana
and Southwestern Illinois, as TO
the extent Of the damage, and after
making due allowance for the dispo-
sition of planters to take hope
less view of things whenever any little
mishap occurs to them, we do not hes
itate to give it as our opinion that fully
one-half of the crop has been more or
less injured, and d. at atleastone fourth
of all that has been planted, will have
to be abandoned. The drowning out
and the ''frenchiug," seems to be the
least Of the evils incidental to the rains,
for the weeds have taken possession of
nearly every field, and that constant
cultivation which the plant ought to
have, cannot be given it. Under these
circumstances we do not understand
how there can be anythinglike an aver
age crop, and therefore we may con.
fidently expect full prices for what is
offered.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
.1.o,,-ResisIe,,t J,,otice.

In the County Court Of Dickson County, Tenn
-Margiana johnson and others ". Benz F.
Napier and Others-PetitiOn to sell land.
TT APPEARING FROM THE ALLEGA-
i cations in the petition, supported by affidavit
10 the satisfaction Of the Clerk and Master. that
RObinla Williams and husband, william Will
liams, Benz F. Napier, SerCphine Napier
Eugeine Napier, Edm0nis Morrison and hus-
band, John W. Morrison, Emily NJ. Napier
Sallie Napier, James Napier, Thomas NJ
Napier, heirs-at-laW Of James Napier, deed,
and II. I. HOTd, Guardian Of Sallie, Emily n
and james Napier, defendants 70 tn petition to
sell land in this cause, are nOn-residents Of the
State Of Tennessee: Il is therefore Orde ed that
publication be made for four consecutive weeks
in the Nashville Union and American, a news
paper published in the city Of Nashville, Tenn,
notifying and requesting the said nonresident
sfeI dants to appear before the County Court Of
DicksOn county, az its September term, 1873, to
be held at the Courthouse, in the town Of Char
iOtte, on the first Monday and 9th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1875, and plead, answer or demur 20
cOmplainant's petition, OF the same viii be
taken for confessed and set for hearing ex parte
as TO them. This, 18th July, 1875.
THOS. X GRIGSBY, C. s NJ.
T. c. MORRIS, Sol. for Petitioners.
iyI8 dltt-W3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18

A WORD to the farmers. Wheat Is
reported to be advancing in the foreign
market, and those who most quickly
avail themselves Of the opportunity may
secure profit. Greediness in specula-
ton never pays. An eighth per cent.
has often been the last feather on the
cameTs back. Free shipments Will add
to our strength, and both directly and
indirectly our producers will reap
benefit.
In the Western markets the tendency
is decidedly toward greater strength.
The Chicago Tribune says of Thurs
days transactions:
Wheat was taken eagerly at 24c per
bushel above the figure at which buyers
for export turned up their noses only
ten weeks ago, and it seemedas though
orders were here for more than there is
now in store, though such symptoms
are often fallacious. The weather on
the other side Of the Atlantic Is report
ed to be so bad as to threaten all the
crops there, except grass, the potatoes
being even worse off than the wheat;
and the avidity with which grain is be-
ing taken here on European account
shows that buyers there are becoming
really alarmed at the prospect and dis
posed to take all they can secure, as
well to fill present Deficiencies as to
provide against the wants of the future.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18

WE received too late for insertion in
this weeks paper, an able and charac-
teristic article from DR.. Lee, on the
subject of " The Condition of Ameri.
can Agriculture" prompted by Judge
Shields contribution last week. DR..
Lee is one Of the most enlightened ag-
riculturists of the age, and as the
editor Of the Agricultural Department
of the UNION AND AMERICAN, he is
well known to many of our readers.
We feel complimented in being made the
medium of so valuable a communica-
ton to the farming masses, and regret
that 1t is necessary to postpone it even
for a week.-MorriStOlCn Gazette.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
NEWSPAPERS.
EVERYBODY READS II.
Everybody Wants 1t.
THE NASHVILLE
union And AMERICAN.
1T is the Peoples Paper.

IT IS the Defender Of the People
Rights.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
In Chaneery at ashland Ciu.

OFFICE CLERK AND MASTER CHAN
" Gerry Court, Cheatham County, Tenn
Fielding DeadeTick vs. Martha A. Duncan ct
aboriginal Vendors Bill
In this cause, il appearing from the allega-
tons in compliments bill, which are sworn TO,
that the defendants, Martha A. Duncan, for
merly Martha A. kOyes, Lizzie ROyes, Sallie
Reyes and - Duncan, are non-residents Of the
State OF Tennessee, 50 that the ordinary process
OF law cannot be served upon them:
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four consecutive weeks in the Union
and American, newspaper published in the
City Of Nashville, Tenn, requiring the aforesaid
defendants to appear at the Courthouse in Ash
land c ty before our Chancery Court, which
meets on the second Monday in August, 1875,
and plead, answer or demUr TO complainant
bill, or the same viii be taken for confessed and
set for hearing eN parte as 70 them.
This July 5, ISIS.
j. y. ALLEN, c. & NJ.
j. j. LenOx, Solicitor for COmplainants.
i've d1t&w3t#
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18

HARVARD is said never to have had
50 many applications for admission as
this year. More than $50 candidates
have presented themselves. The policy
of the Faculty is avowedly to increase
the age Of students before entering.
The average age Of applicants this year
is nineteen, which was about the age at
which many graduated during the
earlier rule at Cambridge. The in
creasing popularity the college is be
coming almost an embarrassment, and
from the lack of facilities for the board
of so many students the expense Of a
course is reported to be considerably
increased.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-18
JOHN CHAMBERI.AuNE's mAGxIFl.
"Gath'sr Saratoga Letter to the Philadelphia
Times

Times.
I went to see the Long Branch
gamester, Chamberlain, having TO OBJ
tain some information On his race
horses. While waiting there l sat
down and made the following note:
The celebrated sideboard at John
Chamberlaine' is Of imitation ebony,
with holdings and figures IF real
bronze and brass 1t is tw I've feet by
eight In outlines, and is essentially Of
four parts, three Of which are in the
base, consisting of a center door, re
cessed. and two side doors advanced.
The third part is the whole upper por-
ton, consisting of a great oval mirror
and two alcoYe5, canOpIed with gilt
holdings. There are four fine bronze
figures on the base-one representing
Dante, the other Tasso; these are in
the center; at the angles are Proser-
pines; these four figures serve as
caryatides to support the lower cornice,
which ornaments the main plane of the
sideboard. The center door below and
the two alcOyes are elegantly painted
with representations Of musical instru-
ments, shaded with baysand laurel. The
two side doors are painted IN bright
colors with views Of Spanish converts.
Over the mirror is an elegant enameled
ofnature of a love scene. The effect
id the whole Is that Of something rich
mark, and a mortal, with bits of lig t
and brightness breaking through. In
the same room with the sidebcard are
Chamberlaine's games, generally COW
cred during the day with green baize.
There is nothing pretentious about this
room, which is about thirty by twenty
feet and occupies the back center Of the
house. 1t mas one bay window and
another long window beside the side
board, and It's extension is a reading
and business room, with desks for
writing, piles of newspapers, and gen.
teel, easy furniture. An extension in
another direction Is the supper room, a
light and cheerful apartment ike the
reading room. All the ceilings are
richly painted, the borders heavy and
nodded with blue canopies and inlaid
lotus leaves. Over the gaming table
are representations Of the four seasons,
depicted in graceful mock heroic as
little urchins, male and female. John
Chamberlain has had bad luck. He
is a rather amiable man, with no hardi-
hood Of character or great head.