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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
OMNIBUS LINE.

Having established an Onnibus and Baggsge
1.ins, am now prepared to convey passengers
and baggage TO and FROM the boats, and TO all
parts Of the city. Orders may be- left at the
Collins House and at Bolton McRae's, on the
north side, and on the south side. at Bostwicks
drug store and at the News Depot.
arc A O. RIPLEY.
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OsT.-On Thursday April 20, gold loeket,
l/with green stone one side and red on the
other. The finder win be literally rewarded by
leaving 1t mt the office of
los VIC. BURNHAM.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

MILWAUKEE LAGER.--The bast Fresh Mil
Milwaukee, lager at Woods saloon, at cents a
glnss. - l05wI
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"ANTED.-l0,O 900 persons to know that Cro-
w well Godfrey are selling better article of
boots and shoes for less money than any other es-
adjustment ON the shore. Ill
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

HAUTION.-It is useless TO attempt to caution
people in regard to buying boots and shoes.
They know that they get the worth of their money
at Crowcll Godfrey's. III
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

6Eo q 10per day at home. Terms free. AID
pO- pZOdress Geo. Stinson&Co Portland, Ne
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

RAILROAD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
A railroad across the Atlantic is on the
list of possibilities for the future achieve,
mcnt Of science. Many years ago civil
engineer read paper before the French
Academy suggesting submarine railways.
His theory was that at certain depth OF
the ocean, hundred fathoms or more
far below any agitation from surface
storms, the water is of such density that
nothing in tubular form, whatever the
weight, can possibly sink. Having thus
made foundation in the very bowels of
old Neptune, he proposes to sink a con-
tinuous line of immense iron tubes-atter
the manner of the recent cable laying
in which a double track railway could
be laid between Cape Clear, Ireland, and
Cape Race, Newfoundland, and thus
trains go booming through, to the con-
sternation of the sea serpent and the
mortal terror of the big and little fishes.
The only really serious objection to his
project that the engineer of this deecp-sea
scheme could then see, was the sutiocat-
inc effects of the smoke from the locomo-
tives; and if this could be overcome then
the grand oceanic railway only required
the . necessary construction capital to
enter upon its career of successful expert
mcnt," which he duly figured out upon
the profits Of the ample traffic between
tho two worlds. Now, the aforesaid
Scientific objection" has already dlsap-
peared in the understanding engine
of modern invention, to say nothing OF
the "Kccly Motor" Can this capital
question be as easily solved? Who will
form the company, and who will take the
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

DrsAGREEABLE HABITs.-Nearly all
the disagreeable habits which people take
up and come at first from mere accident
or want of thought They might easily
be dropped, but they are persisted in UNI
til they become second nature. Stop and
think before you allow yourself to form
them.
There are disagrceab!e habits of body
like scowling, winking, twisting the
mouth, biting the nails, continually pick
ing at something, twirling a key or tum-
bling at chain, drumming with the tin-
gers, screwing and twisting Il chair or
whatever you lay your hands on. Don't
do any Of these things. Learn to sit
quietly like a-gentleman was going to
say, but am afraid even girls fall into
such tricks sometimes. There are much
worst habits than these, to be sure but
we are speaking only ofthose little things
that are only annoying when they are
persisted in.
There are habits ofspeech also, such as
beginning every speech with you see,.
or''you know" "now-a," II don't care.
"terlye what" !" "tcll We now )" indistinct
uttcranee, sharp, nasal tones; avoid them
all. Stop aud think what you,are going to
say, and then let every word drop from
your lips just ~ perfect as new silver
coin. Have care about your way OF
sitting and standing and walking. Be-
fore YOU know it youxill find that your
habits hWe hardened in.o a coat of mail
that YOU cannot get rid OF without ter
rible effort.-Liile Cbrporak
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
Strange Story of an Ex-Confed.

A travel-stained pedestrian, who gave
his name IS Johnson, passed through this
place Friday last. He was badly Grip
pled, and apparently in very INDECENT
circumstances. In response to certain in
quiries propounded by several persons,
whose charitable Offices he solicited; he
related strange story, which, II true,
embraces sad personal experience, as
we'll as a notable instance of official pre-
sumption. His narrative was, in sub
stance, as follows:
He was a member of John Morgan's
famous command in 1862, and in skir-
mish near Murfreesboro, in that year, was
badly wounded, and fell in the hands of
the federal troops. Immediately after
bis capture, he was sent to Rock Island,
a prison of bitter memory, where he re-
NAMED helpless cripple until the close
of the war, when, instead of being dis
charged, he was transferred to the JEFF.
Davis Hospital in Marion county, Ohio,
where he remained until a few weeks ago.
His detention in the latter place is the
strange part of the story. His wounds
were of such nature as to render him
entirely helpless, and being unable to
work, he was a mere incumbrance to the
establishment. He claims, however, that
his detention was due to the fact that the
keeper of the hospital received liberal
stipend from the Government for his
board, and as there was quite number
of disabled Confederate soldiers quartered
in the same establishment, under similar
circumstances, it was manifestly to the
interest of that officer to retain them.
During his confinement in the hospital,
he. in common with his fellow-prisoners,
was not allowed to communicate by wri.
ting or otherwise, with the outside world,
and his letters to friends and relatives
were invariably intercepted by the hos
pital authorities. A few weeks ago he
regained the use of his limbs, and the
first use he made of them was to leave the
hospital and strike out for Tennessee
Having no money he was forced to travel
on foot, and trust to the charitable for
subsistence. He succeeded in reaching
this place without suffering for food, but
his general condition was anything but
enviable. He told his story in quiet,
earnest way, that enlisted the sympathy
of all who heard it, and as he gave an ac-
curate history of his command up TO the
date of his capture, and displayed ia.
miliarity with the characters of several
who belonged to it, which must have
grown out ola personal acquaintance, his
Statements were received without the
fgurative grain of salt. He says that
two citizens of this county-David Bag
gerly and - Landess-are at present
confined in the hospital mentioned, and
the latter claiming to be son of Jesse
Landess. We do not pretend to say that
Johnson's story is worthy of credence,
but it is certainly plausible enough to
awaken investigation. At any rate, the
man, as well as his narrative, enlisted the
serious attention ofseveral of our promi-
nent citizens, and at their suggestion we
give publicity to both.-Fayctte0itfc, 7s'oA,
Express,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
CAPTURING OsrR1cHEs.-The. orr

CAPTURING OsTRIcHEs.-The- great.
est feat of an Arab hunter is to capure
an ostrich. 1t is the largest of liyilg
birds, and probably the swittest of all
living animals. Being very shy and eau
tious, and living on the sandy plains,
where there is little chance to take it by
surprise, it can only be captured by a
well-planned and long-continucd pursuit
with the swiftcst horses. The ostrich has
two curious habits in running when
alarmed. 1t always starts with ouspread
wings, against the wind, SO that it can
scent the approach of an enemy. Its
sense of smell is so keen that it can de-
tcct a person ut a great distance, long
before one can be seen. The other Gu
rious habit is that Of running in circle
Usually five or six ostriches are found in
a company. When discovered, part of
the hunters, mounted on fleet horses, will
pursue the birds, while the other hunters
will gallop away at right angles to the
course the ostrichcs have taken. When
these hunters think they have gone far
enough to cross the path the birds will
be likely to take, they watch upon some
rise of ground for their approach. If the
hunters hit the right place and see the
ostriches, they at once start in pursuit
with fresh horses, and sometimes over
take one or two of the birds, but often
two or three of the feet horses fall, COM
plctely tired out with so sharp a chase.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
Remarkable Surgical Operation.

On the 25th of February, 1874, young
man named Best placed pistol to his
head and fired a bullet into his brain,
which remained there until last Saturday.
The young fellow, who was only seven
teen years old at the tilEe, was very at
tcntiyc to Miss Lena Schmidt, nineteen
years old. Best's suit did not thrive sue
cessfully, either from the opposition of the
parents or from the girl herself How
ever, on the night in question, Best call
ed on Miss Schmidt, and, after what ap-
pears to have been stormy interview,
left the house. A moment afterwards
the report of pistol was heard, and the
girl rushed out to find her lover with r
hole in his skull and blood and brains
oozing from the terrible wound. He
was removed to his. brothers home, on
Fifth street, and his death regarded as
certain to occur within few hours at
the flrthest. Favorable symptoms set
in the next day, however, and the wound
ed man continued steadily to improve
until, after few months, he was able
again to resume work. The attendant
physician had not ventured to attempt
the removal of the bullet, and surgical
care was only taken to remove such parts
of the shattered skull as from time to
time were discharged. Last Saturday
DR.. R. O. Cowling was called into the
case by the attendant physician, DR..
Bodie, to assist in removing another piece
of bone. The probe touched large
substance which wss thought to be the
section of the skull, which the surgeons
were looking for. Carefully working
around it, it was finally brought out and
discovered to be the bullet, which had
been within the brain for a period OF
eighteen months. Although under the
influence of chloroform the patient vis-
ibly WINGED as the ball was extracted.
Upon coming out of the influence of the
anasthetic, however, he was compara-
lively free from pain, and his surprise
and pleasure, when the leadcn ball was
shown him, may be imagined, Some
months after his attempt at suicide ne
was married to Miss Schmidt, and the
young couple have since lived very hap
PLY together During Saturday and
Sunday young Best's condition steadily
improved, and at l o'clock this afternoon
he was still better, with every prospect
of ultimate and entire recovery: We
learn that the operation has never before
been performed, with one exception,
that Of Dupuytren, the celebrated French
surgeon. Several notable instances OF
the survival of men who have been shot
in the brain have recently occurred, OF
which the case of Caruth, the Fineland
editor, is familiar to all readers of the
newspapers.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
1874. and decreased it s5,OOO,OOO in one

1874, and decreased it s5,O00,0OO in one
week of March, 1875. This aristocracy
in the money manufacture is an odicus
monopoly, alien to our Institutions and
harmful to our prosperity. What should
we say if 500 men, and such friends as
they chose were allowed to plant wheat
and mine iron while every one else was
forbidden?
Yet this is but another name for our
present bank system. Let us cease, then,
to have any plan either to enlarge or
contract the currency. Let the govern
ment stand ready to issue all the currency
any business man wishes; and can give
good security for, at low interest and con-
vertible into long bonds. Ii necessary,
in order to conciliate existing prejudice,
let the capital of these bonds, having
long terms to run, be payable in gold;
Make greenbacks legal tender for all
purposes, customs and all government
dues included. There is every reason
why this should be done. History is re-
peating itself. England never knew
more prosperous years than from lSO0 to
1872, during which she neither had gold,
nor wished to have it, nor promised to
paw gold to any one whatever. All that
while she extended and contracted her
currency, without any regard whatever
to gold. Her enormous trade and ex-
penditures were all paper and only pa
per, resting on credit and nothing else.
we had similar prosperity during the
war and after, on the same terms. In
1920, England yielding to- theorists and
dreamers, tried to put this new wine into
old bottles, and dragged her business
back to methods centnryold-to specie.
Bankruptcy, the very history of which
makes the blood cold to-day, blghted
the Empire It took half a generation
to recover from the mistake. No man
can to-day begin to show that such suf,
fering was necessary; that it achieved
any good, or that it effected any changes
which could not have been as we'll made
without it. We entered that same valley
of the shadow of death when, in 1860,
McCulloch began contraction. We are
hurrying fast to England's 1920; proper
ty sunk to half its former value; the
streets crowded with unemployed men
fast rotting into criminals; grass growing
on the wharves, machinery rusting,
wealth alarmed, poverty starving. Woe Voc
shall finally pronounce responsible Tor
this fatal mistakel No previous merits
will avail for its pardon. Its leaders will
be buried in curses, as men whom neither
history nor their own experience could
make wise.
We lament, as we'll we may, the wide
spread corruption of business men and
ofice-holders. But where such corrup-
ton in high places steals dollar, con.
traction-this we'll meaning ignorance
of bullionists-robs the people of thou
sands. If this generation is ever bank
rupt, its bankruptcy will not be the work
of knaves, but of honest men following
a Jack O. lantern and dragging us to ruin.
Yours,
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
A Little Mistake.

He took the evening train up from
Cleveland, and in looking through the
the cars discovered a female sitting alone
in aseat, and it instantly occurred to him
that she might be lovely. A veil dropped
over her face, but there was no reason to
suppose that she was not good looking,
and he gallantly raised his hat and sat
down beside her, remarking with a
smile:
"Its lonely travelling alone"
She just murmured a reply, but the ac-
cent was captivating, and he was won at
the start.
He was practiccd in all the arts of po-
lite tactics, and spoke to her softly of this
great, desolate world, with appropriate al
lusions to human hearts. He told her
how he had hungered and thirsted after
the affection Of a true heart, and had
yeamed to feel the breath of the heaven
ly flame of Lore.
No, he sighed, he had no wife, no one
to love and caress him and mend his sus-
penders; and when he enquired if she
was treading the path Of life single and
alone. she murmured SO pensively and
sad that he felt compelled to put his arm
on the back of the seat lest she should
fall out of the window-which was
closed.
They reached Norwalk, and just as the
train stopped he heard grating, Kissing
sound close to his ear, and then the words:
"Y-o-u villain; you old hypocritical
s-i-n-n-e-r, I'll make you think youv
been struck by a breath of heavenly
flame, you old owl"
= He looked around just far enough to
get glimpse of Il pair of flashing eyes
and the face of his wife, who had muir
INJURED so fondly to him along the jour
ney. A sudden spasm seized him, but
he managed to accompany her from the
train, and as they moved into the dark
ness toward home her flashing eyes litup
his pale face with spectral effect.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

A PRACTICAL FoRMULA.-Comn,is-
sioncr James, in answer to repeated in
quiries for formula for manuring wheat
and other crops, has recommended the
following formula:
700 lbs. green cotton seed.
700 lbs. we'll sheltered stable or COW
manure.
500 lbs. acid or superphosphatc.
40 lbs. muriate of potash.
GO lbs. sulphate of ammonia.
Spread the cotton seed and manure IN
alternate layers under shelter, sprinkling
each layer with a due proportion of acid
phosphate and solution of potash and
amonia thoroughly dissolved in sutfi-
cient quantity of water, warm if conve-
nient, to hasten decomposition and pre-
vent excessive heat.
After fermentation has so thoroughly
set in as TO kill the germ of the cotton
seed, cut down the mass vertically
through all the layers. Shovel it into a
heap and allow it to remain for a week
or ten days, when it will be ready.
Sow broadcast at the rate of 400 pounds
per acre, and harrow in wheat II ap-
piled in drills one foot apart 800 pounds
per acre will secure better results.
In the spring, when wheat is in the
boot, SOW broadcast in wet weather, 5O
pounds of nitrate of soda, well pulvcr-
lied.
When the cotton seed or manure is
inaccessible, use 1,4OO pounds of the
other.
The land must be well prepared, and
this formula is adapted to small grain
and narrow bladed grass. This formula
is worthy OF trial.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

How TO DRY FIGs.-Assort as fol-
lows: Figs not quite ripe, figs barely
ripe, and figs fully ripe. Keep each kind
by themselves.
,. Scald in weak lyc of saleratus, to
take the roughness off of the skin.
8. Boil in syrup (made with fourteen
pounds of "a" sugar to one gallon OF
water) five to ten minutes; take out and
dry on cloth spread over Il suitable
frame.
i. When dry, roll in rulverizcd sugar,
place in Il drying furnace, or a stove
gently heated, and when fully baked or
dr, pack in tight boxes or cans, using Il
little pulvcrized sugar, favored with cN'
tract Vanilla between the layers.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

An amusing story is told of Gov;
Bagley, of Michigan, who is good
Sabbatarian. He was lately in Detroit
on Sunday, and, passing a billiard hall
with some friends, heard the balls
clicking rs if it were week day. Tic
politely inquired of the proprietor if he
made practice of keeping his hall open
on Sunday, and was astonished when the
man replied; "No, Governor, not as q
general thing; but if your party would
like to play quiet game, l guess I can
fix it for you.
- Even the LATEST boy can sometimes
catch u whipping.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

UNDER THE FIFTH RIB.-On the
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad the
other day, Il Louisiana planter cncoun-
tered colorcd man whose face had 4
familiar look. The negro had his attcn-
ton attracted likewise, and it WAS soon
asccrtaincd that he was once owned by
the planter.
"Ics, you once owned me-" he remark
cd. "and ] was no better dan hoss.-
Now holds an office, and is as good as
ANYBODY"
i'Do YOU want to do NE favor,
Gcorge?' inquired the cx-master.
81 'spccts so, sah."
"Wcll, in case you ever tell any one
that YOU hold an Office, don't let on that
| ever owned YOU, for, with this one cX-
ceplion all my niggcrs turned out to be
respectable people p liclsdWg Herdfd.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

- The editor of the Elmira Gnsettf
says: "Wc always did like girl with q
blue veil, and we rejoice to see that this
becoming article of female gearing is
coming into style again. They arc twis.
ted into the most bewitching shapes and
so tantalizingly tied around and about a.
to make the wearers more winsomc tina"
ever. If there is anything nicer than Il
pretty girl in a blue veil, we never iouH"
il out.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09

"A precocious boy i'll an uptown
family was asked which was the greater
evil of the two, hurting another's feel
ings or his finger. He said the former;
Fright, my dear child" said the gratiicd
qucslioncr, "and why is it worse to hurt
the fcclngs?" "Bcr;tlIsc YOU can't tic 4
rag around thcm," explained The dear
child.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-16
T IsT oF CAUSES set down for septem.

i 1ST OF CAUSES set down for septem-
i lber Term of Court, 1876
l. The Spring Run Coal Company vs..
Thomas Tozier. No. lG, of January Term,
1869.
2. Alderfer g. Prest on vs. the Buffalo,
N Y. g. p R'y Co. No. 43. of August Term,
1874.
8. The Clarion River Navigation Co.
VS. Hiram Carman. No. 60, of August
Term, 1873.
4. The Brown & Struthers Iron Works
vs. L. F. & ii. NJ. Powers. No. 3, of Nov.
Term, 1873.
s. Miles Dent VS. Charles st. John aad
Rob't Rothrock. No 4, January Term,
1874.
q. David Mcdonald VS. L F & II NJ
Powers. No. u, of April Term, 1874.
Z. VIM. II Evans vs. A Avery. No 10,
of April Term, 1874.
8. j Whitman VS. John McGaffick.
No 33, of August Term, 1874.
o. Patrick Welsh vs Joseph Ko ch, No.
"a, of August Term, 1874.
10. Lazarus Meyer vs. Patrick Lamb.
No. "a, August Term, 1874.
IL. Thomas Holland vs. V Houk &
Co. No. 107, of August Term, 1874.
II. Caleb Shotwell vs. George Scull ei
al. No 10, of September Term, 1874.
13. G A Kellogg VS. g Wainwright. No.
%, of September Term, 1874.
IA II W Moorhead eL al, Admrs Of
w Mcclure, decd vs. Hirman Carman
No %, of September Term, 1874.
Is. lnsKeep, Poor g. McGaflick vs. J L
Whitman No 40, of September Term, 1874
l6. John Andrews vs. "a L Wheeler
Co. No so, of September Term, 1874
II. John Farrer vs.. G II Farley. No
of November Term, 1874.
Is. William johnson vs. Edward Wal
ters. No Is, of Nov. Term, 1874
10. RC McGill VS. Penna II Il Co. NJ
9, of January Term; 1875.
20. Vim. II Hyde VS.. A G Cutbbert ct a
No II, January Term, 1876.
81. Gibbs, Burke &sCo. vs. Clifford, Hal
& Co. No "a, of January Term. 1875.
%. John Bauer VS. John G. Decht NJ
26, of January Term, 1875
23. Miles Dent vs. NJ G Wyckoff g. v
Wyckoff No s, of May Term, 1875.
"a. VIM. r Young ct al We A V r R Co
No 35, of May Term, 1875.
rs. A Callan vs. Moore Bros. Mo IS
of Sept. Term, 1876.