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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-17
Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, March Ill AIM
From the northwest and lakes to the
gull, rising barometer, northwest winds,
colder, clearing and clear weather.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
How TO Make Hens Lny.

A correspondent of the Cincin-
att Gazette gives the following
directions, some Of which are very
sensible:
I viii tell Mrs. II. Shannon how
to make her hens lay. In the first
place kill or sell at least one half
of her "fve or six dozen hens"
Warm house and health comes
next, which her fowls have. Now
they must have egg producing feed
feed that will form the shell as
we'll rs the meat in the egg. The
best egg producing grain is wheat,
but would not recommend nothing
but wheat. They ought to have a
variety. Let them have say, in
their three meals day, wheat,
corn, and oats, equal parts. These
form the best grain feed which goes
to make the egg. 1t addition they
must have some lime in some form
to make the shell. Coarse ground
bone Is the best material for that,
which can be had at the fertilizing
manufactures in the cities. Old
house plaster is also very good
Egg shells are relished too, by the
hens, as every farmers wife knows
Then they should have something
to drink before them through the
day. And for this there is nothing
better than sour (thick) milk
Give oil the potato parings, crout,
apples, etc, and occasionally
mess Of cooked potatoes. Another
good feed Is bran and meal, made
into stiff dough, with red pepper
sparingly added, and all the titbits
from the table. Follow these di'
rec,ions, and the hens must lay.
Although 1t has been q cold win
ter ours laid well, especially the
Brahmas. Even the Spanish have
been laying the last month, and
they are not considered Winter
layers. ''i 0niNs''oi se Ds'
Fowls properly cared for, vii
pay better than almost any othel
kind Of stock. I.,. ..t. =,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21

couple of gallons of the best in the
market, for his own private con-
sumption. Knowing that our
chronological friend was blind he
thought his liquor would be per-
fectly safe and therefore did not
remove it from the room.
Dame Nature has curious way Of
compensating for the loss of one
sense by the increased acuteness
of another. This man of skulls
and casts couldn't see but he could
smell Every doy he was COM
fortably full of tidal wave and our
friend the landlord marvelled ex-
ceedingly as he never saw the pro-
fessor go into the saloon or bar
room to drink. length it occur
red to him that he would take n
modest quencher' from hi, demi-
john. On going to its hiding place
he found 1t empty. The professor
guided by his nnerring nose, had
unearthed the hotel mans "sperrits'
and kept himself comfortably
drunk for two or three days.
It is needless to state that the
phrenologist changed his boarding
house instanter.--C Colorado Chiet
f0;s,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
XllOi

Who'll weep for me when I am gons'
Or kiss this cold dump brow'
Who clasp this hand then white and still
An those who clasp II nowi
Will there be one, who'll drop tenr
And sometimes wish that was here!
Who'll think OF me, as years roll on,
And, by my lone grave bowl
Sometimes, with flowers 70 mark the spot.
All Those who love me now!
In this wide world will there be one
Who'll not forget, when am gonef
Whose hand, shall gather up LIES flowers
To twine for memory's brow,
And gently throw aside the false
All Those who praise me now 7
Will there be one who'll gleon tho good
And whisper "she did W bat she could"
Well, il but one shall weep for me;
One, kiss my cold dampbrow.
Ons, love me for some gcntle act.
Some good, that do nbw.
Then, shall not have lived in vain,
II one. unfailing Love, gain.
But, II not ore II no hot tear
Shall fall upon his brow;
II no one grieves, when I am gcno.
'Afong those who praise me now;
Then, well know, Eedeemer dear,
That I'm not living for Thee, here.
Help me TO live o may my prayer
BE ever, "Teach me how
To serve Thy little ones below
With good can do now;
Then Thy unfailing Love, Thouri give;
II this be all, its bliss to live.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21

level condition than q harrow will.
Take pole large enough to
afford sufficient strength with an
inch and half hole bored through
it, and about twelve feet long.
Make the holes about fifteen inches
apart, and fill them with brush ;
crab apple being the best for this
purpose. Select those about two
inches ia diameter at the butt, with
even tops, and wide spreading
enough to require crowding to-
gether. When done it will be
wider than the length of the pole
in which they arc fastened, EXTEND
ing over abolt four rows at tine
A stiff plank should be fixed to
bear down on all the brush alike,
upon which the driver may stand
and manage a team hitched at each
end of the pole, If the heads of the
inside horses are fastened together
by the hitch straps.
1t often occurs that more is gain
ed in few days application like
the one here described, If used just
In the right time, than can be gain
ed in as many weeks work in the
ordinary way. With little skill,
judgement and promptness In the
application much might be gained
by those ordinarily delinquent
farmers.
With few tools n farmer may
make even his harrows and keep
his implements in repair, and thus
avoid "vexation of spirit in the
rush Of work, which must occur
in late spring especially.
All the farm machinery should
receive two good coats Of paint
whenever it has been sufficiently
exposed to cause the paint to scale
off or lose its glossy appearance.
A few quarts of the prepared article
is economical and will go long
way in protecting machinery dur
ing the exposed period; and there
is no doubt that when unprotected
by paint when in use, and by shell
ter when not in use, more Injury
is done than by ordinary wear.
One large brush for plain surfaces
and a stnall one for the narrow
spaces will last q long time If clean
ed thoroughly with turpentine or
benzine when dono using them.
Wesfern RwdL
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21

ing individual, and begin to paw
with their hands without any def
mite aim. 1t is useless TO tell the
victim to do this or that, or call
for water. In fact, it is generally
best not to say word, but to seize
a blanket or any woolen fabric-if
none is at hand, take any woolen
material-hold the corners as far
apart as you can, stretch them out
higher than your head, and run
ming boldly to the person, make Q
motion of clasping in the arms,
mostly about the shoulders. This
instantly smothers the FIRE and
saves the face.
The next instant emmerse the
burnt parts in cold water, and all
pain will cease with the rapidity Of
lightning. Next get some -four,
remove from the water, and cover
the burnt parts with IN inch in
thickness of -four; if possible, put
the patient in bed, and do all that
is possible to soothe until the ply
sician arrives. Let the -four re-
main until it falls off itself, when .
beautiful new skin can be found.
Unless the burns are deep, no 9TH
er applications are needed. Tho
dry -four for burns is the most ad.
mirable remedy ever proposed, and
the information ought to be im-
parted to all.
The principle Of its action 10
that, like the water, it causes In.
slant and perfect relief from pain
by totally excluding the air from
the injured parts.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
Phreuoioey md Spirituniism,


Whether there Is any direct con-
nection between the science OF
phrenology and the consumption
Of whisky, we are at loss to de-
tcrmine. We have seen professors
of the science who were victims OF
dipsomania, and again we have en-
joyed the acquaintance of. those,
who, like great Fowler, we're pro-
hibitionists as regards everything
to eat. and drink, except boiled
cabbage, and that Greeley luxury,
corn meal and water. " W.
A short time since a blind pro-
fessor OF phrenology came to this
city. He was glib of speech, and
his counlenance bore the stamp ol
a man who enjoyed something
stimulating. He took mp his abode
at one OF our hotels, and the pro,
prietor thinking that he was Q
blind man and that light to him
was a superhoous article, put hin
in a room without a window. II
this room 1t happened that the
landlord kept his private demtohn
A icapacious ing. containing {
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
One Stitch Moro.

The lack of q single stitch causes
the reputation of many harness.
makers to suffer. A careless
journeyman, when sewing on buck
les, often neglects TO place his
stitches near enough to the buckle
bar, and the result is that, as soon
rs the strap is used a little, the
buckle becomes loose and wears
the leather away sooner than il
should. Wherever straps are at.
tached to buckles, rings, loops, etc.,
stitches should be placed as close
to the metal as possible, and be
drawn down so that the leather
win touch 1t all around and hold 10
firmly to its place. So, too, with
sewing on loops for want Of .
stitch or two, they are not proper
ly secured, and in a short time are
pulled out. Almost any workman
will be careful Of his sstit hing where
defect would be noticed by any
one, but where they are hid from
view, or at points where one un-
accustomed 10 harness making
would not examine, they are likely
to slight their work, and, by omit
ting single stitch here and there.
TO save a little labor for themselves
hut entail loss upon their em-
ployers. iin4 7unm ui n.hi
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21

Pure and brave seek no refugs
from an eternal future In disgraces
ful dissipation: they count una
bounded existence rather as the
only fitting sphere for the unfold.
ing of their latent energies, and
calmly await Il clad IN the canopy
which wise moderation alone can
provide. Great and good virtues
are never maturcd sensual and
timid spirit. Terror, induced bv
guilt chills the soul, AZ physical
terror chills tho body. Destroying
al prospects Of morsl excellenco
in the heart from which chAste o.
sirvs snd dsplfgovcrpmsnt uSsxileo'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21

The Scientific American says
that three persons out OF four
would rush right vp to abe burn
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
Little Things that Pay.

Who is there that cannot think
OF some farmer acquaintance,
among the successful ones, who
was always in hurry and hustle,
vet driven by his work ; everything
done O little after the time in which
it ought to have been done, there
by losing the best part Of the only
time in the year In which any
profitable results can be obtained
on the farml No preparations are
made in anticipation Of the ap-
preaching season, requiring all the
patience and reserve force kept in
store for the occasion! Tools are
not put in order till the time is at
hand for their use, and even plow-
ing for corn is postponed until
planting time, with the belief that
it is better to plow and plant about
the same time, so that the corn
may have an even chance with the
weeds. ~
Our experience ever has been
that IL is better to take time by
the forelock in this matter of plow-
ing, thus not only having the work
done in season, but improving the
condition of the soil by having II
plowed early. The earth has tine
to become pulverized' settled and
warmer, so that young plants more
readily take hold upon 1t and grow
more rapidly than on late blowing
The seed can also he placed at a
more uniform depth, nearer the
surface and at the same time re-
ceiving sufficient moisture. The
seeds of all weeds, lying near the
surface, will have time to grow and
he destroyed before the Young corn
makes its appearance upon the
surface. ~ vTy
Running a cuhivator astride Of
each row after the corn Is planted, IN
case the ground becomes too CON-
pact and weedy from heavy rains
| is al, excellent plan otherwise q
brush improviscd early, during odd
times, for this and other purposes,
will accelerate the work. If made
in the following manner one
man may do as much with brush
ss can be done with fonr harrows'
and much better, crushing the
clods, pressing down the ground
and leaving tho surface in . more
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
VIM, III. PHELPS,

Bsalsr In Lime, Water Lime, Plaster Paris, and
Half Ready Made Mortar for sale at all times
Contracts taken for all kinds of Mason Work,
plain or ornamental. Material furnished II re-
Quirei. Otice on Second street. sc
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-21
Flint & Pere Marquette R. R.

Flint d Pere Marquette n. h.
The shortest, quickest, and most reliable route
to and from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Saginaw and bay City.
GOING EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
Leave Alpena daily, except Sunday. BY Alpena
and Bay City line Of stages, at $3.50 a. m.
Leave Bay City at 1905 p m, 700 a. m.., ll;Oo
n. m, and 2:05 p. IN.
East sagindw, 1910 p. m, 7;:3 a. m, HISS Am,
and 2:fO =. m.
Flint, f2.iO a. m, $50 a. m, 1885 and $50 p. IN,
Holly, 6:20 and $40 a. m lao and i:46 p. IN.
Arrive at Detroit ut 7!2t and ll;25 a. M, and
6:20 p. IN.
Leave plymouth, 7:t5 and ll:O3 a. m, Clio 2, m.
Wayne, sos and ll:05 n. M, 800 p. IN,
Monroe, 925 q. IN. and 1890 p. IN.
To, edo, 1880 q. m. and 500 p. m.
Midi lsnd, l0.l7 n. m, and 5:33 p. m.
Farwel S.35 u. m, and $3.50 p. m.
Reed City, 100 n. m, and 2:lO y. IN
oofSG NORTH.
Toledo, Il Is q. m and 500 p. m.
Monroe, l:lb p IN. and 9:lO p. m.
Wnyne 2:l5 D. IN, $3.50 y. IN. and lO:40 p. m.
Detroit, s:45 q. m, $40 aDd 1850 p. IN.
Holly, l045 a. IN, 1855 p. m, 745 p. m. and 4;is
Flint, ii2s a. m. 4:2s and S::7 p m, and i;ss n.
East Saginaw, i24s, $50 and 1855 p. m.' and
Bay City, rGo, sos and 1925 p. N. and ':2s q.
Midland. 62s p. m, and sss q. m.
Farwel s:O3 r. m, and 1898 a. IN.
Reed City, arrive 1918 and 9:40 p. m.
FLINT RIVERS DIVISION.
Leave Flint, 5:25 p. m. Leave Otter Lake 7:3Oam
otisville, ei2 p. m. Otisville. 7;42 a. m
otter Lake arrive 6:25. Flint, arrive, s:s5 a. m.
A. +. FLETCHER,
General Ticket Agent, Alpena, Mich.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
coe and canSs Fair,

The 7th. annual show and fair of the
Farmers Association of Zoe and Canoe
Creek, will take place on Wednesday and
Thursday Sept. Is, and l6, on the fail
grounds in Canoe Greek, near Hillsdale
Liberal cash premiums are offered or
stock, fruit, vegetables, etc., as an induce
ment to get up fine exhibition and en-
courage the production of fine stock anG
best farm products. At lP. NJ on tht
18th there will be ring riding, for prem
iums. At P. NJ. on the 10th there vii
be an address. Good music will be in at
tendance. Refreshments can be had Oh
the ground. No intoxicating drink per
mitted on the ground. The upper enc
of our county and a portion of Whitesid,
and Henry largely attend these fairs
which are always we'll managed and highl!
interesting,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
Our Town Board,


Our Republican town ring don't pay
much attention to law Krell, Beardsley
& Co. run the business about as they like,
with no reference to law. They call in such
of the justices as they please and hold an
auditors meeting when they please, The
law provides for only two meetings year,
of the board of auditors, viz: ''on the
Tuesday next preceding the annual meet
ing of the county board" which would be
the first Tuesday IN September; and ION
the Tuesday next preceding the annual
town meeting" which is the Tuesday pre-,
ceding the first Tuesday in April. But
our Republican ring got together on the
22d Of July. time not authorized by law,
and proceeded to Iallow extravagant and
illegal bills to the assessor, the town
clerk, and themselves. No meeting of the
auditors was authorized by law at that
time. The auditors are not authorized BY
law to hold but. two meetings year, the
| Tuesday before our April town meeting
aud the Tuesday before the annual meet
ing of the board of supervisors. The su
pervisor, the town clerk, and all the jus
tees of the peace constitute the board Of
audit. Why was it that Krell and Beard
sley, when they held their unauthorized ant
illegal meeting on the 22d of July, neg
lected to notify Justices Wagner ant
Cooke? Did they suspect that these mel
would oppose the allowance of all bills no
plainly authorized by law? 1t looks a
though there was little 'shenanigan'
about that July meeting.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
River News.

Keokuk- Northern Line-The Alex
Mitchell is expected up tomorrow. The
Red Wing is expected down tomorrow.
Diamond 10 Lne-The Imperial will be
here this evening. The Diamond 10 was
raised yesterday afternoon, and repaired Sc
that she arrived at the boat yard in this city
at o'clock this morning without assistance
When she sunk she had ON board large
quantity of freight, nearly all of which,
except 400 barrels of lime from Princeton
and Port Byron. was saved. 1t appears
that about 1880 P. NJ, Friday, when about
two miles below Keithsburg, she struck a
rock which tore aslarge hole in her hull
and wrenched her whole frame considera.
bly,. The boat began filing and sinking
rapidly, and the engines we're stopped and
the crew turned in at a lively rate to res
cue themselves and personal effects and to
get the passengers ashore. But a new
danger threatened the boat and its human
freight, The 400 barrels of lime must be
cleared from the decks or it would set the
boat afre upon contact with the water.
To throw the lime overheard and guide il
clear of the boat was the work of but a
comparatively short time, though in the
hurry and confusion several of the rousta.
bouts got hurt. When the boat touched
bottom the bow was upon the bar, the
center in about ten feet of water, sub.
merging the engines, and the stern was
nearly out of sight, in water fifteen OF
twenty feet deep. No lives were lost. all
the passengers getting safely ashore, with
their baggage. Mr. Geo. Lamont, the
agent. here, thinks the 10 will be in con.
ditiou to run again, by Monday.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
Additional Saloon Licenses,

&c. Peter Sommer.
81. Henry Reddig.
6S. Jacob Roth.
The 6S saloons now licensed in Rock Isl
and bring in a revenue to the city of 3d.
800 the price of license being 800.
Ia Moline there are 81 saloons, paying 9
license of $500 each-a revenue to that
city of $500.
How little saloon in the suburbs Of
Moline can pay $500 year license-a dol
lar day-and save any money, after allow
ing for rent, fuel, lights, taxes, insurance
and services in carrying on the business, il
hard to understand.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
The Ca1nn Meeting.

Mr., Z. w. Spencer informs US that
there is already Thursday a very large
number of tents on the camp grounds at
Tindall grove and more constantly arriv-
ing. He has no doubt that there will be an
immense gathering of people there.
He authorizes US to say that there will
be no Sunday school, next Sunday, in the
NJ. +. church, in this city, nor at the Elk.
change Street Mission, and no services in
the old church on that day.
1t is pretty evident that everybody is
going to camp meeting. The livery teams
are pretty much all engaged for Sunday.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
Tiskilwa Excursion.

A large excursion from Tiskilwa and vi
cinity visited this city to-day-six coaches
crowded-and comprising the most elegant
people of that fourishing town and vicin.
ity The Harper House register shows
too many names for our spare space-ove1
$50 of the excursionists dined there, be.
sides the usual guests of the house and
its regular boarders.
The ARGUS acknowledges call from
Hon. b. N. Stevens, formerly member o
congress, and from Mr.. Harrington, prin
cipal of the Tiskilwa schools.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
Wicked Assessments.

A Republican legislature of this state
passed a most iniquitous law requiring
private corporations to pay taxes on all
their property; and then on their stock
organization, which is merely their partner
ship papers; and then on what they owed.
1t would be just as sensible to tax farmer
on his land, and then double it for the deed
to his land, and then tax him on what he
owed on the land. And a Republican
Governor signed the law And Repub'
lican Board of Equalization carried out
the iniquity by making the assessment.
The result was that most of the corpora
tons fought the validity of the tax and
beat the state-as they ought to-
Last winter, an Independent and Demo
cratic legislature passed an act providing
that only the tangible property of such
corporations shall be assessed, the same as
if they we're doing business without cor
poration organization.
A Republican Equalization Board. nov
III ScooLOu, lHotcdu VI HcCuIuk tuLS pAOpOi
and just law, asked the Republican At
torney-G General his opinion of it, and he
in a long opinion, endeavors to destroy thu
force of the law.
The Springfield Journal has no hesita
ton in condemning the opinion of At
torney-General Edsall constituting tn,
amendatory act of the revenue law pass
ed by the twenty-niuth general assembly
1t says the opinion is Tin the very teetl
of the constitution" and ''of a damaging
if not ruiuous, character The JourHa
continues: IF the board should be s.
unfortunate as to be misled by Mr.. Edsall
there will be about 5000 manufacturing
and other establishments converted int
the bitterest tax-fghters in the state, an
along with them will be found the railroad
companies themselves, aiding to wipe GU
a double barreled system of tax-robber
as foolish as it is wicked and unjust.
1t remains to be seen whether the Re
publican Equalization Board will obey til
law or be misled by the Republican A
torney-General.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26
Mysterious,

Chs. T. Barker, son of L. Fl. Barker, of
Moline, but for some time past resident
Of Omaha, came to this city on the 18th.
inst. leaving the hotel the next morning,
the l4th, after paying his bill, and after
all the regular trains Lad left for that
morning. He has not been heard from
since and good deal Of anxiety is felt as
to his whereabouts. He is of medium
height, rather heavy built, round face,
wears heavy moustache and abundant
clustering hair, and had on, when last
seen, pair of light pants and frock coat
of dark cloth.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-26

The water main question appears to have

The water main question appears to have
quietly expired.
The board of education will meet on
Monday evening next. August 3Oth.
A large number of people will go from
here to Bowling on Sunday to attend the
camp meeting now in progress here.
The council will not meet until the regu-
lar meeting night, Monday evening. Sep
TENDER 9th. 1t promises to be one OF i'm
partance.
The calaboose contained the average
number last night. Most of the occupants
were travelling agents for Walker, Do
little Il Co., car inspectors, curb-stone sup
porters. ETC.. etc.
Last Wednesday evening a stranger
was arrested. by Peter Olsen. under what
were considered suspicious circumstances
He was trading pipes and beads for meals
or money and the parties whom he visited
becoming afraid of him had him arrested
He gave his name as Tom Lansor ane
claimed to be from Rockford Ills. Thi
morning he was up before Justice Mapes
but there being no evidence On which tt
hold him, he was released on promise t,
leave town, which he did.
Last "wednesday night fisherman
who halls from from Rock river, nance
Suddenly, was picked up by Marshal Well
in an intoxicated condition and taken t
the calaboose. Suddenly is an old man
past 60 years, and feeble, and the saloo
keeper who would sell him liquor until b
became in the condition he was last night
ought to be prosecuted and have his licens
revoked. This is only one of a numbe
of such cases. and calls for investigate
by the proper authorities. He was releas
ed this morning and slowly wendell hi
way howeward, but refused to tell wher
he got his liquor.