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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-07-21

BEFORE MARRIAGE.

BEFORE MARRIAGE.
My Maggie, my beautiful darling,
Creep into my arms, my sweet,
Let me fold you again to my bosom
So close can hear your heart beat.
What those little fingers been sewingi
Ones been picked by the needle sec.
These hands shall be kept free from labor
When once they are given to me.
All mine, little pet, will shield you
From labor and trouble and care.
will robe sdu like some fairy princess,
And jewels shali glenn in your hair;
Those slippers you gave mo are perfect,
That dressing gown fits 10 T
My darling, wonder that heaven
Should give such treasure to me.
Eight -nine-ten--eleven my precious,
Time flies so when am with you,
II seems but n moment I've zen here,
And now, must say itl-Alieu!
AFTER mARhiAoE.
oh, Me5 sou are heavy-I'm tired
Go sit in the rocker, pray:
Your weight seems hundred and ninety
When you plump down in that sort of way.
You had better he mcnding my coat-slccve-
I've spoken about it before
And want to finish this novel
And look over those bills from the store.
This dressing-gown GETS like the ID;
These slippers run down at the hecl
Strange nothing can ever look decent;
wish you could know how they feel.
What's that bill from Mogan'sl Why, surely,
It's not for another new dress
Look here III be bankrupt ere New Year,
Or your store blls.wili have I'd grow less.
Eight o'clock Meg, sew pb this button
As soon as You finish that sleeve;
Heigh-ho! I'm so dtUeeiiy sleepy,
I'll put off 20 bed believe.
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the little mai Quietly said: al am
Col. James Bowie, and unless yod
throw that cigar away in one min
ute l will put this khife Into yodf
heart, as true as there is a God"
The rufflah cothprehended in an
instant with whom he had to deal,
and threw the cigar out Of the win
dow without adding a word. Col.
Bowie replaced his weapon, drew
bis blanket about him and relaps-
eSSinto a condition of apparent fr-
difference.
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S. ROSENTHAL.
GRAPEvINES.

Our vines OF 20 OF wore varieties
are on q gravelly terrace facing the
south. We bury the vines in the
soil every autumn q few inches
deep, aud leave them till about the
first of May. they are sure to
keep nicely.
CHERRIES.
Our climate is too severe for the
sweet cherries, yet we have spared
a few by keeping theih in grass
where they grow slowly. They
are close together; so we bent over
and tied branches of two different
trees, making them mingle with
each other. In this way, bees were
seen to visit blossoms in succession
which were on different trees.-
Very likely some of these flowers
were crossed. Musquito netting
was tied over the fruit to keep the
birds off. Seeds were saved. Prof.
Rirtland of Cleveland, Ohio, origin
ated many fine sorts id this way.
We want something more hardy
with good quality and yield.
PEACH TREES.
In the autumn of 1874 we had
two young peach trees, with shock
of corn fodder about each. In the
spring of 1875 they were found to
be completely dead. The mercury
had been down to 33 degrees below
zero; besides, we had many severe
winds with mercury frequently at
25 degrees or more below zero.
Two other trees were covered with
hay, and . barrel set over each.
One of them showed some life for
awhile, but both Have died. Four
others were bent down and buried
in sandy soil. Jhcy were taken
up by mistake early in April, and
looked green and promising. A
severe cold snap followed and all
died. Perhaps they would all hate
died at any rate, but / think they
should be left until abeut the 10th
of May OF later before uncovering.
CLOSETS.
Several closets at the agricultur-
al college are built on ground slight
ly sloping, with the back side to-
ward the slope. No pits or holes
are dug. Along the back side
are doors turned down horizon
tally and hung on hinges by
the upper edge. The doors usual
ly hang down to the ground, but
may be easily raised to remove
night soil when necessary. A small
room in the same building is filed,
in dry time, with dry fffuck, loan,
or dust from the road. Clay is
better than sand. Every day, or
every other day, or twice a day, a
small quantity Is shoveled into each
closet. Copperas-water, lime, plas-
ter, or other deodorizers, are also
used in addition to dry earth.-
Every few weeks, or even once or
twice q year for a sfnall family, the
night soil is carted away 10 the
compost heap.
II cared for as above there Is At
most no unpleasant odor; nor is
it more disagreeable to cart away
than 50 much manure from barn
yard. The advantages Of some
such mode are: The closets may
be cheaPly made and kept nearly
free from unpleasant odor; they
may consequently be placed much
nearer tho house, or cscn connect
cd with II; there Is no rcstilcntial
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A couple of boys with q dog
went into a drug store in Baltimore
the other day, and while one inter-
ested the druggist in putting up
five cents worth of medicine, tho
other tied the dogs tail to tho
twain on the counter reel, When
the man of medicine returned to
the counter the reel was flying ffke
fury. The doctor quietly reached
for a pallet knife, and having hung
himself otcr the counter, made q
desperate whack at the Uranium of
the youngstet, who, he supposed;
was sitting on the floor hclpinghim-
self. But, lol the boys and the
dog Bouncer were not there. The
doctor tried in vain 10 stop his reel
being obliged to give It up on
account of the heat il communfcaf-
ed to the palm Of IFS hand. When
he reached the door he beheld the
boys upon the sidewalk about two
blocks of, and Bouncer ID the mid
die Of the street going at the rate
Of forty knots an hour, Che string
pointing directly tcwsrd his tail.
The boys had secured kite string.
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business Cards. one year, one dollar for every

line.
Local Notices, ton cents per line each insertion,
ana all notices continued foi three months or
longer, a discount OF IS per cent,
Advertisements unaccompanlcd by written or
verbal dircctiops win be published three month";
Advertisements. phlef contract, ordered out o.
fore expiration Of time, will be charged full rat q
No paper discontlnned until AL arrearaaes are
paid, except at the bpti6r OF the publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid In a.
vance.
BIZ Terms, CASH, payable auartcrlv. ~.
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sE, MAGNIFICENT STOCK,
At Reasonable Prices.

Having hand seasonab collection of Dry Goods great
line Millinery Goods which found all
the desirable shapes of Hats and Flowers of
Domecs Shaw Hosiery Notions the $5 Linen White
asos,
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New Firm
New Goods {!
AND NEW TERMS !
On the Cash System

Believing as we do that the time
has arrived when the people of
this city desire to buy their goods
for CASH at corresponding low
rates, we shall make no accotbts
whatever, except upon special az
rangements.
Goods will be sold by us at rates
that would ruin any concern doing
o credit business in six months.
LOCKWOOD, LUCE e. SEAGE.
Alpena, March "a, 1875.
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H8ots No. 2O6.

filth altering into adjacent wells,
or otherwise causing "mysterious
epidemics" in the family the COM
post heap is increased in value.
Something like this, or betterithan
this, must some day become the
the Universal custom in all the best
Private houses, schools, railway de-
pots, and hotels.
Stops from theI kitchen can be
run upon heap of dirt which may
be occasionally shoveled over and
changed after it has absorbed a
good deal of filth. 1t is then well
worth removing to use as a fertdiz-
er. 1t is better than running un-
derground into q pit here the
odors generally find = way of
escape, often into - lchen, on
account of some defect or stoppage
of the pipes,
the use of dry earth is vastly
better than to wash the filth into a
sewer, thence into q river to con-
taminate the air and water. A
little mouse, a dead frog, or squir-
rel, or a few dead worms, will spoil
the water of a we'll so everyone
will smell it and refuse to drink it.
The same subjects are completely
deodorized by small shovelful of
dry earth.
W. J. BEAL,
Prof. Botany and Horticulture.
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VIM. P. MAIDEN. M. d.

PHYSICIAN, sURaE0Ns GxNHCoLoGIsT
kc.. Late Asst. surgeon U; s.Army Examining
pal Life Insurance Co.'S. Resident Physician,
magnetic Sulphur Springs etc., etc." Office
Hours at Spring Bath House TO IL A. NJ, s to s
IL toSP. NJ. ll6s
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VIZ. lwIs v 'ksls'ss mos MOI, ,esr
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W Z REAL.
A Narrow Escape.

Prof. Botany and Horticulture.
Lansing, June 25, 1878.
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An exchange is forced by one Of
is compositors to speak Of the re-
cent finding in France of . long
dcfunct Prussisn soldier Who had
been "kiIlcd by a pdllct." He
must have becn a chicken-hexrted
sort Of warrior.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
Mount Union College.

The following was adopted at the
recent annual meeting OF Trustees :
Resolred, That we inereasethe college
property to over a million dollars, by
sand dollars IA the American Centen-
nial Offerings"
Students in College Department
past year, 1911 different students
from first, 10,797, OF whom 7,5l9-one
third ladies-have taught public
schools; of these 4,174 are graduates
OF Normal Department total gradu-
ates in Baccalsurste Degree, 675
Over 1000 commercial students now
fill good situations. The Faculty
numbers sixteen experienced profess
Ors. This College, by having erected
and furnished good buildings, keeps
bOari with room at about 8 per week
self and elub-board much less.
Tuition but q trihe in any Depart
ment no contingent or extra charges.
Apparatus and specimens worth over
q quarter million dollars to illustrate
science. Students enter any time in
term at proportional rates. Many
students, without falling behind their
classes, earn their college expenses by
teaching winters, attending the reg
ular college year Of Fall, Spring
and Summer terms, beginning last
Tuesdays OF August and February
and middle of May. The special win
ter term, beginning last Tuesday oI
November, Accommodates students
not teaching. For descriptive cata-
logue, address Pres. o. n. Hartshornt
L. l.. D., Alliance, o. Bayard Taylor
recently said ''The museum Oi
Mount Union College is among the
best I have visited anywhere, and
the natural specimens are the mos
select and valuable have seen in any
country" Steps are taken to buy the
superb Alliance College edifiee; also
to erect 3 capscious museum building
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
How to Brown coffee.

Coffee should be Drowned at least
twice a week, and kept in air-tight
canisters, and only ground Just i'm
mediately before using. Pick the
green coffee carefully over shake it
in a eOiander to free it from dust, and
rub it in a cloth. While roasting,
stir it constantly the moment the
berry craekles and becomes crisp
enough to pulverize, It is sufficiently
roasted. Stir in q small piece Of but
ter the size Of q walnut, and put the
coffee steaming hot into an alr-tight
canister. For making, put your
coffee into q bowl with just sufficient
cold water to moisten It; beat in an
egg, shell and all mix IL well through
the coffee. Rinse your coffee boiler out
with boiling water /; put the coffee in,
and pour over it the required amount
of boiling water. Let lt boil fifteen
minutes. When II begins TO
boil sir il frequer tly, and
never leave It until the grounds sink.
Pour little from the spout, in orcer
to remove the grains that may have
boiled into it, and pour 1t back into
the pot. 1t Is very much better II
served without decanting it. The
proportions OF ground coffee and boil
Ing water vary in every family; so l
give several Allow one tablespoons
ful OF ground coffee for each person,
and one for the pot, and add three
pints OF boiling water to seven spoon
fuls OF coffee. One measure OF ground
coffee and seven Of the same measure
OF boiling water. One ounce Of ground
coffee to one quart OF boiling water.
One ounce Of ground coffee to q pint Of
boiling water. One and a-half ounces
Of ground coffee TO q pint OF boiling
water.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
Cut FEED for Horses.

An accurate farmer has furnished
the Country Gentleman q statement
of his experiment with feeding cut
feed aud meal to his horses, accom-
panied with weighing and measuring.
He cuts oats and straw about an inch
long with a raw hide cylinder ma
chine; and this chopped straw is then
treated with corn meal and bran
mixed in about eqdal quantities as to
weight, so that each horse has about q
bushel OF cut feed and three quarts Of
the meal and bran twice IN each day.
Sometimes hay is cut instead of Ost-
straw or both are mixed. IL Is found
that two hundred pounds per week OF
this mixture OF eorn-meal aud bran,
added to the cut feed, will keep a pair
OF working horses in the best cOudi-
tiOn, Tits, he is satified from expert
ment, Is less than tIOo-thir1s cost Of
keeping them on uncut, dry and 1ChOle
grGin. The eorn-meal alone is not so
good for horses as when mixed with
bran. An excellent meal IL made Of
ground oats. The fodder Is cut by
horsepower, ON stormy or spare days,
and stored In large bins, so As to fur
nish always 9 surplus on hand.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
I COIOneI UrOsVenOr's Speech.
What IRhatIOn Means.

1t means we buy st fancy prices,
imagine that we are rich and run in
To debt. Every scheme has "milliOns
in it," In faneied wealth and wild
hope we give bonds. We want dol
lars of to-day and agree tn pay dollars
Tomorrow, cost what they may. We
have no right to grumble. But final
ly the bubbles break as bub-
bles will. The charming days Of
cheap money bare every breast
in turn to the knife of Shy
lock. The lender laughs as he fore
closes his mortgages, and trusts that
our great American finSnciers, the
invaluble friends OF the poor man,
may give us one more trial OF cheap
money. He likes to lend in flush
times, with gold at $50, and to call in
his loans in hard times, with gold at
1I0. He prays for more money and
another FOOLS paradise. Yes, let us
vote down specie payments, as Eng
land did in 1911. Violent changes
followed /; paper rose and fell % per
cent and that land Is not yet free
from the terrible concentration and
tyranny of wealth then produced.
Eight years of continual disaster
taught the needed lesson must we
also suffer more before We learn :?
Let us try more money, as the Chinese
did more than q thousand years ago.
Once a piece of paper q foot square
would buy all the necessaries of life;
presently It took 10000 square feet Of
that money to buy one rice cake.
Let US try more money, as our faith
ers did. In 17S0, the thrifty barber OF
Philadelphia ecOnOmized-lie papered
the walls Of his shop with sOntinent-
al money. Yet, seven years later
Rhode Island had another kind Of
money, which the farmers, when
they paid debts, took to town in pill
low-eases. Let US try it again as
France did, until q pound OF butter
cost 600f (S120) and q hack ride 5000
Iivres Isl ,I00). Let US try it again as
the eOnfederates did. POstOffiee
clerks resigned because they could
not support life on 1000 year, and
q pound Of coffee cost $50. Remedy
more money! Then q BOOKSELLER ia
Richmond could not break $500 bill,
I the boots costing 500, and the buyer
said, "Never mind the change, il is
not worth while to let little matter
! of $500 stand in the way of trade"
Remedy, more money Then hand
| ful OF beef cost q basketful Of dollars
and a gold dollar was worth Sl2, 500
in paper. Finally society relspsed
into barter, and the doctor sent 20 his
friend for tten or twenty visits worth
OF corn" Yet there are men who
pretend not 20 know where imitation
ends. The world knows. Nowhere
but in the gulf OF reputation.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
BLOOMVILLE NEWS.

The following correspondence came
too late for last weeks paper, hence
It's appearance here
In our items Of last week you make
Us say William FIT instead Of VIII
liam Teel also, BloomvilIe is the far
nler town Of our county instead Of the
banner town.
On last Tuesday, the I7th inst, Mr..
DJttoro, an old pioneer OF this county,
departed this life after q long and se.
we're illness of heart disease and drop
sy. He was buried one mile north of
town, at which place 3 large number
Of neighbors and friends gathered to
pay their last respects. Father Dot
torO was well known to Us all as q good
christian man in practice ss well as
profession.
Jonathan Finch, living mile east
Of town, has been very sick fer some
time. He is now cOnvaleseeut.
John Snyder is up from his bed and
among US again. Many Others Of our
citizens are resping the rewards Of vi
Olsting natures laws, but are not con-
sidered very dangerous.
George r. Weeks and family, for
merry of this place, arrived here late
ly from Little Rock, Arkansas. They
are in good health, but report times
very dull in Arkansas.
John Griffin has sold his house and
lot on New Haven street also Paul
Miller his beautiful lot and residence
adj joining, to parties from Canton, o.
We learn from the columns Of the
Bloomville Banner that the editor
eontemplates giving his friends a re-
ceptiOn.
Our merchants report that trade Is
very good for this season of the year.
All are doing well.
Our farmers are busy preparing to
SOW the golden grain
A number Of the school teachers of
our township have bson vending their
way to the County Institute held at
Republic this week.
Mr.. Muekley left us on last Monday
for Indiana, where be intends to en-
gage in tiIling the soil, and also to join
the Changers.
William Stewart has removed the
old dilspidAted fence from in front of
his lot aud placed instead 3 neat, new
picket fence, which Is a great improve
ment REPORTER
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
PLEASURE ORPAIN.

Through life we're found strewlng again
and again,
The sunshine of pleasure or chill blast Of
pain
We either make cheerful our fellows each
day,
Or scatter some discorI to darken the
way.
'Tis ours to gladden. or wOefully chill,
We each have the power to do as we will.
The chances are legion, and we shall abide,
Condemned or exalted. as we may decide.
Kind words cost but little, and OH, how
they cheer
The heart overburdened and east down
with fear;
A word fully spoken, with kindness and
ease,
The hottest OF anger will quickly appease.
Kind deeds are the flowers which cheerfully
bloom
To gladden. our lives as we march to the
tomb;
UpraIslng the fallen and those that are
low,
The depth OF their power no mortal doth
know.
Kind thoughts by kind actions are best un-
derstOOd
They stand "a the essence OF all that is
good
They prompt us to deeds OF the holIest
love,
And meet the approval OF angles above.
IT r. Thompson ia chronological Journal.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
Ohio State Fair.

The annual fair Of the Ohio State
Agricultural Society will be held at
Columbus on the 9th, 7th, sth, 9th,
and 10th OF September. The follow
ing prominent features will give q
good idea Of the Fair:
]. The various halls all have water
tight roofs, 50 that all textile or other
articles liable 10 be injured by in
elemencies Of the weather will be pro-
teeted.
2. There is q mile and a half-miJe
track overlooked by an smphitheatre
which will seat 3, 900 persons.
3. The premiums offered amount
to upwards Of so, 600, embracing
nearly all the departments Of prOsiue-
tive Industry. The premiums on
horses amount to 800, cattle 3, 600,
sheep over 81 900, swine $50, poultry
$3.50.
4. Good music by three Of the best
hands in the state, good water from
the Holly Water Works, and good
dining halls.
5. The Fair commences on Monday,
September 6, and closes Friday, Sep
tember 10.
The Cincinnati, 5audusky & Cleye-
land railroad, and the Baltimore &
Ohio and branches will carry Dassen-
gers at usual State Far rates, aud
freight free, when returned without
change of ownership. The prospect
now is good for a satisfactory shOw aud
"a large attendance.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
THAT SCHOOL FUND.

Judge Taft, in his Cleveland speech,
comes out in very definite terms on
the proprosed division of the common
school fund by the Catholics. The fol-
lowing is aR extract
have no desire or purpose to at
tack, or carry on any crusade against
the Catholic Church. But the atti-
tude of the Catholic clergy, a. be-
tween the parties, renders it inn
possible to ignore them ia our present
contest with the Democrats.
A majority of the Catholic voters
in this country, though not all, have
generally voted with the Democratic
party. But the recent enactment OF
the Gsghan bill, 10 give the clergy of
every sect opportunity to minister TO
the spiritual comfort of persons Of
their own faith confined In the Peni-
tentiary and other penal aud REFORM
atOry institutions, has awakened un-
usual apprehensiOns. Not that the
Geghan bill would seem 20 be dam
geIOus or unreasonable in itself-al-
though the general public had not
been aware that there was any Oc-
casiOn for it-but that the Catholic
clergy claimed it as an impOrta mt
measure to which their Church was
entitled, and demanded it at the
hands OF the Democratic majority, as
q consideration for the Catholic vote
in the past, and condition Of their
receiving it in the future. On the
same principle, If the Republicans
should promise to divide the school
fund, or to abandon thesehool system,
they might expect a pledge OF the
/ Catholic vote from the clergy, unless
the Democrats should bill higher.
This circumstance even might not
have excited so much apprehension,
but for the fact that the Catholic
priesthood have, by the newspapers
under their control, signifisd their
oppOsit on to the common schools Of
the country. They are not willing to
have Catholic children educated in
schools common to ALI and without
seetarian teaching. The apprenen-
sion in the popular mind Is, that if
the Catholic clergy can induce the
Democratic majority to do one thing
at their instance, they may hereafter
induce the Democrats to do snOther
far more important and formidable
thing. viz: To divide the school fund,
or break up the school system. =
1t Is not supposed that the Catholic
clergy have any special regard for
either party, except as it favOrs or OPP
poses their purposes in regard to the
schools. They claim the right to
control the instruction Of Catholic
children i'm secular as well as In re-
ligiOus knowledge and this Is their
politics. To this end they affiliate
with the Democratic party, which Is
not supposed TO make education a
leading object, or to adhere 30 the
common school system with aBy
desperate tenacity.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-02
Sa1key at New Castle.

Ira Sankey. Of the now famous
Moody & SAnkey, reached his home
at New Castle last week, and all the
churches united in giving him a well
cnme home yesterday. The Opera
House was crowded to OverfiOwIng
on this occasion, the venerable DIR.
Judkin presiding. The meeting was
opened by DR.. Judkin with prayer,
after which a welcome hymn was
sung by a relative of Mr.. Sankey.
The address Of welcome was de-
livered by Cyrus Clark, Esq , of New
Castle. This has been characterized
as eloquent, and highly compliments
ary to Mr. SaDkey.
At the close Of this address Mr..
Sankey responded with q thrilling
narrative of the experience of himself
aud Mr.. Moody in the old country,
while lsboring in the vineyard OF the
Lord. Mr.. Sankey closed his address
by singing in his admirable manner,
the Shepherd Hymn.
This was followed by short ad-
dresses from the several clergymen of
the city.
The reception was in every way
worthy the distinguished American
who has so justly earned for himself a
worldwide reputation.-Register and
Tyib1fyle