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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12

An elderly gentleman, accustom-
ed to "indulge," entered the room
of an inn where sat a grave friend
by the fire. Lifting a pair of green
spcctacles upon his forehead, rub
bing his iDnamed eyes, and calling
for hot brandy and water, he COM
planned to his friend that "his eyes
were getting weaker and weaker,
and that even spectaclcs didn't
seem to do them any good" "I'll
tell thee, friend" replied the Quak-
er, "what 1 think. If thee was to
wear thy spectacles over thy mouth
for a few months, thy eyes would
get round again."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12

One friend 10 another who has
just returned from trip abroad;
Did you enjoy your European
tour!' every much, indeed" ""Did
Won call on any of the big ones Z"
Eyes; ! called ON two queens one
evening "Called on two queens! I!
Was il n very pleasant affair Z"
"No, not very; for after called, l
found tho other chap had three
kings"
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12

"Papa, me has been baptized,
amt me 7" asked little three-year-
old. Eyes, dear" "Then me won't
have to be baptized again Z" "No !;
but can you remember anything
about being baptized 2" 81 dess |
can" "Wcll, what did the minis
ter do with you p Gle showed up
my sleeve, and stuck knife in my
arm"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12

"Who was tho first man 2" asked
school teacher of little girl
She answered that she did not know.
The question was put to the next,
an Irish child, who answered loud
ly, "Adam, SIR with apparent sat
isfactiou. claw" said the first
scholar contemptuously, "you need
not feel SO grand about it--he wasn't
an Irishman !"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12
VIM. p. MAIDEN. M. D.

PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, GYNECoLoGIsT
&C., Late Asst. Surgeon u. s. Army; Examining
Surgeon for U. s. Pensioners, and all the prnci-
pal Life Insurance Co.'S Resident Physician,
"Magnetic Sulphur Springs etc., etc." Office
at residence, on Water street. ll6.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12

A gentleman was surprised to
see his little daughter bring home
from the Sunday school library q
grave treaties on "Backsliding."
"My child,' said he, "this Is too
old for you; you can't make any
thing out OF it, III know it pa"
was the reply, "but ! thoguht |
could when | took IL; ] thought IL
would teach me how to slide back
ward
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12
Remember Nc.

When she who loves thee is not near,
And thou art sad, and none to checr;- =
When thou dost sigh and none TO hear
Oh, then remember me.
And when on pleasures lap reclined,--
Thy smiles bespeak happy mind,
And every gloomy thought resigned
Still, still remember met
And when some other trcacherous heart
Strives to expel me from thine heart,
Oh ere thou bid that form depart,
Pause and remember me.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24
ITO be Continued.]
FREE AND EASY LAW.

Win. j. Davis is writing some very inter-
esting sketches of the early days Of California
for the Sacramento Bee. We find the fol-
lowing among them:
In the olden times, in Plumus county, a
man was arrested for murder, tried and con-
victed, and sentenced to be hanged. The case
was taken to the Supreme Court on appeal.
Pending the appeal, the District Court con.
vened in another county, and the Supreme
Court debated quite while on the case. FL
nally decision was filed affirming the judg-
ment of the court below, and directing that
the defendant be resentenced to death. In
those days the Sacramento Union was about
the only newspaper circulating in that remote
country, and whatever appeared in its COL
umus was taken to be undoubtedly the fact.
The issue containing the Supreme Court de-
cision arrived at the county seat, and the sher-
iff saw it, and concluded that the matter was
settled finally. So, walking into the Jail, he
addressed the defendant with:
"Well, the Supreme Court has affirmed the
judgment in your case; it's printed in the
Sacramento Union."
as it2" said the prisoner. "That's rough
but I guess I'll have to stand it"
"Walln said the sheriff II have got to
hang you you have been herea good while
an expense to the county, and the sooner the
thing is over the better"
"There is no use being in hurry" said the
prisoner; "give fellow chance to get ready"
"How will the first of next week suit?"
asked the sheriff.
90, what's the use of all that hurry3 Call
it the last of the week."
"Well, we will split the difference and call
it Wednesday afternoon" said the officer.
This was acquiesced in by the other party
in interest, and at The appointed time he was
taken out and hanged. At the opening Of
the District Court at the following term,
Judge R. H. Taylor, now at Virginia City,
who was then on the bench, inquired of the
clerk if the remittor had been sent down, and
being advised in the affirmative, said, 81
guess we had better have the prisoner brought
up this morning and resentenced." He was
rather surprised when the sheriff innocently
informed him that the law had already been
fully satisfied, and that the criminal had been
sent before the court whence there could be
no appeal. The matter was hushed up, and
we believe no mention has heretofore been
made of it in print.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

been made, had proved rather trying to his
weak condition. He was weary and faint,
and only too thankful to be lifted down from
his elevated position, and have his leg released
from its stiff support and laid at ease upon
the bed which awaited him. So very tired
was he, that he could do nothing, at first, but
lie quite still, with closed eyes, looking so
white and feeble, that Mrs. Carleton's warm,
motherly heart throbbed with tender pity
for him, and the eldest girl, lowering near,
watched him with suppressed awe, and won
dered if he would ever open his eyes again.
He did open them after while, and as
they rested on the kind faces near him, flush
Of pleasure and gratitude kindled on his pale
cheek, and his smile, bright though transient,
chased away Amy's unspoken fears.
"Are you better now, my dear boy% asked
the clergyman's wife. In her eyes he was
nothing but a boy, and his helpless condition
made this mode of addressing him seem nat
ural and right.
Eyes, am better, thank you" was the
grateful reply. II know I shall get we'll,
now-I feel as if I was at home"
"And so you must feel, as long as you are
with US" replied Mr. Carleton. "Just imag-
inc that you are in your own home, with your
own mother beside you. I will try and do
for you all that she could"
"Ah, but have no mother" said Arthur
gently. He did not say it with any especial
sentiment, for it was 80 many years since he
had lost his parents that the remembrance Of
them both was vague and painless to his
mind but to sympathiziug Amy, who over
heard him, the words sounded full of pathos,
and touched her tender heart with new pity,
swelling into unwonted emotion as she stole
quietly away.
T1,o he Continued.1
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

CONDITION OF THE SoUTH.--There are
forty cotton mills in Georgia, and they have
been in active operation during very dull
season. Tennessee has taken great strides in
manufacturing, and throughout the South
the drift of capital is toward industrial pur-
suits. The farmers, too, have not only adapt
ed themselves to free labor, but have also
planted new crops, adopted wiser methods of
cultivation, introduced improved agricultural
implements, and begun to SOW grasses and
raise stock. The South is learning manufac-
turing, stock raising and scientific farming in
the hardest of hard times, and scarcely knows
whether it is going backward or forward.
The Nashville True american has read the
signs of the times, and bids the South take
courage. "The South" it says, "is on the
highway to that independence which energy
and labor afford it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

you feel now3" "Don't you want something
to eat?" "Can I do anything for your
"Let me bathe your head p is enough to drive
a sick man wild. He feels that he would like
to ask you to 90 away and hold your tongue;
but he knows that all this fdgetingis prompt
ed by affection, so he holds his tongue instead,
and bears it all with what measure Of pa
tience nature has bestowed upon him. In
point of fact, the sick person is generally very
ready to tell his wants.
SITTING BULL A WEST Po1NTER.-A sto.
ry has been going the rounds that Sitting
Bull, and Bison Mclean, at one time cadet
at West Point, are one and the same person.
In regard to the story "a Confederate Gen.
eral" writes to the Richmond Dispatch:
"There may be truth in the story that Sitting
Bull and "Bison" Mclean are one. "Bison"
Mclean was cadet at West Point from Mis-
souri, from 1S45 to 1S4S, and stood we'll in
tellectually in large and bright class. His
diploma was refused him when his class grad
uated in 184s, he having been convicted be-
fore court.martial Of dishonorable conduct.
During the summer of 1852, / met him in
New Mexico Hehad joined the Gila Apache
Indians, had been adopted into the tribe, and
had with him wife or two from among the
squaws. At this meeting he declared to me
that he would never forget nor forgive the in
justice and the injuries he conceived ne had
received from his classmates and the academ-
ic authorities at West Point. If "Bison"
Mclean is living, he is forty.nine or fifty
years old. In character he is strong and rug
ged. His nature is untamed and licentious,
his courage superb, and his physical qualities
almost herculean, except in size. He is q
fair.complexioned, lightcolored haired, very
full-besrded and hairy-bodied man, with a
large head, and bold, irregular, full face.
His height is about five feet ten. or eleven
inches, and twenty-four years ago he would
have weighed 175 or 180 pounds. When q
cadet there was no disguise he would not as
sumo and no hazard he would not venture
for the qualification of his appetites. He
never used strong drink when knew him,
and Notwithstanding the great circumspection
and vigilance of West Point authority, he
thwarted it until the very end of his career at
that institution, and was then brought to grief
by the testimony Of his own classmates, against
whose watchfulness he had perhaps taken no
precaution. Such man, after near thirty
years ofexperience among the savages, might
we'll gil the position of Sitting Bull.
While he was cadet, under the cloak of a
false marriage, he ruined a pretty girl, Efie
Conklin, who lived at Buttermilk Falls,
mile or two below West Point. There are
many contemporaries of "Bison" Mclean
while at the Military Academy, and some
still in the army, who will corroborate the
above"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24
POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

The leaders ofopposing political parties are
often personal friends, while their partisans
are the bitterest of foes. Henry Clay and
Martin Van Buren were, during their politi-
cal lives, leaders of hostile parties, and yet in
social life their intercourse was of very gen.
ial and friendly character. Mr.. Van Buren,
was once the guest of Mr. Clay for several
days at his home in Ashland, and it is re-
ported that Mrs. Clay was so pleased with
that astute politician and most courteous gen
tleman, as to pronounce him the most agreea-
BILE man she ever met. q
An amusing circumstance, which occurred
while Mr. Clay was once passing from Vicks.
burg to jackson, Miss, is told in volume of
hitting political differences to create personal
hostility.
Mr.. Clay was in one railroad car, while in
another car was q very earnest Democrat. A
mutual friend invited the Democrat to 60 in
to the next car, and be introduced to Mr..
Clay. The man declared abruptly that he
would not he did not want to see such an
Old Bank Wing as Henry Clay.
"But," said.the friend, "you will find him
a frst-rate, pleasant man."
mo, he would not be seen shaking hands
with Henry Clay.
"Well," said his friend, "your favorite Mr..
Van Buren, has shaken hands with him very
often, and, more than that, visited him at his
house.
"Neverp replied the Democrat, earnestly.
"He never would do such thing"
"'But he did" replied the friend, "visit him
at Ashland"
Finally the Democrat made bet that Mr..
Van Buren, did not visit Mr.. Clay, and agreed
to lesye the decision to Mr.. Clay, saying that
he didnot think Clay would lie about such a
small thing as that.
The case was stated to Mr.. Clay, who re-
piled, 20. yes, had very pleasant visit from
Mr.. Van Buren,. He spent two days at my
house, and should be glad to return bis visit
if it we're in my power, for, setting aside his
politics, he is very agreeable gentleman, and
right clever little fellow" ao.
The Democrat was confounded, and paid
the bet "But," said he, eff that is the way
great men carry on war with one another,
thaySmay do their own fighting hereafter.
TiIaot do it for any of them" He didn't
believe they were in earnest, anyhow-only
pretended to be, so as to set others by the
ears. He had got one lesson which be should
remember, he said. As for Mr.. Clay, he was
a frst-rate, clever gentleman, with neither
horns nor hoof, as he had been painted.
It will be useful for members Of all political
parties to remember the lesson taught to the
honest but prejudiced Democrat.
---<->->---
The S1cK RooM-To be continually dodg-
ing about the bed, and pouncing upon every
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

The LENGTH OF DAYs.-At London, Eng
land, and at Bremen, Prussia, the longest day
has 163 hours
At Stockholm, in Sweden, the longest day
has 49, hours.
At Hamburg, Germany, and at Dantzig,
Prussia, the longest day has II hours, and the
shortest hours
At St. Petersburg, in Russia, and at Tobolsk,
Siberia, the longest day has 19 hours, and the
shortest hours
At Tornea, in Finland, the longest day has
214 hours, and the shortest q hours.
At Wardneys, in Norway, the day lasts
from May 2lst to July I'd, without interrup.
tion.
At New York, the longest day, June 20,
has IA hours and Sc minutes /; at Montreal,
154 hours.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24
An 0rigiual Stnrg.
LOST AND FOUND ;
THE WHITE FAWN OF THE FOREST.
BY MRS. HENRY DEAS.
CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XI.
Mr.. Carleton accomplished the remainder
of his journey and his visit to Fort Town,
without meeting with any adventure worth re-
cording; and on the third day after his ar
rival, having by that time fulfilled the duties
he had come there to perform, he set out for
another point of visitation, some miles distant,
to reach which he was obliged to pass so near
the cabin of his friend Joe that he determined
to stop in there again and find out how that
worthy was progressing.
The Indian was nowhere visible about the
premises; but as the missionary approached
the door and looked in, he was surprised to
see stranger extended on skin in the corn
er of the cabin, apparently suffering from ILL
ness. He was young and handsome man,
evidently an American !; probably some trav-
eler who had fallen sick on his journey, and
been succored by Joe, who was never found
lacking in hospitality, or in readiness to serve
any one in distress.
The young man half started up at sight Of
the clergyman, with such an eager and de-
lighted glance, that the latter, without hesita-
ton, entered and addressed him.
"You have met with some misfortune,
fear" said he in kind tone, cor would not
find you in this position -
"Oh sir, I am thankful to see you" was
the reply. II have been here now two days,
and have been pining for the sight Of white
face. My ankle is so badly sprained I can't
walk. met with an accident while riding
through the woods mile or two from here,
and fortunately this man-Joe he calls him
self-found me as he was returning from
hunting, picked me up like q baby and
brought me here. He has been very kind to
me, / must confess"
II dare say he has," rejoined the clergy.
man. 81 know Joe we'll he and I are very
good friends. You might have easily fallen
into worse hands. Let me hear how this &C.
cident happened"
81 was on horseback, as told you, and RI
ding quite leisurely along. It was growing
late in the afternoon, and was casting about
for some place to spend the night, when gun
was fired somewhere close by, the horse took
fright, and reared and plunged so violently
that was thrown, for the suddenness Of the
movement took me off my guard. For q
minute or two was stunned, and when I
came to myself I was lying with my leg dou-
bled under me, and feeling horribly uncom.
Portable, I couldn't move when tried to.
Really, I almost cried, was in such pain, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

The BEAUTIFUL HAND.-Three fair young
girls we're seated on mossy bank by the
borders ofa ripping stream which flowed in
silver beauty at their feet. 1t was a beauti-
full picture. The sun was gliding all things
with golden brightness and lighting up the
features of the young and mirthful damsels
who we're merrily engaged in wreathing gar
lands of wild flowers, and decking each other
with the garlands twined by their own fairy
fingers. By and by they began to compare
the sizs and beauty of their hands, and each
disputed with the other that hers were the
loveliest of all. One washed her hands in the
limpid stream; another plucked the wild
strawberries and stained her fnger-tips rud-
dy pink !; the third gathered sweet violets un.
til her hands were redolent with their fra
GRANGE. An aged and baggard woman, clad
in the garb of meanest poverty, drew near,
saying, "Give me Of your charity /; / am very
poor" All three denied her, but fourth
girl who sat close by, unwashen in the brook,
unstained with fruit, unadorned with flowers,
gave the poor woman little gift and received
her grateful thanks. The daughter of power
ty asked them the subject Of their dispute,
and they told her, lifting the while their beau.
tiful hands. Beautiful, indeedw said she.
But when they asked her which was the most
beautiful she said, ut is not the hand that
was washed in the stream, It is not the hand
that is tipped with red, it is not the hand with
the fragrant flowers, but it is the hand that
gives to the poor which is the most beautiful.
The loving heart and the kindly hand" said
she, "are always beautiful, and where these
are net, there is no beauty"
"Right," said Uncle Charlie "beauty is
but skin deep, and I would much rather have
the rough brown fist and iron hook Of kind
hearted Sailor Jack, than the fairest hand
that ever wore diamonds, with proud, un.
feeling heart behind it. The good Book tells
us of One whose hands were pierced with
nails and whose 'visage was more marred than
any man's;' and yet he was the 'fairest
among ten thousand and altogether lovely
and the more we aim to be like Him, howev-
er plain in feature, rude in form, or coarse in
raiment, the more truly beautiful we are"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

FRACTIONAL CURRENcY.-It is important
to observe how small part Of the fractional
currency brought in for redemption has been
Of the earlier issues.
It appears that of the first issue, which has
been in use since 1863, only $1,673.5S has
been redeemed within three months; of the
second, issued in 1864 and 1866, only $848.98
has been presented for redemption and of the
third, issued in 1865, only $10,044.92 has
been presented. The conclusion that nearly
the whole of these notes, now reported as out
standing, has been lost or destroyed, and will
never be presented for redemption, is further
fortified by the fact that of the first issue less
than 100000 has been redeemed within four
years, and less than $4,000 within the past
year that of the second issue less than $780,
600 has been presented within FIVE years; and
of the third issue only about 100000 has
been presented within the past year. 1t is
safe to say that $40 10000 Of the notes Of
these issues will never appear for redemption.
At least $4,500000 more of the fourth and
fifth issues has doubtless disappeared in the
same way. As yet there are no data enabling
US to judge how large part of the legal ten.
ders reported outstanding have in like manner
been lost or destroyed, but it must have been
considerable.-N. Y Tribune. .y,a
A SHREwD CHAPLAIN.-Gen. Putnam was
brave soldier. He had, however, little
knowledge of books, and knew but little of
the Bible. There was chaplain in the army
of the Revolution to whom Putnam became
greatly attached. He was a man Of great
learning, and had a rare tact in choosing texts.
Putnam often expressed his surprise at the
aptness of the text and the sermon to the pc.
culiar condition Of the soldiers, and thought
the chaplain must have manufactured the
text for the occasion.
When it was known that the army of Bur-
goyne was intercepted by Gen. Gates, and
news of battle was daily expected, the chap
lain preached on Sunday from Joel 2, 20:
II will remove far from thee the Northern
army" and predicted a glorious victory for
the American forces. 4 :1&. z !.
After the sermon, Putnam said, loosely,
"NoW confess, chaplain, that yons made up
that text for the present emergency; there is
no such verse Id the Bible. 80 .sas
Thaehaphin brought the Biblesand point
ed ont the passage, and Putnam exclaimed,
in wonder, aW ell. The Bible ii the most won-
derful book ever heard of It has semes
thing for every body and for all occasions,
and you know just where to find il"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

The BEST BREED OF Cows.-An intelli-
gent correspondent of the Berks and Schuyl-
kill Journal says: "It is an established fact
that Jersey COWS will produce more butter
from given quantity of milk than any 9th.
er breed of COWS. The Alderney and Jersey
COWS in the United States may be said to be
the same. A few years ago they were all, or
nearly all, called Alderneys, but lately they
are called Jersey, it being claimed that the
stock in this country is more properly Jersey
than Alderney. Both breeds came originally
from two islands in the British Channel, and
the two breeds are 80 nearly alike that they
had better all 60 by one name. If family
need but one or two COWS, the Jerseys are re-
commended for giving very rich milk. They
do not give large quantity, but about double
the butter can be made per quart than from
that of other breeds. A fve-year old COW
lately made 320 pounds of butter in 29l
days, and although these cows give but six to
eight quarts of milk per day, they average at
least one pound of butter a day the year
round, and the butter is much superior to that
made from other cows milk. This breed of
cows are dear, a yearling heifer being gener-
ally worth from S75 to 500, and young COWS
from $l25 to $780,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

NEXT TO NOTHING. e.-The following was
the reply to the question, (Which of the two
popular London preachers do yeu like besti"
naming them. II like to hear M preach
best, because I don't like any preaching, and
he comes nearest to nothing Of any that / ever
heard" W. - ..,.5
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-24

The s1cK RooM.-To be continually dodg-
ing about the bed, and pouncing upon every
object that is not at right angles, smoothing
out the sheet and dabbing at the pillows, and
saying halfadozen times an hour, How do