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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-10-18

A very daring Kentucky girl late
" rode her horse close to The edge
Of a yawning chasm and proudly de-
fed any gentleman OF the party to
follow her example. Not a soul
stirred except youth, who boldly
backed his horse into the same posi-
ton and standing on his head in the
saddle, dared her to do the same.
She concluded not to.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-10-18
AND SPLENDID SCENERY.

Fare from BRISTOL, Tenn. to RICH
TOND, Na-------.-- > 10 -
Fare Per tT9I VI Di'i' iol' ........- 1915
E7s~e from BRISTOL. Tenn, via. Norfolk to
BALTIMORE, (meals and state room on ,e-,-
stea e R9fetTSiT, Tenn. via Norfolk to
PHILADELPHIA, via Baltimore (neals -
and state room on steamer included) ) 1888
Fare from BRIS TOL, Tenn, via Noriolk 70
NEW YORK. via Old Dominion s. ). Co.,
fmeals and state room on steamer lncluG- -
ed) ----.-- -: y 20 "
Fare from BRISTOL, Tenn, VIA N9rI"Lk,
baltimore and thence all railroad, VIA
Philadelphia, to NEW YORK, meals and %
state room on steamer included) ..-.-S Y W
Fare from BRISTOL, Tenn via Norfolk 20
BALTIMORE and return, tmeals ana STATE q, %
room ON steamer included) , d w
Fare from BRISTOL. Tenn, via NcrfoIk 20
EEW YORK and return tlneals and state =,
room on steamer fncluded) .......-...-.--. 30 -5o
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"citizen'sof Atlanta published
an indignant protest because a few
fallen women were admitted to an
entertainment for the benefit of the
Savannah sufferers, and one OF the
"fallen'' drops on him in this wise /;
Though Citizen seems to have no
charity for fallen women, does he
deny them even the right to be char
itableY'
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-20
rCONT1NUED NEXT WEEK. l

There has been revi val at Washing.
ton. Grant has repented and is sorry
that he ever permitted the whisky thieves
and post office jobbers to be disturbed.
BY way OF showing that his repentance is
sincere he is forcing into retirement all
who have said word against the ring
jobbers. Hayes indorses Grants Ad,
ministratiOn.
There were a number of telling
points made at the Greenback Indepen-
dent meeting last night, but none were
more pertinent than the story told by
Captain Jabez Smith OF how he carried
the specie basis of two banks in Ohio,
back and forth through back alley, dur
ing a. run, a good many years ago,
when he was a boy. The reliability
and solidity of the metal basis was wei
illustrated by Captain Smith.-1srr'
Huute ErDress.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-20
The Anti-MonoP0liSt.

service of the sons of Erin, in the war of
Independence. Let the Shamrock be in
tertwined with the laurels Of the Rev
olution and truth and justice. guiding
the pen OF history, inscribe on the tablets
of Americas eternal
gratitude to Irishmen!
The Irish name was represented in
every battle from Lexington to York
town. They were first in courage and
devotion with Montgomery at Quebec
in Hands charge at East Chester. With
Hands Rifemen at Pell's Creek; with
McGaw at Fort Washington; Sullivan,
Greene, Knox. Ewing. and Hand at
Trenton. At Princeton, Brandy-wine,
Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth,
and MANY other places.
FAMOUS PENNSYLVANIA REG MENT.
The ranks of the famous Pennsylvania
Line were chiefly filed with Irishmen,
and the army were on several trying oc-
casions the chosen troops of Washington.
The loyalty of these brave soldiers was
tried by every test; by the terrors of the
battlefield, by hunger, by the cold me-
elect OF those whose cause they had es
poused, by the tempting offers of the En-
glish General, Lord Howe; but it was
proof against everything that was cal
culated to shake constancy and weaken
fidelity to noble cause.
STORY OF JOHN BRYNE.
The story Of John Bryne may be told
again. Though brief, it will always be
read with fresh delight by the soldiers of
American liberty. John Bryne was an
Irishman who fought in the ranks of the
American army and who, when taken
prisoner by the English, was placed on
board prison-ship. and subjected to all
the brutal treatment which the wicked
ingenuity of his cruel captor could de-
wise. The calm courage with which he
bore his suferings astonished the Eng
lish commander who offered him life,
liberty and money ifhe would only con-
sent to fight under the British flag. The
humble but heroic Irish soldier was not
to be seduced from the cause OF liberty
by brides, threats, or promises he raised
his hands and cried out, Hurrah for
America!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-20
ATTENTION,
SUMMER DECLINE IN THE
PRICES OF DRY GOODS.

A. III. Strouse, corner Third and
Wabasha streets, st. Paul, being the
leading Dry Goods merchant, has re-
duced his
ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS.
To NEW YORK WHOLESALE
PRICES, and to enable such of his
customers who do not find it conven-
lent to come to the city to make their
purchases, he herewith gives Partial
Price List, as guide to how he IS
selling goods in st. Paul:
Best Standard Prints, NEW and
beautiful styles,) ) to s c.
Good Bleached Sheeting, 80 inches
wide, &c.
Good Bleached Sheeting, Sc inches
wide, Sc.
Best Bleached Sheeting, Sc inches
wide, l0c.
Good Unbleached Sheeting, so inch
es wide, &c.
Best Unbleached Sheeting, such as
Indian Heads, etc, &c.
| Best Domestic Bingham, l0c.
| Shawls, beautiful summer styles, 75c
and upwards.
Real Broche Shawls, endless varie-
ty, 81, and upwards.
Good Mems and Ladies' Hose at 81
per doz.
Parasols from l5c, upwards.
Dress Goods, new Spring and Sum-
mer styles, from l24c, upwards.
Ladies' Linen Suits. the largest va
riety ever offered, from 50 and up
wards. Pure Linen
i Cottonades, Kentucky Jeans. Cassi
meres, and all other articles In our
line, too numerous to mention, at the
same ratio of prices
1 Orders solicited, which will receive
prompt attention and satisfaction guar
anteed.
Remember and send orders to
4 A. H. STROUSE.
J Corner Third and Waoasha street
St Paul. MINI.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
81. PAUL, MNx., june LIST, 1876
From and after this date We vii
make discount q 10 per cent On Ii
above 6gurcA
Goods have now struck bottom IN
+ 10 should b I'D 70 receive you1s o,
dsrA
III
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8. G. Dickinson.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24
Where Is Heaven.

Two little children weeping sore,
With shivering forms and naked feet,
Like waits upon life's stormy shore,
Went wandering slowly down the street,
And when they met me, and they saw
Their grief had touched my sympathies,
Tho oldest turned 10 me and cried,
ooh. do you know where heaven is!'
Dear father died year ago,
And mother told us, when no died,
That he had crossed river deep,
And heaven was on the other side
And when we asked her where he was,
She always said, In heaven, know
And told us we could go to him.
Oh tell us, tell us where to go!'
"And now our mothers gone to heaven,
And Robbie cries for her all day.
We want TO find where mother is.
Is heaven so very far awayr"
oh cry of little, sorrowing hearts
The universal cry is this
That you have asked of me to-day
"Oh do you know where heaven is 7"
Oh little seekers after heaven,
oh little waits on life's bleak shore,
Some day your feet will find the way
That gives you back your lost once more.
The only answer can give
To any questioning like this,
From those who miss mothers face,
Is, Heaven is where that mother is !
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24

ment, and drove Mr.. Birch away.
Mr.. Birch and party went off to
Sulphur Island, and, while there,
held consultation as to whether it
would be the most profitable to
put up the mill at Devil river, or
go back to Alpena and commence
over again, as an Indian chief had
assured them of his protection
Alpena was certainly the best place
for numbering, but then a dam
could be built at Devil river with
considerably less money than it
could at Alpena, and this was a
very important consideration to the
enterprising mill men. At last
they determined to leave it to
chance, so they stuck a stick in
the ground, and resolved to COM
mence operations at the point to-
wards which the stick fell. The
stick fell towards Devil river, and
the first mill in the county was
built there.
In 1910, Mr.. j. w. Paxton landed
on Thunder Bay island, and in 1912
Mr.. 0. S. Warner paid a visit to
the Indians at the mouth of Tbun-
der Bay river, for the purpose of
trading with them. Mr.. Paxton
engaged extensively in gill-net
fishing about the year 1856. Soon
after he purchased Sugar island,
and removed his fishing, rig and
buildings thereto in 1858. Mr..
Paxton has remained a settler ever
since, and was the first to make gill
net fishing regular business
Fishing prior to that time had been
carried on by means of six or eight
nets in a gang, and small, sprit-sail
boats. There was q lighthouse
on Thunder Bay island at the time
of Mr.. Paxton's arrival, but it
was not the present magnificent
structure, built in 1857.
In 1853 the county Of Alpena
was attached to the county of Che
boygan, and remained so until 1857,
when Alpena was organized as a
separate county.
Mr.. Daniel Carter arrived In Al
pena, November Goth, 1856. He
was looking after Mr.. Geo. N.
Fletcher's interests, and when he
had accomplished his mission, he
started for Thunder Bay island, in
tending to take the first steamboat
that passed that place and go be-
low, as this was the only direct
communication between Alpena
and the lower ports at the time.
When be arrived at the island, he
found Mr.. Geo. N. Fletcher, Mr..
J. s. Minor, Mr.. j. X. Lockwood,
Mr.. E. A. Breckenridge, and anoth-
er gentlemen. These gentlemen
were on their way to Alpena for
the purpose of locating and sur
veying the place, and, also, to look
after the valuable property they
had acquired in that part Of the
country.
At this time the Fremont cleo
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24
History Of Alpena County.
BY WILLIAM BOULTON.
Written for the Argus.
EARLY HISTORY.

Written for the Argus.
EARLY HISTORY.
Alpena county was first laid ont
in 1910, at which time it was at
tached to Mackinaw, and remained
so until the year 1858. Alpena
was then unsettled and almost un-
inhabitsd-tbe only inhabitants be-
ing few transient fishermen. 1t
derived its name from an Indian
word meaning "good partridge
country"
Among the fishermen present at
that time, was w. +. Cuttings, who
arrived at Thunder Bay island
about the year 1885. Mr.. Cuttings
has resided in the county more or
less ever since, and is yet citizen
Of Alpena, so that he is fully en-
titled to the credit of being the
first settler. Mr.. Cuttings states
that the first buildings erected on
the site of the present city, were
built some three or four years after
his arrival by some hunters from
Mackinaw, and consisted Of three
log shanties. The next building
was erected by Walter Scott, and
consisted of o fish-house (where
Johnson's warehouse now stands)
and a sort Of trading post, which
was built somewhere near Mr.,
David Plough's present residence.
Mr.. SCOTS business was to. trade
with the Indians, his principal com
modify being whiskey. nnf,
In 1886 Johnathan Birch visited
Alpena for the purpose of making
arrangements for building a saw.
mill. He examined the rapids and
finding that there we're good facil
tiles for building a dam, commenced
getting out timber for the enter
prise he had in view. The Indians
however, objected TO the improve
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-24
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23

The WRONG PROFESSIONALS Old 81
was standing at the White hall crossing,
darby with striped shirt approached
him:
"How is you gwine to vote?" he asked
old ST.
'I'se gwine ter de poll an han my
tickit ter de jedge.'
81 mean who isyou gwin tervote for?''
'Lookie heah, you? Use law bid
ding nigger!"
$50 is I, sah!''
''Den de law SEE who I votes fer is my
bizniss solely, irdevidgully an konse-
quenckully!"
"WelI, eff We don't vote de publican
tickit we's gwine fer ter spot yer2 Now
yer better min de train dat yer gifts onr'
"Nebber you min bout de train dat
I gifts on. You look out dat hit don't
cum long an ketch up wild you walking
on de cross-ties. Bout de time dat you
spots Old ST de kuriner IL be 'rangin ter
cum down on a han'-kyar ter driv' a
stop on de spot whar de Dimmycrat in
gine histed yer inter kingdum cum!''
AS the striped shirt moved on Old ST
muttered
ST reckon dat dose publican niggers
tink dey is struck de 'rong persesshun
when dey grazes de ole manl''
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23
the best wives

SLEEP AND DREAAIING.-Do we ever
sleep without dreaming2 The question
has been discussed both by ancients and
moderns. Hippocrates, Plato, Leibnitz,
Descartes, Cabanis, and other eminent
physicians and philosophers take the
affirmative. They hold, substantially,
that it is the body which sleeps, the soul
that dreams that the former needs rest
and the latter does not that, while
physically fettered, the souls natural
expression is in dreaming. The soul be-
ing immortal, incapable, independent of
stay or stop, must necessarily and per-
petuaily dream. Because we do not
remember our dreams is no proof that
we do not have them. Persons on wax
ing will feel confident that they haven not
dreamed, and yet, during the day, some
outward happening OF passing thought
will, by force of association, recall the
dreams they had entirely forgotten. 1t
is even questionable if dreams ever go
entirely out of memory. They may not
be recollected for week, month, or a
year, but they are some time, though in
SO vague and shadowy manner as to
lose their identity.-MontreoI Gazette.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23
a PUNCTUATION PUZZLE

A PUNCTUATION PUZZLE. follow
ing article forcibly illustrates the neees-
sity OF punctuation. 1t can be read in
two waysf making it very bad or good
man. The result depending upon the
manner in which it is punctuated. 1t is
well worth the study of teachers and
pupils:
He is an old and experinced man in
vice and wickedness he is never found in
opposing the works of iniquity he takes
delight in the downfall of his neighbors
he meyer reioices in the prosperity of
his fellow creatures he is always ready
to assist in destroying the peace of So
ciety he takes no pleasure in serving the
Lord he is uncommonly diligent in SOW
ing discord among his friends and ac-
quaintances he takes no pride in labor
ing to promote the cause of Christianity
he has not been negligent in endeavoring
to stigmatize all public teachers he
makes no effort to subdue his evil pas
sions he strives hard to build up Satan S
kingdom he lends no aid to the support
of the gospel among the heather coDtri-
butes largely to the evil adversely he
pays no attention to good advice hepays
great heed to the devil he will never 90
to heaven he must go where he will re-
celve the Just recompense of reward.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23
THE HABIT OF READING.

| ST have no time to read, is the COM
plant, and especially of women, whose
occupations are such as to prevent con-
tin r~ book perusal. They seem to
th eha because they cannot devote
as much attention to books as they are
compelled to devote to their avocations,
that they cannot read anything. 1t isn't
| the books we finish at a sitting which
| always do us the most good. Those we
devour in the odd moments, half dozen
at time, often give us more satisfaction
and are more thoroughly digested than
those we make a particular effort to read.
The men who have made mark in the
world have generally been the men who
have in boyhood formed the habit of
reading at every available moment,
whether for five minutes or five hours.
It is the habit of reading, rather than
the time at our command, that helps us
on the road to learning. Many of the
most cultivated persons, whose names
have been famous as students, have CIV
en- only two or three hours day to their
books. If we make use of spare minutes
in the midst of our work, and read a
little, if but page or paragraph, we
shall find our brains quickened and our
toll lightened by just SO much increased
satisfaction as the book gives us. Moth
ing helps along the monotonous daily
round SO much as fresh and striking
thoughts, to be considered while our
hands are busy. A new idea from new
volume is like oil which reduces the
friction of the machinery of life. What
we remember from brief glimpses into
books, often serves as a stimulus to ac-
ton, and becomes one of the most prec-
ious deposits in the treasury of our re-
collection. All knowledge is made up
of small parts, which would seem insig-
nificant of themselves, but which, taken
together, are valuable weapons for the
mind and substantial armor for the soul.
''Read anything continuously, says DIR.
Johnson, fand you will be learned"
The odd minutes which we are inclined
to waste, if carefully availed of, will in
the long run make golden hours and
golden days that we shall ever be thank
full for,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23
Co1oRING HUMAN HAIR BY EATING

CoLoRING HUMAN HAIR BY EATING
Eaes.-The much vexed question, how
to get gold hair, is solved at last While
the Germans shrink from being held a
fair-haired nation, who knows, but the
sufferers, what other nations have gone
through to win the hair despised by
| Prussia ? Ladies have borne unheard
of torments in pursuit of this fictitious
gold. One who had to be turned round
in the sun for hours during the process,
bore with stole fortitude the terrible
headaches involved each week, nor ever
complained of what she had to pay,
though, after all, she was scarcely even
electro plated. Some run other risks,
in robbing Teuton corpses of their long
fair locks; and all is Intellectual while
eyes and skin remains to give the lie
to hair. Now, no more dyes, migraines
or wigs will be necessary. Everybody
may sport the ''glad gold hair
blue eyes, too, and snowy skin. All
you have to do is to go and live on an
island and eat penguins' eggs-and the
more you eat the fairer you will get.
None need despair, for hair too dark to
change to gold turns red, and red hair,
being more the rage than faxen, taaat
DaieaAr. The isle in question is one of
the Crozet group, on which survivors of
the unfortunate Strathmore were wreck
ed last year. and only rescued after six
months datrance Vile. They had little
but peuguins' eggs (and doubtless the
eggs without the island would be of no
avaiD, but the slight inconvenience of
sameness in food would be readily en-
countered by the votaries of fashion. A
survivor writes: ''The eggs did every
one great deal of good. A
most remarkable thing was that every
one had fair SKINS and light hair, dark
faces and hair being quite changedblack
hair turning brown or red, and people
quite faxen." II some enterprising En-
glishman does not Immediately set up
hotel on this enchanted spot, we shall
never give John Bull credit for knowing
how to make his fortune.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23

SHADowING WIvEs.-Some recent re-
velations of the operations of private de-
tectives have brought to light in New
York the curious but suggestive fact
that a considerable number of this class
of policeman are steadily and proftably
employed in watching, or ''shadowing,
as it is technically called, wives and hus-
bands who are suspected of infidelity
and sometimes fast young men; not Of
ten indiscreet daughters are also follow
ed and wached by the private detectives.
The first class are, however, the principal
objects of attention, and it is said that
many a man and many woman has
been astonished by hearing or seeing
detailed report of their clandestine visits
to suspicious houses, the length of their
stay, and their movements subsequently
brought upon sworn statements of de-
tectives, and upon the testimony OBJ
tanned by them. A good story is rela-
ted of Jim Fisk, Jr., who for many
years had private detective Watching
him at his own request for the purpose
Of preventingother from doing the same
thing. The Erie magnate used to test
the faithfulness of his detective by ask
ing him where he Fisk was at d certain
hour, and, if the answers were correct,
he would acknowledge it. He stopped
the work about three months before he
was killed, and if he had continued the
service he might have been alive now,
for if his guardian had seen Stokes there
he would have suspected his object and
placed Fisk on his guard.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23

CRY GIRrs.-The girls of the princi-
pal cities in this country are noted as
follows
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intelligent.
New York, the gayest and most ex-
pensive in dress.
Washington, the most airy and super
fetal.
Philadelphia, the most refined and
lady-like.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissi-
pated.
st. Louis, the most reckless.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
New Orleans, the most travelled.
Cincinnati, the greatest firts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the widest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and en-
tertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most Indifferent.
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved.
Mobile, the most liberal entertainers.
Hartford, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.
The girls in the country for making
the best wives.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-23
THE OYSTER. Even the statistics of

The OYSTER. Even the statistics of
would seem to be the most fecund of the
denizens of the sea; and for this fact,
surely, we should be fervidly grateful.
Somebody has been lately studying the
bivalve, and tells us, after careful OBJ
servation, that 'sif every oyster in the
sea We're to spat every year, the sea would
soon be filed up with oystersl" In the
interests of commerce and the other fish
es, we would fain hope that the tasty
tribe viii not wax quite to this extent;
though if they would make bridge for
US from America to Europe, the legions
of the sea sick would have one more rea-
son to bless the oysters existance
We may take it for granted that every
oyster in the sea does not ssspat" once a
year. 1t is, however, boldly asserted by
no less scientific authority than Mr..
Frank auckland that single oyster may
byro oysters. Mr.. auckland, moreover
AYERS that he has had in his possession
''as many molluscous protoplasms as
would have grown in time into 1913, 000,-
600 marketable oysters" Thus there is
no prospect whatever of famine in this
delightful food. Every year the supply
will become greater, and already their
cheapness puts oysters within the reach
of the pooer classes; and as they bring
health and enjoyment at the same time,
this fact is one which we may well re-
ioice at.-Applsto'a's Journal.