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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-05-23
Cheap Guns for the People.

Double Shot Guns, from " TO $50 breech
Loading shot Guns, from t25 10 $3.50 SINCE
shot Guns al kinds, IS 10 t2s. Rifles, Muzzle
ard Brecch loading. Single and Repeating J, 10
and . shcctsss. Rsvelvsr'' s's and shooters
Goods sent by Express c. o. D., with privilege
10 examine. Price list free. Address, GREAT
WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Trimmings and Trifies.

Never has fashion been so befowered
and beribboned as at present. Flowers
are worn everywhere that they can be
put, and bows are as abundant Neck
lets of flowers with floral pendent at
tached are among the new fancies and
are very pretty. | have already made
mention of the round collarettes of lace,
similar to those worn by little girls, now
adopted by young ladies. Some of these
are prettily studded with small blossoms.
The fashionable fan-holder is a cord of
ribbon, or floral garland passed around
the waist on one side and falling low on
the other. Two or three different sets
of ribbons or flowers, with piastrons to
match, serve to convert black or a
white dress into as many distinct toilets.
As for fichus, they can not be too many,
and can not be made in any shape not
worn. One of the prettiest is in the
form of small pointed cape, with long
ends, crossed on the bosom, carried I'M
der the arm and tied or caught together
with ribbon or flower half way down the
dress to the left of the back Chains
and crosses, or lockets are worn by every
one, and lockets or crosses worn on rib
bons, which fashion seemed going out,
are again in vogue.-Ne,0 York Letter.
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Curious MalfOrmatiOn.

&
Eddy r., the son of Royal E. Otis, a
bright lad living with his parents in the
north part of Deering, N. H., near the
Hillsborough line, is a living example of
the unaccountable freaks of nature.
His right leg is II inches shorter than
his left, and has a peculiar looking foot.
The left foot at his birth was turned up
by the side of his leg in such manner
that it remained upside down, but by
the constant care of his father, who has
made the strengthening of his little sons
limbs study, the foot has been brought
nearly to its proper position by the aid
of steel rods. His left hand has but two
fingers and a thumb, and ON his right
hand, if indeed hand it might be call
ed, is peculiar thumb and finger. He
can run without the aid of crutch or
cane, can shovel, hoe, rake, climb a lad
der, play cornet; in short, is possessed
of an ability to do almost any thing that
any boy of his age can do, and his pres
ent condition gives promise of ordinary
longevity Boston Herald. stf
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Mining Nomenclature.


All the mining lOdes are required to
be named and registered. As the min
ers have the selection of the names they
vary as greatly in character as the taste
or culture of those who christen them,
The Scotch miners, with most com
mendable patriotism, rarely deviate
from some title that will commemorate
their native land. Thus they distinguish
their property as Robert Burns, Scot
fish Chiefs, Mary Queen of Scots, Rod
erick Dhu, Glen Alpine, ETC., and l al
ways feel agreeable towards Scotch
man when l know that he has thus yield
ed to noble and patriotic impulse.
Among our native miners there always
seems to be a lack of consistency or
taste in bestowing titles on property that
may become famous for immense pro-
duction. Sometimes there is run upon
part of title. This was noticeably
so about Lake City on waves, stars and
bellies. Thus there is the Star of the
Evening, the Evening Star, the Ocean
Star (Which l suppose never comes to
and), the Star in the East, etc. ; the
Belle of the West, Belle Of the East,
Lake Belle, Mountain Belle, Little Belle,
etc. One of the finest mines discovered
on Henson Greek, last spring, was
named the Ocean Wave, and the extern
sion on the same lode the Wave of the
Ocean. very much doubt if the men
that placed such names will spend their
incomes in a very reasonable way. Of
ten the bachelor miner remembers the
L" girl he left behind him." and bestows
her patronymic upon his mine, hoping
that it will prove as good as she is.
Miners are known by their mines as
much as by their characters, and when
they meet one another the mine is as
punctually inquired after as the health
of the individual. You will hear
''Well, how is the Whale turning outP">
"Oh, the finest quartz" "And how
does the Thunderbolt show up?' GEL
egantly." Have you heard if they are
doing any thing more on the Eliza
Jane?'' Eyes; Charley Henson, of the
Elephant, says it is cream solid, and
that they have struck it mighty rich on
the Dutch Girl etc. Colorado Cor
reSpondence Cincinnati G0z cite.
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How a Thief Was Detected.

Yesterday noon, says the Cincinnati
Commercial, Police Commissioner Car
son was standing on the north side of
Fifth Street, near Race, when he and a
friend were startled by report, as if of
the explosion of a pistol. Looking
across the street he saw young man
with his head bowed and his hands up
to his face, as if suffering. sSomebody
must have shot him." said one. ''Per-
haps he has tried suicide" said the 9TH
er, as there was nobody near to do the
shooting. They crossed over to the
young man, who by that time had been
accosted by Officer SmalIwood, who was
walking him toward Hills drugstore.
Mr.. Carson remarked that perhaps it
was case of cigar theft and consequent
punishment.
The officer was accosted by Alexander
Corbin, who keeps small cigar-stand.
The officer told the story, whereupon
COrbin, in great triumph, said that the
cigar that had caused the trouble had
doubtless been stolen from his case. He
had for long time been troubled by
cigar-thieves, who had robbed him of
$500 worth. To detect and pun
ish them if possible he had lately
charged % of them with powder in
small tin cylinders. Some of them had
been stolen. He thought that if the Of
ficer would search young Mccarthy he
would, perhaps, find more of the same
kind on his person. The search was
made, and, sure enough, another of the
loaded weeds was found.
A reporter procured one of these
small Internal machines and examined
it. The cigar is of common stock, dark
wrapper, full size. Exactly One-third
of its length-the middle thirds occu-
pied by tin cylinder, about an inch
and fifth in length and about fifth of
an inch in diameter. The end toward
the mouth is of tin, and well secured
but that toward the other end of the CT
gar is covered only with paper, and very
thin paper at that. The inevitable re-
suit of the smoking of one of these CT
gars is an explosion when the cigar is
about one-third burned.
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The Opposition of Mars.

Astronomers are now waiting with
great interest for phenomenon which
is to occur in few weeks, and is to be
observed with the utmost care and as
siduity, and with all the appliances at
the disposal of science. On September
the planet Mars will be Sin oppOsi-
tion''-that is, he will then be at that
point of the sky which is just opposite
the sun, so that he will rise at sunset,
and come to the meridian at midnight.
Since both the planet and the earth
sweep in orbits around the sun, it fol-
lows also that at that time they make
their nearest approach to each other,
and the planet is then most favorably
situated for observation and examina-
ton. In the early autumn Mars will be
by far the most conspicuous object in
the eastern sky, blazing with red
fire hardly inferior to the brightness of
Venus, which by that time will begin to
adorn the western twilight, and quite
outshining Jupiter. Saturn, close by
Mars, will seem comparatively of no ac-
count.--Nea0 York Times.
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The Horrors of Hydrophobia.

A New York telegram Of the 9Th is SIS
follows:
Asingular case of death from hydro
phobia was reported at Police Head
quarters to-day. The victim was Martin
Lorenza,.a child years and semonths
old the son of German parents. About
10 weeks agoa number of children Sc
lected asa victim oftheir boyish pranks
a small setter dog, and began chasing
the animal about the street. Thescared
animal ran into the hallway of the build
ing where Lorenza resides. The boy
was standing in the hallway and the dog
bit him in seven or eight places, inflict-
ing a very. severe wound in the calf of
his left leg. The dog was shot by po-
iceman, and Martin was taken to drug
store near by and the bites were thor
oughly cauterized. The wounds healed
rapidly, and no further attention was
given the matter until last Thursday,
when the boy appeared to be unwell
and evinced peculiar symptoms. The
pupils of the eyes were dilated, and the
boy1stared about him in a frightened
manner. 2 On Friday he refused to drink,
and his apparent fright at the sight of
common objects increased. His .physi-
clan, being unaware of the nature of the
ailment, applied thermometer to the
body of the child to ascertain its tenn
perature. The glass was somewhat
sweated, and to cleanse it properly
basin of water was brought and laid on
the bed The child did not see the
water, but its eyes were fixed on the
bulb of the thermometer, and every
time the quicksilver moved the body of
the boy shook and trembled. The ply
stefan, suspecting what was the Difficult
ty, then splashed the water in the basin
with his finger. Immediately the boy
began frothing at the mouth, and was
seized with commissions. As soon as he
recovered, the doctor managed to give |
him dose of hydrate of choral, after
which the little fellow asked for water,
but every time water was brought be-
came convulsed. An injection of ny
drate of chloral was then given, and,
by the strength of the
drug, the boy fell into narcotized state.
The patient, under the influence of the
still kept up continual spit
ting and barking, and clutched nervous
ly at his throat, as though wishing more
air. Several eminent physicians who
called to examine the case agreed that it
was a genuine case of hydrophobia. At
9 p. m. on Saturday the child died.
This afternoon DIR. McWhinney, Depu-
ty-Coroner, made a post-mortem exam
nation, and, besides slight affection
Of the spinal cord, found no disease of
the internal organs.
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der or since. The circumstances de-
tailed above, with other considerations,
have woven about James a netting from
which he can only escape suspicion by
the arrest and legal conviction of some
other man of this awful crime. Devel-
opments have disclosed no clew of that
kind.
THE TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE
in the vicinity is manifestly that of cool,
quiet determination. This is heard in
their words, read in their faces. If a
single substantial;proof shall appear to
support present suspicious, the subject
of iI-would never see Criminal Court,
But the people will not proceed summa-
rily without some proof. James himself
is an extraordinary man-about medium
height, rather slender, dark complex
Toned and hair-a cold, steel-gray eye,
and possesses great nerve power. He
is perfectly self-possessed, talks DELHI
erately, and manifests no emotion or
perturbation under the most searching
scrutiny. He deliberately viewed the
bodies, one after another-his own rela-
tives, one of them named after himself,
the girls having done his washing and
mending for years-and though hun
dreds of eyes were fixed upon his face,
not muscle moved, nor tear clouded
the calm gaze of that cold gray eye. He
is in more respects than one wonderful
man, in the view of the writer and the
experienced gentlemen associated with
him in the interview He has since been
arrested.
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would think it, And in week. or two
we must be of, for the nineteenth time
together, on another holiday diversion.
What shall il be, and where shall We
find it?''
80, Fam still all for the country, you
know, y she cries. 81 am never tired of
rural sights and sounds" n
Nor L." is my reply; wen go
where H
Gentle winds and waters near
Make music to the lonely ear
as Byron says. Fancy my quoting
Byronl What transformation in a
mani Only we shall not be lonely, shall
we?'F q c-rgyffEeN3 q
"Indeed, no, she says 1--WE win only
take care not to sit in the dry beds of
mountain streams when we want to
listen to the music of the waters:a y
London Society. - tfr
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A Mirage in Colorado.

A fine atmospheric phenomenon was
seen yesterday between 2 and 4 O'Clock,
by Sergeant Barwick from the roof of
the Broadwell Block, through a field
glass. 1t was mirage, and appeared
to be distant about II or 10 miles. 1t
looked like large riverfowing through
the plains, and one could imagine the
glimmer of water, while the shores were
bounded by hills and hollows. No trees
were visible. 1t appeared to be located
down the Platte River valley, short
distance to the east of the river. The
hills appeared like islands in the midst
of an extended body of water.-Denver
Times.
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This view, as to the source of child
hoods fears, however, is merely new
application of the doctrine of modern
social science which assigns to so many
emotions an origin in the remote saw
agery of the human race. Thus Her
bert Spencer ascribes much of the emo
ton which fine landscape produces in
us to certain vague but deep mental
combinations organized in those barbar-
GUS times when mankind found all its
pleasureable activities among the noun
tains, in the forests, and by the rivers; ;
while to the same inherited feelings
Prof. Tyndall attributes, in no small de-
gree, his ardent delight in mountain
eering.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

CHOCOLATE JUMBLEs.-1 cupful of
butter, 2 eupfuls sugar, 3 cupfuls -four,
eggs, 2 cupfuls of grated chocolate, l
teaspoonful soda, teaspoonful cream
tartar, little salt; roll thin.
GINGEN CooKIEs.--1 eupful sugar, l
OF molasses, l of shortening, OF water,
teaspoonfuls of soda, and of ginger;
mix stiff enough to roll thin, and bake
in moderately hot oven to light
brown.
To PICKLE CARRoTs.-Scrape and
boil them tender in water and little
salt; cut in oblong pieces or any fanci-
full shape; pour cold vinegar over them,
and let stand "a hours Are nice served
with green cucumber pickles.
COLLEGE PUDDING.-4 pound of bread
crumbs, pound of beef suet, / pound
of raisins, ounces of citron, nutmeg,
] lemon rind cut thin, 2 eggs, / pint of
milk, pound of sugar; IL hours to
steam in a well buttered tin mold; serve
with sauce.
Potato SALAD.-Boil about quart
of small potatoes; peal them; cut up
pound of clear smoked pork into very
small dice; fry them brown; then
pour two tablespoonfuls sweet oil,
goblet full of right sour vinegar and
goblet full of water into the pan, and
heat this all together; put into bowl,
cut up a small onion and throw in
handful of salt; cut the potatoes in
very thin slices; have the salad ready
half an hour before you wish to use it.
FLOAT.-Heat pint sweet milk,
yelks eggs, 1 tablespoonful corn
starch, 2 of sugar; beat sugar, eggs,
starch, bit of salt and fiavoring, to-
gether; add spoonfuls cold milk; stir
the above into the hot milk briskly till
cooked; then have ready the whites of
the eggs in froth; place on top of float;
stand in oven to brown little. As
milk scorches so easily, place the dish
l make it in in another one containing |
water; do not stand without stirring it.
Make in morning for tea, and cool well
serve in float glasses.
SPONGE CAKE.-Take the weight of |
10 eggs in fine white sugar, and the
weight of eggs in sifted flour;
beat briskly together for Is minutes the
sugar and the yelks of u eggs; then
into this stir the grated peel and juice
of lemon, the whites of the u eggs
beaten to very stiff froth, and lastly
the flour. Stir in these ingredients
quickly, and bake Immediately in a quick
oven. The proportions here given will
make three loaves, and if skillfully COM
pounded, will result in very superior
sponge cake.
MARYLAND BIsCUIT.-1 quart of flour,
1 tablespoonful of lard, teaspoonful of
salt, water enough to make rather a stiff
dough-about a teacupful. The dough
may be beaten with pounding-machine
which comes for the purpose, or with
potato-masher, or any thing
Of the kind. If strength and patience
are available, knead with the hands till
The dough is perfectly smooth and white;
it can not be kneaded too mlch-not
less than hour. They can be cut with
4 cutter, but are better if piece of the
Tough the size of blackwalnut is made
INTO ball and flattened with the hand.
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THE most liberal man in New York
City, and on this continent, and per-
haps on the globe, is James Lenox. He
has for nearly 40 years, given away his
surplus income, and, as the latter in
creased with the advance in real estate,
his donations increased in a proportion
ate degree, 1t is said that they much
exceeded those of George Peabody's
gifts, though the latter made more noise
in the press.
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Mothers. Mothers. Mothers.

Don't fail to procure Mrs. MISSIONS SooTH
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief
and health to the child. gives rest to the mother
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16

THE turquoise has long been consid-
cred by the Hindoos as a preserver
against violent death, and it is notable
that nearly every Russian officer wears
a ring in which a turquoise is set by
way of talisman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16

A CITIZEN of Sonoma, Cal, brought
the seeds of the cork-tree from Spain
20 years ago, and has reared from them
five trees, which are now 25 and 80 feet
in height, and from 10 to y inches in
diameter at the base. One coat of cork,
an inch and half thick, has been
stripped off.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16

INDIAN MUFFs.-1 quart of Indian
meal scalded, l quart of wheat foul,
stirred in thermeal when cool, dessert
spoonful of melted butter, 4 tablespoon
fuls OF condensed eggs, and cake of
compressed yeast, or 2 cents worth of
bakers yeast, and milk sufficient to
form stiff batter. If for breakfast,
set over night; for lunch. early in the
morning.
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III is Perfectly splendid. -

"There's nothing like it." Never could
use baking powder till L tried yours"
Cant speak too highly of it." That's what
they say of DOoLEYs YEAST POWDER.
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A MURDER FOR MONEY.

Mr.. Spencer had no enemy upon
earth; neither had his family. He was
most exemplary Christian, as also
were his two daughters, all members of
the Baptist Church. His character forup-
rightness andveracity was somewhat ex-
travagantly set forth by one of his neigh
bors, thus: :" If Lewis Spencer had told
me that he saw an elephant climbing one
of those trees must have believed him! ="
He carried a portion of his money with
him, and always placed it under his
head at night. A part of his money was
in the custody of his daughter.
Besides this, his Oldest daughter had
just received her wages for teaching
school, and had it with her-about $50.
She slept in the chamber of the house,
accessible by a very steep, narrow stair
way; the younger sister and little boy
slept in bed on. the first floor of the
house; Mr.. Spencer slept with his eld-
est son in the hay-loft of a small log
stable, reached by climbing up the logs
on the outside. He had occupied it but
a few times, owing to the excessive heat.
He had been absent from home
eight or ten days and nights, before and
up to Thursday night The murderers
evidently
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slowly nation builds its life
From barbarOus chaos into law
And kindly social ties and awe
OF powers divine. For civil strife
still opens wide within the walls
The yawning gulf that win not close
Until the noblest victim fans;
or, fierce without, the shock of foes
In one wild hour of blood o'erthrows
The labor OF the patient years.
And when AZ last The Work appears
Complete in stately strength TO stand,
Riot with patricidal blow,
Or mad ambitions traitors hand,
Fierce clutching at the tyrant's crown,
In headlong ruin lays IL lows
Or brute battalions tread il down,
Or ease, and luxury, and sin,
Fell cankers sown of peace, devour,
Till trappings of imperial power
Hide but the living death within.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16

KINGsFORD's OswEGO STARCH combines
three essential quail ties-uniformity, purity
and strength-the great desideIata in starch.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16
KILLED MIR. SPENCER

and the son sleeping with him in the
stable first, and then went forty-one
yards to the house, entered and dis
patched Jane and the little boy on the
lower floor, when he assembled to the
chamber and killed the Oldest daughter,
took her money, left the AK at the house,
where it was found, then returned to
the stable, found the boy exhibiting
signs of life, and, taking up a three
tined pitchfork, and placing the mid
die tine in the center of the forehead,
just above the eyes, forced it through
the head, the two outer tines grazing
the temples, thus finishing the dreadful
work. That deed was committed by no
stranger 1t must have been done by
some one familiar with the house
which is half mile from any public
road-and acquainted with the family.
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A Hope.

slowly we gather aud with pain
From many tolls q scanty gain;
We strive 20 know, but scant our powers,
And short the time and strait The bounds
And ever nnsur1nounted towers
The mortal DaE.fier that surrounds
Our being, and the body still
Imperious slave. betrays tne viii.
slowly we gather and with pain
But quick the scattering again
Whether it chancetie failing brain
Lets slip the treasure Il hath won
Through weary days, or sudden blow
Lays the unshattered fabric low,
And all our doing il undoue
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WHO DID IT ?

One man is environed by chain of
circumstances without a broken link,
engendering suspicion and concentrat-
ing it upon himself, which, when the
hypothesis of his innocence is most ex-
traordinary. These were chiefly drawn
from himself in the presence of Mr..
SAMSON, DR.. Martin, Mr.. TrOwbridge
and the writer, in an interview, apart
from the crowd, on Sunday afternoon.
The man James is the brother of Mr..
Spencer's deceased wife. He knew how
much money Spencer had on Thursday;
how much the oldest daughter had in
her custody; the aggregate being lit
tie over 81 ,200-nobody else knew tina
Spencer slept in the hay-loft with his
pocket-book under his head-nobody
else knew that, except Spencer's brother
He knew that Spencer had not been at
home for several days, and that he would
sleep at home in the hay-loft that night
nobody else now alive knew that.