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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-04-18
The Liberal Offer of One
Hundred Dollars i'm Gold

BY that enterprising Journal, the
News aid Courier" has been award
ed to the author of "Ashur.L" or IN,
"Days that are not" We admire
merit and worth in what ever form it
appears and candidly ahink and
affirm that after due trial and strict
examination the public has award I'd
to Mr.. G. ID. Koryohn a largeall
increasing patronage for his zeal an |
energy in keeping down prices -Anl
allowing the poor nan and iaborer
to live. He deserves all tn. Gus
tom he has and more Another large
lot Of goods at his place this wsak
with orders to sell at once. Call on
him and ecure bargains.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-04-18

The Ensn Storm
On Wednesday afternoon was m
usually heavy.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-04-18
The Trees

Around the Court House, which
a'e o putting On thu. beautiful
spring d less, naturally suggest /,
local" i'll their interest. w. have
alread, spoken Of the proprie'y ,f'a
neat fence being erected around this
square vii. CHI sn costly q building
and 80 beautiful and public IL spot
richly deserves, but if this cant he
done-if the County which was rich
enough to spend so msny tn, usands
OF dollars on this building is not rich
enough To put up Il simple fen &c
around it. certainly Il few d,lIar-
could he spent in boxing To protect
the trees from injury.
The Glan'i Jury ais" broua tins
MATES: 1" The attention OF the Court.
" ny Is il II / attended to?
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Hints on Etiquette for Little People.
BE neat.
Stand erect.
Always answer All invitation.
"Hallo" !" at meeting is vulgar.
Don't smile each time you speak.
Play and sing without being
urged.
Everybody is your equal in right
to civility.
There is no such word as pants |;
pantaloons.
Wait for your elders to shake
hands.
When journeying alone do not
speak to strangers.
The courtesy is now in use again
for girls; boys should bow.
When at party speak to the
hostess and her family before any
one else.
To cultivate the habit of polite
ness, be the same to everybody
everywhere.
1t is not polite to send an invi-
tation through the postoffice in
your own town.
No fault is so bad as the feeling
which is quick to see and speak OF
another's wrong.
Respect for ones parents and all
older persons is the first point of
high breeding the world over.
To be brave, to speak the truth,
to be kind and loyal to his coun-
try, is the duty of gentleman.
BE kind to dumb animals. Never
throw away a chance of giving
somebody or something a pleasure.
Use variety in conversation
eyes, ma'am, and "no, ma'am," in
reply to all questions, are tiresome.
When walking, arch your back
the opposite way from that which
the eat does, put out your toes,
straighten your knee and bring
your foot down.
To stand steadily in car turn
out your toes, one foot an inch or
two farther forward than the other,
and brace your knees as if trying
to bend the joints backward.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A party bought a saddle of a
London harness maker, and told
the clerk to charge it. The clerk,
forgetting the party's name, charg-
ed it, at the request of his master,
to all the patrons who had open ac-
counts, supposing in that way he
should discover who had bought
the saddle. Forty different par
ties paid for that saddle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

shortly afterward bought some
goods, for which he did not pay.
The bill was presented; the doc
tor called and said they were
square. "How is thatl' asked his
patient. "You sell goods" said
the doctor. "for cash or its equiva-
lent ?" EYES," said the patient.
"And thirty days is considered as
equivalent to cash, isn't it" The
merchant assented. "Well," con-
tinued the doctor, 81 cured you
thirty days sooner than / might
consider that your equivalent
The patient hasn't quite got il
through his head yet, but he will
in time.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

The conundrum about the pins
is well enough, but who breaks all
the needles A single factory in
Redditch, England, turns out be.
tween 6,000,000 and 100000 of
them each week, or about 350,000,-
600 a year, which is equal to one
third of the population of the globe.
With all the factories in the world
going, who breaks the needles
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

She Overwhelmingly )-"Oh, I'm
so glad you're going to see me to
my carriage, Mr.. Brown" He
(Aattered). ).-"Indeed and may l
ask whyG" She.-"Oh, because the
girls are so jealous, and l want to
prove that DO not monopolize all
the good looking men," Brown
satisfied, but not so happy as he
expected to be.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Facetious old party.-How long
do you say that wine has been bot
tied? Waiter.--Fourteen years, sir.
Facetious old party.-Lor, l didn't
know flies would live as long as
that? Waiter.-Flies, sir! Fa-
cetious old party.-Yes, l mean
that one kicking about in the bot
tle.-Fun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

He was rather q bashful young
man, and was over head and ears
in love. He could defer the mo-
mentous question no longer, so he
stammered: "Martha, Lido you
You must have-are you aware
that the Good Book says-er, says
that it is not g-g-good that man
should be alone 2" "Then you
should run home to your mother r.
Martha coolly suggested. And he
ran.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A school master tells the follow
ing: 81 was teaching in quiet
country village. The second morn
ing of my session l had leisure to
survey my surroundings, and
among the furniture espied a
three-legged stool. "Is this the
Ounce block Z" | asked little girl
of five. The dark eyes sparkled,
the curls nodded ascent, aud the
lips rippled out, Il guess so; the
teacher always sits on it, The
stool was unoccupied that term"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A correspondent explains why
he hadn't written before by saying
he could not "get money enough
together" to buy a postal card
Fond du Lac Reporter.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
ADvERTfsrNG RATES.

Business Cards. one year, one dollar for every
line.
Local Notices, ten cents per line each insertion.
and all notices continued for three months on
longer, a discount Of 25 per cent.
Advertisements unaCoOmpanied by written OF
verbal directions viii be published three months
Advertisements, under contract, ordered out be-
tore expiration Of time, will be charged full rates.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
pad, except at the option of the publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid in adj
vance.
DO Terms. CASH. payable quarterly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Tell a woman that England had
changed to Republic, the Sand
wien Islands had sunk, and Lake
Erie had dried mp, and she would
not exhibit half the interest that
would possess her over the state
ment that something had at last
been invented to remove freckles.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

When bridegroom finds all the
clothes he owns in the world hung
one over the other on hook be-
hind the pantry door, he realizes
for the first time that the honey
moon is over.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A foreign journal says Poe's
craven" was borrowed from the
Persian. If Poe was alive he would
doubtless deny the fowl-as-Persian.
-Zion's Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

An Italian has made a clock of
bread. Some unprincipled person
might call this the knead of the
hour, but it is best not to notice
them.-Danbury News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A great many milk and watery
sort of men, with their hair parted
in the middle, have high drawl-ic
voices.-Cincinnati Sun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

"You must cultivate decision of
character and learn to say NO."
said a father to his son. Soon af-
terward, when the father said to
his son, "Chop wood" the boy
said "No," with an emphasis that
showed a remembrance Of the les
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Solomon. The ancient para
grapher evidently believed that the
first step toward making the child
an angel was to make him sore.-
Boston Transcript.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

"Anonymous articles will receive
no attention." the editor remarked
when a baby was left on his front
door step.-Boston Commercial.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Cooking clubs are fashionable in
many places. They are good for
MASKING potatoes and rolling dough.
New Orleans Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Articles about lamplighters will
hereafter be classed in this paper
under the head of general lightems.
Toledo Commercial.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
CONSUMPTION CURED!

The undersigned, an old retired physician, hav-
ing been permanently cured of the much dreaded
disease Consumption, by a simple remedy, II
anxious 10 make known 20 his fellow-sufferers
the means Of cure. To all who desire H. he will
Va, ~ d;r"c, ons or usS 49,, ,., "s
the same, which will he found sure cure for
Consumption, Cstarrb, bronchitis.
Asthma, Nervousness, etc., etc., etc.
Address with stamp.
DIR. g. STEVENS, BroolsviIIe, Ont.
565y1.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Why is an editor moral man
Because he always does write.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
Canada Southern Railway,
only american Line Ihro,sM

Cd11Udd.
The popular route to Buffalo, niagara Fe lls, New
York, Boston, and all points east steel rail- smooth
track, no curves low grade, Westingl ouse Air
Brake and superior equipment, making it the fa-
vorite line from Michigan to the ease. I rains
leave Detroit follows:
Atlantic Express. daily, 800 m
Day Express, daily, 1900 m
Lightning Exp, daily, except Sunday, ililo m
Toledo Exp, daily, except Sunday, $50 m
st. Louis Exp, daily, $40 p m
Fayette Exp, daily, except Sunday, $3.50 p m
Cincinnati Exp. daily. except Sunday, 6h0 D IN
Wagner Palace Cars on all trains. Agents
will telegraph for berths, etc. Tickets and ali in
formation furnished by
A. +. FLETCHER, Agent, Alpena.
w. l.. MUIR, n. c. ROACH.
Gen. Manager. Pass Agent, Detroit
+. Z. SNOW, q. p. & T. A., Detroit.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
Flint & Pere Marquette R. R.

The shortest, quickest, and most reliable route
TO aud from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincin-
matt, Saginaw and Bay City.
como EAsr, SOUTH AND WEST.
Leave Alpena daily, except Sunday, by Alpena
and Bay City line of stages at 600 a. m.
BAY CITY.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A doctor who had cured a pa
tiont quickly was paid his fee, and
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A clock at the Paris exhibition
fired off pistol hourly. The ex-
hibitor explained that it was there
to kill time.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

YYcan make money faster at work for us than at
\ anything else, capital not required we will
start you. $l2 per day at home made by the
~ industrious. Men, women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere 10 work for us. Now is the
time. Costly outfit aud terms free. Address
True Co., Augusta, Maine. Sl6yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
WIT AND HUM0R.

WIT AND HUMOR.
March, with it, breezes,
It's thaws and freezes,
Its childs and sneezes,
Is here.
He who neglects that cough,
Or takes that red rag of,
Will 6nd, in spite of scoil,
His bier.-Detroit Free Press.
A fare proposition-"Tickets,
please"
Acknowledging the corn-a corn
cession.-Boston Transcript.
Warsaw saw war.-Trans.
Thad-deus it did l-Traveler.
A good place to get husband
by the ear.-Meridan Recorder.
These are hard times for masons.
That's what's the mortar.-Graphic.
Laws are bound to stand if they
are bound in calf.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Almost all of us are generous to
a fault, if the fault happens to be
our own.-Ex.
The dentist will make more mon
ey per acher than any farmer we
ever saw.-Detroit Free Press.
Did you ever see a house fly Z
If so, it must have been a house
with winos.-Detroit Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Did you ever see a house fly 2
If so, it must have been a house
with wines.-Detroit Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Qcn week in your own town. IS outfit free.
t0tltlReader, IL you want business of which per-
N~~sons OF either sex can make great pay all
the time they work, write for particulars 20 III.
HALLErT a Co. Portland, Maine. 9l6yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

The dentist will make more mon
ey per acher than any farmer we
ever saw.-Detroit Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
JUDsoN ID. HOLMES, SETH l.. oARPEsTEh.
HOLMES G CARPENTER,

Attorneys and CounseloIs Mt Law. Office in Nc
Donald Block, over A. Anspach & Cos store, cor
ner Second and River streets, Alpena, Mich. SO
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Almost all of us are generous to
a fault, if the fault happens to be
our own.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Laws are bound to stand if they
are bound in calf.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

Drawing room cars ON morning and evening
trains between Bay City and Detroit extra char
gcs only - cents.
Sleeping car ON night train, Bay City 20 De-
troit, without change.
Night express runs Sunday night instead OF
saturday. All other trains daily except sunday
SANFORD KELLER, Assistant sup'i
j. +. NoURsr, General Ticket Agent.
AZ. FLETCHER.
General Ticket Agent, Alpona, Mich
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

These are hard times for masons.
That's what's the mortar.-Graphic.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12

A good place to get Husband
by the ear.-Meridan Recorder.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-12
GEO. STUBBS

viii locate Pine, Timber and Farming Lands.
Pine Lands examined and estimated. Particular
attention paid to selecting Homesteads. Long
Lake, Alpena, Mich.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
Silk Raising i'm the United states.

Parties in North Carolina have found it
sufficiently profitably even with present
drawbacks, to raise silk-worms and ship the
cocoons to France. One gentleman in Ra-
leigh, Mr.. E. Fasnach, has shipped two
bales to Marseilles, each containing over 100
lbs of choked cocoons They. have been
sold at Marseilles for as high as 80 francs
Cor over So per kilogramme (not quite 2
1-2 lbs), and the freight from Raleigh to
Marseilles did not exceed So per ewt. The
cocoons were raised by the children of the
family; and aside from the silk product,
Mr.. Fasnach also produced a number of
eggs for which there is now ready mar
ket abroad a. $3. 30 to 81 per ounce of 26
grammes. Several other persons in diffe-
rent parts of the country have also reared
sufficient cocoons to warrant New York
brokers in offering from $1.5 to 50 per 10.
for the same. When parties find it prof.
table to raise silk under these adverse cir
cumstances, there can be no question as to
the growth of the industry whenever a
home market is furnished for the raw ma
terial, and that when once it shall have
been demonstrated that there can be offered
and paid for cocoons some stated sum that
will yet allow fair profit on the reeling,
the industry will be fairly established, and
private capital will not be wanting to seek
profitable investment therin.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
Taxing the Edge on.

Recently sort of slouchy-looking hun
gry-eyed, cadaverous fellow stepped into a
restaurant and said he wanted a cup of
coffee and piece of bread and butter The
waiter told him that the place sold nothing
short of a complete dinner, and the price
was fifty cents. Said the stranger, "Well,
you see, l amt real hungry, and | only
want little coffee and bit of bread"
Waiter-'Tt makes no difference; we
sell whole dinner for fifty cents, and moth
ing else. "
Stranger-''You give a hull dinner for
fifty cents9" i"
Waitcr-"Yes, a whole dinner; roast
meat, potatoes, succotash, bread, butter,
pie, pudding, coffee and tea"
Stranger-"Well, l s'pose you give a
man all he wants to eat2"
Waiter-t'Oh, yes; we fill you up for so
cents, and give you a solid, good, plain
meal" E .t
Stranger s'Well, I've half mind 10
eat with We. The fact is the ole womin
give me half loaf of bread and piece
of corn beef for bite, and | eat it up at
Carpenters just now with glass of beer.
| thought I'd like cup of coffee and lit
tie bread and butter to kind DER wash the
thing down but ye. say ye can't gim'e
that2"
Waiter-'ENo sir. Well give you, as
I've said, solid, square meal for fifty
cents. You can eat as little or much as
you please.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
Red Spider on FruIt-Trees.

Among the insect enemies of the fruit
grower it is singular that no one has re-
ferred much to the spider. 1t is a small
enemy to be sure, but one by no means to
be sure, but one by no means to be despised.
1t makes up by its immense number for its
diminutive appearance. They appear lar
ger than those we find in greenhouses on
roses, fuchsias, and other tender plants :;
but whether or not they are different spe-
cies from these, are natives to the soil, or are
introductions from some other parts, are
questions which may perhaps interest the
entomologist, but will hardly aid in the de-
struction of the foe. We suppose on large
trees the labor would be too great to attempt
any means for their eradication, but for
young trees which are easily reached, it
might be well worth while to keep them
down. The popular receipt in garden books
is to mix flour of sulphur in greasy water
and then syringe with it, OF course keeping
the mouth of the syringe near the surface
of the water while drawing up the liquid,
as the oily and sulphury water floats only
on top, and is drawn into the syringe only
in that way This greasy liquid causes the
sulphur to adhere to the leaves, and it is
said the red spider abandons these leaves in
disgust. The hot dry atmosphere of our
country is peculiarly favorable to the exis-
tence of the red spider; and when we know
how great a pest it is to the fruit-growers
under glass, it seems to us well worth look
ing after him, when he undertakes to fast
en- on our fruit trees in the open air.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
Food at Saratoga.

At Meyers and Moons on the lake, they
are famous for game dinners. A regular
game dinner for one, without wine, costs
$5, and with wine it often runs up to $12
and $15, and even $40. The So game din
ner consists of five courses. Soup, black
bass and stewed potatoes, chicken, partridge
and fried potatoes, woodcock and salad,
ana ending with coffee. A plain game
dinner of black bass and stewed potatoes,
and woodchuck and fried potatoes, costs,
without wine, 81. The $50 dinners that
Pierre Lorillard, Belmont and Traverse
take are produced by an indiscriminate
slaughter of Johannisberger, champagne,
old Burgundy and dollar cigars. The Sara
toga black bass are caught early in the
morning in deep water. They weigh from
pound to pound and half. They are
very juicy and delicious. No one ever
touches brook trout in Saratoga after hav-
ing been once spoiled by eating black bass
Mr.. Belmont says the Saratoga black bass
are the best fish in the world. We have,
also, what is called the Saratoga white bait,
which really tastes better than the white
bait caught at Manhattan Beach. Saratoga
white bait are produced thus: Sunfsh an
inch and half and two inches long are
caught in shallow water. They are placed
in salt water which causes them to disgorge
their entrails. Then they are, fried whole
in butter Saratoga white bait are an i'm
provement on the genuine article. - a.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
They AN Lined

Several brethren were sitting In a
South street store, and somehow they got
to talking about lifting weights. spt
& 81 lifted a barrel once, said lean man
in the corner sthat. weighed oyes 200
pounds.
None of the rest seemed to care bit
about what he had lifted. ,rrll n 7i2
'tAnd /, said a tall, lanky man sitting
ON bag of corn, 81 lifted a woman once
who weighed over 500 pounds. She was
geing to faint, but / caught her. "i9sH'fh
The proprietor of the store opened his
eyes little and looked at the man, but no
further interest was displayed. 49,
'erWhen / was down at Sandy" said
small, fat man, 81 carried Off a ton of ore
TO the cars" e .eis ~ .Had5isg1
: Several of the men shifted their positions
at this big one, and the proprietor looked
cautiously out of the window to see If any
body was listening. a aeT's 7'1l
The last man, who was sitting with his
feet dangling down In box of eggs-an
awful small man-who looked as If one
watt of wind would finish him, at last
spoke: 7Rl0 , g 50 asld Nod et
: 81. suppose you remember when the
Walker House was building. Well, one
morning the boss came to me and said,
Jimmie, there is something the matter
with the back foundation Of the hotel; get
under and see what it is. / got under, and
the two men lifted the hotel Off it's founda-
tion, and the fabric came down on me.
Silence fell upon the crowd and the men
passed out one by one; the proprietor
heaved sigh, wiped away tear, and went
To- ov6 coiA
Jimmy, you may have recovered from
it, but you must remember our church is
full of liars, and you, in your comfnendable
zeal to eclipse them all, may be lsolbusy
hatchlng monsters when Gabriel blows his
golden horn that you will forget to- buy
your ticket. Take something for your brui-
sea, Jirnmi, and leave the big ones for
Brother Cannon.nN buE s45nHe