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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06
ADANI%O<'S
BOTANIC COUGH BALSAM
SsCAUTION.Ng

Beware OF limitations. See that the name Of ?.
w. Kinsman rs In the glass of tho bottle
Sold by druggists and dealers. Price, loc, sse
and iic. f33yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

We are told that the doctors are
daily discovering new diseases,
Let's abolish the profession.-Bos-
ton Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

When is a carpet like a sailboat!
when it is tackled. Baltimore
Every Saturday Night. When is
il like a riotl When il is put
down. Richmond Baton.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

"It's only q spring opening, ma,
explained that awful boy, as he ex-
hibited his torn trousers after a
leap over the fence.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

Very few houses get lost, and yet
people are always looking for them
Now Orleans Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

Toddlokins is very small msn
indeed, but he said he never mind
ed il at all until his three boys
grew ur TO be tall, strarping young
fellows, aud his wife began to cut
down lbeir old clothes Nd cot
them down to III him. Aud then
he said he did get mad. Burliug
tou Hawksye.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

A Newport fox hunt came to an
unexpected end the other day.
The fox, thoroughly reliable an
imal, which had been employed by
the Newport hunters for many
wears, died suddenly Of old age
Chicago Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06
Flint & Pere Marquette R, T.

Tho shortest qu.. kegt, and most reliable route
to and from Detroit Toledo, Cleveland, tiurln-
uati, Saginaw and Bay City.
uufsU Nsr, SOUTH NHp WliSl
Leave Alpcna daily, except sunday, 10y Alpcha
aul Raw CIV line of steamers az 200 a. m.
uoISG NoHrH-wEsr.
Port Huron Bay City aud Night
Accom- saginaw Mail Express
ra,.lo- - 8 i0pn,
tto..ouV,, '' Iln m 'l0tO
n "a, A a teum . A. nm 30 am
uoiNG sOUrU-EAsr.
Detroit Detroit Night
lEXpress. Mail. Express.
f;,ty LV.i 5iOamI s % p m 10 oOp u.
Detroit, Ar| ~ W " III /" "" y i"I ~ ~ q q " "
Toledo, WV u
Drawing room cars on morning and evening
trains between Bay city ma u'iuU, extra ch't'
gcs only ,5 cents. .,..,.,
Night express runs Sunday uight Instead of
SatuTdav All other trains daily except sunday
SANFORD kEELER, rurt
+. y. Nougsr, General Ticket Agent.,.,,
A. Z. FLETCHER,
Ticket Agent, Mpcnn, Mich,
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Dead issues-old newspapers
Steubenville Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

You can tell dog wood by its
bark. Whitehall Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

The pennies mightier than the
syord.--NIariden Record.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

\ Hungarian officer named Seer
lzremeslSy swan across the Platten
sea. q distance Of twenty miles, III
seventeen hours. The fact that
his name followed after him on u
steam tug robs the feat OF half its
eclat. rs il were.-Norristown Her
aid.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

Only ono man out Of i,Qo0 In
this country makes daily use OF
fractions, and yet every school boy
must 60 through the tables as u
The salvation Of his life depended
Free Press. The reason Boston
men abhor fractions SO is because
tho very first they learned were
So VULGAR. Boston Globe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

A Galveston school teacher had
a great deal Of trouble making a
bov understand his lesson. Final
". however, he succeeded, aud
drawing a long breath remarked !;
"If il wasn't for me you would be
the biggest donkey on Galveston
Island. Galveston News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06
WIT AND HUWOR.

Dead issues-old newspapers
Steubenville Herald.
You can tell dog wood by its
bark. Whitehall Times.
The pennies mightier than the
swortl.--NIariden Record.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says
the salary day in q circus is the
greatest pay-raid.
What is the difference between II
fixed star and a meteor! One is a
sun and the other darter.--treo
Press.
Very few houses get lost, and yet
people are always looking for them
Now Orleans Picayune.
We are told that the doctors are
daily discovering new diseases.
Let's abolish the profession.-Bos-
ton Post.
"It's only a spring opening, ma,
explained that awful boy, as he ex-
hibited his torn trousers after a
leap over the fence.-Free Press.
American wines ought to be
very cheap this year. The apple
crop never was larger.-Philadel-
phia Chronicle Herald.
"You can't play that upon me,
said the piano to the amateur who
broke down on a difficult piece OF
music.-New York News.
----------------
A beggar held out his hand. Il
haven't q cent" said the gentle
man. 81 did not specify the coin,
responded the mendicant.
An old lady in New Scotland,
hearing some body say the mails
were irregular, said: 1T was so
in my young days-no trusting any
OF EN-
The man who sighs, How soon
we are forgotten" has only &c
leave hotel without paying his
bill to find how sadly mistaken he
is.-Hotel Clerk.
When is n carpet like a sailboat
when it is tackled. -Baltimorc
Every Saturday Night When Il
il like a riotl When II is pu
down. Richmond Baton.
Diner (snuffing) ),--"Wsiter,
really think this fish is not yer,
fresh. Waiter. r.--"Yessir, can
answer for that, sir. I've honI,
been ere a week, sir. Londol
Punch.
Clear out OF heref yelled a
exasperateJ Galveston esloon-keer
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06

'ouuhs, Colds Asthma. splitting " Blood, Loss
NJ Voice, Whooriuy Cough, Difficult breathing,
Iluarsruess, aud ali affections OF the Throat
bronchial Tubes and Lungs, leading 10 Consump-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-06
Detroit & Bav City Railroad

ooiNp HoRIH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09
WIG Fayetteville Street, Raleigh. Nc
- Orders by mail attended TO-
TRIPLE PLATE
snoons. Forks, Knives, Castors, &C., as dursoie .
sol IN SILVER, and CHEAPER than ever.
mar ls-ly-
pF0HI 4 ST0ck10 ON,
PROPRIETORS
NERcHANTS HOTEL. CENTRAL HOTEL.
v. .. -HFLbUkr. Clerk. 4. W HU~hE teiA
Winston, N. G.

situated ia : beautiful and grosng town wue
tern carolina, where the clina ate Ia balIny and sAiuon-
GUS. with mineral springs of cool pure water, anu VIZ
. market varied and abundant; remodelled, elegantly
furnished. attentive servants and splendid livery turn
,uts m hotels leave nothing to be desired tha' can
constitute TO the health, pleasure and comfort OF
may 21-tf
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

For THE FARMERS.-BelOw will be found
the very best offer OF premiums, in solid
cash, for solid choice samples of field crops,
to the farmers Of our State, which the
North Carolina Agricultural Society has
ever made. 1t will cost nothing to send
these sample products to the fair. TIT
freight will be refunded on the return of
the goods to the shipping point. ADDRESS
the Secretary of the North Carolina Agri-
cultural Society. Raleigh.
Premiums of S. have been offered for the
following:
Best two bushels stock corn; best two
bushels wheat; best two bushels rye; best
two bushels barley; best bushel clover seed
best bushel blue grass seed; best bushe'
herds grass; best busbel timothy grass; best
bushel meadow grass; best bushel orchard
best bushel rice; best twO bushels field
peas; best two bushels sweet potatoes; best
barrel Irish potatoes; best barrel turnips
best barrel ground peas; best barrel stock
beets; best barrel sugar beets; best bale
native grass hay best bale cultivated grass
best bale clover hay best specimen broom
corn, best specimen hemp, prepared bes;
specimen flax, prepared best fifty pounds
jute; best fifty pounds ramie.
Best sheat wheat, oats, 'ye or rice, each
81 Loo.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

Put CLOVER on YOUR LANDAU Ohio
paper says that by clover, hundreds of farms
thai we're about worthless have been rescued
from dilapidation and ruin. 1t is an accepted
truism that as long as ''clover will catch
the farm can soon be restored to paying fer
tility, and by a good rotation is even getting
more productive aud profitable for after
some years of such treatment the land will
bear farming-that is, two or three crops
may succeed a good coat of clover before
before laying down to clover again. Rough
new land should be subdued by the use OF
large clover. Nothing SO effectually rots
out stumps and kills weeds and sprouts, and
prepares the land for the pillow and good
paying crops. Wild, new lands should al
ways have it sown on the first grain crop
down. 1t saves a vast amount Of labor, fOI
in a few years it so tames the ground and
clears it of enemies to the pillow that II
works like old ground, and is good for full
crops. One great error is often fallen into,
and that is following the old tradition that
a bushel of clover seed will do eight acres:
That may have been enough to clover land
partially when it was new, but whoever
aims at getting up his land in a speedy ano
profitable way should SOW a bushel on foul
acres SO that his land may be thoroughly
shaded.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

THE LAST NOVELTY IN DANCING.-A
writer in the Courier journal gives the fol-
lowing description of the Racquet, the last
novelty in dancing:
For the first time 1 saw the new dance
about which SO much has been written. 1t
is certainly the maddest and most ungrace-
full whirl l ever saw.
The embrace ~isclose, for the dancers need
the strongest support from each other while
they give a side way kick out with both feet
at the same time the body bends with a low
dip. The lady's sash ends and frills and
coat tails of the gentleman fly about in all
sorts Of odd. fantastic forms.
The time and motion of the music must
satisfy the fastest and giddiest of our young
people. 1t is & parlor substitute for the
can can"
1t shows how rapidly we are becoming
iankeeized, that this public hugarythm
should make its appearance at several pop
ular summer resorts in North Carolina with
ina few months after it was first ~ventured
upon in the ''fast and furious" COney
Island Balls. But some sort of intellectual
exercise is necessary for fashionable folk,
we suppose, in the Sc dull times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

PETROLEUM AS FUEL.-The mail steamer
C~esarewitch is described by the special cor
respondent of the London Daily Neios. 1t
is English built, and is the swiftest mail
steamer on the Caspian, being only surpas-
sed in speed by the Nasr Eddin Shah war
steamer. To convey it from the Baltic to
the Caspian it was necessary that it should
traverse the whole o: the Neva ship canal,
and after ward descend the Volga to Astrakan
On the Neva Canal are fifty four locks, and
the Cesarewitch's length was too great to
allow of her entering them. Her present
Chief engineer, Mr. Vine, an Englishman,
cut her into two pieces amidships, and, fill
ing up the open extremities with iron bulk
heads, foated her in this guise through the
canal. At Astrakan the same gentleman
put her together again. and has remained
ever since in charge of her machinery. Her
boilers are heated by petroleum refuse in
stead Of coal, a system which effects an
enormous saving of expense and labor, the
heating apparatus being as thoroughly IN
der control as a gas jet, and requiring but
one man to manipulate it. 1t consists of two
tubes, about an inch in diameter, termina-
ting at the same point in a small oblong
brass box. Through one of these tubes the
black residual %naphtha (dStdtki) drops
slowly, being blown into spray by a jet of
steam from the boiler, conveyed through
the second tube. This spray, when ignited
forms a sheet of flame, which is projected
into the hollow of the boiler. 1t has the
immense advantage o! requiring no stocking,
no ashes are produced; and 10y tuning
down the flame to the required degree the
steam can always he kept up to the pressure
required for immediate starting without the
tedious and more or less wasteful process Of
.'banking'' the fires. An arrangement
like this is invaluable for cruisers lying o6
an enemy's port, and requiring to hold their
steam in readiness. 1t is intended to apply
the same system of heating to the locomo
tives on the Tifis Baku Railway, when
completed; and it will doubtless, play an
important part in the steam communications
destined ut no distant period to traverse the
Steppes to Khiva and Samarcand.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

FISH PoNDs.-A progressive and success
full farmer near Charlotte has a fish pond
which, in the course of two years at farth-
est, will afford him all the fresh fish his fam.
ily can use. 1t was constructed at compar-
~atively little cost. Farmers 60 to great ex-
pense to raise live stock, build barns and
stables and fences to inclose them, work
hard to make good pastures for them, toll
all summer to raise corn and other grain to
feed them in winter, and whether stormy
or pleasant weather in winter, feed them sew
eral times daily; and yet when it comes to
spending ! few days, or weeks, even to make
a good pond for fish, that will take care Of
themselves, that neither need summer or
winter feeding, and that furnish food 8
good as mutton, beef or pork, and that give
variety and change of food to the family
they are unwilling to exert themselves and
make the necessary ponds. Farmers should
bear in mind they can raise fish, pound for
pound cheaper than they can beef or pork !;
that an acre or two or more in water proper
ly stocked with fish, is worth five times as
much as the same land in farm crop and
that the same ponds will furnish crystal ice
that can be kept all summer to keep milk,
butter, cream, meat, fresh fruit and drink
ing water cold. Charlotte Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09
For tho FAaxrn ASD MECHANIC.

Dear SI:-One of the best sections ofthc
country the sun ever shines upon, ought TO
be heard from through the ne5CSt-
est newspaper In the State. Though we
can boast of no big trees, big snakes, nor
big pumpkins, we can boast oil some big
babies. and a. many Of them a. any other
people and though as . general thing we
come honestly by them, one occasionally
gets in ~unaccounted fol- but, in no case has
more than three been recorded at one birth
The sequel to all this is. eat plain and
wholesome food, breath a pure atmosphere,
and the nectar Of life a. i. runs from the
ground Yours, : + =
Littleton, y. c., Aug "A.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

Charlotte Observer: 1t was at Salisbury,
a day or two ago. MIR. Kerr Craig, lawyer,
in the course of a defence of his client had
occasion to say some pretty hard things
about a mar named Ackerbach. Ackerbach
approached him the next day in a threat
ening attitude and demanded an apology,
retraction or something of that sort. Mr..
Craig declined to do as requested, but re.
minded Mr.. Ackerbach that being crippled
he was not at that time in a condition to
fight him. The man persisted and MIR.
Craig struck him with his cane a severe
blow. Before he recovered friends inter
fered and the fight ended.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

The Brooklyn Eagle interviewed the large
business firms of New York, or their repre-
s entatives, of A. T. Stewart 4 Co., H. b.
Clahin & Co., I. B.. & H. K. Thurber 4
Co., Dunn, Wyman & Co., Tefft, Gristwold
& Co., Denham, buckley 4 Co., Bates,
Reed & Cooley, f. S Jaffray & Co., How
ard Bros. 4 Reed, and Mills 4 Glib. on the
state of trade between the North and South,
and draws these conclusions from what they
say
Fist-They without exception give the
lie to every pretence that the Southern PEG
pie exhibit any hostility to Northern men.
Second-They give the lie to the not I'M
familiar assertion that Northern men, un
less they be Democrats, are ostracised in
Southern communities, and that the South
ern people will not do business with North
ern Republicans, or for that matter with
Republicans from any section.
Mird-They report "a state of mind in nc
respect from what prevails with good meI
here. There is attention to business, con
tempt for issues that are dead beyOnl recall,
love of honor and justice between man anG
man.
FOurth-As between the negro and the
white they report a steadily growing gooC
will, born of the cOlored mans appreciation
of his identity in point of interest with his
white neighbor, and the white mans equally
clear appreciation that the colored man:
labor is indispensable to him.
Fffh-Ot the reported bulldozing, seces
sion sentiment and general violence they
have seen and heard nothing kept il
the columns of partisan newspapers.
Sicth-Their proof of sincerity in affirm
ing the peaceable purposes of the South.
and the integrity of the people, is furnished
in the fact that they are doing trade in every
Southern city and town, have given them
credit to the extent Of millions, and are
pressing them to accept millions more.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09
POPLAR HIlLST0Ck and
Grass Farm.

woodburu HAmh,.toEiau Will make the FFe-eLt-ts
-ou n, his stable :, the Poplar Hill Farm near lIIl--
boro. AZ Durham, auc two days ii each week Al Nc
VI aoSfus' stable, Raleigh. DE i one o.. the purcst,
gated. and highest bred trotting StAlhons II America
Being by =. lraopt, the Sire IF Sutxoo1~ With . re>oTd
Of 2:lsa Wedgevood, 2:23: Dick Moore, 2:2s; Nj
pes rer 2ndum, ia; and Others
- ~, 60 hv Eoyifkax Hanfblataufzn stood
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

The TOMB OF JULIET.--The remains OF
Miss Nelson, says a Paris cable to the New
York Herald, have left the morgue and are
now on their way to England. There is no
doubt whatever that she died of dropsy OF
heart. Both the doctors who attended her
agree on this point. The strange suspicion
of DIR. Panuel, who was called in to attend
to the deceased, appears to have been per-
fectly gratuitous. Great Indignation is felt
at his action in the matter. DIR MOnler is
led to believe from certain symptoms that a
mental trouble was connected with her Ill
ness. He asked the patient If there was
anything on her mind. She replied Yes
While DR.. Monier was attending her a bat
flew into the room through the open win
dow. Miss Nelson was much alarmed:
Look at that great bird flying about me :
she exclaimed in a terrified tone. The In
truder was not got rid of without difficulty.
Miss Nelson's end was calm, but she suffer
ed terribly for hours before it.
Referring to the suspicious circumstance
of Miss Nelson's death, the New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledge1
says There are many friends OF the late
Miss Adelaide Nelson in this city who are
by no means satisfied with the cable &c.
counts Of her sudden death. Their contra.
dict DRY character eXcites remark. At hrs1
it was stated that her death was sudden,
but now, after an elapse of three days, it is
announced that she was in mortal agony
twelve hours" Above all, they are shock
ed beyond expression at the statement thai
her body was taken to the morgue, anc
that lit was only claimed there by an ole
naval officer" A great deal is said on the
subject a. the club-rooms which would bt
improper to print. Persons who knew he1
intimately are persuaded that there is
great deal more to come out respecting tn
circumstance of her death than the public
have yet been informed of.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

A thin solution Of white shellac sprayed
ON with in atomiZer is the easiest method
of preventing pencil drawings from rub
bling.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

At Taylorsville, the Democratic Convcn-
ton for the three counties of lredell, Al
exander and Wilkes nominated I. s. Tucker,
Esq. of Iredell, and DIR. Tyre York, of
of Wilkes, for the State Senate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

1O-and-a-quarter years Guys one.
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highest distinction at EVERY WORLDS
FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Pricess,
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upward. Also for easy payments, IS
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ward. Catalogues free. MASON 4
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

MET HIM AT THE RIvER.-Ne met Hon
d. NJ. Courts, the we'll known old Treas
urer of North Carolina, at Cary last week,
on this side of the River, when we really
Thought he had crossed over on the other
side. The waters were up, Crabtree, four
miles of, was angry, turbid and booming.
Everybody was in trouble except hun.
Dolph Jones was out In the mud and ram
looking for help TO replace bis washed on
rails.
Rufus Jones was taking it quiet, but
there was too much Ola good thing In the
way of rain, even for BIN.
Frank Page, Rufus Page, and all the
Pages. thought there was more water than
was wanted to run their steam saw mills.
Yet the river We wot of, was flowing as
gently as BUNS would nave Sweet Alton
flow. lest its gentle murmurings should dls-
turb the heavenly dreams of his dear lost
Mary. Every reader of the Sentinel knows
how the heart of Burns melted as IN PLAIN
tive notes he sung:
MY Mary's asleep by Try murmuring
stream,
Flow gently Sweet Alton.
Disturb not her dream. -,
Treasurer Courts is eighty-one. We did
not follow the example OF the mournfui men
who Sat by the waters Of Babylon and
wept." but we sat this side the river in his
widowed daughters house and talked.
We made memory beat old tunes on the
heart, by asking questions concerning his
comrades and compeers who had crossed
over, on the other side of the river by
which we sat.
He gave us his recollection and estimate
of Bartlett Yancy, the Elder Dick, the Set
tie, Murphy and the Moreheads, Graham,
Badger and Mangum. The Watts and
Broadnax's of Rockingham, Calvin Graves,
and John Kerr. Then he talked of Clay
Webster, Badger, Mangum. Graham Hay
wood, White, jackson, Van Buren, and Sllas
Wright, in a most entertaining manner.
We trust Treasurer Courts will reach the
age of Jacob of old before he crosses Over
the river to meet on the ''beautiful shore,
themany friends who have crossed over ano
stand reckoning him to come from TINS
cold bleak side.-Jostah Turner'S Sentinel