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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-27

ma OF GeO " SOntH u IcitiIGl 70 lull
Board.
wM II. sANBORN.
JOHN +. HAYES,
JAMES \. CASE,
Committee.
On motion OF Supervisor Ferguson, the
report Of the committee was accepted, re-
commentator concurred in, and warrants
ordered drawn for the several amounts
Committee on Roads and Bridges report
as follows:
To the Chairman and Board Of Supervisors Of AipcHa
County.
GESTLEMEN. committee 20 whom re-
terred the petition OF Joseph shell and Others asking
aid m the construction OF a bridge Bean creek
after a careful consideration of the matter, would
recommend that the prayer Of the petitioners be
granted and that n sum not to exceed three hun
dred and twenty tve dollars be Appropriated by the
Board for such purpose 10 be expended in such man
ncr ~ this Board shall direct All OF which is re-
spcctfully submitted.
JAMES A. CASE
JOHN FERGUSON.
!. D. MCDONALD.
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Meeting called to order by the chairman
at Ann.
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Bills Of A. +. French for tiOl, +. II. Barlow 80
md of Geo W Jones is respectfully referred to full
Board.
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JAMES A. CASE,
John FERGUSON.
J. ID. MCDONALD.
Committee
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
TWO SISTERS.
A Lesson in Life.

In 1S46, two sisters finished their
course of study in Western school.
The youngest, whom we shall here call
Sarah, regarded herself as an altogether
exceptional woman, and had brought
her schoolfellows to think the same.
The truth was, she had an active brain.
retentive mem ory, an indomitable
will, and great ambition. She declared
the ordinary life of women afforded no
scope for her powers.
She pursued her studies on leaving
school, totally neglected all social and
domestic duties, went through med
ical course, and was finally admitted to
practice in an Eastern city. At that
time. such career involved hard fight
ing on her part against the press, pub
lie opinion, the medical faculty, the
very teachers who instructed her. She
was quite ready to fight. Her tongue
was sharp, her pen faclle, her wit bitter
and coarse.
Such contest would be justified if
her motive had been high one, as it is
with many women who leave the beaten
track. But in her case, she was urged
on neither by desire to help suffering
humanity, to elevate her sex, nor even
to develop defined talent in herself.
She simply coveted notoriety.
When she had gained her profession,
she was in position to become real
helper in the world, an active, benefi-
cent power. But she settled down into
hard, sarcastic, selfish woman, no
better doctor than the hundreds of
young NJ. DIS about her, and with a
narrower influence than most of the
wives and mothers of whom she always
spoke with pitying contempt. She died
year ago, "tired out" as she said,
"with living" and with but one or two
friends to follow her to the grave.
Her elder sister was dull girl, cared
little for books, had no ambition, and
no especial talent Sarah used secretly
to wonder why the world was filed with
such commonplace nonentities, to lead
''lives of nothing, nothing worth y.
But she had an affectionate heart, piety,
common sense, fine tact, and above all,
absolute unselfishness.
She married, and became the mother
of half-a-dozen children. They are men
and women now, with families of their
own. They are artists, authors, mer-
chants, ministers of the gospel, each
life an active current of strength and
good in the world.
Whatever any of us have DONE"
said her husband once, cor may do that
is right or helpful, comes at first from
mother here in her chimney corner"
Young people starting out in the
world should remember that it is not
the talent of a man nor his profession,
but his motive i'll living which In the
end makes his life great or noble, or
miserable failure.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
Domestic Recipes.

Mrs. BAILEY's PUDDING. Set two
quarts of new milk in the evening :;
next morning take the cream off into a
bowl. Then wash and pick over one
cup of rice, one large cup of sugar !;
stir sugar and rice into the milk, sprin-
kle little cassia over it and bake slow
three hours. Eat when cold with sugar
and the cream.
IRISH PoTATo PIE.-One pound mash
ed potatoes, rubbed through colander;
one-half pound butter, creamed with
sugar six eggs, whites and yolks sepa-
rately; one lemon, squeezed into the
potatoes while hot one cupful of milk;
one teaspoonful of nutmeg, and the
same of mace; two cupfuls white
sugar bake in open shells of paste /; to
be eaten cold.
To MAKE VERY NICE PICKLES. Take
out of the salt into brass kettle, and
turn boiling water over them. Let
stand till cold, then turn off the water.
Repeat till they are fresh. Put them
into jar and put a spoonful of mustard
and a spoonful of pepper on them.
Pour cold vinegar on them, and set it
on the stove to get hot. When hot, set
away till cold, then they are fit for use.
STUFFED PoTAToEs.-Bakes some large
potatoes in their skins; when quite
done scoop out the insides, and mash
them we'll with q little butter or milk :;
mix some finely minced beef or mutton
with the mashed potatoes, adding pep
per and salt to taste; refill the empty
skins with the mixture, and place them
in the oven again till thoroughly hot,
adding a small lump of butter on the
top of each to prevent their becoming
too dry. Serve up in cloth. This is
always a favorite dish with children.
PorATo PUFF.-Boil the potatoes in
salted water, drain off the water and
dry them q few minutes, then mash
them perfectly smooth. To pint of
mashed potatoes put two tablespoons
of melted butter and beat with q large
fork until the whole is light and creamy ;
add the yolks of two eggs, cupful of
rich milk, and lastly the whites of the
/ two eggs beat into froth. Beat each
ingredient in before adding the next, put
in more salt if needed, and pour the
mixture into a buttered baking dish.
Bake in quick oven until the surface
is nicely Drowned. The success of this
dish depends on the faithfulness with
which it is beaten.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
SOME CENSUS FIGURES.
The Population of the United States
Classified by Race - Interesting
Figures.


The Census Bureau has issued bulle-
tin giving in detail the population of the
United States classified by race. It
shows the total population to be so, 1872 :
S66, of which 43, 404, $40 are white and
6,577, 151 are colored. The number of
colored persons to each 100,0 900 whites
is 1858, against Ia, 528 in 1870. Tie
greatest proportion of colored to white
is In South Carolina, where three-fifths
of the whole are colored. In Louisiana
and Mississippi from one-half to three
fifths are colored. In Alabama, District
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina and Virginia, the colored form
one-third to one-half of the total. In
Arkansas and Tennessee one-fourth to
one-third of the total population are
colored. The least proportion among
the former slave States is in West Vir-
ginia, where therewere but 4, ,355 to 10O,-
900 whites, and in Missouri, where there
are but 7,168. Outside of the former
slave States, the proportion of negroes is
small. The changes in the relative
negro population in the decade between
1870 and 1880 are also given. In the
United States, as a whole, there has
been gain of 625 on an assumed basis
of 100000 whites. The great relative
gains during the decade have, apparent
ly, been made in the South-the former
slaveholding States.
OF the nine of these States which
have gained eight stand at the head of
the list, having made relative gains
ranging from 944 to nearly 1000. 1t
is believed by the census officers, how
ever, that these apparent gains are due
in great measure to the imperfections
of the census of 1870. Under the con-
ditions which prevailed at that time it
is probable that a much larger proper
tlon of negores were omitted than of
whites. OF the former slave States
which have lost, Texas and Florida
lead. Both these States have received
heavy white immigration from other
parts of the country, which has more
than overbalanced whatever gain in
colored population may have been made.
They have been the scene of rapid
development, and thus the relative
decrease of blacks is to be accounted
for, not by any exodus or dying out,
but by an infusion of whites.
The movement of blacks in the North
ern and Western States has apparently
been of little comparative account. The
migration of negroes has not attained
such dimensions as to be perceptible
here. The States from which the exo-
dus principally took place Mississippi,
Louisiana and North Carolina-have ali
apparently gained heavily in relative
proportion of blacks, while Kansas, to
which the major part went, has lost in
proportion to its increase in population,
and Indiana has gained but slightly.
The number of Asiatics in the United
States is 105, TIT, and North American
Indians, 60, 122. Indians not taxed p"
that is, Indians in tribal relations un-
der the care of the governmental not
included in the above.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
For His Brothers. Sake.

A good story is told of gentleman
from Ashaway, r. L. who visited the in-
auguration. Between New York and
Philadelphia, while looking for seat,
he saw portly gentleman who had q
whole seat to himself. The Rhode
Islander being a thin man thought
there was room for him, and squeezed
in. Soon conversation began. The
Rhode Islander said he was Republi-
can, and thought last fall that it would
not be well for the country to have q
change, but that he had brother who
was a Democrat. Soon the train
stopped at station and the Rhode
Islandd friend stepped to the platform
and met an acquaintance, who, after
little space, remarked " General Han,
cock is ON this train, and as I am ac-
quainted with him, perhaps you would
like an introduction. They entered the
car, and approaching tha portly gentle
men just left, the Rhode Islander was
introduced to the general. With n
twinkle in his eye, General Hancock
said "I will shake hands with you for
your brothers sake"
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
What the World Owes Men.

Speaking of men who are fond of
asserting that the world "owes" them a
living, Henry Ward Beecher, in his
Sunday sermon, said Why, if the
world should pay all the debts it owes
halters would be dear in the market.
The world owes nothing but burial to
two-thirds of the men in it. The great
majority of those who talk of its 'ow-
ing" them anything live from day to
day as a fish does sucking in water
and squirting it out again. Worse than
that, you find them living on their
fathers, mothers, relatives or neigh
bors, and they like it. The only Scrip
ture they ever read was ''Go to the ant,
thou sluggard; consider he ways and be
wise'-and they go to their aunts and
live on them. Laughter.) These men
live as the silkworm does-getting up
on leaf and eating, eating away, with
out thought. They are worse than
the silkworm even, for that leaves silk
enough behind to pay its cost, while
they leave nothing. There were other
men, Mr.. Beecher remarked, who did
work in the world, but who never looked
beyond the day. As birds build their
nests for single summer, so those men
build their nests just for this life, and
they look over the rim and see what
they can, and that is all there is of it.
To such men as well as to the utterly
degraded and wicked MIR. Beecher made
an earnest appeal. He begged them to
rise above the level of this world and
aspire to a nobler and more spiritual
existence.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
A Singular Story.

The paragraph going the rounds of
the papers stating that the old pirate
who made Aaron Burr's daughter Theo-
dosia ''walk the plank" has "died
again, recalls story told some twenty
five years ago by venerable gentle
man, now deceased, who passed his
youth in Southern Berkshire. 1t was
to the effect that in one of the earlier
years of the century, fne-looking,
middle-aged woman came to one of the
towns near Stockbridgc and purchased
small cottage. She appeared worn
with distress of some kind, and although
seeming to have abundant means, she
neither sought nor accepted any society,
save that of the poor and unfortunate,
with whom she mingled, as a rule, only
to relieve their distress.
There was one exception, however, in
an unfortunate woman who had been
betrayed in her youth. This outcast
she took to her home, where she was
her companion and finally her nurse,
until the benefactress died, leaving her
poor friend what remained Of the prop
erty.
This woman, in order to make good
her claim to the gilt which was not IN
formal bequest, stated in confidence
to magistrate that the giver was none
other than Theodosia Burr Allston, and
that she had revealed to her under strict
injunction of secresy that her melan-
choly and singular seclusion were due
to the fact that she had been compelled
to live for two or three years with the
pirate captain, and that when she was
at last released, with some money in
her possession, she was so overwhelmed
with shame that she determined never
to let the world in which she once
moved know of her existence, but tc
spend the remainder of her life in deeds
Of charity. She had selected Stock
bridge at first as place of residence,
from family tradition of its seclusion
her grandfather, Rev. Jonathan Ed
wards, having been an early pastor
there--but she found intercourse be-
tween that town and New York had be-
come altogether too frequent for her
purpose, and she retired TO smaller
town. - Pittsfeld Mass. SIN.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26

merchant ship. One native was killed
and nine hostages were taken. Liberia
agreed to pay E1 900 compensation for
the plundering.
The Russian Minister of Foreign
Affairs in circular addressed to Russian
representatives abroad, says the new
Emperor will observe pacific foreign
policy and devote himself to the inter-
nal development of the empire.
An attempt to blow up the Mansion
or Lord Mayors House in London is
reported. A package containing fifteen
pounds of powder was found at mid
night on Wednesday on window. sill
in one of the corridors. A lighted fuse
was attached to it. Tt is believed by
many the police "put mp the job" On
Thursday the cellars and vaults under
the houses of Parliament were searched.
In the Carver-Scott glass ball match
at the end of the shooting the score
stood: Carver, 1901 ; Scott, 7,793.
The Pope has issued an encyclical
proclaiming jubilee from March 10 to
November for Europe, and to the end
of the year for the rest of the world.
"A Nihilist proclamation found at
the house of the assassin Roussakoff
bids the new Czar of Russia take warn
ing from his fathers fate and says the
Nihllists will continue their work.
= The police dispersed Socialist
meeting in Paris, and arrested two per-
sons for posting placards issued by the
Revolution Committee"
The negroes in Peru resent the
presence of Cinnamon and drunken
mob killed twenty of gang of thirty
Chinaman employed to work on the
hacienda of Mr.. Swayne, near Cerro
AZul.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
Disturbing the Performance.

There was a smart business man in q
New York interior city once, who, hav-
ing made some money, determined to
build an opera house. After it was
done he went to Chicago TO see how
those things were conducted, and hap
pened to light ON sacred concert where
applause wasn't allowed on Sunday
night. A travelling theatrical company
dedicated his new theatre with one of
their roaring comedies, and, much to
their surprise, found it fell perfectly
fiat. Not sign or sound of approval
came from the audience, and the come.
dians redoubled their efforts in vain.
At the end of the second act they asked
the manager what the trouble was, the
audience didn't seem to catch on. go,
1 guess you're getting along all right, 3"
said the manager, and the play proceed
ed. The latter part was more funeral
and silent than the first, and the effect
on the actors, by the time it had ended,
was gloomy and depressing as you can
imagine.
What's the matter with your folks ?"
said one of them to the proprietor of
the theatre. You could get more fun
out of a graveyard than out of people
like them. They don't seem to enjoy
anything"
Enjoy it, said the proprietor, "of
course they enjoyed it !" Why had to
fire out two on 'em for stompin' and
laughin' and that made the rest on 'em
behave 'emselves. This is first-class
town want you to understand and we
don't allow 'em to disturb the perform
ances,"
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
A Zrrr KINGS PRIsoN.-Cetvwayo

A Zulu KING's PRIsoN.-Cetywayo,
the Zulu ex King, is to be released from
his close confinement in Cape Town
Castle, and allowed to live on farm in
the neighborhood of the city. He will
thus, in all probability, become neigh
Dor of the Natal chief Langalibalele,
who has for some years been provided
with q similar residence. So far as
health and beauty of surroundings are
concerned, Cetywayo will have nothing
to complain of. His dwelling will be
in the midst of a dry, breeze-swept,
heath-covered fiat, with magnificent
view of Table Mountain constantly be-
fore his eyes.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
THE GRANT FUND.
The Sum of $25O,O0O Raised and
Deposited for Grants Use.

Mr.. George Jones, OF the New York
Times, has sent to the subscribers to
the Grant Fund circular ANNOUNCING
that the entire amount of $3.50, 900 has
been promised, and that S216,000 has
been paid in. This sum has been in
vested already for Gen. Grants benefit
in way that will yield him an annual
income of S13, 160 The investment of
the money still to be received will prob
ably make the product of the fund about
$15, 900 year.
The names of General Grants bene-
factors will not be made public. The
greater part of the money comes in
large subscriptions. Of the whole
amount, about three-quarters is con-
tributed by twenty-eight individuals.
There are two subscribers of S25, 900
each, three of $4,000, eighteen of
$1,000, three of s., 500, two of 1000,
and forty-eight of 81, GOO. The idea of
creating the fund by a great popular
subscription was abandoned by Mr..
Jones, for satisfactory reasons, not long
after the first announcement of the
undertaking, III November last.
The idea of definitely appropriating
the income of the fund to pension for
the oldest ex-President of the United
States, whoever he may be, has been
abandoned. The money has been raised
for Gen. Grants individual benefit.
The final destination of the principal
remains within the control of the major
ity subscribers.
While professed Republicans consti-
tute the great majority OF the subscri-
bers, the list contains the names of mep
not identified with either party, as well
as of some prominent Democrats. One
of the latter class appears as a subscri-
Der for $4,000,
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
A Hundred Thousand Candle Power.

The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader says
an electric light of 100, ,000-candle IL
Illuminating power was successfully tes5-
ed at the Brush Works in that city.
This light is fifty times the magnitude
Of an ordinary electric lamp, such as is
used for street-lighting purposes. 1t is
the largest light ever produced by
human hands. The light was built to
order for use in the British navy. 1t is
intended to be used in night attacks and
to scan the sea for the approach of tor
pedoes. With the aid of an ordinary
reflector it is estimated that beam Of
light SO powerful will be produced that
a person fifteen miles distant could see
to read by it. The carbon candle
burned in the light was two inches and
half in diameter, and the amount OF
heat generated between the points was
over half million of degrees, or one
ninetieth of the estimated heat of the
sun. Forty-horse power was used in
the production Of the light.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
NEW YORK STATE.
Its Wealth, Debt and Taxation as
Shown by the Last Census Re-
turns.

A preliminary exhibit of the wealth,
York has Just been completed by the
Census Office. The "wealth" statistics
place the valuation of real estate in
1880 at 81, ,326, ,669, ,S13, and personal
property at $352, 469, ,320 Total, &c.
679, 139, 1873. The figures given below
for the ''debt" are those of the separate
civil divisions of the State, counties,
cities, villages and towns, and the debt
is tabulated as it stood December 81,
1879, irrespective of sinking fund and
property available or set apart for the
payment of debt and interest
Bonded and floating debt of
counties. ...................s : Il, ,SSs. 1903 so
Bonded and floating debt of 81
cities having over $500 popu-
Bonded and floating debt of cit
les and villages under $500
Bonded and floating debt of
towns. ..................-.... lS.1O2, ,501 90
Total local Indebtedness. SEAS, 6,11S 81
The figures given relative to taxa
ton do not include the school district
tttA loN lnO CttN VI anu NcN
York city, where the school districts are
only for purposes of organization and
discipline. The amount raised (S3, ,540,-
000) must be added to the amount given
as the total of city taxation in order to
show complete record of the tax raised
by cities. The figures furnished are as
follows:
State tax for general and canal
purposes. ...... -, 4,949,6 ,6OC
State school tax ax........... 2,945,199
County tax. 6,204,517
Tax for municipal purposes of
cities of over 1850 population. 29,2G2, ,203
Tax for municipal purposes of
cities and villages under 1900
population ................. 1892
Town tax. Observation-Disclosures. 4,722, ,64S
Total tax x..................... 1927 ,4O7
To which add the local school tax
Of New York city y.............. 3,540 900
Total amount Of taxation .. $50. .467, ,4O7
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26

Two of the foreign soldiers who came
to Galveston to take part in the Mardi
Gras procession were conyersing about
Galveston, its climate and natural ad-
vantages. Finally one of them said {:
"Did you find it very warm yester-
day ?'' No, I didn't think it was
warm" "I didn't either until I came
to examine my pockets, when I found
about $50 in silver 1 had there had
melted away" "I reckon that must be
the atmospheric influences we heard so
much about"