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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13

"Malt Bitters are the best 'bitters. ,"
"They promote sleep and allay ner-
vousness."
"Best Liver and Kidney medicine
We SELL"
"They knock the Chills every time
"Consumptive people gain flesh on
them"
"Malt Bitters have no rivals in this
town."
"Best thing for nursing mothers we
have"
1--WE like TO recommend Malt Bit
ters." July.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13
Skin KIupnOr.
ScaId Head.

Ii. A. Raymond, auditor +, W., j. & s. II. r., Jack
son, Mich, cured of scald head of nine years
duration by the Cuticura Remedies.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13

this country, that is, if it is in a car
and you want Il seat.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13

Talk about losing your hearing at
your age" said Cleveland man to
his wife, "why, I've got an aunt who
is s. years old, and she can hear Just
as well as she could at 16.
HAS she lost none of her faculty for
hearing?"
"No.'
"How is it, wonder 1"
Because she never had any. Born
deaf and dumb"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13

Current topics usually run to seed
Every Saturday Night
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13
(aticura
THE GREAT SKIN CURE.
Itching and Scaly Diseases, HUI
lnOrs OF the Scalp and Skin
Permanently Cured.
RingWOrni.

Geo. w. Brown, IS Marshall street, Providence, Il.
l., cured by Cuticura Remedies of Ringworm Hum
or got at the barbers Which spread all over his ears,
neck and face and for six years resisted all kinds of
treatment
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13
NOR GAIARRM.

Hay foycr, cold in the
head, etc, insert with
little finger, a particle
OF tho Balm into the
nostrils ; draw strong
breaths through the
nose. II will be alb
sorbed, cleansing, and
healing the diseas ed
membrane.
For Deafness,
Occasionally apply q
particle into and bacl,
of the ear, rubbing in
thoroughly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

The Commissioner oi internal RsEsnas has
addressed the following letter 10 the Insern4l
Revenue Collector At Jacksonville. Flnrida;
al an in receipt ef your letter q Jnns Sosh.
iDclosing q communiczfion add.esse1 20 y0a D
h Myers & Co, relative % the delestion q .
lot Of tobacco shipped BY them % B1dford q
Ross, which they allege were s4mples thnt I'D
accumulated On their hands. the saie q uhicA
had never been objected TO By The FsFen1e o1cer
af Savannah You ask for insfrucksong IN regard
to this tobacco Ireply that alkhongh here nay
be Q strong presumption thAt The 11oacco h
question has from tine 10 time been nnkez GoD
stamped packages or samples. and alAo1Eh ne
tar may have been paid upon this fooaccn, sfiA.
in the absence of q reTenne s1nDps 4erD = %
evidences Of the payment q the Az s1d. - Ihe
law positiEeiy pr0hibits the zale Of maEui1ctured
iobacco BY retail excepg hom packaRea nruVerly
stamped, i know Of 10 way bg uhicn snch -
bacco can be LEGALLY offered for szle <xcepf by
putting il up IN suitable pscksges snd Stamping
it, Il is not necessaf4 i0F tbs pupnss % use
formal packages; small pastebo1rd nuxes we9A1
serve the purpose. pr0Ei1sd hey h4su 10 been
previously used for packing i0oaccn s1d ne
package may canfmin any quainlily kDD oae -
two hundred pounds / w0ald. sherefnre. Ese-
ommend that y0u release lhis tDbaccD, on confii-
ton thai the owners thereul sl1mp n the naa-
ner have herein Indicated Hgzkia1lna Csrrs-
sp0ndsaos S1saHzaA EeBA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

English sparrows are getting out OF
fashion People don't Ike them They
are much fonder Of pears, cherries, grspes,
strswberries and other fruits than Of ugly
worms and hateful bngA And becaase
they love fruit and grain like the human
race, they are considered outlaws and
barbarians, that deserve to be shot or
poisoned. They bid fair to wind up fruit
culture in Australia. The sparows get
more Of the crop than the owners And
they have no voice for singing-hate
singing birds and drive them away from
dwellings, The papers now denounce
the English sparrow As heartily - they
praised him quarter of century ago OF
more, when they were importing them
into New York and Boston for the bene
fit of the public parks. They we're worm
eaters then. 1t has been supposed thai
these birds would destroy the cotton
worm or caterpillar, but this has been re
peatedly demonstrated to be m error.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

Maud s., whose race against time
came off at Belmont recently, is of
the color that used to be called sor-
rel, but is now softened to chestnut. The
only difference is that she represents the
perfect chestnut, being of trife SUMMER
shade than the nuts dropping from the
first frosted burrs. No one who sees her
uncovered will ever doubt the perfection
of her lines of speed, and her perfectly
harmonious symmetry is marred only by
the head and ears that mark all descend
ants of the Hambletonian stock She is
a mere trife under sixteen hands high at
the withers, and rather over-measures
that at the peak of her rump. AS the
withers are high this gives her an uncom-
mon dip in the back, which after mo-
ment's inspection is seen to detract neither
from strength nor symmetry. Her head,
as suggested, is large, the ears are pretty
in shape but almost large enough to cast
doubt on her paternity. In muzzle Maud
s. is coarse, running TO under-lip and jaw.
Behind the ears her extraordinary lines
appear. Her neck is as fine rs thor
oughbred's. The shoulders are muscular,
beautifully sloped and prolonged into pow
erful legs that are symmetrical beyond
criticism, built at once for power and en-
durance. In the headquarters she is sim
ply perfect-very long from stiae to knee,
and every inch of it thick with muscles
that have been hardened to steel by judi
cious training. Her tail, though scanty,
sweeps the ground.
Captain Stone bought her as 2year-
old and gave nearly four hundred dollars
for what was thought to be rather bad
bargain They never struck her gait
until she was three years old. She did .
mile in 2:l74 m Lexington three years
ago. In the same year she made mile
in private trial in 2:1s4. and her owners
awoke 70 the fact that they had phe-
nomeual prize. Entered in the 2:s4 class
at Chester Park. Cincinnati, three years
ago, she won three straight heats IN 2:25,
2:sO and 2:26. At Chicago in the same
year. in . match between Maud s. aud
Tncket, the mare won in 2:I0, 2:2l and
2:ls4. W. H Vanderbilt paid Captain
Stone 42l 900 for her and objected 70 the
the risk Of injury involved in . contest
with other horses, and since then she has
trotted only against records and her own
time In Rochester on August Il she
trotsed quarter, :s24; half, los; three
quarters, l:Sl} mile, 2:lla. At Chicago,
September I6, she lowered the record =
qaarter, :ss4 half, ls04i, threequartsra.
l:s64; mile, 2:llA Two days later, in
Chicagos she further reda6ed the record.
bringing the time Of the mile down 70
2:104. AZ Pittsburg, on Jaly Is, she
lowered her record BY . quarter Of . sec
ond, the time being lx1o3 Jn Chicagc,
four days ago, on . track notabIy three
seconds clover, she made che best two
miIes essf made over any track, 2:114
and GI1. These ars the pefformsnces
which shs = - eclipss foF . purss q
ez-oOO-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

At this season Of the year We hear of
worms and rumors of worms in our cotton
fslds Sometimes these worm stories are
gotten up by persons who desire to con-
troll the future market, At other times they
are unfortunately true-as many ruined
planter can testify to his sorrow.
In any event, il behooves every live,
wide awake planter to be prepared for the
advent of the worm, by having stored In
some safe and convenient place on his
plantation q supply of the best and most
approved worm poison, so that when the
vermin does make its appearance, he may
at once take decisive steps to destroy
them, and thus save his crop entire.
Now as to the best cotton worm poison
there is yet difference of opinion Paris
green, either in solution or mixed with
-four or plaster, has been found very effec-
tual London purple is perhaps equally
as valuable and much cheaper. A solu-
tion of one pound of arsenic and two
pounds of bicarbonate of soda dissolved
in forty gallons of hot water, to which is
added sufficient -four paste to give it con-
sistency enough to cause it to adhere to
the leaves of the plant, using one gallon
of this mixture to a barrel Of water, and
apply ing it by means of a fountain pump,
has been reported to us by friend, living
on Black river, as aspecific.
In this case his entire crop was saved,
while his neighbor using no poison did
not make half crop of cotton
Pyrethrum, or Persian insect powder,
is made from the dried flowers Of differ
ent varieties of the Pyrethrum. The
main objection heretofore advanced
against its use is its cost. There can be
no question of its value as an insecticide
either in solution, according to the United
States Pharmacopia, or in powder dilu-
tion with -four or plaster as directed for
Paris green. One advantage the Pyre-
thrum possesses over all others as an in
secticide is, that it is injurious neither to
man or beast, but fatal to insect life
alone. We think it possible that within
very few years the powder will be
adopted almost exclusively as an insect
destroyer, and that the Pyrethrum used
by the planter will be grown on the farm
or plantation the same as any other field
crop.-N o. Pieays1se.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

We mentioned soIne weeks since TIE hct Of
the exisience IN Peace cresk a. rz1si1s sf lhe
mAstOdon- We are nov inf1rned af E|ss dise0s-
cry in the lower Wilhlacoochee River Of the
almost perfect remains Of one Of fhh ezfinn ne
of gi zantic agimAIz This iuformnton b fnrnizh-
ed rs BY Mr. J. A Hzris0n, IN persoa. II E1rskz.
Marion county Mr. Harrison says the remzzns
were found some short tine sincE bg Mr. W
HOgans and Mr. Morrison, while o1t hunliag
They were fordIng the river ~ poihf shout
mile and half east Of Si0keS Ferry. M4rion
county, twenty miles s0ufh Of OcafA zhe bones
lay grouped t0gexher as II they had not been o.
turbed, and il Is thouRhf the neAriy cuwpzzze
skeleton can be recovered TIE InmnH wMa
found in about TWO and ons-hAlf fset of waser.
et, when II riscs four and half o. 6Belfses Or
dinarily the river il iordAhle here Mr HnrFison
purposes 10 recover and restore the hAme for
private collection He showed us porlion q q
right posterior m0lar of The lover jsH- whirh be
bruught with him On his present visit % JACK
sonville- II . Of hrxeiy sdded VEGAS hom
pefTif8cflO0- II presents oBe a the prunn 0f he
root, the forward pr0ags and nezriy hAH Of tie
teeth proper being gone. and this WEIGHS Over
two pounds 1t Is thought the cumpfsaa a0uxh
must have weighed i've OF six p01nds- The jaw
bone Was br0aght away. and his ana seFerzl
other teeth have been exfr.cied- O8s q the
Semur or thigh bones was measured and il b
stated TO be ab0ut I've fset long, which VII xiEe
. correct idea q the size q he Gnizsnl The
jaw-bone taken away measured tgo 81 Iong
So large quanfity ol Indian Grrows were fuund
near the skeleton. sunGenl h u thauRhx. %
gather up q peck o. half hushs. the e1lcilzi0n
5 that The Indians kiIled TIE nnimAE lhers %
the spot where Il fell. and that By u Uexhf he
frame has kept ils position during The exinlence
OF these pre-hisa0rie beings. OF cs1us al the
bones have become fossilised % some eEtenf,
and are much heavier Thaf The szimai Waz 70
fun, even 10 the sfAlW2rt ribes Who ne mny
suppose, By analogy. werE khsir eon1szaDnr1ries,
Is apparent from the qu4nliiy q - 9WiIes
1ecessary 10 the exfinction % Ihis specimeu. and
no doubt the occasion was asld dzy IN IndiGn
hunting
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16
WHAT - THE GAIN !.

What In the Rniny
III one ehouId run noble race
And e the last, with weary pace.
WIN TO thelgoal, and 1nA his years.
harvest-aeld Of waste and tssrs-
Of turmoil. and Of buried trust.
klen with dead hopes and bifter dusf
Ana strife And sneer, and ceaseless pain
What IL the gaine
What is the gains
Mhen- having reached sunlit heighk.
Through barren sweeps OF gloomfnl night,
Hoping 70 see beyond the crest
Eair land Of beauty and Of rest.
There lies before, stretched far away.
ntO the confines Of the day,
A desolate and shadeless plain,
What is the gaing
WHAT is the gain
To sail for months Of cold and toll
Across vide seas. where winds reeofl
Only to gather strength, and roar
A louder challenge than before,
And md, when through fogB thick and dun
The rocky coast at last II won.
NO haven from the storm-vexed main,
What is the gain.
What is the gzins
The race Is won, we see the light.
We conquer where the storm winds fight:
We show the way to those who wait
With faint hearts BY the walls Of fate:
Our banners fuffer In the van
OF battles fought for thought and man;
And ignorance and darkness wane;
This is the gain.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

a Filthy FashEen shag In 9aPpEmg the
LlEe 81 the Yo9sh oR A1ersea-
WAas Physicians say Abe~s ID.
The Philadelphia 1Smss devotes q good deal Of
space to the cigarette vice, which b Of very re-
cent and Of very rapid growth. In which are given
the views Of leading physicians Al agree sub
stnntially with the following: "About half the
cases OF nervous break k-down in men" said DR.
Horatio G. Wood, are the result Of the NE Of
tobacco, and the use of tobacco b mach wore
tor boys than Il 10 fnr men-
There ID peculiar action Of the heart caused
by the excessive use of tobacco, known ns the
tobacco heart which the elder Dr.. Pepper
made special study Of and used 70 lecture upon-
have no positive inlormakion on the subject, but
believe cigarettes ar. the wurN form In which
tobaecoi is used, and belieye that fheir sa1e %
boys was prohibited in France. In addifion TO
the poissn In The tobaec0 lie cigaresss snoker
ahsorbs certain amount of the empyreumm<ic
oil Of paper, which ID m irrifant 20 the mncns
membranes. cAnslng c11arrA- But Ibis = not ths
worst eeeck The sesisn a ths hsert , depses-
ed and he Hhole ys.sm dsolllsslsd- Q1Ieizl
that the cigarette smoking stpdenn we're mnck
behind The okherA These vital defecA aze suze
70 be transuitted % The oflSp<fnG
Dr. j. Il DACusta, who is very hish aaihor-
ity on al nervous Diseases sad he bad been
called upon IN his psacsics % ssp cIgaretfe
gent parents He knew Of one case 10 which .
boy'sgrowth had actually been slunned BY ex-
cesslve smoking.
II can do nothing better for yOu," |" hid Dr. J.
Soils Cohen, Who co01nes hi praclics % trent-
meat of throat and lung dissassA -than 70 relsr
you to > hftle book ] haye puhlinhed On The
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isjn1ions Il IN : $50
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-16

The, editor Of Themasville Eusapriss
writes from Atlanta that the stir about
ths opposition 70 Cole's charter has sub
sided, the bin has been read the sscond
time and made the special order for
Thuuday next. Ths Rome Southern
railroad, which proposes % run from
Chattapooga 70 St. MsrkA hss besn put
olR from tims 70 time beeaase the House
sssms 10 b spspicioss Of + bat ~ sap
poss Il win pass nsxt week z
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Connecticut western news., 1881-07-20
Sad.

The New York Herald gives = pitt full picture. It illustrates the terrible power of intemperance, while it shows too that some good may still survive in the sober moments of it's worst victims :
 A whole family-father, mother, and child-stood in the police court yester- day. The man was there to complain of his wife, whose incorporate habits had ruined his business and made his homo miserable; yet, as the couple waited for the justice, the wronged man wept over his wife, who seemed equally sorrowful and affectionate, while the helpless child was made wretched by the evident trouble of his parents.
 Yet when the woman who had just been so wifely in her feelings was ques- tioned by the judge, she replied, "I will drink as long as I live I can't help it. {"
Connecticut western news., 1881-07-20
HumOrs of the German Army,

Days of kit inspections, reviews or the privates, for if anything goes wrong examples are made right and left with out any nice discrimination in the choice of the victims. Hacklander, in his amusing military "reminiscences, relates how once at 8 review passed during the summer manmuvres by prince of the blood, an unfortunate fusilier, stepping on molehill, stumbled, and for a mo- ment threw his company out of line as it marched past the saluting flag. The mistake was not noticed by the colonel of the regiment but at the close of the review the Prince, after addressing his sincerest compliments to the generals of the different army corps, said, laughing, to one of them: '1 am sorry, general, that the only mistake of the day should have occurred in your corps. I hope that the poor fusilier did not hurt him. self"
 "What fusilier?" asked the general, and then he was told of the stumble on the molehill.
 Gloomy and furious the general pres ently assembled his colonels and assailed them with bitter reproaches : "Gentlemen, thanks to you, my corps is the only one that has disgraced itself today" The colonels, angry and ashamed, hurried off to their regiments, and repeated this lecture to their cap tains "Gentlemen, thanks to you, my regiment has become the laughing stock of the service" Each captain, thereupon summoning his ieutenants and sergealts. exclaimed "Thanks to you, gentlemen, my company has this day incurred the special censure of His Royal Highness." The truth was that the Prince had been so pleased with the review that he had granted the whole army three days rest; but these three days. which were to have brought relax ation to the men, were spent in extra drills, polishing, furnishing and fatigues, which almost knocked the life and spirit out of them, and of course the punishment lists were full.
Connecticut western news., 1881-07-20
How to Care for Infants.
RULES WEIGH SHOULD BE OBSERVED
 DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

In view of the increased mortality among infants, which was due to the prevailing heat, the Board of Health of New York city have issued the following rules for the care of infants, which are to be distributed in circular form among the tenement house population
 NURSING OF INFANTS. - Over-feeding does more harm than anything else; nurse an infant month or two old every two or three hours. Nurse an infant of six months or over five times in twenty-four hours, and no more. If an infant is thirsty give it pure water or barley water, no sugar.
 FEEDING OF INFANTS. tea spoonful of powdered barley (ground in coffee -grinder) and gill of water, with little salt, for fifteen minutes, strain, then mix it with half as much boiled milk, add lump of white sugar, size of walnut, and give it lukewarm from a nursing bottle. Keep bottle and mouth piece in a bowl of water when not in use, to which little soda may be | added. For infants five or six months old, give half barley-water and half boiled milk, with salt and lump of sugar. For older infants, give more milk than barley water. For infants very costive give oatmeal instead of barley. Cook and strain as before. When your breast milk is only half enough, change off between breast milk and this prepared food. In hot weather, if blue litmus paper applied to the food turns red the food is too acid, and you must make fresh mess, or add small pinch of baking soda. Infants of six months may have beef tea or beef soup once 8 day, by itself or mixed with other food; and when ten or twelve months old, crust of bread and piece of rare beef to suck. No child under two years ought to eat at your table. Give no candies, in fact, nothing that is not contained in these rules, without a doctors orders.
 SUMNER CoMPLAINT.-It comes from overlooking and hot and foul air. Keep doors and windows open. Wash your we'll children with cool water twice a day or oftener in the hot season. Never neglect looseness of the bowels in an infant; consult the family or dispensary physician at once, and he will give you rules about what it should take, and how it should be nursed. Keep your rooms as cool as possible, have them we'll ventilated, and do not allow any bad smell to come from sinks, privies, garbage boxes or gutters about the house where you live.
Connecticut western news., 1881-07-20
An Expensive Sign.

It would be rather hard to fix prices if every article was valued according to the good or harm it does.
 A Chicago firm put up sign costing two thousand five hundred dollars, and the Chicago folks claim that it is the most expensive sign ever put up in this country. It is one hundred and thirty feet long, and five and half feet wide. It took four thousand feet of lumber and five hundred and forty days work to complete it.
 Four hundred dollars worth of gold and two hundred and fifty dollars worth of metal ornaments were used in its construction.
 Chicago is mistaken about it's being the most expensive sign. A New York man had sign that fell one windy day and nearly killed 8 man. The owner oi the sign had to pay four thousand eight hundred dollars and costs, which makes that sign the most expensive as far as heard from. ...... ..-.aA -.-
Connecticut western news., 1881-07-20
A Fact for Naturalists.

A Norwegian fable satisfactorily &C., counts for the short tail of the bear. The bear, it seems, was once met by a fox, who carried load of fish, and who, in answer to the question how he had obtained them, replied that he had caught them by angling. The bear ex- pressed desire to know an art so use. full, when the fox informed him that he had only to make hole in the ice and insert his tail. ''You must stop long enough and not mind it if it hurt you 8 little (said the friendly adviser), for a sensation of pain is sure sign that you have bite. The longer the time the more the fish. Nevertheless, when you have good strong bite be sure you pull out" The credulous bear followed the instructions and kept his tail in the hole until 1t was frozen fast. When he pulled, the end of the tail came off, and hence the shortness of the appendsge at the present day.