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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

GEN. HAzES, chief of the United
States signal service bureau, in his
report to the secretary of war for the
year ending June 80, 1884, says that
an average Of IS per cent. of the
predictions of his bureau as to weather
in the country at large, east of the
Rocky mountains, We're verified,
while the annual average of the Pa.
cihc slope was 80 3. AS many as 2, 77t
stationary signals were ordered, OF
which 2 .2S7 were justified by the re-
suits. The total expenses of the
bureau, including those Of the school
OF instruction at Fort Meyer and Of
the Arctic explorations, were 81, OPS
241 81. A large portion Of the repor
is devoted to history of the Greedy
relief expeditions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FRANK MEAN, recently from Paris,
Ill.,, was crushed under a locomotive
Thursday at Jamestown. ID. 7.
THE ship Andre johnson, of Thorn
astown, Me, was sunk in West Indian
waters by a collision, seventeen of the
crew being drowned.
BY the wreck of a freight train early
Thursday morning near Ashland, o.,
two brakemen were killed, and the fire
man, WHO Jumped into the creek, was
seriously hurt
MILLER's broom factory at Dubuque,
Iowa was damaged $1,000 by fire. AT
East Dubuque, Ill.,, the roller-skating
rink was burned. Loss, $1,000
ALL the buildings, together with their
contents, on the farm Of Levi Hensbaw,
near Hudson, Mclean county, H., were
destroyed by fire Sunday night. Loss,
SIS GOO
Il. b, ELLIOTT & Sons Touring mill
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

THE recent returns made to the
Comptroller of Texas shows its rapid
development-as rapid as that made
by any state in the Union. Nearly
all the counties have sent in their as
sessment, showing an increase over
last year Of $63, 900, COO In 1882 it
was $107 100000, and in the previous
two years nearly as much, bringing
the total value of the state up to 1888,
000, 600 against 1911, 600, 600 four years
ago-very nearly doubling in this
short period of time. The increase Of
the population has kept step with the
increase in wealth The immense i'm
migration which began in Texas some
ten years ago is kept up to tins day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

The chief portion of the masonry
of the Washington monument, at the
national capital, is about finished,
and the structure will be formally
dedicated On the next anniversary Of
Washington's birth-February %.
The monument is higher than any
other structure in the world, beng
500 feet and 10 inches above the floor
of the monument. The next highest
structure is the spire of the Cologne
Cathedral, which towers 515 feet
above the floor of the building. 1t
will take some years to entirely com
plete the monument.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
He Should be an Editor.
Atlanta Constitution.

81 hear you have young man in
your employ who does some writing
for newspapers" said a gentleman to
Fltzgoober.
Yes, believe Scribble does write
SOME for them.
He's pretty good, don't you
thinkQ"
Yes, and besides that he has one
great characteristic that points out
journalism as his proper pursuit, con
tlnucd Fitz, refectively.
What is it?"
"The trait l speak of is, that he's
always behind in his account, and
owes nearly everybody in Atlanta"
Correct, came from the other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

PUBLIC telephone service has been
established throughout Belgium, and
for a franc merchant in Brussels
may converse five minutes with a
friend or business correspondent in
Antwerp or Liege. An extra 10 cents
entities him toa additional five min
utes. 1t is thought the system will
largely supersede the sending of writ
ten kilograms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

1925, 598, 9e3 francs were spent up tie the
31st of December, 1888 The credit for
1884 is 10, 100000 francs. The remainder
to be spent 25e, 3S2, 347 francs is 1856.
1t is not considered likely that the re
construction will be complete with the
above balance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

ONE of the greatest vegetable curl
osities in existence is on exhibition in
Nevada. 1t is a potato vine filled
with well.developed potatoes which
grew in the open air like tomatoes.
They differ from the tubers which
grow underground, according to the
established rule, by bearing slight
green tinge
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
green tinge

THE total value of domestic bread
stuffs exported from the United States
during October was 81 Sal, liz,
against $14, FAC, 994 for the correspond
ing month in 1888. For the ten
months ended October 81, S120, 1913,
O47, and $145, 1876, 33l tor the cores
bonding period in 1888.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
Household Hints.

A medical man advises the disuse
of feather busters, and advises the use
of cloth to wipe away dust. He asks
Do you know Just what you are doing
when you brush away dust2 You dis
seminatc in the air, and consequently
/ introduce into your own interior, into
your tissues and respiratory organs,
all sorts of eggs, spores, epidemic
| germs and murderous vibriones which
| dust contains.
FERMENTATION OF Cold FEET. Let
layer of curled hair be basted to a
piece of cloth and slipped into the
stocking; the hair touching the soles
of the feet, will titillate the SKIN and
draw the blood thither. The hair
conducts the moisture from the feet
to the wooden cloth and thus keeps
them dry. These hair soles should be
placed before the fire at nights so as TO
be thoroughly dried by the morning.
Cork soleS absorb moisture from the
shoe and the feet also, and require
several days to be thoroughly dried.
! SPINACH treated in the following
way is excellent: After boiling until
il is tender, drain the spinach by plac-
ing it on a sieve and taking care to
have all the water drained out; then
chop it quite fine, and put it IN fry
ing pan with good lump of butter,
some pepper and salt, stir it, and let
it heat for about five minutes; serve
it hot, with a little vinegar poured
over it, and with hard boiled eggs cut
in slices and arranged around the edge
of the dish. Lemon juice may be used
in place of vinegar if you prefer 1t,
and in that case send the lemon cut
in halves to the table on separate
dish.
KEEPING FISH. Vinegar is better
than ice for keeping fish over night.
Housekeepers who are obliged to be
economical should have their fish
sent home toward night, and then,
by putting a little vinegar on the hsh,
keep it perfectly, even in hot weather.
Fish is really improved in flavor un-
der this treatment Fish which has
been kept on ice during the night. and
been exposed OH the shop board dur
ing the day, beng frequently watered
to make it look less stale, undergoes
changes which destroy both flavor
and nourishment.
r. II. Stoddard says a pretty savage
thing Of Swinburn when he remarks
of the poet. He has published a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

AMERICAN farmers seem to have
good reason to scan with some anxiety
the Increase Of the expectation OF
frozen meats to England from Aus
tralia and South America. In the
first nine months of 1882 those coun-
treds supplied 3,2O6, 300 pounds OF
f,ozen rOeats
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

r. Ii. Stoddard says a pretty savage
thug Of Swinburn when he remarks
of the poet: He has published a
dozen or more volumes of verse, but
he has written no line that fingers in
the memory and has ut cred nothing
that resembles a thought.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
The III. o. u.

"Why does this railroad traveller oc.
cupy two whole seatsp"
''Bccausc he paid for only one. Ho
wouldn't think of paying for -four rooms
at hotel in order to sleep in one bed,
but it's different thing on railroad
car
"Will some yeoman come along and
give him his choice between contract.
ing his limits and taking ASCOT through
the Window"
20, no. Every yeoman has q whole
seat TO himself, and Is satisfied"
"But he would give up one Of the
seats TO woman, wouldn't hep"
IF she was good-looking and well
dressed he would get his hoofs off that
other scat so fast that his back would
ache for an hour. II she was middle
aged, only fairly dressed and had the
look Of woman who wouldn't gulf
down any taay, he'd be sound asleep ~
she came down the aisle. -DctreH Fro
Press
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
Serpent Worship.

1t has been suggested, and appar.
ertly with some reason, says Mr.. Cor,
don Cumming, that in ancient pagan
times il may have been recognized
symbol in serpent worship, and hence
may have arisen its common use rs a
charm against all manner of evil. The
resemblance is obvious, more especially
to the species of harmless snake which
is rounded at both ends, so that head
and tail arc apparently just alike. The
creature moves backward or forward
at pleasure; hence the old belief that it
actually had two heads and was indie
structible, as even when cut in two
parts it was supposed that the divided
heads would seek one another and re-
unite. 1t stands to reason that in q
snake-worshipping community such n
creature would be held in high rever-
ence. Even in Scotland, various an
cient snake-like bracelets and orna-
ments have been found which seems to
favor this theory; and at o very early
period both snakes and horscshoes seem
to have been engravcn rs symbols on
sacred stones. We hear of the latter
having been sculptured, not only on the
threshold of Old London houses, but
even on that of ancient churches in
various parts Of Britain And in tho
present day we all know tho idea of
luck connected with finding one, and
how constantly they are nailed up on
houses, stables and ships as a charm
against witchcraft. In Scotland, all
parts of England and Wales, and es-
pccially in Cornwall (whero not only
on vans and omnibuscs, but sometimes
even on the gates of the old jails,) wo
may find this curious trace of ancient
superstition. Whatever may have been
its origin, IL is certainly remarkable
that il should survive both in Britain
and in Hindostan. :. London Spectator.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
An AristOcratlc Dog.

The dog which so gloriously distin-
guishcd himself by giving warning OF
the fire at the Hoffman has again been
heard from; but this time in matter
not so heroic as the first atteppt. Ev-
identity the praises won by his intclli-
gent act mentioned have so turned his
head that the habits of the canine mob
and common herd are distasteful to
him. As Columbus Avenue car was
turning into fremont Street in its up
town trip the other day, it made the
usual halt, and mcdium-sized dog
stepped aboard. Escaping the notice
of the conductor, he jumped upon tho
cushion and gravely seated himself with
the other passengers. After the car
started the conductor noticed his fare,
and stepping to the gentleman who sat
next TO the dog, informed him that the
animal could not ride. The reply was
given that the dog was stranger to
him, and the conductor proceeded to
eject his four-footed passenger. The
dog put on the amable look that fol,
lows the command to "move up on the
left there" so naturally, and resisted
the attempt to dislodge him so dog
gedly, that q lady who recognized tho
animal as he came into the car recited
his history to some of the passengers,
and at their earnest request he was
allowed his seat, while further dcvel-
opments were watched His dogship
rode in stately dignity, only needing u
pair of glasses and journal to enable
him to fraternizc with his fellow-pas-
sengers, until the car stopped at Berke-
ley Street, when all eyes were turned
upon him. but no signs of alighting.
The lady commenced to think it was n
case of mistaken identity, but as the
car started the dog coolly stepped TO
the floor. and, waiting until the plat
form was opposite the main entrance
of the Hoffman, which is perhaps two
hundred feet from where the car
stopped, waggcd his tail to the con-
ductor, with ''tra la, old man, don't
stop on my account" sprang of and
ran up the steps. Inquiry of the ele-
vator boy at the Hoffman reveals the
fact that for some time the dog has re-
fused to walk up stairs, but has waited
for the elevator or has signaled for it by
whining or crying. Theories are left to
logicians and metaphysicians. Tho
facts can be substantiated by number
of witnesses. Boston Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

put II in their wagon. After driving
four hundred feet they became
frightened, unhitched their horses and
made off TO q safe distance, where they
watched developments through the
open door of the magazine, The smoke
gradually increased until at 1880 the
in the wagon remained intact.
Tho cause of tho explosion was
said TO have been imperfect
washing of the compound, the surplus
acid acting on and eating the tin coat
ing of the cans. December 27, John
McCleery was filling n shell at well
of John l.. McKinney's, on Meek's
Creek, when tho well began TO flow and
McCleery started TO run. The shell
struck the derrick and exploded, knock.
ing McCleery down. just rs he was in
the act of rising the cans in the derrick
exploded and he was thrown one hun.
drcd feet, but jumped up and ran on
until he fell from fatigue and fright.
His coat-tails were cut off as clean and
smoothly rs If done with shears and
his back was filed with pieces of tin
and splintcrs, but he was not otherwise
injured.
January 1S, 1882, Charles Il. Bor.
ridge torpedoed well in tho Allegheny
field, and having two quarts of glycer-
Inc left, started to carry IL back to the
magazine, near Bolivar. When within
twenty five feet of tho magazine il is
supposed he slipped and fell. His body
was torn to shreds and hole was blown
in the frozen ground two and half feet
deep and five feet in diameter. The
magazine, containing four hundred
pounds, did not explode, though several
boards were torn from the building by
the conclusion. February 20 another
explosion occurred at tho same maya
zine, killing John Graut. shooter, and
Chester Orcutt aged twenty. How tho
accident occurred cannot be told. The
pieces of the two unfortunate victims
were gathered up as far rs possible by
the aid of lanterns and placed on the
log which had done similar service for
Bcrridge's remains.
IL is n remarkable fact that no nitro.
glycerino explosions have occurred In
the oil regions for over two years,
though more than double the amount
has 1scn used during the past two years
than in any similar period before. In
Warren and Forest, Mexican and Allie
gany, shots have been large and fire.
quent, but without casualty, though the
roads in Cherry Grove, Cooper and
Bulltown are the worst imaginable. ],
of course, do not include in this list the
recent explosion ut " The Torpedo
Company's factory in Maryland, which
is out of the region. oil CITY (Pa.) Cor.
Ciepeld1d Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
AN EMPTY NEST.


While looking through tho window ut a tree
In blossoms drcst,
saw among the branches an old and empty
nest.
remembered when saw It, how in by-gonc
spring
Four tiny blackbirds lived In II beneath their
mothers wing.
Onco moro the blossoms pink and white,
adorn the little prong
That holds the nest; hut where Is that fond
mother and her sonR2
Whore are the tiny birdlings that vonturcd
DER the rim
OF that serene and coy nest to hop along the
limbl
Where
Where
Where
d, whoro--
know there is an idol hero that might ten
dollars bring,
But as can not quite see my way clearly
myself, any other congenital idiot who
wants TO undertake the job may APP
propriatc the
Whole Internal thing.
M i. Sun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
The Animalcule Theory.

Not long ago certain members of the
medical profession were exciting consid-
cradle attention through the alleged re-
suits of their researches i'm the matter
of living organisms in the blood and
mucous sccretions. They inoculated rab-
bits and other animals with the sup
posed inhabited substances and killed
them with consumption and fever and
ag,ie and other diseases Mt will. DR..
Koch elaborated the theory that by the
employment of n certain kind of ami
malculc he could cXtcrminatc the dead
" species in consumptive patients and
save their lives. Such, il was argued,
was the philosophy of vaccination. The
only difficulty TO be surmountcd was to
secure the right kind of warriors. The
secret had been solved in the case of
smallpox why might II not be in the
case of pulmonary complaints and that
somewhat difluse and indefinite malady,
called malarap The theory was adj
vanccd that all disease was caused by
the presence of animalcules, and then
il was discovered that the blood
of healthy persons was inhabited as
well as that of the diseased. This was
an obstacle to the establishment of the
new theory, but it was disposed of in
the minds of some by the idea that a
difference in species had everything to
do with it.
1t now turns out that the bacteria or
JaciW claimed in this ease To belong to
the animal kingdom are not animals nj
all, but particles of fibrinc rendered
lively by the electrical influences. A
Buffalo doctor has been manufacturing
some of them by u process which no
living organism would be likely TO como
out of alive. He boiled some iibrinc sew
cral hours day for ten days, then
baked il in an oven for three hours, then
burned il black and pulvcrizcd il, and
then treated IL with alcohol. The re-
port of the experiment says that the
powder of this burned mass yielded mil
lions of the so-called spherical bacteria
or n,icrocoai in various forms. In COM
pairing these under microscope with the
objects alleged to be alive in the blood,
they appeared identical in every partc-
ular IL looks very much as II the
medical profession were wise in being
conservative as TO the adoption of tho
theory of Koch and others. II must be
confessed that however desirable IL may
be TO cure consumption by means of u
warfare between animaloulcs or other
wise, the average individual feels some
relief to know that he is not travel ling
menagaric. The course of thought in
volved in such supposition OCCASIONAL
ly developed into the hallucination that
the human figure was simply con-
glomcration Of living beings something
after the manner of n hanging swarm
of bees, the component members being
UNNECESSARILY smaller.
We are not not informed whether this
Buffalo experiment is considered final oil
not, and desire naturally arises to hav,
the point cleared up rs to what the rabbits
and other animals experimental on by
Koch died Of The fallibility of medical
experiments of this character Is certainly
indicated, rs well as readiness in the
scientific mind to jump ut conclusions
occasionally. ST. Louis Globe Demo
crdt.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

Default having been made in the terms and condi.
iions OF certain indenture mortgage bearing date
.he ist day OF December, A. ID. 1876, and executed
by ana between Edmond Brown and Donians
Brown, his wife, Of the first part, and Charles w
Richardson, Of the second part and duly recorded
IN the ONCE OF the Register Of Deeds for the county
OF Alpona on the 30th day OF December, A. ID.
ISto, In Li6er OF Mortgages, on page 2is, and by
gage contained has become operative. and n beino
claimed That there IL now duo and unpaid al tho
uate hereof, on SAID mortgage, the sum of one
thousand eight hundred and forty five dollars and
Sixty cents $4,000, for principal and interest,
together with an attorney fee Of twenty We dollars
$4,000, provided for In said mortgage, and no suit
OF proceeding, either At law or in equity having
peen instituted TO recover the amount secured by
s"ia mortgage, or any part thereof, now, therefore,
Notice Is hereby given, that on the 1 eth d.y
of October, A. ID. 1854, at two O'Clock in liz
afternoon of said day, at the front door of the or
House. on Chisholm street. in the city of Athena
county OF Alpenn, and State OF Michigan, that be-
ing the place OF holding the Circuit Court for said
county IN which said mortgaged premises are stu-
ated will sell at public auction, TO the highest
bidder the premises described in said mortgage or
so much thereof as may be necessary TO satisfy the
said debt, the interest thereon, and said attorney
fee and all costs and charges allowed by law Said
mortgaged premises are situated in the Township
OF Long Rapids, county Of Alpena. State OF Michi-
gan, and described as follows: All that piece or
! to wit:
An undivided one-half interest in the southeast
quarter OF the northeast quarter. the east half
OF the southeast quarter the northwest quarter
OF the southeast quarter and tho northeast quar-
ter OF the southwest quarter OF section thirty-six
l36l, town thrty-two (32l north. Of Range five l5l
east, containing two hundred acres more or less
CHARLES w. RICHARDSON,
r. j. KELLEY,
Attorney for Mortgage 67Gwl3
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

Hes Christian man, but he swears
he'll never ask another blessing as long
as he lives. The servant girl put his
coffee too close to his plate the other
morning, and as he shaded his vision
with his hands to give thanks he set
his elbow into the cup. The girl got
the blessing.--Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

For rheumatism, lumbago, neural.
gia, cramp and collie there is no rem
edy superior to the genuine DR.. Thorn
as Eclectric Oil.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

"The gain on n flock of sheep may
be called wether profit" says one.
Good for ewe," says the other.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01

One Mormon superstition is that
children, when Ill, may be cured by the
laying-on of hands. More than live
thousand Of the little ones are said to
have died in the last twenty-five years
who might have been saved by medicine.
The laying-on Of hands Is Of no benefit
TO child, except when he talks back to
the old man. Boston GLOBE.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-01
NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT,

NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT.
Circuit Court for Alpena county.
JOHN B. CLAYBERG and
GEORGE II. SLEATOR
EDGAR III. WATROUS.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2sth day of
July, A ID. 1884, writ Of attachment was duly is
sued out Of the Circuit Court for Alpena county,
AZ the suit OF John b. Clayberg and George II.
sleator. the above named plaintiffs, against tho
lands tenements, goods, chattels, moneys and Of
fects OF Edgar ii. Watrous, the above named de-
PENDANT, for the sum Of six hundred and ffty $780,
OO dollars, which said writ was returnable August
18th, A. ID. 1884.
TURNBULL & DAFOE and
X. j. KELLEY,
6SSw6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs