Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-01-02
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Champs Elysees the city Of Paris nets
about $4,000 year in liso,lses,
An ear Of corn containing LOO
well maturcd grains was grown in the
Crosse Tctc, Louisiana. o. Plea
yu,le.
In some parts of Russia il is be-
lieyed that if the bride tastes the cake
on the eve of the wedding her husband
will not love her.
When Lord Colcridge was asked in
Chicago whether he would like to in
spcct the process of sausagc-making, he
replied: mo, | thank you; l guess
won't. eat sausages sometimes. IN.
Y. Graphic,
Cattle, writer says, are malicious
ly destroyed in India by wounding them
with n spike nodded from the seeds of
the Arbus precdtontoS. Death ensues
on the second day, but the powdered
seeds have little or no bad effect when
taken internally.
The society reporter of the Roches-
ter On. " PoSt-ErpreSS kindly informs
us that lit is not in accordance with the
usagcs of polite society to ask an elderly
lady whether she remembers when the
comet of 1912 was here before" Won
der if this man is the author of Don't. p"
~ Y. Graphic.
AT Yuma, Cal, the other day a
man left bis lodging armed with pistol
and rifle and shot at every one he met.
He was not a iirst-class marksman and
only succeeded in hitting one man, who
was famed for life. He finally ended
his days sport by shooting himself fatal
ly.-Sdn Francisco Cal.
"A wild pig found in the woods near
Lyle Station, Ky, was, after consider
able difficulty, SO trained by his finder
that he would follow his master as the
historic lamb followed Mary. When
ever his master sits down to eat the pig
will lie down by his side, and eat and
drink whatever his trainer hands him.
Chicago Herald.
indians in Brazil use ants to dress
wounds, causing them to bite the edges
together and then cutting off the head ;
the jaws will not relax, but hold the
wound together until healed. They
were formerly used as cruel instru-
ment of torture by South American
tribes, who tied their victim TO tree,
smcared his body with grease and placed
an ants nest at his feet
An aged owl, the pet of house.
hold, in Porthmouth, n. H., passed
away and was buried ut night with
distinguished honors, slow music and
the recitation of appropriate lines from
the Burial # Sir Tohn Moore. 4" 4,LJve
the grave of the pet bird (Which, by
the way, was dubbed William) is the
fa1 10 ba
memory of William Owl; born, 1880;
died, 1888. Boston Post.
On the 25th day of September, two
or three thousand years ago, a great
Mongolian philosopher fell asleep and
his soul was transported TO the moon,
where he saw play. Coming back to
earth he built tho first theatre and col
lectcd the first company of actors ever
known in the world. Hence the feast
called "Congratulating the Moon,'
which the Chinese celebrate on each
succeeding anniversary.-M Y. Times.
They lived in Springfield, Mass,
loved and got married. All arrange
ments were made for little wedding
trip, but the groom found it impossible
TO leave, owing to business. So the
bride went ahead to wait for him at
neighboring city. She was there n
engagements. Then she went home In
day or two business permitted, and
the groom started off alone on his we'd
ding our.-BoSton Hcrold
"A Young man from Texas married
girl in North Carolina and then pro-
posed to leave her while he worked his
way back to his Texas home in the hope
of there earning some money TO send
for her. She said, however, that she
preferred to accompany him on foot.
They therefore made their journey of
one thousand miles as tramps, but their
good appearance gained for them con-
siderable help along the way, and for
the last fifty miles they rode triumphant
ly in carriage provided by an enthu-
siastic admirer of their pluck. Detroit
Post.
The swells of Washington are an
initiative lot. President Arthur, while
standing alone on the back porch of the
White House listening to one of the reg
ular afternoon concerts of the marine
band on the lawn, took out his handker-
chief, and after usingit, carefully folded
it again and replaced it in his pocket.
His actions were closely scanned by the
whole crowd of spectators, and now
every swell in Washington carefully
holds his handkerchief out before him and
deliberately folds it, as the President
was seen to do, before replacing the rag
in his pocket. Washington Post.
Two men in Miles City, M. r., pre-
tended to have learned by telegraph that
the Government had thrown open the
eastern part of the Fort Keogh reserva-
ton to settlers. They whispered this
cautiously to special friends, enjoining
strict secrecy. Before night there was
stampede, the supposed public land
claims were staked off, shanties were
put up, tents were pitched, and tho
jokers say that town was laid out, and
a real estate ''boom' was under full
Roadway before nine o'clock in the even
ing. But by ten the joke was out. and
the place was deserted.-Denver T'ri-
bune.
Some practical joker at Humboldt
Wells, New, "stood up" railroad con-
ductor and despoilcd him of his valu-
ables. Instead of "babying' over it, he
got even. He took n lawyer into his
confidence, and swore out papers charg-
ing the jokers with highway robbery.
When his joke began to assume a seri-
Gus aspect the people of Wells thought
he was in dead earnest, and every avail
able influence was brought to bear to
pull his way from his ostensible purpose.
He was apparently inhexible until he
found he had his tormentors thoroughly
scared, and then he relented. - Chicago
Tribune.