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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-08

The theory that connects spots on
the sur with violent storms OH the
earth has derived considerable
strength from the events of the past
four years, during which there has
been a maximum of sun spots and a
very remarkable series of meteoro-
logical disturbances upon our planet.
Perhaps no stronger evidence in favor
of this theory has been presented than
that furnished within the past few
weeks. Tornados, cyclones, violent
storms of hail and snow, and water
spouts have during that time wrought
destruction in almost every quarter
of the habitable globe. Coincidently
with these terrestrial outbursts the
sun has been frequently dotted with
remarkable spots showing intense ac-
tivity, although the maximum of the
spots was probably passed two years
ago.
Just now the sun presents very
curious appearance when viewed with
a telescope. Strung completely across
its disk are a great number of black
spots, and advancing upon the eastern
edge is great double cluster of spots,
where for millions upon millions of
square miles the surface of the sun
appears to be torn and rent asunder.
One of these clusters presents the
appearance Of cyclonic action on a
gigantic scale-a cyclone in whose
mad whirl the earth would spin like
a whipped top! All around this ex-
cessively agitated region, the solar
surface is driven into flaming ridges,
presenting most wonderful and
picturesque display of those tremen-
dous fire mountains of the sun which
are known by the singularly weak
and inexpensive name of faculc. If
during the coming fortnight, while
this great double group is crossing
the disk of the sun, there should be
an unusual prevalence of destructive
storms in various parts of the earth,
the coincidence would add valuable
evidence to what has already been
collected, showing a direct action of
solar disturbances upon the atmos-
phere Of the earth.
In the meantime it is worth any
body's while to take look through
telescope at the glowing countenance
of the god of day.-N. Y. Sun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-08

passed, u majority Of all the aldermen
elected voting therefor by ayes and nays as
follows: Ayes-Culligsn, DAiglc, Camp
bell and Daoust. Nays-Warncr.
Moved by Alderman Campbell that all
who have presented sealed proposals for
paving to the Recorder, be allowed to with
draw the same If they want to. Carried
by unanimous vote.
On motion Of Alderman Campbell the
Council adjourned to meet on Tuesday even
ing, July 9TH, at 7:30 o'clock.
ANDREW HARSHAW,
JomN S. McVIcAR, Mayor.
Recorder.
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to improve Dock street and TO remove the
quarricd stone piled in front of his lime
kiln. Referred TO the Committee on Streets
and Sewers.
From c. I. Burrell asking the Council to
repair his sidewalk and barn. Referred to
the same committee.
From j. ID. Patton of Hicksville, Ohio,
offering to put in a gas plant and furnish
gas for $3.50 per NJ cubic feet. Referred
to the Recorder with instructions to answer
and explain the franchise granted to Alpena
Gas Co.
To The Hon. he Mayor and Common COun-
ell Of The city Of Alpena.
GENTLEMEN.-I respectfully submit the
following as true report of the cemetery
fund as used by me:
March g, 1854, to amount on hand TO date
as per report made to Council .............tys so
April LIST, 1885, to amount collected for
SAFE OF lots ''.'' w
Total, .9i, so
1891.
March 20, paid j. Cathro painting siyn......s 9 co
July l6 paid j. r. Beach, orders ...,....-.... "a 90
July %, II. Beekmpn, 200 cemetery deeds..... 30
Aug. II, w. Mirre, cemetery plats........- 10 90
Nov D, paid Jamos Rce................ ......lI 90
March s, paid Montrosc for lumber............. oe
w. IL. & Il. X. Potter, lumber Is 80
Total, .si2 50
Respectfully,
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The Voice of the People.

1t is we'll known fact that wine
above all other things is grossly adul-
terated, but when a pure article is
placed on the market and people have
confidence in it, they all with one
voice recommend it. The Port Grape
Wine from the vineyards of Alfred
Spcer, of Passaic, N. j., has received
the unqualified endorsement of the
medical faculty and of thousands of
invalids who have been won back to
health by their use. For sale by j.
I. Bostwick, druggist, Alpena.
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IF. w. Kinsman. ESQ: Dear SIR
With pleasure we order ten gross Adam
sons Botanic Cough Balsam, showing
conclusively that merit has won the day
and that your Balsam IL taking the lead
over the many bottles OF trash that now
flood the market."-From Smith, Doolit-
tie & Smith, Druggists, Boston.
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When the system is weakened through
debility or other cause, strong tonic
medicine Is what is needed. James Don
aghy, OF GAINESVILLE. Ohio, writes; "Thi'
Is to certify that | have been suffering
from general debility and loss of appetite
for more than three months. Hearing o
the wonderful curative properties of Mish
ler's Herb Bltters tried three or four bot
ties and am entirely cured"
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s37,O52 g. s9,s77 ~

Accepted and placed on file.
From the same, recommending payment
Of the followinp hills:
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A Reliable Article.

For enterprise, push and desire to ge
such goods as will give the trade satisfac
ton, Houk q Perkins and ii. Beebe, tn
druggists, lead all competition. They sci
DR.. Bosankosi Cough and Lung Syrup
because It's the best medicine on the mar
kct, for coughs, colds, Group and primary
consumption. Price 80 cents and loo
Samples free. eow723yl
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NtETIVVTTUTTy,
A. X. BLAKLEY.
On motion of Alderman Campbell the
report was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
From the Comptroller, report showing
the condition of the different funds up to
July 9th, 1885, as follows
Amount Orders Balance
Funds. Appropriated. Drawn. On Hand.
Contingent, $500 AZ s1,i19 81 sG,9s0 30
Fire department 1857 80 3,4.6 IS 9,l6i 80
Police depart'nt, $500 90 1880 s. 1868 Is
Cemetery, GO 90
Highway, 1875 90 3,sH 60 9,is0 IS
Totals 37,052 81 so,s77 "a s27,235 rs
Accepted and placed on file.
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Moved by Alderman Campbell that the
report be accepted and warrants ordered
drawn for the payment of the several bills
as recommended. Carried by vote as fol-
lows: Ayes-Warner, Culligan, D'Aigle,
Campbell and Daoust. Nays-Nonc.
From the Chief Engineer of fire depart
ment, recommending the payment of the
following bills:
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Its highly concentrated curative
power, makes Ayers Sarsaparilla the
best and cheapest blood purifier
known.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-01-07
Orange Growing in Florida.

AS Mr.. G.H. Sutherland of Arredondo,
Fla, seems to take exception to some of
my remarks in a previous issue of your
paper, deem it but right to give him
few points that he seems to be ignorant
of. He says that no tropical fruits can
be grown in Alabama or Northern Flor
ida. On property that owned in the
city of Mobile, Ala, forming the corner
of Spring Garden Road and Kilmarnock
Street, which l sold in 1861, l had four
varieties of figs, also the very finest of
oranges, Japan plums, pomegranates,
bananas and pine-apples, besides large
variety Of other fruits, and was no ex-
ception in growing these fruits.
In 1860 was on Mr.. Straits orange
grove in Baldwin county, Ala, which
contained some four or five hundred
trees, all doing well. Oranges grow very
well in counties south of Mobile county,
but the climate is not good for northern
people. AS for figs and pomegranates,
they grow any place in Alabama or Flor
ida. | have pulled them off the trees
myself as far north as Dallas, Loundes,
Wilcox and Marengo counties, Ala, and
l presume they grow still further north.
Mr.. Sutherland says that where | pro-
pose going, | cannot get a good piece OF
land less than from $25 to $50 an acre,
unless go into the wild woods, which is
too far removed from transportation.
Here is sample of many places offered
for sale, taken from the FLORIDA AGRI-
CULTURIsT: ''No. 21.-Twelve and a
half acres, two miles southeast of De-
Land, all cleared, and five acres in grove,
25O budded trees. 100 bearing price,
$1,000" DeLand is beautifully situated
in Volusia county, one of the very finest
counties in Florida for the the cultivation
of fruits. | also have letters before me
from four different parties, one a young
Montreal lady, now of the Huntsville
Female College, Ala, who have bought
a nice tract of land in well settled part
of Polk county none better in the State for
fruit growing, and have only paid IS per
acre. He says nuts cannot be grown
where / speak Of. / suppose he means
the cocoanut and Italian chestnuts. They
are now grown in Brevard, Volusia, Polk
and Hillsboro counties, at least / hold
letters to that effect. In regard to straw
berries, the statement that half dozen
fills quart is overdrawn, but not so
much as his two dozen is underdrawn.
/ do not propose to settle so far north
as the Arendondo Grant, nor too far in
land to suit my views for tropical or semi
tropical fruit growing, neither do / pro-
pose going as far south as the Everglades.
There is thousands of good fruit growing
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been 10 bushels in the exhibit His
corn was of the flint variety and was the
finest we have ever seen in Florida
large ears, deep seed and not sign of
weevil. 1t was grown on same soil as
above with same fertilizer. Crop, 80
bushels to the acre.
Prof Curtis will have the largest dis
play in the Florida Department, show
ing specimens of every variety of wood Of
any interest or value grown in Florida.
The S. f. & w. raised map, although in
complete, even now attracts as much at
tention as anything in the great build
ing. Over two carloads of oranges to
have been there at the opening, owing
to inexcusable carelessness of railroad
or Exposition management have not yet
reached the building. A man should go
with every lot of exhibits that starts
from Florida, and stick to it until he sees
it at the door of the Exposition building.
These are by no means all that Florida
has sent, but things are so mixed that it
is difficult to find anything even if by
good fortune it is there.
On one side of Florida South Carolina is
building a massive monument of phos-
phate rock upon which it is expected will
be inscribed: "Here lies fair Florida.
Died the orange fever and buried be-
meath our commercial fertilizer, A. ID.
1884" On the other side is whale
boat with sails up part of the Govt
exhibit, and beyond can be seen the
towering, wheat-veneered monuments
of Nebraska and Kansas, and near them
the corn-shingled corn-crib of Dakota
and the wheaton villa of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway. New
Mexico's minerals and Colorado's thea
ter scence with Pixies Peak in the back
ground, are interesting sights near by.
About the goth of January will be ear
ly enough to visit the Exposition. Those
who are interested in the early history
of New Orleans will find it pleasant to
board in the cold French Quarter, "
where they can see and hear something
of real Creole life. The writer found
pleasant quarters in the Maison Pontalba
facing jackson Square, near the old Ca
thedral, at No. II st. Peter ST., Madame
Tourtarel. Go to corner Canal and st.
Charles Sts., or Rogers ST., to strike
cars for the grounds if you lodge below
Canal street, otherwise you can strike
them on Camp or Barome streets, upper
St. Charles and Coliseum street.
r. r. TRAY. ACT.
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born at Peru soon after the invasion by
the Spaniards, ought to have known the
state of that country before the conquest.
Here are his words: "Before the Span
iards conquered Peru, it is certain that
one saw there neither figs, grenades, or
anges, citrons, sour or sweet, pears, ap-
pies, ,apricots, ounces, peaches, alberges,
nor any of the plums which grow in
Spain. But one can say with truth that
all these fruits, and many others which
/ cannot remember, grow there to-day in
such abundance that one cares almost
nothing for them, any more than other
Spanish things which increase much
more in those countries CT the Indies
than in this realm" (Hist. of the Incas,
Kings of Peru, by the Inca, Garcilasso
de la Vega, bk. 8, c. 2S.)
Witnesses thus positive leave no doubt
upon the origin of the orange tree OF
America.
That vast hemisphere, whose soil is so
fertile, and where is now found nearly
all the plants of the Old World, had re-
ceived from Nature buteeertain number
of vegetables, which belonged to it, and
were unknown to the rest of the world.
Not till after its discovery by Europe
ans was it enriched with the greater
part of those beautiful species given by
Nature to countries far removed from it,
of which the culture took rapidly in those
fine climates.
This fact, whose certainty is so evil
dent, is another convincing proof that
each country has had, originally, its
species, and that industry alone has SO
mingled them in one climate as to great
ly obscure their origin.
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extensive use i'll Germany. 1t has the
advantage of keeping out heat and cold,
and is also claimed to be an excellent
preventive of damp and deadener of
sound. 1t is substantial, light and dur
able, and seems to be especially adapted
for ceilings and wall Innings.
To recent progress in sanitary science,
Sir Joseph Fayrer, formerly surgeon
general of the army in India, attributes
the fact that England's death rate has
decreased during the present century,
from forty in the thousand to twenty in
the thousand.
TRACING A LOST RIVER.
The remarkable river Reka rises in the
Austrian province of Carinola, and dis
appears in the Karst caves. There are
reasons for believing thatit flows long
distance underground, emerging twenty
miles away as the Timavo, stream
which mysteriously pours out of hill
side. Members of the Austrio- German
Alpine Club, have lately attempted an
exploration of the subterTanean course of
| the Reka, and have succeeded i'll follow
ing it about one furlong, passing six
waterfalls and reaching a seventh which
proved to be impossible without special
apparatus. One of the cayerns encount-
cred is reported to be eapacious enough
to contain st. Peters Cathedral of Rome.
PIIosPHoRIc GLASS AND CREMATION.
A variety of articles made from So
called phosphoric glass, which is COM
posed simply of phosphate of lime, have
been exhibited to the French Academy
of Sciences by Mons. Sidot. Unlike or
binary kinds, this glass resists the
action of fluoric acid, and it will probably
be useful to chemists and others on that
account. A novel use fit in connection
with cremation is suggested by Mons.
Henry de Parveille, who proposes that
| the phosphate of lime remaining as the
ashes of each burned body be converted
into phosphoric glass, and then be
moulded into vase, medallion, or stat
uette of the person from whom it has
been derived. ~
A permanent school OF forestry will
probably be establigfied iii connection
with the University of Edinburgh.
The Royal Geographical Society, OF
London, has published a list OF 12O sta
tions occupied by Europeans in Central
Africa in 1854, with their latitude and
longitude. OF these, sixty-one are situ-
ated between the equator and the Zam-
best, east of the twenty-ffth degree of
east longitude; and fifty-nine are west of
that meridian, between the equator and
the Kuimen or Cunene.
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The New Orleans Exposition.
lditor Florida Aqriculturiist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
The Crescent City, that rich and mag
niticent diadem that crowns the Gulf, is
now sparkling with the life and shining
with the wealth, not only of its own
beautiful self, but with the added attrac-
tions gathered and crystallized to it from
all parts of our grand Nation, and from
the world at large. From every quarter
are ceaselessly rolling in immense trains
loaded with the rich, the beautiful, and
the unique productions OF all the globe,
and tout le monde is following. Accom-
modations as yet are plentiful and prices
reasonable. The opening of the Expo
sition, nominally was the 10th, but as yet
hardly under way. Florida is not max
ing the display that it should, but thanks,
not to Florida as a State, but to her in
defatigable commissioner, Gen. w. IL.
Sebring and his able assistant, Prof.
Curtis, and to the few individuals who
have rallied to her support, she is not en-
tirely unrepresented in this grand Con-
gress of the production of the world.
Volusia county's flag has already been
raised, and is chiefly supported by your
"Ormond on the Halifax" She comes
w GIlS IIOllI uOJ Only Will d IlQ6 uISpldy
of that fruit for which the east coast of
Florida is famous, the Indian River
Orange" of which large share of the
crop is produced on the. Halifax and
IIillsboro rivers, but she has also sent
forward handsome exhibit of the
heavy field products of the rich farming
lands of the coast, such as sugar, syrup,
sugar cane, corn, rice, oats, sweet po-
tatoes, squashes, cassava, arrowroot and
ginger root. In conversation with the
young man busily engaged in arranging
the fine exhibit to best advantage, we
learned that later on Mr. Hart, the great
bee man of New Smyrna was to be there
with big honey show, embracing honey
in all stages, and of the various seasons
of gathering, as well as all implements
used in manipulating the crop and the
bees.
Seville, on the line of the Seville and
Halifax Railway was represented by an
exhibit by Leighton Causey, of sweet
potatoes, corn and peas. The potatoes
were of three varieties, all of immense
size and beautifully fair and smooth, the
card stating that they were raised on
light grey hammock, with the "Plow
Brand" festilizer. There must have
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Information Wanted.

Editor Florida Agricuuurist:
Will some of your correspondents on
the Caloosahatchee river give me the
particulars as to soil, lands, products,
game, improvements, society, price of
land, size of towns and villages, or any
information that would be Of benefit to
those persons desiring to immigrate
there? There are many away out here
in Kansas that would be glad to get such
information, and it will be kindly receiv-
ed. WM. H. LARIMoRE.
Girard, Crawford Co., Kansas.
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For the FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT.
Scientific Miscellany.


From experimental measurements of
the temperature of the body during acts
of motion, the following conclusions
have been reached bya French observer: !:
That the lowest temperature in man,
following a period ofrest, is 9S. degrees !;
Thatthe temperature rises under the in
fiuence OF an ascending effort to 1905
degrees, and under the influence of de-
scending effort to 1908 degrees; that it
increases after any exertion, but more af-
ter an ascending than descending one /;
and that the chemical actions of the or
ganism are augmented after every move
ment.
TIE FLEXIBILITY OF ITACoLUMITE,
A remarkable sandstone existing in
Georgia and North and South. Carolina
seems to be surpassed by that of mag
nesian limestone found at the entrance
of the TYNE, in England. This limestone
is reported to be SO flexible that thin lay
ers three feet or more in length, may be
bent into circle while damp, retaining
that form on being allowed to dry.
4 mountain explorer just returned
from Asia. states that during four
months residence at a height of more
than Is, 900 feet above the sea, his pulse,
normally only sixty-three beats per min
ute, seldom fell below one hundred beats
per minute, and his respirations were Of
ten twice as numerous as at ordinary
/ levels.
| An English chemist has confirmed by
ANALYSES the opinion that the lack of
malleability in heated iron-or, ''red-
shortness," ;" as it is called-is due to the
presence of oxygen. \ red-short speci-
men contained |. .3S4 per cent. of oxygen,
while samples free from the defect had
only 0.750 per cent. or less.
found to result disastrously to insects,
each season of flood greatly lessening the
"bug-crop" of the following summer.
Respiration OF OXYGEN AND OZONE.
A very general belief is that the breath
ing of pure oxygen would rapidly destroy
animal life, by quickening the combus-
ton in the body as the same gas hastens
the burning of the fuel of an ordinary
fire. A German physiologist has just
shown by exact experiment on men and
dogs, that the inhalation of pure oxygen
produces no effects-at least upon pulse
respiration and body temperature
which distinguish its action from that of
pure atmospheric air and that its use in
cases of poisoning with chloroform, alco-
hol, sulphuretted hydrogen or carbonic
oxide, offers no advantage over that of
pure air. The same eXperimenter has
determined that diluted ozone, does not
possess the narcotic influence usually
ascribed to it, and that concentrated
ozone causes an irritation of the mucous
membrane when breathed.
After many observations at sea-level
and at $4,000 feet above, Prof. S. p.
Langley concludes that the mean absorp-
ton of light and heat by the atmosphere
is at least double the usual estimate of
twenty per cent. He believes, also, that
dust particles play a more important
part in this absorption than is generally
supposed.
A new building material-a mixture
of cork, silica and lime-is coming into
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lands for sale cheap, lying between the
two points, and having good facilities
for transportation, both by water and
rail. b. 1Imour, IN Daily Star, of
Montreal Canada.
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DEPARTMENT D.-GARDEN AND FIELD PRO-
DUCTS, GROWN IN FLORIDA.
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Florida Fruit Growers Association.

GREAT SHOW or 1885, TO BE HELD on
THE GROUNDS OF THE estate PARK
ASSOCIATION" UNDER THE SPECIAL
MANAGEMENT OF THE FLORIDA
FRUIT GROWERS Asso-
CITATION.
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Translated from the French. expressly for The
Florida A0gicULtWrisC.
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For the best exhibit by any one farmer
of the products Of any one
Farm, in any county. 80 co
THE BEST COUNTY EXHIBIT.
For the best exhibit of all the products
and growth of any one County 100 90
SPECIAL HONEY PREMIUM.
For the best display of Honey in all its
departments of production and
care. Observation-Disclosures. 2O m
For the best exhibit of Honey Comb.
not less than 10 pounds. .... 10 90
"Ain't you almost scalded?" inquired
a kid OIL gentleman calling on his father
and mother; mo, little one, can't say
that am. why do you ask, Daisy?"
Oh, because heard mamma say your
wife kept you in hot water all the time
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COPYRIGHTED
A Treatise on the Citrus Family

BY NJ. GEORGE GALLEsIo.