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Daily. Daily except Sunday. Parlor car on
day trains and sleeping cars night trains
WHITING, Ticket Agent.
O.W. RUGGLEs, q. P. & T. Agt.
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Spain bas made Morocco come to
terms. The emperor says there will
be no Moor trouble.-Pittsburgh
Telegraph.
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Before you do anything wicked.
remember that the papers will prob
ably want to mention it.-Atchison
Globe.
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0. l. PARTRIDGE.
Real Estate Agent

Rooms 4, 8, Dawson Block.
WIN take charge estates for residents and nom
residents collect rents. pay taxes, place insurance
obtain abstracts OF title. etc.
Office hours-10 to 10 A. M, 4 to 8P.M.
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Girl Friend kissing the bride &C.
statically)-Oh, Fan, you did splen-
didly at the altar, and this is only
your second.
Bride-Yes, ! really have had a
little practice.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-09-10

Correct.-Teacher-"FreddyF Fan
gle, what is the capital of Louisiana p
Freddy-"The lottery company
Judge.
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No news is bad news--to editors
Life.
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Shs-"William, you are Wall
street stock broker, aren't you ?" He
-"Yes, Clara" She-"Are you a
bull or bear?" He-"I was one of
the bears to-day" She-"That's sur.
prising. | thought you must be a
bull. Bears have such a reputation
for Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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Detroit, Bay City & Alpena R.R.

Mail and Accom- Mail and Accom-
Express nodation EXPRESS mediation.
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In Arabia it is a common form of
salutation to put cheek to cheek. A
book agent and sewing machine
man could cause pretty lively COLI
son by adopting the custom.-Wash-
ington Capitol.
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A Williamsport girl, who in the
matter of beauty and affectionate ex-
uberance was not to say "fresh as first
love and rosy as the dawn was ask
ed why she did not get married, and
this is what she said; II have con-
siderable money of my own. have
parrot that can swear, and a mon
key that chews tobacco, so that | have
no need of husband.
Little Mary (who lives on the 18th
floor of the Excelsior fats)--Mamma,
is heaven higher than this 4?
"Yes, indeed, Mary"
"And when we die are we going to
heaven ?"
81 hope so, darling"
Mamma, if we are real good may
be we can get to move down on the
second floor when we die. ."--Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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MICHIGAN CENTRAL
"The Niagara Falls Route"
rpi,,a f,sr1 A, rfyaot

Time Gard in Effect.
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WIT AND HUMOR.

WIT AND HUMOR.
No news is bad news--to editors
Life.
Before you do anything wicked
remember that the papers will prob
ably want to mention it.-Atchisor
Globe.
Correct. eacher-"Freddy Fan
gle, what is the capital of Louisiana !?
Freddy-"The lottery company
Judge.
Spain bas made Morocco come I,
terms. The emperor says there vii
be no Moor trouble.-Pittsburgh
Telegraph.
Smiley-"Dabbs is wonderful
artist in some ways. He drew glass
of beer recently so naturally that one
felt like drinking it."-America.
81 see that your Chinese servant
has managed to pick up great deal
of English Eyes, he walked away
with my dictionary. ."-Washingtor
Post.
"It's awfully hard" said the Five
Dollar Bill, as he was borrowed fol
the hundredth time, "to 60 through
life entirely a loan."-New Yorl
Herald.
The reason why they kill spring
chickens is because they are of M
earthly use except in an ornamental
way after they quit laying.-Bingham
ton Leader.
Undeceived at last.-Barber--
"Your head is full of dandruff, sir.
Customer-"I'm glad you told me
l was under the impression that i
was brains. Life.
The young man should always
marry for love, and never for money
of course but is it any harder to love
a girl because she happens to be rich
-Somerville Journal.
81 think it is rather dangerous tC
let you 60 driving with the major,
Mary; you see he has only one arm
"Oh, that won't matter; you see
can also drive myself" f."-Philadelphis
Times.
She-"George, dear, what do you
think our happiness is chiefly depend
ent upon ?" He Gas his arm steals
about her willowy waist)-"Upon oul
surroundings, sweet. Huntington
Free Press.
In Arabia it is a common form o.
salutation to put cheek to cheek. A
book agent and sewing machine
man could cause pretty lively COLI.
son by adopting the custom. m.-Wash
ington Capitol.
Girl Friend kissing the bride &C.
statically)-Oh, Fan, you did splen.
didly at the altar, and this is only
your second.
Bride-Yes, l really have had q
little practice.-Ex.
Cashley-"IL's fact, old man
Since | met that girl cannot eat OF
sleep. / am miserable man. 1.
there nothing ] can do to cure ME Of
this mad infatuation " Dashley-
"You might try marrying her,
Beacon.
On even terms-"Can you forgive
me and love me STILL" said the new.
made bride, "When | confess that my
teeth are artificial ?" "Thank good
ness !" cried the groom, as he snatch
ed off his wig, "now l can cool off my
head !"-Denver Times.
We are told that there were times
when Caesar was terribly worried by
his creditors. We suppose it never
occurred to Caesar to come to this
country, marry an American heiress
and spend her millions paying up his
debts.-Norriston Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

guns and flags, tumbled over each
other at least two hundred yards down
the spur before they paused to take
breath. Then they rolled down three
hundred yards, when, feeling them
selves out Of harms way, they began to
count their bruises and scratches, and
then, the ludicrous plight they were
in striking them, they burst into
laughter.
Meanwhile Lieutenant A. was led to
q skiff on the bank Of the river, rowed
across, and successfully interviewed by
the officer in command Of the nearest
Confederate camp. The next day an
officer bearing flag Of truce ap-
preached our lines, and the Lieuten-
ants trunk was sent to him, with few
creature comforts designed to console
him in the hour Of misfortunes.
His messmate, Lieutenant j., in
sisted that it was "all his own fault.
If he had not persisted in signaling at
night, where there was no necessity for
it, he would not have been captured. I"
Lieutenant A. was q prisoner about
four months. When he was exchanged
doubtless the information he was able
to give the people at Washington was
some compensation for his enforced in
activity.
The capture was easily accomplished.
The Confederates across the river, see
ing the movements of the torch on the
mountain-top, made detour after
crossing the river a little distance
above our picket lines. The guard
first established to protect the station
numbered hundreds. Then the seem
ing security caused the signal officers
to reduce the number Of men, until the
guard consisted of twenty men and a
non commissioned officer, which was
divided into four reliefs. Chicago
| LeddeT.
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on Curtis army and its march through
Arkansas. The picture is most truth
fully drawn. Ny first thought was,
who has stolen my diary of that won
derful march? for was there and kept
q record Of it, day by day, from first to
last. The affair in which the Third
Iowa Cavalry was engaged, and in
which Lieutenant Griswold and others
were killed, Beacon and others wound
ed, all of my own company, and the
burial at Village Greek, all of which
is given in the Colonel's account, and
very truthfully, too, calls up the epi-
sode I wish to relate.
aWhen the attack on the forage train
had been repulsed the bodies Of the
fallen were carried from the field and
taken to house not far distant to be
prepared for burial. I was detailed to
assist in this, and watched with the
bodies of Lieutenant Griswold, Cor
poral Wasson and Private Like DUR
ing the whole Of the night. Word had
been sent back to camp that the bodies
would be ready for burial next morn
ing, and by q mistake orders were
given to make four coffins and the same
number Of graves, or rather one grave
for four bodies, was prepared near the
Village Greek bridge. In due time the
| burial party arrived at camp and
! found everything ready for the inter.
! ment. James i. Beacom's coffin and
grave were ready, but where was he !!
Certainly not among the bodies await.
ing burial Back goes q detail to the
battlefield for his body, but in due
time returned without it. The burial
proceeds, and the four collins are
placed side BY side and hidden from
human sight A mystery hangs ovel
the affair. The army moves forward
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have earned the stipend to which the
Crowder act entities them, says the
Savannah Netos, and they draw it ir-
respective of private financial condi-
ton. Perhaps the most notable name
on the pension list is that of General
Longstreet. He gets fifty dollars
yearly for a disabled arm, the result of
shot in the neck. Justice Mark
Blandford, of the Supreme Court, re-
ceiyes one hundred dollars for the loss
of arm; Judge Newman, of the North
ern District United States Court gets
one hundred dollars, and DIR. J. s.
Todd like amount. Maj. Joe Blance,
of Cedartown, is another well-known
Georgian who draws his pension regu-
larly, having left an arm behind him on
the field of battle; Judge Geo. N. Lester
sustained like loss and draws the
same amount, and Controller General
Wright gets as much for the loss Of o
leg. One hundred and fifty dollars is
the biggest pension paid, and perhaps
G.. @. Cadle, of Richmond County, is
the most completely disabled Confed-
crate on the pension list. He lost both
legs and both arms, besides being
wounded in the head and suffering
Eother permanent injuries. R. 81. Ma
tions, Of Whitfield, is also one of the
worst erippled and best paid Of the
number. He received wounds which
necessitated the amputation of both
legs above the knees. E. G. Higgen-
botham had both legs taken off below
the knee. Among those who draw the
maximum amount of one hundred and
fifty dollars annually there are no less
than fifteen men who suffered the loss
of both eyes. General William Phil
lips, of Marietta, lost the sight of .one
eye, but draws no pension; neither
does General Phil Cook, the new Sec
retary of State, though he was shot al
to pieces and received some injuries O.
permanent nature.
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eX ID g G t ed


within day or two, though Jackson's
plans were SO well guarded that not
even his Adjutant could guess them
them intelligently. This self-reliance
was characteristic of jackson, and his
aversion to telling his plans was well
known among his officers and men.
In fact it was his policy to surprise his
own men no less than to surprise the
enemy.
General jackson was one of the
group of officers and another of the
group was a Georgia Colonel, who is
still living. Conversation was drag
ging. jackson was Thoughtful and had
little to say, and the effect was damp
ening. Finally, just to revive the con-
versation, the Georgia Colonel asked,
abruptly:
General, will we have a fight to-
morrow"
Everybody knew in an instant that
the blunder was irreparable, and no
body realized this more than the
Colonel.
jackson turned quickly and stared
full in the speakers face. Then he
slowly surveyed the Colonel from head
to foot, and back again.
The silence was painful.
Colonel" said the General slowly,
but not in an unkind lone, "can you
keep a secret?"
"Yes, General" was the warm, il
embarrassed, assurance. II know
can, General. Yes, sir"
"Are you quite certain, Colonel?"
II am quite certain, General"
"Well, Colonel, in the same quiet
even tone, $50 can l, sir"
The Colonels face flushed crimson
and there was deathly silence for hall
q minute or more.
"Now, Colonel" said jackson, with
some feeling, "that rudeness of mine
hurt me as much as it did you, but
trust that it has taught you valuable
lesson. If we do have fight to-mor.
row, Colonel, your regiment shall have
chance"
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THE sREEp-FoLD.
Sheep shearing.

From an exhaustive article on sheep
shearing in New South Wales, by VIM.
Watson, published in the Breeders Ga
sette, we make the following extracts
that will be suggestive to American
flock masters who desire to have their
wool go to market in good shape.
Sheep should always be shorn on
smooth, clean floors. We cannot over
rate the Importance of close and even
clipping. If the fleece is not taken off
evenly, but tufts left here and there
which require clipping off afterward, it
will be deteriorated in value, and the
scraps of wool taken off by second
clipping will be consigned to the locks
and will sell for lower price than the
fleece wool. Another consideration is
to avoid cutting the skin of the sheep.
Whenever a sheep is cut the wound
should be covered with tar as o protec-
tion again the fly. When d large NUM-
Der Of shearers are employed, boy is
usually in attendance with pot of tar,
and rams at the call of any shearer who
wants him. Another point that requires
great attention is not allowing the
feeces to be broken. It is generally
the result of gross carelessness, espe-
cially in men running. one another or
striving who will shear most. The
shearing boards should be kept con-
stantly swept and kept clean from pieces
and locks. Let the brooms in use be
of good quality, SO that fbers may not
break off and get stuck in the wood, do-
ing much harm. All sheep after shear
ing are branded conspicuously with one
or more Of the initial letters ofthe own
er's Nance The mark is made by sim :
pie instrument consisting of q wooden
handle with an iron shank, at the end of
which are the capital letters used. A few
use tar, others paint, but mixture Of
ruddle and greese is preferable to
either. The rain has little effect on it,
and it remains perfectly legible and con-
spicuous from one sEearing to another,
and on the application of hot water ii
becomes soft and easily washed off. By
branding in different places you can
| have distinguishing mark by which to
know at glance the age, sex, ETC., OF any
particular flock.
Fleece wool is classed under the gem
eral heads of combing and clothing, and
these classes are again subdivided into
| two or three different sorts. Where the
| quality of the wool reaches superfine
standard, it is usual to make three sorts
OF each, but when the feeces do not
reach that standard two sorts Of each
WILDE sufficient, viz, first and second
| combing and first and second clothing.
1 When the staple is less than two inches
1 in length, it is placed in the clothing
class, and anything from two inches up
ward goes into the combing class. Some
time the Australian still further class
under the head of ''diney, which con,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10
FeedInv Corn I'M the stalk.

1t seems a wasteful method, but it GER
tainly saves labor, to feed corn in the
stalk. Some Western farmers are trying
it, and report that they get better results
from their corn than ever before. The
stalks are in better condition, and the
best of them are eaten with the grain as
we'll as the leaves and husks. The corn
in this case was cut before fully ripe,
while much of the nutriment thaS would
have gone into the grain remained in
the husk. This has been found the best
time to put corn into the silo, and It is
reasonable to suppose it is also best sol
corn and fodder to be fed dry. Oats cut
rather green are also eaten much better
when they are to be fed in the sheaf,
making saving of thrashing. = Ameri-
can CuJtiVdtor,
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THE HOUSEHOLD.
Natures DisInfectant.

With the approach OF cold weather
nearly all germs of disease in the air
become either inactive or are destroyed
by natures great disinfectant, frost. It
is we'll known that yellow fever and
some other diseases positively disap-
pear at the frost-lin On the cont rarY,
the dangers from cold and diseases OF
the throat and lungs seem to be in
creased by cold weather. This increase
is not due so much, our wisest physicians
generally believe, to cold as to, the fact
that people are housed up more during
this period and breathe impure air, and
in this enfeebled condition 20 from
warm, often over heated rooms into the
outdoor cold. The fact that the inhab-
itants of the Arctic regions are less
subject to lang diseases than the chill
dren of sunny Italy seems to be proof
that some other agency than cold is at
work as q destroyer. It is unhappily the
rule, rather than the exception. for peo-
pie to live all winter in rooms which are
never Systematically aired. The average
housekeeper feels that her duty is done
if she keeps her house warm. Every
room in which the family live or sleep
should be thoroughly and daily airedby
opening the windows, SO as to secure
current of pure outdoor dir for at least
five or ten minutes. If the room is oc-
cupied all day and evening it should be
aired twice day. 1t is as necessary to
health to wash" out room in this way
with fresh air as it is to heat it.
The foulgerms of diphtheria, which
proceed from defective sewerage and
unclean drains, mouldy scraps Of dust
and debris or any of the well-known
141, ac,,-nn. - khso frsOhkf,.l ena1rno
find ready lodgment in the warm atmos-
phere of unaired rooms, and ready vic-
Tins among children weakened by close
confinement in overheated houses. It
is matter of statistics that this disease
prevails more in the wealthy districts OF
the cities than in the poorer; and the
reason given has been that it is pecu-
liarly disease arising from defective
sewerage, and there are no stationary
washstands and complex systems of
sewerage in the dwellings of the very
poor. The unwbolesome degree of heat
maintained generally in houses fitted
with modern improvements has prob
ably more to do with this than even the
sewerage. English people, who have
not generally adopted the cellar heater
| in their houses, consider our over
| heated houses exceedingly unhealthy,
and the cause of frequent cases ofpneu-
monia and other lung diseases, which
are far more prevalent in England, not
| withstanding its unwholesome east
winds, than here. We have not yet
learned the value of cold as a disinfect-
ant and health giver. It is mistake
to keep children in the house any day
in winter because of the cold. Wrap
them we'll, giving them plenty Of space
to breathe, and never covering their
faces with veil, and let them feel and
enjoy to the full natures great medi-
cine, the snow and frost.-Neio York
1 Ta.ih9tDp
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fitting uniform, came along, stopped
and inquired:
"Ver ish der doctor?'
"Is that the way to address your su-
perior officer, sir?" roared Colonel
Beaver.
The German stared at his superior
officer in blank amazement, but said
never word.
"Here, sir; take this chair. You be
the colonel, and I will teach you how
to address an officer"
"Vas me der boss Of der regiment ?"
eyes; take this chair, and I will show
you how to act"
The soldier sat down in front Of the
tent. Colonel Beaver walked off a few
PAGES, turned about, returned to po-
sition in front of the officer pro tenn
pore, squared himself around, made q
military salute, and inquired:
Colonel, can you inform me where I
can find the surgeon of the regiment ~
The soldier arose, and, looking seri-
ously and straight at Beaver, replied
Odd il I know where he isl"
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THE sTOCK-RANCH.
Best Horse for the Farmer.


No doubt there are two sidesto almost
every important question. This is GER
.tainly true of the discussion by the Hon.
F. P. Root in the New York Tribune,
relating to the economy of using heavy
horses on the farm. Incidentally Mr..
Root touches thequestion of best breeds
Of horses. There are some points, in
this connection, that he loses sight of,
such as endurance, temper, value of
such stock as may be turned of, not
only when no longer needed but in rails
ing young stock,sas many farmers desire
to breed more or less for their own use.
Fifty years ago, writes Mr.. Root, half
the heavy work of the farm, now done
by horsepower, was performed by hu-
man muscle. Think ofmowing, raking,
tedding and pitching our hay; cutting
and binding our grain, threshing and
cleaning the same; -hoeing and wedding
corn, potatoes and other cultivated
crops, all by hand labor. How depend
ent agriculture and commerce are on the
patient, obedient ANIMAL And despite
the achievements Of steam, no greater
value was ever put upon a good horse
than now. Compared with other farm
stock, his relative worth has rather ap-
preciaIed than declined during the past
thirty years, and there is much to en-
courage increased attention to the rails
ing of good horses. If high speed could
be reliably bred, and would bear up
fancy prices, there would doubtless be
largest profit in breeding for speed, but
the speedy horse is practically an acci-
dent, and only one in many bred from
the same strain will come up to the
standard.
The large imported breeds Of English
and French draft horses are the most
powerful, and useful in moving heavy
loads, or enduring hard service, but
they are specialists, fitted mainly to one
branch Of service. AS to substituting
the Percheron or Clydesdale for oul
American farm eams-allowing that 9
span of these heavy animals will draw
plough or heavy load where three OF
our lighter horses would be required
will it be gain to the farmer2 A pail
of Percherons will sell for $500 or $500
or more, for special use, as truck horses
larger price than three common Amer.
| lean farm horses sell for. Moreover
the three will be kept more cheaply. OF
at least, at no greater cost. IL all farm
work required the heavy team equal K
three common horses, the differenct
would not be largely in favor of two
| horse heavy team or three-hors,
| lighter team. But more than half on
farm work requires only light team
| all the light narrowing, cuitivating be-
l tween rows Of corn, beans and potatoes
1 ID done with one light horse, and vii
J usually be done one-third faster thar
by D heavy Percheron.
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and on arrival at Augusta We learned
that Beacon, whose grave we dug and
whose coffin we buried, was not dead,
but desperately wounded and In the
hands Of the enemy, and in due time
recovered, was paroled, and returned
to his company for duty. He lived to
serve out his three years, and on offer
ing TO re-enlist was rejected. I met
him several times after the war, and
when 1 last heard from him he was
Clerk of Court in the State of Kansas.
He is the only man Of my acquaint-
ance who was shot according to mill
tary orders, had his coffin made, and
his grave dug according to orders, and
yet lived to laugh at the whole matter.
Truly, truth is stranger than fiction"
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4
she had worn for many years and made
him q pair Of breeches. Gathering
odds and ends from the ruins at At
lanta, he built q shanty, Of which love
made home. His father gave him .
five-dollar gold piece, Of which ingenu-
ity made capital. In three years he
had built q fiftcen-hundred dollar
home; in eight years six-thousand
dollar home. He now has q sixty-thou-
sand dollar suburban home, and is
worth well over d quarter million dol
lars. His life is an epitonlo Of the
South In 1S65--its swift energy, its
cheerful heroism, its shrewd knack of
turning something from nothing, its
stages Of growth, and its present pros
perity.