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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-17


but this caused Bangs such agony
that he roared like an angry bovine.
Help" he yelled; ''help! For
heavens sake pull him up. can't
hold on much longer, and we'll both
fall over the cliff"
swat IA minute; I'll fix him.
cried Aaron with a fendish oath, as
he quickly sprang up and seized a
heavy stick.
Atwood saw his intention, and
groaned in dispair. Then an idea
flashed into his mind, and tighten
ing his hold on Bangs beard, with
his left hand he reached around and
drew his revolver with his right.
AS Appleton advance with the club
uplifted Atwood raised the revolver
and fired, and with a groan the out
law sank down on the edge of the
cliff.
"Now you Internal 6end," cried
Atwood to Bangs, ''help me mp, or
III send ball through your head,
and we'll go over the cliff together. ="
But there was 10 need to urge him.
The rufiian was nearly wild with
terror, and, despite the awful strain
on his whiskers he worked with an
energy almost superhuman.
When the danger was past and
both men stood OH the top of the
precipice, the reaction was so great
that Bangs sank down insensible.
Atwood was conscious of Ii sicken-
ing giddiness stealing over him, but
knowing it would be dangerous to
faint now, he recovered himself by
IA mighty effort and sat down OH a
stone to rest.
With revolver in hand he waited
for Bangs to return to conscious
ness. When at last the ruffian sat
up all bravado had vanished and he
proved himself what he really was,
an AFFECT and arrant coward.
"For Gods sake, Mr.. Atwood
he said, don't put the law on me.
1t was all Appleton's fault, curse
him, and hope you've killed him.
He planned this attack and persuad-
ed me to help him; but | guess you
have fixed him, and I'm glad of it.
II you'll only promise not to put
the law on me I'll do anything you
say. You won't have me arrested
will you?"
"I'll make no promises" said At
wood, rising. Help me drag this
fellow home now, and no treachery,
mind, or I'll blow your worthless
head off.
Between them they got the
wounded rufiian home, and doc
tor was summoned. An examina-
ton proved the wound to be dan
gerous, though not Il fatal one, and
the physician declared that the man
would probably recover. He did
get well in the course of time, but
he soon left that locality and was
never again heard of.
Bangs begged the foreman tc
take him back to the quarry, and
as he promised to behave himself
and do all he could to induce the
others to obey orders, Atwood rein
stayed him. When he came back
to work it was noticed that he had
shaved off his beard, and though he
remained at the quarry for years
afterwards he was never known tC
wear whiskers again.
After this the quarrymen behaved
well. Like all DULLES, they were
towards at heart, and, having hat
ample proof that the little boss
was able to take care of matters
made no further attempt to evadt
L;g o,,l Inx;t,,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-17

arrangements and disorders peculiar TO your
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gestion, invigorates the system, enriches the
blood, dispels aches and pains, melancholy
and restores flesh and strength. In the cure
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and irregularities, it's guaranteed 20 give
satisfaction, or the money is refunded IL
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sold in this way.
That's the peculiar plan all DR.. Pierce's
medicines are sold on.
II is a legitimate ntcdicine-not beverage.
Contains no alcohol TO inebriate; no syrup or
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-17
Electric RittCrs.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bltters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist and 1t Is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure oil diseases OF the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils,
Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood. VIII drive Malaria
cure all Malarial fevers. For the cure
of headache, constipation and indiges-
ton try Electric Bitters. Entire sat-
isfaction guaranteed, or money refund
ed. Price so cts. and 81 per bottle at
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Cost of Cabling.

A glance through the code of in
structions issued by one of the big
cable companies shows that there
are a number of places which rarely
appear upon the map that may be
reached by wire from this town,
says the N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
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Bucklcn,s Arnicn saIvc

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guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Field & Gray wholesale and
retail druggists. 1052Y1
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Headache, neuralgia, dizziness, drunk
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blues, opium habit are cured by the Ner-
vine discovered by the eminent Indiana
specialist In nervous diseases, DR.. Miles.
Fine books and trial bottles free at Field
& Gray's, or by mail 10c, Miles Medical
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you're n weak or
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It's DIR. Phrce's
Favorite Pre-
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you're over
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down." IL builds
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Of the distressing
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Conductor-Your ticket, please!
Tramp-Me face is me ticket, pard-
ner. Conductor-All right; then
I'll have to punch it!-New York
Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-17

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Do you Know

That more ills result from an
Unhealthy Liver than any
other cause-Indigestion, Consti-
patton, Headache, Biliousness,
and Malaria usually attend it.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
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Disorders and their accompany,
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Showing the Way.

We can show you the way to Sc
cure the best value for your money.
Our stock of Wall Paper is large.
Call and look at our new patterns.
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ALpENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WHICH LOVED BEST,


al love you, mother" said little John.
Then, forgetting his work his cap went on
And he was OF 10 the garden swing,
And left her water and wool 30 bring
II love you, MOTHER" said Rosy Nell;
81 love you better than tongue can tell"
Then she leased and pouted full half the day,
Till her mother rejoiced when she went Z
play.
II love you mother" said little Fan,
"Io-day I'll help you all can;
How glad am that school doesn't keep"
So sho rocked the baby till IL fell asleep.
Then stepping softly, she fetched the broom,
And swept the floor and tidied the room;
Busy and happy all day was she.
Helpful and happy rs child could be.
IL love you, mother" again they said
Three little children going TO bed.
How do you think that mother guessed
Which of them really loved her best!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER,
Liberty aud Ozone.

Once in forecasting the future Of mu.
sic in America Emma Abbott declared
her conviction that the great singers of
The world We're to come from this coun-
try, Everything pointed to that, The
freedom from couvenhonality enjoyed
by American girls and the consequent
power TO develop their faculties fully
made one great point in favor of this,
The second great point was our Ameri'
can climate, 1t is dry and exhilarating,
so that it tunes up the voice TO the keen
tst, strongest timbre. Then, too, our
mir was full of glorious ozone, giving
us the best breathing apparatus and
vocal cords, and making us at once ro-
bust and of fine nervous organization.
What was true of singers was also true
of actors; the great ones of the future.
Miss Abbott thought, would come from
America. But we must cultivate our
voices first, the common speaking tones
Of the people, making them clear and
musical,
Miss Abbott was undoubtedly right.
Whenever anybody predicts that the
best of anything is going to be produced
in America he is always right. If we
do not in time become the happiest, most
cultured, polite, good natured and beau
tiful race on earth, it will be simply be-
cause we have not taken advantage of
our liberty and ozone. In thinking ON
our mercies we have not heretofore
made enough account of ozone. In the
mystic workshop of nature it is ozone
that builds into the American character
its invincible pluck, energy and quick
wittedness. 1t enables us to do in a
month often what older nations would
require year for. Where else can
civilized town be made in wilderness
in four days?
Liberty and ozone now and forever!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
The Sums Idea.

The New York Sun criticises the &C.
ton of the national house in passing the
bills for the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona as states of the Union be.
cause of their scant population. 1t has
plan out of its own head, however, for
settling the question of statehood in the
southwestern territories, and it is as fol-
lows:
There is a wise and practicable method of
admitting New Mexico and Arizona, with
out doing injustice to either, while saving
them from the reproach of being rotten
borough states Let these two territories be
reunited. Let Utah, as part of the same plan,
be divided by extending southwark the boun-
Diary line between Idaho and Wyoming. CIV
ing the western part of Utah to Nevada and
the eastern to Colorado. Let the corner of
Arizona north of the Colorado be set off at the
same time to Nevada as thus augmented from
Utah. Then we shall have the territorial
problem at the southwest solved, and there
with the gravest of the many past errors in
state making remedied
We shall have Nevada redeemed and merit
ing for the first time in twenty-eight years her
two senator's and representative. We shall
nave the Mormon question disposed OF, the DO
htlcai power of Mormondom being no possible
source of alarm with Utah thus divided and
merged in the neighboring states We shall
have New Mexico and Arizona brought into
the Union as single strong state, instead of
as pair of weaklings. They will enter the race
wei equipped for competition with the very
best OF their young neighbors, instead of con
tlnulng for years in tutelage, as constant SUD-
pllahts Tor the aid of congress. They will have
put one state government to support and will
be united as when they were acquired from
Mexico.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
Gagged Snakes and Their Food.

Many persons suppose that the crea-
lures introduced alive into the dens of
huge monsters suffer tortures of terror
and fear. We have often observed the
process, and confidently affirm the sup
position to he entirely groundless. The
rabbits and ducks, which we saw put in
with serpents, showed no signs of fear
whatever, sometimes even giving the
pla1nest demonstrations that they were
governed by quite other emotions.
On one occasion we recollect noticing
a rabbit running about beside and over
the coils of huge python. When ex-
actly opposite the head the serpent
moved it slightly and projected its
tongue several times. The rabbit took
no notice of this, and little afterward
began to try and nibble the skin of the
python's body.-Quarterly Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
FERTILIZER FOR TOMATOES.
Tests Which Indicate That Nitrate Of
Soda Is Valuable for This Purpose.

| AN''' w Ihat NtIfate OIL
Soda Is Valuable for This Purpose.
Field experiments with nitrate of soda
OH tomatoes in 1889 and 1850, made al
the New Jersey station, indicated that
this material, under proper conditions OF
use, was valuable fertilizer for toma
toes. The experiments in both years
were carried ont upon the same farm
| the soil of which was considered well
adapted to the crop, viz, a deep sandy
loam in good state of fertility. In the
consideration of results emphasis was in
both cases placed upon the necessity Of
sufficiency of the mineral elements
phosphoric acid and potash, either in the
soil or applied, although in 1890 the di-
rect application of these elements was
not found profitable.
In 1891 in order to, if possible, more
clearly demonstrate this point, two ex-
periments were made, one on sandy
loan in a good state of fertility and one
sea land apparently deficient in all the
essential plant food clements, though in
general character adapted to the growth
of market garden produce. Early varie-
ties were used in both cases. Each ap-
plication Of nitrate of soda was distrib-
utcd evenly over about one-half of the
space occupied by the row.
On the'sandy loan the yield of early
tomatoes was very decidedly increased
by the use of nitrate of soda, both alone
and together with phosphoric acid and
potash. In the trial on the poor land
nitrate of soda alone was on the average
not profitable, merely paying for the
nitrate used. AS summed up in the spe-
cial bulletin, the average results secured
under the varied conditions of soil and
season included in the three years of
experiment seem, however, to warrant
the conclusion that under conditions
considered favorable for the growth of
tomatoes-that is good cultivation and
previous liberal fertilization-the appli-
cation of 100 pounds per acre of nitrate
of soda alone will be uniformly more
profitable for early tomatoes than com.
binations Of minerals, barnyard manure
or complete fertilizer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
A Year Without a Summer

During the extraordinary year of 1916.
according to the best records, January
and February were warm and spring
like. March was cold and stormy. Vege.
tatlon had gotten well along in April,
when real winter set in. Sleet and snow
fell on seventeen different days in NAV.
In June there was either frost or snow
every night but three. The snow was
five inches deep for several days in sue
cession in the interior of New York, and
from ten inches to three feet in Vermont
and Maine. July was cold and frosty;
Ice formed as thick window nanas
in every one of the New England states.
August was still worse: ice formed
nearly an inch in thickness and killed
nearly every green thing in the United
States and in Europe. In the spring of
1877 corn which had been kept over from
the crop of 1915 sold for from five to ten
dollars bushel, the buyers purchasing
for seed. On May 10, 1885, snow fell to
the depth of foot in Jamestown, Va.
and was piled up in huge drifts in most
of the northern states.-St. Louis Re-
public,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
Harvesting Timothy Hay.

Farmers differ considerably in their
ideas and practice in regard to the proper
time for cutting timothy for hay so that
the best results may he secured from the
feeding. Among other trials made at
the Maine station to practically test this
question fourteen plats were used, and
on one-half of each plat the grass was
cut July 1, when the timothy was in full
bloom, and that on the other half July
10. The hay from each cutting was
weighed at the time of putting in the
barn and again the following April, ana
lyzcd, and its digestibility determined
with sheep, two animals being fed on an
early cut hay and two others On late cut
hay during five days.
The yield per acre of grass cut July
was 1925 pounds, and that cut July is,
5,0S6 pounds. As would be expected
from all previous analyses, the early cut
hay proved to be the more heterogeneous
and also the more GigeStible. From the
early cut hay 5f.o1 per cent of the or
Eanlc matter vas t,igested, and from the
late cut hay only 50.7 per cent. Of total
diSestible material the late cut hay
proved to contain the more. The amounts
per acre being: Early cut, 2,02S, and late
cut, 2,2l9 pounds. These figures stand
somewhat in opposition to those obtain
ed from the crop of 1888, where the
larger amount of digestible material was
obtained from the early cut hay.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24

Most people have silent conviction
that the best capacity of electricity
either as motive power or as an illu.
minant has never yet been developed.
If the story of an invention by young
San Francisco engineer is true, then he
has made great progress in adding to
the usefulness of electricity in both re-
spects, He has prepared some chemicals,
explosive on contact with the air, which
generate electricity. The chemicals are
confined in alright copper bulbs no
larger than IA walnut. From the bulbs
pass electric wires conveying the cur
rent to machinery just like other supply
wires, The young mans name is Charles
Sellander, and the point about his inven-
ton is its immense power in an almost
infinitesimal space The chemicals pris-
oned in the tiny copper bulbs generate
electric force for long period, sur
prisingly SO. In the lake near Oakland
CAL, one small boat impelled by cleo
tricity from this ridiculously small bat
terry towed seven other rowboats rapidly
through the water. Hope this is all
true
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
What to Do with the Indians

A writer in the American edition O
The Review of Reviews is of opinio,
that the absorption of the Indian into tn,
white race by admixture of blood would
not under decent and orderly conditions
be debasing. There are, he says, 90, OOC
to 10000 Sioux in the northwest whose
ultimate commingling with the white
race could not be regarded as calam
ity. Yet thirty years ago these same
Sioux We're the worst of all the bad
Indians of the northwest, and the ones
at the bottom of the massacres in Min.
nesota in 1862.
General Morgan, commissioner of In
dian affairs, advocates industrial educa
tlon for young Indians as the necessary
preliminary to citizenship. They ought
not to be made citizens till they are
earning their living in some of the
white mans occupations. The best
trades for them at first are those which
remove them least from their free, out
door life Farming and stock raising
are two of the most available. Then.
too, when we'll drilled and disciplined
Indians make dashing and gallant sol
dlers, particularly in the cavalry arm of
the service.
In Inc Revlew are portraits of some
young Indian students taken soon after
they were first lassoed into civilization
and again after three or four Years of
industrial and literary education. The
difference is especially notable in the
added mobility of expression of couu-
tenance which the educating nrocass
has made. The faces no longer look as
II carved in red stone. The Haskell in.
stltute in Kansas is doing energetic
work in settling the Indian question
Here every pupil, besides learning the
elementary branches of education. il
Obliged also to perfect himself in some
trade by which to earn living. The
pupils take to manual training more
readily than to book learning, as might
be expected. They are also fond of
baseball and brass bands.
But after they are educated these
wards of the government should not be
abandoned to the wilds. They will
readily drop back and become "blanket
Indians" again in that case. On this
"Oint Professor Blackmar, of the Kansas
university, writes:
The great problem in Indian education. then.
Is purely social and industrial one. IL is n
race problem. Ii is the question of a race with
no Independent culture being forced to com
pete with race that has had 1900 Years of in |
dependent self development Education NAV
force the Indian rapidly forward, but the diff |
Guilty In the way is his contact with the world: |
the want Of guaranteed opportunity for the
use OF his acquired education Let the govern |
ment follow the Indian into Industrial society |
and insure him an opportunity to use his edu- |
oation. Let the tribal spirit be broken down
and the educated Indians be mingled as con. 1
mon citizens of the rcpubli, until the 250fa0
Indians shall be absorbed In the social bodv
and there will be no Indian problem
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-24
PRACTICAL COOKING,
An Engiishwoman Teaching Working
Hcnnln EcnnnnAlrnl GnnkInc

An Engiishwomsn Teaching Working
People Economical Cooking,
About 200 women and girls are now
attending the cookery demonstration
class in the shipbuilding district of
Goyan, Miss Gordon, the demonstrated,
has been specially trained for her work,
and is at once skillful cook and csay-
er teacher. Her method of work is es.
sentially practical, Assisted by the
more advanced of her pupils, and in full
view of the others, she makes soups,
dresses vegetables and manufactures
dishes Of various kinds, The fire by
which she cooks is an ordinary open
CRATE of the sort found in most work.
mems houses, and the saucepans and
other utensils are all of the simplest de.
scription.
This is matter Of Importance, as
cookery demonstrations involving the
use OF costly apparatus are worse than
useless for workingmen's wives, The
things made are, as rule, of the most
inexpensive kind, and they all depend
for their value upon careful seasoning
and cookery rather than costly ingre-
dients; for the demonstration never for
gets that the chief object of the school
is to teach poor women how to provide
nutritious food for their families at the
least possible cost.
Soups are great feature of this class,
pupils being shown how to make up.
ward of twenty different kinds-all
savory, nutritious and inexpensive.
During the lesson the cost of each thing
is given in detail. Thus, enough mock
turtle soup for six persons costs Is Cd;
the same quantity of sheepshead broth,
Sgd; of fish soup, 3D., and of barley
and beef bone broth, I'D. One of the
things specially taught is how to cook
potatoes properly-a difficult feat in its
way At the same time great efforts
are made to induce people to use lentils,
peas, beans, rice and macaroni.
Proof is afforded them, too, that MANY
of the so called weeds which grow wild
by the roadside-sorrel, for instance
are delicious in soups and salads. In her
lectures Miss Gordon lays the greatest
emphasis on the necessity for variety in
food, insisting that the most wholesome
dish loses many of its nutritive qualities
if eaten day after day. She shows, too,
how this variety could easily be obtained
if, instead of always buying beef and
mutton, people would just occasionally
have rabbit some fish, or even liver.
In full course of lectures the demon
strator teaches her pupils not only how
to cook beef and mutton in every mag
Unable way, but how to make great
variety of buildings, omelets, scenes and
cakes, as well as every kind of sick
room delicacy, and even poultices.
She teaches them, too, that most diff
cult of arts-how to season what they
make. AT the close of each demonstra-
ton the various dishes are sold in half
penny portions-an arrangement which
has the double advantage of defraying
the cost of the materials used, and en-
ables those present to test the quality of
the food.-London Letter.