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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 1872

says he, and his eyes were bright as dia.
monds, just as / expected That was
all he said"
"And what answer did you make him,
aunt ?" asked Robert Otis, who had been
listening with a flushed face
"What did you say?"
az didn't speak word but quartered
on as fast as | could. As for Mr.. GRAY,
he kept pairing like all possessed.
thought he would never stop pairing or
speak word more. By-and-by he stuck
the point of his knife into an apple, and
unwinding the skin from it he handed it
to me.
"I shouldn't bit wonder if that drop.
ped into letter G, says Mr.. Gray, Sup
pose you try it,
'Well, took the red apple. skin, and
whlrled it three times around my head,
and down it went on the floor, curled up
INTO the incest capital G that you ever set
your eyes on.
"Mr. Gray, he looked at the letter, and
then sort of sideways into my face. S.
e.. says he, taking up the apple-sk in and
eating it as if it had been the first mouth
full of a Thanksgiving dinner. How
would you like to see them two letters on
a bran new set of silver teaspoonsi'
81 really believe you could have lit
candle in my face, it burnt so; but I
couldn't speak more than if / had been
born tongue-tied."
'But did you never answer about the
spoons?" asked Julia.
"Well, yes, / believe I did, the next
Sunday night" said the old lady, demure-
ly smoothing her apron.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12

ground in Africa between Mohammedan-
ism and paganism; and it is not improb-
able that the hosts of the Prophet were
stayed in their victorious career and
driven back upon regions previously
overrun by the fierce cannibal tribes of
Equatorial Africa, who, from the time of
Herodotus, have afforded some of the
best specimens of physical man. Still
further south, natural agricultural ad-
vantages are notably good, except in the
Desert of Kalahari-redeemable by means
of Artesian wells-and the climate is ex-
tremely salubrious and healthy.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12
Pussy's Dream.

A CORRESPONDENT of Land and Water
tells the following about cat:
"She was very still, and appeared to be
fast asleep, when suddenly she sprang in
to the middle of the room, where she
fixed her feet on limited spot on the
floor, to which also her nose was applied,
as if closely grasping something she held
in her claws. This continued for a short
time, when the nose was gently raised,
and the visible attention was directed to
the feet which still continued their grasp;
but after time one of them was gradu-
ally removed, and then the other, at
which puss appeared greatly at loss to
imagine whittier the imaginary object
could have gone, so as to escape her
grasp. She looked in various directions
along the floor, with foolish face of con-
fusion; and then again her attention was
directed to the spot on which the feet
were first closely pressed, as if to examine
closely whether the presumed escape had
been by sinking through the floor; and
when this seemed unsatisfactory, the dis
appointed animal now widely awake,
retired slowly from the spot; but she re-
turned more than once to re-examine the
place, as if she found itimpossible to com,
prehend how an object she had so plainly
seen and grasped should have sunk into
nothing. Many minutes elapsed before
the cat appeared to be reconciled TO the
conviction that what had been a dream
was not in truth q reality"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12
NO. s..
Youths Department.
WIEN SANTA CLAUS COMES
BY ELIZABETH SILL

By ELIZABETH SILL
good time is coming: wish II were herei
The very best time in the whole of the year:
I'm counting each day. on my fingers and thumbs
The weeks that must pass before Santa Claus
comes.
Good-by for q while, then, to lessons and school;
We can laugh, talk and sing, without breaking
the rule;'i
No troublesome spelling, nor writing, nor sums;
There's nothing but plsy-time when Santa Claus
comes.
suppose shall have a new dolly of course
My last one was killed by a fall from her horse:
And for Harry and Jack therell be tTumpets and
drums.
To deafen us all with, when Santa Clause comes.
III hang up my stocking to hold what he brings:
hope be will ill 1t with lots of nice things:
He must know how dearly love sugar-plnms;
I'd like q big box full when Santa Claus comes
Then when the first snow-fakes begin to come
down.
And the wind whistles sharp, and the branches are
brown,
III not mind the cold, though my fingers it numbs;
For 1t brings the time nearer when Santa Claus
comes The Nursery.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12

THERE are some disadvantages in liv.
ing on the second floor. A Danbury
housewife thus situated left bar of soap
on the stairs while she exchanged a few
words with the first floor tenant, and a
plumber who was upstairs mending the
pipes came down a moment later with
several tongs and wreuches in one hand,
and a sheet iron furnace in the other, and
when he reached the immediate locality
of the soap his legs suddenly spread
apart, a look of astonishment stole into
his face, and in an instant his head was
half way through the front door, and his
coat-tail on fire, and those tongues and
wrenches were up in the air struggling
for dear life with that sheet-iron furnace
He says now that his father forced him tC
learn the trade of plumbing, and that il
was not his own choice.-DdnbuTy Ne,es
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12
Poetry.
WHEN NEXT WINTERS WINDS SHALL


HEN NEXT WINTERS WINDS SHALl
BLOW
WHEN next wiI ter's winds shall blow,
In her room no fire shall glow,
On her pillow lie no head,
Banished eyes no radiance she'd;
All day shall signing be
For the face may not see.
When next winters winds shall blow
VINO my loneliness can know,
save my poor heart in its pain,
Crying in its grief in vain,
=" On the face die to see,
Hidden in the grave from me!''
Wnen next winters winds shall blow
And the days shall come and go,
Winters suns shall set and rise
Stars burn in the winters skies,
Cofhned shall my spirit be,
With the face may not see.
When next winters winds shall blow
Not as once bright dreams shall grow
In my brain, which brigher grew
AS the snow-storm louder blew,
Dead and withered they shall he,
For the face may not see.
Ere next winters winds shall blow
What shall be, oh! who may knows
I may lie as low as she,
Still and cold, as dreamlessly;
:. All my sorrows done below
When next winters winds shall blow.
Christian Union.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12

1t is estimated that 1000, 900 hogs
will be packed this year in the United
States.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-12

North Stonington, Conn, mines %
tons of silex daily.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

TALLow TREE.-A newspaper is
sued at New Batavia, Java, publish
es an account of a tree that yields
vegetable tallow. 1t grows on the
west coast of Borneo, in the Indian
Ocean, and is called Tingkawang,
OF butter tree. The natives use the
tallow for preparing their food and
for lighting purposes. It's taste re-
selbles cold sleeps fat, but the Ma
lays use it in pastry. The tree is
large and beautiful, and the natives
carefully cultivate it. The general
price of the product is three dollars
per picul, or fifteen dollars for one
hundred and thirty-three pounds.
The tallow is obtainnd from a nut,
which is stepped in water for sew
eral weeks and then pressed. The
trade in the article promises to be-
come one of great Importance.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22


A little incident at Montreal will
serve to illustrate how easily sto-
ries and traditions of miracles may
have been started. A cross OF
moisture has been noticed to APP
pear at night and disappear in the
morning. Many devout souls were
convinced that a saint was buried
there, and eager crowds came to
carry away the holy soil. The saint
that lay beneath proved to be the
intersecting water-pipes, which had
a defective joint that supplied the
moisture for the miracle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

PRICE OF KIssEs.-Some few
days ago man stole a kiss in Prov
idence and was fined fifteen dollars
and costs. In st. Louis the price
is n little higher. A man out that
way lately culled a kiss from the
lips Of a school girl and was fined
twenty-five dollars. Besides this,
he was horse-whipped by the girls
brother, shot at by the girls father,
berated by the girls mother, and
considerably demoralized in the re-
gion of his scalp by his own wife.
Here the fearful punishment should
have ended. But it was not to be,
for his mother-in-law heard about
it and sympathized with her in
jured daughter to such an extent
that his life is made q burden to
him. t.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

A curious invention has been
patented for cutting wood without
a saw. A galyanic current in suf-
ficient quantity, when passed over
fine platinum wire, raises its tenn
perature to a white heat. The in
ventor discovered that wood, com
paratively dry substance even when
green, could be cut by contact
with this wire. BY arranging the
wire with handles or other means
so as TO guide it readily, trees, logs
or planks my be cut as desired
There is here, therefore, q simple
and easily applied force which may
be employed to fell trees, divide
them into logs, and perform all the
operations of the saw and AK. The
surface of the wood is slightly char,
red, but the black layer is very
thin. The battery employed neet
only be of the simplest character.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

1t is related as a singular circum-
stance that the owner of the farm
on which the first battle of Bull
Run, July Is, 1861, was fought.
Fleeing from the might of the I'm
ion armies, he found in Appomat-
tox, as he thought, place to which
they would never penetrate, and
there, 10y singular chance, wit
messed the downfall of the confed
! CIuCY.
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4
gentleman in Athens, few days
ago, with the query: "Want any
pups dis mornin' :" "What are
they, Greeley or Grant y At a
venture the young fancier respond
ed, "Grant." "Don't want them" "
A day or two latter the boy made
another attempt and was asked the
same question, to which he replied;
"Greeley pups" "Why, you little
rascal, didn't you offer the same
pups to me few days ago as Grant
pups :" "Dat's so, but dey's got
their eyes open since"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

cts no use talking about smok-
ing shortening ones life," said Jos
kins to his wife, who was trying to
induce him to give up the practice
"There's my grandfather now, who's
smoked since he was boy, and he
is seventy-five years old" "That
may be-" said Mrs. j., "but if he
hadn't smoked he might have been
ninety"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

A lawyer, who was sometimes for
getful, having been engaged to
plead the cause of an offender, be-
gan by saying, 81 know the prison
er at the bar, and he bears the char
acter of being the most consum-
mate and impudent scoundrel."-
Here somebody whispered to him
that the prisoner was his client,
when he Immediately continued,
"but what great and good man ev-
er lived that was not illuminated
by his contemporaries p
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az keen the hest broad .

~ keep the best Bread" said a
certain baker to a poor fellow who
complained of the inferior quality
of the article he had purchased of
him the day before. 81 don't doubt
it," replied the customer. "Then
why do you complain" asked the
baker. because | would suggest
that you keep the bad, and sell the
BEST" was the reply. He went out
and safely lodged a bread tin.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
A Dirty Item.

Old DR.. Cooper, of South Caro-
lima, used to say to his students
"Don't be afraid of dirt, young gen.
tlemen. What is dirts Why,
nothing at all offensive, when chem
ically viewed. Rub a little alkali
upon the dirty grease spot on your
coat and it undergoes chemical
change and becomes soap; now rub
it with little water and it disap-
pears. 1t is neither grease, soap,
water nor dirt. This is very
odorous pile of dirt you see yonder;
well, scatter little gypsum over it
and it is no longer dirt. Every
thing like dirt is worthy our notice
as students of chemistry. Analyze
it; it will separate into very clean
elements. Dirt makes corn, corn
makes bread and meat, and that
makes a very sweet young lady |
saw one of you kissing last night.
So after all, you were kissing dirt,
particularly if she whitened her
face with clalk OF fuller's earth ;
though l may say that rubbing such
stuff upon the beautiful skin of a
young lady is dirty practice
Pearl powder l think is made of
bismuth, nothing but dirt. Lord
Palmerston's fine definition of dirt
is matter in the wrong place.
Put it in the right place and we
cease To think of il as dirt"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
Blind as n Bat.

A young gentleman from the ru'
raj districts, who had not seen
much of this great world of ours,
started on his travels that he might
rub off the rust. A few days journ-
ey brought him to a certain famous
tunnel, into which the engine with
scream pitched headlong, drag
ging the train upon which our
young traveller was riding at high
rate of speed. The darkness was
instantaneous and intense, but
lasted only a moment, when the
train came forth from the other
end of the tunnel like some huge
monster coming from the deepest
bowels of the earth, the transition
from light to darkness, and from
darkness to light again was too
much for the unsophisticated young
traveller, and he concluded that
some direful malady had stricken
his vision. Looking about him, he
spied physician with whom he
was acquainted on a seat but a lit
tie distance from him. He imme-
diately arose and approached the
doctor, and with the most woe-be-
gone looks and whining voice, said :
doctor, doctor, somethlns the
matter with me bout five minutes
ago | was blind as n bat"
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ly cures all Coughs and Colds. 1t
has cured so many cases of Asthma
and Bronchitis, that it has been
pronounced a specific for these
complaints. For Pains in the
Breast, Side or Back, Gravel or
Kidney disease, diseases of the
Urinary Organs, Jaundice, or any
Liver Complaint it has no equal.
1t is also'a superior Tonic. Re-
stores the Appetite, Strengthens
the System, Restores the Weak and
Debilitated, Causes the food to Di-
gest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion, Prevents Malarious Fe-
vers, Gives tone to your System.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

At reunion of the family of J..
4. G. Lee, of Owingsville, KY, So
coo were placed under the plate of
each of his children present. A
correspondent says: AS Mrs
Nesbitt gazed with grateful bewild.
erment upon her thousands, she oh.
served: "If lit is more blessed tc
give than to receive Pa, how you
must feel"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

At certain church fair, set of
Cooper's works was promised to the
individual who should answer q set
of conondrums. A dashing young
fellow was pronounced the winer,
and received a set of wooden pals.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

An Irishman, angling in the rain,
was observed to keep his line I'M
der the arch of bridge. Upon
being asked the reason, he gave the
following answer: "To be sure the
fishes win be after crowding there,
in order to keep out of the wet
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

A man who had been troubled
with rats informs a friend that he
creased a thirty foot board, filed il
full of fish-hoolxs, set it up at an
angle of forty-five degrees, and put
an old cheese at the top. The rats
went up, slid back, and he caught
thirty of 'em the first night.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
Old lady--.when does the mex

Old lady-"When does the next
train stop here :" Porter (explan.
ing) DWELL, I'm, you see the next
train don't stop ere at all, and ere
next train stops ere don't go nc
farther, and the next train is 6
through express" The old lady is
much better for the information.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
A MARYLAND woman who h

A Maryland woman who had
been bereft of speech for over five
years suddenly recovered her voice
last Sunday in church. She thinks
it a special miracle from Heaven in
her behalf, but her husband-well
men are all unbelieving wretches.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

A gentleman dining at a cheap
restaurant the other day, was heard
to give the courageous ORDER
"Waiter, let the cheese move this
way" 1t was a cheese very like
that on the table which was award
ed the prize for gymnastics at a
county fair.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
Beauty Your Complexion.

Do not use paint or powder, but
get q more permanent beauty by
purifying your blood. This prcpa-
ration of Iron and Poke Root
makes a rough and scaly skin soft
and smooth; changes that sallow
complexion TO one of freshness and
health, and removes any Eruptive
Diseases of the Skin, Pimples, Pus-
tules, Blotches and Eruptions. II
you wish rosy checks and a healthy
complexion, use DIR. Crooks Com
pound Syrup of Poke Root.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
DR.. Crooks Wine of Tar.

Ten years Of a
public test has
proved DIR. Crooks
Wine of Tar to have
more merit than any
similar preparation
ever offered to the
public. 1t is rich in
the medicinal quail
ties of Tar, and I'M
equaled for diseases
of the Throat and
Lungs, performing
the most remarkable
clIppS If pffaetua1-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

A small darley, with an armful
Of eight day old pups, accosted q
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

NO Person can take these Bitters ac-
corning 10 directions, and remain long unwel
provided their bones are not destroyed by nine
raj poison or other means, and Vital organs
wasted beyond the point OF repair. "
Dyspepsia or indigestion. Headache
Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, TigRtness OF the
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations OF the Sto-
mach, Bad Taste In the Mouth, Bilious Attacks,
Palpitatlon OF the Heart, Inflammation OF the
Lungs, Pain in the regions OF the Kidneys, and
a hundred other painful symptoms, are the or
springs OF Dyspepsia. One bottle VIII prove
better guarantee OF Its merits than lengthy
advertisement. -- -rn . t,tt 49,
For Female Com pI aints, In young or old,
married or single, ut the dawn OF womanhood,
or the turn OF life, these Tonic Buffers display so
decided an influence that improvement ID soon
pcrceptble.
For Innammatory and Chronic
Rhe una Ism and Govt, Bilious, Remttent
and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases OF the Blood,
Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bltters have
no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitlated
Blood.
They are n gentle Purgatiye as well
ms n Tonic, possessing the merit or acting as
n powerful agent In relieving Congestion or ln-
nammation OF the Liver and Visoeral Organs,
and In Bilious Diseases
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter, Salt
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Plmples, Pustues,
Boils Carbuncles, Ring-wornns, Scald- Head,
Sore Eyes Erysipelas, Itch, Scurls, Discoora-
tions OF the Skin, Iumors and Diseases OF the
Skin OF whatever name or nature, are liter
ally dug up and carried out or the sys-
TEN In short time by the use OF these Bitters.
BrTrERs the most wonderful Invigorant that
ever sustained the sinking system.
R. FL. IIcDONALD g. CO.
Druggists and Gen. Agts., san Francisco CAL,
& cor. OF Washington and Charlton Sts., MY.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

can rely on being cured with this
preparation known as DIR. Crooks
Compound Syrup of Poke Root
Rheumatism, Pains in Limbs OF
Bones, Constitutions broken down
by Mercurial or other poisons, are
all cured by it. For Syphilis, or
Syphilitic faint, there is nothing
equal to it. A trial will prove it.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
Keep the Blood Pure

And the Health of the
system will follow. There
is a preparation of Iron
and Poke Root more eff
fectual than all others,
which will remove from
your system the impure
and vitiated blood which
causes disease, and at the
same time build up your
health and strength. 1t
never fails to cure. If
you have Scrofula, Scrof-
ulous Diseases of the
Eyes or Ears, or Scrofu-
la in any form, letter,
White Swelling, Old
Sores, Ulcers, or Scrofu-
-. IN
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Boots, Shoes, Etc,

And Sell at the Very Lowest Prices.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

1ad we a;'o prepared 70 turn out vs. cool work as
AN be obtained at any other establishment in
Michigan, at
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22

Call and Them Their Noel. Street.
Mich. 81
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1872-07-20
Sic beften, erprpbten 81ttab1etter,
in SEN Ser. Gtaater.
Gin Crfnbun9!
Sm Sabre 1869 patentirt.

Die Gieenfdaft zines 8liBableiters ii ntdt,
ben Blis aus elmer arrsen Gntferuung ~an3u3te-
ben, iunbern II muB bic Graft baben, wenn Der
8lig in elmer Gutfsrnune pun Is TuB, pom 9b>
letter nieberfabrt benlelten an3u3ieben, uub in
Golse Der @inbuneen unlaao!i@ 81 MAIDEN.
Die 8liBa5leitsr fne maiio eemunben unb
tperben nit Superintendent 3ufammenge(eBt.
I'm @ebduben &perpeu niss!hen in @las geieBt
unb nit 8upferorabt tefsRigt unp lteben sret
3pQ bonn @eb1uSe al.
Diee Bltsatleiter iae ietr taverbajt unb
tommen nie auber Sronuna. gs (uQte Nie-
manb %reridumen, feline @sbduli6fetten Dor benz
Blis ~ G@era, uro nur einen euten 8libab.
letter aufmaden laTen.. Wer einen BliBabIei>
ter eetraudt, icute oieie neu uno tauerbafte
&riabuns prufen, ebs 9efeQuns lrnfpo &C.
mabt uirb. "
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1872-07-20

HdtbfeL
Ginf tpar eirNts bic Mobe MIR,
Sebt bin t9 aur felten nod Der Trauen Bier,
unb Elm Same beGen, &uas Der @elt '
@dr's AUDI mirtlt& gut, nt4t r,ebr sefaQt.
An1Siuns hes &at9iels III II. PA:
.'&st %Nabt-N @as-s@f @a
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-07-11

comparatively less than they ever were under
Democratic rule; that the losses to the Gov
eminent from defalcationsor other causes are
relatively less than ever before; that the cost
of collecting the revenue of the Government
is less than half as much on dollar as
under Buchanan's Democratic administration;
that since the war closed the interest on the
public debt has been reduced more than forty
millions of dollars annually that the Re-
publcans in these years have paid off the
rebel Democratic debt 1884, OOO, 900; that they
have reduced the taxes in this time sl40,-
DOC, 900 yearly; that dishonest officials have
been removed and some of them sent to the
penitentiary that paper dollar is worth
twenty cents more than when Grant was
elected; that our credit at home and abroad
has been vastly improved, and the people in
a fair way soon to be rid of their public debt
and relieved of all taxes beyond what are
necessary for the ordinary expenses of the
Government. The men who by their trea-
son created this debt and rendered necessary
these taxes, demand that the party which
has done all this should give place to theirs