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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-10-28

PREsENTATIoN.-T The employees
in the mill of billiard, Churchill &
Co. last Saturday evening presented
their foreman, Mr.. Patrick Gibbons,
with handsome Topaz finger ring,
valued at $50. The presentation
speech was made by our next Rep
resentative in the Legislature.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

EPIscoPAL-Rev. W. w. Rafter. Services in
Trinity Church, on First street, every sunday
morning and evening.
BAPTIST-Rev. +. N. Barlow Services in the
soaisty's Church. on Third street, every Sabbath
morning and evening.
CATH0LIC-Fathcr Van Chimp Services IN
the Catholic Church, on Chisholm street, every
SABBATH morning.
CoNGREGATIoNAL-Rev A. b. Allen. Ser
vices m the society's Church, on Second street
every Sabbath morning and evening.
MErHoDIsT-Rev T. C. Higgins. Services IN
soeiety's Church. on Dock street, every Sabbath
morning and evening.
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Marine.

Capt. Shorthand furnishes us with
the following list of vessels as Law
ing arrived or departed during the
past week:
ARRIVED.
20-Schs. Philo Scovil and John
Rice brig City of Tawas.
23-Scow Meisel; prop. st.
Joseph and str. Marine City.
25-Steam barge VIM. Howard ;
str. Marine City; schs. Portland,
Kilderhouse and Seaman.
26-Prop. st. Joseph; steam
barges Belle Cross and Caldwell
barges India and Oliver Cromwell
scow Lausia.
27-Sch. T.. c. Roberts.
DEPARTED.
21-Prop. Wenona, for Detroit
schs. Wilcox, Montana and J. Big
Ter, lumber, for Chicago.
23-Str. Marine City, for Che
boygan.
24-Schs. Winslow, lumber, for
Toledo, and Philo Scovil, lumber,
for Chicago; prop. st. Joseph, for
Cheboygan.
25-Brig City Of Tawas, lumber,
for Chicago; str. Marine City, for
Detroit.
2G-Sch. John Rice, lumber, for
Toledo; prop. st. Joseph, for De-
troit.
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MoRGAN's New Book AND LECTURE

MoRGAN's New Book AND LECTURE.
The book "Shadowy Hand, Life
Struggles" and the lecture Hidden
Hand; Pulpit and the Stage" by Rev
Henry Morgan, Is how ready The book
is story Of real life, graphically writ
ten, and Astounding in instructive Incl
dents. IL will prove an acquisition to
any library. Price $3.50 Reliable
agents generously dealt with. Address
Morgan Chapel, Boston. The new lee
ture is Mr.. Morgan's best effort. III
tarres in New England only till Deccm
Der LIST.
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Rodman receives new goods by every
CHANGE IN THE CABINET.

Now that the Presidents Long rranch
season Is over, 10 is confidently asserted
that there will be change in the cabi-
net, and that before the. first OF Deem
her. 1t Is known that the President and
all heads of departments have bought
largely of tickets for the next Grand
Gilt Concert of the Public Library OF
Kentucky, to draw November 30, and
they hatter themselves that they will
capture one or more of the large prizes,
which will make plenty of change in the
cabinet.
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If Alcoholic Stimulants are taken into
the blood the heart works faster, and this
unnatural speed wears out the vital ma
chinery. All Intoxicating nostrums adj
vertised as "tonits," "rcnovatOrs," etc,
produce this disastrous effect, and should
be rejected. DIR. Walkers Vegetable
Vinegar Bitters-au lnvigorant without
the curse of alcohol-is everywhere sup
planting these poisons.
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TAKEN UP.
weather REPORT.

SIGNAL SERVICE, U. ,. a:
Report Cox the week ending oct.24'
1874:
] Highest barometer, 31432 inches, 2lst.
Lowest barometer, 29;9I7 inches, 10Th.
Range Of barometer, 0:5l5
Mean OF barometer, 30:1s7.
Highest thermometer. "a deg, Goth.
fnwest thermometer, 20 deg, 22nd.
Range of thermometer, 30 deg.
Mean OF thermometer, $o:4s deg.
Prevailing wind, southeast;
Total number Of miles Travelled by wind
during week, 0S5.
MAXIMUM velocity % miles.
Total raInGall, 0.03 inch.
Number DAYS on which rain fell, y.
Number Of cloudy days, 2.
Number of fair days. o:
Number of clear days. y.
80 r. =. COLLINS.
Sergeant, sig. Ser. Z. :. A,
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The popular make, Crown Alpaccas.
ID. Rodman is still agent for these cele-
brated black alpaccas, which can only
be found at the New York Cheap Store
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Those new styles of dress goods, hand
some shawls, are being rushed of at the
New York Cheap Store by customers
who appreciate the best Of goods at the
lowest prices, at ID. Rodman's.
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Sheriff of Alpcna County, Michigan

OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF OF ALPEyA COUNTY,
Alpena, September 3, 1874.
To the Electors of Alpena County:
You are hereby notified that in addition TO the
foregoing notice by the Secretary of State, there
are TO be- elected nj the same time, the following
officers for the county of Alpcna, to wit; One
Sheriff, one County Clerk, one County Treasurer
one Register of Deeds one Prosecuting Attorney,
one County Surveyor, one Circuit Court Commits
sioner, and two Coronors.
T. ID. SPRATT,
lCl Sheriff of Alpcna County.
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Anspach & Co. have received man.
moth stock of dry goods, fancy goods,
dress goods, clothing, etc, and their
store is filled full.
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Ladies, the finest assortmet Of Bugle
Trimmings, Yak Laces, Guipurc Laces
Bugle Frnges, and Dress Buttons OF
every decripton can be found at the New
York Cheap Store of ID. Rodman.
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A large stock of wooden yarns IN every
color A splendid assortment OF Zephyrs
in every shade, just received at ID. Rod
mans
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More than five hundred young ladies
have learned that they can do better by
buying dry goods, dress goods etc, at
Anspach & Co.'S than any other estab-
lishment in the city.
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The American Sardine Cos Bonelcss
Sardncs, are much better, and less than
half the cost of imported Sardincs. 1876.
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Choice teas, cofces and canned goods
at Monaghans, at low prices.
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Don't fail TO call at $. Rosenthal & Cos
for goods. Being about TO dissolve the
copartnership, they are selling out at less
than cost.
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A. Anspach & Co. have now on hand
an extensive assortment OF zephyr wor-
stcds and wooden yarns.
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All kinds of dried fruits, at Monag-
hans.
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Local Notices.

A full assortment of children's cloth
ing, at Alpern g. Cos, next to the bridge
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Everybody In want Of dry goods WI
find large stock at Anspach II Cos.
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Goods are being sold AZ prices far be
low COS; at s. Rosenthal y Cos.
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Election Notice.

SHERIFF's OFFICE, COUNTY OF ALPENA, MICH,
To the Electors of the County OF Alpena:
You aru hereby notified that, tl,e next general
election TO be held on the Tuesday succeeding the
! first Monday of November next, In the State of
Michigan, the following officers are TO be elected,
viz: A Governor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Secreta-
ny Of State. Auditor General, State Treasurer,
Commissioner of State Land Office, Attorney Gen.
cral, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Member of the State Board of Education. in place
of David L. Mayhem, who was appointed TO Till
the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Il.
Brown, whose term of office will expire December
3lst, 1874, and a Representative in Congress for
the Eighth Congressional District of this state, to
which your county is attached; also Il Senator in
the state Legislature for the twenty-sixth Sena-
tor District, composed of the counties of Gratiot
Midland, Isabella, Clara, Gladwin, Iosco, Oge-
nav, Roscommon, Altoona, Oscoda, Alpena, Mont
morency and Presque Isle, as provided by act No.
1873 of the Session Laws of 1871. Also a Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature for the Repre-
sentative District composed eff the counties of
Iosco, Ogomaw, Altoona, Oscoda, Alpena, Mont
morency, Presque Isle and Chcboygan, as proyid-
ei by net No. li6 of the Session Laws of ISL
You are also hereby notified that nj said general
election, the following amendments To the Consii-
tuition of this State to he submitted to the
people of the State for their adoption rejection
pursuant TO the requirements of the Constitution,
and the resolutions of the Legislature submitting
them, viz: "An amendment relative to the quail
ifcaton of electors" TO be substituted, in Of
adoption, for so much of section of article !,
precedes the proyiso therein in the present Consti-
tuition of this state, as 1t now stands, and substl-
tped for section one of article seven in the amend
ed Constitution il the latter is adopted, pro-
vided by Joint resolution No two, of the Session
Laws OF the Extra Session of 1874. Also, the
amendments to the Constitution of the state OF
Michigan, which are 10 stand in case Of adoption,
as tho Constitution Of the State of Michigan, and
to supcrcede each and every other pre-cNistng
provision of the Constitution Of the State of
Michigan as provided by JOINT resolution No. four
of the said Session Laws Of 1874.
In witness whereof l have hercunto set my
hand and seal the day and year first above written
I. ID. SPRATT, Isl
Sheriff of Alpcna County, Michigan
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COODer Shop.

Joseph Nephew has opened a cooper shop
Merchant street, and is prepared to do all kinds
coCpering, cistcrn making, and repairing.
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r. STONES
MUSIC STORE

Mcdonald Block, Second Street, Alpena.
Grover q Baker Sewing Machines and kItures,
Pianos, Organs, and all kinds of Musical Goods,
an terms most favorable, and satisfaction guaran-
tsed Send for descriptive catalogue free. l33
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Is Cent Column.

Advertisements OF Ave lines or less inserted in
this column at Csc per week, and Sc for each addi-
tional line. IL continued for three months or
longer, IS per cent dcount from these figures
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MA1oULiNH H0UBHKEHPTNO,
Total...........ss OOI Total.

AVFAA'''s's"ssssseSOV AbtA4sssssssssssse9O
Both Of these estimates are based OF
the fact that a man has capital O
$25 to begin housekeeping on by buying
few articles Of furniture. To many THU
Is On unattainsble sum, and they are fore
ed to 25 cent lodging houses in which
they hire bed at 81 25 a week. OF
course the account tor food must be pro.
portionately diminished by so cents-thal
is, a cent loaf must do at supper instead
OF coffee and cakes. The advantage oil
the second plan is not so much In its
mere economy as in the important TACT
that 1t does give q man enough to eat.
The food at breakfast and supper In the
first estimate amounts by weight toabout
bali OF that which o person eats at an or.
binary meal. The expenditure for cloth.
ing, in the case oil q man on S. q week,
Is reduced, as will be seen, Just one-hali
below the sum which has already been
tabulated. 1t is done by half freezing in
the winter and going ragged in the sum
mer In other words coarse suit bought
Tor $l5 is made to last year. In all the
estimates which have been given, coal is
introduced without reference to the eight
months in which fire is unnecessary, be.
cause in family with only one room TO
heat, and that the room in which the
cooking Is done all the year around, the
consumption Of coal Is much the
same In any week In the year.
There is this difference, however,
that for four months In the year II Is a
comfort, and for neatly eight 1t almost
suhocates the family. Summer also
brings with it its own increased expense
to men on limited income, Food can
not be kept, and the remnants of meat
are accordingly wasted, as well as the
remnants Of butter, milk, bread, and veg
etables. When the daily expense Of food
Is rigidlY reckoned in the few cents which
each item costs, the loss Of lew ounces
q day In this way becomes a serious mat.
ter II Is not mere economy which 70.
suits. The loss means so much less food,
and the line is drawn little closer 10
actual starvation. To leave the city for
week In July or August, TO vary The
monotonous iare by fresh fruit or yegeta.
pies, 10 change in any way the steady.
uniform life, is impossible on any salary
which has been considered. A man and
his family just live on $14 a week; as he
sum is remorselessly lessened they draw
closer and closer to hunger and naked
ness, It is never a question OF enough
food II Is at each Sep question OF lea
food. The same line may be drawn Al
$40 week In the lie Of a single man
and as his salary falls he finds himself
crowded closer and closer to the point
at which he is expected TO perform hon.
estly and efficiently the duties of q clerk
on salary which Is about dollar and
only dollar above the chance earnings
Of q street vagrant.
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AsECOSD soulDTLz WHICH rEILs STORY.
Grand total i...SiO DOL

The last gives the result or a closa
careful economy, which can be ennsIIS5
by but lew, and would scarcely 6s orsS
ible lit were not actually taken from H.
marketing Of one small family. II Ia Al
the point which Is indicated by these
schedules that the slightest changes in the
price Of commodities becomes q matter
Of concern in respect to the actual com
forts Of life. A rumored strike may drive
coal up cent pail; but u cent more A
pail means pail less q week, and the sin.
gle scuttletul must be made to last through
the day! 30 on through each Of the ar.
ticleS! In their use no waste can be al
lowed. The ashes are slfled again and
again. The meat Is cooked and Stewed
and hashef TIL Il disappears. And still
the fact remains quarter OF the in
come for rent, four.fiiths for the necessi.
ties Of life, clothing for three or four per.
sons, and nameless numbefless incidenials,
all to be met out oil 800 or 5000 wear
Here, as on. $l4 q week, l5 per CENTS losi
by small purchases, as much more nv
adulteration, and the actual purchssing
power OF even $40 o week Is cut down 3
fourth or . third by these causes. The
expenses Of o single man on $l0R WeeS
and less are necessarily simpler than
those Of family; but they are also pro-
portopately larger, for he pays q second
profit on bis food 70 his boarding houae
keeper, and one on his room as well. His
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THE Sugar Grove School House Liter.
airy Association, meeting 10 Cross Creek
township, Brooke county, was recently
the scene oil an animated discussion, judg.
Ing from q letter in tho Wellsbufg hide
pendent. A member Of the Society, Mr.
ARBouGH by name. introduced Tho tol.'
lowing reaolnt,on hsrors Tho soo,o,v !, =.
,O"Us ItsoIu''"u oe'oie 'ne oocle'y al q
pi-s Sss T, :. :, ~ 1. ...l : /. ~ /,
the 1so"Stv Gonr t", 81 oG Rrens SS ~ Hneso
pirate 10000 TO erect marble statue In
honor Of the President oil the P. W. & KY.
hsllroSa'
ms resolution Drought Ion an Animated
u'scpsAlon 10 which many members par
uclpslea' IN The heat OF the debate a
MI. GORDON offered the following amend
men. sIt'Ne out marble statue and
insert mud STATUE. The amendment
aroused Tue Ire oil Mr. ARBouaH; be
'hoaghtlt was casting a slur at an hon
UfaOie gen.ieman' and as he had presented
'ue resolution ~ goou lam ne dld not wish
10 DC losul'ed' nor 10 have slurs thrown
at Dir. APPLICABLE. -...
In the midst OF this excitement Mr.
LEWIS WR,Ts oftared an on,ora,non, 80
tol,"I.. ao,-,,.o O- ~. n = ssueH'' aS
.oi nsN,l, tNa out rLesloent ana insert,
AZ, oI is =. s.s.ues iePaesenM1g lae rres
Gen!, UFectoFs ana legal adviser Of the
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STARVATION WAGES.
How MarrIed and Single Men Live
on nom 80 10 e5 a Week.

How MarrIed and Single Men Live
on hom 80 10 e5 a Week.
Prom the New York Herald ..
II the expenses Of clerks on $40 or 81
week be' considered, 1t will be found
that there are certain expenses which can
not be lesseued. Coal Is one of them;
house rent is another A family can not
live in less than 80 many square feet oil
room. A man on $1e a week according
ly pays just about as much for bis rent as
man who receives 50 week more; he
pays just as much for his coal. As he ia
clerk he Ia cut of from some sources OF
supply open 10 the day laborer. His
family can not live on much less bread,
The economy must come somewhere, and
so meat Is partially thrown off; so Is but.
ter; walking saves car fares; the amount
devoted TO clothing Is reduced 10 point
at which the dress Is railways shabby. II
10 state oil incipient starvation, and the
loss Of purchasing power In the scanty
sum received Is utterly unavoidable. A
man can not save weeks income and
live on 1t at the same time. If he earns
$40 q week and barrel Of flour costs
I'll, this 10 what he must do 10 buy one,
The expenses Of family living on this
sum may be grouped as follows [As a
word oil explanation, it should be said
that II the family includes three persons
this schedule allows them meat AT one
meal every alternate day, a potato, two
slices Of bread, and fraction Of an ounce
Of butter at each meal, as well as coffee
once day. The blu Of fare ia inexorably
limited to these articles or coarser ones |
The first tabular statement Is the average
American expenditure, the second IL the
utmost frugality. Ola German:
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DIED.

=, WYoARD.-on Tuesday, January q, 1874.
THoHAs WYoARD. aged - years.
The funeral will take place this "wednesday
afternoon at s O'Clock, nom his late residence,
corner Of Jacob and 18Th streets. Friends Of
the family are invited to attend.
CooK.-sunday morning, January IS 1874. At
~ O'Clock, q the reaidence Of his father near
hHegeport, FRANK, youngest son Of Louis aud
NI.hel Cook, aged years months and II days.
smS,S's are respectfully invited to attend his
o ,SSe.S. Oh Wednesday; January 18th, at ~
S,Se, - r Nm the residence Of his parents,
.u' na'ion4i hoAs ghtmiles west Of Bridge
Pots, haeks WIN leave Mid eeport at 1IK A. n
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Col BENsMlTn once spoke Of Charles.
ton as The land 81 epetennial summer"
This Is quality that attaches to places
that aspire to be State Capitals. Even
Buckhannon, up in the mountains almost,
was warm enough lAst Thursday to bring
out one ofthe citizens in summer cos.
tune The ,Data tells us that Mr.. JOINS
"csme riding up Main street In this sum,
mer linen and straw hat" 70 .
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SATURDAY. Fahm.ru % ,sn,

$500 SAhN0 - RVbLuaL1 %, 1914,
Beginning st 10 O'Clock A. n, the following de.
eeribed property, situate in the town Or Tri1del.
phla, In the county OF Ohio, In the State OF West
virginia, that 10 To say:
Lots numbered eighty.iVe 9S) and GIphiy.sIx
ls6), In said town as laid ont BY one Josiah
thompson, said lots being 'he same property
wife, 10 the sAid Henry Otto, by deed dated Jan.
uafy 10Th. 1884, and recorded in said Clerk's
once In deed book No. 49, folio 81: also me iol-
lowing described property eituRtc In said town.
county and state, that Is 10 say (: Lots numbered
eignty;seyen tSI and eIghty.eight 1857, said last
benjamin Potter and Hannah, his WIfa, 10 ,aid
Henry otto. BY deed dated April q, 1850, and re.
corded 10 AAid Clerks Office In deed BOOK M ID
lono 90; and also the following piece, or parcel
oI hna lying and being In said county and Hiate'
on tne waters OF Little Wheeling Greek through
Mnlcn Two streams OF water hoW, which slreams
are not 70 be diverted nom their present CHANNEL
" any person or persons Whatsoever. and bnnnS.
Cd as IolloWs: Beginning Of 8 Stone Gomez ~
SAID Henry OTTO, In CTimmy's line. Thence n,
% degrees W. 4Oa4 feet OF 10 Sill poles TO q
spring runi thence 8. IS degrees W. 9i9 feat oS
IL 2S-SS poles 10 Q stone, corner 10 Crnmmv
on the west eide Of EAid spring run: thence 4 a
degrees =. 2ObH feet or ~ b!1I poles 10 A alone
corner 70 Grumpy; thence N. IS deRTees X M
Ieet OF u 2tSS poles 70 the beginning, Contain.
oas acre, SAD last piece or parcel OF land be.
Srammy and wife, 70 said Henry Otto, BY deed
aated OCTOBER 3, 1883. and recorded IN GaId
Clerks ONCE In deed book No. IS, folio al.
TENS OF sLLH-Half the purchase money
cash In hand, the other half payable in sipht
security satisfactory % The Trustee. "NN
HENRY @. MORGAN.
wlfnstee for American Building AssociShon.
WHEELING. Jan. ~. 1874 ,iaSs-WGS
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clothing and washing, with the most
rigid economy, will amount to nearly e
4 week. II will be difficult, for instance,
10 reduce his expenses for clothing and
washing below these figures, which In
clude also inoIdentAls. y !.
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Clude also incidentals. q
SCHEDULE Or sthgLS MANS IxPENsEa.
Two suits at Sis each ...................SS go o.
oyeteoat, two winters, At sl6......... -. - 90
Underel0l HING a........"..."s".. =
nh0es, lourpAlfs............'. ~ Y
weVh,nu - ::.,. y
car ARE. tobacco, &C.. Is cents week Is &
drand totAl............ tl00 70
Now, Il q man pays out g q week lor
expenses outside Of his board and lodging,
the sum which he can devote 10 these
items 10 OF once determined. The COM
forts which can be bought for $S 0 weeA
are superior TO that enjoyed by a married
man on ga. But when o man only payl
b week for his board he Is getting .
great deal less in proportion Tor his MONEY
than at IS. He sleeps In q room witt
four or five other dodgers; he enjoys nc
privacy whatever. His meals are limited
TO the coarsest necessities Of life, and theJ
arc cooked and eaten in rooms so filthy
and repulsive that the dining room and
kitchen q cheap boardine.house are OF
a level with the rooms Of q low lodging
house. A family can make many saving
which . boarding house keeper cannot
When . man Is paying for bis board hi
insists on having enough. In the eagel
competition between boarding house
keepers this haste be given him. Aliv
Ing profit must be made, however, and
that Is done by buying the cheapest Of
everything. In q city the cheapest meat
the cheapest vegetables, or the cheapest
groceries mean unwholesome or adul-
terated articles, and these clerk at q
salary Of $40 u week lives on.
FIVE DOLLARS a WEEK.
An army Of clerks In drug stores AMI
small retail shops, the men In large estab
lishmenis who are beginning, men at the
bottom Of the mercantile ladder. In what
ever position, are paid only IS q week
This 10 usually paid TO men and boys liv
ing at home; but often those who receive
Il are dependent solely on their own ex-
ertIons. To meet all the expenses Of Lie
In city on IS q week Is the last problem
In the clerical world. Boarding Is out o.
the question. There are only two ways
in which 1t can be done, A room Is hired
and iurnished to sleep In. Board Is bought
ct slop. shops down staircases, or In The
sidewalk stands, or two men unite and
board themselves.
singularly enough, the comfort thai
can be obtained with little trouble in this
way Is really greater than that TO be had
at any cheap IS dollar boarding house,
The following schedule approximates 10
the expenses Of q man who picks up his
board, and one who boards himself. As
in all other tabulated statements, they are
averaged from actual investigation. Ell.
penses Tor q room are divided between
twoInersons: R