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The New York herald., 1874-12-19
TIE POLICE AND THE ROSS MYSTERY


Recorded in the venerable pages which have
preserved the thoughts Of ''the late Joe Mil
ler'' there is joke on the characteristic of
the servant maid who was always '.just going
to do it, SIR" No matter what the hour when
the bell rang nor what the order given, it found
her equally prepared. She was at that very
moment about to get at that particular service.
And when she received the order, 'Mary, boil
my boots" she was '.just going to do it, SIR"
This joke is so old and Of such robust an
tiquity withal that it has acquired the dignity
and importance of general principle; and it
is principle that we fear must be applied in
the classification of much Of the activity Of
our police. There are constantly turning up
things that they were 'just going to do
when the awkward stupidity of chance
marred their delicate strategy, and blunt did
it before them. This is unfortunate for the
police The constancy with which events
turn up without their aid which they intended
to turn up the day after tomorrow is
apt to affect popular faith, and we
should not wonder if the scepical, the
most advanced thinkers, should some
day be heartless enough to doubt whether
the police tell the strict truth in their regular
declaration that they were '.just going to do
it, sir.' In the case of the burglars just
killed on Long Island and their relation to
the Ross mystery the sceptic may evidently
believe the pretence Of the police ''thin." In
little farmhouse on winters night burglar
o1or,,, ooupdc Tho oourfryyoor fnrv, o,,t o,d
after tough fight two thieves are laid out on
the grass, and the countrymen have killed the
two men who stole Charley Ross. 1t is one of
the wonderful dances in the romance of
crime Those unconscious countrymen have
shot their bullets through and through the
toughest puzzle Of the detectives catalogue
And scarcely have we time to wonder over
this chance before the inevitable policeman
pops stupid visage out of nothing, like
clown in pantomime, and says, "We we're
Just going to do it, sir" They knew all
about it; they had clew; they would have
arrested these men in ten days or three
weeks or two months Respect for the talents
and skill of the police must on this occasion
inspire doubt of their story. Here for
instance, were two notorious rogues in this
city, whose faces we're intimately well known
to the police, and there was twenty thousand
dollars on their heads; yet the police could
not find them. Will this do? And the rogues
were not lying hid, either. They were active
enough to organize burglary on such a scale
that sloop entered into their combination
From this city they could start piratical
expedition against the suburbs, and the police
were on the hottest and keenest hunt for these
fellows on account of the Ross case.
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
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From our reports this morning The probabilities
are that the ,0edther to-day ,ciA be clear or fair.
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THE DAILY HERALD, published eury
day in the year. -Four cents per copy. An
uual subscription price $12.
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The Work on the new Post Office is pro-
crossing, and is the theme of an interesting
article which we print this porning.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth street and Broadway. SHE STOOPS TO
CONQUER, ats r. N clio 10 80 r. 81. Miss Daven
port Matinee at 1880 p NJ.
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BRYANT,S OPERA HOUSE,
West Twenty third street. near sixth ayenue.-NEGRO
MISsrRkLsY, &C., at T. NJ; closes at 10 r NJ. Dan
Bryant Matinee ut 2 r. NJ.
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BROOKLYN THEATRE
Washington street-JANE EYRE. at 5 p. N Miss Char
lotte Thompson. Matinee at p NJ.
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ROMAN HIPPODROME
Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue .-FETE Al
PEKIN. afternoon and evening at 2 and 8
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WITH SUPPLE NJ E Mt.

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1874.
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SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELS,
of Twenty ninth street.-NEGRC
MNsIRGLsY, at P. NJ closes AT ~ P. NJ. Matinee a
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ANTSEHENTS THIS AFTERNOON And EVENING.

ANSENENTS THIS AFTERNOON And EVENING.
BRYANT's OPERA HOUSE,
Wsst street. near sista "a nso
Bryant Matinee eat ut r. NJ
BEooKLyN THEATRE THEATRE = .
lotte Thompson. Matinee at2P. NJ
SAN FRANCISCO MIysrRELs
o cSay atnp Il r.
ROBINSON HALL
Sixteenth strset.,gEGoNE DULL CARE. Mr.. Mac
GLOBE THEIfRE.
Matinee at2 p. NJ
LYCEUM THEATRE,
sioae slsf1 re 10 m ass Emily adaas
inee at / so r. NJ
WALLACk's THEATRE
1sroaqway1ThE ISAAC! sHAuGHRauN at r. closes at
WOODS MUSEUM,
SSfs S1hss sna sosss s % Is
METROPOLITAN THEATRE.
?. NJ. Matinee at P. NJ. : ~
rSsn To snd sss scas Nssss Car
Fourteenth a1SA yahfSEhhE "srA
OLYMPIC THEATRE
No GA Broadway VARIETY at +. N. closes 10 As
+. N. Matinee at p. NJ.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Twenty third street and Eighth apeEue.-THE BLACK
CROOK, at r. NJ, closes AZ II r. NJ. Maunee 80
r. VI.
PARK THEATRE,
Broadway, between Twenty-hrst and 1--WE second
streeis-GILDED AGE, at sP NJ; 10 80 +. NJ.
MI John I. Raymond. Matinee at Il. NJ.
NEW YORK sTADT THEATRE.
Powery.-LUCISDE voM THEATkl., at r NJ; closes
a; 10 30 T. N. Miss Lima Mayr
THEATRE coMIoUE
No. 5l4 Broadway ARIETY r. N. closes at 1880
r. u. Matinee at 2 p ~
BOOTHS THEATRE,
OF twenty third street Sixth avenue-THE
HERO OF HE HOUR at L. NJ; closes u 10 40 r. NJ.
Mr.. Henri stuart. Matinee at 80 p. NJ
ROMAN HIPPODROME
Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue .-FETE AT
PkKIN afternoon and evening at and 8
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twenty eighth street and Broadway.-SHE STOOPS TO
CONQUER at r. NJ close at 10 80 r. ~ Miss Daven-
port. Matinee at 1880 p. NJ
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. On and
after January /. 1875. the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
sent free of postage.
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BOOTHS THEATRE
corner of Twenty third street sixth avenue-THf
HERO OF HE HOUR, ats +. NJ; closes 10 40 r. NJ
Mr.. Henri Stuart. Matinee at 80 r. NJ.
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NEW YORK HERALD

BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
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LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteen IN street and Sixth haveuue-CHILPERIC,a at
NJ; closes at 10 AS r. NJ. Miss Emily Soldene. Mat
inee at 80 Z. NJ.
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD-NO. Az FLEET STREET.
Subscriptions and Advertisements will be
received and forwarded on the same terms
as In New York.
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WALLACk's THEATRE.
Broadway.-THE SHACGHRAUN. at r. NJ closes at
lO40 7. NJ. Mr.. Boucicaut Matinee AT 80 z. VI.
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ROBINSON HALL,
Sixteenth street-BEGONE DULL CARE. Mr. Mac
cabe. Matinee at ? p. NJ.
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TIE GOVERNMENT AND THE Press. Govern
ment officers have an idea that public docu-
ment cannot be impressive unless it is long,
and brevity is virtue which is disappearing
from political literature. 1t is true that re-
port which includes many subjects cannot
always be short, but it is in their comments
that our officials show their powers of mental
endurance The style Of many overnment
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GLOBE THEATRE,
Broadway.-vARIETY at r. NJ. closes at 10 80 p. NJ
Matinee at2 p NJ.
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WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, OF Thrtiein street.-ROBERT MA.
CAdkE and QUITS, at r. NJ and r. NJ. closes at 10 t5
y. NJ. j. H. Iinson
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AL business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed NEW YoRx
HERALD.
turned
Letters ard packages should b properly
sealed.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No aSs Broadway VARIETY at p. NJ closes a. 10 :3(
r. NJ. Matinee at r. N.
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NEW PARK THEATRE
Fulton street, Brooklyn.-THE ORPHANS. E. d. Car
roll and sons. Matinee at 2 z. NJ
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been compelled to change his policy Thus far
he has used Germany to serve the purposes of
Prussia. So long as the interests of German
nationality and ''unity' and the ambition of
the Hohenzollerns went hand in hand he has
been content to serve Germany. But since
the German and French war other interests
have supervened. The princes of the old
German States do not kindly accept the
suzerainty of Prussia. The people do not
cheerfully accept the unrelenting, harsh
military system of Prussia. They are de-
scended from different race than those who
were wont to be caned by Prussian king
when they incurred his displeasure. They
have their own rights and customs and i'm
memorial traditions. Many of them are
of a different faith. They did not expect
that the spirit of Luther would come
into their churches and converts armed
with the sword of Prussia. They have not
been accustomed to see their noble ladies
sent to prison because they did not believe in
the religion of the Prussian King They have
been shocked at what seemed the sacrilege of
seizing priest while performing the hottest
Offices Of religion. The German Parliament,
although elected to sustain the policy of
Bismarck, has been rebelling against the
efforts to impose upon Germany the policy of
ssblood and iron.' This rebellion has
taken possession Of the German Parlia-
ment. The ignoring the rights of minor
States in apportioning the French indem-
nity; the conversion of so large share of it
into the private Golfers Of the reigning family
for '.Hohenzollern war-chest;" the expul-
sion of the Catholic clergymen from Catholic
communities; the cruel measure of en-
forcing the Religious laws; the arrest of
Count Arnim; the arrest OF Deputy for an
expression of opinion-all of these acts OF a
stern, daring, masterful spirit have led to
Parliamentary mutiny. The Reichstag re-
solves it will not sit under the spur of a
Prussian Minister, that it will protect its SOW
ereign dignity. So that Prince Bismarck. for
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PARK THEATRE.
Broadway, between Twenty.hrst and Twenty-second
streeis-GILDED AGE, at $ r. NJ; closes 10 80 L. NJ
Mr. John I. Raymond. Matinee at 2 T.. NJ
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Twenty third street and Eighth ayeEue.-THE BLACK
CROOK, at T. NJ closes a; II r NJ. Maunee al | 80
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THEATRE CoMIQUE,
No 54 Broadway. at r. NJ: closes at 10 80
r. u. Matinee at p. ~
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cVcub VI u AuAAMAhO WoA DctWCcn AIukAuuu
and another country. In other words, if
there had been no arbitration and if the
three points of the Washington Treaty had
not been conceded we should have had the
commerce Of England at our mercy. 1t
would, after all, have been the mercy of
pirate, and we do not care enough, not even
for revenge, to wish to take this advantage of
friendly State. When history comes to analyze
the Geneva proceedings it will say that Amer
lea showed in that business the highest mag
nanimity, 80 far as England was concerned
the spirit of the truest craftsmanship, SO far as
the world was concerned-by endeavoring to
introduce humane policy of arbitration for
the bloody business of war. Let this alliance
come as Mr.. Forster prophesies, by good feel
ing, friendship international comfy, by en-
deavoring to do justice to one another, by re-
membering always that there is room enough
on this rolling globe for the Anglo-Saxon and
the Angio-Briton, and that the destinies Of
the world will largely depend upon the friend
ship of all who speak the English tongue.
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NEW YORK STADT THEATRE
Fowery.-LUCINDE VoM THEArkE, at 5 T. M; closes
q. 10 30 +. NJ. Miss Lima Mayr
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-10-13

SHAKESPEARE AND W0MAN.-ln
The great world of woman, William
Shakespeare stands not the first
only, but is yet the sole authentic
oracle of truth. In nothing, per-
haps does he SO deeply and divinely
touch the heart of humanity as in
the representation Of woman. Next
to the Bible, he is the best benefac-
tor of womankind; for next to the
Bible he has done most toward ap-
preciating what woman is, and tow
ard instructing her in what she
should be. d" His writings contain
at once the reality and the apothesis
of womanhood. The Incompatible
depth aud delicacy and truthfulness
with which he has exhibited the
female character are worth more
than all the lectures on social NOR
ality the world has ever seen. IT.
Stork, d. d.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-10-13

A STORY is told concerning a
storm on Lake Erie, when one of
the passengers was bemoaning the
critical state in which the vessel and
its passengers were then placed, and
asked friend If the captain did not
think the vessel in great peril. The
reply was that he thought they
would get through all right if they
could keep out in deep water.
Why" said the terrified one,
cant we drown just as well in
deep water as we can in shallow"'
." Yes" was the reply; "but then,
you know, if we keep in deep water
when the vessel rolls over the masts
won't stick fast in the mud on the
bottom and holds us fast"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-10-13
THE LAST OF HIS LINE.

He dresses in black. His clothes
are well made and fit him perfectly.
His only jewelry consists of plain
gold watch, worth about $500, which
he seldom disturbs from its place in
his vest pocket. He loathes all un-
necessary personal adornments.
Three small, plain, linen covered
buttons appear on his shirt-bosom.
No watch chain is visible. He
wears black beaver hat, which
weighs half pound less than the
heavy, gray stovepipe fashion
ordains shall be worn this summer.
HIS hair, ofa reddish gray, r. neat
ly dressed at all times. His beard,
which is more tinted with gray hair,
is short, and trimmed regularly so
as to be kept at the same length all
the year round. Where a cumber-
some moustache ought to be, hair
is never permitted to attain more
than days growth. He is of a
slender, though compact, physique.
His complexion is ruddy, and be-
speaks the best of health. He
always looks as if he had just left
the toilet table. This man is seventy
four years of age. In conversation
his keen, blue eyes are never for an
instant taken off yours. His face
bears the impress of prudence, dis
cretion, selt-confidence, a calmness
impossible to ruffie, and, above all,
of honesty and truthfulness. He
never speaks loud enough to be
heard ten steps from where he
stands. Eavesdroppers cannot
catch even the sound of his voice.
He shakes hands with you cordially,
nay even warmly. He is courtesy
and politeness itself. His CONVEX
sation is always couched in the re-
fined language of the educated gen.
tleman. He uses no slang. He is
witty, and at times vivacious. He
is no teetotaler; he drinks only at
meal hours; his favoriie wines are
Johannisberg, from Prince Meter
nich's private vineyard, the like of
which is not easily found in this
country; he is fond of sherry and
Madeira; his wine cellar contains
probably the choicest collection of
wines in America. This mans
wealth is estimated at $780, 0,000,0 900,
made by him since 1884, in New
York city. He has no children; he
has not a single known relative on
the face of this earth. He is the
last Of his race. 1t is A. T. Stewart.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-10-13

AN editor who speaks with the
air Of a man who has discovered
new fact by experience, says the
new way to prevent bleeding at the
nose, is to keep your nose out OF
other peoples business.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-10-13

/" DocToR," said a man to Aber-
nethy, "my daughter had fit, and
continued half an hour without
sense or knowledge" "Oh," re-
Piled the doctor, "never mind that;
many people continue so all their
lives"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01

Don't be afraid of a little fun at
home, good people. Don't shut up
your houses lest the sun should
fade your carpets; and you hearts,
lest a hearty laugh should shake
down some Of the musty old cob
webs there. If you want to ruin
your sons, let them think that all
mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on threshold without when
they come home at night.
When once home is regarded as
only place to eat, drink, and sleep
in, the work is begun that ends in
gambling-houses and reckless de-
graduation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere
if they do not find it at their own
hearthstones, it will be sought il
other and less profitable places
| Therefore, let the fire burn bright
! ly at night, and make the home
nest delightful with all those little
arts that parents so perfectly un'
derstand.
Don't repress the buoyant spirit;
of your children; half an hour Of
merriment around the lamp and
freight of home blots out the re-
membrance Of many a care and
annoyance during the day, and the
best safeguard they can take with
them into the world is the unseer
influence of a bright little domestic
sanceum.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01

The pension list in New York
city, embracing pensions of all
classes, numbers over 5000. Among
the number are seven widows of
revolutionary soldiers. One of the
women, Mrs. Arabella Riley, was
the wife of the Inspector of beef in
Washington's army, and is 10
years old. There are 500 survivors
of the war of 1912, and about 400
veterans of the Mexican war on the
pension list. The widow of Gen.
Anderson, of Sumter fame, draws
only SIS per quarter. 1t is sent to
her to France, where she at present
resides. Among the notabilities on
the pay list are Gov. Dix, Daniel
Drew and Gems. Morris Hall.
Drew's name has been on the list
since February, 1871, but he has
not called for it. Gov. Dix's pen
sion is sent to him by draft to Al
bany. Thurlow Weeds pension is
for fifer in the war Of 1912. He
gives his pension to poor widow,
in whose family he boarded when
he was a poor printers boy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01
Chicken Feathers.


Chicken feathers are among those
waste products of the farm of which
no regular means Of utilization has
heretofore been suggested. Myr-
lads of them are strewn over the
floor Of the chicken house, or are
converted into positive nuisances
by the wind which bestrews them
over lawns and flower beds, or
drives them into open doors and
windows. The down alone is, we
believe, occasionally used as a stuff
fing for pillows or cushions, and
sometimes employed as an adulter-
alton in goose feathers; but the
long plpmes of the wings, sides and
tail of the bird, unless made into
rude bundles 10 serve as busters
for the housewife, are generally re-
garded as totally worthless.
According to statistics very care
fully compiled, we throw away eve
~ year a quantity of chicken feath'
ers, the value Of which is equal tC
the money which we pay on
for cotton. A startling statement
nevertheless true and the author
explains how they are prepared
The operation is TO cut the plume
portions of the feathers from the
stem, by means Of ordinary hand
scissors. The former are placed in
quantities in a coarse bag, which
when full, is closed and subjected
to thorough kneading with the
hands. At the end of five minute:
the feathers, it is stated, become
disaggregated and felted together
forming a down, perfectly homoge-
peous and of great lightness. 1t is
even lighter than natural elder
down, because the latter contains
the ribs of the feathers, which give
extra weight. The material thu:
prepared is worth about two dol
lars a pound. About one-sixth
troy ounces of tits down can be OBJ
tanned from the feathers of an or
binary sized pullet; and this, on
the above valuation, is worth about
twenty cents. 1t is suggested that,
through the winter, children might
collect all the feathers about farm,
and cut the ribs ont as stated. By
the spring time large quantity of
down would be prepared, which
could be disposed of to upholsters,
or employed in domestic uses
Goose feathers may be treated in a
similar manner, and thus two-thirds
of the product of the bird utilized,
instead Of only about one-ffth, as
is at present the case.
Chicken down is said to form a
beautiful cloth when woven. For
about square yard of the materi-
al, pound and a half of down is
required. The fabric is said to be
almost as indestructible as, in place
of fraying or wearing out at folds,
it only seems to felt it tighter. 1t
takes dye readily, and is thorough
" waterproof.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01
A Bit Of Advice to Cores
pOndents.

There IS few things that We
would like to impress upon the
minds Of those whose fortune, or
misfortune, necessitate their send
ing correspondence to a newspaper.
Here they are:
Write plainly. Not TO do so is to
make an item almost valueiess, and
sometimes worse than useless.
If you write "back" hand,
learn to do it with your left hand,
that the compositor may not have
TO stretch his neck to the left TO a
dangerous extent to get the run OF
word.
Don't underline every adjective
in the sentence, after the style Of
lawyers brief.
If you have ever studied punctu-
alton at all, punctuate; but if you
have not, LET it slide.
If you have occasion to make a
capital J, write it below and not on
the line.
II John Smith or William Ne
Faden has purchased a piece Of
property of Hezekiah Hobbletop
for 1000, say so, if you desire to
see the notice in print There is
no occasion TO say; sour highly
respected and honored citizen, John
Smith. who for the last ten years
has been selling milk at ten cents a
quart, thereby realizing a munifci-
ent profit, has purchased from his
neighbor, Mr.. Hezekish Hobbletop,
most estimable citizen, and hon.
orable vender of garden sass and
SIGH, that beautifully located piece
OF property known as Fools Folly
Plot and in that most salubriou.
location intends erecting hous,
thereon" Self praise is no recon-
incubation, neither does it pay tn
printer, but it does disgust him.
Dot your rs, cross your is, poin
your u's, and make them distinc
from the rounded n.
Use ink. Lead pencil writing
overstrsins the eye Of the compos
itor when deciphering it, and ais
causes him to indulge in "cus
words"
. Crowd as many facts into few
words as possible, so that you
neighbor may find room to adver
tise his tortoise-shell cat, whic
strayed from bis bed and board.
Be sure TO spell names correctly
A man wants his name given right
~ or not at all,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01

The blue laws Of Connecticut
were somewhat discouraging to
young men Of enterprising connu-
bal aspirations. For instance, "No
man shall court maid in person or
letter without first obtaining the
consent Of her parents. f5 for tn,
first offence, $40 for the second
and for the third, imprisonment
during the pleasure of the court"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01

A school girl in one Of the rural
districts Of Pittsfeld was over
heard trying to convince school
fellow that she liked him better
than she did some other boy, of
whom he seemed jealous. "Of
course I like You better than / do
Bill" said she, "for don't / miss
words in my spelling lesson on pur-
pose, so as to be down at the foot
of the class where you arei'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01

When a young farmers wife
made her first boys pants precise
ly the same before as behind, the
father exclaimed: Goodness he
won't Know whether he's going to
school or coming home"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-04-01
Candidates Greeting.

/.
"Howdy, howdy, howdy!7
"Howdy."
How do you dor
"Tollable."
"How are your
'sTollable."
flows all p
"Tollable."
"Your folks wellT
.Tollable."
Flows yournr
''Tollable."
"Neighbors al wellp
"Tollable."
"How's yourn p
-"Tollable."
"All for me this time r
"Sorter tollable."