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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

Many of the people subsist on
roots, other food being unprocura-
bic. In some districts the streams
and wells are dried up under the
influence of the intense heat and
the want Of rain. The appearance
of swarms of locusts, following
here, as In India and other countries
on severe droughts, seems to bear
out the theory that the existence
and multiplication Of those insects
are favored by dry weather.
1t is stated in the society papers
in England that the Princess Thyra
of Denmark, who is now engaged
to the Duke of Cumberland. Tilted
the Prince Imperial. There is no
doubt that the couple were what
the London cabmen call "wery
nuts" no each other for time. But
the fair Thyra has terrible repu-
tation as q flirt and hardshell wom-
an of the world; and when Lulu,
as the Princes pet name goes, told
his love, she referred him to papa
and mamma, and the heir Of the
great Napoleon was frozen out Of
Copenhagen.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
Written for the ALPEsA ARGUS.
FOR THEE.

Alone walk the ways of life,
My asking eyes thou cans't not sec;
My pleading 6eart, my restless soul
Cries out for thee, for thee.
why wakes the soul to sudden needs,
why clings the heart like vine TO tree
To other hearts My heart Of hearts
Asks but for thee, for thee.
! walk the very ground unshod
By you made sacred unto me;
And in my human weakness ask
Only for thee, for thee.
I cannot give thee land and gold,
Nor castle DER the sea;
But loyal heart with purpose strong,
Awaits for thee, for thee.
1 dimly guess from what know,
What thou TO me mightst be,
And in the glory of that thought,
Trcmble lest lose thee.
know not what the future hath,
In store for you and me;
Yet thi, know love thee now,
And thee, and only thee.
"EXETER. ,"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

BY the death OF Cardinal Cullen.
the number Of members Of the Sa-
cred College has been reduced to
SO, viz: 6 Cardinal Bishops, 43
Cardinal Priests, and 0 Cardinal
Deacons. OF these the three SEN
Tor Cardinal Priests prince
Schwarzenberg, named Jan. "a
1912; Asquini, promoted Jan. %
1874 and Carafa di Traetto, ap'
pointed July -, ls44), are all who
remain Of the creations Of Gregory
XIV. The remaining SIS were rails.
ed to the purple by Plus TX. The
reigning Pope has not yet created
any Cardinals. Cardinal Cutler
was the fifth member Of the Sscret
College who has died since the cleo
ton Of Leo XIII; the others were
Brassais, Saint Mare, Amat, Ber
ardi, and Franchi.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a Vrd wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures Of
c. MCLANE and FLEMING BROS.
Insist uPon having the genuine On.
c. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by
Fleming Bros, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, the
market being full Of limitations Of the
name McLdHe, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

A prolonged drought has brought
the Inhabitants Of the Philippine
Islands to q state Of starvation, and
their restitution has been intensifi-
ed by the ravages Of locusts, which
have cleared off the remnants OF
the maze and vegetable crops.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
"a woman /! Here! Well, show

Ana nc turneu, Win MS eVeIneSI
look, to confront the daring efend-
en-. She did not look very daring
as she stood before him with clasp
ed haads and downcast eyes--a
thin, pale, patient creature, who
bad grown desperate at last, under
the heavy burden Of living, and
who ventured into the grim haunts
Of business man to ask for aid.
Her husband was dead, and she
aud her three children were almost
starving. Would Mr.. Crystal
kindly procure her some little
pecuniary aid
The rich man sat like one petrifi-
ed, in his Office chair. Here was a
pretty piece of assurance, truly I!
at this rate every beggar in Lon
don would walk into the place
during business hours and demand
an immediate interview with him !
"My good woman, have no
doubt it is all exactly as You say"
he answered in cold, dry tone,
when she had finished her mourn
full tale. 81 am very sorry for you
very sorry, assure you. You
have-ah you have my sympathy,
my good soul, in all your trials.
But | regret to say that it is utterly
impossible for me to help you in
any way. The parish authorities
are the people to apply to, my
good soul. This is not at all my
affairs, you see. And | never give
anything in this way. Never!
Out of principle, You see."
The woman stood silent.
"Are all rich people so cold and
hard T. she cried, at last, passion
ately.
"Tut, tut-we can't have any of
that, here, my good woman" said
the merchant.
He rang the bell. The clerk
came in. The merchant made
sign, and the young man grasped
the woman 10y the arm.
eff this kind of thing occurs
again, you can go, Richard" said
the merchant, quietly. And the
clerk, boiling over with wrath |
against the luckless intruder who
had procured him such rebuke,
showed her rudely toward the
door.
AS she was going, she lifted her
eyes and looked long and steadily
at the merchant.
FAREWELL" she said, and was
gone.
That look struck him like a blow.
How blue the woman's eyes were
How wild and thin she looked
Where-where had he seen eyes
like those beforei
He knew next day, when he was
by the coroner to at
tend an inquest of the body Of
woman "found drowned"-a sui
eide, with his address in her pock-
etl 1t was his "first love-" Mary
Jane, who had sued to him for help |
in the hour Of extremity, and who
had been refused
And SO he adopted the children,
and made amends by his care of
the living for his cruelty to the
dead-say youl
/ beg 10 assure you that he did
nothing of the kind. The woman
was buried in pauper's grave
The children were taken care Of by
the parish authorities, after one
had died from weakness and ex-
haustion, and want of food. And
Mr.. Crystals life is as snug and
comfortable as ever. In real life,
you see, dear reader, people are
not always so gloriously generous
as they invariably are in books.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

In England knowing fellows,
when about to enlist, pay great at
tention to the matter of uniform,
which has a considerable pecuniary
value. A Life Guardsman at Lon
don or Windsor will I've paid by a
servant girl Sl.25 for doing her
Sunday out with him, while a
horse artilleryman will only be able
to command 80 cents, and driver
Of artillery 35 cents. The sample
plan is carried on at Berlin and
other capitals. The luxuries which
these men enjoy are entirely paid
for by their admirers, who, in the
case of handsome guardsmen es-
pecially, are often of much high.
er grade than servant girls. Their
fee for walking out with them j:
quite independent Of the incidenta
expenses of a day Of pleasure
which frequently involves as much
as So or SO out Of Mary Ann''
wages.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
AGUE AND FEVER.

No better cathartic can be used prepar-
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
AS a simple Prrgatiye they are un.
eouaIed
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

The following are facts: Wash
ington was a surveyor and farmer
Franklin a printer; Tom Paine a
Staymaker; Greene a blacksmith ;
Warren a physician; Sumter a
shepherd Roger Sherman a shoe
maker ; Marion a farmer, also were
Putnam, Ethan Allen, and Stark :
Hancock shipping master Trum-
bull an artist; and Arnold, who,
though a traitor, was good gen.
eral, a druggist and bookseller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

Norway is very liberal in politics
hut quite the reverse in religion.
With the exception Of about 5000
all the people are Lutherans.
Those of all other creeds, Jesuits
excepted, have been tolerated, but
not admitted into public Offices.
BY recent act there has been q
mitigation of this rule, except in
the case of Judges and the high
er officials.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
DIR. g. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS

are not recommended as a remedy "for
all the ills that flesh is heir to-" but in
affections Of the liver, and in all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head.
ache, or diseases Of that character. they
stand without a rival.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
THE
YOUNG FOLKS MONTHLY
AND THE
Alpena Argus
dubbed Together at Reduced Rates.
Only Sc as for Both Papers.

The Young Folks Monthly is alarge thirty-two
page three column llust ated Monthly Magazine
for young people. and oder people with young
hearts. IL - printed ON tinted paper and illus
trated. II contains more first-class reading mat
ter for the price than any other young people 5
paper in the United Sta'es.
NOTHING SENSATIONAL enters into its
columns The character Of its matter Is such
that, while II interests the young mind, il at the
same time Instructs and elevates.
Ii should be taken in every family where there
are children. II parents do not supply their
children with good, healthy reading, they will get
that which is unhealthy and demoraliziny.
TERMS 800 PER n.
Subscriptions for the Young Folks Monthly
and the ARot $, at the above reduced rates should
be sent 10 the Apena ARoUs office.
The publisher will send the magazine one
Premium List on receipt Of Zoe. Address
MILTON GEORGE, Publisher,
Chicago, Ill
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04
GALE OF REAL ESTATE.

-
State OF Michigan, county Of Alpcna,-ss
In the matter of the estate of Johann Cnri
Paul Bensch, Julia Frauzisca Auguste Benseh,
Wilhemina Marie Martha Benseh. Frederick
Ferdinand Paul BtDseh, Marie Elise Agnes
Bensch, and Julius Berthold Wilhelm Bcnsch,
minors.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance Of an
order granted to the undersigned. guardian of the
said minors, ty the honorable Judge OF Probate
for the county of Apena, on the 24th day OF Dc
tober A. ID. 1873, there will sold ut public ven
due, to the highest bidder, at the premises in the
CITY of Alpena. in the county of Alpena, IN said
state on Saturday the 18th day of December A.
ID. 1878, at two o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day, lsubject to all encumbrances by mortgage OF
otherwise, existing at the time Of the death Of
Frederick Bench, deceasedl the follO wing describ
ed real estate, 10 wit: house and lot described
rs IL ing lot number two ~ in block number sew
emit, eight, u.s. in the city OF Alpena, In said
county Of Alpena and state Of Michigar.
s57w7 Guardian of said Minors.
Alpena, Oct. 2s, 1878.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-04

Winter has farely set in on the
European continent. Falls of snow
are announced in all the mountain
Gus districts. The Apennines and
the Black Forests are covered, and
the Swiss passes are blocked up.
In Paris the Seine is very high.
aud there are fears of an inundation
The snow storm which cut off
Vienna for forty-eight hours from
communicating with the outer
world lasted twelve hours, covering
the roofs and streets with snow
several feet deep, almost entirely
iuterrupting travel, and destroying
all telegraphic communications.
The German papers quote some
statistics comparing the proportion
of married persons in the popula-
tons Of the different countries in
Europe. Germany ranks only 7th
in the list. To 10000 souls in each
country, there are in Hungary g.
AS; in France, $3.50; in Eng
land and Wales, 5,30S; in Austria,
5,27l; in Italy, 5,270 in Denmark,
5,l0l; in Germany, 5,107; in Nor
way, 5,065 in Sweden, 1852; in
the Netherlands, 4,949; in Scot
land, 4,67S; in Belgium, 1884; in
Switzerland, 1852; and in Ireland,
1913.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01

st. Louis republicans If Senator
Conkling's charge of excessive cor
ruption against tho present admins
tration were true, it would outweigh
the admitted great good that it has
accomplished in tranquilizing the
South, and restoring peace to the
whole country, But the charge was
not true, 1t is absurdly untrue
Some of Mr. Hayes appointments,
particularly thosoin Louisiana and
Florida, of persons who rendered dis.
creditablo services in the manipula-
ton of tho ELECTORAL votes of those
States, are certainly indofGnsible;
they are roproaCh to tho system Of
civil.sorvice reform which was avow-
ed as the policy of TIE administn-
ton, But with these exceptions the
appointments have been good-cer-
tainly far better than those made by
Grant, In fact, the personnel of the
civil service under the present nd
ministration, from tho cabinet down
is far superior to what it was under
the preceding administration, when
one cabinet officer was impcochCd
and three or four others deserved 10
be, and when the presidential house.
hold was inyolved'in frauds on the
treasury Say what Mr.. Conkling
may about the shortcomings of the
present administration, tho people
are much better satisfied with than
they arc with Its last predecessor
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
To the Democratic-Co Conservative
Voters OF Mason County.

GENTLEMEN You are hereby respectful
" informed, that at a meeting Of your Elk.
ecutiye Committee, held on the Sth day OF
April, 1878, II was unanimously agreed
that YOU should hold your various district
conventions, to appoint delegates to the
County Convention, on Saturday, June LIST,
1878, meeting for that purpose at 9 o'clock
p. NJ, and that your County Convention
should be held on the following Tuesday,
June 4th, 1878, at the Court House OF Ma
son County, to nominate candidates Tor
the Circuit and County Clerkships, and
for membership to the House OF Delegates,
and also to appoint delegates to tho sena-
torial District and Congressional Conyen-
tons. The committee would suggest the
following places in which to hold the Dis
trict Conventions:
Hannah District, at Town Hall.
Clendenin District, at Fadley's School
House.
Arbuckle District, Town Hall.
Union District, Volts School House.
Cologne District, at Woods School
House.
Graham District, at New Haven.
Robinson District at VsnMatre's School
House.
Lewis District, Court House.
G. Z. H0GG, Chairman,
II. r. HowARD, sec'y and Treas.
]. ii. COUCH, JR.,
ST. WINDOW, Committee
L. l.. NLALE,
A. L. YOUNG,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01

Democratic rejected precincts which
were excluded for irregularity and
illegal votes, contrary to the decis-
ion Of the Supreme Court, had been
retained and counted, Mr.. Tilden
would have carried the State. The
conclusion therein is Irresistible that
Tilden was entitled to the electoral
vote, and not Hayes.
In making this statement my mo-
tives will doubtless be questioned by
many, but the facts viii stand alone
as the truth, without any mean mo-
tive to sustain them. | am free to
admit that, viewing things as now
do, and remembering that Mr., Hayes
was continually inspiring his per-
sonal friends and trusted agents by
every means in his power to secure
for him the electoral vote of Florida
and Louisiana, and believing it to
have been conscious wrong on his
part, done with the knowledge that
he had not been elected, as his subse-
quent repulsation Of Governor
Packard, where his title was bound
up in his own, and his willful and
cowardly desertion of the very men
who contributed SO largely to his
election, has shown that my con.
tempt for the pitiable littleness of
the man is beyond my power of ex'
preston.
Mr.. Hayes has denied the validity
of his own title in denying Governor
Packard's. He has ignored his Flor;
ida friends, showing that he believed
them unworthy and tainted with
fraud. Yet be held on to the Presi'
dency, which, in his own opinion,
was secured by this very fraud He
has cowardly abandoned and betray-
ed his Southern Republican friends
through fear of being ousted from an
office that he believed he never was
elected to by the people.
Whatever may be the opinion of
men with regard to my motives, l
give these facts and leave my mo-
tives to q higher tribunal.
TSigned1 SAMUEL b. McLIN.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
A STOLEN PRESIDENCY.
How the florida Frauds were
perpeIraLeN.

The following is the text of the
statement of Judge McLin regarding
the canvass of the vote in Florida for
President: "As a member of the late
State Board of Canvassers for the
State of Florida, l feel impellcd by u
sense of duty to myself and justice to
give the following statement: At the
time tho canvass was made, | was
not at any time conscious of acting
other than right and proper, 1entor.
cdupon the canvass with the convict
ion that it was my privilege and du.
ty, in a political sense, to give the
benefit Of every doubt in favor of the
Republican party, l felt that when
the question could be decided either
way without doing violence to the
public sense of justice, it was fairly
allowable in politics that | should
always lean to my own party, and
give my decision in its favor, even
at The hazard of straining n point
AT no time did feel that | occupied
tho position of a Judge charged with
tho duty of strict and nice weigh
ing and balancing Of all the evidence
presented. Looking back now to
That time, feel that there was n
combination of influences that must
have operated most powerfully in
binding my judgment and swaying
my actions, / had been for many
years and was at tho time oftho can
vass n very active partisan. sin.
ceroly thought our State and the ma.
ton would suffer irreparablo injury
if the Democratic party were 10 OBJ
tain tho Presidency, and tho policy
If hatred to the negro and those who
had been tho friends Of the negroes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
SCHOOL BOOKS.

We would call the special attention OF
Teachers and others to our stock Of School
Books which will be found to embrace eve
ry work used in the public schools Of this
State, and also to our exceedingly large
and varied stock OF stationery, and other
articles required in the school room, en-
bracing, in part,
Chalk Crayons, white or colored,
Blackboard Rubbers and Slate Erasers,
Noiseless aud other states, single, &C.,
Inks, all sizes, black or colored, best brands,
Slate and Lead Pencils OF all kinds, pen
and pen holders in great variety, Book
Clamps and Carriers OF latest patterns,
Writing Papers OF all sizes and weights,
Drawing Material OF every description.
Portfolios, Portable, Writing Desks, Ink
Stands, for the Desk and Portable, Schol.
ars' Baskets and Companions, Globes and
other School Apparatus, Composition
and Note Books, etc, etc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
Tho Register Ethel suit.

WHEELING, April 2S.-The cete'
bratcd libel suit of Major James A.
Sweeney VS.. the Daily Register Com
pany was decided in the Supreme
Court of Appeals yesterday, the YER
dict of the Circuit Court giving
Sweeney $4,000 and costs being sus-
tanned. This suit came out of an at
tack made by the Register upon
Sweeney's private character when he
was candidate for the State Legis-
laturo in 1873. Sweeney brought
suit for $4,000 damages. The case
was continued from term to term I'M
til May, 1876, when it was tried in
the Circuit Court of this county
The defendants made noofIense what
ever, relying upon the jury to throw
the case out of Court, but the jury
promptly returneda verdictfor plain
tiff, assessing his damages at $4,000.
An appeal was taken from the decis-
ion of the Circuit Court, and the case
was carried to the Supreme Court Of
Appeals, where it has remained for
two years, until the decision was
rendered yesterdy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
TRUST SALE!

DY virtue OF Deed of Trust executed
ID to the undersigned, Trustee, by Eliza
beth A. Bendell and Samuel b. Bendell,
which said deed of trust is duly Of record
in the Mason County Court Clerks Office,
in Trust Deed Book No. 9, folio Sl2, to Sc
cure to Thomas Fowler the payment Of q
promisory note therein described, bearing
date with said deed Of trust, with interest
from the 2Sd day of August 1876, for SlS4,
and at the request OF the holder OF said
note, default having been made in the
payment thereof, shall proceed to sell by
way OF public auction at the front door OF
the Court House Of Mason county Virgin
in, on the'2 oh dag of Nay, 1878,
the real estate mentioned and described in
said trust decd. Terms CASH.
WM, BROWN, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
NOTICE.

THE annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the Hartford City Coal and Salt
Company will be held at the Company's
Office in Hartford City, Mason County,
West Virginia, on Thursday, the 10th day
If May, 1878, at 10 o'clock a, M, for the
purpose of electing n Board OF Directors,
ind for the transaction of all other bust
ness that may lawfully brought before said
Il. w. MOREDOCk,
april 24-3w. President.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01

To The Democratic Conservative Voters q
Mdson County l hereby announce myself
US candidate for the House OF Delegates
from Mason County, subject to the decis-
ion OF the Democratic-C Conservative Con-
yention to be held June 4th, 1878. Prom
Using il nominated and elected, to repre-
sent the people honestly and to the best
of my ability. o ooonr,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
Ia IIedicine a Science?

As generally understood, science
consists of deducting facts from the
ory, and as the mathematician re-
qIires a knowledge of one factor in
order to determine the value of un-
known factors, SO medicine, when
practiced as science, demands a
knowledge of one or more facts, upon
which to base its calculations. I'm
derstood and practiced in this way,
the blunders Of guess work are avoid
ed. In preparing his now popular
Family Medicines, r, V, Pierce, NJ.
d., of Buffalo, n. Y, devoted much
time to the careful investigation of
the several classes of diseases for
which his remedies are prescribed
as specifics. Their unparalleled sue
cess attests, in arguments stronger
than words, the Doctors skill. His
Golden Medical Discovery is unsur-
passed in curing diseases ofthe throat,
lungs, liver and blood; while the
Favorite Prescription is sold under
a positive guarantee to cure those
diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
women. No remedy yet known
equals DR.. Pierce's Compound Elk
tract of smart-Weed in curing dys.
entry and kindred Irregularities Of
the bowels. Over one hundred
thousand copies of the Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser have
been sold. Price $3.50, postpaid
Address the author, Il, V. Pierce. NJ.
y. BufInlo. N. Y,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-01
j. P. r. B. SMITH

To he Democratic Conservative Voters Of
Mason Countw-Gentlemen l hereby an.
nounce myself us a candidate for the office
of Clerk of the County Court of Mason
County, subject entirely TO tho action OF
the nominating Convention to be held in
June next. Hoping for favorable con-
slderation Of my candidacy at the hands
OF the Convention, and promising a will.
ing and ready obedience 10 the wishes OF
the Convention, am
Respectfully,
GEO. w. TIPPETT.