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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-23
Relief Measures.

DUBLIN, February 2l.-The Commit
tee of the Mansion House Relief und
in an appeal 10 the French people, state
that considerable gifts and promises OF
help have been received from treat
Britain, the United States and else
where, and count on a generous Te-
sponse to the appeal. The Archbishop
OF Bordeaux in forwarding five hun
dred francs To the Catholic Archbishop
OF Dublin, says: France and Ireland
are inseparable names, recalling the
community OF faith and long standing
exchange Of sympathy"
Confidential reports respecting the
nature OF the agitation in Ireland have
reached the Pope, which show that
three.fourths Of il is due to the spirit oil
Socialism. Very precise instructions to
the Irish bishops therefore are being
prepared, exhorting them 10 take care
that, in relieving the distress, they dc
not play into the hands OF those work
ing for political object
The Walking Contest:
LONDON, February 2l.-Bettlng Is tWC
to one that Blower" Brown will beat
$50 miles in the present six days go.ss'
you.please match. At IL o'clock last
night he was II miles ahead OF WestOn''
record, and four miles better than tn.
previous record he had scored, 4Sl
miles.
At the close Of the contest to-nlgh
Blower" Brown had scored 553 miles
Hazael $50 and Day 456. Brown bea
HazaePs previous record by three hour
| and eight minutes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-23
FROM OTHER LANDS.
FAMINE STALKING THROUGH RUSSIA.
Further Particulars of the Winter Palace
ExpIOsion-Grant's Reception in
MexicO-The Pope and the
Irish Agitators.
RUSSIA
Terrible Ravagss of Famine and Disease.

Terrible Ravages Of Famine and Disease.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 2l.-The
news from the interior OF the empire is
heart-rending. Famine and diphtheria
are decimating the population. The
provinces OF Saratof and Kiof, which
annually export, in ordinary times,
enormous quantities OF grain, had
scarcely any crop last year. The calam-
ity is aggravated by the want OF fodder
for cattle and the peasants are forced to
sell them. On the Caucasus the famine
is still greater, and the people are com
mitting suicide and selling their chit
dren.
The Winter Palace Explosion.
LONDON, February 2l.-The Duke OF
Edinburgh has received the following
telegram from the Duchess OF Edin-
burgh, at st. Petersburg: "The explosion
In the Winter palace was caused by
dynamite Nine soldiers were killed.
An extra guard is on duty at the palace.
The Empress has been made acquainted
with the circumstances of the explosion,
but has not suffered in health. The
Emperor and myself are cutie we'll and
not frightened.
The following is the Cars reply 10
President Greyy's congratulations upon
his escape: 81 cordially thank you for
the sentiments YOU express. The spirit
OF evil is unwearied like that Of Divine
grace. am glad to reckon on the sym
pathies Of right thinking men"
ST. PETERSBURG, February 2l.-The
dynamite exploded III the Winter pal
ace was contained in metal box, the
cover having been found, but no electric
wire or trace Of battery.
NBw YORK, February 2l.-A dispatch
from Paris says OF the latest attempt on
the life of the Gar: The palace officials
are evidently affiliated with the Nihi-
lists, for il is affirmed that the Car
daily found black edged letters on his
table threatening that he should never
see the 25th anniversary OF his acces-
sion to the throne unless he abolished
his despotiC system OF government. Al
though the officials we're continually
changed letter was always found, and
several high officials have been placed
under surveillance. Ii is rumOred that
a lady of high rank has been arrested
ion suspicion OF being connected with
1.-The Winter Palace conspiracy. 1t is
also said that the Car and CzarowitCh
had a long interview yesterday. The
reports OF the Cars prospective abdiCa-
ton are pronounced false.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 2l.-All
the workmen who occupied the cellar Of
IlWinter Palace previous to the explo-
sion have been found. Their innocence,
it appears, is certain.
LONDON, February IA St. Peters
burg dispatch states that six more OF
the soldiers wounded by the explosion
in the Winter palace have died.
A Berlin dispatch says: at is report
ed that the Car wishes state OF siege
~ hr p-eclaimed al over Russia"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
The Eonarza Queen.

Mrs. Mackey, the wife of the xsry
rich miner Of Nevada, has a beautiful
house in Paris franting the Arch de
Triomph, which is her own property.
She has good reputation for kindness
OF heart as we'll as,personal beauty. She
is besieged with begging letters from all
Kinds of rascals, French aad Americans,
and being without her husband, Is some
times put to great fear by that kind of
persecution which only monarchs and
very rich people receive. A certain man
called at her country house near Com
peigne, and, being hospitality received,
formed an intense fancy for the lady,
and she WAS compelled to see him in
every railroad car or omnibus she got in
to, and finally he was found In her
grounds at night hiding like burglar.
She has married her sister to one of the
wealthiest men in Europe, who made a
fortune with Meigs and others in South
American railroad concessions. This
man, who is an Austrian, took fancy
to Mrs. MackeyNs sister, and they have
made ii happy marriage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
HeIi-Eire Rack

Miners are not in the habit of throw
ing UP good contracts for nothing nova
days, but the Ada mine, in Salt Greek,
is idle at present and will be for some
time to cone, unless some of our rock
sharps give solution to geological
phenomenon which still puzzles the
miners of that section. In driving the
tunnel, which is now over one hundred
feet, strange formation was encoun-
tered. At every stroke of the picks the
tunnel Was filed with luminous vapor,
and the weird light made the blood
chill in the veins of the superstitious
miners It is needless to say that the
contractors dropped their tools and left,
and the owners could not induce them to
resume the work. They called the rock
" hellfre rock " and give the tunnel a
wide berth. Some of the rock is being
Analysed and we shall give the result as
soon as ascertained. It is probably
phosphoretic rock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
MIDNIGHT, JUNE 30, 1879.
BY ALFRED TENNYSoN.

Charles Tennyson Turner, in whose memory this
poem was written was the brother Of Alfred Tenny-
son, and was himself poet He was born July 4,
x808. He graduated at Cambridge in 1882, and be-
Vicar of Grasby. BY the will of relative, who
bequeathed him small estate, his surname OF
ssTennyson" was exchanged for that of s. Turner
he died April %, 1879. His brother, the poet
laureate says of his sonnets that of them have
sill the tenderness of the finest Greek epigram, and
chat few of them are among The nohest IL our
language.
Midnight-in no midsummer tune
The breakers lash the shores:
The cuckoo of joylesS June
Is calling out of doors:
And thou hast VANISHED from thine own
To that which looks like rest
True brother, only to be known
BY those who love thee best.
Midnight--and ioyless June gone by,
And from the deluged park
The cuckoo of a worse July
Is calling thro' the dark:
But thou art silent underground.
And DER thee streams the rain,
True poet, surely to be found
When Truth is found again.
Add now to these unsummer'd skies
The summer bird is STILL
Far-off phantom cuckoo cries
From out phantom hill;
And thro this midnight breaks the sun
Of sixty years away,
The light of days when life begun,
The days that seem to-day,
When all my griefs were shared with thee,
And all my hopes were thine
As all thou vert one with me,
May all thou art be minel
-Harpe1's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27

Mr.. MERRITT KING, an ithaca lawyer,
is said to have the largest law library,
with one exception, in the United States.
He owns almost four thousand volumes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
IDENTITY.
BIZ L. B. ALDRECH.

Somewhere-in desolate wind-swept spaoe-
In twilight-land-in No-mans land
Two hurrying shapes met face to face,
And babe each other stand,
And who are your" cried one, a-gapc,
Shuddering in the cleaning light.
" know not" said the second shape,
81 only died last night!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27

JOHN G. CALHoUN's old residence, in
Pickens Co., S. c., has been destroyed
by fire.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
Learned 20 Ilntic strings.

One story of the eccentric Ste
phen Girard SAYS that he once test
cd the quality If a boy who apph-
ed for situation by giving him a
match loaded at both ends, and order
ing him to lightit. The boy struck
the match, aud after it had burned
about half its length threw it away
GSrard dismissed him because he
did not save the other end for fu-
ture use. The boys failure to no
tice that the match was a double
end one was natural enough con-
sidering how matches are generally
made but haste and needless Ia
habit of careless observatory are
responsible for the great part Of
the waste Of property in the world.
Said one of the most successful
merchants Of Cleveland, Ohio,
dsy or two since, to lad who was
opening parcel; "ioung man.
unite those strings-dont cut
them.
Il was the first remark he had
made to a new employe. Ii was
the first lesson the lad had to learn
and i, involved the principles OF
success or failure in n business ca
reer. Pointing to a well-dressed
man behind the counter, he said
"There is a man who always
whips out his scissors and cuts the
strings of packages in three or
four places. He is a good sales
man. but he will never be anything
more. | presume he lives from
hand 10 mouth, and | presume Is
more or less i'll debt. The trouble
with him is that he was never
taught to save.
He told the boy just how q un-
tie the string, not so much for the
value Of the string as to teach him
everything is to be saved aud
nothing wasted. II the idea can
be firmly impressed upon the mind
of a beginner in life that nothing
was made to be wasted YOU have
laid the foundation of success.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
He Turned the liable.

There is nothing like presence Of
mind, after all. One dark, rainy
night. last week, old DIR. Bolts,
who lives on Van Ness avenue, San
Frsuscisco, was trudging home
ward, when he discovered that he
was being logged by a bnrly ruff
fan, evidently intent ca robbery,
They we're in a lowly part OF the
town, and the man was just at his
heels, when the doctor, buttoniue
his coat up 10 his chin, suddenl,
turned back and said TO his pur
suer:
"Piesse, sir. give me a dime &
buy something TO eat | dom
want 10 get whisky, indeed ! don't
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
San Francisco Strategy.

In one of the public schools oil
Sau Francisco. few days ago, a
youth bubbling over with high
spirits violated a iong-estaolisheu
rule, and was summoned TO the bar
Of Judgment. With many sohs
and tears he confessed the soft i'm
parchment.
Have your mother call to-mor-
row" the teacher remarked, with
awful and ominous significance.
His maternal ancestor appeared on
the following day, and after being
duly and publicly informed OF the
fisgrant breach Of discipline her
SON bad been guilty Of, was request
Ell h. know if she would punish
him herself or have the teacher at
tend to the matter. She preferred
the latter course, and urged that
the blows be well laid on. The
next day was appointed Tor the
haSellation. At the usual hour Tor
such unpleasant affairs the youth
was summoned to the front. he
came with hang-dog look, and
some trepidatiou. An Grafton Oh
youthful frivolities having been de-
liyered. the boy was ordered to ex-
tend his hand beneath an appraised
ruler. He refused, and in accord
auce with the usual custom in such
cases was spread across the teach
.,r's knees, and the punishment was
administered in another quarter
than the one originally intended
For some uneIplainable reason the
most energetic blows fell without
desired effect. 4 consultation OF
male teachers eusued, and the of.
fender was conducted to a private
room and his wardrobe subjected
toa rigid examination. On the III
terror of his bifurcated garment, a.
a locality of great strateSical im
,ortance in such an emergency
Wa a thick flannel baby's frock Sc
curely attached.
who sewed that ON demand
ell the principal. in voice G
thunder.
My mother : answered the DO!
With heart-bresking sobs In
teachers hurriedly consulted agar
instructed the boy never TO rcve'
the circumstance and sent him
his studies. Somehow the matte
leaked out.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
4 Singular Fact.

4 recent traveller in Mexico, who
visited the mines there during his
journey, says that he was much as
tonished at seeing the men who
carry the ore come out OF the mine
each with one eve shut. The fore
man seeing his surprise, explained
the matter He said the candles
belonging to the tarateros (who
drill and blast do not give suth-
cient light in the drifts, where it is
consequently quite dark, but where
nevertheless, the tarateros see well
enough not to run their heads
against the rocks. But. on emerg-
ing into daylight, they would be
blinded did they not take precau-
tionarv measures. For this reason
as they approach the mouth
OF the shaft, at the POM
where they catch the first glimpse
of light, they drop the eyelid o
one eye, and keep this down Will
they are discharging their ore an'
until they have re-descended tn
shaft. When they are again in tn
dark, they open the eye kept hith
er 10 in reserve, and at once 50
everything distinctly while tt
other eve. previously open an
somewhat blinded by daylight PEI
ceives nothing al all.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
Two Of a Kind.

Sir Henry Smith, who was Tor
many years member for Colchester,
when canvassing in person on one
occasion, asked big, dull-looking
Essex farmer for his vote. The
farmer was fine specimen OF
mingled bucolic independence and
thickheadedness, and he said blunt
": I'D vote for you, Sir Henry,
a. usual, only folks tell me you're
such a fool" "Eool, am | 4" re-
torted Sir Henry "then. my good
sir, I'm the very man to represent
YOU" Down came the farmers
hand upon Sir Heury's shoulder as
he exclaimed with laugh Come
I'm gormed il that arn't good I'm
You're not such a fool as J thowt
and you shall have my vote f; here
my hand upon it.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
CAMPAIGN SONG.

The Hauccck tide is rising fast,
Frum shorc To- shorc Il swells.
Aud ~ Il reaches DER The land,
OF victory il tells
OF victory il tells, my boys,
For Uanoock's hound 10 win
IN. peoples trcc, untraunmellcd Ncicc
VIII surely bring him in.
The Hancock tircs are burning bright,
ON all the hills they blaze,
Too bright and high for such fraud
A. stole the seat for Hayes
As stole the seat for Hayes, my boys
Aud never shall We soc
such fraud as four short years az"
Insultci Liberty.
The Hancock hammer proudly waves,
And srScts the morning light,
And round Il rally those rs friends
Who once were foes in night =
Who oncc were fc,s IN fight, my hoy,
But in a better day,
Around thu Hancock hammer throusa
Alike the blue and grsy. "A
The Hammock men arr siaunch and brave
No truer anywhere,
And they can boast a candidate
Whose name Is clear ana tar
Whose name is clear and fair, my Toys,
And onward is his cOurse
For now the people mean TO rule,
In spite Of fraud or force.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
DRoBATE ORDER.

STAT. Of Michigan. county Of Alpeua.-ss
Al a ~e~Sion OF the Probate Court for the coun-
~ of Alpena holden az the Probate Office, IN the
city OF Alpena on Saturlay,th 18th day Of August
in the year one Thousand eight hundred ana
eighty.
Present. -Judsou ID. Holmes. Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of JuiIa I, \. Beu-ch, johanna 1.
2. Ren~.h WilhCmina NJ. VI. Benseh. frcderlck
r L. BenS,h Marie Z \. Bcnsch, Julia X. w.
Bensch minor, and heir, al law OF Frederick
Bensch. deceased.
ON readin. and filing the petition, duly verified,
of Charies tiulling. Guardian. praying that he
nav L., Haonscd to sell real estate to pay debts
and expenses Of Guardianship.
Thercup1n il Is ordered, that saturday, the
18th dav 1f September 1880 az ten O'Clock IN the
forenoon u, assigned for the hearing OF said Pc
tition and that the heirs az law of said deceased
and al other persons interested m said estates
! arr required 10 appear at session Of said Court
/ then 70 le holden 40 the Probate Once, 10
| the CITY u Alpena, and show cause, II any
/ there h. why the prayer of the petition,
should ro' h. granted And Il i further orderrd
that sail r.tiiinncr give notice 10 the persons m
ter,,stel m s,id estate, of the pendency of -aid
r.tition and the hearing thereof 10y causing copy
. of this oricr 90 h. Published in the ALpi -
Z wrTELy AEGUs, newspaper printed and CIR
culated in aid county ui Alpena, for tour succ'
sivc wsck., ur,yiuus 60 said day of hearing.
j A true -1pv' JCD~ON II. HOLMES,
i-Iwi Judge Of Probate
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

He was something of a cynic,
and when he visited the grave oil
a rich, but henpecked friend, few
weeks after the burial, and found
there a heroic-sized female figure,
in marble. as a monument, he crie'l
out poor, poor fellow las
though it was not enough in life,
here he is held down by woman
in death !"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
>aualor.

Sdualor is TIE outward expires
sion Of hopeless and unrelieved
poverty. But it is not needful for
the poor mans house to be squalid.
On the contrary, with industry and
care, and the bright service OF a
healthy wife, the tiniest cottage
may at times be an abode 10 which
the most dainty could pass a short
time with pleasure. On the other
hand many houses become squalid
without the excuse, miserable as 1t
/ is, of abject poverty. Thus, while
we may fairly rank poverty a. a
main case of squalor, this may be
understood Of unresisted poverty
1. is, in fact, rather neglect than
absolute absence of money which
lis the chief cause. Cleaning j;
neglected: aud what ever be the
building, and however it be finish
cd or furnished, in which constan
cleaning is omitted, dust accumu
lates, unexplained stains make thei
appearance, and progress, NOR
or less rapid as the case may bt
:
steps up toward decay and iilspid
alton.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
Advice TO Young Wen.

You eau probably be RICH my
son. if you viii be. II you make
up YOUR mind now that you will be .
. rich man, and stick 10 H. there Is
no question but what you will oe
very wealthy, tolerably mean, loved
a little. hated a great deal, have
big funeral, BE- blessed by those to
whom YOU leave the most, reviled
by those 10 whom you leave the
least, and vilified by those to whom
you leave nothing. But you must
pay for it, my SOD. Wealth is an
expensive thing. 1t costs all 1t Is
worth. If YOU want to be worth q
million dollars, it will cost you just
. million dollars to get it. Broken
friendships, intellectual starvation
los. of social enjoyment, depriva-
ton Of general impulses, the smoth-
ering Of manly aspirations, a limit
ed wardrobe and scsnty table, 8
lonely home because you fear a
lovely wife aud beautiful home
would DO expensive, a hatred OF
the heather, a dread of the contri'
button box, a haunting fear oil the
Women's Aid Society. a frctfu
dislike Of the poor, because the,
won't work and keep their miser,
out Of your sight, little sham be
ueyolence that is worse than none
oh. you can be rich, young man,
YOU are willing to pay the price
Any man can get rich who does no
think it too expensive. True, yo
may be rich, and be a mau anon
men. noble, and Christian, an
grand. and true. serving God, an
blessing humanity, but that will b
in spite Of your wealth, and not
result Of it. II will be becsus
you always was that kind of mai
But II you want to be rich mereI
for the sake Of being rich, if tbl
is the length aud breadth OF yor
ambition, you can be rich il 70
vim pay the price. And when 70
srs rich, son, call around q, ID
- and pay for this advice. v
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

Asa specimen of metaphor the
following-used at a home rule
meeting in the north of Ireland
is not bad :-"Misther SPEAKER sorr'
the apple Of discord has been
thrown in our midst, and il 1t be
not at once nipped in the bud
will burst into confiagration
which threatens to deluge the whole
world"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25
Have Written Agreements.

The time when a mans word was
as good as bond seems TO have
belonged to some remote period.
The present generation looks upon
IL with as much incredulity rs up
on the fables found in mythology.
Yet. occasionally, we hear of per-
sons who place So much confidence
in friends that they do not require
a written agreement, and afterward
they bitterly repent of their indis-
erection. Experience is said to be
the best teacher Ii may be so,
but it is often an expensive one.
Wise is he who, in the beginning
famiiarizes himself with the his
tory of others, and from il learns
wisdom. In visiting an unknown
land, common sense teaches one to
use a guide book, aud not foolish
ly attempt to find out everything
for himself. Still there are in
dividuals who possess such conid-
ing natures that it is extremely
difficult for them to exercise their
faculties of precaution.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

\ friar, when preaching III a
nunery, observed to his female
auditors: BE not too proud that
our blessed Lord paid your sex the
distinguished honor of appearing
first to a female after the resurrec-
ton: for it was done that the glad
tidings might spread the sooner.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

y young student, on the eve oil
his departure to study law at Paris,
received from his uncle code
which was 10 be one of his text
books at college. "If you are
faithful" said the old gentleman,
al will make you a fine present.
Visiting Paris some months later,
he called on bis nephew. and asked
him how he was pleased with his
gift. "But | have received moth
ing" said the nephew. "Let me
look at your code was the re-
Spouse. The book was produced,
and between the leaves of the first
chapter bank note Of 800 francs
was discovered. which had not beer
found by the faithful disciple o.
.Justinian. This was speedily lie
stored TO the pocket OF the ol'
gentleman.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

Lost ON Ninth street m the city OF Alpena, IN
the hou.e of Gus Manchester. on the I'd inst, F"
cslfskin pocket book containing $50, more or
Loss. in currency, six orders on the township OF
Metz, Presque Isle county, a. follows 30 y,
amount 900 issued Nov. eth, 1879, 60 jacob
RTuno: No. ~. amount s6On, issued Dee l3th'
iS7e. 10 John Nowickc Ne. q, amount s2.,"'
issued Dee. Sist. 1879, TO Julius Drambers; No
70, amount s9io0 issued Dec. 3lst, io'"' 10 Juhus
Snth. 1850. 10 Julius Dramberg; No. y, amount
as On. issued March 30th, lSsD, to Julius Dram
ber- All persons are hereby cautioned against
purchasing or negotiating for these orders ~ an!
w a. pSvment thereof has been stopped.
HERMANN GRAMBAl,
Township Treasurer OF Metz, county OF Prcslue
Isle.
dated at Alpena, Mich, this Path day OF June
lNNl. t"'""'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-25

haven't had anything to eat for two
days"
"Great Soott." exclaimed the
footpad, repocketing his slung shot
with profound disgust, "to think,
here I've been piping off a id
pauper for over mile" And he
walked off cursiug his Internal
luck.