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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25

A friend sends us the following
as the result of his first effort at
paragraphing;
aid be paragrapher
With photographers stand;
cedar pencil DER my ear,
The scissors in my hand"
After he has worked at the trade
a little while with that kind Of
tools he will sing it something like
this:
"Ive been paragrapher,
But didn't seem TO take;
/ did it with my little shears
And promptly got the shake"
-Keokuk Gate City.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25

without waiting to ascertain wheth-
er or not she was going to propose,
sprang from the sofa, leaped through
the sash, and has carefully avoided
the house ever since. And yet,
aware that she possessed a very
large mouth, she was merely about
to ask, "Will you please shut your
eyes while l cape" Philadelphia
Chronicle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25
Housekeepers, Attention |!
JOHN MONAGHAN,
FAMILY GROCER

Having purchased large stock of
choice family groceries, is prepared
to furnish first class goods at the
lowest possible price. His stock is
carefully selected and purchased
chiefly
SPOT CASH,
Enabling him to sell at a much
lower figure and furnish better
goods than if bought on time.
Al Goods are guaranteed as repre-
se,ated or money refunded.
We envite inspection of both goods
and prices, and will guarantee
satisfactory result.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25
"CAUTION.~

Beware OF limitations See that the name Of 2.
W. Kinsman is in the glass of the bottle.
Sold by druggists and dealers. Price, lOc, $50.
and Zoe. 433y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25
WM. u. MAIDEN, NJ. ID.

PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, GYNECoLoGIsT
&C., Late Asst. Surgeon u 8. Army; Examining
Surgeon for U. s. Pensioners, and all the princi-
pal Life Insurance Cos. Residence and Office on
Second st., nearly opposite the Union House.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-25

Has received the endorsement and recommends
tion of emmlnent Physicians and Scientific Men
every where it has been introduced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09
A False Prophet.

For the last two years a well-to-do
manufacturer named Issajeff, residing
at No. 2S1 of the Ligovka, St. Peters
burg, has enjoyed among his friends
and acquaintance the reputation of be-
ing a prophet sent from heaven for the
especial purpose of announcing the ex-
act date of the Redeemer's final reap
pearance upon earth, preparatory to the
Last Judgment and general winding-up
of mundane affairs. Ever since his gifts
of prescience first obtained recognition,
Issajeff-Anglice Isaiah-has been so
profuse of prophecy that his vaticina-
lions, carefully taken down and col
lected by his admirers, already fill four
large quarto volumes, recently dedicat-
ed by him to the venerable Metropoli-
tan Isidor, who has submitted them to
the inspection of M. Janischeff, Director
of the Ecclesiastical Academy. But I'M
til about fortnight ago Issajeff had
maintained a discreet silence with re-
spect to the great event, the foretelling
of which he alleged to be his peculiar
mission. One day, however, he in
formed his followers that the end of all
things had been fixed for the 18th inst,
and proceeded to prove his own faith in
that vaticination by selling his manu-
factory, houses, ETC., and distributing
the produce of their sale among the
poor. His example was strictly fol-
lowed by his disciples, who, in accord
ance with his special Instructions, strip
ped to their shirts early on the morning
of the 10Th, and in that uncommonly
light marching order waited patiently
all day long for the sounding OF the last
trump. AS nothing OF the sort came to
pass, Issajeff's impoverished flock has
renowned its belief in that prophets
predictions, all but nine unchangedly
faithful sheep, who still regard him as
divinely inspired, and to whom he con-
tinues to foretell future events as freely
as ever.--LondOn Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09
Our Young folks.
IF I WERE A FAIRY.

IF were fairy slight and small,
Say about as tall
As a span-worm forming the letterO,
Wnat do you think would do? ! know!
In the bell of the lily I'd rock and swing,
Twitter and sing:
ana, taxing the god-dust under me,
Ia splash the hips of the buzzing bee,
That he might have meal to make his bread,
With honey spread,
FOR MS thousand babies all in rows,
Each in bandboX up to his nose.
I'd count the curls of the hyacinth
BY the fallen plinth,
R AN SNAKE make them glossy with morning dew
And out of the sunset sky I'd get
For the violet
elbow and red, and dark marine,
ana puppies deep, and tender green;
And all night long, as they lay in sleep,
- would paint and steep
nnelr velvet checks in q hundred dyes,
1hat wei they might open great staring eyes.
Unseen would come where the tired ants tug
AT heavy slug,
WIN my rye-beard lance I'd push ii along,
And they'd think, "All at once we are won
drous strong!"
In the nest of the robin, under the caves
OF the appe-eaves,
I'd drop a worm in the gaping throats
mat answer my chirp of the mothers notes.
When bonny Miss Harebell thirsts in vain
For drop of rain.
would fill at the brook my shining can
ana lay 1t all dripping in her lap.
Oh, what would do as a fairy small?
cannot tell all;
But would do much with right good will;
10 allthings good, and to nothing ILL.,
And I'd laugh and skip, like bird on wing,
Twitter and sing,
And make boys and girls, and birds and
flowers
All say, What lovely world is ours.'
Well, what if am not quite so small?
l can do il all
In my own sweet home by the same good will,
no fairy, but something nobler still.
GeOrge $. BUrleiqh, IN N,1SeIY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09
THE SWISS "GOOD-NTGHT.n

AMONG the lofty mountains and elevated
valleys of Switzerland, the Alpine horn has
another use besides that of sounding the far
famed RAM deS Naches, or Cow Song, and this
Is OF a very solemn and impressive nature
When the sun has set i'll the valleys and the
snowy submits OF the mountains CLEAN with
golden light, the herdsman who dwells upon
the highest habitable spot takes his horn and
pronounces clearly and loudly through it, as
Godr
" As soon as the sound is heard by the neigh
boring huntsmen, they issue from their huts
take their Alpine horns and repeat the same
words. This frequently lasts n quarter OF an
nour, and the call resounds from all the
mountains and rocky cliffs around. Silence
at length settles over the scene All the hunts
men kneel and pray with uncovered heads
Meantime, IL has become quite dark.
Good -nightr at last calls the highest
herdsman through his horn. Good night =
again resounds from all the mountains, the
norns OF the huntsmen, and the rocky cliffs
the mountaineers then retire to their dwell
angS and to rest"
Now somber.hued twilight adown the Swiss
Her soft, dewy mantle has silently spread
stu kissed by the sun rays, how grandly and
brightly
The snowy. crowned SUBMITS lift far over
head!
10 brood or the homes where the cottag
And the sweet Ran. deS Jaches no longer is
blending
With silence--'tis evening, the time of fare
well.
And yet once again the huntsman is taking
His trumpet toned horn from its hook FER
the door.
Hark! All the rapt silence its music is wax
ing
Is Praise the Lord God, erermore !--erermore!,
Clear, sharp and distinct, down the noun.
tains repeating,
In solemn succession voice answereth voice,
Till cen the lost chamoiS will hush his wild
bleating
And the heart of the forest awake and re.
Ioicc.
Still higher and higher the anthem is ringing.
II rolls like IA pHan of triumph above,
Till ev'iy grand summit and tall peak is sing
While bathed in the smile and the halo of
love!
magical hour! o soul offered duty
Solemn, instructive, its noble refrain:
" nat an exquisite scene, when Gods rainbow
of beauty
Speaks the language of promise to nortals
again
And when all the glory of sunset has faded
From cloud piercing heights, and the stars
twinkle ont,
How mellow the echo of "Good night" re-
peated
To tv'ry lone dwelling with musical shout
The chain of affection to God and each other
SO perfectly linking and welding Alright:
When fondly the accents Hail, neighbor
and brother!"
Melt in the broad air with" Good night,
friend, go o-d-n-i-g-h-tr'
- George bancroft Gfifith. an st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09
TO CORRFSPoNv,ENTx.

An communications for this paper should be accom-.
panied by the name of the author not necessarily
publication but evidence of good faith on the
part OF the writer. Write only side OF the pa
per- Be particularly careful in giving and dates
TO have the letters and figures plain and distinct Prop
er names often difficult to decipher because of s
careless manner In which they are written.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09

New ORLEANS claims to be tho
cleanest and healthiest city in tho
Union. She is said to have tempera-
ture the maximum of which is lower
than that of Louisville, Cincinnati aud
other more Northern towns.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09

A COLONY of 5000 German Men
nonites from Southern Russia is to settle
in Delaware, where 5000 acres of lam
have been bought for it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21
I" Kiss Me, tOO,o

In the paint shop of the Michigan
State Prison, is aman called Jim, serv-
ing a life sentence. Up to last spring he
was. regarded as desperate, dangerous
man, ready for rebellion at any hour.
He planned a general outbreak, and was
given away" by one of the conspirators.
He plotted general mutiny or rebellion
and was again betrayed. He then kept
his own council; and while never refus-
ing to obey orders, he obeyed them like
a man who only needed backing to make
him refuse.
One day in June party of strangers
came to visit the institution. One was
an old gentleman, the others ladies, and
two of the ladies had small children.
The guide took one of the children on
his arm, and the other walked until
the party began climbing the stairs.
Jim was working near by, sulky and
morose as ever, when the guide said:
Jim, won't you help this little girl up
stairspn
The convict hesitated, with scowl on
his face, and the little girl held out her
hands to him and said:
IF you will, guess I'll kiss you!"
His scowl vanished in an instant, and
he lifted the child as tenderly as a father
might have done. Halfway up the
stairs she kissed him. At the head of
the stairs she said:
"Now, you've got to kiss me, too!''
Jim blushed like woman, looked in
to the child's innocent face moment
and then kissed her cheek, and before he
reached the foot of the stairs again, he
had tears in his eyes. Ever since that
day he has been changed man, and no
one in the place gives less trouble. May
be in his far-away western home he has a
little Katie of his own. No one knows
for he never reveals his inner life, but
the change SO quickly wrought by a
child proves that he has a heart, and
gives hopes that he may forsake his evil
ways.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21
Senator SharOn's Pullman Car.

Last winter when Senator Sharon had
to yield to pressure and warm his chair
in the U. S. senate, he ordered out his
Pullman palace car and gave his steward
curte blanche to fill its refrigerators and
lockers with all the good things that
make this life worth living. Fish, fowl
and fruit, game, wines and ice and every
vegetable from the crisp, earth blanched
celery to that ''plumed knight the tas-
seled corn, were put away, each in its
proper place. The senator and his secre-
tary, Miss Sharon and young lady
friend, who had been invited to accom-
pany her, and four gentlemen acquain-
tances, guests of the senator, made up
the party. The Virginia and .Truckee
trains speeded them on to Reno. where
their Pullman was coupled to the Allan
tic express on the Central Pacific rail
road, and they pursued the morning.
The fire glowed in the range, and shone
on polished pots, pans and polished uten-
sils in the cutest of kitchens, as clean as
holy-stoned deck. In the pantry is a
pastry table which, when raised. dis
closes zinc sink for washing dishes,
Pudding and jelly molds, skewers and
steamers and saucepans as bright as sill
yer hang on the hooks of the dresser.
Stores of delicate china are nestled in the
snug closets, crystal and silver ware
crown the oaken buffet in the adjoining
room, where there is table. The car
is miracle of convenience and comfort
1t was built at the Pullman car shop in
Detroit. 1t is constructed of rare woods
whose beauty OF quality and grain have
been brought out by oil polishing and
shellac. There are mirrors and hanging
book-shelves. The evening card table is
the breakfast and dinner table of the
daytime. The upholstery is bronze
leather, fastened with silver-headed nails.
There is hot and cold water in the bath
room; the seats are converted into lux
urious beds at night and partitions en-
velop them with all the privacy of sleep
ing departments, produced like magic
from nowhere. Even England's queen
does not travel so royalty as this silver
satrap of the Sierras. Rolling along in
his palace, on the sixth day he reaches
the end of his journey without fatigue OF
of any kind and the whole
party alight as fresh as daisies. The Pull
man is stored in the car-house until such
time as the senator shall choose to return
to Nevada Washington letter in Detroit
Free Press
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21

A despatch from Toxic, Japan, denies
officially the rumors that Japan is pre-
pairing for war with China, and IL trouble
occurs between Russia and China, that
Japan will side with Russia. The
Chinese and Russian officials at Toxic
also deny that there is any prospect of
trouble between their nations.
Mrs. Hannah Andrews was found at
No. 81 Monroe street, Brooklyn, n. Y,
in state of intoxication, lying on the
body of her child James, aged 8 years.
The boy was in a dying condition from
starvation. The woman was arrested,
and the child conveyed to the Chambers
street Hospital.
Steamship City of London, from Lon
don, reports May 6, in latitude As, longi-
tude 1915 was detained six hours in a
field of Ice, and on the It'll, about latitude
A, longitude As, passed an iceberg 300
feet high and 700 feet long. Saw other
smaller ones during the day.
The cremation of Of the body of Angus
tave Poetz took place at Washington, Pa,
recently. In less than three hours the in
cineration was complete. The ashes will
be taken to Europe by a daughter of the
deceased.
The complaint against Mayor Kalloch,
OF San Francisco, charges him, in addi-
ton to the points already noted, with re-
ceiving emoluments from certain minor
public officials for obtaining their posi-
tons for them, including several en-
ployees in the offices of the sheriff and
register of elections.
Kate Proosey, insane, jumped from the
roof of five-story house on Fourteenth
street, New York, recently. Her body
was horribly mangled by the fall. Death
was instantaneous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21


breathes there man with soul so dead,
lie loves not new baked Gingerbread
Who, stepping through the kitchen door,
On baking day, sees goodly store
OF fragrant, umber-shadowed cake.
Observation-Disclosures not break
A ragged chunkP All, toothsome bliss!
tie is churl who knows not this.
Flo. him, no practiced dexter wrist
Shall limp, ihcipient doughnuts twist:
Or Stir, to coax his gourmand taste.
Dreamy meringue and flaky paste.
Though he may live on Mob Hills tin.
And hold his gold with miser's grip
Though he may own the whole long list
OF winters hoard by cobweds kissed
May dine from Sevres, drive a cart,
And sit on decorative art''-
Despite his gastronomic books,
Despite his white-capped Gallo cooks,
The wretch, concentered in his pride,
Shall live and eat-unsatisfied.
And when kind Providence-or gout-
Shall snuff his farthing rushlight out,
The stern recorder of the skies
Against the tombstone's gilded lies
Counting the virtues of the dead)
Shall write: He loved not gingerbread.
San Francisco Arqonaut
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21

Millions of carrier pigeons come into
theIforests of Michigan every other year
to nest and this spring they have settled
down about Emmett, fairly shutting the
sun out of sight with their flight, and
spreading over an area Is miles long and
6 OF wide. Fourteen days from the
time the pigeon egg is laid the SQUAD is
Matched, featherless, hairy, misshaged,
ugly looking wretch of a bird, which
soon develops the voice of horse-fiddle
in bad repair, and the digestive capacity
of half dozen l5-year-old boys. The
parent birds now take turns in gorging
their homely offspring. From the beech
nuts which they gather they form in
their own. crops kind of curd which
they cram down their infants throat I'M
til its crop is as large as its body, and its
body mass of fat. After IA days of this
generous feeding, they inform the SQUAD
that he can't live on the old folks anv
longer, but must shift for himself and
they take their departure to build new
nest, lay another egg and hatch out more
material for young squad pie. The SQUAD,
left to itself in the nest, keeps comforta-
BILE for two or three days on the curd in
his crop and the fat already accummu-
lated. About the fourth or fifth dav.
growing lean and hungry, it either ven
lures flight OF a tumble to the ground
on It's own account, or else, if it remains
on the nest and makes too much noise in
its clamor for food, is tipped off the nest
by the strong wing of some old bird that
wants quiet in the neighborhood. The
young birds gain strength rapidly and by
the time the old birds take their north
ward flight are able to keep up with
them, or follow at no great distance be-
hind, in focks by themselves. Their
growth is exceedingly rapid, the two
weeks sufficing to increase their size from
about half that of a mans thumb to that
of full-grown robin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21
FASHION ITEMS.

1t is now decreed that wedding cards
shall be issued three weeks in advance of
the coming event.
Spanish laces, containing a few threads
of chenille, make good trimmings for
velvet broeaded grenadines.
London doctors are using their best en-
deavors to abolish the mask veil, which,
according to them, Injuries the eyes.
Chinese embroidery, representing Chi
nese letters, flying birds and even human
figures, is one of the new trimmings.
All lace curtains have accompanying
lace loops. Brass or ebony wood poles
are more fashionable than heavy corni-
ces.
Real 'kerchiefs are used to trim coarse
seaside hats, but for street or evening
wear, half 'kerchiefs of silk with thick,
crimped fringe are employed.
Miniature banners are very fashionable
for gifts. There are four patterns, and
each is printed in four colors, the back
ground being either gold or silver.
Ostrich feathers may be bleached by
exposing them to the light of the sun. in
an atmosphere saturated with the porva
of benzine, turpentine or petroleum.
DIR. Richardson, the celebrated London
physician, who has been lecturing on
dress, has made the new point that stays
not only injure bodily health, but ''deaden
mental capability."
The latest fancy in making summer
dresses is to have the short skirt ruffied
from the hem to the belt. and an infant
waist with ribbon sash. This style of
dress was worn thirty years ago.
Gorgeous parasols, too pretty for any
kind of use, are of white brocaded silk,
trimmed with white Spanish lace, have
red ribs and pimento sticks, tipped by
an owls head in ivory.
Very little false hair is worn, the Golf
fures being low and scant. To have
much hair on the top or back of the
head is now confession of advanced
age, as only elderly ladies dress their hair
deliberately.
Tin flower forms filled with flowers are
now scattered among the display of pres
ents at weddings, thereby Transforming
what would else look like jewelers.
showcase into really pretty exhibit
ton.
A wedding favor for lady is spray
ofjesamine or myrtle tied with some sill
yer leaves bya white satin ribbon; for a
gentleman, oak leaves and acorns with
silver and green leaves and no ribbon.
White bunting gowns will be trimmed
with ribbons of peacock blue almost as
much as cardinal red. Quantities of cof-
tee-colored lace soften the effect of this
shade of blue so that it can be worn bv
brunettes.
Very gay colors will be worn this sea-
son, especially dark reds, and no costume.
however quiet in hue, will be complete
without dark or brilliant color, either
in Innings, facings, or tiny plating at
the bottom of the skirt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21

Don't get out of anybody's way" ad
vised Henry Ward Beecher. But, Mr..
Beecher, when you recognize your land
lord only half a mile away and it is three
days past rent day and there are only two
cross streets, an alley and three 4-story
stairways with rear exits winking at you
from the near side OF the street, are we
is man, that is, to go straight ahead,
and collide with the landlordp Oh. non
sense! What kind of talk is that to give
a debt-laden people, with money at 8 per
cent, and your summer clothes not paid
for.-Bur. Hda0beye
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21
How to Judge a Horse.

Never take the sellers word, but it is
afer 10 take that than the horse.
Never trust to a horses mouth as a sure
index of age. Horses cannot speak, but
their mouths will lie about their age just
the same as the human mouth will some
times deviate from the truth in the same.
regard.
However, there is a way to tell horses
age by his mouth.
Examine the teeth carefully, to see il
the filling is gold or silver and then give
good guess.
Two things may be set down as GER
tain.
If the horse is for sale, he is not over
years old.
Jockeys have too much regard for
horse to sell him if he is over years of
age.
If it is your horse and you wish to sell
him, he may be put down anywhere from
10 to Is.
Because you know that he was foaled
six years ago, matters nothing. The man
of horse knowledge has said it.
Besides, some horses grow very fast.
Never have anything to do with a
horse which keeps his ears thrown back
ward.
That is, unless you desire rapid tran
sit to another and better world.
Bent knees are a bad sign.
Genufection is an admirable thing in
Christian, but when chronic in horse
quite the reverse.
Avoid the wheezy animal.
Music hath charms, but there is such
a thing as monotony.
There is such thing, also, as lung
trouble.
Never buy horse whose skin does not
move easily to the touch.
This indicates not only that he is a
hide-bound bigot, but also that his diges-
ton is bad.
Never buy horse with a blush or
milky cast in the eyes.
Blind horses may go out of fashion
about the same time that yours comes in
to it.
If the knees are blemished, it is sign
he is down on his luck. If his hind legs
are SCARED, ask to see the wagon to which
he has been attached.
Never buy horse that bears the mark
of strap about his neck.
No matter how old he is, he will he
found never to have forsaken his crib.
Never buy horse while at rest.
watch him while in motion and you will
discover his other weak points.
If one foot is thrown forward with the
toe pointing to the ground, with the heel
raised, don't buy him.
If he favors one foot by lifting it from
the ground, don't buy him.
If foot is thrown out and rested on
its heel, don't buy him.
If the feet are punched under him. do
not buy him.
If he straddles like saw-horse. don't
buy him.
If he doesn't have clean, well-shaped
hoofs, don't buy him.
If he does, don't buy him.
If he seems perfection itself don't buy
him.
He is probably shamming.
Don't buy horse under any consider
ations.
Follow this last rule and you are safe.