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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

glowing orb, and their effects have
been visible at distance of ninety
odd million miles. Those who have
not looked at the sun through tel
escope since 1873, when its broad
disk was as free from spots as the
polished gold case of a watch, would
be astonished at the change in its
telescope appearance. 1t is now
like the shield of a warrior, dented
and pierced by many strokes. On
some days an opera glass powerful
enough to define the curve of an
actresses eyebrow has sufficied to
show the dark nucleus of solar
cyclone. Spots larger than this
earth have appeared and vanished.
Day after day the whole surface of
the sun has been notified and
wrinkled under the strain Of forces
so tremendous that in comparison
with them the strength of vol
cano seems puny.
The spots have gone trooping
across the disk, with the revolution
of the mighty globe, in groups and
rows, singly and in pairs. Huge
groups have been seen to split up,
smaller spots have been formed and
destroyed in a few hours. Wheth-
err, as some have supposed, these
spots on the sun are caused
by the fall of enormous meteoric
masses upon it, or are produc-
ed by the up-rush or down-rush of
gaseous matter, or are the result of
both these causes, the effect upon the
observer is the same. He cannot
escape the impression that the great
fireball he is looking at is the sport
of elementary forces of the most
gigantic power and activity.
There have been only three clear
days during January when, with an
ordinary spy-glass, the suns disk
unspotted. These sun
storms are not likely to decrease in
fury for some years yet. The new
spot period is just beginning, and
before it passes astronomers hope to
have learned far more about this in
teresting and puzzling subject than
they know now. The weight of evil
dence shows that there is close re-
lation between the condition # the
sun and the earth's meteorology.
Hundreds of telescopes are daily
turned upon the sun from all quar-
tiers of the earth, and careful re-
cords of observations are kept
There has been q vast advance in
our knowledge of the great lumin-
airy since the second Hershel sug-
gested, some twenty years ago, that
the curious bright spots in the sun
known as willow leaves, might be
gigantic living beings, whose in
tense vitality made them glow so
dazzlingly. Yet what has been
learned is slight in comparison with
what remains TO be learncd.-N. Y.
Sun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

The Prohibitionists of Michigan
want a stringent prohibitory law en-
acted. They want just such an one
as Maine has. Let them read what
the Portland Press says Of it:
General Dow says there are now
in Portland 100 rumshops. We
doubt if that figure was ever reached
before. The increase has been made
under the most stringent legislation
ever enacted. The more law we
have the more rum shops we are
cursed with. In the State of Maine
there has been during the last twen-
ty years, an alarming increase of
crime-that kind of crime which is
usually and correctly attributed to
the abuse of alcoholic liquors"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

a bill has been introduced in the
legislature for the purpose of fixing
the salaries of the Probate Judges
in the State as follows: In Wayne
county $500, in other counties with
a population of not less than 10000,
$4,000; counties with from $4,000
to 10000 inhabitants, $500; from
10000 to $4,000 inhabitants, 81 800;
from 10000 to 10000, 81. 400; from
$4,000 to 10000, $1,000; from 90
600 to $4,000, $1,000; from 10000
to 10000, $500; from 5000 to TO-
900, 5000, and for counties with less
than 5000 inhabitants, ten cents for
each inhahitant, provided that the
salary shall not in any case be less
than 500.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

The ranks Of the congressional
lawyers are being steadily reduced,
and the next senate will probably
contain a larger number of mer-
chants, manufacturers and farmers
than at any period in the history
Of the government. Of the seven
ty-six members who will take their
seats in March, twenty at least are
business men, while, in addition,
three others have practically aban-
doned law to engage in CONNER
cial pursuits. In the elections
which have just taken place, five
lawyers are succeeded by five gen.
tlemen belonging TO the commercial
classes. The business interests OF
the country---its mines, railroads,
agriculture, commerce and trade
will this year have larger repre-
sentation than, possibly, they ever
had in the highest legislative body,
and the change cannot fail to be
beneficial.-Courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

In 1880 over $4,000 European
immigrants arrived in this country
at the port of New York. How many
arrived at other ports we have not
at hand the means Of stating. There
was no duty imposed on them. They
were not capitalists who would give
increased employment to American
laborers; but were, on the other
hand, mostly working men who, i'm
mediately on their arrival, sought
employment in their various trades
and occupations. When they found
it they of necessity entered into COM
petition with American workingmen.
Just in proportion as they increased
the supply of labor they reduced the
rate of wages in these occupations.
And yet in the face Of these facts the
protectionists try to delude the work
ingmen Of the country into the be-
lief that protective tariff protects
them from competing with foreign
cheap labor. The law Of supply and
demand governs the price of labor,
as it does the price of all other COM
modities. Labor, the same as wheat,
will seek the highest market. If
the price is higher in one country
than in another, labor will flow from
the country where it is lower to the
country where it is higher. BY less
ening the supply and increasing the
demand in the country it flows from,
it increases the rate Of wages paid to
those who remain; and by lessening
the demand and increasing the sup
ply in the country it flows to, it de-
creases the rate of wages there. No
act of congress can prevent this, and
it is the purest sophistry to claim
that it can or does.-Evening News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16
Messrs. White q Burdick. Drug

Messrs. White d Burdick, Drug
gists, Ithaca, n. VI can recon-
mend Ely's Cream Balm to relieve
all persons suffering from Rose
Cold and Hay Fever. / have been
a great sufferer from the same COM
plants; have had great relief by
using the Balm. | have recon-
mended it to many of my friends
for catarrh, and in all cases where
they have used the Balm freely
have been cured. It. Kenny, Dry
Goods Merchant, Ithaca, N. Y.
Sept. 6, 1880. 496w2
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

Dispatches from Lima, Of Jan. 10,
give accounts of q few skirmishes
preceding the decisive battle at
Chorillos. They are from Peruvian
official sources, and claim for the
Peruvians all the advantage gained.
The battle Of Verrugas seems TO
have been the most important of
these, resulting in the loss of 1900
Chilians and 900 Peruvians. In
this battle strong CHILEAN division
had endeavored to march through
the Altos to a point on the Aroya
railroad, where the bridges were to
be destroyed, and the supply of
water from the Rimac to the capital
cut of. This division was met by
some Peruvian battalions under Col.
Negron, near the Verrugas bridge,
and driven back on the main body,
with the loss as stated.
The battle of San Bartolomie was
fought on the twelfth, and is de-
scribed as a formal combat. Four
thousand Chilians attacked an adj
vanced post, which was situated on
an elevated plateau, and defended
by only $50 men. These resisted
the attack for about an hour and a
half, and were about retiring when
Pierola appeared at the head of q
Peruvian division, which immediate
ly occupied the position, and after a
well contested fight drove the Chilli
ans from the field. The loss is not
stated.
A battle is reported to have been
begun early on the morning Of the
18th, and was in progress when the
steamer Ayacuoho left Ancon.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

The Christian Guide and Home Maya
zine, is OH our table. 1t Is monthly
magazine, Of 80 pages, filed with liter
airy and religious entertainment for old
and young. 1t has the following depart
ments: Literary, For the girls, Cores
pondence, Mystic circle, For the little
wee ones, Humorous and Sunday School.
The matter is all well written and Sc.
ected. Rev. p. w. Raidabaugh, a journ-
alist of experience, is the editor, and
Miss Emma Dengler, associate editor
We recommend the Magazine to every
family who have desire TO place in the
hands of their youth pure literature.
1t is published at the extremely low
price of so cents per year. Liberal
premiums are offered to canvassers and
subscribers. Sample copies are sent free
to all who will send their address to the
publisher.
REV. p. ANsTApT,
York, Pa.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

England taxes only the net earn
ings of her ships. We tax the cap
ital invested in them. whether it is
productive or not. 1t makes no
difference whether an American
ship is at work or lying idle; she
pays the same tax.-N. Y. Tribune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

When Sunset Cox's fun consists
in opposing and defeating the pass
age of a bill that would waste mill
ions of the peoples money on in
terror and useless creeks and
swamps, it lie enjoyed by his bitter
est political opponents, as well as
by his troops of political friends
Boston Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

Clear head and voice, easy breath
ing, sweet breath, perfect smell,
taste and hearing, no cough, no
distress. These are conditions
brought about in catarrh by the
use of Sanford's Radical cure.
Complete treatment for 81.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

ANY man." says the Chicago
Journal, Republican, "who votes
for the Eads job seems to be hank
ering after private life." One Of
the most persistent and unblushing
advocates of the job is above such
fear. He has Just been made So
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

Parents who allow their children
to grow up with scrofulouS humors
bursting from every pore are guilty
of great wrong. Think of them
pointed out as branded with a
loathsome disease, and you will
readily procure them the Cuticura
Remedies.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

Shoe pegs are not very large ar
ticles, yet their manufacture re-
quires 100000 cords of wood annu-
ally. Matches consume 100000
cubic feet of the best pine per year,
and lasts and boot-trees use up an
nually 100000 cords of beech, ma
pie and birch.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

cure for six years. He is a very
stalwart Republican. His name is
Conger. His son is Eads' private
secretary. This, perhaps, explains
the milk in the cocoanut in his
case.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

Dyspepsia and indigestion are cured
by using Balls Digestive Salt at the Ia
HE instead of ordinary table salt. %
cents will get package or bottle from
your druggist or grocer, or from Rob
crtson d Co, "a Broadway, n. Y. 496w4
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16

During the past year, 1891 ,224
letters, 163,O4S,912 postal cards,
and 496,7O6,132 newspapers passed
through the mails, according to
Washington estimates.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-02-16
A Month Of sun Storms.

January has been stormy month
on the sun. Tempests powerful
enough to sweep every living thing
from the face Of the earth have
spont their force upon the great
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03

clearing up the debris was run into by another freight train at the same place, and both trains were wrecked, delaying the ex. press trains on the N. Y and Housatonic roads about two hours.
 Mir. and Mrs. George B. Adriance, Misses Annie and Nellie Adriance, together with Miss Sadie Chase, daughter of MT. Samuel c. Chase, night editor of the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, are in camp at Pine Grove where they will remain about four weeks. MT Ad- riance is the owner of fine cottage at the camp meeting ground.
 The party of eight surveyors who are working south on the preliminary survey of the proposed New York, Boston & &Schenecta- dy Railroad, under chief Albert Harris, ex- poets to meet the northward party somewhere in the vicinity of Kent this week. The prime mover in this project is New York capital ist named Crane, and the object is to estab. lIsh a through line from Schenectady to New York, as well as to shorten the distance from Boston via the Boston 6 Albany R. R. which is supposed to be interested in the scheme. Connections will be established at Danbury with the New York $ New England road, at or near this place with the Conn. Western, and near Pittsfeld with the Boston & Albany. The road is to be new throughout, without the leasing of other tracks excepting perhaps at the termini, and it is the opinion of chief liar ris of the south working engineers, that the work of construction will begin this fall. The officers of the organization are, E. P. Carpen- ter, president; J. W. VanValkenbergh, vice president; A. V. Stout treasurer; w. s. Carman, secretary; Edward Appleton, chief engineer.
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03
The .sChartty'' Question.

ED. NEWS "A writer, o." of New York, in
 your issue of the 2Oth inst, lahors to prove
 the errors of the article signed
 ''An Observer" regarding the ''children's en-
 that never used the term which he quotes
 "pauper children" The intent to convey
 erroneous impressions is wholly with those
 that have attempted answering my letter
 when they use my ideas they should be as I
 wrote them. I asked if they overlooked the
 children that live on pauper fare in the town of Canaan. A person may be so indig as to
 depend on charity, and not be apauper. Pau pers are poor people, composed of two classes in Connecticut, as in New York. l spoke of children of a class that could be found in the homes of these poor people that reside in our midst, whose parents day by day labor for the dollar they spend in our community. don't
 use the vivid words the lecturer at Canaan filled 'G. W. B." with. The truth of hunger and sense of want are earthly, not etherealex- Litchfield County. "C." falsely says I inti- mated 'ECapaan has twenty-five pauper chil- dren on it's pauper rolls" nothing of the kind, but say that in every town in which this agent (who Tn the mind of ''C.'') engages in reciting his lesson as matter ofbusiness, and for pay, there are children outside of the poor
 house that are needy, and to whom this char ity could be bestowed. more properly than to aid New York, where, according to "C.."' "pau- per children are liberally proVideda and cared TOT El ~'' ,'A NfSVtsy "''st sl and no charitable consideration IS soiiSStHt iof them without" Truly so; then why not send the rest of the city poor there if they cannot be provided for where they are? let them en- joy the luxury of this model asylum for two weeks. Then he describes class containing thousands of poor children that "are not pau pers in the proper sense of that term, (why not use that sense in reading my letter), and it would be an insult to honest poverty to so designate them" True, but he had the bold ness to do so when referring to the children of honest percentage of which spoke in my let ter. I have yet to learn that the poor children of New York are any more insulted by '.Ob- server," than the children of Canaan are by 'C.' What wish to say to e." is this: If, as he says, ''the people here who are willing to, and do furnish all the money needed to carry out their charitable purpose. and wish
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03

to find specific and certain places for each band of such children before sending them away" and if they employ an agent "who en- pay" let them pay for the two weeks board
 they have begged, in some instances, from people dependent on the daily labor of the head of the family, who, if sickness should come, would themselves be objects of charity. Why not go to the rich country homes in your own State If you must beg p-not come to the over-taxed towns of Litchfeld County, whose population is growing less year by year. Bet ter yet, let the charity of Canaan be bestowed in Canaan, and when you send your agent there again, let him tell our people that there are "thousands of very poor people" (not paupers) in the towns and cities of Connecti- cut, that have their first claim, and that they will ignore, land in 8 degree neglect) if they aid this scheme of New York that where they have gone out into the highways and by-ways of their own towns and cities, and find no place to bestow charity, then it will be chart- table to extend the surplus to New York: "C's." agent had best recite his parables of the traveller and Samaritan, then that of the vineyard, to the people in New York that have means accumulated from the labor of the parents of these children. The last census in wealth and resource. Those children are your citizens, your charge. Their parents comprise the laboring class that produce your
 inheritance lawfully. morally, and decently
 They are yours to care for and not beg of the over-taxed people that have the same demand from our own State, and less means to give from. 'Tis charitable to give, but not Chris
 tian to rob thy brother of his birth right
 This is 'sn,iStdken chd7ity" AN OBSERVER
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03
Tent Life at Bantam.

We have just come back from an afternoon at Bantam Lake, the favorite resort of the
 denizens of Litchfeld, and in plain view from the village hill. That it IS the largest body of fresh water in the state is Bantam's least claim to renown, for it is besides very love- ly lake, lying in the lap of the hills, with
 wooded shores, and large island toward it's southern end. The drive there is pleasant,
 crossing Harris Plain, named for man who
 long ago was killed there by the Indians. Despite it's baptism of blood, now nearly for gotten, it is 8 fair and fertile plain, with sum-
 ny farms along the way The Shepaug rail-
 road winds through the valley, and one can
 on it reach Bantam, stopping at the little lake
 station, and having then only walk of few
 minutes. But we drove instead, and passing through massive stone gateway found our
 selves in the large grounds belonging to the
 Island House. This is great resort for fish. ing parties and excursions, and is on the
 north end, commanding the Wlde blue lake
 There, having the good old stud to his medi- tations, we embarked in little red boat lying at the pier, with gallant young oarsman who had been awaiting our coming. With him as guide, we steered for the eastern shore,
 where among the green are flying flags, show
 ing the locality of the different camps, for
 Bantam is chosen tenting ground for all the 
 yer is raging among the Litchfsld boys, and many of them are now at the lake, or are soon going there. If you see two in close consul tation, and catch fragments of the conversa- ton, 1t is sure to be of tents, tea-kettles and eatables, and a general discussion of ways and
 means. The result of this to two of these
 boys is the camp where we first landed,
 whose various advantages were proudly point ed out to us by their owner. The ice box, sunk in the earth, the potato bin, the hollow trunk of an old tree, the larder, stove and hut, were duly examued and admired, and then we had pull of mile across the lake to Camp Garfield, where are more of the
 Litchtield beys, who have gwen their camp this patriotic name, and gave us a cordial welcome. And the delight they take in their free and easy life, and in all their camp de- tails, makes one long Ito be boy agaln." Then rowing slowly along the shore of the island, we came to most charming camp, where everything looked as trim and ship. shape as possible, and where the reverend owner, who has come every summer for the last six years over the hills from Plymouth to enjoy tent life here, invited us hospitably to land. So the boat was drawn upon the rocky shore, against which the waves beat with slow, rhythmic motion, and we inspected the | nicely appointed camp, which showed in every l detail that the life had been reduced to sci l
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Typhoid fever is raging at Dalton.

Typhoid fever is raging at Dalton.
 Chaplain Kane of the U. s. navy is visiting in Sandisfeld.
 Sheffeld's marble quarry is to be sold by the sheriff on the 12th inst.
 E. Bosworth. the Lee bankrupt, has been released by his creditors in consideration of 40 per cent dividends.
 A Pittsfeld girl named Virginia St. Peter has disappeared, and it is believed she car- ried a young Canadian with her.
 Ferdinand Dittman of Pittsfeld was walk ing along in the woods recently, when a drunken tree stepped up and knocked him insensible.
 Andrew Colbert and Thomas Pindar who had a prize fight at State Line the other day. were arrested and fined $36. and $41. re. spectively.
 A white faced COW was arrested by officer Fuller at Pitts6eld last Tuesday night and a first-class ghost story for the Journal was thus spoiled.
 The saloons of H. W. Wright, L. Ramsey. o. J. Brusie, and John Norton in Ct. Bar rington were raided last Saturday, but no liq- uor was found excepting at Nortons.
 Dr. John L. Maloney's wife, of North Adams has sued for divorce, on the grounds of adultery and abusive treatment. They have only been married about three years.
 Mrs. Matilda Houghtaling, living on the Bishop farm in Clayton has dahlia six feet tall, that has 2S buds and thirteen perfect blossoms, several of which are six inches across.
 John Crotty fell from the second story of a house in process of construction, down into the cellar, and sustained internal injuries, worse if possible than the effects of Milerton whiskey.
 HI. Cowles, Bridgeport" swapped off satchel full of stones and weeds, for some bedding and his board at the Miller House the other night, and took "leg ball'' for parts unknown.
 E. B. Mead of Pittsfeld celebrated the Sabbath by thrashing his wife and kicking his children out into the street, and paid $l6 fine and costs to the district court for the amusement.
 Samuel E. Jones of Hartford, one of the leading criminal lawyers of the state, with a party of friends. is rusticating in the vicinity of "Lake Garfield" Monterey. which is rap idly coming into favor as summer resort.
 Cattle hoofs are worth $50 per ton for horn buttons. Pittsfeld Journal. Fowler has taken advantage of those rates, and re- tired from the newspaper business. Tn few years, when his horns shall have become fully developed, he'll "realize" again.
Connecticut western news., 1881-08-03

The Pittsfeld Daily Journal has been bought by joint stock company, and is now under the management of MT. c. E. Smart, a graduate of Amherst, class of 'Sl, who is said to be young man of Considerable journalistic ability.
 The Gallagher-Journal libel suit for $3, 900 damages has been "amicablyi settled, J and the Journal ''takes back water" like a little man, and will never do so again. It re- minds us of the boys apology: :-"If Ihave done anything that Pm sorry for I'm glad of it."
 Last Thursday Pittsfield officers raided the saloons of R. F. McCurdy, Edward Scanlon and L. B. Brusie in Gt Harrington, and con- siderable liquor was confscated. On Friday the proprietors pleaded not guilty before special justice Joyner. and are held in S2OO each for appearance for trial Aug. 12th before Judge Bradford of Sheffield.
 A New Boston man recently fonnd a half grown mink in his well, which was almost dead from cold. He took it into his house, wrapped it in swaddling clothes, gave it a dose of soothing syrup, French brandy and Scotch snuff, and laid it on the stove hearth and sang it to sleep, but when the varmint woke up, and was set at liberty, it didn't so much as say 'thank you; wont you take something 2" but went straight to the hen coop and killed eight of it's benefactors young turkeys-the ungrateful wretch.