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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09
Underwear

at the Cash Store. We have an ex-
traordinary large stock for Gentle
men, Ladies and Children, in all
sizes, and many qualities. And we
guarantee a saving of
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The Echo ought to have thousand sub
scrlbers in this county. 1t will form an adj
mirabe companion and supplement to the
ARGUS, which of course has first claims on
the reading public of Alpena county. 1t is
only rs cents year and can be had three
months on trial for 10 cents.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The barge Russian has gone into
winter quarters at this port.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The editor Of this paper is on trip
to the back part of this county. He
has our gracious permission to kill as
many deer as he wants to-not to ex-
coed thirteen.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

"Well, Jones, thought you couldn't afford
that magazlne?"
swell, couldn't last year"
"Getting rich, eh?'
"Not exactly, but took all my subscrlp-
tons to the Centennial Book Store, got
club rates, and saved enough on my old
subscriptions to pay for this enjoy il i'm
mcnsely /; seems like getting it for nothing.
534 VIZ
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The report that the Longshoremen's
Union and Laboring Mems Union had
consolidated, is denied by Alex. T.
Lane, secretary of the l.. Nj. u.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The steamer Gazelle ran into this
port Saturday, OH account of heavy
weather. She had ON large load of
fish, which she obtained at the Duck
Islands.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

Those wishing to subscribe for the Cath
Ole Temperance Advocate" may leave
their orders with Miss Z. G. Mason, News
Depot, Centennial block, Alpena, Mich.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

About three inches of the beautiful
snow fell on the ground in this vicinity
Thursday evening. 1t was soon con-
verted into beautiful mud.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

"What are the wild winds saying,
lovcY They are whispering gently
that the prospect for much snow this
winter is not encouraging.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

The Steamer Pearl did not arrive
until Friday, being delayed by the
stormy weather, and cleared from here
Sunday on her way down.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-09

Advertisements of hyo lines or less inserted in
this column az l5c per week, and &c for zach addi-
t,ona line. II continued for three months or longer,
- per cent discount from these figures. In all cases
cash TO accompany order.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-03-10
A N UNl'ABALLELED OF

AN UNH'AIsALLEH.EHp OF
IN FER aO every person who
oubEcribcs to tho Household Guest Magazine
will reccivctree four Magnificent Chromos.
Each l7&24 inches.
"Thc Returned Fugitive il ono Of the
moet charming chromos VIC have ever seen,
and will be appreciated by all.
Number is 4 charming chrome in six
teen colers, entitled "Now Pm Mamma"
The Recording Angel" This picture
needs only to be sccn to be admired.
"Buds and Blossoms
Hedged by the varied garden flowers,
Rooted by the pink k-clad applc-boughs,
Screened by the leaves the soft breeze dowcrs,
Warm in the shade the suu cndows
Here have they come mid bud and blossom,
blossom and bud themselves most fair,
Made to be shrined i'll some s,rors bosom
Safe from the rage Of rain OF air.
This large and handsome Maga-
zine and premium pricturcs can be
seen at the TINES Office. And also
Orr Home dnd fTresilc Magazine, and
Tie Illustrated Family HcruiH
w. L. SPENCER, Agent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
The Assassin Booths Body.

Washington Corr. Buffalo commercial
1t was only after some patient inquiry
that I could ascertain the facts, which
are interesting and, as far as know, are
yet unpublished. Booth, the murderer
of Abraham Lincoln, died, as will be re-
membered, in barn in Mary land, from
wound received from the musket of
Boston Corbet The body was brought to
Washington, and, after having been iden-
titled hy the court-martial before which
his fellow-co nspirators were tried, was
dissected by the surgeon general OF the
army. The brain and heart and some
parts of the body were preserved IN alco-
hol and are now on exhibition In the med
ical museum of the surgeon generals
Office. The building in which the assas-
sination occurred was Ford's Theater.
The government confscated it, but after
ward Ford was paid it's full value, and it
has since been used as the headquarters
of the medical corps of the army. The
brain and heart of Booth are in jars
standing in case that is very near the
actual scene of the assassination. After
the surgeons had done with Booths
body it was buried in grave In the ar
senal grounds. Only half dozen per-
sons know the exact spot, which was I'M
marked. In 1867 Edwin Booth, the
actor, sent Mr.. Weaver, the sexton of
Christ Church, Baltimore, to Washing
ton with the request that the remains of
his brother might be taken up and re-
moved to the family burial place. After
some delay the request was granted by
President johnson, who was finally ap-
pealed to, and Mr.. Weaver took the
body to the cemetery in Baltimore and
buried it beside the elder Booth and
others of the family. The removal was
conducted with great secrecy, aud was
concealed from Secretary Stanton, who
had refused to give his consent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

feet high. The iron produced is SO soft
that it bends and twists like wax, and
will bear comparison with the best Nor
way. An English engineer has esti-
mated it's value at $40, 600, 900 and
made the somewhat astonishing calcula-
ton that, at the rate of ], 200, 600 year.
it would take over 800 years to level the
hill to the ground. The great Hum
boldt, who by the way, never came as
far as Durango, was induced to believe
the deposit was an aeorolite, similar to
that of Zacatecas, and reported it SO, bnt
was very much mistaken, as further in
vestigation proved. Frederick Weidner,
an eminent German scientist, who care
fully examined the mountain during six
months in 1851, attributes with right,
it's apparition to a tremendous volcanic
eruption. It has been ascertained that
the same ore extends under the plain of
Durango, where it interrupted the COM
pletion of an artesian well at depth of
800 feet, mile and half from the foot
of the Cerro. This is without doubt the
most marvellous deposit in the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
e Reputation, Iago, Reputation"
(From the Providence Journal

A well-known young lawyer of the
city of Providence met one of Pawtuck-
cts jolly jokers, and for a while there
stories and fun. Finally, the lawyer,
who is joker himself, and moreover
won't "spoil joke for relations sake, "
capped the climax by telling story
about himself, which is good enough to
go on record. He was trying a rum
case at Bristol, not long ago, when a
witness was put on the stand to testify
to the reputation of the place in ques-
ton. The witness, who by the way, is
also well known character in the local
ity in which be resides, and stage
driver by profession, in answer to a
query as to the reputation of the place,
replied ga rum shop" The lawyer in
quired, "You say it has the reputa-
ton of being rum shop?" eyes, sir. "
"Who did you ever hear say it was a
rum shop?" The witness didn't recol-
lect of any one he had heard say so.
"What, said the LAWYER, ''you have
sworn this place has the reputation of
being rum shop, and yet you can't tell
of any one you ever heard say so .
The witness was staggered for moment
Tin the words of the lawyer, :" [ had
him, '')-and the lawyer was feeling tri-
umphant, when the witness gathered
himself together and quietly remarked,
addressing the lawyer, Sc Well, you have
the reputation of being q very smart
lawyer, but I never heard any one say
So" The lawyer didn't want any more
of that witness, but he enjoys telling the
story lust the same.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
OUR POSTAGE STAMPS.
How They are Printed and Prepared--A Delicate
and Interesting Process.
lFrom Letter in Boston Herald.l

lFrom Letter in Boston Herald.
The method of printing postage stamps
is interesting. The impression is taken
from steel plates, on which 200 stamps
are engraved, and the paper used is of a
peculiar texture, somewhat resembling
that employed for bank notes. Two men
cover the plates with the colored inks,
and pass them to a man and girl who
print them with large rolling hand
presses. Three of those little squads are
employed all the time, although Ten
presses can be put in operation If neces-
sary. The colors used in the inks are
uitra-marine blue, Prussian blue, chrome
yellow and Prussian blue (green), YER
million and carmine. After the sheets of
paper on which the 200 stamps are en-
graved have been dried, they are sent in
to another room and gummed. The gum
used is made of the powder OF potatoes
and other vegetables mixed with water.
Gum arabic is not desirable, because it
cracks the paper badly, The sheets are
gummed separately; they are placed back
upward upon fat wooden support, the
edges beng protected by metallic
frame, and the gum is applied with a
wide brush. After having been again
dried, this time on little racks, which are
famed by steam power, for about an
hour, they are put in between sheets of
pasteboard, and pressed IN hydraulic
presses capable of applying a weight of
1000 tons. The sheets are next cut in
halves; each sheet, of course, when cut
contains 100stamps. This is done by a girl
with large pair of shears, cutting by
hand being preferred to that of ma
chlnery, which method would destroy
too many stamps. They are then passed
to the perforating machine. The per-
forations between the stamps are effected
by passing the sheets between two
cylinders provided with series of raised
bands which are adjusted to distance
apart equal to that required between the
rows of perforations. Each ring on the
upper cylinder has a series of cylindrical
projections which fit corresponding de-
pressions in the bands of the lower
cylinder; by these the perforations are
punched out, and, by simple contriv-
ance, the sheet is detached from the
cylinders In which it has been conducted
by an endless band. The rows running
longitudlnally of the paper are first
made, and then, by similar machine,
the transverse ones. This perforatlng
machine was invented and patented by
Mr.. Arthur in 1852, and was purchased
by the government for $4,000. The
sheets are next dressed once more, and
then packed and labeled and slowed away
in another room, preparatory to being
put IN mail bags for DISPLACEMENT to fill
orders. If single stamp is torn, or in
any way mut,lated, the whole sheet of
100 is burned. Five hundred thousand
are burned every week from this cause.
The sheets are counted no less than
eleven times during the process of man
ufacturlng, and SO great is the care taken
In counting that not a single sheet has
been lost during the past twenty years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

ny ALICE CORA HAMMOND.

Through pickering leaves the sunlight sitting
Falls warmly across the tidy holr;
The distant voices of gleeful children
Come family in at the open door.
The clocks low rhythm defines the stiffness;
The house is resting from work well done;
The weary housewife, with patient fingers,
Knits mid the quiet so hardly won.
She ponders the days completed labors,
Finished betimes, ere the Sabbath rest:
The dainties stored in the weli-flled pantry,
The men6ed garments, the welcomed guest.
The toil-worn fingers move slow and slower,
Her head droops forward. her eyes full soon
Close in a gentle and childlike slumber,
And she dreams in the Saturday afternoon.
She wanders with tlreIess feet of childhood
Through meadows she knew so well of yore,
And laughs as she fills her tiny apron
With Blossoms fragrant, in boundless store.
Forms long vanished step in at the doorway;
Sweet voices sing a forgotten tune;
Angels ascend and descend before her,
AS she rests in the Saturday afternoon.
The fading sun sinks under the hin-tops,
The shadows lengthen across the floor;
The birds chirp softly their goodnight carol,
The children pause at the dark ming door;
The tired sleeper no more they waken,
Pale in the rays of the harvest moon:
She waits the dawn of an endless Sabbath,
Gone home in the Saturday afternoon.
-Christidn Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
Real to Them.

A writer of a story which takes hold
of the popular heart must himself be
sympathetic; for it is as true In writing
as In speaking that he who would move
others to tears must first weep them
selves.
A friend met Thackeray while he was
writing "The Newcomes" one noon,
just as he was coming out of his house.
Seeing that the novelist's eyes we're red,
as If he had been weeping, he asked:
What's the matter, my dear fellow :?
Have you lost any relative?"
"T've Just killed Colonel Newcome, :"
said Thackeray, again wiping his eyes,
and [ feel as though I had been burying
nv father"
Readers of the most pathetic scene in
English literature where the noble col
onel, thinking himself back in the old
school room, answers Adsum1 (present)
to Deaths call, will sympathize with
Thackeray's tears.
Charles Dickens used to say that his
characters became real persons to him
while he was creating them. Re
laughed at their pranks and wept over
their n,isfortunes 1t was long before
he could bring himself TO kill "Little
Paul, in Dombey and Son." though
ne knew he must. For as a critic said,
who saw that such boy could not be
carried into manhood, g If Dickens don't
kill Paul. Paul will kill Dickens"
An incident associated with drama
t1zing of the "Christmas Carol" shows
the tender sympathy of the author.
Dickens, while attending one of the re-
hearsals, noticed that the manager had
brought on the stage set OF irons and
bandages. He intended them to aid in
making the part of Tiny Tim," the
poor little cripple, more effective.
"No. sir, no." interposed Dickens,
taking the manager aside. "This won't
do! Remember how painful it would
be to many of the audience having Grip
Mod ohi1drnn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
DYING on the Field of Duty.
lFrom the London Truth. !

a tale of almost unequalled self-sacri-
fee comes home from the Transvaal.
DIR. Landon, of the army medical depart
ment, was wounded at the Maiuba
Mountain on the day that Sir George
Colley was killed. The bullet struck
his spine and paralyzed the lower limbs.
Knowing he must die, he called to the
orderlies near him and caused himself to
be propped up against a boulder.
There, in the very presence of death, he
with his own hand forced the morphia
solution into the wounded arm of Cor
poral Farmer, and thus frightfully
wounded and suffering most acutely, he
died. The story Is vouched for by the
best authority.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression of
spirits and general debility III their various
forms, also as preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittant fevers, the FERRo
PHosPHoRATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA BARK, made
by Caswe1, Hazard q Co., New York, and sold
by all druggists is the best tonic; and Cor
patients recovering from fever or other sickness
it has no equal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
rChicagc Inter1ocesn.1
PERILS OF THE DEEP.

During my trip down the River Tagus, in
SPAIN" said Captain Boyton TO representative
Of this journal in a recent conversation by the
sea shore, F" / had to shoot 105 waterfalls, the
largest being about eighty five feet and lnnumer-
able rapids Crossing the Straits of Messna
had three ribs broken in fight with sharks; and
coming down the Somane, river in France,
received charge of shot from an excited and
startled nuntsman Although this was not very
pleasant and might be termed dangerous, I fear
nothing more on my trip than intense cold for
as long as my limbs free and easy and not
cramped or benumbed am all right. OF late I
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
Almost Young Again.

sn9 @ hnav ea 1ng tme
of the whole system; headache, nervous pros
tratlon. and was almost helpless. No physicians
or medicines did her any good. Three months
ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with such
good effect that she seems and feels young
again, although over 70 years old. We think
there is no other medicine fit to use in the FAM
1y."-A lady III Providence, r. I.-Journdl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
Get Out Doors

The close confinement of all factory work,
gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetite,
angud, miserable feeling poor blood, inactive
liver, kidneys and urinary troubles, and all the
physicians and medicine in the word cannot
help them unless they get out doors or use
Hop Bitters, the purest and best remedy, es-
pecially for such cases, having abundance of
health, sunshine and rosy cheeks in them.
They cost but trife. See another column
Christian Recorder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

DR.. WINCHELL's Teething Syrup has never
failed to give immediate relief when used in
cases of Summer Complaint, ChOlera-lnfantum,
or pains in the stomach. Mothers, when your
little darlings suffering from these or kin
dred causes, do not hesitate to give it o trial.
You will surely be pleased with the charming
effect. Be sure to buy DR.. Winchells Teething
Syrup. Sold by all druggists. Only Is cents
r1nr bOttlo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
HOW no SECURE HEALTH.

1t Is strange any will suffer from arrangements
brought on by impure blood when SCOVILL'S SAR-
SAPARII.LA AND STILLINGIA, or BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP will restore health to the physical
ganzation. 1t is Strengthening syrup, pleasant to
take and the BEST BLOC PURIFIER ever discov-
ered curing Scrofla Syphtc disorders, Weakness of
the Kidneys Eryspelas, Malaria, Nervous disorders,
Debility Bilious complaints Diseases Of the Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin ETC.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
A Mountain of Iron.

About mile north of Durango is a
wonderful mountain of solid iron ore,
called the Cerro del Mercado. The ore
is said to be entirely free from phosphor
and sulphur, and to assay from so to rs
per cent. pure iron. That part of the
mountain above the ground measures
$3.50 feet long, 1900 feet broad, and 1852
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

A revolution in the curative art has been
effected by DIR. Homan's Pads. Instead of
pouring drugs down the throat whipping up
the system bv its immediate action, and then
paraIyzing it by its consequences, this pad ap-
plies through absorption healthy action and
maintains it to cure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

UNTIL lately, the smallest size of mar
ketable coal was termed pea; lately two
smaller sizes are being prepared. They
are buckwheat and diamond, the latter
only at one or two collieries in the Lehigh
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

For Headache, Constipation. Liver Complaint
and all bilious arrangements of the blood, there
is no remedy as sure and safe as Eilert's Day
light Liver Pills. They stand unrivaIled in re-
moving bile, toning the stomach and in giving
healthy action to the liver Sold by all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

TRH Des Moines Qowa) Tri- Weekly
Tribune says: ga Harrisburg, Pa,
journal mentions that Mr.. d. Bensinger,
No. Market Square, that city, was
cured by st. Jacobs Oil of violent at
tack of rheumatism
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

book free to every neoo subscriber. Send for
sample copy, which will contain list of tn
hOOlru
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

TAKE little anovances out of the way. If you
are suffering with Cough or Cold, use DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup at once. This old and re-
liable remedy will never disappoint you. All
Druggists sell it for % cents bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

YOUNG, middle aged, or old men, suffering
from nervons debility and kindred weaknesses,
should send two stamps for large treatise, Civ
ing successful treatment. WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

LYDIA E. PINKHAM's Vegetable Compound
strengthens the stomach and kidneys and aids
digestion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

1T is useless to groan with rheumatism
when a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil will cure
it, as everybody knows. = Columbus
(Ohio) Daily Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

ARE you bald? CAROLINE, deodorized ex-
tract of petroleum, the only cure for badness,
has been improved, so that it now is the most
delightful dressing in the world. The only real
natural hair restorer ever produced.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

The best Corsets and Kid Gloves are
sold at James Morgan's, Milwaukee. He
has just received another large lot of
Dress Goods, Dolmans, etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

COLD weather wmted: Here lies q
man who beat the printer; Oh, how his
soul doth long for winter. Whitehall
Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

DR.. r. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear Sir
I have advised many ladies to try your "Favor-
lite Prescription" and never it fail to do more
than you advertise.
Yours truly, Mrs. A. M. RANKIN.
al Bates ST.. IndianaoOlis Ind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

The new style of fall bonnets may be
photographed by slamming a ripe tomato
against board fence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
Beer Affects the Kidneys.

and it may seriously interfere with the health
unless promptly counteracted, and for this pur-
pose Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has
no equal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

If you arc bilious, take DR.. Pierces "Pleasant
Purgatlve Pellets" the original ''Little Liver
Pills" OF all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

Cork mouthpieces for cigars and cigar
cites are the latest dodge. Four hundred
thousand of them are turned out daily.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

A LITTLE California boy sent 81 to the
Garfield fund. stating that it was the first
money he had ever earned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

For rheumatism, Spralns and Bruises, use
Uncle Sans Nerve and Bone Lniment, sold by
all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

IT is no use to attempt to put on style
nlessyou havo good gait. Cambridge
Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
WONDER If Noise annoys am oyster.

KIDNEY WORT IN this season sustains the sys-
tenn and keeps up the strength.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16

AN arrow escape-Wm. Arrow, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, has run off with his
brothers wife.