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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04
Trading i'm the Arctic Regions.

We went ashore OH Di0mede island
and greatly enjoyed a stroll through
the streets and houses of the curious
Esquimaux village here. 1t is built on
the bald, rugged side of the island,
where the slope. is almost cliff-like in
steepncss and rockincss. The winter
houses are wood-lincd burrows under
ground, entered by tunnel, and warm
and snug like the nest of field mouse
beneath the sod, though terrible thick
and rancid MS to the air contained in
them. The summer houses are square
skin boxes above ground, and set on
long silt poles. Neither the one nor
the other look the least like houses or
huts of any sort, but those made Of
skins are the quecrest human nests
conceivable. They are simply light,
square frames made of drift poles gath
cred on the beach and covered with
walrus hide that has been carefully
dressed, and stretched tightly on the
frame, like the head of drum. The
skin is Of yellow color and quite
translucent, SO that one feels when in
it as if inside a hugh blown bladder,
the light sitting in through the skin by
tic top and all around, yellow as sunset.
The entire establishment is window,
one pane for the roof, which is also the
ceiling, and one for each of the four
sides; without cross sash bars to mar
the brave stmplicity of it all. Most
of the inhabitants, Of which there are
perhaps about 100, had just returned
from a long voyage in their canoes to
Cape Prince of Wales, Kotzebue sound,
and other points on the American
coast, for the purpose of trade, bring
ing back ivory and furs to sell to the
Tschukchis of Siberia, who in turn will
carry these articles by roundabout
way nearly 1000 miles to the Russian
trading post, and bring back goods to
trade back to the Diomede merchants,
through whose hands they will pass to
the Cape Prince of Wales natives, and
from these to several others up the In
dian river, down the Colville to Point
Barrow, and eastward as far rs the
mouth of the Mackenzie river. The
Diomedc merchants arc true middle
men, and their village is halfway
house of commerce between northeast
ern Asia and America. The extent of
the dealings of these people, usually
regarded as savages, is truly surprising.
And that they can keep warm and
make a living on this bleak, fog-smoth-
ed, storm-beaten rock, and have time
to begct, and feed, and train children,
and give them n good Esquimaux edu-
cation, teach them to shoot the bow,
throw the bird-spears and make them,
teach them to make and use those mar
vellous kyacks, kill seals, bears, walrus,
hunt the whale, capture the different
kinds of fishes, manufacture different
sorts of leather, dress skins and make
them into clothing, build those strange
houses, teach them to carry OH trade,
make fire by rubbing two pieces of
wood togethcr-that they can do all
this. and still have time to be sociable,
dance, sing, gossip, and discuss ghosts,
spirits and all the nerve shaking mar.
wells of the Shaman world, show how
truly wild, and brave, and capable
people these Island Esquimaux are.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04
Guilty of Wrong.

Some people have a fashion of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the
large mass of "patent medicines" and
in this they are guilty of wrong
There are some advertised remedies
fully worth all that is asked for them
and one at least we know of-IIoI
Bitters. The writer has had occa.
sion to use the Bitters in Just such Q
climate as we have most Of the year
in Bay City, and has always found
them to be first class and reliable, do.
ing all that is claimed for them
Tribune. 5l3w2.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

a pure, wholesome distilation OF
witch hazel, American pine, Canada
fir, marigold, clover blossoms, etc,
fragrant with the healing essences OF
balsam and of pine. Such Is Sand
ford's Radical Cure for Catarrh. Com
plete treatment for 81.
Death to rats, mice, reaches and
ants; Parsons Exterminator. Barns,
granaries and households cleared in
single night. No fear of bad smells
Best and cheapest vermin killer In
the world. Sold everywhere. Jan.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

Two gentlemen were seated upon the
steps Of the house of one of them, on
mild evening this summer, when a
very large woman, with rustic of
voluminous silks and roll of volumin-
Gus person, entered the next dwelling.
"Who is that?" asked the visitor.
THAT" answered the master Of the
house, sis my neighbor Webster's
wife," ooh, | see," was the ready re-
joinder, "Webster's Unabridged, -
Boston Courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

She was Boston woman; tall, thin
with false curls and sour visagc. Be
side her sat her husband, a little, meek
demure-looking man, who seemed in
capable of boldness of speech or ac'
ton. Presently guest Mt the other
end of the table bawled out at the TOP
of his voice: "Waiter! fetch the win.
egar cruet." Then the demure-look.
ing little man turned to her and said
"Dovey, somebody wants you."-
Brooklyn Eagle
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04
ASTHMA
COUGHS
COLDS

REFERENCES: Senator j. G.. Blaine,
Washington, ID. c., VIM. f. Kidder,
New York, Chaplain c. c. McCabe,
Chicago, ILL.,, Rev. A. S. Weed, Zion's
Herald, also publisher Boston Pilot,
Hev. DR.. Torsey, d. D., Ii. D., Kont's
Rill, Me, J. +. Field, Alpena, Mich,
and thousands Of others. "The most
famous of all the medicines in the
market is Adamson's Botanic Balsam." !"
Springfield Republican. "The
workings of Adamson's Balsam are
daily astonishing the most eminent
physicians. s."-Boston Journal. Sold
by oil respectable druggists aud deal
ers. Price, 80 and rs cts. "New
trial size" 10 cts. +. w. KINsMAN q
Co., Proprietors, Augusta, Me 5lS.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04
Advertising Rates.

bus.ne-5 Cards, one year, OIL, dollar for every line
Ioeal Notoes ten cenis per lns Tor eeeh insertion,
ana all notices continued 0l hree months or LONGER
q discount Of 20 per cent
iseineat' uaaccora luieo by verbal written
directions VIII ho INblishod tirec months.
ADVERTISE ATS, tlndel a.ll.4ct ordered out be-
toge expiration q. tius W'll ls ,l,lged fui rates.
40 paper oi-eoniinn tHl-l- n nrgearagss are paid.
except 90 the option O. ..e plIlsLer.
Iausieut sdvertlscmsnla ll 90 Do paid IN advance.
- Terms CASH, payable qu1rteily
Only Meta! Cuts Inserted,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

Landlady entirely innocent of gram
matical knowledge, advcrtiscs that she
has "a fine, airy, wel-furnished bed
room for gentleman twelve foot
square," another has "a cheap and de.
sirable suite of rooms for respectable
family in good repair still another
has "a hall bedroom for single woman
eight by twelve"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

If an actor is desirous of appearing
in several pieces" in one evening, let
him smoke cigar in a nitro-glycerine
factory. Hc will bring down the house,
too.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

Adolphc to Araminta, on their way
to church: "How | would were the
prayer-book you clasp so lovingly
Reply "How | would you were, fol
then could shut you up"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

"You have heard, my love, that
Amanda is about to marry Arthur"
81 know it; but what / can't under
stand is that woman as intelligent as
she is can consent to marry man
stupid enough to marry hcr."-Paris
Paper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

Young man: It's all right for you
to want to own the earth. Get as
much of it as you can in a decent sort
of way. But don't imagine you own
the whole Of it. That's where lots of
folks make mistake.-Boston Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

"Mr. Smith, said lady at fair,
won't you please buy this boquet to
present to the lady you love ?' ut
wouldn't be right" said Mr.. Smith,
"Im married man."-Frec Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04
WIT AND HUMOR.

Smelling salts-sailors trying 10 dis
cover where whisky is sold.-Judge.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

"Howe are you, o. timothy is the
proper way to address the new Post
MASTER General.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

a man in the suburbs calls his wife
SHADOW" because she is continually
following him around. We take it for
granted that he is afraid of his own
Shadow.-Yonkers Statesman.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

"Oh, yes" said the broker; "oh,
yes, he's sharp; he's very sharp. But
then he's like most sharp men, he never
cuts anything unless its softer than
Observation-Disclosures Hawkeye.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

a man with small salary aud a
large family says if Pride goes before a
fall, he would like to see Pride start on
little ahead Of the price of coal and
and provisions.-Boston Commercial
Advertiser.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

First Freshman to second ditto !:
did you get her photo while you were
away ?" Second F.: "Well-ah, the
fact is, she gave me her negative -
Princetonian.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

In merchantile houses it is always
deemed best to be cautious in crossing
the as and dotting the "Ts," but in
broken banks the defaulting cashiers
chief thought is to cross the "c's. >
The Score.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

THE truth always pays in the end"
is an old saying and that is the reason,
probably, why there is so little of it
told at the beginning of any business
transaction.-Somerville Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

MAN wants but little here below"
which means little more, you know.
Buffalo Express.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

The telegraph reports the rcla-
tions between Russia and China to
be strained. Straining relations, it
seems to us, is a rather queer way of
using them, and VIC advise the relations
to refuse to be strained.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

A polite notice in a sawmill reads,
"Do not handle the buzz saw while
in motion. New Orleans Picayune.
Hands off" would be more concise
and quite as appropriate. Boston Trans
cript.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

The world is all II heeting show, we
say, but somehow we all want to see
the show little longer.-BoSton Star.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

81 declare said Julia, you take
the words right out of my mouth" /"
"No wonder; they are so sweet" said
Henry. The day was set that evening.
Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

DEETTNJC Organs 81 stops, 10 sets reeds only
DIN | I $3.50 Pianos sl2s up. Rare Holiday
fndacsiScn5 ready. Write os coll Beatty, ws.h.
ington, Nj aVsyl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

An Italian count is generally con-
sidered to be an equivalent to an
American girls money.-New Orleans
Picayunc.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

proper way 10 address the new Post
master General.
Man wants but little here below
which means little more, you know
Buffalo Express.
The world is all II Aeeting show, we
say, but somehow we all want to sec
the show little longer Star.
An Italian count is generally con.
sidered to be an equivalent to an
American girls money.-New Orleans
Picayunc.
When bank teller is leader of a
quirc his paper ought to be good, as
well as his notes.--N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
Honesty is the best policy, except
when an acquaintance strikes you for
loan. Then little deception often
saves cash.-Frcc Press.
"Moncy is active" Fogg reads in
his newspaper That's So" he said ;
"it's active enough to keep out of my
reach. Boston Transcript
The man that says that woman has
never invented anything should listen
for a few minutes at the key hole of
the sewing society.--Couricr-Journal.
Some one says talk is cheap. 1t is
not when il comes in the extra session
Of the Legislature, and must be paid
for by the State.--New Orleans Picay-
unc.
a western editor, in response to Il
subscriber who grumbles that his morn
ing paper was intolerably damp, says
that is because there is SO much due
on it,"
81 declare" said Julia, you take
tho words rioht- ont of my mouth -
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

When a bank teller is leader of a
quirc his paper ought to be good, as
well as his notes.--N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

The man that says that woman has
never invented anything should listen
for few minutes at the key hole OF
the sewing society.--Courier-Jou Journal
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

Honesty is the best policy, except
when an acquaintance strikes you for
loan. Then little deception often
saves cash.-Frec Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

"Moncy is active" Fogg reads in
his newspaper. That's So" he said
"it's active enough to keep out of my
reach. Boston Transcript.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
HOV Bjtters are the Purest aud Best
Bitters ever Made.

They are compounded from Hops, Malt,
Buchu, Mandrake aud Dandeloin---the old
est and best, and most valuable medicines
ia the world, and contain all the best and
most curative properties Of all other rem
edies, being the greatest Blood Purifier
Liver Regulator, aud Life and Health Re
storing Agent on earth No disease or Ill
health can possibly long exist where these
Bitters are used, 50 varied and perfect are
their operations.
They give new lite and yigor to the aged
and intirm To all whose employments
cause irreguarity Of the bowels or urinary
organs, or require an apetiz.r Toric and
mild Srimulant Hop Bltters are invaluable
being highly curative, tonic and st:muIa'
ting, without intoxicating,
No matter what Your feelings or symp'
toms are, what the disease or ailment is
is, use Hop Bitters. D,n't wait until you
are sick, but if YOU only feel bad
or miserable use Hop Bitters at
once. 1t may save your life
Hundreds have been saved by So doing
$500 will be paid for a case they will not
cure or help.
Do not suffer or let your friends suffer,
but use and urge them to use Hop. Bitters'
Remember. Hop Bitters is no vile, druggeg
drunken uostrum, but the Purest and
Best Medicine ever made; tho "lnvalids
Friend and Hope and no person or family
hould be without them, Try the Bitters
to-day. ~
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
eleeping With Serpents,


Professor Bell the Smithsonian In.
stitution's agent, shipped his last collec'
ton of snakes to the North two weeks
ago, and already has his museum full
again It's surprising how rapidly they
become domcsticatod under bis treat
ment. Daring the recent cold snap
some Of them that he turns loose in his
room at night climbed up the bed-posls
and cooled themselves up in his blank
cts. He felt them hunting for coy
spots about his legs, and knew that he
ought to get up and provide them with
some loose straw, but sleepy man in a
warm bed Of cold night is not over
obigiug, aud the Professor snored on
unsteady, as is bis custom. Tho rep.
tiles crowded upon one another, quar-
Relied fought little, kissed, but the
Professor did not bulge only now and
then he would wake slightly and cry
softly whist, boys! be easy, boys"
At last big "coachwhip" snake
found an opening near the edge Of the
blankets, and slowly glided in. There
was a gentle swaying up and down of
the bcd.clothes as the big claybank SER
pent moved about, getting himself COM
Portable, when suddenly he slapped
about two-thirds of his frigid length
against the warm legs Of the doing
proprietor
The proprietor made violent re-
mark. He set up in bed, gathered a
handful of snakes in each hand, depos-
ting them carefully on the floor; then,
throwing back the bed-clothes, admins.
tered kick that sent the coachwhip
flying through the dark to the further
end of the room, encountering the lamp
in its aerial flight, and knocking from
its bracket on the wall the fragile skull
of an ancient Florida mound-builder.
Freeze and he hanged" exclaimed
the irate Professor; "I'll share my bed
with you. but you shant driveme out"
He drew the blankets over him. A few
moments later several pair of little red
eyes moved up the bed-posts on either
side, and soon snake-herder and snakes,
in one couch, were lost in peaceful
sleep.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30

A few months ago the discovery by
Koch that tubercles were caused by a
living parasite called n bacillus was con-
lidently announced. Now comes the
Chicago .lhdicai Jo01loi with the state.
mont That il viii soon publish an article
by HID. Schmidt, a distinguished micro
scoplsl Of New Orleans, who claims that
the bacillus is not an organized body,
but II fat crystal DR.. Schmidt declares
that he can produce artiilcially every
form of Koch's bacillus. He reached
his conclusions by employingt the social
ed Baumgarten process of soaking sec.
tons Of ubcrcnlous lung IN u 30 per
cent. solution of caustic potash. This
produced minute deposits Of red in It's
sue and sputa, thus facilitating the work
of observation.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30

Among the crowd watching the seals
at \ geological garden were newly.
married couple on bridal tour, They
gave all the rest of the animals the go-by
to observe the seals in the stone basin,
aud it was full hour before they grew
weary. Chilled by the raw air and i'm.
patient over the waiting, the husband
said Come, darling, let's go'n see the
hyenas, The teller who said them seals
would fly around and sing at 4 o'clock
either lied to US or else this ere watch
has gone ahead on me ag'iu.'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
A Grand Duchess Offending.

The Grand Duchess Vladimir Of
Russia, who is full of sparkle and wit,
found"the court life of GatSchina in
sutferably stiff aud dull, dullcr even
than an ordinary English Watering
place is to an English lady accustomed
to foreign travel. In letter addressed
to Partisan correspondent the caustic
writer turned the court circles of Cats
china into the widest fun In order TO
avoid mentioning by name her high
and mighty imperial relatives, the
grand duchess borrows nicknames
IRON zoology, aptly fitted to those her
caustic wit played with. The cat, tho
rat. the mouse, the wasp, the scorpion
the toad without the jewel in its head,
conveyed TO her correspondent her
ideas of the people who buz1cd or
prowlcd about her, or stung her feet as
She walked through the courtly circles
of Gatschna. AS i'll luck would have
it, the letter, Intercepted by lgnatief,
was handed to tho car, who in great
wrath gave orders for hel quitting Rus.
STA The grand duke followed her, and
they are enjoying themselves in Paris,
where they have just met the prince OF
Wales.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENT,
While Wrestling with q Fallen Tree d mberman
Receives Consequential Damages

While on a hunting excursion IN the great coal
and wood region near Carbouda!c pe,, TIE writer
met llam Coll ZIMMERMAN Accustomed to
life and labor in the forrest from early manhood, he
was true Kqighi VI the Axe Many tree had
fallen before his rim Ing strokes, aud cts Of RATS
had borne away to mar ct the sawed products.
Coll Is a character, and II Oscar Wde Ia right in
saying thai al movements IN unhindercd labor are
graceful our friend William, stripped for his work,
and attacking tree as Richard !, assaulted the
heavy door OF Frolt nc Bouts Caste musi have
presented an nd ir,b'e lecture
One d5y, boweyer-hut let him tell the story
himself as he told to me
II Vas out N hc wood- YOU know, trying to
START = lul down a h l. Thinking could get
h. tier purchase on froa he lower side, tackled
1t there with my log r lUl hook and threw my
weight on thei,ver She started she did, but as
luck would have t, b foie eoudg out Of the
way, -he rolled ght ycrm me-. II it hadn't been
for lot of small limos and brush lying in the road
viii lifted her ~, she'd crushed e fiat Asit
was got I'D without broken bone, but with some
mighty bad bru-es
Then you were al RICH '" said his auditor.
"Not by blaa Cd sght, stranger, took cold
rheumatism set in, aud, ri hadn't heard Of DEN
SONS CAPUINE PUR Us PLAST ERS and
used EN-, It's my opinion [ should never have
made ano her ch,pny. But the Capciue took hold
qui k, and IN about AZ good as new Bnt there's
one thing you kin calkl.ate on! 1 shall never
wrast'e with another log unless have the advsu.
tage of the ground FIR, os told Won before, II 1t
hadn't been for them brushes I'd been smashed so
you co Id sold ME for a door mat"
rhe Capcne is the thing for rheumatism. IL
decent keep you waiting The word CAPClNE
lie CUT IN the center of the genuine. Price % cents.
Scabury 4 Johnson Chemists, New Y rk,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
spEER's Port Grape Wine tor weakly per.

SPEERs Port Grape Wine tor weakly per
sons.--This excellent product of tho grape
IS prescribed and used by the leading ply
sicans in the country, when generous and
pourishing wine is desirable; especially fol
females, sged persons 4nd consumptiye
and by churches for communion. Hun
dreds of New York physicians have visited
Speer's Vineyards and wine cellars, but
twelve miles distant from New York, and
pronounced his wine pure and unexcelled
For sale BY Paul G. Schnh
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
Discoveries in Germany,

An interesting account Of the discov-
cry of valuable manuscripts at Ravel is
given in the Riga Zettung 1t was pro-
posed TO rciit an apartment on the
ground floor of the Hotel do Vile, TO
serve as an additional receptacle for the
city archives But on examination ii
was found to be filed almost to the cell.
ing with manuscripts and books, the
bulk of which belonged to the eigh
teeuth and seventeenth centuries, while
some thousands of them dated from the
sixteenth, very many from the iiftecntl,
century, The most valuable among
thom was perhaps collection of munic.
ipal account books and similar docu-
ments. Hitherto only few of the old
city books of this once famous Hanse
town were believed to exist; but about
forty Of them, Of all kinds, ranging
from the fourteenth to the sixteenth
century, have here been brought to
light. Books of all kinds, such as were
kept probably only in the middle ages,
are here represented, Accounts of the
municipal limc-kilus, mills, exchange
OF coins, CNchoquer receipts, beginning
with the year 1882 registers of incom.
ing ships, with abstracts Of their bills OF
lading (from the beginning of the If
teenth century,, port dues, lists OF citi.
IONS, records Of iDhcritanccs, ledger OF
receipts from succession dutios, record
of letters of convoy, several lotter-books
Zone of which ranges from 1888 to
1929, and others, for the end of the III.
,ecnth and beginning of the sixteenth
century Among the other treasures
here discovered is tho chronicles Of
Dunalpunde, long believed to DO lost,
and manuscript belonging to the mu'
uicipal archives Of Lubbock
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-30
SWindlers Abroad.

If any one has represented that we are in
any way interested in any bogus bitters or
stuff with the word Hops in their name,
cheating honest folks, or that we will pay
any Of their bills or debts, they are frauds
and swindlers, and the victims should
punish them. We deal in and pay only
the bills for the genuine Hop Bitters, the
purest and best medicine on earth.
HOP BfTTERs MANUFACTURING Co.