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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-21
School Exhibition.

The exhibition given by the scholars
of the public schools of this city, be-
low the high school, at the Opera House
on Saturday evening last, was de-
cided success in every particular, and
reflects great credit on the scholars
who took part therein, as we'll as the
Superintendent and various teachers
The following is the. programme car
ried out on the occasion:
!. Music-East and West-Whole school
2. When Pm Man-Elmer Jones
3. Poke bonnets-Nellie Rice.
4. Music-Piano Duet.
5. Charles Story-Edward Arts.
6. Never Mind what They Say.-Almon
Stevens.
7. Battle of Blenheim--Robt. Metcalfe.
8. Music-'Mid Pastures Green--Scholars
of the 9Th grades.
Q. Centennial Teapot-Ruth Avery.
10. The Snow Man-George White.
IL. A Little Boys Troubles-Orington
Lynch.
IL The Boot Black-Willie Bertrsm.
49, Music-Disobedien Chickens-S-Schol-
airs of Primary grade.
If. Have Mark to Follow-Tecumseh
Hoey.
Is. Willies Experimentation Foley.
16 Music-Piano Trio.
II. Guilty or Not Guilty-Vio Lottie War
ner
IS. True to Liie--Lillie Hoey.
10. Music--God is Love--Scholars of the
9th and 9TH grades.
20. Angry Words-Charlotte Robbins.
81. Dashing Ride of Jennie Mcneil
Estclle Pake.
90. Music-Crystal Fountain-scholars, OF
9Th grades.
20. Face Against the Pane-Mattie Teft.
"a. The three Kingdoms-May Cole.
%. The Charcoal Man-Allie Tefft.
g. Music-The -Four Seasons-Scholars OF
the 9th and 9TH grades.
u. Little Gretchen-Olive DAILY.
%. Music--America-E School.
To enter into detail and mention
each one individually who took part
in the exercises, would occupy more
space than we are able to supply, if we
should speak of each in just terms, so
we must be content and speak general.
ly.
The recitations were excellent, and
Justly elected general commentator
of the audience, who evinced their
hearty approval of the manner in which
the entertainment, as we'll as the able
and efficient rendering of the reel,
tations, was conducted. The pupils
certainly did their part well, and show
ed that they had had good training,
and were capable Of appearing before
an audience with credit to themselves
and honor to their various teachers.
1t is but fair to mention that the schol.
ars had only been subject to a short
training, and that, too, in the depart.
ments to which they belonged, and
were not brought together for rehearsal
until few days before the exhibition.
The music for this occasion was fur
nished Gas will be seen by the pro
gramme,) entirely by the scholars o.
the schools, under the capable manage.
ment and supervision of Prof Chees.
bro, and was rendered in style that
was entirely faultless, from the begin.
ming to the close, and was highly ap.
preciated by all.
The exhibition, as whole, was one
Of the most successful events Of the
kind that has ever taken place in AL.
pena, and we trust that at the end OF
the next school year we may be favored
with another and, if possible, better en-.
tertainment given by the flower and
youth of our public schools.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-21
A Railroad TO Alpena .!

west Branch HeiRd.
1t will, undoubtedly be as great a
surprise to many of the readers of the
Herald, as it was to us, to learn that
very prompt movements are being made
toward constructing a railroad from
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-21

Alpena, June 18th, 1882.
Moved by Mr.. Potter, that the report of
the committee be accepted and adopted, and
their recommendation concurred in. Ayes
Potter, Seage, Wall, D'Aiglc and Campbell.
Nays-None Carried
From the Finance Committee, recommend
ing payment Of the following bills;
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-21

Bills allowed as recommended and war;
rants ordered drawn for the payment Of the
same.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-13
Writing.

A careful reading. of good authors
gives several distinct products-facts,
style, readiness Of expression. and GER
tain temper or frame of mind conducive
to good writing. Before writing pro-
duction one must gather together an
abundance of material. Facts, style,
and vobulary must all be in readiness;
must be saturated, as it were with the
subject. And yet, if the peculiar power
is wanting, if feeling is cold or absent,
these are like the brick, stone, and
mortar without the architect and mason.
It may be established as general rule
that no speaker gets worked up into
much greater fervor before his audience
than he experienced when he was prepar-
ing the production in his silent room.
This indefinable mood moves in ways
mysterious, SO much SO that men have
impersonated it in goddess, and called
it muse. She is said to Hnger along
the banks of rivers, in the leafy woods
at twilight, and along the pebbly shores
of the ocean. But she can be wooed in
imagination in the writings of others,
and carefully reviewing the paths in
which she has flown in the past, we can
more readily obtain her aid. And SO the
suggestion is offered, that, after the
materials are gathered for production,
the next preparation, of equal importance,
is to get the spirit as well as the facts;
and this is done by carefully reading the
works of the best writer's, and when this
is obtained, give full rein to the inspirs-
ton, or ,affistus, till It's force is spent
Z ROOnaefQ21O. 4s.f 4ast .,
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Measures OF Land.

To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy
In estimating the amount of land in diff
ierent fields under cultivation, the fol-
towing table is given:
s yards wide by 96S yards long containa
acre.
10 yards wide by 4s4 yards long contains i
acre. - 4t--tA
40 yards wide by 242 yards long contains
acre. e.-f. e. s.rf
40 yards wide by l21 yards long contains
acre.
so yards wide by eo1s yards long contains
acre. .A = 81
70 yards wide by 651S yards hong contains
acre. Ern
220 feet wide by 1893 feet long contains acre.
440 feet wide by 90 feet long contains acre.
ITO feet wide by 369 feet long contains l acre
40 feet wide by TAG feet long contains l acre
40 feet wide by 1868 feet long contains acre.
240 feet wide by 1875 feet long contains acre.
In laying off small lots the following
measurements Will be found to be both
accurate and completes: +.
6a1S feet square or 2, 7aa,< square feet isi-leth
74N feet square or 5,4l5 square feet is 18th
1o49S feet square or 1880 square feet is n of
an acre. t
la01{ feet square or 1880 square feet is u of
an acre. s4s
l471S feet square or a, ,7so square feet is y of
an acre.
aOssX feet square or 4s. $50 square feet is acre
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Leaving a Man In the Lurch.

! It was on q street car. A man with q
very hoarse voice looked across the aisle
at a man with q country satchel between
his feet, and said: eea
"Wintry day, isn't it p - 80
"Hey?" called the other as he put his
hand to his ear.
"Seems like winter, doesn't it ?"
shouted the man with the hoarse voice.
"Hey hey?" asked the deaf man.
"He says" began q man who was
standing up, "he says it seems like
winter" ae
At this moment the hoarse-voiced man
rose up and slid out of the car. As he
did SO the deaf man rose up, laid two
parcels on the seat, and called out:
"Speak louder-Tm deaf ]"
"He says it seems like winter +
bawled the man standing up.
"Who says SC? ?'' ~ Q. 80. rg
He turned around to the hoarse-voiced
man, but that person had skipped.
Who says sol" demanded the deaf
man.
"II-why, I say so.'''
"Well, what Of it? Hayent ] sense
enough to know that this is winter
weather? Don't try any Of your guys
on me or I'll knock the top of your head
offr'
Then the deaf man sat down and the
"middleman sneaked out and dropped
off the car and said he would spend the
rest of his life looking for the hoarse-
voiced man.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-13
Marching Volunteers.

The method of marching troops is .
subject of no less interest to the soldiers
of the State than to those who tread the
frontier war path. The late General
Upton, present one hot day at a review
of division of the New York National
Guard, was admiring the picturesque
features of the display, the color and
excitement and glitter as the masses
swept by the reviewing stand. Looking
toward the rear of the column over the
miles of flashing steel, he noticed that
the formation was the same-company
front, elbows touching, uniform step,
quick time-while in front the pace was
already beginning to tell on the plucky
but overdriven men, as shown by white
lips, starting eyes, dilated nostrils, pant
ing chests. Turning to o friend, the
General said, "This is sheer crueltyl'
Had he known that some of these regi-
ments would march two or three miles
further in the same close order and regu-
lar step, his wonder and compassion
would have been unbounded. 1t is a
grevious mistake and sometimes crime
to keep men braced up continuously for
such a distance; as well might the re-
viewing stand be as long as the route,
well-seasoned regulars are never abused
in that way; why should occasionally
exercised militia be so ill-treated? There
can be but one answer to the query, !
fear: "It is our custom" Whenever
troops are taken outside their armories
the rules prescribed for marches F"
should govern. In case of review, the
route-step should be taken until within
q very short distance Of the reviewing
point; the uneven and slippery stones OF
city streets make the uniform step diff
ficult and wearisome and the route-step
o welcome relief. I am sure that the
change would be appreciated, not only
by the soldiers, but also by the curb
stone critics, as giving variety to the
spectacle; besides, the men would be
kept fresher and perform greater ease
the more precise movements when
ordered, and that, YOU will agree with
me, is q sufficient reason. = General
Rodembough, IN Journal of the Military
] Service IrastituttOn.
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Burglars and Savings Banks.

."The fact is," said old Mrs. Phipps,
who Is down TO Frisco on q visit, "the
fact is, my dear Mrs. Skidmore, I had
the narrowest escape from being ruined
the other day you ever heard Of"
"Oh, how NICE" said Mrs. g., pour.
ing out another cup. How was it ?v
"Why, you know I sold our house and
lot last month, and had the money all
ready 10 deposit in the savings bank the
ne.t morning., which was the very day
Of lis failure"
"Good gracious T.
"I slept with my money under my
pillow, and the next morning when
got ready to start for the bank the money
was gone. Some burglars had taken il
during the night An hour afterward
the bank burst. Did you ever hear of
such piece Of good luck 2"
Luck? Why, you lost your coin all
the same"
Yes, but don't You see they caught
the burglars, and, on condition of INV
not prosecuting them, they returned me
hfty cents on the dollar. The bank
panned out only twenty-two. There's
no use talking, Hannah, between savings
banks and robbers, I'll take my chances
with the burglars every time."-San
Francisco Post.
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WASHINGTON BRIEFS.
LAWYER soov11LE is seriously i'll.

LAWYER SCovILLE is seriously i'll.
JOHN J. P1ArT, of Ohio, has been nominated
Consul to Cork.
THE total indebtedness of the District of
Columbia is $21, 1888, ,450.
THE bill establishing branch mint at st.
Louis has been favorab1y reported.
BnIcKLAYERs in Washington City have de-
manded and are receiving $4 per day.
LIEUTENANT SCHwATKA will be allowed full
pay for the time he served in the Arctic region.
SENATOR Brown, of Georgia, has obtained
an indefinite leave of absence on account of his
poor health.
The House Committee on Public Lands has
decided to report bill for the relief of settlers
on railroad lands.
ARGUMENTS in the Star Route cases have
closed and been taken under advisement by
Judge Wylie, with no time set for decision.
A MATINEE performance rendered to Mrs.
Mason and her baby at Ford's Opera-house
netted handsome sum. Mrs. Mason occupied
one of the boxes.
ABOUT five hundred clerks, mostly female,
have been furloughed, because the approprla-
ton for printing internal revenue stamps has
been exhausted.
REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN says he will
favor the passage of bill making Boston the
only port of entry in the United States at
which Chinaman can be landed.
NEARLY 800 clerks of all grades were pro-
NOTED in the Pension Office on the LIST inst.
This was the result of special examination of
each candidate, and was based upon merit.
THE bill to extend the charters of the ma
tional banks is now far down on the House
calandar, and unless day is set aside for the
special consideration it can not be reached this
session.
The title to the property of the Freedmans g
Bank building is now being examined, and
Secretary Folger will pay the $250, 600 appro-
priated by Congress for the purchase when
| all questions are settled.
THE question of reducing letter postage to
| two cents is being discussed in the House Com
mittee on Postoffices and Postroads. Several
members are in favor Of increasing the weight
| and maintaining the present rate.
COUNSEL for Grow Dog, sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of Spotted Tail, has
written to the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
asking him to furnish funds for an appeal OF
the case to the United States Supreme Court.
Commissioner Price refuses to interfere.
| THE Smithsonian Institution received from
Professor Forester, of Berlin, an announce
ment of the discovery by Palsa, on the 30th OF
March, of planet of the twelfth magnitude,
twelve hours, fifty-two minutes right ascension,
nine degrees nine minutes north declination.
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LATER NEWS.

ATTACKS on the Jews in Russia are fresh al
N ost every hour.
ST. JOSEPH (Mo.) bonds. to the extent of
s100, 200, are missing.
Rev. L. HAMILTON, of Oakland, Cal, died in
his pulpit Sunday while preaching.
LOUISVILLE offers to give $1,0O0, 900 for the
privilege of becoming the Capital Of Kentucky.
REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN, of Missouri, the
wealthiest member Of the present Congress, is
dead.
Mr.. SH1PHERD, before the House Investi-
eating Committee, seems to exonerate Mr.
Blaine in the Peruvian matter.
TIE report of the capture of old John Ben
der, The Kansas human butcher, on . raft At
St. Lbuis, proves to be false. 1t was another
man.
TEE body of Mrs. Stowe, wife Of W. b.
Stowe, the circus manager, who, with her two
children, persisted on the steamer Golden City,
has been recovered.
TUCKER BAsHAM, one of the Glendale train
robbers, pardoned out of prison to testify
against one of the party, is missing, and is
thought to have been "done" by one Of the
James gang.
"A DlSfAICd 6bdJc6 Ludb tcu poEbOub nave Uc0A
attacked with trichina at Bridesburg, Pa. Mr..
and Mrs. Lutz and four children are very low.
Members of two other families, to whom dis
eased ham was given, were also attacked. 1t is
feared all will die. sE
ADvIcEs from the section of Kansas known
rs the Golden Belt, state that from present in
dications the crop of winter wheat will be
greater than that of 1878. A great deal of
blowing has already been done, and farmers
are in excellent spirits.
NoRTH-BoUND train on Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railroad was boarded near Gle
burn, Texas, by six masked men. and while
two stood guard at either end Of the car, two
passed among the passengers with cooked re-
golvers and carrying an empty Fellowship into
which they requested the passengers to deposit
all moneys and valuables. About 81 800 was
secured. The passengers made no resistance
A STRANGE case of fatality is reported from
Philadelphia. Three sisters, Sarah Watson,
aged fifty-two, and Mrs. Cynthia Winsmore,
aged fifty residing at 329 Wharton street,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, residing at 1885
South Fourth street, all died within half an
hour. At 10 o'clock in the evening Mrs. Wins
more went to her bedroom: Hearing noise
in her sisters room, she entered and found
Mrs. Watson in dying condition. Medical as
sistance was promptly summoned and Mrs.
Smith also sent for. Mrs. Watson expired in q
few minutes. Almost Immediately Mrs. Wins
more fell to the floor, unconscious, and in ten
minutes she died. Ten minutes later Mrs.
Smith, the third sister, was corpse.
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Egbert and N0gbert.

"Prithee?"
"'Sdeath p
Two fierce and slightly intoxicated
knights of the Red Cross had met in the
middle of a wide lane leading to the
frowning castle of Sir Philip De Lanci-
folium Catnip:
Both had recently returned from the
Crusades, where they had been tempo
rarily engaged in hurrah with the Sar-
acens.
There were several gallons of bad
blood between these two naughty
both loved the same girl. Human ma
ture has changed but little in the six
hundred dusty years which have rolled
away since the events herein recorded
occurred in Mellow Old England. OF
those chivalric days nothing is left but
mellow old Englishmen. The giddy
young thing in question was Lady Viola
Catnip, only daughter of Sir Philip.
She was daisy.
So Egbert said "Prithee -
And Nogbert said "'Sdeath -
This meant business.
Egbert laid his lance in rest, and
swung his glittering battle-ax on high.
Nogbert followed suit, and they rushed
upon each other like hungry boarders
breaking for the dining-room. This ter
rible matinee occurred at $3.50 p. m., on
cool day in the latter part of Decem-
ber. The two knights fought until sun
down. Then they retired to sheltered
hooks on each side of the lane, muttered
few appropriate last words, wound
their watches and died.
When the sun arose on the following
morn, the Lady Viola ambled slowly
down the lane on white palfrey. She
arrived at the stamping ground, and saw
the dead knights disposed in negligent
attitudes near the hedge. Horror
stricken she gazed from one cold, pulse
less corpse to the other cold, pulseless
corps. Then she paused to ejaculate
ooh, Egg, this is terriblel Oh, Nog,
this breaks me quite all but too up
Dead! And for the paltry love of poor
me Alas What can L do to con-
done my unfortunate crime p
At this instant black friar who had
been stealing chickens during the night,
slid out of the hedge. The poor girl saw
him and fell on her knees.
80, Father p she cried, "what can
I do to condone my sin ?'
"Give the church E2, 600, ,000."
Haven't got the gilders."
"Put memorial window In the
chapel"
"Cant afford it.
"Well, then; name something after
them in their memory"
For q few moments the maiden turned
away her classic head in thought. The
black friar improved the opportunity to
go through the dead bodies, pocketing
the two watches, some loose change and
a recipe for horse liniment. As the girl
turned, bright, intelligent glow illumi-
mated her radiant features like Jack a.
lantern. 60
ST have it |" said the girl.
(which p said the friar.
"You know the milk punch that you
and the old man swig together ?"
"Well, I should smile"
eyes we'll, from this hour, hence
forth and forever, it shall be called Egg
Nog w.-Steu6en Republican.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

THE mean depth of the sea is 1877
fathoms.
ToADs, tortoises, turtles and some liz
ards are entirely destitute Of teeth.
CAMoMLE flowers are sometimes used
for the adulteration Of smoking tobacco.
CHEESE is really but coagulated milk
in more or less advanced stage OF de-
cay. -s--.s
In THE swamps surrounding the "salt
licks" of Kentucky, buffalo bones are
found packed in the soil in great quanti-
ties.
THERE is no appreciable difference, for
the feeding of silk-worms, between the
leaves of the Usage orange and the mul-
berry.
The sea urchin is remarkable as being
the only animal below mollusks and
articulates possessing organs for masti-
cation.
The heat of lava at the bottom of
the crater may be estimated at 1000,
for refractory metals melt in contact
with burning lava.
IT HAS been estimated that the
evaporation from the soil Of the forest
is rather more than one-third as great as
that from open soil.
For lead poisoning sulphate of soda
or EPSON salts is the prescribed anti
dote powdered charcoal and sulphate
of magnesia are also used.
THE experiment. has been tried extern
sively in France of planting trees in
belts at certain distances apart, with
marked benefit to the climate.
CH1oRA1 does not act as an anasthetic
on the sensitive plant, while ether and
chloroform have an effect on it similar
to that they exert on animals.
The existence of rays beyond the
violet end of the spectrum, though al
most invisible to our eyes, has long been
shown by their chemical action.
WHAT has been commonly knows as
the fat of an eel is seen, under micro
scope, to consist of egg cells, of which
a single fish may contain 5000, ,O00.
IT HAS been discovered that the venom
of the Lachesis rhanabeata, species
of snake, possesses the power OF digest
ing albuminous substances and emulsi-
flying fats. ~
TREES, during rain storms, retain vast
quantities of water. The soil covered
with forests receives six-tenths the whole
rainfall, the trees having intercepted
four-tenths.
TIE light which falls upon the earth
from the satellites of Mars is about
equivalent to what a mans hand on
which the sun shone at Washington
would reflect to Boston.
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ELECTIONS.

The Republican Legislature of Ohio, by tho
passage of the Pond liquor bill, taxing saloons,
right on the eve of the election, created gen.
eral stampede Of the German element, which
manifested itself most strongly and very per-
ceptibly in Hamilton County. In thirty-three
precincts the Democratic gain was s, 155 and
the Republican gain 453, leaving net Demo-
cratic gain of 4,7O2. The principal fight was
on the Office of Board of Public Works, with
the following result in thirty-ive precincts:
Doll Oem.), 1926; Ross (Rep.), 9,425.
In Columbus the fight was made for
members of Council, the Democrats electing 10
members and the Republicans is. The Demo-
cratic city ticket was elected, with ma jority of
400 to 600. The Pond bill there did the work
also, the Democratic gains being heavy. In
Cleveland the whole Democratic city ticket was
elected, the Germans cooperating with the
Democrats The Democrats gained seven coun-
cilmen. In Toledo the Germans voted with the
Democrats and workel against the Repub-
The Republican ticket at Urbana was
elected by about 450 majority. The
election at Springfield was ''stand-of, no
particular change. Mansfield elected Demo-
cratic ticket The Pond bill effected the elec-
ton at Sandusky. The Democrats elected the
Water Works Trustee, Cemetery Trustee, one
Justice, two Constables, two Councilmen and
four out of five members of the Board of
Education. Xenia elected W. G. Marshall for
Mayor over w. F. Troder, the present incum-
bent, by mjority of 200. Newark reports a
sweeping Democratic victory. Chillicothe,
claiming four out of six wards to be Republican,
went Democratic, with majorities in each ward
ranging from SO to Ill. The Council at Zanes-
vile, contrary to custom, will be Democratic.
Massillon elected q Democratic Mayor. Ere
mont elected Republican Mayor by 345 ma
jority, usually Democratic by $50 majority.
Kenton elected Republican Mayor and the
Democrats elected three out of five Council
men. At Marion the Democrats elected the
Mayor and two Councilmen, and the Republi-
cans elected the Marshal and two Councilmen.
Logan elected a citizens ticket. The Republi-
cans lost one Councilman at Lancaster. Co
shocton had its first Democratic victory in
| eight years, electing the entire Democratic
ticket with the exception of one Street Commis-
| sioner and one Councilman.
IND1ANA.-The township election at Wash
| ington resulted in Republican victory. The
fight at Richmond was bitter. The Republi-
cans lost the Township Trustee and Democrat
was elected in his place. thing that never oc-
Cured before. AL other offices were filled by
Republicans. At Evansville three Democrats
! two Independents, and one Republican were
elected to Council. The Republicans elected
their ticket at Madison by q small majority.