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treaty which Cen ZAvALA-whose secretary
no assigned on behalf Of Nicaragua, we are
naturally more impressed by his admissions
and evasions than by hts vague assertions
and ELUSIVE assurances. Thus, We are told
that the debts accruing before 1877, and then
consolidated. have been nearly wiped out;
but nothing IL said about the unconsolidatcd
debt incurred since that year from several
causes, and especially from the regular ex-
cess OF receipts over revenue. Again, Mr..
PELLAs informs us that In 1878 the Nicara-
qua Government, actuated BY high-minded
wish to Illustrate land speculation. passed a
law prohibiting any future concessions Of land
within three miles OF tho border Of tho San
Juan River. but no forgots to mention how
much OF the narrower strip ceded by the
treaty had been already taken up when tho
law named was passed. Nor does Mr.. PELLAs
say whether like edifying measures have
been taken with regard to the land skirtin9
the shores OF Lake Nicaragua and tho banks
OF the Rio del Medic. It Is c!oar, moreover,
that somebody Is kcenly Interested In pledg-
Ing our Government not to swerve from the
route fixed under tho MENocAL concession,
for Mr.. PELLAs naively draws attention to
tho fact that the despatch OF Lieut.. MENoCAL
to mako the Initial surveys under the treaty
Ia In compliance with tho earnest wish OF tho
Nicaraguan Government, which probably
means that his appointment was condition
OF tho treaty.
1t is probable that n person Of an inquiring
turn Of mind might make visit to Nicara-
qua at this juncture OF considerable profit
to the people OF this country. Meanwhile
there Is nothing urgent about this canal
business. Having waited half century. 1t
can wait IL few months longer, until the new
Administration. which would have to dig tho
ditch. can have Il chance to count its cost,
and until tho Navy Department which
would doubtless be intrustod with tho dis
bursement Of tho necessary funds. passes
into less suspected hands
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Happiness

Amid tho present adversely and depression
there is ono portion OF the community who,
by whatever other Ills they may he sur
rounded Seem to possess n foundation for
happiness md satisfaction which is not to bo
found by every one. These uro the cn,husi-
astic prophets who look upon the incoming
Admin!Strn ion rs an inexhaustiblc and sure
source Of wisdom, justice, bcnciccnc". and
general prosperity.
This class Of statesmen, in default Of cx-
perienrc. are confident that in GROVER
CLEVELAND wo shall find Lagis'ratn who
will administer the functions Of his new
Office rs though he were possessed Of all tho
attributes and qualities taa! go to make n
statesman and patriot Of the ideal type; and
thus they look forward to tho Inauguration
and tho succeeding years with Joy unalioyod
without anxiety OF doubt,
Wo trust their anticipations will be real
lied. though MS yet we do not feel certain OF
Il, and we Will do Mr.. CLEVELAND the justice
to think that he doesn't either. Utopia may
como some day. but we cant look for it with
absolute confidence got awhile,
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In the cleaning, Grover Cleveland,
In the twilight OF the year,
Are you thinking OF the future
OF its cause for hope or feiFt
Are you thinking OF the labor,
or the unremitting strain.
Quite enough to fsg and weary
Any hand or any b'aiai
Are you thinking. are you planning
or the hght that must be fought,
Or do you trust To fortune,
Saying Idly, 1t Is nnughti"
You have won, by luck. a battle,
stormcd the hostile citadel;
Whan you wrest 1t from the foemen.
Can you hold II then as we'll,
Can you strengthen II and keepit
Through the danger and the doubt.
While the bold and willy leagu.rs
Plot. and lurk. and swarm without
Can you closely draw about you,
For the fortress aud The f,pld,
Men OF brain And nerve aud muscle.
Who shall be your sword aGi shield
VIII you lead tho sturdy masses,
Holding them in serried ranks,
Or ealist as your defenders
FAiihlsss Spies and shifi.ng eranks,
In tho g!osining, Grover Cleveland.
AZ the year Of triumph wares,
Are you thinking Of the future,
or its lossss aud its gAinst
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Mr.. MoHroN sajoys the undivided support OF
powerful organ In the Ehmira Ddiiv Advertiser.
Mr.. EvARrs the same In the Albany ErsnfT0
Journal. but President ARTHUR has to rely alone
upon the hesitatins friendship or concealed
hostility OF the party press In general. How
are We to ind out which 10 the bcst man wnsn
one 10 80 manifestly handicappeAr There
should b an ARTHuR organ.
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Prom Letter By Col, Mcclure IN the Philadelphia Times
MIR. Cleveland IL u positive believer in practt-
cal civil service reform. This prsct cal civil
form Likely to be nausursted by President Cleveland
gives little promise the hulk OF the present Federal
oncera Clcvcland's standard applied to them would
dsmss nine OF every hundred Of them for they
have ms rule, Hagranty offended every principle an
honest civil service system. The Denoc
ment viii probably be less in the removal Of the
Federal officials who have prostutsd political power to
base than In the character the men who
succeed them
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Mr.. wn,.c-.on sat,.ncd with Ba,.rd.


Thore seems every reason to believe that Mr..
Baynrd will go into the Cabinet either Secretary Of
State or Secretary Of the Treasury No revenue re-
former exceeds the Delaware statesman in precision OF
thought clearness Of vision and courage OF conviction
His speeches during tina last treated tho tariff
as 1t deserved to BIO treated with thorough candor He
spoke boldly and LUMINOSITY for the true Democra
doctrine His appointment settles the question where
tho Administration will stand, II there has been any
question: AMI carries dismsy into the ttis protec ZIONIST
squad, who are whis'ling TO keep their courage up
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A Cure for Fros, Bites,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The most
effective remedy for frost bites As soon possible pro-
cure enough oil OF peppermint to thoroughly battle tho
Erected part and Keep away f;om the Are until tbs
troM drawn out Care should be get the oil
a. f,e Essence win not have the desired effect FIJI
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In the last published report Of tho Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing. under the heading
OF enGravings appears an itom. President
X. b. HAYES. 260 Sheets" Who directed the
portraits Of this Fraud to be printed Mt the ex-
ponso az the United S.ates2 tits Incredible that
anybody but the Groat Fraud himself could de-
sire his portraits. but 1t would be advisable to
know what official OF the Government author
izod such piece oil petty plumber.
In tho same category appear the Hon. NJ
C. KERR 1.245 sheets: - tho Hon. r. N. A.
HAWK 1925 shcets:"" tho Hon. G. S. HoUs-
TON. 1920 Sheets" the Hon. G. p. MORTON
1925 sheets: tho Hon. d. Fl. Hill. Is 1876
shoots" the Hon. WILLIAM H. Lowe. 1925
sheets; tho Hon. ]. W. SHACKELFoRD. 10. 925
sheets" the Hon. J. T. UpDEaRAFr. 1895
sheets" and many other similar entries. As
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing costs
over II million dollars year. it Ii a question
otsome moment how much Of the money Is
spont for this sor. OF thing. When Gen. But
Lar WEB In Congress he put stop to the prac.
tice of engraving portraits OK living men in tho
bureau. 1t appears to bs necessary now to ex-
tend tho prohibition to portraits OF the dead.
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short and time IL neetina. what an advan-
tage the Shumatian method has over that
adopted and consistently practised by our
distinguished fellow townsman. the Semi
Half Breed candidate for Scnatorl
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We observe one inequality in :ho struggle
for election to tho Senate now going on in Now
York which. in tho intsres, OF fair p'ny. should
b. corrected. OF the tn REQ leading can d!dates,
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a Solid Distinction.
In the GiOaminr,

Prom the Hour.
en- M: Hewitt Is the most conservative man in
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- sss&NGlS
The - Sun.

An Independent Newspaper Of Dem.
ocratc Principles. but not Controlled by
any Set Of Politicians or Manipuatos !;
Devoted to Collecting and Publishing all
the News Of the Day in the most Inter.
esting Shape and with the greatest pos
sib'e Prompiness Accuracy and Impair
TALLY and to the Promotion Of Demo.
cratic Ideas and Policy in the affairs Of
Government Society and Industry.
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Apparently because he has been . liberal
subscriber to his party's campaign fund. our
esteemed contemporary. the Boston Herald
calls the Hon. LEVI P. MORTON the " RoswELL
P. FLOWER OF the Republican party" And yet
tho Hon. ADRIAN 8. Hxwrrr's or the Hon. Ed
WARD CoorER's contributions would bury MI
FLowRR's out OF sight The Hnalfs remark
indicates that It's acquaintance with New YORK
affairs ID rather vague.
Moreover. those who take Mr.. FLowEs for
mere political money-bags. shoot very Wide OF
the mark. He 10 wise. warm. hearted ready
handed man. true to his word. true to his
friend. and true to his enemy. He would mako
safe. able. and high-minded Governor or
President; and for any important trust no Is
worth thousand political Pharisees who
render honest service to no interest but their
own. and get praise and glory from all the par
tisans OF hypocrisy and humbuR.
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~ the liver 10 easily dtsnr,rrri more or i.a. hrus
distress prevails At this sense" Of the YEAR Df
snnanve Pil;s restore III, liver to healthy action sai
remove all Gi.iculness-Aie
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We feel that we must take exception to tho
subjoined phrase employed by our esteemed
contemporary. the Cincinnati Enquirer. in CIV
ing an account OF some dongs in Wall street:
Rising hell on tho stock Exchange"
II our contemporary will examine this lam
guaGe carefully 1t will see that what 1t writes
violates tho laws OF good English A partioiple
cannot be a transitivc verb.
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We can read with certain eQuanimity OF
earthquakes In Spain. because Spain Is long
WAY OF; and although once In awhile slight
tremor OF the ground like that OF last August
may mako our lofty buildings seem unsafe for
the moment. yet upon the whole the underpin-
ming OF the rocks In our quarter OF the world
appears to DO unusually solid. And vet the
earthquake which has just destroyed many
lives in the Spanish peninsula is a significant
reminder OF the fact that We are In the midst
OF period Of unusual terrestrial commotion.
which was marked some sixteen months ago
by unaIiestionably tho most tremendous vol
canic eruption that has occurred within historic
col tlmos. Our earthquake OF last summer and
tho many shocks felt in the United States and
Canada within the last six months. show that
this part OF tho earth's crust has. to some ex-
tcnt. shared In the almost universal disturb
ancc OF the rocky frame OF the globe. In fact.
we really havo no reason for expecting immu
nifty from earthquakes here. since 1t Is known
that tho Atlantic coast Is \ region OF subsdence
where tho land Is slowly sinking. and wherever
such changes OF levol arc taking place earth
quakes are liable to occur 1t is lucky for those
OF Us who live in tall houses that this sinking
OF tho edge Of tho continent happens to DO OK
cecdinCly steady as vol as very slow.
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will take place. and on Tuesday Mrs. Mason
Joness german and Mrs. Hiborne Roosevelt's
last reception.
Another general holiday. and one that Is not
so jolly rs Christmas nor 40 popular as the
Fourth OF July, will break In upon The routine
OF balls. operas. and receptions in whose un.
broken regularity the world OF society doth
rejoice. Tho spasmodic effort which Is made
every year or two to revive the old Dutch Gus
tom OF gentlemen visiting and ladies staying al
homo to receive them on Now Years Day ID
likely to DO rs successful Us an attempt would
be to Introduce the habits and manners Of
tho planet Saturn. When New York was
little moro than a village and private rest.
dsnces were restricted to An area OF half q
mile square between Chambers street and
the Battery, tho opening OF the now year with
social visits. genial expressions OF good will.
and much drinking OF wine and eating OF
oysters and plum cake was possible. and per-
haps agreeable. But in the present day. when
society In all its varied sets and clilues. occu-
pies about ten miles OF brown stone houses
the revival OF the fashion is a simple impossi-
bility. oven II there were any dispos ton amona
young or old to do so.
There are rs vet no cards out for balls In the
new year but invitations to dinners for almost
every day in tho next fortnight have been is.
sued. Skating and sleigh!ng parties to Glen
SoNe Stuten lS!hnu. ana New IOcNoie nave
been arranged in case the frost holds and those
who have not been fortunntu enough 10 be in.
cluded will probably spend tho day at the Riuh
or on the ponds in Central Park.
The season in Washington will open formally
with tho Presidents reception and those OF the
Cabinet Minister'S on New Years Day. Ths
White House has boon swept and garnlshed.
and several improvements aud additions made
to the furniture and decorations of tho Rod
Room by President Arthur. Observation-Disclosures
Will be- on tho same scale OF iibcraliy and
marked by the same quiet elegance that has
characterized them during his whole admins.
tration. Mr.. Isaac Bell. Jr.. he's taken house
In Washington for tho winter and Mr., md
Mrs. ]. Kcarny Wnrron arc already established
in an apartment there
1t Is reported that Mr.. W. II. HurlA,rt viii
shortly sail for this country. leaving Mrs. Huri.
bert In Rome. He also will gravtats toward
washington Tor a vlsi, Of fcw months.
the liver IL ea'ily disnr,erri more or ,ss. hirus
ulstrs pTsraiIs nj This OF the Df is,Hss
snhAiiVe fhs restore thp liver to healthy action al
remove all Ii!ioulnca-Aie
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

"A largo college is TO be erected a
Rugby, Tenn, Thomas Hughes having
conceived the idea while on q recent Wis
it to that place.
The Episcopal General Convention
at its last session elected as Bishop o
Shanghai Rev. DR.. George Worthington
of st. Johns Church, Detroit
The latest text used by Rev. DR.
Z. L. Hale is: "For if a man thinketf
himself to be something when he Is
nothing, he deceiveth himself. ~ Chtca
% Journal.
Citizens of Boston have subscribed
$3.50, 900 as permanent fund for the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technolo.
gy, the income only to be used. Boston
transcript.
"A young Danish Count, travelling
through India, has become so much
impressed with the need of religious
work there that he has become a mis-
sionary himself.
The Oldest school-teacher in New
Haven, Conn, is Sarah Wilson, n ne
gress seventy-seven years old, who has
been teaching for sixty years. Her
father was born slave in New Haven,
but bought his freedom. Mrs. Wilson
has good education. n.-Hartford Post.
The Chicago Evening Journal
counts the kindergarten and the Manual
Training School the most important adj
ditions made to our educational institu-
tions during this century. The time
will come, it predicts, when a training
in both will be deemed an essential part
of every child's education. We are in
clined to accept the prediction.-M Y.
Examiner.
=" Don't you have any schools here?"
Had kind of a school here last sea-
son, but tho teacher was too willing" {"
"How so?'' "Oh, some of the trustees
asked him if he taught that the world
was round or square. and he said, seein'
he was out of job, he'd teach her
round or square--just as the School
Board wanted it teached. Said it was
immaterial. boston Post.
Chicago has been chosen as the
next place of meeting of the General
Convention of Episcopalians of the
United States. At the meeting yester-
day it was reported that in the last fifty
years the Episcopal Church in this
country had more than doubled the
number of its diocese and increased
the number of clergy fivefold and of
communicates tenfold.-C Chicago I1Ib.
u7e.
-Sixty-one thousand five hundred
and fifty-seven dollars! That is the con-
tribution to benevolent objects made in
one year by Plymouth Church, Mime
apolis, in addition to carrying on its
own great work. Not in Boston, or
New York, or in any of our great cities
has any church equaled it so far as re-
ported. A few years since this
Plymouth Church was Home Mission
staton.-Bqptist Weekly.
"A writer who describes the Indian
schools in Albuquerque, and who says
that additional buildings are TO be
erected, adds; "Thc experiments in
Carlisle, Pa, and in Hampton, Ia, have
demonstrated the wisdom of establish
ing schools for Indian youth. 1t is
found that, aside from philanthropic
schools in which the
head and the hand are trained are more
economical and more thorough than any
method hitherto devised for civilizing
the Indian"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
PITH AND POINT.

Mrs. Suddnriches has her buttol
stamped with the family coat-of-arms
and she says the die, made in lockwood
cost twenty-five dollars. Fortunately
the butter she uses is strong enough to
Eold it.-N Y. Times.
When Mrs. Homespun road tha,
Mary Anderson had abandoned 1.-The
Hunchback," she remarked "You
can't really blame her. 1t would have
been too bad for pooty gal like her to
marry hunchback. ."-BoSton Post.
"A professor who recently tried to
mesmerize bull by gazing fixedly at
the ferocious beast has just recovered
from the effects of his involuntary
erial navigation, and has quite lost
faith in the power of the human eye over
brutes.
There is an old proverb which SAYS:
"You can not get more out of a bottle
than was put in it," This is mistake
A man can get all that was put in the
bottle and in addition to this can get
ten dollars or thirty Observation-Disclosures
lis Journal.
1t IS IN a Western city that barber
announces himself as ga professor of
crinicultural abscission and crainolog-
ical tripss, tonsorial artist, physiognical
hair-dresser, facial operator, Uranium
manipulation and capillary abridger. -.
Boston Transcript.
Wisconsin reports hail-storm
which knocked the horns of steer.
but that is nothing; Pennsylvania had
hail-storm last summer which split
the top crust of n pie baked by Vassar
College girl who is known to the para
grapher of the Philadelphia CAL.
"A little girl sat on the floor, crying.
After a while she stopped and seemed
buried in thought Looking up sudden
ly, she said Mamma, what was |
cryin' aboutp" because / wouldn't
let you go down town" "Oh yes"
and she set up q Observation-Disclosures
Traveller.
"A big Yankee from Maine, on pay
ing his bill in London restaurant, was
told that the sum put down didn't in
clude the waiter. "Wal," he roarcd,
~ didn't eat any waiter; did I?" He
looked Us If he could, though; and there
was no further discussion. T.
Graphic.
On the edge of small river in the
County of Cavan, in Ireland, there is
Tor used to bc) q stone with the follow
ing inscription cut upon il, no doubt
intended for the information of strangers
travelling that way: IN. B.-When this |
stone is out of sight it is not safe TO ford
the river"
The following Is Artemas Wards |
description of why he courted Bctsey |
Jane; ''There were many affcctin' ties |
which made me banker after Bctsey
Jane. Her fathers farm Joined ourn;
their cows and ourn squenchcd their
thirst at the same spring; our old mares
both had stars in their forreds; the
measles broke out in both families at
nearly the same time; our parents
(Betsey James and mine) slept regular
ly every Sunday in the same mectin'-
house, and the nabors used TO obsarve:
How thick the Wards and Peasles air.
Il was a sublime sight in the spring Of
The year TO see our several mothers
(Betsey's and mine) with their gowns
pinned up so that they couldn't siie 'em,
|fFeckshunitely bilin' soap together and
lboosin' their nabors."
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"Ananias lived long while ago,
didn't he ?" questioned a Sunday
school lad as he trotted along by the
side of his teacher. "a very long
while ago." was the answer. "Then
| guess Chicago must be an ancient
city," "What makes you think So"
"I heard father say that Ananias was
a reporter for Chicago newspaper"
brooklyn Eagle.
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"Is it possible, Miss, that you do
not know the names of some of your
best friends ?" inquired gentleman
Of a lady. Certainly" she replied.
81 don't even know what my own
will be year from hence.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

A bird raiser says that canaries
can be trained to sing airs as we'll as
a human being. If they can't be
trained to sing airs better than some
human beings 'twere better to allow
them to remain untrained.-Somer.
vile Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

If teamster cracks his whip a
little louder than usual in the streets
Of an Arkansas town all the people
rush to the doors and windows and
call out to each other "Whos shot
now ?"-Boston Globe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

Two Connecticut lovers have just
made up after a quarrel which took
place fifty-eight years ago. Some
people cannot hold malice.-Cincin-
natl Saturday Night.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

When one reflects that the annual
rag business of the United States foots
up over s2,O0O,0OO, the aged over
coat that fingers in the lap of spring
assumes an air of respectability.-
Cincinnati Gazette.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

An iceberg 10 miles long was seen
by the steamer Norseman on her way
from Liverpool to New York, and
perhaps the Arctic regions and the
north pole, in order. to avoid giving
us any further trouble, are coming
down here.-Chicago Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

The alphabet has become some-
what dissolute. Six of the letters are
in prison." twelve are in "peniten-
tiary," and seventeen are in the
"House of Correction"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

The true art of living is to live
naturally.-Siftings. And the true
art of dying is to die naturally
Greenville Banner. And the true
art of lying is to lie naturally
Houston Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

"Mine is lofty calling" sang the
tenor as he uplifted his voice to the
high c and hung on to it like dar-
key to melon on a moonless night.
IN. Y. Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

Every afliction has its blessing.
The man with wooden leg never
knows what it is to have rheumatism
in that ankle.-Chicago Drover's
Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

Even the homeliest man, when as
sisting fellow passenger to put his
nickel in the street car box, is pass
ing fare.-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

1t might be supposed that young
men, in seeking an education, would
prefer Michigan University over all
other institutions of learning, because
it has an Angel for President but
all the same, Yale college has the
preference. The latter has a Profess
or Beers, and too many students think
that bears more elevating than an
gels.-Norristown Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

A lodging house bed in New York
can be obtained for five cents, and
still some New Workers persist in
staying up all night.-Keokuk News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

The man who "found his level"
was carpenter. of course.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.