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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
NEW YORK, 1884.

About sixty million copies of The Sun have gon,
out OF our establishment during the past twey,
months.
II you were TO paste end to end all the columns o.
all The Suns printed and sold last year you would
get continuous strip Of interesting information
common sense, wisdom, sound doctrine and sane
wit long enough to reach from Printing House
square to the top Of Mount Coperncus in the moon
then back to Printing House square, and then
throe-quarters of the way back to tho moon again
But The Sun is written for tho inhabitants of the
earth; this samo strip Of itelligence would girdle
ths globe twenty-sevon or twenty-eight times
IL every buyer of copy OF Tho sun during the
past year has spent only one hour over IL, and il
V vile or his grandfather has spent another hour
tbis newspaper in 1888 has afforded the human race
thirte, " thousand years OF steady reading, night
II il only by little calculations like these that you
can form an idea OF the circulation of the most
popniar of Am Srican newspaper of its influence
on the opinions I'd actions Of American men and
women
vbiob toll, The truth 18th out fear of consequences,
which gets at the facts no matter now much the
process costs, which prose uts iho news OF an tnt
readable shape, which is wor 'ing with all us heut
for the cause OF honest gov,FIineht ahu Whleh
therefore believes that the Replpilean party must
iiSs issi. .'' must 20 III 'H' coming ''N
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yeu will read II with accustomed dgs nee ana proh
during what is sure to be the most int resting year
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Is high time to get into the sunshine
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SUNDAY Eight pages. This edition furnishes
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year.
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

"How poorly you look. Octave.
They are right in saying that the
young men of to-day are feeble.
Look at me. am thirty or forty
years older than you, and | am solid
as an oak. l shall live one hundred
years. 20 uncle. How can you
speak so to your heir7 You find only
disa reab'e things to say to me-
French paper,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
WIT AND HUMOR.

Par excellence good father
The Judge.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

Osman's last request "Digma a
grave, fellahs. Courier Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

care the sails on the Ship of State
made from the Presidential canvass p
asks a young statesman from Brook
lyn.-New York Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

IL YOU
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Want 10 find a good boarding place,
Want 10 soil groceries or drugs,
Want 10 soll dry goods or carpets,
ADVERTISE IN THE WEEKLY ARGUS
Advertising gains new customers,
Advertising keeps old customers,
Advertising makes success easy,
Advertising bogets confidence,
Advertising always pays,
Advertising shows pluck,
Advertising means biz,
Advertise or "bust."
Advertise long,
Advertise we'll,
Advertise now,
Advertise,
Hors
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

A good church man may go astray
but his umbrella will keep Lent
New Orleans Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

"This is hash Wednesday," said
the boarder, as he mournfully gazed
upon the fine cut viands before him.
New York Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

1t doesn't speak much of the size
Of mans mind when it takes him
only minute to make it up.-New
York Graphic.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19

An English paper says that Amer
leans are good listeners. Our inven-
tion of the telephone proves it.-New
York journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
Detroit & Bay City Railroad
GOING SOUTH.

Day and Evening Express daily, Sundays except
ell. Night Express daily, Saturdays excepted.
II. d LEDYARD, HENRY c. WENTWORTH,
GonI Manager, GonI Pass. * Ticket Agt.,
Detroit Mich. Chicago, Ill.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-19
Advertising Rates.

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Local Notices ten cents per line for each insertion
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Advertisements unaecompanied by verbal or written
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No paper discontinued until all arrearages pai4
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Only MetRI Cuts Inserted.
Prices and Terms alike to all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-04
Selling Poison for Food.

Dishonesty in trade is bad enough
when it takes only the form Of short
weight and measure, or palms of an in
ferior for frst-rate quality of goods.
The man who does such things not on
ly wrongs his neighbor but degrades
himself, and so double injury is done
1t is sad to think that the conscience
can become so hardened by the prac-
tice of this kind of petit larceny that
it is DO longer felt to be disgrace to
| cheat in. little things. But such wrong
| doing, contemplate as it is, affects the
purchaser only in his pocket, aud for
this reason many men think lightly of
it, pleading that after all mo great harm
is done in any one case, and that, as
"every body does it," one cannot get
on amid the sharp riyalries of business
without resorting to the "tricks of the
trade"
This easy virtue in business is, we
say. bad enough in any case. But
when it leads to the adulteration of ar
ticles of food, it takes on an additional
criminality- To rob a purchaser of a
hundred pounds in the ton of coal, or
of an inch or two in the yard of cloth,
is no better in principle than to flch
money from his.purse. The tradesman
who does such things takes his stand
on level with the pickpocket. But
knowingly to put poison into food is to
place oneself side by side with the mur-
derer Is this language too strong? Let
us illustrate.
Not long ago Brooklyn confection-
er was detected in selling candy to
children which contained deadly corr
rosive poison. A child might easily
have eaten enough to cause serious
if not fatal illness. In the same city
some cheese was sold which nearly
caused the death of several persons,
including one of the Health Inspectors
who ate small portion to try it's eff
fects. A few days ago the analyst of
the New York Board of Health found
in sample of mustard 65 per cent. of
flour and terra alba, colored with naph-
thai yellow, virulent poison and
powerful explosive. In this case not /
only was there extreme danger to
the health from the presence of the poi
son, but mustard being so commonly
used as an emetic in cases of poison
ing, the death of the patient might fol-
low it's failure to act on account of the |
large proportion of -four and white
earth it contained Still more recently |
startling disclosures have been made |
respecting the adulteration of coffee
According to report presented to the
Health Department of this city, the Of
fcers of the Sanitary Bureau procured !
samples of the coloring matters used
in making cheap coffees look like the
best Java, and also of the unroasted |
beans so treated. They found that the
coloring matter contained both arsenic
and lead, besides chrome yellow, chem
ically known as chromate of lead I;
Prussian blue or ferrocyanide of potas-
stun; yellow ochre, which frequently |
contains arsenic. umber, venetion red, |
lamp black or drop black, gum arabic,
soapstone and charcoal A careful an
alysis led to the conclusion that everv |
cup of coffee made from the colored |
beans contains one-sixtieth of a grain |
of arsenious acid, which is virulent
poison This of itself would not be
sufficient to do serious injury; but the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-04
If and If.

"If you are suffering from poor
health or languishing on bed OF sick
mess, take cheer, if you are simply all
ing, or II you feel weak and dispirited,
without clearly knowing why, Hop
'Bitters will surely cure you"
"If you are minister, and have overtaxed
yourself with your pastoral duties, or Mother
worn out with care and work, or man of bus
iness or laborer weakened by the strain of you
every day duties, or man of letters toilinl
over your midnight work, Hop Bitters will
surely strengthen you"
''Jfyou are suffering
from over-eaJng or
drinking, any indes-
'cretion or dissipation,
'or young and
growing too fast, as
lis often the case"
"Or il you are in the workshop, on
the farm, at the desk, anywhere, and
'feel that your system needs cleansing,
'toning or stimulating, without intoxi-
eating if you are old, blood thin and
impure, pulse feeble, nerves unsteady
faculties waning, Hop Bitters is what
you need TO give you new life, health
and vi9or."
If you are costive or dyspeptic, or
Suffering from any other OF the numer-
GUS diseases of the stomach or bowels,
it is your own fault if hou are Ill.
II you are wasting away with any
form OF Kidney disease, stop tempting
death this moment, and turn fer a cure
to Hop Bitters.
If you are sick with
that terrible sickness
Nervousness, you will
find Balm in Gilead'
in Hop Bitters.
fyou are irequenter, or resident
OF a Miasmatic district, barricade your
system against the scourge OF all coun-
tries-malaria, epidemic, bilious and
intermittent fevers-by the use Of Hop
Bitters.
If you have rough, pimply or salIow skin,
bad BREATH HoI Bitters will give you fair skin.
rich blood, the sweetest breath. aud health.
$500 will be paid for case they will not cure
or help.
That poor, bedrdden, invalid wife, sister,
mother, or daughter, can be made the picture
of health by few bottles of Hop Bittcrs, cost
ing but trife.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-04

continued use of such coffee would
certainly prove exceedingly detrimental
to health Our readers are already fa-
miliar with the nsuseating story of the
artificial buffers, made, in many instan-
ces, from unhealthy materials, and un-
blemishingly sold in the market as genu-
inc butter. And these are only few
among many examples of deleterious
food adulterations thrown upon the
market by men who are making haste
! to be rich, ct the cost of the health and
even the lives of their beings.
These men know perfectly well what
they are doing when they buy poison
to mix with the foods they SELL Is it
unfair to hold them responsible for the
consequences of their acts )?
What ought to be done in cases like
these +? Pass them over, as was done
in the case of the makers of the poison
mustard, with mild admonition to do
so no more? That is hardly enough.
If there is no law to punish such mis-
creants with due severity, there ought
to be. In the absence of such q law,
the Boards of Health might at least
make public the names of persons detect
ed in making poisoned foods, so that
people would know whose manufactures
to avoid That is what the United
States tea inspectors do with respect to
dealers in damaged teas 1t would
soon, no doubt, put an end to the prac-
tice of poisonous adulterations for if
exposure by name were quite sure to
follow attempts to cheat in this way,
such attempts would not prove pro-
itable.-N, Y. Eraminer.
The Franklin Spectator thus shows
up dodge which is being continually
worked in every section of the coun-
try:
can enterprising Snowman of the
homespun persuasion struck the town
about three weeks ago. He had the
words and music of an old spectacular
piece called "The Naiad Queen, and
perhaps fiddle. All he lacked was
about fifty performers, and these he
picked up at the gates of the Union
School building They enlisted for
the campaign and served faithfully
until Thursday, at the third perform
ance. In consideration of their SER
vices the little people received dra-
matte training, and some of them were
taught few simpering songs. The
impressario who utilized their services
knew the business so far as making
money in concerned. The mere fact
that Katie and Susie and Petite and
Sammie, and other ones in ie,' being
on the stage drew large audience of
parents to see them act. So far as the
children are concerned the show was
good enough, but it would have been
better if their duties at school had not
interfered to greater or less extent
with their operate business. Very
few can do two things at once and do
justice to both. Hereafter, then, it
would be better to close the schools
while the pupils are engaged in the
show business. Children can go to
school when they can't perform in
operetta, and opportunities like that of
which we are speaking should never
be neglected The sharp Snowman
who exploited these children carried
away several hundred dollars, and is
now, no doubt looking for fresh stock
company that will work for nothing
and find it's clothes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-04
TUFTS
PILLS
a DlSORDERED LIVER
&c THE RAAE

~ OISOHOEnEO 6IVEW
rs The BANE
of the present generation. It is for the
Cure Of this disease and its attendants,
SICK-HEADACHE, BILI0USNESS, DYS-
PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, PILES, etc, that
TUFTS PILLS have gained g world-wide
reputation. No Remedy has ever been
discovered that acts so gently on the
digestive organs, giving them vigor to as
simulate food. AS Q natural result. the
Nervous System is Braced, the Muscles
are Developed, and the Body Robust:
Chi119 and Fever.
e. RIVAL, Planter at Bayou Sara, La. says:
NY plantation is in q rnalarfa1 district. For
several years could not make half q crop on
eccount OF bilious diseases and chills. was
nearly discouraged when began the use Of
TUFTS PILLS. The result was marvellous
my laborerS soon became hearty and robust,
end have had further trouble.
They relieve the eng0rged Liver, cleanse
the Bl0Od from poisonous humOrs, and
cause the bowels 70 act materially, with.
out which mo- one can feel well.
Try this remedy fairly, and y0u Will gain
ahealthy Digestion, Vigorous Body. Pure
Blood, strong Nerves, And u Sound Liver.
Price, 25 Cents. Omce, 3S Murray St., N. Y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-04

A. L. Campbell had 4,654
H. Chatham 1876 W. P Brown, 2 j. W. Rice $685. H. Por @
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
A Strange Confession.

Three years ago the father, mother and one
sister Of Miss Nellie Horau of White. alter,
Wis.,, died within few days OF each Other,
under similar circumstances that created coz
siderable talk, but were not investigated .
Tuesday Dec. g. Miss Annie HoraD, another
sister, DIED with symptoms Of poisoning. The
strange deaths II her relatives were recalled
aud, as a result, the stomach Of the last victim
was sent To a chemist for examination. Dec.
9 the third sister, Miss Nettie, school teach
er. died Of poison. On her deatn-bed she con-
fessed that she had murdered her parents aud
two sisters aud that she had also administered
fatal doses OF poison to another person. The
woman died before she was able 10 give any
reason for her fendtsh acts. Her own death
was brought about by fear Of exposure through
the analysis OF her SISTERS stomach.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
Two Important Decisions.

4ln the supreme court two decisions OF great
Importance were handed down on thel0th inst.
One related 10 the exaction from steamship
companies OF 90 cents Per capita, for the
maintenance Of immigrants and the regulation
Of immis ration. The court held that the ex-
action is perfectly legal, and does not inter-
ftre with the treaty rights OF other nations.
The second decision was in the case Of a
Chinaman who left the United States before
the restriction act went into fleet and return
cd from Honolulu unprovided with certificate
in September, 1854. He was refused admission
by The collector OF the port of San Francisco
The court held that congress did not Intend
To violate the rights granted by the treaty Of
1880. The court held that the acts of con-
gress did not necessarily conf ct with the
treaty, aud the duty of the court was, IL posi-
bic, to make the statute and treaty stand to-
gether. Chew Heong, plaintiff in errcr, was
therefore admitted into the country. justices
Field and Bradley disseDted, giving as their
reasons that the construction given to the re-
striction acts py the majority of the court rem
dered nugatory their principal provisions. The
latter justices held that all the bitterness
which has heretofore existed on the subj ct OF
the immigration OF Chinese laborers will be
revived anu intensified, and our courts on the
Pacific coast will bc crowded with applicants
to land who never before saw our shores, and
yet who produce multitude of witnesses To
establish Ii cir former residence, whose testi-
mony cannot be refuted and yet cannot be
rejected,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
AuInsaue Iuyentor.

A. u. Wilson, the inventor Of the Wheeler d
Wilson sewing machine, has been sent 10 tue
Hartford, Conn, insane asylum, having be-
come q helpless wreck In mind aud body.
Forty years ago, while poor m, ehapic, he In
vented the machine which now bears his name
all over the world, and which should have
made him one OF the richest men Ia the world
Dissipation ruined him, aud for years he fell
lower and lower, until for some time he has
bad the appearance Of broken down tramp.
dc has beeu incapable OF caring for bis property
and his fine residence in Waterbury, Conn.,,
alone remains In the family, being held In the
name OF his wife and daughters. His interest
In the manufacturing business at Bridgeport
was bought some years ago by Nathan q.
Wheeler.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
STATE ~ EW ~
RAILWAYS an MICHIGAN.
synopsis or the Annual Report OF tht
tate Commissioner.

synopsis or the Annual Report Of the
tate Commissioner.
According to the annual report of w.
y. lines, state commissioner of rail-
roads, there are fifty nine railroad cor
porations in existence in the state of
Michigan. The properties of fifty-threo
of these are of permanent character,
and are classed as commercial roads.
The remaining six are known rs log
roads, being devoted exclusively to the
transfer of Pine logs from the forests,
and will disappear when the timber is
cut Since the last report seven new
companies with capital of Sc 7S2, 900
have formed to build 547 miles Of road.
There are 5,044 miles in the state, an
increase of rs miles over last year,
and there are only seven counties
in the lower peninsula without
railroad accommodations. The capital
stock of all the roads is placed ut
1920, 653, 155, the cost at S545 $780,
and the Indebtedness st 1928, $50, 1872.
The excess of stock and debt over cost
is about is about $42, 100000.
The total revenue from traffic of ali
the roads in Michigan for the fiscal year
was 800, 412 $40, and the expenses SOL
100, 996. OF the surplus S7.337, 900 was
applied to dividends, 100000 for
interest on funded and floating debt and
1881 900 for rentals.
The operating expenses were II per
cent. over last year while the income
increased 26 per cent
There were 7,104, 1926 tons of freight
moved during the year, at q cost of SO
100 of q cent per mile. The cost in
Illinois was LIS. in Wisconsin 1.75, and
Connecticut 1876. The rates of the
Michigan Central road were 63. 100 OF
a cent for through freight, and LOB on
local freight. These figures show that
the Michigan Central charges less by
two-thlrds than the average rate Of the
New England companies by which, in
accordance with the terms of its charter,
it must be regulated.
There were a larger number of casu'
alties than for any other year in the
history of the department. Fifteen
passengers were killed and 81 injured,
62 employees killed and 2S3 Injured; sc
others killed and rs injured-a total OF
$40, OF these the reports from the
companies state that 344 were Injured
through their own negligence, while
ia from undoubted accident, The
total number of passengers carried dur
ing the year was 20, 312, 275, and froG
this it appears that one passenger was
killed for each 1,493,734 carried. The
most prolific causes of accident to en-
ployes is the coupling OF cars, and the
next is the falling of brakemen from
their trains. To remedy this tho com
missioner says that automatic coupling
and brake power must supercede the
present method.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
SECOND EDITION.

For thirty cents in ssh or ten three
cent stamps, We will mail to any address,
postage prepaid, an octave illustrated
book of 1l2 pages, with handsome illum-
mated cover, entitled Donald McKay =,
or, The Last Var Trail ofthe Modocs. This
bool is true exponent ofthe old saying
"Truth is sirabger than felton," and
contains the romance of the life of Don.
aid Mckay, the great Scout and Chief OF
the Harm Spring indians. The story is
founded on facts, and is the only true his
tory of the capture of Captain Jack, the
Chief of the Modocs, the warrior who
defied the United States troops in the
Lava Beds; and every incident men,
toned therein can be corroborated by
Donald Mckay, who is still living, and
for whom this book was published.
Address the Publishers,
q. p. SOULE & CO..
175 MONROE ST., CHICAGO, Ill.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18

Elder. S. N Haskell has gone to the
Sandv ich Islands on missionary trip
tor the adventists of Battle Creek.
w. e. Fralich of Flint has brought
suit against the Eddy printing and
publishing company Of that city for
malicious prosecution, and places dam
ages at $4,000. Fralich was arrested
at the instigation OF the firm charged
with theft,
The commissioner concludes that in
the main the general railroad law of
the state is wisely adapted to the regu-
larions Of the corporations, and requires
little or no amendment. No complaint
of discrimination in freight rates were
reported to the bureau the past year.
VIM. O'Hearn of Green Oak, one of
the oldest and best known settlers OF
Livingston county, is dead. His age
was 81 wears, and he came into Michigan
when the state was but mere wilder
ness. He was the father OF Mr.. Neal
u Hearn Of Howell. the banker and
clothier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-18
A sfig Failure.

The j. 1. Case piow company, OF Racine, Wis
executed ali assignment: 10 ChAs. ii. Lee for
the benefit OF creditors, on account OF foreign
attachments against the compauy's property,
and similsr actions are threatened at home.
The compauy's liabilities are tS90,OOO. fine
assignee has nied 5000 bond, with ]. l.
Case and Stephen Ball as securiti 8. Mr..
Cases other Interests are not Involved In the
failure. that gentleman being worth ut least
81 eco, 600. An arrangement With the creditors
will PROBABLY be effected whereby the company
can continue It's business.