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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

msneer, fight into Egypt, child te,chl
ing His elders in the temple, teaching
the ignorant by the sea or mountain
always doing good. No chlld,s educa-
ton is complete out of whose life these
stories have been left. Thc socialist Or
historian might as well attempt to
ignore Christianity as an element in
civilization.
The star that rested over The stable
roof at Bethlehem has become the light
of the Christian world. In conmemo-
ration of the law of love and Kindness,
of the mercy and compassion which
Christ taught the world let us hold u
Christmas. Let us have the Christmas
carols. Take down the worn volume
and read to the children Dickens
Christmas stories. Read again the
Hymn of the Nativity, And do not for
get the old, old story; but as the world
begins to throp and vibrate anew under
the sway of the coming New Year, pull
sating, as it were, to its very center
under the a~ll-pervading influence that
emanates from Galilee, read to the ittlo
ones and the old ones, to the skeptic
and the believer, this beautiful tale from
the ancients:
'.And there was in the same country shep-
herds abiding in the field, keeping. watch over
their flock by night.
land To-, the angel of the LoId came upeD
them, and the glory OF the Lord shone round
about them; and they We're sore afraid.
"Ana, the angel said unto them, fear not; for
beholG, 1 bring you good tidings OF great joy,
which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day, in the city
of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord
"And this shall be a sign unto you; We shal
find the babe wrapped in
lying in n manger.
IAN suddenly there vas with the angel
multitude of the heavenly host, praising God,
and saying:
GLORY to God in the highest, and on earth,
peace, good will toward men"
Indianapolis Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Garibaldi in 1864.

dined with the Clanricardes to meet
Garibaldi, and smoked a cigar with him
after dinner. He spoke very sensibly,
and, far from seeming proud of the
fuss that was made with him, he said he
feared it might become ridiculous. Sir
Robert Peel, talking Of Rome, said he
did not think it possible to get rid Of
the Papacy; that Garibaldi might drive
the Pope out of Rome, but another
would be elected as long as the Roman
Catholic religion existed. Garibald;
replied, "Vous l'avez bien fait, cepend.
ant" Again, some one said that the
career of the present Emperor Napo-
leon was a 0 successful one than
than of the first. Garibaldi answered,
III fault attendre la tin.n-Mcmoirs OF
an e1-llinistcr, the Earl Of MalmcsJurg.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Wise Sayings.

There is no rainbow without a cloud
and a storm.-F. z. Vincent.
They who a pray together the
Lords Prayer, in spirit and in truth,
must be substantially one. The church
of all space and of all time meets and is
one in the Masters prayer.-C. j.
Vaughan.
The hours we pass with happy pros
poets in view are more pleasing than
those crowned with fruition. In the
first instance we cook the dish to our
own appetites; in the latter nature
cooks it for us.-Go7dsmaM.
-Ye great men, spend not all your
time in building castles in the air, or
houses on the sand; but set your hands
and purses to the building of the porch
es of Bethesda. 1t is a shame for a rich
Christian to be like a Christmas-box,
that receives. all, and nothing can be
got out till it be broken in pieces; or
like unto a drowned mans hand, that
holds whatsoever it gets.-B5shop Hall.
God gives His infinity, t. be the
extent Of our inheritance; His eternity,
to be the date of our happiness; His
unchangeableness, to be the rock of our
rest; His wisdom, to direct us; His ho-
illness, to sanctify us; His justice, to
absolve us; His goodness, to reward lis
in the way of grace, not of debt; His
truth, to secure us in the accomplish
ment of all His promises. - James
Fisher.
Whatever may be our circum-
stances, however g%rievous our Affections
or flattering our success, however sim
full we may be, or however holy our
lives may appear, let us ever hold fast
this truth: that God is seeking to do us
good. And if we shall at last be deemed
worthy of an Inheritance in Heaven we
shall realize that during this earthly
life all things have worked together for
good.- Golden Rule.
Mr.. r. Ingersoll denounces intern
perance, and very properly so; but how
could Mr.. Ingersoll enjoin upon his
hearers-as he did the other day-to
think of the wrecks on either side OF
the stream of death?" EITHER side
"'either side''--then there is another sidd
to 1.-THE stream of death''a We always
understood that, in Mr.. Ingersols
thought, Death was a stream with but
one shore. Has the fog lifted, and doea
he catch a. view of another side!~
Christian at Werk
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
A DISTINGUISHING MARK
Christianity and Civilization Have the
Same Boundaries.

Christianity and Civilization Have the
Same Boundaries.
The map of the world can teach us
much. If we take that map and draw a
line around those countries where this
book is known and loved, and then COM
pare the lands thus inclosed with Other
countries, we shall be at nee struck by
the contrast. We shall find that Chris
tianity and civilization have the same
boundaries. If we study further into
the reason and philosophy of the subject
we shall find that our highest civilization
is, as IN has said, but the shadow OF
Christianity" There are about3 300, O00,-
600 human beings distinguished from all
others by the n mark-they have the
Bible. The Bible readers, then, are but
a small minority of the whole race, and
yet this small fraction is the dominant
element in the affairs of the world. II
it is not correct to say Christianity has
invented the steamboat and the railway,
it is true that outside of Bible lands
there is not, and there never was, q
country on the globe that possessed a
railroad, a telegraph, a p%ost-office, a
UaIlhIHS oJSlcIu, d l1ec 0OVcIillucuU, VI
wise public charities. Where the Bible has
hot been given to the people, civil lib
erty has found no air to breathe. The
secular value of this book has never
been recognized by those who have en-
ioyed the benefits which ever follow in
its wake. Viewed from a purely econ
omic standpoint, the Bible and the re-
ligion it teaches are the best and cheap
est safeguards OF the Nation; and the
full payment of its unacknowledged in
debtedness to the book would bankrupt
the State. But the book has done more
than to %enlighten and %civilize man. It
has purified his morals. 1t has made
him better, cleansing the life and
elevating the soul of each individual in
just the proportion in which it has OBJ
tanned ascendancy owe him. True, it
has in no land, as yet, had a fair trial.
Its blessed influence has been exerted
but in part. 1t has made its advances,
while a thousand untoward influences
have acted as brakes upon the wheels
of its progress. 1t is true that much
that is immoral is found in so-called
Christian lands; but wo may say, as
Benjamin Franklin said to Thomas
Paine: eff men are so wicked with re-
ligion, what would they be without it?'
Req. G. w. BroWn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

More than sixty thousand New
Workers live at hotels, and there are
one hundred thousand strangers in
town every night.-.M 7. San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Art in Postage Stamps.

10 do all work well is, broadly, but
truly speaking, the soul of art. There
is reason to believe in the thoroughness
of artistic. work in a nation when it
penetrates as far as a postage stamp.
1t penetrates as far as that in France,
and shows the difference between the
American and the French way of doing
things. The American stamp is made
with just as careful an intention of pro-
ducing something fine, but the result
the more's the pity-is altogether COM
monplace and mercantile. While the
French, having employed the skill of an
eminent artist, contains an artistic
thought and stands as an i%dealization
Of the French Republic. Its first cost
was not stinted, probably, but then, the
design having been secured, economy
comes in, as it always does in France,
and finds it in good order to use the
same stamp for all postal purposes. 1t
scored, moreover, another fine artistic
point in distinguishing the different
purposes of this same stamp by the use
OF different colors.-Philadclphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Europe and British India consume

Europe and British India consume
about II hundred and fifty thousand
gallons of handkerchief perfumes year
~. There is one great perfume distil-
lery at Cannes, in France, which uses
yearly one hundred thousand pounds
Of acacia flowers, one hundred and
forty thousand pounds of are flower
leaves, thirty-two thousand pounds Of
jessamine blossoms, twenty thousand
OF tuberose blossoms and an immense
quantity Of other material.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

An English architect says that
wooden houses can be built to last
longer than brick or stone houses, and
instances the fact that in many English
towns wooden houses are standing and
in daily use that were built five hundred
years age.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
A New Railroad Scheme.

We have this week learned from a
very reliable source, of a railroad
scheme which is to be consummated
the coming season and which has not
become very generally known as yet.
The proposed road is to branch off
from tho ID. b. G.. q A. r. r. at some
point near Van Ettan Lake, and
either take the east or west side of
Pine river up through Altoona county,
passing west from Hubbard Lake,
and from there passing down the
Thunder Bay river branches to Alpe-
ma. This route is not circuitous as
may be thought, but is probably as
direct a course as could be taken to
reach Alpena. 1t will have the added
advantage of passing through arabic
farming lands, after it leaves Van Ell
tan Lake, all the way to Alpena.
The whole system from Alger to AL
pena will be made broad guage, as
will the Black River branch. This
information does not come from any
one directly interested in railroad
matters, but is from one of our most
reliable business men who is interested
in the development of the shore, and
assures us that he knows whereof he
speaks. The present calculation is to
have the road completed to Alpena
by next fall, whether the business
men want it there or not. OF course
this will leave Huntsville out worse
than ever, leaving her at least 20
miles from the regular line of road
Oscoda Monitor.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30

156. $4,000 feet; lath, 35,S24,000
pieces, and shingles 37,0l7,000 The
amount of lumber, lath and shingles
cut by the same mills last year was
161, Ill 900 feet of lumber; lath,
80, 981 900, and shingles was 40, 272,-
900. The Butterfield q Cradle mill,
which burned down last winter and
was not rebuilt, manufactured during
1884, 9,494,000 feet Of lumber and
3,412.000 lath. The total cut of the
city mills during 1884, was, therefore,
ITO, 100000 feet of lumber; $685.
900 lath, and 49,272,OOO shingles.
This year, 1885, the lumber manu-
featured at the city mills, was
14.423.000 feet less than that of
the preceding year. The cut of lath
was 100000 less this year than last
year, and the decrease in the manu-
facture of shingles was 12,255,000.
The mills started later this year
than they did in 1884; there was one
mill less, and several of those in OPP
Grafton were frequently obliged to
shut down for few days at time,
for want of logs. We have yet to
receive reports from the county mills,
which last year manufactured $780,
900 feet of lumber.
There is less lumber on the various
mill wharfs this winter than there was
last winter, and more lumber was
shipped this year than was manufac-
tured, owing to the large stock that
was on hand last spring, which ex-
ceeded what is on the wharfs at
present.
The custom house reports show that
161 100000 feet left this port, this
year, and n large amount was also
shipped on vessels which had through
clearanccs and did not report at the
Alpena custom house.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Opening of the Alger Railroad to
Black River.

The Alger railroad, or as it is called
"The Detroit, Bay City and Alpena
Railroad" is now completed to Black
River, and the first regular train left
Black River for Alger last Monday
morning. The road is S3 miles long.
and the run is made from Black River
to Alger in four hours ard seventeen
minutes, including stops at the vari-
Gus stations-about twenty miles per
hour. The express, mail and passen.
ger train leaves Black River at 10
o'clock in the morning, standard time,
and arrives at Alger, on the M. G. r
r., at 2:17 o'clock in the afternoon.
On the return, the express leaves
Alger at 3:15 in the afternoon and
arrives at Black River at TAO o'clock
in the evening. 1t is thus possible
for person to leave Detroit about
eight o'clock in the morning and ar.
rive home at this city about eleven
o'clock at night, being thus about
fifteen hours coming from Detroit to
this city.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30

Godey's Lady's Book for January Is a
number equipped with special attractions.
The steel engraved frontispiece, illustrat-
ing couplet from Goldsmith's deserted
Village" Is a fine character study OF juve.
nile life. There is an extra colored fashion
plate this month, page of original deco
rative designs, work plate in colors, and
the usual number of illustrations in black
and white. The book opens this month
with story by Mary E. Bradley, IA Case
of Necessity" and the conclusion of Mr..
Bowman's picturesque "Romance of a
Brule." A very charming Christmas
story, called "Mldwinter Nights Dream,
appears in this number together with the
account of "Miss Evelyn's New Years
Calls" by Kate Nicely Hill, and charads
on the words "New Years" by Mrs. s. L.
Oberholtzer. Helen Mather's serial "Love
Lies a-Bleeding" Is continued this month
and there is a judicious sprinkling oil
poems by several graceful writers of verse.
The fashion and work departments oI
Godey's Lady's Book are admirably DON.
Quoted and practical hints on dressmaking
housekeeping, ETC., are OF substantial
utility. With this number two new de.
partments, !. e., Science and Agriculture
have been opened In the Arm Chair, and
new subscribers are endowed with q su-
peru steel engraving called sympathy
which Is 17x20l inches in dimensions.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
0conto's Freight.

The persons in charge of the freight
on the wrecked steamer Oconto, APP
pear to be over endowed with phi
lantrophic spirit. They have notified
such persons as had freight on board,
that if they. the owners of said
freight, will sign bond agreeing to
pay their share of the loss and ex-
penses attached to said wreck, they,
the owners of said freight, will be
given an order so that they can 60 to
the Charity Islands, where the Oconto
is wrecked, and get their freight.
That is generosity undefled. A mer-
chant, for instance, after signing such
bond and becoming liable for certain
and unknown damages, would get an
order for his freight. He would then
go to Tawas, and charter tug to go
to the wreck and get his freight. At
this season of the year it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to get a
tug to 60 to the wreck, and if one
could be chartered, it would cost a
small fortune. If tug could not
be obtained, the person, after his
freight, will have to wait until Sagi-
nav bay freezes over, and then engage
a team to bring the freight from the
wrecked vessel. The merchandise,
when it arrived at this city, would
have cost as much as it was worth for
transportation, and if it happens to
be merchandise that water would
damage, it would be worthless, as no
doubt it got good soaking. The
merchant, who signed the bond,
would thus get his goods at cost ex-
ceeding the value of his goods, and
still be liable for what the bond terms
general average" In case Of the
horses and live stock, it might do to
sign the required bond, but in case of
perishable goods, and small consign-
ments of merchandise, it will be wise
for the merchant who has received
such a bond to sign, to examine the
affair closely and count the cost.
This institution has a small package
on the Oconto, that, by some negli-
gence of Detroit parties, was not sent
on the regular steamers before navi-
CATION closed, but we do not think it
will pay to sign a bond and become
liable for certain damages, in order
to get the wonderful privilege of going
into Saginaw bay where the OcontO
is aground, and transport our little
package, beyond all doubt rendered
worthless by water, at our own ex-
pense, and which would cost more
than the goods are worth. General
average will please excuse us this
time.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Meteorological Report

During the week ending Monday,
Dec. 28th, 1885, the meteorological
report Of the weather at Alpena city,
was MS follows:
Highest temperature, 4s degrees, on the 22d. ESD.
Lowest temperature, degrees below, on 10th.
Average temperature. 2I4 degrees.
Highest barometrc pressure, 3o.so3 inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, 1880 inches.
Total rain fall oio inches.
Prevailing wind. from the west.
Total movement of the wind, i,34O miles.
Greatest daily rain fall o5 inches on the 27th.
Highest velocity Of the viod, 20 miles, from the
northwest on the 23d.
JAMES ,. FITZGERALD,
Sergt Signal Corps, U. 8. A.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Christmas.

On Christmas eve there were joyous
gatherings of young people at the
Opera House and at many of the
churches.
At the Baptist church, the Sunday
school gave pleasant cantata. Santa
Claus and his family came on visit
to Mr.. Earth and family, and of
course brought his usual gifts for the
children.
The Congregational Sunday school
celebrated Christmas at the Opera
House. A fine cantata was acted, and
there was also n beautiful Christmas
tree and large number of presents
for the children.
At the Methodist church there was
Christmas tree and supper.
The Presbyterians had Christmas
tree at their church, and the exercises
were pleasant and much enjoyed by
the many children and their friends
present.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30

Home rule for Ireland seems now
well assured, and we believe that be-
fore many months have passed an
Irish parliament will make laws for
Ireland at Dublin. Ireland will then
occupy the same position towards the
British empire that the State of
Michigan does to the United States.
1t will make its own local laws and
have a certain number of representa-
tives in the imperial parliament at
London. There will also, probably,
be changes in England, Scotland and
Wales-each of which will have local
parliaments, or State legislatures, to
look after local matters, and have
representatives in the imperial parlia-
ment at London. Their local parlia-
ments will be somewhat similar to the
legislatures of this State, and the
imperial parliament will be somewhat
similar to Congress, and with same
general powers.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
RAILROAD TICKET EQcE
For 900 Miles sauG6
ST. Andrews Bay, Fla.

rlNHIS beautiful Bay and surroundings are nc
Il knowledged by oil who have visited there 10 be
the loveliest combination OF fertile SOIL beautiful
foliage, fragrant orchards, blue water, growing
well ms IN winter, 10 DO fonnd in America There
Is but one Florida, and st. Andrews Bay is it,
brightest jewel. Prices for business or Home
Lots and Orchard Tracts range from o., &c. si7 800
10 $3.50, and sales were made to more than 5000
different purchasers within the first sixty days
st. Andrews will certainly become the second
largest city in Florida within the next two years
Property Is doubling in value every thirty days
Free Transportation for 1000 miles to Tract Pur-
clasers. Send &c. stamp for illustrated pamphlet
containing full details Address principal business
Office as follows: ST. ANDREWS BAY r. X. &
LAND CO., 227 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gm
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Detroit Markets

The following market quotations
are copied from the Detroit Free
Press.
Apples, $3.50 to $l.75 per barrel.
Butter, IA to 25 per pound.
Flour per barrel, $3.50 to 1925
Hay, baled, si4 to $15 per ton.
Mess beef, 5000 to 81 90 per bbl
Oats per bushel, 80 to 30.
Onions, $500 to $2.15 per barrel.
Pork, sl025 to 81. per Dbl.
Potatoes, $O.35 to s0.45 per bushcl
Wheat, $3.50 to 5000 per bushcl.
The quotations, given by the Free
Press, are mostly of n wholesale ma.
ture. The prices at retail stores must
be somewhat higher.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30

Congress adjourned on the 2lst, and
assemblies again on January 9th,
1886. During the session on the 21st
there were introduced 95S bills'in the
House of Representatives, and only
about one third of the States had re-
ported. Of these 958 bills 357 were
pension bills and 1862 were for war
claims. More than half of the bills
introduced related to the war which
ended some twenty years ago.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS

BY Mr.. Maltz; Resolved, That the Sec
rotary be and is hereby instructed to con-
tract with the lowest bidder, John May
vile, for 200 cords of wood at S2.44i per
cord, to be delivered at the different schools
as the Executive Committee shall direct.
And that said Mayville be required to fur
nish good and sufficient bonds in the sum
of $500, before being awarded said contract.
If said Mayville fails to furnish said bonds
within five days, said contract to be award
cd to the next lowest bidder on his furnish
ing the required bonds. Carried by unani.
nous vote.
On motion of Trustee Maltz the Board
adjourned.
A. HARSHAW,
j. s. McVICAR, President.
Secretary.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Proper Treatment for Coughs.

That the reader may fully understand
what constitutes good cough and lung
syrup, we will say that Tar and Wild
Cherry Is the bases of the hest remedies
yet discovered. These ingredients with
several others equally as efllcacous, enter
largely into DIR. Bosanko's Cough aud
Lung syrup, thus making ID one of the
so cts. and $i.00. Sample free. Sold by
Houk & Perkins and ii. Beebe. eow723yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30

From Q. II. Wells, furniture dealer, Au-
gusta, Me-; Having been subject to a
cough more or less-generally more-I
wish to add my testimony in favor of the
celebrated Adamson's Cough Balsam,
manufactured by you, which has given
relief sooner, and cured cough quicker
for me, than anything else that I have
ever tried for that purpose"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Mammoth Gold Mining Company.

The regular meeting of the stock
holders of the Mammoth Gold Min
ing Co. will be held Mt the office of
Fletcher, Pack & Co., Alpena, Michi-
gan, on Monday, January 4, 1886, at
1:30 p. NJ, for the election of direc-
tors, secretary, treasurer and such
other business as is necessary.
F. w. FLETCHER,
S. III. PANGBURN, President.
Secretary.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-30
Notice-Early Closing.

Apena, December "a, 1885.
We, the dry goods merchants o.
the city of Alpcna, would respectfully
notify the public, generally, that oul
respective stores will be closed ut
o'clock P. NJ. every day, except Satur
day and Monday, from January 5tf
to April LIST, 1886.
ELI LOEB,
G. l.. KITTREDGE,
HAwLEY & FITZGERALD,
WHEELER & ToMPKINs,
GEO. H. WARREN,
II. TUMIM.