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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-24

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
ANCIENT WATER WORKS.
The First System Ever Built on the
American Continent,

The First System Ever Built on the
American Continent,
On the best authority available it is
believed that the first water works in
the United States were planned and
constructed by John Christopher
Christensen, at Bethlehem, Pa, in
1862. The machinery consisted of
three single acting force pumps, 4-inch
caliber and 1S-inch stroke, worked by a
triple crank, and geared to the shaft of
an understood water wheel IS feet in
diameter and 2 feet clear in the buck
cts. The total head of water was
feet On the water shaft was a wallow
err of SO rounds, gearing into spur
wheel of so cogs, attached to the crank
The three piston rods were attached
each to frame or crosshead, working
in grooves, to give them a parallel
motion with the pump. The crosshead
was of wood, as well as the parts con-
tanning the grooves or guides. The
water was raised by this machinery to
the height of 20 feet and subsequently
to ia feet. These works were in OPP
Grafton as late as 1882. The first rising
main was made of gum-wood as far as
it was subject to pressure and the rest
was pitch pine. In 1886 leaden pipes
were substituted, and in 1878 they were
changed for iron.-InduStriaI Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Don't believe all the reports of
earthquakes you read about. Remem-
Der that some people are easily fright
ened and that some fat men make a
terrible noise when they snore- --P]hflz-
delpltt0 call.
IAN ice yacht" says Mr.. Charles
L. Norton, writer who processes to
be an authority ON the subject, sis
always sailed with her sheet trimmed
flat aft This is information We
had always supposed that her sheet
was trimmed with puffings and had q
raised effect.-EndjanapoIjS Journal.
20, our teacher, Miss Jones, is
perfect amazon" remarked pupil of
a South Side public school, while con-
versing with friend. YES" as
sented the second party, who was
better read in geography than in his
tory. Il have noticed that she has an
awful big mouth. Chicago Telegram.
An East End man has an old hen
which he calls "Enza." He explains
it by saying: "Influenza is a throat
trouble. Last summer every time we
got the flower garden in shape, in flew
'Enza.' Finally threw flower pot
at her, but missed and broke one of my
w.fe's orchids This led to throw-it
trouble, and hence the name. Pitts
burqb Chronicle.
Miss A.-''What, Carrie! going
into town again?" Miss B.-"Yes; l
bought dress pattern last week, and
when my dressmaker came to cut it up
she found had only enough for the
skirt. So am going to get another
eighth of yard for the waist. Miss
Scissorsnip says it will be more than
ample, but I'm bound to have enough.
| hate.to scrimp, you know. "-BoSton
Transcript.
-"John," said a grocer, "to sue
coed in the retail grocery line it is nee
essary to practice n reasonable amount
of economy. 'Wilful waste makes
woeful want is a truism you should al
ways bear in mind" ''Yes, sir"
"Now, was surprised" the grocer
went on, "when you picked the flies
| out of the sugar barrel this morning,
that you didn't brush their legs down.
Don't let that happen again, John. y
NJ Y. Herald.
Scene l. Woodshed. Three mas
culine representatives of the feline
race, chanting mournfully by the dim,
uncertain light of the rising moon.
Scene 2. Room on third floor, wood
shed directly beneath. Young married
man. -''Wife, where is the bootjack?
Quickr Wife-"I used it to kindle
the fire with this morning baking the
biscuit" Y NJ. M.-"Jerusalom! an
idea! the biscuit, hurry Window
opens and scene closes. Scene s.
One plate of biscuit, three dend pus-
sizes. N. BIT was her first baking
Salem Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

DIR. Butler, who retired from the
misunderstanding of Harrow, Eng,
worth five hundred thousand dollars, is
the most successful school-teacher
in the world.
The Scottish churches with the
largest membership are Forfar. $500;
st. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 2.796; and
Montrose, 2,651-all connected with the
establishment.
DIR. Morton w. Easton, Professor
of Comparative Philology in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has studied no
less than twenty-five different Ian
guages, both ancient and modern.
Bishop Hargrove states that the
West Texas Methodist Conference has
gained during the past year ten thou
sand, and that the whole church has
gained not less than fifty thousand
members during the year.
1t is said that the largest weekly
church prayer-meeting in Anlerica is in
Chicago, and is that of the Third Pres
byterian Church, of which Rev. DR..
Abbott f. Kittredge is pastor. The
lecture-room will seat one thousand
people and is usually full Chicago
Mail
The year of 1885 was peculiarly
fatal to English Bishops. 1t carried off
Bishops jackson, of London; Words
worth, of Lincoln; Moberly, OF Sails
bury; Fraser, of Manchester, and
Woodford, of Ely besides the Primate
of Armagh, Archbishop Beresford.
Not an Easy Thing
"'ris no an easy thing to show
How o-u-g-h sounds, since though
An Irish Tough and Engl'sh slough
And cough ana hiccough, all allow,
Differ as much as tough and though.
There seems no reason why they do"
-Pe11BldR' s Art Journal.
"A London evangelist declares that
''if ninety per cent of the Christians
in London were to die at once, they
would never be missed in church work,
except in the matter of pew rents"
Are there not too many that would not
be missed even there?-EpiScOpGL Re
cor0er.
The movement for the education
of the native females is making pro-
gress in the French as well as the Brit
ish possessions in India. The Governor
of Pondicherry, the chief of the French
settlements, was recently present at
the giving of prizes in girls school of
five hundred and ten pupils under the
charge of nuns.
The fact that Miss Fulton, medi-
cal missionary in Kwai Sang, China,
rendered good service to wounded
Mandarin, secured for her and her
parents, both of whom are mission
aries, very favorable reception. The
Mandarin procured for them house
to live in, which would not otherwise
have been granted them. The province
of Kwai Sang has apopulation of seven
million. The city in which the Fultons
are now located is Kwai Peng, which
is about four hundred miles from Can
ton. They are as yet the only mission
aries in this province.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
A Successful Candidate.

Examiner Ito candidate.) - Which
vegetable attains the largest sizeP
Candidate-The beet, sir.
Examiner-That settles your chances;
you may as well go. Evidently you
don't know much about farm products.
Candidate-I can prove it, sir.
Haven't you often read about soldier
or policeman pacing his beat? And
did you ever see a record of any other
vegetable so large that it had to be
pacedP
(This kind goes by the bushel.)-
Perks Sga.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
A LESSON FROM THE CRADLE.

The little one sits in his cradle,
With his playthingS Strewn all around,
He handles them gently, one by one,
Then drops them down to the ground.
For his dear, little, helpless fingers
Not one of h 5 treasures can keep,
They vanish all from his feeble clasp
And the baby is fast asleep
Our life at its best is so narrow.
Its limits so quickly are found;
As the cradle shuts in the baby,
So closely it hens us around.
We sit in the midst with our treasures.
And hold them with tenderest rare,
But our clinging hands can not keep them
And our arms grow empty and bare.
Yet-could we but know-they are near us,
We shall have them to love and to keep.
We Shall hold them again when we waken-
For we, too, must lie down and sleep.
Bessie Chandler, in Chicago AdUdnce.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13

-Clara-"You know Mr. Hoddle-
poodle? Well, what do you thinkP He
actually proposed to me last evening :"
Edith-"fIe must be crazy" -Boston
transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13

BY a late legal decisionin England
bread peddlers are obliged to carry
scales with them to weigh the bread in
the presence of their customers. This
is to prevent cheating by underweight,
which had grown to alarming proper
tons.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Lawrence Barrett on the President.

To correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution, whom he met recently
on q railroad train, Lawrence Barrett,
the actor, expressed himself as follows
concerning the President:
To call his policy "a sham" is do
ing him great wrong. President
Cleveland is q stubborn and determin-
ed man. He will not be coerced by
abuse or cajoled by hattery into doing
anything that is opposed to his con-
viction of right. l spent day with
him short time ago when / was in
Washington, and really he presents a
pathetic picture-a strong man fight
ing alone a great battle to which he
is pledged f; ridiculed by his enemies
and doubted by his friends. lie feels
his position keenly. He said to me,
~ have made mistakes; l see them,
many of them, and / could kick my
self when think about them, but /
am only human and as liable to err as
other men. But ] get no generous
sympathy and honest, patriotic coun-
sci. All / hear is pickering and strife
and fault-fndiDg among scheming pol
iticians, who have no aim but to get
themselves and friends in office. But
for the occasional wave of popular
Endorsement that breaks its way over
the reefs Of oflice-scckers and politi-
clans that hedge me about, and comes
to me like n season of refreshing and
a cry of God speed, fresh from the
people, / should break down, heart
sick and discouraged"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Newspapers in Asia.

Japan possesses at this moment
1000 newspapers. Considering that
not u single journal of any kind ex-
listed, or was thought Of, in the coun-
try twenty-five years ago, this rapid
rise and spread of the newspaper press
there is one of the most remarkable
facts in the history Of journalism.
Japan now boasts of greater num-
Der of newspapers than either Italy
or Austria, of more than Spain and
Russia taken together, and of twice
as many as the whole continent of
Asia. The appetite of the Chinese for
news is sufficiently fed by the Pekin
Gazette-which is, in fact, not a news
paper at all-and two small sheets
published at Shanghai. Corea pos
sesses an official gazette since 1884,
and nothing else resembling a news
paper exists. The French have al
ready started paper in their new
colony-D'Avenir de Tong-king; but
as it is purely French sheet, it can
hardly contribute much to the ell
lightenment of the natives. The Per-
slams are comparatively insensible to
the destinations of the daily paper.
The six papers which they possess
owe their existence to the reigning
Shah, who is man of letters himself
and poetry in his spare hours. The
natives of India have 1000 newspa-
pers.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
The Mexican War Pensions.

However dilatory and feeble in
other respects. the Forty-ninth Con.
gress always shows great zeal and ac-
tivity when the business is that of
creating new pension burdens. Not
long ago it added to pension expen-
ditures over s6,000,0O0 a year by
simply increasing fifty per cent. the
rate hitherto paid on more than a
hundred thousand pensions. The
House, too, without uttering u muir
muir or seeking to point q moral, late
ly voted regular Pension Appropria-
ton bill s15,OOO,OO0 larger than last
years. Now it has suspended its rules
and passed Mr.. Wolford's bill grant
ing pensions to all soldiers and sailors
of the Mexican war and their surviv.
ing widows.
Under the existing laws, the veter-
an who suffers from disability acquir-
ed in the Mexican war, whether by
wounds or disease, is already pension
cd. The Wolford bill, however, pen
sions for service, whether attended by
wounds or not. Pensions are due I'M
der it, at the rate Of Ss month DUR
ing life, to those who never saw bat
Gle and never reached Mexico. They
arc due TO millionaires as we'll as men
dicants, and to the widows of all these
classes.
How much money this bill will take
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
City of Alpena.

The steamer City of Alpena, with
a heavy load of freight, arrived at
this port Monday morning, from De-
troit, on her first trip of the season.
She experienced considerable difficult
ty in getting through the ice in river
st. Clair and at the lower end of
Lake Huron. After discharging a
large amount of her freight she con-
tinued her voyage to St. Ignace, ar.
irving back here yesterday and then
cleared for Detroit. She makes regu.
lar trips hereafter, as it is believed
the ice will not prove any further
hindrance. Her officers are as fol-
lows:
Captain-Albert Stewart.
Mate-Kenneth Finlayson.
Engineer-John Jones.
Clerk-Albert Robinson.
Steward--W. III. Harrison.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Prisoners of War.

The bill reported by Mr.. Morrill,,
of Kansas, from the Committee on
Invalid Pensions to-day to pension
prisoners of war, provides that all dis
abled prisoners of war shall be grant
ed pensions at the rate fixed for SINH
lair disabilities in honorably discharg-
ed soldiers where the disability is pro-
sumed to be the result of confinement
in Southern prisons. The committee
estimates it will require 81 100000
annually to meet this addition to the
pension rolls. The bill also provides
that all persons confined for more
than thirty days in Southern prisons
shall receive per diem of So for each
days confinement, and to meet the
expenditure on this account it will, it
is estimated, require $4,000, 900.
From the best obtainable information
the committee believe there are 25,-
600 ex.prisoners living, but a large
number of them are already receiving
pensions. The argument in favor of
the per diem payment for the period
Of confinement, adduced in the report
is, that many of the prisoners were
deprived of the opportunity to re-cn-
list and receive bounty therefor.
They were also out Of the line of pro-
motion, and in addition sustained in
many cases losses Of personal proper
ty through confscation by their cap
tors.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Council Proceedings,

The Common Council Of the city Of Al
pena met In adjourned regular session in the
Council Room, on Monday evening, April
Goth, and was called to order at 1880 o'clock,
by the Recorder.
PRESENT.. s. Mcvicar, Recorder and
Aldermen Kimball, Carr, DAiglc, Nc
Candlish, Daoust and Campbell.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
The Golden Eagle.

The crew of the steamer Golden
Eagle are as follows:
Captain-A. Il. Persons.
Assistant-Byron Persons,
Engineer-Horace Carter.
Fireman-John Mcdonald.
AT present the steamer is making
one round trip between Alpena and
Black River each day, and takes
about five hours to make round trip.
She leaves this port about seven
o'clock standard time.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Meteorological Report

Meteorological Report
During the week ending Monday,
April 26th, 1885, the meteorological
report Of the weather at Alpena city,
was rs follows;
Highest temperature, 70 degrees, on the 29rd
Lowest temperature, % degrees on the Path.
Average temperature, "A degrees.
Highest barometric pressure, 3o.see inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, so.s37 inches
Total rain fall 2i0 inches.
Prevailing wind, from the southeast.
Total movement of the wind llS6 miles.
Greatest daily rain fall i.67 inches, on tho .3th.
Highest velocity Of the wind, % miles, from the
northeast, on the e4th.
JAMES J. FITZGERALD,
sers't Signal Corps, U. 8. A.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Detroit Markets

The following market quotations
are copied from the Detroit Free
Press.
Apples, LOO to Sl.75 per barrel.
Butter, II TO % per pound.
Flour per barrel, $2.75 TO 1918
Hay, balc,l, SIC to Sl3 per ton.
Mess beef, 1915 to 1925 per Dbl.
Oats per bushel, 81 to 80.
Onious, $40 to SO 90 per barrel.
Pork, SlO25 to $l2. 25 per Dbl.
Potatoes, 50. As to $3.50 per bushol.
Wheat, S0.s5 to $0s7 per bushel.
The quotations, given by the Free
Press, are mostly of II wholesale ma
ture. The prices at retail stores must
be somewhat higher.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Flora.

The steamer Flora landed here
Monday night on her first trip, from
Detroit, and extended her trip to st.
Ignace. Her officers are:
Captain-W. L. Conner.
Mate-Wm. Smith.
Engineer-R. Mcclure.
Clerk. Porteous.
Steward-Wm. Thorpe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.

Moved by Alderman Campbell, tina,
Daniel Mcintosh be appointed City Mar
shall for the ensuing year. Lost by vote as
follows: Ayes-Kimball, Daoust and
Campbell. Nays-Carr, DAigle and Nc.
Candlish.
Moved by Alderman Carr, that S. West.
rope be appointed City Marshal for the en-.
suing year. Lost by vote as follows: Ayes
-Kimball, Carr and McCandlish. Nays
-DAiglc, Daoust and Campbell
Moved by Alderman Daoust, that T.
Beaudoin be appointed Street Commission.
er for the ensuing year. Lost by vote as
follows: Ayes-Daoust and Campbell
Nays-Kimball, Carr, DAigle and Me.
Candlish.
Moved by Alderman Carr, that X. +. At
kinson be appointed Street Commissioner
for the ensuing year. Lost by vote as fol.
lows: Ayes-Kiniball and Carr. Nays
D'Aiglc, McCandlish, Daoust and Camp
bell
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that Chas
D'Aigle be appointed Police Justice for the
ensuing year. Carried by vote as follows
Ayes-Kimball, DAigle, Daoust and Camp.
bell. Nays--Carr and McCandlish.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that J. d.
Holmes be appointed City Attorney for the
ensuing year.
Moved by Alderman Carr, that the APP
pointment of City Attorney be laid on the
table until next meeting. Carried by vote
as follows: Ayes-Kimball, Carr, DAigle,
McCandlisli and Daoust. Nays-Camp-
bell.
Moved by Alderman Campbell, that J.
D. Dunlap be appointed City Physician for
the ensuing year. Carried by unanimous
vote.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that VIM.
Mirrc be appointed City Surveyor for the
ensuing year. Carried by vote as follows
Ayss-Kimball, Carr, DAigle, Daoust and
Campbell. Nays-McCandlish.
Moved by Alderman Carr, that +. A.
Westrepe be appointed Chief Engineer for
the ensuing year. Lost by vote az follows
Ayes-Carr and Campbell. Nays-Kim-
ball, DAigle, McCandlish and Daoust.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that A. l..
Power be appointed Chief Engineer for the
ensuing year. Carried unanimously.
Moved by Alderman Daoust that Casper
Alpcrn be appointed Harbor Master for
the ensuing year. Carried unanimously.
On motion Of Alderman Kimball J. r.
Beach was appointed rs member of the
Board of Health for the First Ward, by
unanimous vote.
On motion Of Alderman D'Aiglc Jas. j.
Potter was appointed as member of the
Board Of Health for the Second Ward, by
unanimous vote.
On motion OF Alderman Campbell Geo.
Yeneki was appointed as member of the
Board of Health for the 81 Ward, by unani.
nous vote.
On motion Of Alderman Kimball, Jas. L.
Denton was appointed Pound Master for
the ensuing year, by unanimous vote.
On motion Of Alderman Campbell the
Council adjourned.
JOHN s. McVICAR,
Recorder.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Metropolis.

The steamer Metropolis reached
this port Sunday night, from Bay
City, on her first trip Of the season.
Her officers are as follows:
Captain-Daniel M. Pierce.
Mate-John Sloan.
Engineer-Wm. Dubois.
Assistant-R. f. Robertson.
Clerk-W. II. Beebe.
Steward-Hugh Brady.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Gilchrist's Barges.

The captains of Gilchrist's barges
are as follows:
Harmon--Wm. Fowls.
Flint-H. L. Foster.
Russian--James Hamilton.
Light Guard-Hugh Hamilton.
Lathrop-T. III. Stevens.
Hinckley-H. Morey.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Weather.

The lowest temperature at various
sections of the country was us follows
during the week ending April 10Th,
lSs6-Saturday cxcepted-ihc six
observations being taken at ten
o'clock p. M. by the U. S. weather
observers
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
10 O'CLOCK l.. ~. OBSERVATION.
Clearances 1886.

The following steamers cleared from
this port during the past week:
April 20.
Steamer Arundel 3rd trip. Bay city
April 2S.
Steamer Arundel, itb trip, Bay City.
April &c.
Steamer Metropolis, LIST trip Bay City.
Steamer Atlantic. st. Ignace.
Steamer City of Alpena, st. Ignace.
April 81.
Steamer Arundel, 9TH trip, Bay City.
Steamer City Of Alpens, LIST trip, Detroit.
Steamer Flora, st. Ignace.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28

The secret art of beauty lines not
in cosmetics, but is only in pure
blood and a healthy performance Of
the vital functions, which can be OH
tanned by using Burdock Blood Bit.
ters.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Keynote 20 Health.

Health is wealth Wealth means indie
pendcnce The keynote is DR.. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup, the best cough
syrup In the world Cures coughs, colds,
pains in the chest, bronchitis and primary
consumption. One dose gives relief in
every case. Take no other. Price 90
cents and 81 co. Samples free. Sold by
TIouk & Perkins and H. Becbe. cow723y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28

NoTIcE.-My wife, Florastinc Landri,
having left my bed and board without
cause, all persons are notified not 10 trust
or harbor her on my account, as shall
pay no debts of her contracting after this
date.
LOUIS LANDR1.
Alpena, April IL, 1886. 7G7w4s