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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I'm THE SNOW"


We are snowbound to-day, and the world all seems
Like country so far away
That we once have seen in beautiful dream,
That vanished from sight with the day;
For the white snow has wrapped us about In ia
folds,
And covered us DER, like shroud,
Till. shut out from the world, we are living alone
In beautiful white downy cloudy.
Far and near, is sea OF beautiful white,
Unmarried by the footsteps Of man,
And we wonder how many soft fakes we have
watched
Since first the swift snow storm began.
How softly and silently down from the clouds
They settled, each one In Its place,
And lent TO the barren old farmyard a look
OF grandeur and splendor and grace.
Oh the snow, pure and cold, covers many spot
That dark and unloyely and bare.
And all of the gaunt spreading branches so gray
II hides with the tenderest care;
And IL covers some places where, meath the brown
earth,
In slumber that's dreamless and Deep
The loved of our hearts in the days that are gone
Were laid in their last quiet sleep.
We are snowbound to-day, yet our hearts fondly
turn
To where the chill winds fercely blow,
To the world that Is shut up away from our gaze,
To our lost ones out "under the snow"
oh, God keep the beautiful world free from stain,
Like the snow that lies here pure and white
Take our loved ones we left meath the beautiful
snow
To dwell in Thy heavenly light.
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Perpetual Motion.

The New Haven clock company,
after year or two Of experiment,
have at last perfected piece of mech
anism which, if it does not realize the
desire for perpetual motion, seems at
least to be step in that direction
They are now manufacturing and
about putting on the market a self
winding clock.
The motive power is furnished by
electricity generated by two Le-
blanche cells, which do the work effec.
tually for from IL to Is months with
out renewal. The mechanism is sim
pie in the extreme. Much of the
ordinary clock is omitted, and little
remains save the escapement wheel.
The clock is wound every hour by n
current from the two cells of the bat
terry working through pair of mag
nets. The main wheel, which revolves
once an hour, connects the current at
every revolution.
When the contact is first made and
the current passes through the mag
nets the armiture is pulled down to
magnet heads, drawing with it Tan arm
which winds one tooth of the ratchet
wheel which is fastened to the box
containing spring of the finest steel
attached to the center pinion. This
operation is repeated for five or ten
seconds at the rate of three blows n
second until the spring is wound and
the current is cut off by the passage
around of the main wheel.-Hartford
Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11

him to act morally think morally and
preach morally. want no COM
promises in religion. l want my
preacher to go for the prohibition of
all SIN, including whisky and tobacco.
| want no clergyman to preach tenn
erance to me in the church and smoke
Havana cigars and drink beer at
home. High license belongs to the
politician, absolute prohibition to the
clergyman. (Applause.)
Sam Jones is not elegant but he is
certainly positive and forcible. When
| asked him what he thought of a high
license preacher like DIR. Crosby, he
said:
"a high license preacher won't be
in hell ten minutes before the devil
will have him saddled and bridled,
riding him around and exhibiting
him as a curiosity"
"And the infdels they trouble
you? ?"
"Intidels trouble met" said Sam
"Why l can put one hundred of these
little infdels in my vest pocket and
never know they are there except
when l feel for my toothpick."
Sans sarcasm is as strong as the
philippe of Lorenzo Dow against
Aaron Burr.
aaron Burr meant" said Dow.
"Why L could take the little end of
nothing whitfield down to a point.
punch out the pith of hair and put
in forty thousand such souls as his,
stake 'em up and they'd rattle"
Laughter.)
Yes, Sam Jones is generally logical.
If he does now and then hide away a
piece of plug tobacco in his mouth he
don't defend it. He says he's Il pro-
hibitionist at heart, but one corner of
his mouth is still OUT on probation.
Laughter.)
Sam Jones is not like Il dear, good
Baptist brother whom Elder Smitzer
rebuked for chewing over in New Jer-
sey.
Brother Sanders" exclaimed the
Mortified Brother Smitzer, without
stopping to ask any other question,
sis it possible that you chew tobacco!"
II must confess | do" quietly re-
Piled Brother Sanders.
"Then | would quit it, sir, energet-
ically continued Brother Smitzer.-
at is very unclerical practice, and |
must say a very unclcanly one. To-
baccol Why, sir, even hog would
not chew it,"
Brother Smitzer," responded his
amused listener, do you chew tobac-
co!
81 no, sir he answered gruffly.
"Then, pray, dear brother, which is
most like the hog, you or p (Laugh-
ter.)
eff your habits were as good as
your logic" said Brother Smitzer,
smiling, "you would be saved in spite
of your bad TASTE
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A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1890 of the sterling med
ical annual, known as Hostetter's Alma
nae. is now ready, and may be obtained
free of cost, of druggists and general coun.
try dealers in all parts of the United
States, Mexico, and indeed in every civil
lied portion of the Western Hemisphere.
This almanac has been issued regularly at
the commencement of every year for over
onc-fourth of u century. Ii combines,
with the soundest practical advice for the
preservation and restoration of health, a
large amount interesting and amusing
light reading, and the calendar, astronom-
ical calculation, chronological items, etc,
are prepared with great care, and will be
found entirely accurate. The issue of Hos
letters Almanac for 1890 will probably
be the largest edition Of u medical work
ever published in any country. The pro-
prietors, Messrs. Hostetter IL Co., Pitts
burgh, Pa, on receipt of two cent stamp
will forward copy by mail to any per-
son who cannot procure one in his neigh
borhood.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11

Rats" No, not the slang phrase,
but the bothersome little rodent
Rats are natives of Asia, and their
raids westward belong to comparative
ly modern times. The little animal
was unknown in ancient Europe. The
black rat first came to Europe from
Asia in the sixteenth century, and
about the beginning of the 18th or
the ending of the 18th century he ar
rived in America. This black rat
was the common house rat until the
brown or gray rat made his appear
ance in 1775. The gray rat came to
Europe from India by way of Russia,
and is now known as the Norway rat
from mistaken tradition that it came
from Norway to England, aud from
the latter country to America.-Ex
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain6eld, H.,
makes the statement that she caught cold
which settled on her lungs she was treat
ed for month by her family physician,
but grew worse. He told her she was a
hopeless victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her drug
gist suggested DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption she bought a bottle
and found herself benefited from the first
dose. She continued its use and after
taking ten bottles, found herself sound
and well, now does her own housework
trial bottles of this Great Discovery at
Monaghan's drug store, large bottles SOC
and 81. 3
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Club List.

Parties desiring to save money can
take advantage of the following club
list at this Office, for journals for
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11
HaDDy HOOsiers.

VIM. Timmons, postmaster of Idaville,
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines COM
bined, for that bad feeling arising from
kidney and liver trouble" John Leslie,
farmer and stockman of same place, says:
Find Electric Bitters to be the best kid
ney and liver medicine, made me feel like
a new man. j. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says; Electric
Bitters is just the thing for man who is
all run down and don't care whether he
lives or dies, he found new strength, good
appetite and felt like he had new lease
on life. Only SOC bottle at Monaghan
drug store. 2
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11

Boss, will you tell me how to make
root beer ?" asked colored man of a
clerk in drug store a day or two
ago.-"Yes, / will. Take hickory
stick, three gallons of water, an old
hat, a quart of molasses, and boil and
skim and set in cool place. Say
dat ag'in, boss, SO can disremember."
The clerk repeated his directions, and
the customer brought his fist down on
the counter with the exclamation, II
sees where / spilled my hull batch !
! left out de tacksl"-St. Louis Drug
gist.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Brush Creek I'M
provement Company. a corporation organized un-
der the laws of Michigan, have made an application
to the Board of Control of the Saint Mary's Falls
Ship Canal for the approval of said Board OF Con-
troll of certain plans for the Improvement OF the
navigation of Brush creek and for their assent TO
such Improvement 20 facilitate the running OF logs
and other hoatables therein from ITS junction with
Thunder Bay river section twenty-five In town
ship thirty north of range -four east, county OF
Montmorency, State OF Michigan, to the west line
of section seven in said township Said application
is made under the provisions OF chapter one hun
dred and eleven of HowelPs annotated statutes
and the amendments thereto also in pursuance OF
act number one hundred and eighty-eight, session
laws of Michigan of 1889 relating to permanent and
valuable improvements by the persons associatng
together and forming said corporation heretofore
made.
A map or plan of said improvements and propos-
cd improvements has been placed on file at the Of
flee oil said Board of Control, in the city OF Lam
sing, for inspection by all persons interested
Said Board have designated their regular meeting
on Thursday, December 26th, 1889, at the city
of Lansing, as the time and place for bearing said
application.
Dated November 9TH, 1889.
THE Brush CREEK IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
III. r. MORSE,
b. G. MORSE. Directors
053w6 g. Il WILLIAMS. J
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Bucklen,s ArnIca SaIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 20 cents pei
tox. For sale by p. j. Monaghan, drug
piStS 044yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11

Speaking of clergymen, said Eli
Perkins, before the Chelsea Y. M. G.
A., / love them all, but above all /
love positive, forcible preacher.
His business is morality, and want
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Variety Store,
DOCK STREET.

Headquarters for Crock
cry, Glassware, Lamp Goods
and Fruit Jars. Also in
stock, Velocipedes, Express
Wagons, Hammocks, Gro
quet Sets, Bird Cages, Tin
ware, Table and Pocket Cut
lery, Towels, Toweling, Oil
Cloths, Corsets, Laces, Hos
iery, Gloves, Notions, and
New Goods added every
week. We invite compari-
son of stock and prices.
aNnVVApnuV 4, uUSER
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M n. BEDFORD & co.
To Our Readers!

We have made arrangements with the publishers
of the Cottage Hearth, Boston, Mass, 10 offer the
ALPENA WEEKLY Angus with their Magazine this
year.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-11
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17

beant;fuIIv-carved gateways the happy
counie wont. ont through the silent city OF
40 dead which contains the enormous
,,,,,nher ~ OR. los bodies. cut across BY its
heantitul lakes. traveTsed its shady ave-
nnes until they came face 10 face with the
tall shat. which marks the resting-spot OF
i54 unknown dead who perished in that
fearful fire. .,,.,
s,roun were ouicklv made aware OF the So
Iemnitv OF the spot by the bride, who said t;
Hairy nv mother and sister are under
that stone. we never found them"
Hetook her hand aud answered: And
so are mine" 49,.
army during the late civil war. said IS;
and they are in one of the, most beartifnl
spots this world can ina for the dead.
Sadie YOU have selected TINS spot TO DC
married: are you ready?
The minister then arranged them in line,
facing the monument, and the ceremony
proceeded. not sound maTrinS the rites
but tho twitter Of the birds.
After they had been pronounced man anu
wife they walked up the grassy incline 20
The shaft and the bride and groom knelt
while the clergyman offered mp snort Dut
affecting prayer. Then AL returned 10 the
city. the bride and groom gong to mn
aunt's, Mrs. G. Baruum, at Nonkers, where
they remained until yesterday morning
when they left for his home in Nebraska.
To an Inquirer reporter, who rode from
New York with them on the train, the
Groom said: This was no advertising idea
of my wife's. She Is. am sorry 20 say, a
l!ttlc superstitious. and for long, WINE
after we began corresponding she dreamt
would be her husband, but that to do 50
we must be married where we supposed al
that remained Of orr relatives were buried.
n is done. and am not sorry Of il. although
] am glad none Of the lilo .tratcdpapers got
there 10 photograph us-in fact. do not
think any newspaper knows it."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17
vretched negroes, who now do nothing or

wretched negroes, who now do nothing or
worse were kept at work producing some
thing Of more value 10 mankind than they
produce when LEI. to themselves. The en-
franchiscment Of The Iiaytien negroes"
continues tho times. was Effected mainly
by the spread Of the ideas of the French
revolution. Liberty, equality. and fra
ternity were held TO be che rights of the
human species, without distinction of cha
racter or culture. Tho degeneration
has been rapid and complete, until, as we
see. Hayti has little more vcstiges OF civili-
zation left than If it were an unexpiored
part Of equatorial Africa" By the same
token. what would become of the negroes
of tho South should they be left 20 the ten
der mercies Of the northern ncgrophilists.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. PETERS
BURG. NA.-Tho ,NonfYGIih snrnu .r-
sion begins .he riG.r MONDAY lN u,ln. r.
Inor0uru preparation. for Itivrrs'I ,. i..
giuIa. Lending Engineering School aul POL.
state. military 4ui Nanl Art..nira. Highly
recommended bv fl.u!ty of lniFf -sIff off Ire
glnia: fili star az Instructors. si.i1ton "1'fN-
iuL early Application aiYsc1, ss aumnrr "f
nnsrtlcrs is slrcty umUei. For cl.a gi0
address N-doADos MtA th..
~ lg-dsaam6W4m unai Nf.iHI
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17
The Platform.

The platform adopted by The Democratic
State Convention strikes us "a being I'M
exceptionable. II was framed by thirty
wise heads. That true-hcarted, high
minded. clear-headed virginian, General
TALIlFERRo, reported it as chairman OF the
committee which framed IL.
Tho platform has only one feature which
can be called new namely. the resolution
favoring tho complete reconciliation and
the free coinage of silver. II Is new TO our
platform, but not new question even III
Virginia. The last Virginia Farmers Con-
vention discussed the subject with much
intelligence. Wall street will not like it;
but the great West will. Henry WAITER
SON will rejoice to know that old Virginia
has thus fallen into line with Ken
lucky. The Virginia resolution may
help tho Democrats Of North Dakota
South Dakota. Montana. and Washington,
all of which are bimctallist Territories.
However, we regard this important ques-
ton as one Of those that must be made
secondary 10 tho preservation of the civil
cation of the South.
In another article We have quoted some
of the expressions of the platform which
touch the main question--namely how
Virginia shall be saved from the rule OF
the ignorant negroes and thor white allies.
We commend the platform az safe and
sound. II is made of good material and
will do to stand upon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17
suungg RESORTS.

SUMMER RESORTS.
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II T. A. PARSONS. PROPRIETOR Large, airy,
comfortable. well-furnished roomA Vows OK
Iensiys AMI magnificent Pur9, brncing at
mO@phOre and water. Faro equal % any. For
auy information address tho Undersigned, !ocai
agent, and 40 vii call On you.
4. Il. CRESshAW,
~ is-lm Sls ses. Cary street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17
DROWNED IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS.
Foreman IcDonnelI's Brave Struggle foi
Iife-His Assistant Lost.

Foreman MCDOnnciit brave rNIubEAo ipl
Life-His Assistant Lost.
An Allentown Pa.) telegram says
Slatington. prosperous slate town sixteen
miles north OF Allentown, was last EVENING
the scene of an accident in which Michael
Mcdonnell. of New York. tho foreman OF
the masons who are constructing the piers
for the bridge of the POughkccpsie and
BostOp railroad. and Benjamin Andrcas, an
assistant. a resident Of SlGtingtOn, lost
their lives. The heavy rains OF the last
two days caused the Lehigh river to r,se
rapidly, and these men, fearing that the
water might carry away the cOHcr-dam
which had been erected for the protection
OF the men engaged in building pier, got
into a boat for the purpose of rowing over
and more firmly securing the dam.
The river at this point was swollen INTO
a seethiug mass. and before reaching the
cofIcr-dam the frail rOwboat was swept
down stream by the swift current and
struck a guy-ropc which extended from
the shore 10 the frst per.
The boat was capszsd and both men
were at the mercy Of the water. The
night was dark and no help was near. II
is believed that Andreds was instantly
drowned and his body carried down the
river. Mcdonnell managed to grasp the
Quv-rope, and worked his way 10 the Golfer
dam. Then began has long, weary, and
vain struggle Tor lie. Although the water
was rushing over the dam and threatened
every moment 10 carry the man away he
retained his hold on the guy-rope, and for
two hours cried loudly for help.
Finally Amandus andJonas Andreas. rela-
tiyes of Benjamin Andreas, heard Melon
nelps cries and went to his assistance.
They venturcd out in boat. but the stream
was so turbulent that they were Obliged to
abandon thor efforts. He pleaded piteOus-
Is for help, but they were powerless to and
him.
Finally the coffcr-dam which Andreas and
Mcdonnell had gone 70 secure, and on
which the latter sought refuge, gave way;
Mcdonnell maa0 another pltcous appeal
for help, crying out that he could not hold
on any longer.
By this time the cofFcr-dam was floating
rapidly down tho stream, and Mcdonnell
having released his hold of the rope disap-
| poared in the darkness and was drowned.
A large force of men are dredging tue
river for the bodies, but up 10 tonight
neither Of thom has been recovered.
Tho men were of middle age, and An
dreas leaves o family. Mcdonnell had
been in these parts oaly few days.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17

The Washington Post, q Republican pa
per. distinguished itself by the fulness
and fairness Of its reports Of the Virginia
Democratic Convention. In its editorial
columns it said yesterday:
FoI GOVERNOR OF VIRGlNIA.-Thc break
did not occur. The gentlemen from Prince
Edward more than held his own, and 1t
must have been in the spirit of prophecy
that he spoke when he sad there would he
no third ballot. There was practically but
one. the second ended in an acclamation,
and Philip W. Mckinney proved an easy
winner.
The nomination could not have been
made in more satisfactory manner.
There will be no wounds to heal, no un-
pleasant differences TO smooth over. as
there might have been In case Of q pro
longed contest. The candidate, who is
designated by .acclamation on second
ballot, may safely be considered the choice
of his convention and the preference OF
his party. 70 enter q canvass with such
an expression % unanirity IN his favor
gives him added strength before the peo-
pie.
VantiOn were good and true men, one and
all They m6Tshalled their respective
forces without let or hindrance. IL was a
Tree anu upuoiWolc NDlhi,tt num- "i'N' ~
result viii be accepted without murmuI
of discomfort, as il was brought about
without bickerug or intrigue.
We take IL, therefore, thaG Captain Nc
Kinney was nominated because III the
judgment of the convention he was con.
s.dered, not personally or politically better
than other nominees. but, under the cir
cumstances and all things considered. the
best man for the honor.
Himself a citizen OF high standing. OF
excellent abilities, of faUltless reputation,
well fitted % lead in an aggressive canvass,
he had the further advantage OF living III
a locality that asserted a not unreasonable
claim TO tho selection. Thus will all sec
lions Of the State be united heartily IN his
support, and the party inspired in advance
with the courage and confidence that KEEP
company with unbroken harmony and salts