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There is colored congregation of
Methodists, who, until a couple Of
months ago, were led in the paths of
rectitude by very young preacher.
He was fluent sou of Ham and the
length of the words he hurled at his
hearers were only limited by his lungs
at one effort.
This was all very well for time,
but when the elders Of the church saw
that the argument adduced did not
draw the erring ones nearer the big
white throne, change was decided
upon and committee of one was APP
pointed to ask for the preachers res
EQUATION.
When the errand had been stated
the preacher Indignantly asked what
the congregation expected for nothing.
"Wall, now, doan' yo' see, we duz.
cent expect"
Isn't my character away up van
above procrastination ="
"No trouble about dat but say, yer
isn't fer enuf edicated To-"
Kant | talk confidently enuff ter
suit the most rapashus ?"
Oats it, chile, OATS it; hole right
OH whar var now. You kin talk and
yo' kin talk, but We doan' pint out
yo' can argify and yo' can argify, but
yo' doan' show wherein"
The resignation was handed in di.
rectly.-Kansas City Star.
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A Safe Investment

Is one which Is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or In case of failure q
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. II is guaran-
teed to bring relief in every case, when
used for any affection of throat, lungs or
chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation
of the lungs, bronchitis, asthma. whoop-
ing cough, Group, ETC., and can always be
depended upon. Trial bottles free at P.
j. Monaghan's drug store. s02y1
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The HILLS o. SOMERSET.

'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
Wisht was a-roamin' yeti
My feet won't get usen TO
These low lands I'm trompin' through
wisht could go back there, and
Stroke the long grass with my hand,
Like my school-boy sweetheart hair
Smoothed out underneath IL there
VISIT could set eyes once more
On our shadders, on before,
Climbin' In the airly dawn,
Up tho slopes at love growed on
Natcherl as the violet
'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
How I 'u'd rest man like me
Jes fer bout an hour TO be
Up there where the mornin' air
Could reach out and ketch me there!-
Snatch my breath away, and then
Renso and give II back again
Fresh as dew, and smellin' OF
The old pinks ust TO love,
And a-fiavor'n' ever breeze
With mkt hints o. mulberries
And May-apples, from the thick
Bottom-lands along the creek
Where the fish bit, dry or wet,
'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
Like Twin pictur' things
All comes back; the bluebird swings
In the maple, tongue and bill
Trillin' glory ft TO kill
In the orchard, Jay aud bee
Ripens the irst pears fer me,
And the Princes Harvest" they
Tumble 20 me where I lay
In the GLOVER, provln' still
"a boys will is the winds will"
Clean forgot Is time, and cero,
And thick hearin'. and gray hair
But they's nothin' forget
'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
Middlo-aged-to be edznot,
Terry middle-aged, In fact-
Yet a-thinlSin' back TO then,
I'm the same Wild boy again.
There's the dear old homo once more,
And there's mother at the door
Dead, know, for thirty year,
Yet she's sir0in' and hear.
And there's 10, and Mary Jane,
And Pap ,oomin' up tho lanol
Dusk's a-fallin' and the dew,
Pears like It's a-fallin' too
Dteamin' we're all Twin yet
'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
--Jdnns Whiteonl6 Riley, In Century
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Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklln's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have nev-
or handled remedies that sell so well, or
that have given such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. P. j. Monaghan
druggist
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Il Don't Want Relief. But Cure,

is the exclamation Of thousands suffering
from catarrh. To all such we say Catarrh
can be cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rene
dy. II has been done in thousands of cases
why not in yours Your danger is in de-
lay. Enclose stamp to Worlds Dispens-
AIRY Medical Association, Buffalo, \. Y,
for pamphlet on this disease.
Golden Medical Discovery puriies the
blood, strengthens the lungs and inyigor-
ates the whole sYsiem
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A Narrow Escape.

Col. W. X Nelson, Of Brooklyn, came
home one evening, feeling peculiar tight.
ness in the chest. Before retiring, he tried
to draw long breath but found it almost
impossible. lie suffered four days from
pneumonia, and the doctors gave him up
DR.. Acker's English Remedy for Consump.
ton saved HIM and ne Is we'll to-day.
Sold by III. Beebe.
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Bucklpn,s AruIca Salye.

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. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 20 cents per
box. For sale by p. J. Monaghan, drug
oists SN2y1
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Take 10 in Tim q.

For want of a nail, a shoe was lost ;
for want of shoe, horse was lost; for
want OF horse, a rider was lost" Never
neglect small things. The first signs of
pneumonia and consumption can positive
" be checked by DR.. Ackers English
Remedy for Consumption. Sold by II.
Beebe
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DRoBArE ORDER.

State Of siirhiran cuuuty Of AlpenA, 50.
at Il session Of the Probate Court tor tho county
OF Alpena holden a. the probate Uiiioe, In tho city
81 Alpena, on Monday tie 7th day Of January,
IN the year ono thou-ara si{Arhupdl,d nnd eighty
nine,
bate.
ceased.
On reading aud ding tho petition, duly verified
81 Wilson a. Barley pray g. that administration
Of said ostato be granted g. 0tnoe T. Denton or to
some oihor suitable person.
Thereup5n IL i ordered that saturday, the al
day Of February a. ID. 1859. ut ten o'clock In the
forenoon bee assigned for the nearing OF said pc
tlion aud that The heirs a. Jaw Of said deceased,
and all other persons interested an said estate, are
required 20 appear ~ asossiou Il sil Court, then
70 DO holden at tho Probate Office, Ia the city Of
Alpeus, In said county anl show cause, II any
there be. why the prayer Cd the cutioner should
not be granted. Aud n ~ farther ordered, that
said petitioner give uocu 20 The peraons INT crested
In said estate, If the pendeucy OF said petition,
aud the hearing thereof, 5y causing copy of-thls
order 20 DO published ia the ALPEEA WEEKLY
AkeUs. a newspo, er printed and circulated in
said county o. Alpeus, three successive weeks, and
also by causing the same 90 be personally served
al least ten days previous 10 said day Of hearing
upon r. w. BARLEY Ezra hartley, Frank Bart.
Icy, Mary r. Thorn, Anna Cole, aud James T.
Denton. II they be found in said county.
GEORGE NJ. SLCSSER,
Judge OF Probate
"A tr-t copy. 9O9vi
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a girl baby in Kansas has been
named Rainbow" In about sixteen
years there will be lots Of rainbow
chasers in her neighborhood. San
Francisco Atlas.
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"A tr~ copy
MoRTGASE SALE.

wi
=, Default hav,us boon made IN the conditions OF
certain mortgage made by W. O. AndTus, OF the
city aud county II Alpent, state of Michigan, to
S 9Th A l.. Warner, of the same place, dated the
seventh day OF May, eighteen hundred md seventy
seven and recorded in the oihco Of he Register OF
Deeds for Apena county Nlichi an, on The ninth
day Of Nay, eighteen hundred and seyenty-seven
in Libvr one Of Mortgages, at page 26T which said
mortgage was duly uss ned by said seth A l.. War
nsr, OF the city and county OF ApenA, State Of
Michigan, 70 samantha Hitchcock, of the same
place, ON ths seventh day Of May, eighteen hum
dret and ssventy-seyen, by deed Of Hssi .nnnent
corded ia the office OF said Register OF Deeds on
the ninth day Of May, eighteen hundred aud
asYenty-seven, iu lber Of mortgages. NJ page So
on which mortgage there il clam TO be que al
the date OF this notice tho sum OF four hunli,d
snd twenty-five 1872. dollars aud sixty-nine 1881
cents, and no SUIT OK proceedings ut law having
been instituted to recover the moneys secured by
said mortgage, or any part thereofi
Now, therefore, BY Virtne OF the power OF sale
such case made and provided, notceis hereby given
that on SATURDAY, the THIRTEENTH DAY
~ APRIL, Cisht on hundred and eighty-nino at
two o'clock IN the afternoon, shall sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder at the front door Of
the Court House, on Chisholm street, in the city IT
Alpena, Michigan, that being the place where the
Circuit Court for 2lpena county IL held, the
premises described In said mortgage, or no mach
thereof may BE necessary to nay The amount
due said mortgage, with seven per cent
interest, and all legal costs; thu premises be-
ing described Ia said mortgage rs follows. to wit;
The north hall OF tha northeast quarter OF section
number thiriy-thruc $751; township number Thirty
two 1927 north, of range elk tsai Thr said mott
gage being given Tor tho purchase money.
SAMANTHA HITCHCOCK
by Juha +. FarwVll eNoouttiN OF the lust will
md testament Of semantha Hitchcock, deceased.
J. II, NEWTON,
Attorney for Mortgage
Dated at Alpcne, MIGHT y, January i2rh, 1859.
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David Bruneau. ~"~
Population of city in 1884 was e.21o.
TOWNSHIPS. sas tst
Alpepa township,
Leon Manviile supervisor
William MONS township clerk.
Frank Lacomb, township treasurer
Thomas Breen, highway commission>s
Maple Ridge township,
Onver Fitzpatrick, supervisor.
Jonas ID. Titus township clerk
Francis Downing, township treasurer.
slntn King, highway commissioner.
Long Rapids township,
David X. Narlindale, supervisor
william Leroy, township clerk
arthur Macarthur, township treasurer
Cnaries Heating, highway Commissioners
Green township
John "A. Kelly, supervisor
AlonEo Green, township clerk
James Mawhinney, township treasurer
John Mckay, highway commissioner.
Wilson township.
Charles III. Wise, supervisor.
Noble VI Bfacldnreed, township clerk
wbhin 'rnwiord, township treasurer.
james Napper, highway Commissioners.
sanborn township,
james J.. Sanborn, supervisor,
Fri II. Toland, township clerk
frank Ossick, township treasurer,
Charles Belmore, highway commissSoo~r
Ossineke township.
Ezekiel Geror. supervisor
George w. StoveL, tow Dship tSerk
james w. Carpeutei, township treasurer
"ilet ID. Brooks, highway COMMISSIONS
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o. l.. MATHEWS.
L. s. PENSION ATTORNEY,

LANSING, MICHIGAN
Thousands Of soldiers or their widows or depend
ent relatives are entitled 10 pension. increase Of
pension, bounty, travel pay or other allowance
who have never applied for IL. Many minor heirs
can get pensions, regardless Of age now. Hundreds
of dependent parents entitled to pension.
Many of those claims have been rejected in tho
hands Of incompetent agents. can in many Of
such claims procure a favorable result Thousands
of soldiers are pensioned on one disability and are
entitled TO increase on another, rated too
low, entitled TO increase result Of disable
ity upon which claim was granted. The laws are
now more liberal and the rulings of the pension
Office less exscting than formerly. l have In the
past few months succeeded in getting 90 per cent.
of increase claims allowed by actual count. This
shows good, careful work. About eight soldiers
out Of ten are entitled to pension other allow
anoe. No matter what your claim u.s. write me full
ly about 1t. with stamp for reply, and will advise
you free. II take your claim no fee is charged
unless am successful, and then Just what the de-
partment allows Address,
o. L. MATTHEWS,
$50 Lansing, Mich
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1t Is said that 40, 600. 600 Goldfish are
caught annually of the Newfoundland
coast.
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Zeke 'Rugglcs did not die, for have
been his happy wife for many years..
H. s. atkinson, IN Detroit Free Press.
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For Letter Heads,
Call at the Argus Office.
REFERENCE COLUMN.

APPOINTED orFICERs.
Inspector General, Frank ID. Newberry, Of Branch
Quartermaster-Cien, sherman b. Daboll, OF elm
ton
Com. of Railroads, John 4. Rich, Of Lapeer.
Com OF Insurance, ii. II. Raymond, Of Bay
Warden State Prison, Hiram +. Hatch, of Jackson.
Salt inspector, Geo. W. Hill, of Saginaw.
Warden of Ionia House Of Correction, Erwin g..
Watkins, OF Kent.
Population Of State in 1894 was .s60o25.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castorla.

when Baby wos sick, we gs~e her Castoria
When she wos Child, she cried for Castoris,
whvn she became Miss, she chung 70 castoria,
wheu she had Children, she ssvs them castoria-
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r.. TU wi T MI

COUNTY OFFICERS
Sherf-1h hos. G.. McCandlish
Under Sheriff
Clerk-A j. Simmons.
Ireasurer-Geo. r. Perkins.
Prosecuting Attorney--Jamas yfcNesnaro
Register OF Deeds-JOhu h. Kelly.
Judge Ct Probate-Geo. NJ. slusser
circuit Court COmmIssioner-Henry Ciothi,r
Surveyor-FTed A. kice.
Cofoners-Peter Owens and Geo. A. shannon
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINES
James A. Cese.
Population OF county in 1884, fa.v17
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
benjamin r. Young, from LIST Wapd.
Charles Is. Greedy
John kunath, from I'd Ward.
Caslmor lezcrskl.
William II. Phelps, from Ord ward
John L, Chisholm.
samuel IL. Pang born, from Alpena city
Leon Meanwhile, from Alpena tow nship
u 1v;J Fhzpalrick, nom Maple Ridge township.
Johh a. Kelly from Green township
Charles Ii. Wise, from Wilson township.
= = a am. L. San6orn, from sanborn township.
Eskiei Geior, from Ossinske township,
coNaoS COUNCIL.
pa Mdsrnnen;GGorse Masters John W. Gibson.
Brown and Alexander Campbell.
CITY OFFICERS
Mayor, Monroe Klock
Recorder, William A. Mcdonald.
Treasurer. William II. Post
comptroller, Samuel Ii. Pang born.
aud Otto Gjorud. II ~ >'~
CITY Attorney, Charles T.. Williams
City Marshal, George Robinson
street Commissioner, Il. Beaudoin
Chiei Engineer Fire Dept, Albert L. Povo,
CITY Phy sician, DR.. w. Y. Ziegenfuss.
City surveyor, fred A. Rice
Harder Master Murdoch Grant
Pound Master, j. Il. Denton
Board OF Health, j. X, Beach, A. FournSsr, ssA
d. selliok
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LEeIHLAIIvf.
senator, 10Th district, Andrew Harshaw.
District consists OF the counties OF Alpena Alco-
ma. losco, Ogemaw and Oscoda
Population OF district in 1884 was 81, $50.
Rcprcseptativs, Alpena district, Edward X. Potter
District consists of Alpena, Montmorency, and
Otsego ceucUes.
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JUDICIAL.
The Twenty-sixth judicial circuit consists of the
counties Of Alpens, PresQne Isle, Montmorency
and Otsego, and Is presided over by Judge Robert
Y. Kelley. The terms OF the court are as follows;
Aipens county
Second Tuesday of February.
First Tuesday of May.
Second Tuesday OF August
Fi-s' Tuesday Of November.
Mon, .lorency county
Third Tuesday Of May.
Third Tuesday Of September.
Otsego county
Third Tuesday OF January.
Third Tuesday Of June
First Tuesday Of October.
PresQue Tsic county
Second Tuesday OF january.
Second Tuesday Of June.
Second Tuesday Of October.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION "a
Charles L. kimball, Fred N. Fletcher John O.
niaii, Jonn u. surprise, Foikert q. FoiksSts ana
Ponnlafion az cir In iaax .-.. a a.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-01
Webster aS q Financier.

Daniel Webster once found a good
way of getting rid OF q borrower-the
best one, indeed, on record. for. like
the man who bought the cloth for
shirts, he killed two birds with one
stone.
Webster" said Rufus Choate one
day. II want to borrow $500 and
wish you'd lend it to me-"
II haven't the money to-day, Mr..
Choate." said Webster. ..but you give
me your note and I can get II cashed
for you"
Gratified beyond measure Choate sat
down to write his note
by the way. Choate." said Webster,
in an off-hand way. you might ~
well make that note for I l.000, and I
can use 500 myself"
Certainly" said Choate. cheer
fully. and he signed . note for an even
$1,000.
Then the immortal Daniel sauntered
down to q bankers office.
"Ah! any thing l can do for you To-
day. Mr.. Webeter?"
Can you discount q note Of 81. 900
for met"
with pleasure"
The great statesman pocketed 81. 900
in bills. gave $500 to Choa.e. Who was
ELUSIVE in his thanks. and kept the
other $500 himself.
Daniel Webster. my son vas what
would be called in these days "a snan.
eier."-Lewision Journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-01
o i~MrReMcHMeNrS


a Series Of Expsrtsneass - . NeSWAG1no
Engsneer O0eep.
The Norwegian Military Gazette has
published = repor, o! q series OF ex-
p~erimen;s carried on NJ Frcierikshald.
in Norway. in the early part Of this
year. under the superintendent Of
Colonel H~srtsberg. with the view o(
ascertaining how far nov could b
made use OF for defensive in;rench-
ments. This would plainly b. n matter
OF special interest for the soldiers OF
Northern countries The substance OF
the report has been reproduced Ia
several German papers. One Of the
experiments VA the following: 4
breastwork vas constructed ~ meters
long. IL high. and 5 meters thick .:
the ground. sloping up TO LIS or even
, meters thick n tho top. II vas
made by the soldiers rolling now balls.
putting them in q row. and then filing
the in,erstices With nov packed tight
by means Of snow shovcls. swords.
bayonets. etc. Shots we're fred from
Garmann guns. at n distance OF about
50 meters. Seven shots aimed at tho
upper portion. about three decimetrcs
below the top. went clean through the
thickness OF the breastworks. tho
points Of penetration varying from
100 10 I.5s. Three aimed nj about
90 or OF below the top 70
manned in tho 20 and wero
afterwards dug Out II appeared that
n Of them penetrated To a depth Of
l.25. another OF l.20. and . third 20 .
depth of Los only. The snow Was
quite free from fragments OF ice; but
the proIectiles were all found 70 DO
fiattened and brOadcned towards tho
front. At the time OF the experiment
the thermometer stood nj - degrees
centig. Water was poured owe tho
brcastwork. and next day IL was COW
cred with a coating Of ice. Ten shots
were fired. but at q distance Of 100
metres. and with u result contrasting
remarkably with the lesson Of tho day
before. The SNOWFALL was pcnetrAblc
easily. and the shape Of the ~projectilcs
was not altered. Seven Of them went
through where the intrenchmcnt was
about l.59 10 l.63 metres thick. and
they could not b. found afterwards.
or the other three ~prolectiles. two
were found at a distance Of eight metres
behind the brcastwork. and one i'm
mediately behind it, Evidently tho
mass became mor compact. or more
porous. after the freezing, and va
more easily penetrablc. Colonel Hertz
berg draws tho conclusion from tho
experiments, that IL tho face OF tho
breastwork is moi sloping. but the vail
is made TO have a minimum thickness
Of $50 metres. a rampant OF snow may
defy any kind Of projcctiIes. fired from
any distancc.-N. Y. Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-01
AN EDITORS TRIALS.
Some Of the Modest Offers Made BY Will
MOanjug AuthOn.

Some Of the Modest Offers Made BY well.
Moaning Authors.
A young lady recently wrote TO a
eading magazine to make the follow
ing very liberal proposition:
DEAR SIR: II sou wish. I will write . Novel
similar in size As the quick and the Dead
to rival Miss Rives, for your magazine. tho
title to be Love or Passion with the under.
standing that IL shall be published under the
nom de plume OF Yam" II you wish ! will
send my Picture for the ir~ontispiece, also 70 b
called yam" Also according TO tho terms
under which Miss Rives had hef Novel pub.
liShed.
II my OFFER 10 accepted let me know immedi.
stely. Sincerely yours, etc.
1 don't know how many people there
arc in tho country who have dramas
lying already written in their bureaus.
but the publication Of ''HcrOd and
Marianne brought down upon 10
an avalanche OF tragedies, rhymcd
and unrhymed. In many cases the
authors were kind enough to inform
US that their productions were far
superior to Miss Rives'. This. indeed.
is a common habit with amateur
magazinists to inform the editor Of
the comparative merits Of their con.
tributions.
1T may not be very good" they
say (the sly dogs. they know only too
well how highly they value it). ''but,
at all events. it is equal. il not supe-
riOr. to some of the milk-and-water
stun that you publish in your maya
zine" Or. whatever the merits OF
this article, l am sure it is not vanity
to say that it is better than the dreary
platitudes of HOwells and James"
Or. "you must not expect q David
Copper6eld' Or a Vanity Fair;' yet, in
spite Of the many imperfections Of
this story. you will pardon my ego
tism II I fiatter myself that l al CO
ter to the reading public OF our gen.
Grafton"
The great majority OF contributors
accept defeat gracefully enough-that
is. in silence. But some of them will
not die without making a sign. Tho
letter Of d~cclination is occasionally
returned to the editorial ONCE with
the words "C~hestnuts" or Rats
scrawlcd across it and occasionally
the editor gets q vigorous bit Of scold-
Ing. A lady informed him that Il Was
not necessary that he should assure
her that the rejection Of a Ms. did not
imply n want Of literary merit An
other drew herself up Indignantly and
repudiated any implied compliment
in the stereotyped phrase BY saying
that she knew very we'll her .
script did not lack literary merit and
that she didn't have to be reminded Of
it Sometimes. but very seldom. tho
protests from the rejected take the
form Of Personal abuse. In letters Of
this sort the editor has seen himself
described n ''suur." ..mole-eyed" ..in-
Different 70 the higher reaches Of The
Intelligent" dull" and .ignoran1"
-PhilaAelphia PresA