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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31
She Loved Him, all the Same.

A Newport Clergyman tells thus Of
a recent marriage which he perform
ed: "The parties were foreigners
both good looking and well dressed
and appearing The groom present
ed his license, and, this being correct
in all particulars, the clergyman be
gan to read the service. The groom
was befittingly solemn for the occasion
but on the face of the bride was a
smile, which broke into laughter be-
fore the ceremony was half completed
The clergyman stopped and looked
rather severe. The groom, too, wa
troubled, and saw that some explana.
ton was necessary. He looked al
his bride helplessly moment, and
then said: She understand not a
word O. English or what you sain'
She Portuguese. But l tink she luv
me, all the same.' The ceremony was
completed" Worcester Spy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31
Something for the New Year.

The world renowned success of Hostel.
ters Stomach Btters, and their continued
popularity Tor over third of century
as stomachic, is scarcely more wonder
full than the welcome that greets the AN
nual appearance of Hostettcrs almanac.
This valuable medical treatise Is publish
ed by the Hostetter Company, Pittsburgh,
Pa, under their own immediate superyis.
ion, employing go hands In that depart-
ment. They are running about II months
in the year at this work, and the issue Of
same for 1891 will be more than ten mil
lions, printed in English, German, French,
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish Holland,
Bohemian and Spanish languages. Refer
to a copy Of it for valuable and Interesting
reading concerning health, and numerous
testimonials as 70 the efficacy Of Ilosteter's
Stomach BitterS, amusement, varied In
formation, astronomical calculations and
chronological items, ETC., which can be
depended on for correctness. The Alma
nae for 1891 can be obtained free of cost
from druggists and general country deal
ers in all parts of the country.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31
Happy HOLSTERS.

VIM. Timmons, postmaster Of Idavillc
Ind, writes: Electric Btters has done
more for me than all other medicines com
tined, for that bad feeling arising from
kidney and liver trouble" John Leslie
farmer and stockman of same place, says
Find Electric Bltters to be the best kid
ney and liver medicine, made me feel like
q new man. j. W. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for q 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 a new lease
on life. Only SOC bottle at Field &
Gray's drug store.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ONE AT A TIME.

One step at time and that well placed,
We reach the grandest height;
One stroke at q time. earth's hidden stores
Will slowly come TO light;
One seed at time, and the forest grows,
One drop at a time, and the river flows
Into the boundless sea.
One word at time, and the greatest book,
Is written and is read;
One stone at time. and a palace rears
Aloft its stately head
One blow at a time, and the trees cleft through
And city will stand where forest grew
A few short years ago.
One foe at time, and he subdued,
And the conflict viii be won
One grain at q time, and the sands Of life
Win slowly all be run;
One minute, another, the hours ny;
One day at a time, and our lives speed by
Into eternity
One grain Of knowledge, and that well stored,
Another and more Of them,
And as time rolls on your mind will shine
With many a garnered gem
OF thought and wisdom. And time will tell,
"One thought at a time, and that done WE'LL"
Is wisdom's proven rule.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31

Somehow, the little red stockings
made Polly's heart more tender than
usual. tonight. Perhaps because it
was Chrismas-night, and the peace
and good will Of that blessed time so
filled the world that even Polly, obdur-
ate little maiden that she was, was
touched, and old wrong and old sor-
row were forgotten.
AT any rate, as she glanced around
and saw one of Ben's coats hanging
on chair, very much frayed about
the wrists, and showing other marks
of the absence of feminine care. She
caught it up hastily and commenced
repairing the damage which time and
careless Ben had made.
The clock struck twelve. 1t was
almost neutrality-suspicious. morning
and the fire was burning low but
Polly set the last stitch, with strange
happy feeling about her heart.
"It is more blessed to give than to
receive" she murmured, and her
face grew very bright. Just then,
she heard footstep on the stairs,
and Ben, who had been reading up
stairs, came into the room. He was
too much surprised to speak.
ooh, Ben," Polly fastened to ex-
plain, in great confusion, 81 only
came because it was Christmas, and
to put a present in the baby's stock
ing"
"And have you no Christmas pres
ent for me? Oh, Polly p
All the old love which he had tried
so long to hide came now like food,
breaking down all barriers, crowding
out every other thought. He took
her hands in his, and tried to look in
to her face. The clock struck one,
and down the stairs came floating
baby-voice, calling: "Merry Chris
mas Merry Christmas Is Santa.
Claus coined, papa2 sought l heard
him speakin'."
Polly looked up and smiled. The
patter of the little feet was heard COM
ing down the stairs.
"Shall it be Merry Christmas ?"
said Ben.
Merry Christmas now and al
ways, for you and me and baby Ben ?"
Baby Ben stood in the doorway,
rosy-cheeked and smiling, the golden
hair making bright halo around his
head.
as Santa Claus coined ?" he repeat.
ed, with childish insistency. "Tell
me, papa" And, running across the
room, he raised his tiny hands, and
clasped them around his fathers knee.
Polly stopped down and covered
the little curlyhead with kisses /;
while Ben, who could afford to wait
now-for he had read Polly's answer
in her eyes-declared
eyes, baby Ben, Santa Claus has
come-and Christmas, too" And, as
he stopped to kiss Polly's glowing
cheek, he whispered, softly and not
irreverently: "And a little child
shall lead them ,"
The Hon. Benjamin Price-for the
prediction has come true, and he is
now Member of Congress-has, to
this day, certain pet-name for his
wife, on which hangs story. 1t is a
tale of love at first sight.
eyes, DEAR" he says, as he tells her
of it, "when / saw you, that first time,
coming up from the river, l said /
would marry you some day and l
did, you know, though after long
years"
And this pet name-the name he
calls her by when they are alone to-
gether-is "Meadow-Sweet."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31

The defects of the understandings,
like those of the face, grow worse as
we grow old.---Eq.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31

A firt is the girl who takes desper-
ate chances of becoming an old maid.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31

Acbethoy would be ostpricelesstot those who
suffer from this distressing complaint; butfor
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who try them will find these little pills valu-
able In so many ways that they will not DO will
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-31

that the holes and the darDiDg both
came together in the same mysterious
fashion-a fashion not to be compre.
hended by mans feeble intellect.
He was far from suspecting that
Polly-brown-eyed wilfnl Polly-had
any hand in the matter, or that the
neat little garments, which now and
then mysteriously replaced the worn
ones, came from the same source.
As the clock struck ten, James
came in from the kitchen, to smother
the fire.
why, Miss Polly" he exclaimed,
"you he re, and trying to sew by that
light : You'll just spoil your eyes.
If Mr.. Price only knew"
"Hush," said Polly. "I'll be
through. before long. Just get me a
candle and fresh stick of wood,
please. I'll take care of the fire to-
night"
James was good-natured, if some
what obtuse, and, as he was devoted
admirer of the fair Polly, he brought
the candle and the fresh stick without
question.
The clock in the corner licked
slowly; but Polly was too intent up
on her work to notice the flight of
time. Eleven o'clock, and now the
stockings were finished. She replac-
ed them in front of the fire, slipping
in her little gifts with many tender
pat and caress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
HORRIBLE
R. J. Cunningham Shot and Instantly
Killed By 4 yomaa.

Rocky MoUAr, Va, May 20.-A nor
rible tragedy was enacted here to-day.
R. j. Cunningham, who lives Just over
the Franklin line, in Bedford county, and
who travels as a sewing machine agent
in tn county, visited a house of i'll fame
here to-day II company Nth Others. He
was ordered TO leav by one Octavla
Hodges. an inmate of the house, and upon
refusing to do so was nred upon by the
girl and instantly allied. Cunningham
was we'll connected. He leaves a wife
and five children,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27

CEDAR K VS., Fa. Ma, IT, rnve-
n1t ca TT M,LrDe j. >rrj ,err. ia .er
su 5 cover tn city M-yor {. oil is
retrieved To b rtear mere. ,..dI j. ..onght
- "lI az l. cj~'eiy MH g.tA-ua, tvy
ours.
New YORK May 22.-Geo. s. Turner
was ARE ted here last night for embe zzlinc
$4,000 from the aid comm tee uf Sea.tr.
Wishing en-, by means OF false vouchers.
The money was subscribed at the time OF
the great conf tgratioo.
New YoEK Nay -. Tie Invest; cat
ing committee appointed bv the New
York Legislature urearthed a big, sys
trmati' fraud in milk in pection. It is
t'u1d ont that the milkmen have been
payi e the inspectors tn uSands of dol
lars for "p~otection."
New IoRK, May 20-The Public Gram
and Stock Exchange (imiteC). said to. be
the larg st bucket shop in the Uni ed
States, went to he wall, owing to an at
tachment secured against il 10y a customer
in Oswego, n. Y. The attachment was
made to secure $4,000.
B;RLIN, May PIT is learned that
the policy of Chancellor Vo2 Caprini
comprehends a scheme for the levying of
an especial tax upon German residents
IN the country who are ineligible for
military service, and upon those subjects
0: the Empire who hold their residence
abroad.
WICHITA. Kansas May 20. William
Thompson, who has bee attending meet
ings held by a~dventiSts in E'dorado, be-
came violently insane and attacked his
family wii2 a butcher knife, 1infictinr
some slight cuts on his wife and daughter
before he was disarmed. He believed
the end Of the world was approaching.
HAVANA, May I9.-Atu O'Clock night
before last fire broke ont in Yasis hard
ware store. In a short time the flames
reached a barrel If powder i'll the building
and a terrific explosion o Iowed. The
whole structure was blown TO pieces.
twenty-five persons were killed. Among
the dead ate four fire chiefs, who hap
pened to be in front of the building at
the time Of the explosion. la addition
to the K He'd over 100 persons were
injlred.
A gang OF counterfeiters were captured
in Alabama a few days ago by detectives.
One of them had attempted to blow up
some railroad property. The company
employed a detective TO work up the
case. The detective went to board with,
a suspected party and represented that.
he himself was an escaped criminal. he
finally drew the whole story ont of the
man and then proposed to make counter
felt money. This was agreed to and
some money was made. The detective
notife4 other officers when to com and
he played on a violin while they came in
the house and caught the whole crowd
en- gagged in counterfeiting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
CARFfELD'S REMAINS.
They Are Moved From a Vault to a
Crypt at the Dead Hour of
Mid-N ;ght.

CHICAGO, MAJ 2i.-A special to the
inter Oyean, from Cleveland, says: The
remains Of he late President Garfield
were quietly removed from the public
vault ID Lake View cemetery TO the crypt
in the Garfield monument shortly after
mil. night last night. The secret removal
of the remains was in accordance with
the wishes Of Mr.. Garfield, who was
opposed to any concentration or show.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
TROUBLE IN THE RANKS.
The Grand Army in Louisville SQUAD
bling Over the Black Brother.

NEW YoRN, May PA special from
Louisville to the Herald says the color
line is causing trouble in the Louisville
posts of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
As a result the posts have refused to
un. tie in the decoration day services.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
BROTHER AND T
The Latter Falls Dead on Being Told
of the Death of the Former.

BUFFALO. n. Y, May 2l.-Early last
evening John Maroney, scooper, fell into
the hold of the steam barge Italia and
wa instantly killed.
His sister, Mrs Thomas Haneahan,
upon being notified OF his dea h, fell dead
from heart disease.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
HE HAS GONE 0
The Treasurer Of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians Skips.

WEST POINT, N. Y, May 2O.-Patrick
Hynes, Treasurer of the Ancient Order Of
Hiberuians, is a defaulter to the amount
Of s.. 800. He has fled.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
GENERAL A NEWS.
Cream Of the State Press.

Dro!.S 81 Turpentiue and Grains of Rice from the
last Gu tiers of Grapes and Tobacco stems
from the North stalks IF CON ard Grains
of Wheat from the West, and Peanuts
al Il Cotton Seed from the South.
Arizona republican., 1890-05-29
pnder FiN,

iPuckl
 Umpire-One strike,
 Striker-Wha-a-atl
 Crowd-O-o-oh!
 Captain-Did you call that strike Umpire (savagely)-One strike I said. Captain-Why, the man couldn't have reached that with the Eiffel tower. Umpire-Under the rules, sir, I am sole judge of strikes. If in order to facilitate the game, see fit to call ball a strike, believe I have right to do so. CTo the pitcher.) Play ball. Two strikes.
 Striker (savagely)-Two blank, you blank, blank fool!
 Crowd (wlldly)-Rotten! Who hired you? He's roosterl Hit him in the neck Whoop hiss groanl
 Captain-l protest the game.
 Umpire-(calmly)-Play ball. Three strikes and out.
 (Whereupon the striker fells the um- pire to the ground with the bat the captain and players jump upon and kick the prostrate body, and the crowd surge into the field and tear the corpse into thousand pieces.)
 Moral (to umpires) )-Don't try to in troduce the methods of Speaker Reed into the national game or you will suffer for it.
Arizona republican., 1890-05-29
IN THE COURTS. Second Day of the Soldier
 Murder Trial. Fleming, the Defendant, on
 the Stand. Arraignment of a Number of New Cases Before Judge Kibby-
 The Pleas Entered.

All yesterday the District Court was busy with the trial of Jefferson Wilson, charged with murdering his comrade, William Flemming. United States Dis trict Attorney Jeffords placed long ar ray of witnesses upon the stand. Black men and white, soldiers and civilians, succeeded each other like the hurrying crowds in great city. For the prose- cution case was developed, with or derly, forcible method, that tended to establish the charge as already detailed in TIE REPUBLICAN. Judge Lowell con- conducted the cross-examination of the States witnesses.
 When the defense began Ex-United States District Attorney Rouse took defendants witnesses in charge, and carefully drew from them their stories. He relied upon the testimony of the government to account for Wilson's whereabouts up to 10 o'clock of the night when Fleming was killed. Several men were sworn to establish defendants character for peaceableness and inoffen- sive demeanor. Finally the prisoner himself went upon the stand, and pur- ported to state minutely every move ment of his during the fateful night.
 He attended party; described the dances; the officer who held little child in his arms; the cake that crumbled in some ones hand; in short he told so precise tale that, if it were untrue, his imaginative powers must avnal tho al- nt Princess, Scheherazada.
 The examination was not concluded when the court adjourned till this morning. Counsel Rouse thinks that little more testimony will be offered, and that the arguments for and against the prisoner may be concluded and the case given to the jury today.
 NEW CASES.
 The following persons were arraigned last evening in the District Court before Judge Kibby:
 Wm. Fox, forgery. Captain Steiglitz, counsel for defendant, took the statutory time to plead.
 Territory vs. Jesus Taos, burglary. J. B. Woodward, his attorney, asked one day in which to plead. Territory vs. Juan Jaras, charged with burglary. Clarke Howard attorney for defendant, requested one day to plead.
 John Pool, charged with assault on Wm. Collins, with intent to commit murder. Col. F.. J. Edwards attorney for defendant, entered plea of not guilty.
 Territory vs. Charles Govro, assault with intent to commit murder. Plea of not guilty entered. Case set for trial second Tuesday in June. J. B. Wood ward, attorney for defendant. Territory vs. Charles Ellis, grand larceny. Calvert Wilson, attorney for defendant. Plea of not guilty Trial set second Wednesday in June.
 Territory vs. Jose Salazar, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Clarke Howard, attorney for defendant, took the statutory time to plead.
Arizona republican., 1890-05-29
A TattOOed Prayer.

"We find strange mementoes on some of our bodies," said an undertaken to a Montreal Star reporter.
 ''The other day we were preparing the body of an unknown for burial. He had met a violent death, but there was the most serene expression on his face that l ever saw on anyone.
 When we dressed him for the grave we found the Lords prayer beautifully written in India ink on his forearm. It was as fine piece of tatooing as I ever saw, and it set me to thinking that perhaps that was what he depended on for comfort and that gave the peaceful look to his iace."
Arizona republican., 1890-05-29
He Saw.
tDetroit Free Pres

"Kin 1 do anything with pusson who calls me thief" he asked as he stopped patrolman on Beaubien street.
 ''I am afraid not"
 "But hain't dat agin my character?" "les, but suppose you went to law, and the other party should come into court with the feathers?"
 "What feathers?"
 Chicken"
 "H'm! see I reckon I hadn't better pay any 'tenshun to that pusson's remarks. He doan' dun amount to nuthin', anyhow"
Arizona republican., 1890-05-29
To Be a Poet.

To Be Poet.
 From the French.l To be poet? 'Tis to love The soul is nature that reposes; The sun, Loves self, the fragrant roses And all sweet things, below, above. To be poet? 'Tis to feel Infnity within thy breast; To suffer with the worlds oppressed, And prove with deeds thy sorrow real To be poet? 'Tis to sigh With hope that life devotes, sublimes; To suffer death a thousand times, And then at last never to diel
 GEORGE HORTON.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-09-25

needs so little from the general
government, the fact has been evil
denced in recent congressional history
that the influence of state in the
national Congress depends more
upon the brains of its representatives
than upon their numbers. Mr.. Ed
munds gets up in his place and the
Senate proceeds to make all the far
mers in Vermont a present of a
bounty of so much on every pound
of maple sugar. But where is the
free coal or free iron that Massachu-
sets has asked for? The trainers of
the constitution were wise in their
way when they flouted mere num-
bers by giving the little state as
much representation in the Senate
as the big ones; and even in the
House, where they gave numbers free
rein, a little state with one really
strong man in its delegation out
weighs in influence the great state
with a troop of nobodies to represent
it Listener in Boston Transcript
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-09-25
VERMONT NEWS.

The battle monument and soldiers
home grounds at Bennington are be-
ing regarded and improved.
At Richford ground was broken
Tuesday for a new elevator and 800
men will be employed to finish the
contract i'll 90 days.
Senator Edmunds, according to a
Washington correspondent, has
'paired off, on account of poor
health and will spend the remainder
of the session in Vermont
Rev John W. Buckham of Conway,
N. H., was installed pastor of a
church in Salem, Mass, September
II. He is son of President Buck
ham of Vermont University.
Business at the pulp and paper
mills at Olcott Falls is rushing; two
large additions are being made this
season to the plant; more than 100
laborers are employed; work goes
on day and night.
The new hotel enterprise at Wood
stock is success, the required
amount of stock, $4,000, having
been secured last week. 1t will
prove a great addition to the attrac-
tons of the town.
Last Thursday Amasa Pooler, the
oldest male citizen OF Rutland and
one of the oldest Masons of the state
celebrated his 92d birthday. He has
been a Mason 70 years and SO years
Knight Templar, and a member of
the Baptist church 70 years.
The Bennington board of trade
has secured new industry for the
town in the knitting mill removed
from Cohoes by Mr. Campbell. 1t
will employ rs hands and will bring
20 families to Bennington. The citi-
zens have subscribed $1,000 and the
old Booth mill will be enlarged and
refitted.
An electric light company is being
formed at Springfield. A plant capa-
BILE of producing $50 incandescent
and Is arc lamps will be put in if
sufficient encouragement be given in
the way of subscription. There is
some talk of forming a syndicate and
erecting a fine block on Main street
for stores and Offices.
George w. Robinson, II years of
age, who has been prominently CON
nected with the erection of the battle
monument, is very i'll with cancer
ofthe stomach at Bennington Center,
and will not long survive, it is feared.
He occupies an old homestead built
in 1897, which was his birthplace.
He has a valuable collection of his
torical relics, especially connected
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-09-25
A RECORD OF LIES.

AN official record of lies" is the
apt name the New York Sun gives to
the Congressional Record and it is
time the truth was spoken about
that collection of inaccuracies. The
people of the United States should
have a record that tells the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth about the proceedings of Con-
gress or they should not be compelled
to pay for a record at all. A member
is given leave to print and a speech
that was never delivered makes its
appearance III the Record, to be
swallowed whole by cOnfiding con-
stituents. Or a member saws some
asinine things and carefully revises
his remarks before they are printed
SO that they appear like polished
brilliants- Or disreputable passage
occurs in the House because all con-
gressmen are not gentlemen, and the
sensitive feelings of the men who
could engage in the proceedings I'M
protestingly demand that the story
of them be expunged. And so the
Record makes everything seem very
proper.
Let us call halt to this thing and
demand q Record that records and
then hold our legislators responsible
for what they are and not for what
they think they ought to be.