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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-30

the acquaintance Of some lizards living
in the crevices of one of the sunny
walls Of our garden. AS have some
where heard that lizards have a good
ear for music, / resolved to prove the
fact; so one afternoon armed with a
musical.box, l wended my steps to
their tomato-covered home. Before
l had finished the first tune a consid-
cradle audience had collected-an
audience it was pleasure to play to,
for the lizards were far more atten-
tive than most human beings. Out
peered head after head, little on one
side, in listening attitude. l gave
my little friends musical entertain
ment, varied by whistling, nearly
every day. and before long they got
much holder, and would venture right
out of their holes and lie motionless
on the broad ledge of the wall, their
bright black eyes half closed as a
rule. but opening them now and then
to give me lazy wink Of enjoyment.
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$50 this is your grandson, eh. Ras.
tus ?"
"Yassir. He's fine boy, too. He
leads his classes at school,"
"Indeed Come here, my boy.
Suppose you had two dozen watermel-
ons, and another boy took fivo of them,
how many would there be left ?"
IL gueth eff done git holt O. two
dozen watermillions, they amt no boy
on dis yere airth 'uld git FIVE of EN-"
replied the youngster.-Harper's Ba.
Ear.
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Proud Two Times.

"Only twice." said a we'll known
lawyer the other day, shave l really
been proud. The first time was years
ago in court. I'd been admitted,
and had charge of the preparation of
an important suit. The jury brought
in a verdict for our side, and l felt
happy. But after l had collected my
papers and books, and was going out,
my chief, who was one of the lights Of
the bar in those days, put his hand
on my shoulder and said: you prepar.
ed that case we'll, my boy; if it hadn't
been for you we'd have been beaten.
And I knew it was so, for he'd come
back from Washington only that
morning and had had to depend en-
tirely on my work. And the second
time l felt proud was when my mar
ried sister came into my library early
one afternoon and said, in a hal
whisper, It's boy."-New YorA
Sun.
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Why Papa Enlarged His House.

Charley Chatterton says that when
he was crossing the country from San
Francisco with Sarah Bernhard he
stopped to visit an old friend in Den.
yer, whom he had not seen for several
years.
Charley noticed that his host had
Increased the size of his house, by
adding on wings in every conceivable
place. These additions were of widely
different styles of architecture, and
had evidently been built at various
times.
When Charley asked the reason of
the great change in bis friends house,
the latter said:
"Well, every time one of my
daughters married I prepared for the
worst by building wing to my house.
/ found, in the first instance, that il
proved sound judgement on my part,
so / kept right at it when the other
girls married.
"And they're all with me STILL
Elk.
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1t is always well to make the best
of small accidents. This was the
opinion, at any rate, of a certain col
CURED barber, who, in cutting q
gentleman's hair, shipped of the top
of his ear. The customer leaped out
of the chair with wild shrek. "Ow,"
he screamed, you've cut off a piece
of my earl" "Sho-don't cary on 30,
boss" said the barber" faint 'nogh
for to effect the hearin'l"
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A Safe Investment

Is one which Is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or In case Of failure .
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist bottle OF DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. It is guarsn-
teed to bring relief in every case, when
used for any affection of throat, lungs o..
chest, such as Consumption, Inflammat ON
Of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, who ming
cough, Group, etc.. and can alvnvs be
depended upon. Trial bott)>ss free NJ
Field & Grays drug store. 1O52y1
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Merit WU.s.

We desire to say to O. dr citizens that for
years we have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery fer Continuation, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklin's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have new.
or handled remedies that sell as we'll, 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, II satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. Field q Gray,
drugstore
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A farmer writes the Rural World
that he hung seed corn in the smoke
house and smoked it as long as he did
his hams that every kernel grew,
and that not spear was touched by
gophers, mice or black birds, while
some sweet corn planted by the side
of it, but not smoked, was entirely
destroyed.
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Evidently not in form-Miss de
Chic-"Nice little informal dance at
the Bayleys, Mr.. Sordoffl Why
weren't you therei" Sordof, '93-
Informal They forgot to inform
me- Harvard Lampoon.
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When the Breeze Dies Out, Take to
the Oars

When business languishes, push it. ,
The best advertising does not con.
sist of wind alone. 1t has strength
and power. 1t will propel your craft
into the harbor of prosperity, against
adverse tides and over dangerous
shoals.
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Morrison-"Have you noticed how
stivey Winthrop always wears Q
glove on his right hand ?"
Janson-"Ya'as. He met tho
Prince of Wales, and shook hands
with him in London, last summer.
Hasn't washed his hand since. Has
to keep it gleyed." Life.
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The first symptoms of heart disease arc
short breath, Tutoring, faint and hungry
spells, pain In side, swollen ankles, for
which DIR. Miles New Heart Cure lie a
marvellous remedy. Fine book on heart
disease, with wonderful cures, free at
Field d Grays, or address DR.. Miles Med
ical Co., Elkhart, Ind. 6
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Bucklen's Arnlcn Salve.

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 positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. II II
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents per box.
For sale by Field & Gray wholesale and
retail druggists. 1052y1
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I'LL TOUCH 1T NOT.

LII AOOO4A - AVA
Ill touch II not no never,
The greatest curse TO mej
Forever and forever,
will, I will DO free.
swore with eyes to Heaven
To temper not again.
And strength TO me was given,
I've broke the CALLING chain.
I've broke the chain that bound me
To infamy and vice,
And sorrow brought around me.
And turned my heart to ice
That drove my children tender,
From my affections far,
And made them peace surrender
Beneath vile Bachus' car.
OF every hope and pleasure
The glass has been my tomb,
And anguish without measure
Brought to my wrctched home.
Were earth golden palace,
And could call IL nine.
would not touch the chalace
Where flows the tempting wine.
Where flows the wine is sorrow
That cannot be ca pressed,
There is no br light tomorrow
To cheer the laboriDg breast.
The hope that doth attend us
In glorious paths of truth,
Here leaves a string to rend us
And murder us forsooth.
But have pledged forever
The fatal glass to shun,
And use each last endeavor
To save the lost, undone.
God, give me strength, pray Thee,
As to the task / bend,
And unto Thee shall daily,
Praise. grateful praise, ascend.
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Low to Look When Asleep.

An authority warns young women
that the pretty way of going to sleep
with one hand tucked under the cheek
is not wise. 1t makes fold in the
soft skin that by and by helps the
wrinkles. The same oracle insists
that at the moment when sleep is des-
cending the face should be composed
into peaceful lines, the mouth gently
closed to breathe only through the
nose. and the lids slowly lowered over
the drowsy eyes. If this method is
in early life the jaw
dropping tendency Of old age will be
much longer prevented. As we spend
a third of "a hours in sleep, which
makes in the aggregate large pro-
portion Of ones life, it would seem
reasonable that ones facial condition
during the time should be of import.
ance.-Merrill, Iowa, Record.
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"Here is an other idle shattered"
said the young man whose father in
formed him that he must 60 to work.
Washington Star.
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The auction-room was crowded and,
the collection of furniture. art, and
bric-a-brac being unusually choice, the
bidding had been very spirited. Dur.
ing an interval Of the sale a man with
pale and agitated countenane pushed
his way to the auctioneer's side and
engaged him in a whispered converse
ton. Presently he stood aside, aud
the auctioneer called attention with
his little hammer. Ladies and gen.
tlemen," he said, in loud voice, 81
have to inform you that gentleman
present has lost his pocket-book con.
tanning fifty pounds. He offers five
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gain, nothing to lose There's Just ono medi-
cine of its class that's sold ON these conditions
lust one that could be-Dr Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's peculiar way TO
sell it-but it's a peculiar medicine. It's the
guaranteed remedy for all Blood, Skin and
Scalp Diseases, from a common blotch or
eruption 10 the worst Scrofula. Ii cleanses,
purifes and enriches the blood, and cures
Salt-rheum, letter, Eczema, Erysipelas and
all manner of blood-taints, from whatever
cause. It costs you nothing If it doesn't help
You. The only question is, whether you
want 10 he helped.
"Golden Medical Discovery is the cheap
est blood-purifier sold, through druggists, be
cause you only pay for The good you get.
Can you ask moref
The Discovery" acts equally well oil the
near round. Made by the Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association at 663 Main Street,
Buffalo. N. Y.
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pounds for its return" Instantly q
small man in the background sprang
upon a chair and cried excitedly, "I1l
give ten pounds !"
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REMOVED !!

/ am now located in the
store recently occupied by
Harrington & Pratt, and will
be pleased to see all of my
friends. / have a fine and
we'll selected stock of
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The Musical Lizard.

A correspondent writes when in
Switzerland two years ago, | made the
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-30

A prompt re
turn of your
money, If you get
neither benefit nor
cure. Risky terms
for the doctor,
but safe and sure
for the patient.
EYarYthinR to
, 1891-09-04
N

DIR. Holcomb went East yesterday alter
noon.
P. j. Nichols, chief mail clerk, re-
turned yesterday.
H. FL. Robinson, wife and family left
Tor Buffalo yesterday.
Miss Julia KING and Mrs. A. J. King
returned home Yesterday.
Ralph Friend has gone to ship some
stock from Uinta county.
Mrs. M. Hader has gone on a visit to
Denver, Salt Lake and Ogden.
Col. N. j. O'Bren went to Iva yes
terday morning on government business.
Mrs. j. K. Single and Johnnie and
Fred Shingle left for Salt Lake and 0g-
den Yesterday.
G. w. Hancock, Union Pacific freight
claim agent OF Omaha, was a west-bound
passenger yesterday.
Mrs. W. w. Crook and Miss Fannie
Crook arrived home yesterday. They
have been spending a week in Denver.
VIM. S. Ackerman Of Patterson, N. j.,
was in the city yesterday. Mr.. Acker-
man is connected with the Cooke locomo-
tive works.
George Phillips Of Denver passed
through this city yesterday morning on
his way to San Francisco to witness the
Mitchell Gallagher fight.
S. w. Griffin aud Stephen Bon ST.,
with their daughters. Mamie Griffin and
Katie Bon, left for Denver yesterday
morning, where the youg ladies' will at
tend school.
DR.. r. b. Grimes is alone. His wife,
her sister Mrs. Thompson, and the doc
tors son and daughter left for New York
city yesterday. The boy will attend the
Episcopal academy at Tivoli, N. Y. The
others will visit in New York until Jan
uary. Maggie will attend school in that
CITY.
, 1891-09-04
BACK FROM THE PARK.
Two United States on'cials Return
from the Yellowstone.
MANY Visitors There from All oVer
the World.
A,Park Prisoner Finds Judgement in
the County Jail.

United States Marshal Rankin anG
United States Attorney B. F. Fowler
have returned from a trip to the Yellow,
stone park. The officers we're called
there to investigate a case of mysterious
thievinR going on in one of the hotels.
A Mrs. Morris of Philadelphia and
MIR. Armour of New Yoik, who were
staying at the mammouth Hot Springs
hotel lost a considerable amount of
money and a lot ofjewelry. Mrs. Morris
valued her stolen Jewels at $3.50 and Mr..
Armour lost a 800 bill.
The officers suspected Il porter named
Henry Benson as the thief. Upon search
ing his baggage they found the Jewels
and the money. Benson is only 10 years
old and claims to rave been led into the
thieving by an elder companion. His
home is in Minneapolis aud this is his
first seasons work in the park. The
prisoner vas bound over, brought to
Cheyenne and will remain in the Lara
mic county Jail until the time for his trial
at the November term OF court. The
marshal appointed a deputy to act for
the civil government on the reservation.
Messrs. Fowler and Rankin give some
interesting information about the Yellow
stane park. There has been an average
of about 500 visitors a day in the park
this season, a total of 10000 Or IL, 900.
Camping out Is encouraged, and it is a
delightful place for that, as there is plenty
of wood, water and grass. There are
about 275 buffalo in the park and plenty
of other game. Bears are so plentiful
and tame that some of the old-timers
come to the hotels to eat the slops. OF
course no one is allowed to kill game. but
alter the season closes, which is Oh October
|, men slip in from Montana and kill BUT
falo. The only person who is allowed to
catch game is a man employed by the
Smithsonian Institute. He catches bear,
buffalo, elk and other kinds of game for
the institute. Before shipping his game
he must submit a report, which must be
approved by the superintendent of the
park.
The roads throughout the park are
fine, being built by the government, and
are as level and smooth as an ordinary
street. Their trip had to be made by
way of Butte. Mont, and then to the
park by stage. The marshal thinks tha,
it would be well for the Wyoming sena.
tors to influence the government to build
a road into the park from the Wyoming
side. As it is at present Montana does
all of the business for the park that prop.
erly belongs to Wyoming.
, 1891-09-04
A Car.


Conductor Story, one OF the best and
most popular men that ever punched a
ticket, had quite a fire on his train Mon
day while coming up from Cheyenne.
Soon after leaving Wheatland it was dis.
covered that a car was on fire. A spark
from the engine had lodged in the front
end of a freight car, burned a hole
through and set fire to a lot of second
hand furniture consigned to George Bolln.
The nearest water was four miles
away, so they cut the train and flew with
the burning car. Tho fire was ex-
tinguIshed but about 800 worth OF fur
niture was ruined. In the same car
were five barrels of kerosene. The bar
rels were scorched but it did not ignite.
, 1891-09-04
ONE MORE
Cheyenne TO Have Another Rainstorm
by Tomorrow or SUNDAY.

Frank Melbourne and his little black
leather valise are again engaged in then
deadly work in the small second story
room of Frank Fl. Jones now celebrated
barn. Melbourne began his operations
last evening. He is under contract tc
produce rain here by Sunday evening.
Figuring on the basis of his last expert.
meut he will achieve the result by Sunday
afternoon but the operator himself thinks
that Cheyenne may be treated to a shower
bath sometime tomorrow.
The sky was perfectly clear when Mel
bourne began operations and it looked as
though a natural spell of dry weather had
set in. The signal service observer re.
celved his general reports last night
and from them discovered that
cloudy weather had Set in yester-
day morning at Baker City, Ogn. This
cloudy weather has penetrated into the
edge of Montana and according to re-
ports received from Salt Lake, Fort Nc
Kinney. Lander and Montrose. Colo,
seemed to be going through the west part
of Wyoming. Colorado and Utah. No
rain had yet set in at any of these points
at 6 o'clock, Cheyenne time, last evening,
but it was predicted for today in all Of
them. No rain was reported from any
point and except in the sections mentioned
the weather was generally clear. Mr..
Ravenscraft believed that the storm
would not strike this locality. He ex.
pected it to be windy here TO-DAY with
rather cloudy weather and the possibility
of a slight natural rainfall this afternoon.
If this storm failed to reach here and rain
was produced on Saturday or SUNDAY
Melbourne would display remarkable
power.
G. G. Gable with Capt. Marsh o.
Omaha was on the top of Iron Mountain
on Tuesday. Ten minutes before the
first rainfall came Capt. Marsh wanted to
bet there would be no rain hat dav. Mr..
Gable said the sky was to perfectly clear
that he decided to take the bet. The
second rainstorm was the severest Mr..
Gable has seen this year, and although
drenched to the skin he was intensely in
terested in the remarkable cloud move
ments which brought about the down
pour
The lightning which accompanied Tues
days storm killed " cows and two
calves lie c. P. Organs pasture and one
COW at a. Fl. Hord's.
, 1891-09-04
No Trace OF The ThIeyes.

Sheriff Kelley did not go into the
park with Mr.. Rankin and Fowler. but
staid with the circus trying to get trace Of
the thieves who did the robbing in Chey-
enne circus dav, MIR. Kelley left the
circus at Missoula, Mont. He could get
no trace of the thieves or the iewelry. II
the thieves had been with the show pre-.
vious to its arrival in Cheyenne they
seem to have left it afterwards. Mr..
Kelley thinks that some of the guilty
parties are those he secured in Laramie
and who are in Jail here now. The boy
who wis arrested in Greeley with some Of
Mrs. Glover's jewelry was left in Poca-
tello, Idaho. Mr., Kelley says he can be
secured at any time should he be needed
as a witness.
, 1891-09-04

Oysters in every style at Gcrmania hall.
You will see a fine display of fruit at
Theo I. Woollens & Co. s today.
Services OF the Sacred Heart will be
held at st. Mary's cathedral at 1880 this
evening.
Three cars of horses belonging to Seua-
tor Carey were shipped to Plainfield, Ind. +,
yesterday.
DIR. Marston says there is a great deal
of fever in town just now. He has at
least half a dozen cases.
Black & Clarke have about completed
a pretty cottage on Evans street for Steve
Bon, Jr.. who will rent it.
Prof. Stark has been appointed by the
American Book company to revise the
new geography of Wyoming.
The 6-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. 81. j. Gaisford, of TWENTY fourth
street, died yesterday afternoon.
Grimes & Conner have begun work on
a 81. 500 residence for V. Baker at the
corner of Twenty-6fth and Evans.
W. A. Richards, whose Office is at 1920
Ferguson street, can place your fire insur-
ance at low rates in good companies.
John F. Bailey, who lives northeast of
town, was presented by his wife with a
fine girl baby early yesterday morning.
j. R. Grimes, the contractor, has COM
menced his $1,000 residence on Maxwell
street, between Nineteenth and Tween,
tIeth.
Theo T. Woollens & Co. offer l0C
boxes of as handsome California peaches
as ever came into Cheyenne at 81 25 pei
box today.
The ladies OF the w. r. Q. are re
quested to meet at Mrs. Buechner's, 80;
East Eighteenth street, this afternoon al
2 O'Clock.
Handsomely furnished rooms at the
Whitcomb house aud Whitcomb house
annex castle Dare). Best dining room
in the city. Corner of Ferguson and
Twentieth streets. Charges moderate.
There is no use sending away for blank
books. Bristol makes the best blanl
book that you can buy and at reasonabl,
prices. Anew patent Is the Smith fla
opening book which Bristol has the ex
elusive right to furnish in Wyoming.
In the now celebrated New York di
vorce suit of Mrs. Ten Eyck Lockwood
the name of J.. Stephens Miner. wei
known here, has been very unpleasantly
mixed up. The New York Recorder saw:
of the matter; "Mr. Ten Eyck Lockwood
called at the Recorder office yesterday tc
say that Mrs. Lockwood was at present
with friends in New York, and that Mr.
Miners connection with the affair wa
that of a friend of Mr.. Lockwood, moth
ing more"
, 1891-09-04

Observer Raveuscraft's report for
August shows that the mean tempera-
ture for the month was 65.40. The high
est temperature was S90 on the 18th;
the lowest $50 on the 23d. The
prevailing direction Of the wind was
Northwest, the extreme velocity being
forty miles on the 18th.
The total precipitation In moisture for
the month was 9. 16 inches. For August
1890 the precipitation was 3.ls inches.
The excess precipitation over the average
rainfall In the same month for the past
ten years was 60 inches.
, 1891-09-04
FavoraDIv Inclined.
Denver News

Melbourne's success as a rain king ap-
pears to be u%ndoubted. The results of
his Cheyenne experiments have convinced
thousands of people that there must be
something IN his process. II further ex-
periments continue to be successful, his
invention, whatever it NAV be, will have
TO be accepted as one of the wonders of
the world. AT least. the people of Chey-
enne are nov confident that such is the
fact. and have not only paid him bis
money, but are willing to swear by him
besides.