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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
The Wheel and Nature.

The wheelmen are everywhere.
Their association constitutes most
important factor in our social and
even in our political economy
They swarm over our country roads,
introducing new faces and new
ideas into remote rural corners,
bringing the city to the out-of-the-
way farmer, and they increase and
emphasize the growing demand for
good roads.
The wheel has been of enormous
value to the city youth of the land.
When men who are just begin
ming to look out for the gray hairs
were ambitious youth, they had
three ways of seeing out-of-the-way
country places. They might walk,
or ride, or drive. They were forced
to rely either on the horse, which
was expensive, or OH their legs,
which were slow. While walking
parties, therefore, we're not wholly
unknown, the pace was so slow, the
fatigue to the occasional pedestrian
was so great, and the places visited
in the course of a single ramble
were so few, that the country dogs
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
An Original Prize Contest.

To the first person who by taking two
letters from the word plague" can make
the name of disease that is common In
portions Of both Canada and the United
States, will be given an elegant Upright
Plano, valued at 1895, or its equivalent
in cash, as preferred). To the second
person will be given Pony, Cart and
Harness complete, valued at $500, or Its
equivalent In cash, If preferred). To the
third person will DO given an elegant
Gold Watch valued at $74, or its equiva-
lent in cash. Fifty other prizes, ranging
In value from twenty -five dollars to five
dollars will be awarded to the next fifty
persons sending correct solutions strictly
In order as received. IL you have tried
other so-called prize competitions with
out success you must not condemn these
offered by this company, as they are
perfectly reliable, and are carried on In
good faith. Contestants must enclose Z.
8. Postal Note for thirty cents, Cor fifteen
two-cent U. S. stamps) for one months
trial subscription to the Ladies' Pictorial
Weekly, which Is the handsomest and
best illustrated weekly publication for
ladies on this continent. The only object
In offering this competition is to introduce
1t into the new homes, and we guarantee
that no Partially will be shown In the
awarding Of prizes. Persons living at
distance, or in the United States, have as
good an opportunity, as the date Of post
mark on letters will be given precedence,
so answer early. Address, Ladies' Pic
torial Co., 3D." Toronto, Canada.
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never learned TO differentiate be-
tween a gentleman in Hannels and
a tramp in rags.
The wheel has changed all this.
Now one who wishes to find nature
and rural life in their hiding places
goes flashing to them on a swift
wheel. Faster than horses, the
wheel eats nothing and requires no
stabling. II does not fall ill and
run up doctors bills. Although a
serious break may put All end to the
riders excursion, an unimportant
mishap will not be likely to cause
much delay, for he who rides may
mend, and if he has no mechanical
ingenuity, there are few neighbor-
hoods that are wanting in black
smiths.
The wheelman spends his holt
days purched high on his old-fash-
toned machine, or skimming quickly
over the ground on his safety"
The too short days of his vacation
are devoted to riding through the
country, and he who is a wise
wheelman seeks in his outings the
roads which run through strange
and unaccustomed scenes. He will
doubtless encounter bad roads, but
he will see unsophisticated men and
women, and will discover in the by
ways natural beauties that are
missed by those who frequent only
the highways and the beaten paths
of travel. He will keep his eyes
and ears open for the sights and
sounds of nature, and he will gain
a store of knowledge and of memo
ries in his short two weeks trip i'll
the country that will be Il priced
possession in the winter.
The wheel can do a great deal for
human nature that for the most OF
the twelve months is cooped up in
the city, and if the young men who
are the happy posessors of this adj
mira BILE instrument of locomotion
will use their opportunities, they
will bless the day that gave to them
the wheel on which they may ride
into remote corners of the land
Harper's Weekly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
Real Estate Sales.

The following Is list of real estate
sales recorded during the past week,
furnished at tho abstract Office Of
O'Brien & Sleator.
Warren st. John to Caroline st. John,
81, s o of II Q of 81, 80, 8, Alpena town.
ship.
Fry II. Toland to VIM. Balance, 1920,
g ! Of of 33. 20. 8. Ossinele township.
W. IL. Potter to c. II. Reynolds, 81 ,00O
lots 1 to If inclusive, In block 10, Potters
addition, Potter street.
Catherine Hamilton to &. Ii. REYNOLDS,
$4,000, lot s, block 10, Hltchcock's adj
dition, Washington avenue.
Carl Behrendt to Frank Christian, $3.50,
lot 3, block 81, Hitchcock addition,
Baldwin street.
W. E. Depew to a. n. Spratt, $1,000,
part lots II and IL, block 3, Carter's adj
dition, Third street.
Geo. N. Fletcher to Kate Bryan, $500,
lot SO by 140 feet fronting on River street,
extended.
Lewis Below to Alonzo Z. Davis, 500,
lot 10, block 90, Hltchcock's addition
Grape street.
VIM. Kilbrlde to John and Julia Collins
$500, lots 10, block 10, city, Lockwood
street.
Huron Lumber Co. to Kate Metalski
Trustee, 81, n W lot 10, block 90, city,
Minor Street.
Henry NJ Robinson to George r. Mich
olson, $50, ! Of Of 20, 80, Z, Maple
Ridge township.
Danl D. Hanover to Samuel A. Dawson
$3.50 II Of W Of IS, 80, 7, Wilson town
ship.
Frank Kinds to Annie Kinds, 5000 lot
?, block z, STONY Point"
q. F. Perkins, TO Robert Compo, $26. 90
IL ! of s Q of 80, q, Wilson township, taxes
of 1878.
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man had come out of the darkness;
the farmer had apparently gone in
to it. Yet the great need for both
is. and will continue to be, the same
more markets for what they make
With increase of markets comes in
crease of price of products and in
crease of profitable work. With
decrease of markets comes decrease
Of profitable work and decrease of
price for all products except those
artifcially kept up by trusts and
combinations.
The tariff issue to-day is ques-
ton of markets and not a question
of wages. The tariff is tax on
products and as such depresses con-
sumption in the home market. II
is also a tax upon trade and as such
prevents consumption in foreign
markets.
In both ways it wrongs the la.
borer and the farmer.-W. l.. w.
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tected by ridge of hills, some of
them 1900 feet high, is covered
with ashes. Many of the houses
were crushed by the accumulated
weight of ashes, dust and stones.
Cocoanut plantations on both
sides of Lorena Bay are destroyed.
but in the town itself there was
little loss of life.
To the westward of the town,
after passing the foot of the ridge,
the scene is one of complete desc
lation and devastation. The suf-
fering among those who escaped
with their lives has been most acute.
All the food OH the island was de-
stroyed, and but for the prompt
assistance of the neighboring
islands many would have starved
The whole of the Island" says
one writer, lis a mass of shoulder
ing ruins. The people who lived
there have lost all they ever had
and now the only thing for then
to do is to leave for another an(
more favorable spot or stay there
and die"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

From these facts it is evident that
il the Democrats force the tariff
issue here in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho, a campaign of education
will be extremely effective. Nature
has already provided the Pacific
Northwest with protective tariff.
The cost of living is high here, not
so much because agricultural pro-
ducts are high as because manufac-
tured articlesare expensive, Nearly
all clothing and other manufactured
articles are brought from the East,
and the cost Of transportation across
the two mountain ranges adds ma
terially to the price here. The peo-
pie are beginning to understand
that, were the tariff lower, no fac
tories in this part of the country
would be closed: and at the same
time ships carrying wheat from
Puget Sound ports to England, and
lumber and hops as well, could bring
back cargoes Of manufactured goods
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Democratic State Convention.

The Democrats Of Michigan will meet in State
Convention. at Hartmans Hall. in the City OF Grand
Rapids on the nth Of August next, az 10 O'Clock
NJ, for the purpose Of placing in nomination cand-
dates Of the party to DO presented TO the people at
the coming State election.
The State offices for which candidates are 10 DO
named at this Convention are: Governor, Lieu
Governor, Secretary Of State, State Treasur-
or, Auditor General, Attorney General. Commits
sioner Of the State Land Office, Superintendent Of
Public instruction, and Member Of the State
Board Of Education.
By the action Of the Democratic State Conven-
ton, held at Muskegon, May 18th, 1892, the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee 10 directed TO In
elude in the present call the nomination Of candi-
date for United States Senator.
II will also be the duty Of this Convention TO
nominate one Presidential Elector and one Alter
nate Presidential Eector for the Eastern Electoral
District one Presidential Elector and Alternate
Presidential Elector for the Western Electoral
District, and like candidates for each Of the twelve
Congressional DISTRICTS Of the State.
According TO the rule adopted By the Democrats
State Convention held In Detroit In 1880. and
since followed every county In the State is entitled
to one delegate to the State Convention for each
500 votes cast for Governor at the last general cleo
ton, and one additional delegate for fraction OF
not less than $50 votes. But each county Is en-
titled 10 ut least two delegates. All delegates
must be residents Of the counties they represent.
The delegates from each congressional district
will meet In caucus at 10 O'Clock A. NJ on the morn
ing OF August 18th. at quarters To be hereafter
designated, and recommend candidates for Presi-
Dental Elsctor and Alternate Presidential Elector
and persons for service upon the several commit
tees Of the Convention. Each district will DO en-
titled 10 one Vice President Of the Convention. one
Assistant Secretary. and one member each Of che
committees on credentials. permanent organization
order Of business and resolutions.
II will facilitate the working Of the committee on
credentials In the convention, II the secretary Of
each county convention will promptly forward "a
the headquarters Of the State Central Committee
In Detroit Immediately after the convention, q
full and accurate list Of the delegates chosen 10 che
State Convention.
The Democratic party cordially invites all friends
Of the principles enunciated by the party In II,
PLATFORM all opponents Of unjust and illegal taxa
ton, the prodigal expenditure Of the public money
and other abuses Of Republican mis-rule; and al
men who have participated In the achievement o.
the recent great victories Of the Democratic party
OF who desire 70 serve in the Democratic triumph
Of this year. 10 participate in the election Of dele
gates 20 this convention.
| DANIEL J. CAMPAU, Chairman.
| FRANK Il. HosFoRD, Secretary.
Alpens county is entitled to six delegates.
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Meteorological Report

The meteorological report of the wealth
er, at the city of Alpena, is as follows for
the month Of July, 1892;
Highest temperature, 81 degrees, on the 18th.
Lowest temperature, A degrees on the LIST.
Average temperature, &C degrees.
Highest barometric pressure, 3O.63 inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, 1916 inches.
Total rain fall 1892 inches.
Prevailing wind, from the southeast.
Total movement Of wind, 6,0l3 miles.
Greatest daily rainfall, LII inches, on the 9th.
Highest velocity of the wind, AZ miles, from tn,
west, on the 18th.
Number of cloudless days, Q.
Number of partly cloudy days, 10.
Number of cloudy days,6.
r. NJ Nc p. BALDWIN,
z 4 Observer. Weather Bureau.
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A Monster Bounty.

According to Carroll ID. Wright,
the eminent statistician. the cost of
manufacturing iron and steel in
this country is about the same as
it is in England. Yet we live I'M
der a protective tariff which compels
the people of this country to pay
from $4,000, 900 to $8O,OO0,OOO
more a year for the iron and steel
they use than they would pay at
English prices.
This enormous sum goes as a
bounty to the protected iron and
steel manufacturers.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
EVERY DEMOCRAT
Ia Interasted in the National Ticket.

To arm hlmself against the sophistries
OF tho Republican party, every Demo-
crat should read FRAUDS AND FALsEHooDs
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, tho latest, the
largest and most authentic compaign doc
ument Issued. 1t shows the FALLAoY Of
PROTECTION, the WEAKNESS Of REoIPRooI-
Try, the FINANCIAL acknowledgment and
wAsrEFUL expenditures Of the Republican
party. The comparison Of the MILLS and
Mckinney bills Is an EYE-oPENER to
Farmers, Mechanics and Laborers. Com
plete Biographies Of CLEVELAND and STEW
ENsoN, full report of the Convention,
the Party Platform and an Exposition Of
Democratic Principles. Nearly 600 pag-
es. Price only $3.50. Special Terms to
Democratic Clubs. BIC PAY to WORKING
AGENTS. Canvassing book sent FREE for
10 cents. Address
ROYAL PUBLISHING HOUSE,
283 Wabash Ave., Chicgo, Ill.
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Detroit Markets.

The following quotations are copied
from the Detroit Free Press
Apples. $500 to $500 per barrel
Butter, lec to 22c per pound.
Live fowls, &c to l0c per pound.
Live turkeys, Toe to l2c per pound.
Eggs, 14c to l5c per dozen.
Flour per barrel. $500 to $500.
Hay baled, sl2.OO to $500 per ton.
Oats per bushel. 33c to 36c.
Onions per barrel, 1925 tos2.5O.
Pork, sl2.75 to $500 per Dbl.
Potatoes per bushel, l5c to zoe.
Wheat, Sc "A to SO.s1 per bushel.
The above quotations are mostly of
wholesale nature. Tho price at retail
stores is higher.
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Protection not Popular.

Seattle, Washington, Aug. L.
The Republicans have already tried
to begin in the Pacific Northwest a
campaign on the question of pro-
lection, but since nearly every in
terest of this region would be bene-
fitted by a reduction of the tariff, the
Republicans would do wisely to lay
stress on some other issue. The
following statement is now being
printed by Republican papers in
this State:
Tariff for revenue only would
not leave much of the industries
of this Northwest coast, for it would
mean free ore, free coal, free lum-
Der, free wool and free hops"
The astonishing part of the mat
ter is that in this part of the coun-
try any man could for even mo-
ment imagine such an argument
effective. As to hops, it is the boast
of the farmers here that while the
cost of growing hops in the East
and in England and Germany is from
Is to IS cents pound, the great
fertility of the soil here and the
equable climate reduce the cost to
less than 10 cents. The great bulk
of the hop crop of Washington and
Oregon is shipped directly to Eng
land and sold in the London mar
ket. So far as hops are concerned,
II tariff for revenue only would not
make a soul in this part of the
United States whit the worse of,
and the men who this year in this
State are growing 100000 pounds
of hops cannot be held to the Re-
publican party lby the tariff issue.
But the lumber industry is the
greatest of this region, employing
more capital and more men than
any other. The local lumber mar
ket is now depressed and the lumber
men are seeking foreign market.
Were lumber on the free list, not
one of the hundreds of logging
camps and sawmills here would
close, for the reason that there is
no point from which lumber can be
shipped here anywhere nearly as
. cheaply as it can be produced from
the forests of Washington, and il
extending the free list would EN-.
large foreign trade the lumber in
, terests Of Washington would gair
greatly.
Free coal would also be great
advantage. Oregon already has on,
or two wooden mills, and Seattle j,
!. trying to start one this summer. Il
I vessels running from here to Au
| stralia could bring back cargoes Of
= wool in exchange for their lumber
], both the lumber trade and wooler
v mills woald be helped.
!, Free wool would undoubtedly les
: lon the profits of the coal min,
4 owners of Washington and Oregon
r To-day the coal Of Australia is il
the San Francisco market as stronl
s competitor of the coal from thi
|. point. Then, too, the Wellington
: mines OIL Vancouver Island pro
$ duces coal that for many purpose
is the best on the coast, and, wer
v il not for the tariff, the Wellington
/, coal would be much more general,
d used in the United States. Though
h the public as a whole would be bet
5, ter of with cheaper coal, yet tn
q owners of the inferior mines in thi
y country would inevitably lose.
e The silver and lead mines in thi
n State are as yet hardly develop
d ed enough to determine whether o
e not free ore would seriously effec
3 them.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

English SPAWN Liniment removes ali
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
ishes from horses. Blood SPAWN curbs,
splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stiles,
sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warrant.
ed the most wonderful blemish cure ever
known. Sold by Edward G. Spens, drug.
gist, Alpena, Mich. 1099yf
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The Differ ence.

Boiled down, the platforms Of the
two leading political parties can be
summed up in the few following
words:
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Class legislation, Capitalization, high
taxation, taxing the consumer for the
benefit on the producer, making the poor
poorer and the rich richer.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
A government OF the people, by the
people, for the benefit Of the whole peo-
pie, with revenue taxes reduced to the
actual needs OF carrying on the govern
ment economically.
Which do you prefer?
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

The Democratic county convention for the coun-
ty Of Alpena, will be held in the Common Council
room, In the city of Alpena, on Saturday, August
18th, 1899, at o'clock p. NJ, for the purpose OF
selecting delegates to attend the Democratic State
Convention, at Grand Rapids, Wednesday, August
18th, 1892? and the Congressional, Senatorial, and
Representative conventions, to be hereafter Called
and. also, to transact such other business as may
come before the convention.
In this convention each ward in the city Of Al
pena, and each township in the county will be en-
titled TO six delegates.
BY order of the Democratic Committee.
VICTOR G. BURNHAM,
JAS. W. MISIoR, Chairman.
Secretary.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

=, The motto of the proprletors of DR..
Henry Bakers Mandrake Bitters ls, "the
greatest good to the greatest number"
ana so sell large bottle Of a valuable
remedy for the small price OF 25 cents,
ana warrant every bottle to give salts.
faction or money refunded.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

have not used all Of one bottle yet.
| suffered from catarrh Cor twelve years,
experiencing the nauseating dropping In
the throat peculiar to that disease, and nose
bleed almost daily. tried various RENE
dies without benefit until last April.
when / saw Ely's Cream Balm advertised
in tho Boston Budget, l procured a
bottle, and since the first days use
have had no bleeding-the soreness Is en-
tirely gone.--D. G.. Dawson, with the
Boston Budget, formerly with Boston
Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

"Iollettes" for September Is superb
number OF that elegant Fashion Journal.
Each issue seems TO be more beautiful
that the preceding itappears TO be grow
Ing In size as we'll, for II has now twenty
pages of engravings, instead of sixteen as
formerly, besides handsome cover, yet
inc price, fifteen cents for single copy,
OF Si.o0 per year, remains the same. II
Is quite evident the publishers are deter
mined that "Toilettesn shall be the favor
lte Fashion Magazine in this country, and
1t Is Just as evident that our lady friends
are OF the same opinion, as they are all
buying it. All llrst-class book and news
dealers have 1t on sale one month In ad.
vance. Published by Toilettes Publish
ing Co., 1876 West 23d Street, New York.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

Arnlca a OIL Liniment is very healing
and soothing, and does wonders when ap.
piled TO old sores.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
Frank G.. Holmes,
RELIABLE GROCER.

NOTICE COMMISSIONERS ON CLAIMS.
state of Michigan, County of Alpena, IS.
Probate Court for said County.
Estate of Monroe Klock, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Judge of Probate of said county, Commissioners on
laiIns in the matter of said estate Monroe hlocki
deceased, and six months from the 18th day OF
July, A. d. 1892, having been allowed by said Judge
of Probate 60 all persons holding claims against
said estate in which TO present their claims TO US
for examination and adjustment:
Notice is hereby given, that we viii meet on
Monday, the 10Th dag of September, A. ID lSss,
and on Monday, the 9th day OF February, A. u.
1893 at 10 O'Clock A. a. of each day, at the Probate
Court ROOM in the Court House, in the city OF AL
pena, in said county, to receive ana examine sucn
claims.
Dated July 18th, A. ID. 1892,
CHARLES REYNOLDS,
SAMUEL A. DAWSON,
Ioosws Commissioners.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10

A common cold should not be neglect.
ed. Downs Elixir will cure it.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-08-10
Every Lady in Town

Would prefer being excused from surgi-
cal operation when she could be positive
ly cured of piles by using Hills Pile Po-
made. A printed guarantee with each
package. Price 500, six packages $5.
BY mail. For sale by James L. Field d
Co, Wholesale and retail agents, Alpena,
Mich
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DFnnkenness, 90. ...- -- DIT, Posi-
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uhslAIlfssP aanalahnrn

H.stHHHVS NHOttIou SpecIUC.
At 10 manufactured powder, which can be Rfveu
vt gr,s o Deer cup Of coffee OF tea. In food
INC nowledRe OF tho patient. 1t absolutsiy
harn!e1s and VIII effect permanent and speed
surS, WhStner the patient iG moderate drinker Of
al alcoholc wreck. 1t hno been given in thousAuda
OF cases. ana in oyory Instance perfect cure has oL
loweu II never Eeils. The Systom once i'm pro9nSe
euwith the Speeifict becomes utter mpossi6litD
sor the liquor appetite TO exist. Cures Ruarautood~
9b page book OF particulars free Address
GOLDEN sPEOlrfO 90, ! So Race st Cinci.n.sa0
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Democratic County Convention.

FRANK Il. HosFoRD, Secretary.
Alpena county is entitled to six delegates,
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