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shoddy as a Legal Tender.

Republican State conventions are
loud in their demands for IAN hon
est dollar" by which they mean a
gold dollar. But never mind about
that now. There is not q Demo-
crat in the country who objects to
the gold dollar or is unwilling to
take all of them he can honestly
get. What the Democratic party
is going into the campaign of 1892
for is an Honest Dollars worth for
an Honest Dollar. The Sixty-cent
Dollars worth for a Hundred-cent
dollar is a Republican institution
and all Democrats are opposed to
| il.
The Republican party has passed
laws for debasing nearly all manu-
featured goods in circulation. Our
american woolens" were adulter-
ated in the census year 1890 with
75,838,000 pounds of cotton, 1885,
600, pounds of animal hair, and 61,-
$4,000 pounds of shoddy. Under
the Mckinley bill it is made OBJ.
ligatory on us to buy goods so adj
liberated in preference to foreign
goods "all wool and yard wide"
If we refuse we are fined over $50
on every 800 worth of the foreign
woolens we buy.
II is said to be our patriotic duty
to use "the American product"
This is sheer robbery, made possible
only by tyranny, but if the Repub-
licans can apply it in the case of
the American products of woolens,
how is it that they so object to ap-
plying it to silver as an American
product? They say that "a debased
dollar" will not pass outside of the
United States, and if the dollar is
debased it is perfectly true. But
neither will their debased dollars
worth pass outside of the limits Of
their custom-houses. They cannot
make foreigners pay dollar for q
yard of shoddy cloth that is worth
only b5 cents.
Their system has encouraged adj
alteration and debasement in near
ly all lines of manufacturing, and
by their laws they make these adj
liberated commodities legal tender
for their face value. We must
either take them. go without them,
or else pay Mckinley fines for buy
ing full-value goods. Under the
Mckinley bill, e1,e26,OoO pounds
of shoddy a year are made legal
tender for wool. What was there
more dishonest or more oppressive
in the Fiat Money" theory? 1t is
nothing in the world but the Fiat
Money theory applied to commodi-
ties, and no Republican who in
dorses it has a right to object to an
adulterated currency.-Republic.
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Real Estate Sales.

The following is list Of real estate
sales recorded during the past week,
furnished at the abstract Office OF
O'Brien & Sleator.
Alpha Land & Lumber Co. to Hugh
Fitzpatrick, 300, wv Of N W ofs, 81, 6,
Long Rapids township.
JOS. Petrofski to Thomas Blais, $4O0,
lot 10, block 25, city, Sable street.
Geo. N. Fletcher to Chas. Snopenant,
800, lot z, block so, city, Minor street.
Thos. f. Phinney to Olof Smard An
derson, $500, that part of lot Of 81, 80,
2, lying on south side Of public highway,
Maple Ridge township.
Anthony Clark to Sarah T. Rose, &675,
n W fraction / Of n W Of "a, 81, 8, Green
township.
Sarah \. Rose to Anthony Clark, $1,-
600, lot IL, block 4, Hitchcock's addition,
State street.
Selome N. Folkerts to Minnetta Ma
Whitney, $40, 49A IT of W side lot o,
block 3, Tuttle's addition, Cavanaeh
street.
Geo. N. Fletcher TO Jos. Litak, ESQ.,
lot 10, block %, city, Minor street
Dan'l ID. Hanover to Electea A. Red
dick, $1i0, so by GO II of southwesterly
end lot 0. block 90, city, Walnut street.
David II. Holmes to Eugene II. Fur
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some have supposed, Of the process
of separating silver and nickel from
copper. This would be of great
benefit to the miners of Montana,
who would be able to get more for
their matte than they are now do
ing.
III. The combination of sheet
copper rollers would be forced to
lower their prices to such as would
yield them a fair and not exorbitant
profit. Lower duties oil sheet and
bolt copper would stimulate them
to make exertions towards reducing
the cost of rolling by renodelling
their ancient works and using i'm
proved machinery, as some, in fact,
of the new mills are doing.
Nv. The markets for American
copper and brass goods would not
be restricted to the United States,
but we would be able to send abroad
the greater part, if not all our sur
plus copper in the form of manu-
featured articles. The consumption
of copper in all forms would increase
very largely here in consequence of
lower prices.
V. Facilities for copper smelling
here by the Importation of foreign
ores would again make profitable
the working of the mines of the
Atlantic States, greatly reduce the
cost of production of Arizona and
greatly cheaper and facilitate the
Montana production.
The lower cost of the ingot and
sheet copper would mean greatly
decreased cost of copper manufact.
ures and great extension of their
use in directions where copper and
brass are preferable to other mate.
rails, but are now kept from being
used by combinations extorting ex.
horbitant prices. This again would
mean a greater demand for the raw
copper and more men employed in
mining and smelling the ore. 1,
would also mean a greatly increased
number of skilled workmen employ.
ed in manufacturing the increased
quantity of copper and brass goods
used by our citizens. We are now
the most extensive producers and
most extensive user of copper in
the world. We would then have
advantages over every other nation
in smelling and manufacturing cop
per for the worlds market. If the
Government will only take its hands
off, we, and not Great Britain, will
control the copper business of the
world. That again would mean
cheaper copper for all our industrie.
than the citizens of any other ma
ton could get; more and more min
ers and smelling engaged in produc'
ing it, and more and more skilled
workman engaged in manufacturing
it to supply not merely our increas'
ed home consumption but great
and increasing export trade.
j. ALEXANDER LINDQUIsT.
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Decline in the Purchasing Value o.
FARM Products Under Protection.

The Republic showed the other
day that in the twenty-eight years
since 1885 a pound of middling
cotton had lost 55 per cent of its
own product in calico. This infor-
nation was derived from the "Stat-
istical Abstract" for 1901, just issu-
ed by the Treasury Department.
1t is certainly highly valuable, for
the dollar and cent price of an arti-
Gle is only reliable as it shows the
relation of the price of one article
to that of others. II is said that
calico is cheaper" now than in
1854, because it costs less number
of cents a yard, but when We find
that in 1854 a pound of cotton
would buy over three yards of calico,
while in 1891 it buys only yard
and third of the same grade of
calico, we see at once that the cheap
ing of the cent price per yard is a
very "barren ideality." since its ex-
change price for cotton, the raw
material from which it is made, has
more than doubled in the twenty
eight years.
AS nails are another article which
have fallen heavily in cent price
per pound under the influence of
improved machinery, and as Pro-
tectionists claim that this fall il
due to high taxes, it will be equally
instructive to find out what were
the exchange prices of nails for an
other great standard Of exchange,
the bushels of wheat, at different
periods.
In 1853, under what Tariff Pro.
hibitionists call democratic free
trade" the lowest price of wheat in
the New York market was $1.22 6
bushel. The highest price for the
year was $3.50. This gives a near
price of $3.50 for the year. TIL,
Treasury Reports for 1901 give thu
average price of nails in 1876;
as little over 3 cents pound ($3
10 hundred.)
So in 1853 under democratic
Free Trade" bushel of wheat
would buy 4S4 pounds of nails.
The average price of wheat in the
New York market in 1889 was So
cents bushels. The average price
of cut nails for the year was 2 cents
a pound.
SO in 1880 bushel of wheat
would buy A pounds of nails. Here
is the comparison tabulated:
Buying power of bushels of wheat Nails ibs
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that the wages we pay are so nearly
the total cost of the product as to
make fair trade in open market inn
possible. In number of lines of
manufacturing trade restriction has
worked out its logical result of no
profits as well as low wages, but in
all lines of trade in articles subject
ed to restriction the tendency of
wages is to the minimum.
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DRoBATE ORDER.
Etata ~ Micbigan oountv ~ Ain

State of Michigan, county Of Alpena, %.
At session OF the Probate Court, Tor said coun.
~, held at the Probate Office in the city Of Alpena
on the 10th day of May, In the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two.
Present, Hon. Geo. NJ. Slusser, Judge Of Probate
In the matter OF the estate OF David Crirpep,
deceased
On reading aud filing the petition, duly verified,
OF George Masters, praying that a certain instru-
ment now on file in this Court purportinR 10 be
the last Will and Testament Of said deceased, may
be admitted TO Probate, and that he or some other
Will and Testament
Thereupon II is ordered, that Monday, the 18th
day OF June, 1892 next, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing Of said peh
ton, and that the egatees and heirs at law Of said
deceased and all other persons interested In said co.
tite, are required 70 appear at session OF said
Court then to be holden in the Probate Office in the
city OF Alpena, and show cause, IL any there be,
why the prayer of the petitioner should net be
granted And IL is further ordered, that said De-
ttioner give notice TO tho heirs at law and all per
interested in said estate, OF the pendenoy of
said petition, and the hearing thereof By causing
copy. Of this order 10 be published In the Alpens
Weekly Argus, newspaper printed and circulat-
ed in said county, three successive weeks previous
10 said day of hearing.
"a true copy.l GEO. NJ. SLUSSER,
lOSiwi Judge Of Probate
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Clearances-1802.

The following steamers and vessels
cleared from this port during the past
week, with cargoes OF lumber and other
forest products:
Propeller Abercorn, s05,OOo lumber, Toledo.
Barge Maize, $4,000 lumber, Toledo.
Barge Clinton. 800 900 lumber, Cleveland.
Barge Russian. 100000 lumber, Cleveland.
Barge India, 1000 lumber, Detroit.
Barge Light Guard, $50, 900 lumber. sandusky.
Propeller Fletcher, 100000 lumber, Toledo.
Barge Mason, 1900 ties, Buffalo.
Barge Lathrop, 10000 lumber, Cleveland.
Barge Richards, 375,o 900 lumber, Toledo.
Barge Flint, 100000 lumber, and $50 net stakes,
Cleveland.
Barge Monitor, $4,000 lumber. Buffalo.
Barge Templar, $50, 900 lumber, Erie.
Propeller westford aO0, 900 lumber, Buffalo.
Barge stewsrt,ts, 600 ties, sandusky
Schooner skylark, 500 ties, Chicago.
Barge Gebhardt, 100000 lumber Buffalo.
Barge Smith, $4,000 lumber, Toledo.
Barge Leader, $4,000 lumber, Cleveland.
Schooner Adirondac, $50. 900 lumber, Chicago.
Barge Bredon, $50, 900 lumber, Cleveland.
Propeller Chsmberlin, 10000 lumber, Cleveland.
Schooner Davis, 10000 lumber, Cleveland.
Barge Reindeer, 200 900 lumber, Cleveland.
Schooner sifican, 5000 lumber, Detroit.
The total amount Of lumber, lath,
shingles, posts, etc., shipped from this
port since the opening Of navigation In
1892, by vessels that reported at the Al
pena custom house, Is as follows:
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Euyinr pover Of bushels of wheat n


This loss of four pounds is over
one-twelfth or 50 per cent, of the
buying power of the bushel Of wheat
in 1853.
By taking any staple article Of
agricultural production and compar-
ing it's exchange value in manufac-
tured goods now with what it was
under revenue taxation it is possible
to show a much greater advance in
the exchange price of many articles
of manufacture than we have shown
in the case of cut nails, however, in
comparison with wheat, it is only
fair to add that this does not hold
good for the present year when the
cent prices Of wheat are raised by
European famine.
The rule here illustrated is that
cent prices per- yard or per bushel
mean nothing except as they afford
a means of getting at the rate of
exchange between the staples of
trade. And we have here shown
conclusively by the Harrison adj
ministration's own figures that the
exchange price Of calico for cotton
and of cut nails for wheat have been
higher under the Harrison admins
tration than they were over quarter
of century ago, when the machin-
cry for their production was clumsy
in comparison with what it is now.
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l have been great sufferer from dry
catarrh for many years, and tried many
remedies, but none did me 80 much bene-
fit as Ely's Cream Balm. 1t completely
cured MEN,. j. Lally, 80 Woodward
Ave-, Boston Highlands, Mass.
l think Ely's Cream Balm Is the best
remedy for catarrh ever saw. never
took anything that relieved me so quick
ly, and have not felt 80 we'll for a long
time. l used to be troubled with severe
headaches two or three times week..
A. Alcorn, Ag't U. P. r. II. Co., Eaton,
Colo.
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I. G o III e N.
The Best is the Cheapest

WE guarantee the best in FABRICS in STYLE
W and DURABILITY at the lowest possible man
ufacturers prices Our goods all made by reliable
and competent workmen in the latest styles from the
newest patterns and colors in Domestic and Imported
woolens, to fit all sizes and shapes, equal to custom
ailors work. All we ask you is to come in and exam
inc these garments, they will speak for themselves
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The Broom! Make. !
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
During the action of the play number
Of bright and catchy original songs, ex.
pressly written by Mr.. Isador Witmark, the
well known composer of popular music,
will be introduced.
ACT 1.-Carlsbad, Germany. Songs
who'll Buy my Brooms' and "Shes the
Best One of Them ALL"
ACT II.-Yohann's Broom Shop. The
great broom song by James Reilly, Little
Robbie and Eta and Chorus, during which
a real broom will be made. "Cute Little
Shoes" 81 Spy You," Hush, Baby Stun.
bers," lullaby.
ACT III.-Castle Garden, New York
Songs: "The Flower Girl" by MSS May
Templeton, der Wasserfall," REILLY
Cellar Door," "Papa's Baby Boy" etc.
ACT Iv.--Mrs. vanderburg's Home
Grammercy Park, New York. Song: 81
Love YOU"
New and appropriate Incidental music
specially written and arranged for this
production.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-06-01

For the purpose of es aiming the assessment roll
Of the city Of Apena for the year 1892 correcting
any errors that may be found therein, on cause
ten Of any and all properly found in said roll and
adding thereto any taxable property In said city
that may have been omitted and valuing the
same, the Board Of Review OF said city viii meet
No. Il corner Of Third and River streets, on Thur
day, Friday and Saturday, the 9th, 10th and 18th
Of June 1872, from 0 A. M. TO ~ NJ, and from p.
NJ. TO p. M. of said days, st which time all persons
desiring TO do 30 may examine his or her assess-
ment on said roll and may show cause II any, why
such valuation should be changed.
BY order Of the Common Council.
WIN. A. MCDONALD.
ANDREW HARsHAw, Recorder.
Mayor.
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bush 81 800, blacksmith shop and primlses
60 by 90 II, foot of Chisholm street.
Basil Diemond to Jos. Diemond, s Of
n o and OF OF 90, 80, z, Wilson
township.
Jos. Dlemond to Mark Diemond, de-
scriptlon Same as next above.
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For the Soldier Bows.

The Albany Telegram, May %, was
printed OH an army blue paper, especially
designed for the Decoration Day number
alone, and contained original poems,
sketches and stories by leading Grand
Army officers and prominent "old Vets
from all parts of the country. II was al.
so very profusely and elegantly illustrat-
ed. Charles Gibbons sells the papers
here
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Detroit Markets.

The following quotations are copied
from the Detroit Free Press
Apples, $500 to $500 per bushei.
Butter. l2c to zoe per pound.
Live fowls. 10c to lie per pound.
Live turkeys. lie to ice per pound.
Eggs, 14c to i5c per dozen.
Flour per barrel, $3.50 to $500.
Hay baled, $3.50 to $500 per ton.
Oats per bushel. a6c to SIC.
Onions per bushel, 81 80 to $500.
Pork. si1.Oo to Sls.25 per Dbl.
Potatoes per bushel, SOC to 4Oc.
Wheat. $3.50 to 1921 per bushel.
The above quotations are mostly Of a
wholesale nature. The price at retail
stores Is higher.
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Hero are Your Letters.

The following Is list Of letters at the
postoff1ce uncalled for, and II not claimed
soon will be sent to the dead letter office:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-02
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

Knights Templar, Old Dominion Command
cry meets every third Friday OF each month
at Masonic Temple.
ROYAL Arch Chapter: Mount Vernon Royal
Arch Chapter meets every first Friday OF each
month at Masonic Temple
Alexandria Washington Lodge oil ma
sons meets on the second aud fourth 1hriS-
DAYS of each month.
Andrew Jackson Lodge OF Mascns ricets on
rho first and third Thursdays OF each month
Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows, No. 80
meets in their hall. on north Columbus street,
every Friday night.
their hall on King street, every TUESDAY
Ma" Marley Encampment, No. 6, meets every
second and fourth Monday at Odd Fellows
Hall, north Columbus street
Mechanics Lodge Knights OF Pythas NO.
s meets every Thursday night III Pythiah
Hall. north Pitt street
Oriental Lodge Knights OF Pythias meets
every Friday night on north III street.
Alexandria Lodge h. OF T.. No; 80 meets meets.
Wednesday nights at Sarepta Hall hlhg
street.
Potomac Tent Recliabitcs meets in Sarepta
Hall every Friday night.
Golden Light Lodge Of Good IemPaIs
meets in their hall, on south FAIRFAX street.
every Tuesday evening.
Talisman Lodge Good Templars meets every
Monday night in rythian Hall, noF;h fltt
Junior Order Rccbab:tes meets every Mon-
day night at Good Tcmplar'S hall. south tair-
Refuge Council, Sons Of Jonadab, No. II,
meets every Monday night al Saropta Haii;
Juvenile Templars meets every saturday
afternoon at Good TcmriNs Hall south talr-
fax street.
Earle meets every Wednesday light Il Goou
fTcmplar's hall. south Fairfax street.
Alexandria Council Royal Arcanum meets
u Potomac Hall room, north Columbus street,
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Haven Lodge Knights Of Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday IN Potomac
Lodge room. north Columbus street.
Robert Andrews Division brotherhood Of
locomotive Engineers meets first and third
Sunday in Potomac Lodge room.
Osceoia Tribe OF Red Men, No. !, meets
every Thursday night in sarcpta Hall.
Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society meets
every Sunday night in S. Mary Han, corner
Royal and Wolfe streets.
Young Mems SoGality LyceGm meets every
Sunday night in their hail on Dakc street.
Iaf&yettc Lodge No. II. independent Or
der Mechanics meets wednesday night at odd
Fellows Hall, north Columbus street.
Alexandria Council, No. -, ,Ir. .. I. \. NJ.
meets Thursdays at Washington Hall. King
street.
Rathbone Division. Uniform Rank X. Of P.
meets every other "Wednesday al Pythian
Castle, Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meet every Mon
day night at their Arrory, south Royal street
Confederate Veterans meet fist Monday
night in each month ~ Columbia Engine
House
sons of Confederate Veterans meet first
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court. No. 11l3. A. O.
f. OF A. meet every Tuesday might l, l'yt!iian
Hall, north Pitt street.
1. o. Il. Il. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meets first Sunday Of
every quarter.
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AlesauN ria Is N#sfte.
FRIDAY EVENING d c ? 1872.

MOUNTAINS IN THE ATLANTIC our
wears AGO The British government sent
OFT an esn2dition to map the bottom
Of the Atlantic ocean. The work is
now about completed and q report has
been issued. 1t shows that if the wa
ter were drained away the bed OF the
ocean would Show vast plain travers-
cd near the center by a mountain range
running parallel with the American
coast. Another range running, almost
at right angles to this, extends from
Newfoundland to Ireland. In gen
cral way these facts were known be-
fore, but it is now aseertalned thai inc
tops OF these sea mountains are aooul
two miles below the surface and lnat
the basins. instead OF being 'uniathom-
ed DEPTHS" are about four and one
half miles below the surface. oi
course this is far enough, but one
would a great deal rather know that
the bottom is FIVE miles down than tc
be told that its location has not been
ascertaineG. The latter Is so utterly
hopeless. \ curious fact regarcinS me
mountains is that the tops are as white
ms though they lay in the region OF
perpetuaI snow. The reason for this,
according TO the Rochester lo.t -ET-
press, is that the mountains alc thick
is covered with species OF pure white
Shells. The legends of the lost Allan
lis are borne out by the finding OF Ian
elevated plateau, the shape and extent
of which corresponds to the size OF the
lost Atlantis almost exactly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-02
MANASSAS BRANCH

WARRENTON-Tain Nos 8, 10. IA and
40 connect daily to and from Warrcnton.
FRANKLiN DIVISION-Leavr 10 k
Mount daily except Sunday As a. m, ar
rive Franklin Junction 8 40 n. m. Leave
franklin Junction daily except Sunday 5:2p
D. m: arrive Rocky Mount $40 p. m
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. 9 and 10 Pullman Bniie;
Sleepers between New York and Atlanta. and
Atlanta and New Orleans, and Atlanta and
Memphis via Birmingham.
On trains nos. II and ID Pullman Buffet
SIcepers between Washington and Atlanta !;
New York, and Washington and Hot Springs
via Salisbury and Ashville.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
All trains daily except Sunday.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 8 10 a. m,
/ IS and 4 40 p m; arrive at Round Hill
II 4Oa. m, 3 40 and I 10 p. IN. No 10
p. m. train Sunday.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 90 a.
m, 90 and A so p. m, arriving at Alexan-
dria at s % a. M, 3 30 and % p. IL. Ne
1 90 D. m. train Sunday.
Leave Washington at 0 10 4, m, 10, 4 80
and % D. m. and arrive at Leesburg at
IL 90 a. NJ, 3 90 and 8 80 p. m. No ! 10
and 6 % p. M trains Sunday. The % p.
m. train runs only to Herndon. Leave Lees
burg at 6 30 4 M and l 30 and % p. n.
and arrive at Washington at 30 a. m. and
3 &c and 80 p. M.
Leave Alexandria Sunday at 8 10 a. m. and
4 40 p. m. Leave Washington Sunday at
8 10 a. M and 80 p. nj.
The 10 q. m train from Alexandria con-
meets at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge
Berryville and Winchester, and at Leesburg
with stages for Aldic and Middleburg.
The Q 10 a. m. train and 40 p. m. train
from Alexandria connect at Vienna with
stages for Fairfax Courthouse.
Through tickets on sale at the principal
stations to all points. For rates or informa-
ton apply to any agent of the company cr to
W. 4. TURK. G. p A, Washington, d. c.
s. II. HARDWICK. A.G.P.A., Atlanta, Ga
US. B. THOMPSON, Supt., Rich, Va.
VII. GREEN, Gen. Mgr, Washington.
It. O. TROY, Acting Supt. Ale1a., Va.
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr Washington.