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The Souls Language.

In education there should be the pur-
pose of expression. Any soul is limited
that does not give expression to the
thought that moves it, either through art,
music, literature or in conversation. To
be dumb, TO find the world prison.
house, to feel the life within one throb,
and yet to be unable to give expression
to that thought, that life-this is to but
half live. Child-training, self-training,
should be so conducted as to give the
soul some medium of expression. By
giving that purpose to education it be-
comes part of ones life, not mere tool
to earn living, varnish to attract, or a
selfish enjoyment. Music that is rem
dered as the expression of the inner life
that is lived with God, moves men to
better life, if only for the moment. Art
that arrests thought, literature that gives
a sense of companionship, conversation
that inspires thought in the listeners, are
possible only when education gives free
dom of expression. 1t is the mastery that
triumphs. No half attainment ever gave
complete freedom. No requirements that
are the result of less than complete love
ever sent the song into the heart of list
ener, or moved him to bless the speaker
as the inspirer of his life's purpose. 1t is
as the soul tinds its true medium of ex-
preston that it gains freedom and power.
Not to find the key that turns its lock is
to prove ones self but a careless steward
OF the jewels lntrusted to ones keeping.
God never shackled q soul so that it could
not make men conscious of its divine fire
If 1t sought to tind its true life. 1t may
be one meant only to light the family cir
Gle; it may be a beacon for the worlds
redemption; each fire was caught from
the same spark, and its growth depends
on the knowledge that feeds it, the pur-
pose that keeps it alive.-Christian Union
(EVanpelical.
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The Rapid Motion Of the Blood.

Medical workers have made many Gu
rous experiments, but none more Won
derful than that by which they ascer-
tanned the exact time required for the
blood to make one entire trip through the
system, which all students of physiology
know means a complete circulation
through the lungs, veins, arteries and the
general capillary arrangements. Profess
sors Dalton, Herring, Poisenille, Mattuccl
and Blake have been the chief lnvestl-
gators in this line, the tirst-named hav-
ing become more eminent in this partic
ular branch of research from having the
experience of others to fOrtify himself
with.
All the old school anatomists believed
that a considerable time elapsed, say from
three to nine minutes, from the time when
the blood left the right side of the heart,
traversed the whole system, and then
again returned to the starting point. Dali
ton has shown that the time is much
shorter than was formerly generally sup
posed. The chief agent used in his eX-
periments was a salt known to chemists
as ferrocyanide OF potassium, which can
be readily detected in the blood on ac-
count of its chemical reaction. Professor
Dalton describes the operation in the fol-
lowing language:
BLOOD was drawn from the jugular
vein on the opposite side, and the inter
val which elapsed before the appearance
Of the foreign salt in blood drawn from
the second opening indicated the time re-
quired for the blood to pass from the
point OF injection through the vena cava
to the heart, from the right side of the
heart through the lungs to the left cavi-
ties, from the left ventricle through the
carotid arteries and the capillary vessels
Of the head, and thence downward to the
jugular vein on the opposite side. Doz-
IL.
somewhat extraordinary subject show
that the blood of man makes a complete
circulation once in every fifteen to
twenty-five seconds, according to the
physical conditions Of the subject expert
mented upon"
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An IMPORTANT CONVENTION.
That Which is to Consider River Land
Reclamation.
The Circular That is Being Mailed to
the Supervisors of the Several
Counties Interested.

Yesterday David Lubin started on his
mission among the river counties for the
purpose of visiting the Supervisors and
prominent citizens thereof in the interest
OF the convention which has been called
to meet here on the 18th inst. for the pur-
pose OF taking action looking to the re-
clamation and preservation of lands over
flowed by the Sacramento and other
rivers during flood seasons.
ADDRESS TO SUPERVISORS.
Following is a copy of the address now
being mailed by County Clerk Hamil-
ton on behalf of the Supervisors of
Sacramento to those of the other coun.
ties interested:
SACRAMENTO, January 7, 1893.
10 the Board Of Supervisors of --
county, California = GENTLEMEN: In
pursuance of the action of the Board of
supervisors of Sacramento County. had
on January 6, 1893, l am instructed to in
form your honorable board that there is
70 De convention held in the city Of Sac
ramento on Wednesday, January Is.
1873, at 10 O'clock y. NJ, the delegates to
| Whlcn are TO consist of the members of
the Boards OF Supervisors Of the follow
Ing counties, to wit: Butte, Coiusa, Ne
Naua, Placer, San Joaquin, Soiano, SUIT
Ter, 1olo, Huba and Sacramento, who, in
conjunction with an equal number OF
| cltlzens tor alternates or proxies) to be
selected by the respective Boards of Su-
perylsors OF said counties, and also in
Guiding the Executive Committee of the
River convention, who will be invited to
participate with such body.
ana such convention Will be held for
tne purpose of hearing facts, plans and
propositions, and for the further purpose
OF determining practical methods and
providing ways and means for the relief
or permanent reclamation of the over
moved land of the Sacramento Valley
ana for averttng the danger threatened
by the annual floods of the Sacramento
River and its tributaries.
The convention will be in session for a
period OF not less than ten and not to ex-
ceed sixty days. The Supervisors Of our
county have made an appropriation of
500 to defray its share Of the expenses in
the matter.
You are most respectfully requested
py our Board ofSupervisors to be repre-
sented IN such convention by a delegation
OF ten, consisting of your board and five
other citizens of your county with their
aIternates or proxies) to be appointed by
your honorable board.
And in order to avoid conflict or i'm
material questions, it was resolved that
the debris and the mining questions shall
not take precedence, nor be the subject
matter for debate, or action during the
deliberations of the convention, but that
the debate and action shall be confined to
the purposes for which the convention is
called.
Your county is urgently and earnestly
requested to be represented at this con-
Yention.
The record-union., 1893-01-09
PEOPLE AND EVENTS

The 1900 weekHes serving subscribers
in the Peoples party are going to have a
telegraphic bureau of their own in WASH
ington.
Tom" Reed was asked the other dav
whether he had ever been invited to q
dinner, as Speaker of the House of Rem
sentatives, without being asked to speak.
"Neverr' was his reply. Still, most If
not all his invitations came from Repub-
hcans.
Franklin Simmons has been awarded
the task Of executing the equestrian
statue of General Logan, to be erected in
Washington. He mas submitted only a
rough sketch thus far, but will now pro-
ceed to work out a model. Iowa Circle
will be the site of the statue, and bronze
the material.
The interior outfit of the Worlds Fair
cruiser Illinois will eventually be placed
in the battleship Massachusetts. The
designer Of this cabinet work is G. w.
Burroughs of Boston, whose furniture
designs won a first prize at the Centen-
NAL. The fittings are now making at
the Charleston Navy Yard. The wood is
quartered sycamore.
For SIC 26 it win be possible to obtain
engravings in miniature Of the most cele-
brated paintings illustrating the VOYAGES
and discoveries of Columbus, ALWAYS
worth their face value as postage stamps.
and some day to become even more vaiu-
able as rareties. This new series, to be
known as the Columbian Series. will
differ in form and size from the ordinary
stamps, and complete set, unused. will
be very interesting few years hence.
Alaskan Indians positively claim that
they have seen living specimens of the
supposed extinct mammal, the mastodon
The Juneau Free Press says that an In.
dian hunter, following trail of enormous
footprints, came in full view of his game
but had not the courage to attack the
beast, which, said the Indian, was as
large as post traders store. Moreover
the Indian believed the animal to be o.
| the species whose bones are frequently
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BRIEF NOTES.

Charles Wieger was granted his dis
charge in insolvency in Judge Catlin's
court on Fridaylafternoon last.
Ed Dieterle has suffered the loss of the
little finger of his right hand, which was
injured some days ago. 1t was found
necessary to amputate the member.
Louise Bertoni was granted a divorce
from John Bertoni in Department Two oil
the Superior Court on Saturday. and the
custody Ofthe children was awarded to
her.
Fred Steinecke complains that someone
entered his saloon the other night and
stole some of his whisky. 1t is to be
hoped that the thief did not get hold ot
Steinecke's private bottle. The latter has
caused trouble enough of late.
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Autograph Recipe Books.

Autograph recipe books are trifles
shown at the woman's exchanges. Two
covers of Bristol board are tinted and
painted with bunch of flowers or some
conventional design of pots and pans,
and hold dozen or more plain leaves
between them. The words autograph
recipes" are done in graceful text on the
first page with some appropriate verse
on food or the ART Of dinner. A pencil is
attached by ribbon, though the recipes
are perfectly written in ink. Provided
with such book, the owner coaxes a pet
recipe from q score of friends whose cuIi-
nary skill is accepted, and secures an
autograph from each.
The record-union., 1893-01-09

The term "The Grand Old Man'' was
first used to designate Mr.. Gladstone,
Henry W. Lucy says, by Sir William
Harcourt, and was heard in 1880 upon the
return of the Liberals to power. Mr..
Lucy adds: There is still another name
for Mr.. Gladstone, reserved for the inner
circle Of his official colleagues To them
he is always Mr.. Co. and the amount OF
expression this initial is capable of can
be estimated only by those accustomed to
hear it spoken in the varying moods in
which Mr.. Gladstone leaves his col
leagues"
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Indncemant Onered.

A prematurely bald young man, who is
very vain about his personal appearance,
asked a New York barber:
Have you got any stuff that will make
the hair grow on my head?"
81 should say so; just you try my magic
elixir. and in less than month you will
look like one Of the monkeys in Central
Park, ,n-'TeXas Sifungs,
The record-union., 1893-01-09
The Inconsiderate Woman.

Mrs. Cawker-Haven't you got head
ache tonight, Ben?
Mr.. Cawker-No, my dear. Why?
Mrs. Cawker-Oh, l am so sorry that
you have not! l bought new headache
cure to-day at a bargain, and l wanted
you to try it.-Harper's Bazaar.
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a Pianos Merit.

''pm thinking of giving my fance a
piano."
THAT'S a singular notion"
''Not at all. 1t will keep the other fell
lows from finding out her good qualities y
Detroit Tribune.
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Probably He Would.

'This paper says they electrified a
mummy in London some time ago and
made it talk"
what did it say ?"
''I don't know, fancy it was some
think like ''Gad, Pm dry Brooklyn
Life
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The Way of the World.

Iwonder why woman persists in car
rying her pocket-book in her hand?
It may be that her hand is more likely
to be sought in marriage if there is money
in it.-Indianapolis Journal.
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The Paradoxes OF Life.

Life is made up of paradoxes. The
restaurant-keeper who never purchases
anything but the cheapest clothing and
seldom has q new suit oftener than once
in ten years, has supreme contempt for
the customer who dimes off a five-cent
sandwich and glass of water.
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Too Much Iron.

Harry-The doctor told me to-day that
Jessie's freckles were cause by too much
iron in the blood.
Jack-That's funny; her mother told
me she had to do all the ironing herself
New York Herald.
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The Sin of Smoking.

Robbie-rd think Mr.. Steeple would
be ashamed to have pipe organ in the
church.
Mamma-Why, dear2
Robbie-Cause he's always preaching
to US boys about the sin of smoking.
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The Business Way.

Tug Captain-Boss, the boats workin'
very badly now, an we ought to do some
thin about it.
Tug owner-She won't work, eh? Well,
then, dock her, ,see?-Philadelphia Rec
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Lady-Is that blind woman really so
old? Why, she hasn't a wrinkle. Asy-
Ium Attendant-No. mum. She's never
been able to see what fine clothes other
women have.--New York Weekly.
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land. 1t weighs exactly five and quarter
tons, and is specially adapted for general
manufacturing purposes of the heavier
sort. ghis particular machine will be
used for attaching cotton betting,
The record-union., 1893-01-09

The giant of giants and Titan of Titans
as far as sewing machines are concerned
has recently been finished at Leeds, Eng
The record-union., 1893-01-09
Endurance of a Horse.

A horse can live twenty five days with
out solid food, merely drinking water:
seventeen days without either eating or
drinking and only five days when eating
solid food without drinking.
The record-union., 1893-01-09
Wagner.

''Did you say this is Wagner sleeper?"
Porter-Yes, sir.
''Yes, thought so; it has just the same
confounded racket that his music has,"
The record-union., 1893-01-09
American lard is Cheaner

American lard is being sold in the City
of Mexico as fast as received at whole
sale price of p cents a pound, while the
native lard is held at 26 cents pound.
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A Great Wonder.

Convalescent docking at his DOCTORS
bill)-Good graciousl have I been as i'll as
all this, doctor? l wonder Pm aIive!-
,Sf1uDS.
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And word of faith may hold its own, they

Ahu WORD OF falth may hold It's own, they
blurt
Their furious formalisms, l but hear
Inc cash Of tides that meet in narrow seas
NOT the Great Voice, not the true Deep.
hate the rancour of their castles and creeds.
let men worship as they will. l reap
No revenue from he 1ield OF unbelief
Gull from every laith and race The best
And braYesL soul Tor counselor and friend.
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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30

"Dr. Duesenberry," said the sick
man to his neighbor, whom he had
called to the side of what he sup
posed was his death-bed, 1--WE have
had much difficulty in the past and
have not been on speaking terms.
/ believe | am now about to die
and | have sent for you that we
may settle our differences and be
friends before | 60"
Nothing would give me greater
pleasure than a reconciliation" re-
piled Dusenberry, as he took the
hand of the dying man.
But remember" said the invalid
in G, gradually sinking voice, IF
get well the thing goes on just as it
did before"
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
Why He Wasn't Cured.

Mr.. Samuel j. Elder told little
story the other day to the jury
which | think is worth repitition.
Judge Brady of New York had
been off OH sojourn to Europe by
his physicians order. His honor
thoroughly enjoyed the trip and on
his return found himself for the
once financially embarrassed. He
was sitting with few friends in
saloon on the steamer, and as he
neared home he turned to them
and said:
Gentlemen, my physician order
ed me to 60 abroad for change and
rest. The walters there have the
change and the landlord has the
rest. Boston Globe.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
Bottom of the Sea.

There is rather common, but err
roneous notion, to the effect that a
human body, or even ship, will
not sink to the bottom of the pro-
founder abysses of the ocean, but
will, on account of the density of
the waters at a great depth, remain
suspended at some distance above
the surface of the earth. This is
an error, says Prof. N. S. Shaler, in
Scribner's Magazine. No other
fate awaits the drowned sailor or
his ship than that which comes to
the marine creature who dies on the
bottom of the sea. In time their
dust all pass into the great store
houses of the earth, even as those
who receive burial OH the land.
However deep the sea, it is but a
few hours before the body of a man
who finds his grave in the ocean
is at rest upon the bottom. 1t
there receives the same swift service
from the agents which, i'll the or
der of nature, are appointed to care
for the dead, as comes to those who
are reverently inhumed in blessed
ground. All save the hardest parts
of the skeleton are quickly taken
again into the realms of the living,
and even those more resisting por-
tions of the body in time are in a
large part appropriated by the
creatures of the sea floor, so
that before the dust returns in the
accumulating water to the firm set
earth it may pass through an ex-
tended cycle of living forms. The
fate of animal bodies on the sea
floor is well illustrated by the fact
that beneath the waters of the gulf
stream, where it passes by southern
Florida, there are, in some places,
quantities of bones, apparently
those of the manitee, or sea COW, a
large herbivorous mammel, which
like the seal, has become adapted
to acquatic life; these creatures
plentifully inhabit the tropical riv-
ers which flow into the Caribbean sea,
and are though rarely, found in the
streams of Southern Florida. AT
their death, they drift out into the
open water, and are swept away to
the northward by the ocean current,
For some weeks, perhaps, the car
casses are buoyed up by the gases
OF decomposition, which are retain
ed by their thick, oily skins; as they
decay and break the bodies fall to
the bottom.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
A Lost Tribe of Israel.

Scattered over the breezy downs
of the Nilgherries, in the little
villages of wicker houses, that look
at little distance like nothing in
the world so much as colony of
beehives, lives community of six
or seven hundred people, who are
variously believed to be the descend
ants Of one of the lost tribes OF
Israel, the aborigines of southern
India and community of Mani.
chausens.
They believe in strange trinity
and hell, a dismal stream full OF
leeches, and this they must cross by
means of a single thread. The soul
burdened with sin is too heavy for
this slender support and the sinner
falls into the stream, but the thread
sustains easily the souls of the
good.
The funeral of the Toda, for that
is the name of the singular tribe, is
as old IN its ways as it's religious
belief. His body is wrapped i'll a
new cloth and his toes tied together
with red thread; grain, sugar, to-
bacco and money are wrapped in
his funeral toga to provide him for
his journey across the Styx and the
dark plain beyond.
Two buffaloes are slain beside the
corpse and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns; piece of
his skull, his hair and his finger
nails are removed to be used later
on, at the great celebration Of the
death Of all those who, during the
twelve months, have "taken the
leap over the great precipice into
the bottomless abyss"
When these tokens are removed,
clarified butter is smeared on the
fragrant wood of the funeral pyre
and the body is burned to ashes
and the ashes scattered to the four
winds.-Bombay Times.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
All She Wanted.

One of the richest men living,
whose immense wealth makes him
target for poor people, has recent
ly been in Paris and the way in
which he repelled one Of the appli-
cants on his generosity is related
like this; On the opposite side Of
the hotel table sat woman who
had once been rich.
Monsieur" said she, ''you En-
glishmen are 50 chivalrous, sc
ready to assist those in distress"
"Yes," said the man of wealth
hesitating. He had heard that be.
fore, and thought he knew wha,
was coming.
"Would you with your generos.
ity do me "a favor and great kind
ness?"
"Yes; madam; that is, it depend.
somewhat"
think we'll, monsieur, before
you promise, for it is a great kind
hess"
The tones of the same old song
he had heard many times before
from parties who wanted twenty
five dollar loan.
81 am afraid, madam, that shall
have to-but what is it you wish ?"
"Only that you would be kind
enough, monsieur, to pass me the
mustard. You have everything on
your side Of the table"
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
Upsetting a Bishop.

II never was quite thrown off my
equipoise, said u well-known bishop
of the Methodist church, except
on one occasion, and that was by a
Chico. 70 reporter"
"They are sharp lot" suggested
a listener.
The bishop smiled.
ION this OCCASION" he went on,
III had delivered a sermon at an inn
portant church meeting, and ] con-
cluded it by quoting the Lords
prayer. After the service this re-
porter came around to see me-"
"That sermon was one of the
finest things | ever heard" he said,
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
0. |. PARTRIDGE.
Real Estate Agent
Rooms 4, 5, Dawson Block.
wfll take chargeof estates for residents and non.
residents. collect rents. pay taxes place Insurance.
obtain abstracts OF title. etc.
ONCE hours-10 to 12A. NJ, A to6P.M
Rooms 4, 5, Dawson Block.
hero and Scotland the place of act

hero and Scotland the place of act
ion.
II seems that over in Scotland,
the rector of a parish is called the
incumbent" and his curate the
''locum tenens."
One day Bishop Williams was
dropped from the stage-coach in "a
little Gaelic town, in which the only
respectable house was the parsonage.
The bishop felt that he could not
enter the wretched, dingy one-story
inn, and he determined to beg from
the rector a nights lodging, on the
score of his Episcopal dignity. So
he marched boldly up to the door of
the parsonage and knocked. His
knock was answered by wrinkled
old Scotch woman, who looked for
all the world like Meg Merrilles,
with an added score of years on her
head. She glanced cannily and sus-
piciohsly at the bishop, holding the
door halfway open.
us the rector in, my good woman?"
asked the bishop.
mo surr," came the answer, in
the inimitable Scotch brogue, EN-
sorry to say that the incoombent
is oot, but you can see the local de-
mon. boston Budget.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-30
WHOLE NO. 1851.

land I've got all it's main points
for the paper, but | want the full
text of your peroration, and would
like to ask you if it was entirely
original"
II did not answer him directly"
concluded the bishop, "but handed
him a copy of the Bible with the
passage marked in it, and told him
to take it home with him; and you
should have seen that young mans
face when he had fully compre-
hended the situation" - Detroit
Free Press.