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grees below zero il is at least ten
degrees or Is degrees lower along
the parallel.
In July, 1881, when Bismark
registered 102 degrees in the shade
it was ITO degrees at the others. As
a matter of course, this district
shows the greatest extremes of tenn
perature. The mean range in that
part of the northwest is probably
$50 degrees--that is great enough
but Pemina and Fort Benton
have recorded a range of 1859 de-
grees. December 20, 1880, the Their
moneter stood at fifty-nine degrees
below zero, and in July of the fol-
lowing year ITO above.
While on the subject of the
weather, which, by the way, is very
interesting subject these wintry days
when changes of temperature OF
condition are matters of eager
speculation, it is worth while not
ing that California, notwithstand-
ing its famously general climate
still holds the record Of high tenn
perature in this country. June IT.
1859, the temperature at San Fran.
cisco and Santa Barbara rose sud.
denly from II degrees to 1873 degrees
in the shade IN consequence of q
hot northwest desert wind which
prevailed for several hours.
The great heat did not last long
the thermometer falling to II de-
grees again by Up. IN. on tho sam,
date, but it did tremendous damage
in the meanwhile. At Santa Bar
bara all fruit and animal life ex
posed to that awful blast died from
the effects of it. On the same day
the temperature was l02 degrees a
San Diego and III at Fort Yuma
Cal.
Again in 1887 California was
visited by excessive heat. During
a period of four days in June tn,
temperature ranged from SO de-
grees at San Diego to Ia degrees
at Yuma and l22 degrees at Spring
Valley. 1t is an interesting fac
that at the same time ice formed al
Cheyenne, Wyo., only 600 miles
away.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Repeal the Sherman Act.

The time has come for the bust
ness community to lead a contest,
regardless of politics, against the
spirit Of wrecklessness orindifference
in which politicians are dealing
with our monetary system. Those
who have been making the fight
in Washington for honest money
have made it substantially without
cooperation or assistance from the
great interests involved in their
contest. Appeals for this cooper.
alton have been met even to the
present day with the statement
that if the moneyed interests take
an active part in the agitation of
public sentiment, the cry of gold
bug and moneyed aristocracy" will
be raised in Washington and will
lend strength to the hands of infa-
ton and class prejudice. 1t is high
time that this error gave place to
the truth. Such plan of fighting
insures defeat. The attack should
be made not only upon the existing
evils in our currency system, but to
prevent the repetition of compro-
misses which have in the last twenty
years only substituted one evil for
another. The silver law Of Feb
ruary %, 1878, was a compromise
with the greenback and silver in
fation sentiment Of that time and
the silver-purchase act Of July IA,
1890, as a political compromise
with the silver interests of the
West.--Hon. Geo. Fred. Williams,
in the February Forum.
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Cost of Stopping a Train

BY a series of calculations it has
been demonstrated that it costs a
railroad company ten cents to stop
a locomotive and four cents for
each stop of a passenger car. 1t
often happens that a passenger
does not make any move to leave
the train until the order is given to
go ahead, and a train must be
brought to stop again to let the
slow-going passenger off. This lit
tie incident costs the railroad COM
pany sixteen or twenty cents, some
times as much as the tardy passen-
ger has paid. This is one Of the
little leaks that a railroad company
undertakes to guard against, and the
of coaches to a train is lin
tied to save expense of stoppage as
well as to lessen the number of
pounds of coal consumed and wear
and tear Of it's running gear.
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The 49th Parallels Climate.

Did you ever hear of the peculiar
climate of the 49th parallel Sig
nal service men tell some strange
stories concerning it. In the stretch
Of country north and northwest Of
Bismarck, N. D., and from Fort
Benton, Mont, to Pembina, N. D.,
is belt of territory about 600
miles long by $50 wide that may
well be called the line of maximums
il the records given be correct.
When a cold wave prevails this
belt is colder than anywhere else in
that region and when it is warm
this tract is warmer than anywhere
else. If the signal station at Bis
marck shows temperature of 10
degrees, Is degrees or twenty de-
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08
Cleveland and the Sherman Silver Act

A Washington dispatch to New
York paper, of date Feb. lst, has the
following in regard to President
elect Cleveland and the Sherman
act:
Mr.. Cleveland has sent his ulti-
matum to Congress on the. silver
question. Don M. Dickinson
brought it here. 1t S that the sill
yer purchasing act must be repeal
ed, or there will be an extra session.
Mr.. Dickinson called on Speaker
Crisp and made known to him that
he had a message of Importance to
communicate to him. As soon as
the House got down to it's routine
grind Mr.. Crisp left the chair and
went to his private Office where Mr..
Dickinson was waiting. They were
together for half an hour, during
which Mr.. Crisp was told that the
wiping out of the present silver
purchase law was the first business
to which Mr.. Cleveland desired to
give his attention. As Mr.. Dickin-
son left the speakers room he said
to press representative: "You
may say that either one or two
things will happen. The present
Congress will repeal the silver act
or an extra session will be called
within thirty days from March A..
1t is Of more consequence now
than ali other questions combined
and until it is settled other business
will have to wait"
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Wednesday, Feb. s, 1893.
Democratic State Convention.

The Democrats OF Michigan will meet
in state convention at the AUDITORIUM, In
the City OF Detroit, on Tuesday, Febru-
ary %, at 70 o'clock noon, for the purpose
OF nominating one candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court OF Mich
igan, and two candidates for regents OF
the university, and the transaction OF
such other business as may properly come
before the convention. Each county In
the state will DO entitled to one delegate
for each 500 votes cast for Governor at
the last general election and one addition
al delegate for fraction OF not less than
ESQ votes, but no county shall have less
than two delegates in the convention.
Under the rule long adhered to, all dele
gates must be residents OF the counties
which they represent In the convention.
The delegates from each congressional
district will meet In caucus at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, on the day OF the convention, ut
quarters to be- hereafter designated by the
central committee. to recommend persons
for service in the organization Of the con-
vention. Each district Is entitled to one
vice-presldent of the convention and one
member each OF the committee on creden-
tials, permanent organization and order
OF business and resolutions.
All electors who are In sympathy with
the principles expressed in the party de-
clarations. who have voted In the past
with the Democratic party, who find
themselves DESTROYS of associating with
it In the future and who sympathize with
its principles, although not heretofore
Identified with Its party name, are cordial
ly invited to participate In the caucuses
for the election Of delegates to this con-
vention.
Alpena county IL entitled to six dele
gates.
DANIEL J. CAMPAU, Chairman.
FRANK III. HosFoRD, Secretary.
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furnished at the abstract ONCE OF
O'Brien & Sleator.
Phoebe Richards to o. L. Part
riege, 100000, lot @, block g,
Hitchcock's addition, State street.
Cornelius Couture to Frank Be-
iaul, $4,000, part lot IL, block 2,
Wheeler's addition, Plains street.
Joseph Upper to w. H. Smith,
$4,000, W J of IL W of 10, 80, I,
Wilson township.
County Treasurer to S. W. Fland-
ers,
$7.Sl, taxes of 1868, n W of of
30, 81, 6, Green township.
$51.50, taxes of 1868, W of n @
of 30, 81, 9, Green township.
State of Michigan to G.. N. Fetch
er,
$4,000, n of W of rs, 20. 4, n e
of of %, 81, 4, Montmorency
county. S W Of Sc of 20, 80, 6,
Green township. S of s e of / 5.
ne of n of % and ] of of
l3, 81, 5, Long Rapids and Green
township.
Auditor General to d. C. Bloom
field, $500, taxes of 1887, nh of e
of Is, 81, 5, Long Rapids.
Albert Pack to Thomas Schram,
800, n W of S W of %, 30,7, Wilson
township.
O'Brien & Sleator to VIM. Man
ion, 81, W J, lot 8, block So,
Fletcher's addition, Miller street.
VIM. Manion to Theo. Petre,
$500. Same as next above.
Morse Manufacturing Co. to G..
B. Holmes, 5000, timber on ] of e
! of l3; n ! of e, e of n and n
G of of "a. 81, 7, Wilson town
ship, and W of e, S ! of W and
nj of n W of 18, n W Of n e n ] of
n W and of n W of 10, 81, s, AL
pena township.
County Treasurer to John Nc
Master,
S3o.O1, taxes of 1S75-e-7-s, $ e of {
e of 80, 80, 7, Maple Ridge town.
ship.
". E. Rogers to w. H. Leroy
S250.00, lot s, block /, "Orchard
Subdivision" Alpena township.
0. L. Partridge to Benjamin
Richards. $500, lot 4, block ID, Pot.
ter's addition, Lincoln street.
1925, e J, lots 8 and 10, block
II, Potter's addition, 5th street.
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The Public Debt.

The gold in the United States
treasury, January 81, as shown by
the debt statement, was S10S,181.-
7l3, the lowest figure reached in
many years. The amount includes
the S1OO,OOO,0O0 gold reserve. In
the month of January there was
net increase of the public debt of
S3.105,S 800. Non-interest bearing de-
creased S722, 300; the interest bear
ing debt shows an increase of $3.50,
while the net cash was S3,S27,520
less than at the close of the year
1892. The interest bearing debt
outstanding January 81 was $685.
033,660; and the debt on which in
terest has ceased since maturity
$2,357,755, the non-interest bearing
debt was $376,41l,6lS, making a
total of 1903, 8O3,O33.
Certificates and treasury notes
offset by equal amounts of cash in
treasury $6O7,49S,5S2. Aggregate
of debt including certificates and
treasury notes, 81 ST., 301,6l5. The
balance in the treasury including
the slOO,O00,OOO gold reserve was
$125, 285,0e8 The statement of
the receipts and disbursements for
the month shows that the payments
made by the treasury exceeded its
income by over 100000.
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the Electoral College to choose
President and to increase the men,
bership of the lower house of Con-
gress. The result to the Southern
States has been to give them great
er weight than before in Presiden-
tial elections and to add to their in
Auence in the Federal legislature;
while the result to the Northern
States has been correspondingly to
reduce their representation and in
fluence. And the same are the re-
suits to the two great political
parties. The Republican party, by
the Fifteenth Amendment, made
for itself a club to use in political
warfare. The Democratic party
has now wrested that weapon from
its grasp and is biennially using it
to batter its maker.
This naturally leads us to the
remedy for the existing state Of af-
fairs. In politics, as in all other
matters, the base-line both of mo-
tive and Of action should be honesty.
That expediency which permits
wrong to be done that right NAV
come of it has no more place in the
science of government than in
morals; and in politics, as in math-
ematics, the shortest line to any
point is the direct one. In taking
the direct line to the successful So
luton Of the Negro problem, the
two great bodies of workers will
eich have to abandon something,
to surrender some of the ground
which it occupies. The Northern
idea of Negro political equality
must be abandoned; the Southern
advantage of additional political
representation must be surrendered.
This resolves itself into a repeal of
the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States
and a remission of the question of
qualification for the suffrage to the
several States.-John c. Wickliffe,
in the February Forum.
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Meteorological Report.

The meteorological report Of the wealth
or, at the city OF Alpena, Is as follows for
the month Of January, 1893:
Highest temperature. IS degrees. on the Goth.
Lowest temperature. 10 degrees below 10th.
Average temperature, Is degrees.
slightest barometrio pressure, S040 inches.
Lowest barometric pressure. 29.is inches.
Total precipitation 22o inches
Prevailing wind, from the west.
Total movement Of wind. 7.lH miles.
Greatest daily precipitation. rs inches. on the
28th
Highest velocity of the wind. ~ miles. from the
southeast, on the sist.
Number Of cloudless days, g.
Number Of partly cloudy days..
Number Of cloudy days, "a.
II McP. BALDWIN,,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
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1t is somewhat amusing to see tn

1t is somewhat amusing to see the
pious people who are opposed to Sun
day opening Of the Words fair on
religious grounds trying to prevent
such opening by resort to the very
worldly means of opposition known
as the boycott. There are plenty Of
good clergymen, heads of sectarian
colleges, for instance, who are to-day
threatening that they will neither
contribute anything to the exhibits
nor even attend on week days if the
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08
Democratic County Convention.

The Democratic County Convention
will be held at the Common Council
Room, on the 2lst day of February. 1893,
10 select six delegates TO attend the State
Convention, to be held at Detroit, Feb
ruary, 2S, to place in nomination one
candidate for Justice Of Supreme Court
and two candidates for Regents of the
University. Also to select six delegates
to attend the judicial convention, when
called. And also to select candidate
for County Commissioner Of Schools Of
this county, and to transact such other
business as shall come before the conven-
ton.
Each ward and township will be entitled
to six delegates.
Dated Alpena. February 7th, 1893.
VIoToR c. BURNHAM,
Chairman Democratic County Committee.
j. w. MINToN,
Secretary.
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Frank G.. Holmes.
RELIABLE GROCER.
DROBATE ORDER.

State OF Michigan, county Of Aipens, @.
AT asession of tho Probate court tor said oouu-
ty held vt the Probate office in the city of Alpena
on the 3Oth day of January, IN the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety three.
Present, George NJ. Slus-er, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of George Prince, de-
ceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified.
OF evi Prince, father OF said George Prino. de-
ceased, praying that ADMINISTRATION may bs grant.
ed upon the estate Of SAID deceased, and that he or
some other suitable person be appointed admins.
TRAITOR thereof
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the 10th
day OF February 1893 next az 10 oc ock in the FORE
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,
and that the heirs at law OF said deceased, and all
other persons interested iii SAID estate are veQuir
cd 10 appear at session OF SAID Court, then TO DO
holden In the Probate office. in the city of Apeua
and show cause IL any there be- why the prayer
OF the petitioner should not be rAnted and il 10
further ordered, that said petitioner give notice
to the heirs AZ law and all other persons interested
In said estate of the pentency OF said petition and
the hearing thereof, by causing copy of this Or
der to be published in the Apens Argus, news
paper printed and circulated In said county, three
successive weeks previous 10 said day Of hearing.
"a true oopy1 GEO. VI. SLUSSER,
ll2lw3 Judge Of Probate
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Absurd Verdicts.

Solomon said that there were three
things that puzzled him; yea, four
that were too wonderful for him.
One of these was the way of a SER
pent upon rock; another the way
Of man with maid. But in the
four he did not include the behavior
of men on jury.
They are the most Disappointing
and astounding bodies of men that
ever assemble. Whatever they do
it is almost certain to be the con-
trary of what they are expected to
do. They will often convict when
it looks as if they would acquit, and
oftener still, will acquit when all
the evidence is in favor of a convic.
ton. They will sometimes fly in
the face of evidence. In liquor cases
they will without qualm or a gulp
exculpate men whose guilt is I'M
questioned. Again they will find
the accused guilty, and measure out
the most inadequate and absurd
punishment for the offense.
Prehaps Chicago judge had the
toughest case of this kind to deal
with the other day. They found
the defendants guilty of gross care
lessness in causing the death of a
little girl, and then gave her mother
only one cent of the damage for
which she had sued.
The judge was so astounded that
for few moments he said nothing.
Then he told them that their verdict
was shocking, monstrous and revolt
ing. and would not be tolerated.
He did not know what standard they
put upon the value Of human life,
but he thought they must have
measured it by that which they put
upon their own existence. He said
that the verdict could probably be
explained by the fact that nine of
them made requisition upon the
court while in the jury room for the
following articles: zone case Of
export beer, one quart Of whisky,
one dozen bottles Of ale, three decks
of cards, one box of cigars, and din
ners for IL. What their verdict
would have been had this requisition
been honored, cannot be stated; it
can only be conjectured."
OF course he set aside the verdict;
fined them $40 each; then fined one
Of them $25 for trying to say word
about il; threatened to impose the
same on any more of them that OPEN
ed their mouths, and told them to
get out of the court and out Of
his sight.
Many of the verdicts of juries are
as absurd. even if not as serious a
travesty Of justice as this, and it
would do the jury system a lot of
good if there were more judges on
the bench who would treat such
verdicts in the vigorous manner Of
Judge Northumberland Journal. |
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08

Miss Frances M. Abbott, Of Con-
cord, n. H., declares in the February
Forum that the turmoil and unrest
in American housekeeping are due
to two causes. Zone is the rapid
change in fortune so common in
this country, and the other is the
difficulty of adjusting the relations
of the employer and the employed
in a country whose people are not
free from aristocratic traditions and
aspirations"
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08
Shall We Abolish Negro Suffrage

The political result to the Negro
may be disposed Of in a word
Nothing. He stands just where he
did twenty-five years ago--a cipher
on the political blackboard, valuable
only when controlled by other fig
ures, and in nowise affecting the
result by reason of his own worth.
The result to the country generally
has been to add a certain number Of
votes to the number necessary in
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Electrical Development.

The electrical industry has at
tanned that degree Of development
where radical changes are hardly to
be expected; that is, they are not
likely to come suddenly. The ap-
plication of the storage battery to
street railway cars would be a rev.
olution in present methods of pro-
pulsion, but though its introduce
ton has been expected for several
years it has not as yet been brought
about.
No feature has been more prom
inent in the electrical field than the
sudden growth of interurban cleo
trio railways. Previously compare
lively little had been done in that
direction, but such has been the ad-
vance in the past year that no field
for the application of electricity
looks more promising than this. 1t
is an important step toward the de-
velopment of electricity for steam
railroad lines. A large number of
applications have been filed to be
considered by the Legislatures Of
the various eastern states where
the population is the densest to Sc
cure charters to build interurban
electric lines. In Connecticut alone
about twenty such applications have
been entered.
The long-distance transmission of
power by electricity received quite
an impetus in 1892, showing the
grand possibilities in that line. For
several years it has been talked Of
but not until last year were any
extensive plans put into operation.
The electrical exhibition in 1891 at
Frankford-on-the-Main, Germany.
where an electric current was trans
mitted over 107 miles, gave long
distance power transmission its first
great impetus, and American en-
yineers soon put the system to prac-
teal use in the southwest, especially
Southern California and Colorado.
The most gigantic scheme that
has yet come to light is the propo-
sition of the Cataract Construction
Of Niagara Falls to transmit current
from the latter place to the worlds
fair in Chicago, a distance Of about
500 miles.
Electricity in the future will play
a very important part in mill work.
Its simplicity, reliability, safety and
cleanliness make it specially desira-
BILE. The cost of installing has
been the principal drawback, and
this, we believe, will before long be
removed.
Mine owners are fast realizing |
the advantages of electricity in
work.
The motor business OF the vari-
,us city stations increased in 1892
probably more than in 1891, and
some are supplying almost as much
horse power for running motors as
lights. The average price of the
large companies for the standard
'ixteen-candle-power lamp is one
cent per hour. The days of over
head electric light wires are num-
bered, and when under ground and
he business Of the companies ex-
pands, as II is bound to, the public
may expect to get electric lights
cheaper than at present.--Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
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Catarrh in New ENGLAND.

Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to
every one using 1t for catarrhal troubles.
g. K. Mellor, druggist, Worcester,
Mass
l believe Ely's Cream Balm is the best
article for catarrh ever offered the public.
Bush & Co., druggists, Worcester, Mass.
An article of real merit.-C. p. Alden,
druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Those who use it speak highly Of it.
Geo. A. Hill, druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Cream Balm has given satisfactory re-
sults.-W. p. Draper, druggist, Spring
field, Mass.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08
Detroit Markets.

The following quotations are copied
from the Detroit Free Press
Apples. s2.5o To s3.25 per barrel.
Butter. zoe 10 sic per pound.
Live fowls. Sc % 0c per pound.
Live turkeys. lie 10 re per pound.
Eggs. 25c To sac per dozen.
Flour per barrel. So % to s4.75.
Hay baled. 5000 TO si2.0O per ton.
Oats per bushe. 35c to SIC.
Onions per bushel clio to si.so.
Pork, s2O.25 to $500 per bbl.
Potatoes per bushel. Zoe 10 soc
Wheat. SO67 to sO.73 per bushel.
The above quotations are mostly OF q
Wholesale nature. The price at retail
stores is higher.
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No Barbarous Method

Employed In curing piles with Hills Pile
Pomade. No cutting, no ligatures, nc
cauterizing, but simple and positive cure
for piles, or we would not give you @
printed guarantee with each package.
Price 81, six packages So. By mail. Try
1t tonight. For sale by j. E. Field Il Co..
Wholesale and retail druggists, Alpena,
Mich.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-02-08

How often we hear middle-aged people
say regarding that reliable old cough
remedy, N. ii. Downs Elixir: "Why,
my mother gave 1t to mo when was q
child, and / use 1t In my family; 1t al
ways cures" 1t Is always guaranteed to
cure or money refunded.