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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13
0. |. PARTRIDGE.
Real Estate Agent
Rooms 4, 5, Dawson Block.
wnl take charge Of estates for residents and nons
rssdsnts. collect rents pay taxes, place insurance
obtain abstracts Of title. etc.
ONCE hours-10 to 12A. M, A to 6P.M.

"Taste it, gentlemen, taste it,"
said the professor, "and exercise
your perceptive faculties" )"
The gallipot was pushed toward
the reluctant class, one by one.
The students resolutely dipped their
fingers into the concoction, and
with many wry face, sucked the
abomination from their fingers.
Gentlemen" said the professor,
ii must repeat that you do not use
your faculties of observation, for
had you looked more closely at
what ] was doing, you would have
seen that the finger which I put in
my mouth was not the finger |
dipped in the gallipot. Medical
Record.
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Saving Dismembered Fingers and
Limbs.

Among the late discoveries in
surgery there is none more import
ant than that when limb or finger
is severed from the body it can by
prompt treatment be replaced, and
be made to grow there again. For
merly when man lost a finger,
hand, arm, or leg, or an ear, he was
doomed to 60 through life minus
these parts. But there is very
little reason now why one should
be minus finger or other part of
the body, except in extreme cases.
Fingers that are cut clean off by
machinery can be carefully grated
on the stump again so that they will
grow. Parts of the nose or ears
can likewise be replaced and nature
in the course of time will make the
union so perfect that one would
never know that the accident had
happened. A few stitches are taken
to hold the piece in place, and by
means Of little bandaging the
fingers will grow again all right.
1t will never be as sensitive and
useful as before the accident, but it
will be Of some service and will pre-
vent disfiguration.
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Whit America Cost.


The discovery of America, four
hundred years ago, was not nearly
so costly an undertaking as is the
celebration Of the event now. Some
one has figured the expense of the
provisions, stores and guns, carried
by Columbus, with the salaries paid
to himself and crew, and the sum
is ridiculously small. Altogether
it amounts to only seven thousand
five hundred dollars. Columbus
had naturally the highest salary of
any one in the expedition, but fig
ured in modern money it was only
three hundred and twenty dollars a
year. The Captain Of each ship re-
ceived one hundred and ninety
two dollars each, and the surgeon
only thirty-eight dollars and twen-
ty-five cents, while the seamen ship
ped for less than thirty per year.
The purchasing-power of money
was greater in those days than now
especially Of labor.
The greatest difficulty Columbus
experienced was in securing vessels
to make the voyage; but as the
vessels came back, their expense
need not be reckoned. To find a
new world for less than ten thou
sand dollars was perhaps the largest
honest increase man ever made
from so small an investment. But
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The Thunderstorm.

1t is probably idle to tell people
that there is thousand times the
danger in the sewer-pipes that there
is in the thunder-cloudr, but it is
true all the same. The deaths by
tightening are few indeed. Who
of the readers Of this paragraph
ever lost a friendin that way? Who
of them hasn't lost score of friends
by less brilliant and less noisy de-
structions that comes up out of
drains? The trouble with the light
ming, or the trouble that it gives the
people, is in its suddenness and it's
uncertainty. You know neither
when it is coming nor where it is
going; all you feel certain about
is that every storm is pretty sure to
leave number of catastrophes to
mark it's course.
At the present day it seems, how
ever, the increased use of electricity,
with the many wires, has rendered
to fewer fatal strokes Of lightning
in cities. A great deal of electricity
undoubtedly works off quietly by
such avenues and by lightning-rods
without manifest disturbance.
But, after all, it is a subject and
apowert that people know little about.
Our thunder storms came majestic
ally along, the lightning plays
about in the clouds, and now and
then bolt goes down to the ground
or up from the ground to the clouds,
But often there are equally severe
electrical storms when there are
no clouds, and when the disturbance
is in the earth itself. The telegraph
and telephone are thrown into con-
fusion; while the spectator" sees
nothing and knows nothing Of what
is going on, though he may feel the
effects of the current in his mental
condition without knowing its
cause.-Scientific Americ an.
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A Crushed Litterateur,

Johnny Gray-'Say, Mr.. Black,
did you get the fashion,"
Mr.. Black--"Did | get what,
Johnny?"
"The fashion you wrote after"
II don't understand you, really.
/ haven't written after any fashion. !"
Miss Gray-"Johnny, you may
leave the room. Children should be
seen and not heard"
"Idon't care; | amt done nothin'.
You told ma yourself that Mr..
Black wrote for the paper after a
fashion. Texas Siftings.
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it must be remembered that this
new world thus discovered remained
of very little use to humanity for
more than a century after Colum-
bus died. He apparently did not
know what it was good for, and not
till men came later, with the desire
to bless humanity, did the great
significance of this discovery appear.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Gentleman, you do not use your
faculties of observation" said an
old professor, addressing his class.
Here he pushed forward a gallipot
containing chemical of exceeding
ly offensive smell.
when / was a student" he con-
tinued, ~ used my sense Of taste, v
and with that he dipped his finger
in the gallipot and then put his
finger in his mouth.
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Swinging Around the Circle

OF the disease to which it is adapted with the bes-
results, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters family med.
thrust upon public attention in the guise of unit
versai panacea for bodily ills. This claim, daily
arrogated in the columns of the daily press by the
propretOrs of medicines far inferior TO IL specifics
has in u thousand instance Disguised the public
in advance by its absurdity, and the prospects Of
other remedies of superior qualities have been
handicapped by the pretentions Of their worthless
predecessors. But the American people know, be-
cause they have verified the fact by the most try
ing tests that the Btters possesses the vrtures of
q real specific in of malaria and liver disor-
der, constipation, nervous, rheumatic, stomach and
kidney trouble. What IL does It does thoroughly,
and mainly for this reason it il indorsed and rec
aded bv hoeta of reepectable medical man.
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For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums. allays all pain, cures
wind collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the poor little
sufferer Immediately. Sold by Druggists
In every part Of the world. Twenty five
cents bottle. Be sure and ask fer Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind. 118Sy1
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Asuraioal onaratIon.

For the cure of Piles Is always painful,
often dangerous and useless, and invari-
ably expensive: on the other hand there is
a new, certain cure, perfectly painless.
gives instant relief and permanent cure
and costs but q trifle. 1t Is the Pyramid
Pile Cure. It is a more certain cure than
surgical operation, without any Of the
intense pain, expense and danger OF an
operation. Any druggist viii get It for
you.
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He Joined Jimmie" "

in the hospital had been wounded
by fragment of shell, and for the
first three or four days the surgeons
said he had a living chance. Then
there was a change for the worse,
and one afternoon the nurse told
him that his hours were numbered.
Two or three times a day he had
asked if any letter had come for
him, and one night l had heard
him talking about Jimmie" and
praying that he might live to see
him again. | said to myself that
Jimmie was the boy baby he had
left behind him when he marched
away to the front, and | hoped for
the letter almost as much as he did.
That day, during an hour when
he suffered a bit less than usual,
| figured with him about this ex-
pected letter. It would go down
to the regiment and follow him
back to the hospital, and he had
not given it enough time. 1t
might possibly come in the after
noon. The nurse feelingly notified
him that his hours were hurrying
away, but he could surely expect it
by next day noon.
''Has my letter Gomez" he asked,
as he looked up at the nurse, who
was man, but yet had tears in his
eyes.
mo letter for you"
"Then | shall not die tonight.
| must hear from Jimmie first.
The letter will come tomorrow.
1t was strange thing to wit
ness that man fighting death away
fighting to gain a few hours
more time. They said he could not
live till midnight, but they did not
know what was giving him strength
to fight on. When the hour came
he was whispering prayer. When
sunrise came the mark Of death was
on his face, but his eyes fairly blazed
with determination. He lay where
he could see the clock, and for the
last three hours of his life he never
lost sight of the hands marking
the hours and minutes which car
ried him nearer the shore of the
dark river. He must have lived a
lifetime in those hours. As both
hands pointed to high noon he
whispered to me:
ut is noon and the mail is here.
| shall hear from Jimmie before l
die!"
Five minutes later the nurse
brought him the expected letter,
mailed from New England village.
Read it and tell me of Jimmie" :"
said the dying man.
The nurse opened the letter and
read a few lines and handed it to
me and went away with pale face
and fearful eyes. 1t was letter
from sister The dying man was
a widower and Jimmie was his only
child-a boy three years old
who had been left in her care.
Jimmie was dead and buried
drowned, she said, by falling into
an open cistern. Had the letter
come to him at the front, it would
have broken his heart.
swell, tell me Of Jimmie" said
the dying man, as | laid the letter
down.
HE is better off" | finally an
swered.
"Dead?"
ayes"
"Thank God! l shall be with
him this very day. 1t is good news
news! God knows what
is best"
Then he closed his eyes, elapsed
his hands together, and death came
SO quietly that we knew it not.
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II Ia STRANGE

That people suffering from Piles will
endure them for years or submit to dan
gerous, painful, cruel and expensive
surgical operations, when all the time
there Is a painless, certain, lasting cure.
which gives instant relief and costs but :
tri1e. 1t Is called the Pyramid file CuIe
and can be found IT all drug stores. Any
druggist viii get It for you If you ask
him
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"Have you had a good season?"
asked a tourist. Nav" replied the
seaside landlord. "Even the mo-
squitoes have nearly starved to
death. w ashington Star.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"You have natural ability for
acting, Vunchump. Whatever kept
you off the stage?" "The stage
manager, my dear boy" replied
Vanchump.-Texas Siftings.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

do you take this man for bet
ter or worse?" asked the minister
II can't tell until / have had him
for a little while," returned the
bride.-Harper's Bazaar.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"Brown has the job he was after
plenty of light work" "What's
he doing?" Attending motors at
the electric plant" Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Visitor-'So your name if Win
ifredP For whom were you nam
ed?" Little Win-"Jus' for myself
so I'd know when | was called. v
Good News.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"There goes Van Dabble, the art
ist. Is he rising in his profession?"
20, yes. Why, he has got SO he
can borrow five or ten dollars at any
time."-Life.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

The highest foru of sincere Hat
terry at the present time is to ask a
man if he can change ten dollar
bill.-Memphis Appeal.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

B. Flats-Why do you compare
my music with the poker game?
Jack Potts-One you play an
dante, in the other you ante and
play.-Binghamton Republican.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
"Ths Niagara Falls Route"
Time Card in Effect.

.paiIy. All other trains Daily except Sunday.
Parlor car on day trains and sleeping cars on
fhe direct line to Niagara Falls, Buffalo, New
YORK. Boston, Detroit, Toledo, Chicago, ana al
points in the United States and Canada.
Through tickets TO all points in the United states
and Canada.
WHITING, Ticket Agent.
o.w. RUGGLEs. q. p. & +. Agt
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Penelope-"Did you ever have a
horse run away with you?" Paul
ine-"No, but had a jackass try to
once; he wanted me to elope. y
Truth.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Why is summer the pride OF the
yearp Why, because it goes before
a fall.-Minneapolis Tribune.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

This chef makes no pretentions
as sharpshooter, but he can hold
his own at the range.-Elmira
Gazette.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"Do you call your wife your bet
ter half, Mr.. Henpeck?" Better
half? HIM! My friend, she is
more than three-quarters. New
York Press.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Customer-Give me fifty cents
worth of real Delaware peaches.
Broadway Shopkeeper-We
not slicing peaches this season,
ma'am. I'll sell you a whole one
for $1.25.
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HUMOROUS.

The funny man now smacks his lips
Which gradually grow moister,
As he beholds the bivalve dear,
And gurgles, "R, there, oysters!'
New York Morning Journal.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Mamma-"Now, Teddy, we must
all try and give up something while
times are so hard" Teddy-"I'm
willing" Mamma-"Wbat will it
be, dear?" Teddy-"Soap." Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
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"That's fine baby, Wiggins.
How much does he weigh?" "De-
pends OH the time of day. About
3 o'clock in the morning his weight
seems to run up to about eighty
pounds. indianapolis Journal.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

Before we were married." she
said, "his displays Of election were
positively overdone.
"And now?"
"They are very rare" Indians
polls Journal.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-13

"How calm the sea is!' she ex-
claimed. YES" he answered,
dreamily. IL guess the girls with
broken engagements have made
the other breakers ashamed of them
selves. Washington Star.
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Detroit, Bay CITY & Alpena R.R.

u,;, and Accom. Mail and Accom-
E~nre.. modation. Express. mediation.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12
FOURTH edition


NRw CASTLE, August l2.-Yesterday
afternoon ut Battery Park, in the pres.
ence OF about $50 spectators. two local
mines played an Interesting game of
ball. They were the Evening Stars and
the Inylncibles. In the tonth inning
the Invlncibles scored tho winning
run. Score, 2 to J. Umpire. hng.
The Never Sink Fishing Club went
on two days cruise yesterday. They
comprise Davis, MeCarter, Pustlll,
Downey and Wright. They will! have
q full lond OF fish coming home-even
II they have to buy them.
The West End Pine Knot Fishing
Club spent yesterday at Flnn's Point
Jetty and had jolly good time. The
club was composed Of; Captain, J. b.
Tomnn; pilot Mathew Tobin; let mate,
IBaymore; steward, Whalen; Robbins,
deck hand; Gullfoil, bait carrier; Nc
Nulty, scoop tender. and McCassiu,
bartender.
They spent a real jolly time and
caught lots OF iish.
New Castle readers OF the Dali,
REPUBLICAN would like to know from
F. how he kept his brain cool enough
TO write about the heat at Dupont's
Banks. Also, how did ne preserve the
paper he wrote It on.
Miss Edith Hushebeck Is visiting
friends In Middletown.
Four pretty ladies and young mer
held n watermelon party ON the bat
terry yesterday afternoon.
Miss Conway. of Wilmington, re
turned home to-day after weeks
visit TO friends.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12

We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in
that country that the art Of telling wool
was first known, and from the most re-
mote periods the art was carried on by
the orientals. In India, China, Burmuh
and Siam hats arc made of straw, of rat
tan, of bamboo, of pith, of the leaf of
tho Tallport palm and of large variety
of grasses. The japanese made their
hats of paper. Tho modern hat can be
traced back TO the petasurs worn by the
ancient Romans when on journey. and
hats with brims Were also used by the
earlier Greeks.
1t was not until after the Roman con-
quest that tho use Of hats began in Eng
land. A "hatte of biever," about the
middle of the twelfth century, was worn
by one of the mobiles of the land. Frais-
sort describes hats and plumes which
were worn at Edwards court in 1910,
whom she Garter order was instituted.
The merchant In Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales" had ION his head Flaunderish
beaver hat" and from that period on
ward there is frequent mention of "felt
hates. "-Washington Star.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12

CHICAGO, Aug. IA. A. Zimmerman
won the first Of the international cham
pionship races run during the l.. A. w
meeting. In addition to capturing that
event, a ten kilometre dash, he reduced in
the same race the six mile American com.
petition record of 1870 25, made by Seeley
in New York last year, to 1888 49, He
proved, too, that he was n long distance as
well rs sprint racer by covering the
quarter In 81 seconds, q performance that
none on earth except himself had ever
equaled. Bliss came in second and john
son third. Q. T. Knisoley, of Chicago, who
broke the four mile record on Wednesday
to 1918, further chopped that mark tc
1913 10 in the same international race
All OF the Americans except Bode finished
in front of the foreigners.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12

BA YLlSS-In this c,ty.on Augusta, Mar
tina Hay Hiss. aged n years.
Services at the Home for Aged Women
on Monlay afternoon at O'Clock.
iCAKPESTER-On August 18th, 1893, Fran <
ID. Carpenter. in his 9Th year.
Relatives and friends are Invited to at
tend the funeral at The residcnc; oil his
father. Joseph l.. Carpenter. Jr., Ninth
and Harrison streets. ON Monday, the Nth
inst. mt O'Clock p III. Intermcnt private
At Wilmington anlIrundywine cemetery.
lHOLLlS-On the 10th inst, Iscbecca llol-
| lis. in her Goth years,
| Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited TO attend her funeral from tho
residence of her husband. Henry Hollis.
Breck's Lane. on sunday afternoon. Au-
gust iHth. Services AZ the house Mt
10 clock sharp. lnterment at Nit. Salem
Cemetery. /
IMORG AN-On the 10th inst, Mary A.
| Morgan In ior 9jth year
/ Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend her funeral from the residence of
her father, ID. 4. Morgan. on the IIare's
Corner road, on Sunday, August 1911.
Services at :ho house nj i.31 o'clock. In
terment at iiiveryiew Cemetery.
ITALLEY-On August 10. ls03 Charles T.
| Tallcy, aged "A yeats
| Relatives aud friends arc invited to Mt
tend the funeral services, at the residence
Iuf his brother, william L Talley. lea
Ivef Valley, on Monday morning at 10
io'c ock. lntcrment AT Brandy wine Bap-
fist Cemetery without further notes, I
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12


American LauE,iIy. ~ Wcst Front st
CuplhEI,nl la"olIn:. a. g.. s..scnud =,
Cummings, the photographer, 2O4
Market street
You can get something YOU can cat
at - Market street. Hollis.
II you want iirst.ciass dyeing and
securing done, 80 to 2lD King.
Died at Capa May, y. j.. Abort II.
HhRhes, aged 81, the oldest Delaware
RIVER pilot.
The directors of tho Nflminyton ard
Brandywine cemetery omNauy have
diseharged their grave Il eyer on &c.
count OF no Work.
Herbert W, Alrich will deliver ar
ADDRESS TO morrow afternoon in the
Young Mems Christian Assoca.ion
Building, on the subject, ~ hat Q
Young Man did When He Lost Ills
Position
The Rev. II. G Rudd well known
young man of our city, student a;
Boston University and serving a I. hargI
at East Falmouth, Mass, Will pteacl
In branhywins NJ. T.. Church TO ~ olroY
morning at 1880,
The Pullman Palace Car Compan,
have just sent to the Philnde phla and
Reading Railroal Company new par
tor car, the Abigail having the new
extended vestibuls lately introduced
by the Pullman Company. In Other
, respects 1t Is ono OF tho finest parlol
cars the company has constructed.
A temperance harvest home will be
beld 10 Whitsmlt's Groys, near Ebe
nezer 81. K. Church. Mill Cresk Hun
aired, Del, on Thursday. August gath
at 10 so q. M. under the ausBlces o
Eairvlew Lodge No. g, l. o. g. L. Dr
%. H. Mann. X. ". q. T., Hon. Iol
Beauchamp. OF Ohio. and Hon. I'd
ward Carswcil OF Canada, and others
have bean engaged US speakers. IN
Waiter Hartman Quartette will turn. al
the music. We consider this the hes
program ever offered the citizens Q
4 DelaTare and vicinity,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-12
DROOp and Die.
Mothers Have Cause to Fear
This Weather.
Interviews With Local Physicians
d al School,
Infant Mortality Credited to In.
proper Food.
Lactated Food the Purest
and Best Diet.
Happy Wilmington Mother;
Whose Children Live on IT.

Whose Children Live on 1t.
The extraordinary mortality from
various forms of infantile Indigestion
this summer has led to careful inquiry
and the best authorities on the sub.
ject in this city have freely expressed
their opinions.
Several of the best known physicians
in Wilmington werc interviewed yes.
terday. and the following question
asked:
In view Of the large death rate this
summer OF Infants In Wilmington
what do you recommend ?"
The general sentiment OF the pro.
fesston was voiced in the following
statement from one OF the most sue
eessful practitioners among children.
lie said:
'"rhere is nothing equal to lactated
food and its use is fast becoming
general among the profession. We
find that 1t Is retained on the stomach
| where other things are not retained.
For cholera infantum | find IL IN ost
valuable, and 1 generally give small
portions often repeated when called
to attend such cases. Inalmost every
cass where mothers are unable Ia
nurse their infants. find that lactated
food answers we'll"
Many happy mothers in Wilmington
have used lRctated TODD successfully
where everything else failed. They
say that this food has kept their chill.
dren strong and we'll during the dan
| gerous summer season and many OF
| them haNe recon mended 1t to friends,
who have had the same happy ex
| perience.
The principal element OF mothers
milk is sugar OF milk. This Is TIC
basis Of lactated food. With 1t is
combined tho nutritious elements OF
the great cereals, wheat and barley
and the necessary bone.forming salts
This makes iuctated food perfect
and natural substitute for mothers
milk.
| 1t must he borne in mind that lac
tnted food is so inexpensive that it Il
within tho reach OF every family. Isl
meals can be made from n dollar
package Of tho food, and when pro
| pared for the use of infants, it costs
less than five cents quart.
Mothers should remember that
cholera inrantum can he more easily
] prevented than cured, Simply feeC
| the baby with pure laGtated food, nnc
the child Will keep well and strong.