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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17

25th of December. Since that date
the ground in the southern coun-
ties has been bare most of the time.
The average depth of snow in these
counties December Is, was nearly
A inches, but on the 31st it was less
than one-half inch. The average
temperature at Lansing the last
week OF the month was 30 degrees,
the maximum temperature SO de-
grees on the 25th, and the minimum
10 degrees on the 31st. Correspon-
dents reports show that wheat has
been injured but slightly, if at all.
The total number of bushels of
wheat reported marketed by farmers
in December is / 10000, and in the
five months August-December,
1899, 035, which is 212,580 bushels
less than reported marketed in the
same months last year.
The average price of wheat jan
uary /, 1894, at the usual places of
marketing by farmers was So cents
per bushel, of corn 43 cents, and of
oats 81 cents, and the average price
of hay was 1884 per ton.
The average price of fat cattle
was $40 per cwt., of fat hogs $4.71
per cwt., and of dressed pork $6.08
per cwt.
The average price of each class
OF horses was as follows: Under
one year old, 1922. 87; between one and
two years old, $35.68; between two
and three years old, $52.65; three
years old and over, $72.83.
Mich cows were worth $29.73
per head. Cattle other than mich
cows under one year old, were worth
per head, $7.40; between one and
two years, $13.14; between two and
three, $20.38; and three years old
and over, $27.75.
The average price of sheep under
one year was $1.70, and one year old
and over $2.16; and hogs under one
year old were worth $5.20, and one
year old and over, $1019.
The prices here given are for the
state. For each class of horses and
for sheep they are higher, and for
mich cows, each class of cattle
other than mich cows, and hogs,
lower than the prices ruling in the
southern four tiers of counties.
The difference either way, however,
is in no case large.
Compared with January /, 1898,
there has been a decline in the
prices of all farm products named
in this report, excepting hay and
mich cows. Hay averages few
cents a ton, and cows one dollar and
fifty cents per head, more than one
year ago.
The loss on wheat is II cents;
on corn 4 cents; and on oats 3 cents
per bushel.
The decline on fat cattle is II
cents; fat hogs, SO cents; and dress
ed pork, $1.21 per cwt.
The several classes Of horses have
declined in value as follows: I'm
der one year old, $500; between
one and two years old, 1922; be-
tween two and three years old, S14.-
IL; and three years old and over,
$16.0S.
Sheep under two year old have
declined "a cents per head, and
those one year old and over, S1.2S
per head.
Hogs under one year old average
"a cents less, and those one year
old and over, SO cents less than one
year ago.
The decline in the value of cat
tie other than milch COWS is slight.
JOHN w. JoCHIM,
Secretary of State.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17
Detroit Markets.

The following quotations are copied
from the Detroit Free Press
Apples. $3.50 to $500 per barrel.
Butter. lie TO 2ic per pound.
Fowls. Sc to &C per pound.
Turkeys. SC to &C per pound.
Eggs. lie TO zoe per dozen.
Flour per barrel. S265 to s425
Hay baled. sl1.OO to si2oo per ton.
Oats per bushel, sic to SIC.
Onions per bushel, 45c to $3.50.
Pork, $1,000 to $1,000 per bbl
Potatoes per bushel. so.65 TO 1890.
Wheat, SO5s to $O.6i per bushel.
The above quotations are mostly OF q
wholesale nature. The price at retail
stores is higher.
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cies we pledge the candidate for
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January Crop Report.

The ground throughout the state
was covered with snow on the 30th
of November, the average depth
in the southern and central counties
being about two inches. The snow
remained furnishing good protection
to the wheat plant until about the
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17

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made glorious summer" by Ayers Sarsas
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vigorates the system and enriches the
blood that cold weather becomes positive
ly enjoyable. Arctic explorers would do
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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17
Bankrupt
Stock
Boots,
Shoes
and
Rubbers,
To be Sold at
go Cents on the
Dollar.

We have recently bought
the stock formerly owned
by Knisely & Reid, and have
removed it to the old stand
on Second Street, where
we will close it out, for the
next 80 days.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17

Pennsylvania Democrats for Tariff Tax
Reduction.
The Pennsylvania Democratic
state convention was held on the
10th, to nominate congressman
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17

To prevent the hardening OF the sub
cutaneous tissues OF the scalp and the
obliteration of the hair follicles, which
cause badness, use Halls Hair Remover.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-17
THE ARGUS

ndertake to furnish
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22

and will be in commission this sum-
mer. They viii run between Buffalo
and Duluth. and make the trip in fifty
two hours, which will mean an aver
age speed of from twenty to twenty
one miles per hour, including stops
and detentions due the passage
through the St Clair and Ste Marie
rivers.
Their dimensions are $50 feet over
all by Al feet beam. and will be by far
the largest on the great lakes They
will be propelled by twin screws Is
feet in diameter and Is feet pitch,
turned by neutrality-suspicious. en-
gines having cylinders %. 36, 5115, and
"A inches diameter by 42-inch stroke.
These engines are calculated to de-
velop z, 600 horse power. Steam will
be furnished by IS Belleville water tube
boilers at pressure of 225 pounds per
square inch
The interesting feature in the new
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22

yards, provided the distance is not too
great. Whether it would pay the
state to purchase its own machinery
for this purpose is a question which
can only be answered after it is ascer-
tanned how long the work is to be
continued.
The division of the state into several
road districts is a matter which the
legislature will be better able to de-
eide later, in accordance with public
sentiment. Sparsely settled localities
will probably at present not be able
to eXpend large sums for road inn
provements, and west of the Tooth
meridian three districts-one south
and two north of the Platte-would per-
haps suffice. In the eastern part of
the state the districts would naturally
be made smaller. These matters are,
however, of less Importance than the
appointment of competent state SUI
pervisor with good staff of subordi-
mates. Under his direction the money
and labor now wasted on almost worth
less patchwork might be employed to
better advantage for the people of she
state. T. H. NAGLE.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22

mnnd of our naval force IN Pacific
waters an officer who was necessarily
identified with the enforcement of The
discarded policy. For that reason.
and without any imputation upon his
predecessor, Admiral Irwin was de-
tailed to the command of the Pacific
squadron, in which capacity he
served up to the day of his
retirement hauling down his
flag April 10, on the Philadelphia, ia
the harbor of Honolulu. The coinei-
dence has been noted that Admiral.
Benham and Admiral Irwin. after
forty-seven years of service, should
have hauled down their respective
flags within a week of each other
while in command of foreign stations
Joseph Salathiel Slzerrett, who SUI
ceeds to the vacancy on the list If
rear admirals created by the reti1 )
ment of Admiral Irwin, has the distinc-
ton of a longer active service on sea
and shore duty than any other of the
commodores. Admiral Skerrett was
appointed a midshipman from Ohio.
Oct Il, 1S4S, and his commission as
commodore bears date Aug. 4. 1880
Commodore Skerrett served with dis
tinction throughout the civil war, and
the extent and activity of his total
service are shown by the records of
the navy department, in which he is
credited with twenty years and ten
months of sea duty, and twenty years
and eleven months of shore duty. hav-
ing been unemployed during the whole
period of his service but two years
and a half.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
terspersed as tC

seniority, and a young admiral, or at
least an admiral whose days of pro-
fessional activity and professional am
bition are not over becomes possible,
while the odd she'll barks'' are equally
taken care of and vegetate at the pub
lie expense in an honored retirement,
from which they emerge only to ex-
press in magazine articles and other
wise the opinions familiar to the
reader of Marryatts novels about the
direction in which the service is tend
ing.
All four of the officers concerned are
gallant and meritorious seamen whose
services have been distinguished other
wise than by length, and who are in
such mental and bodily vigor that but
for the compulsory retirement pro-
vided by law they might continue to
do good service for many years to
come in any department in which ex-
perience was more valuable than in
itiative, says Harpers Weekly. Never
theless, Admiral Ramsay, who was
promoted by the retirement of Adj
miral Benham, has but three years to
serve in his new rank, and that, as
promotion goes is an unusually long
service Admiral Skerrett who sue
ceeds Admiral Irwin on the list, has
but nine months of the enjoyment of
admiralty in store, since he will be re-
tired in January, 1895 This is obvi-
ously too short term to enable an
ambitious officer to put into practice,
within his own sphere and the limits
allowed by the naval regulations, any
reforms of the necessity of which his
experience may have convinced him.
Rear Admiral John Irwin was born
at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the
year 1882. and was appointed a mid
shipman in the navy on the 9th of
| September, 1847. Having passed sue
cessively through all the intervening
grades he was commissioned rear-ad-
miraI on the 9Th of May, 1891. He
has passed tWentvsthree years of his
life in active sea-service, and seventeen
years on shore or other duty During
the war of the rebellion he served con-
tinually, with great distinction, in the
South Atlantic squadron. Part of the
time he was executive officer of the
steam frigate Wabash, bearing the
flag of Admiral Dupont, and he after
/ ward commanded several vessels of
the ptOckdulhS Aeot, oeAHS proSehU
and giving great assistance in all the
actions and operations of the army
/ andsnayy on the Atlantic coast He
was remarked and commended for
cool courage, correct Judgment, sturdy
persistency in the line of his duty, and
Earnest study of his profession. AL
Though known to the navy as a rigid
Edist iplinarian, his manners and bear
I were gentle and winning, and he won
the sondeence of his superiors as well
,ascf the officers and men under his
co, imand.
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designs is the departure from the old
fashioned lake steamer type to one
similar to those in service on the North
Atlantic. The engines and boilers are
placed amidships instead of in the
stern, and the general arrangements
of the interior have been entirely re-
modelled.
The use of water-tube boilers on so
large a scale will be watched with in
terest. These boilers are designed for
safety and light weight No doubt
safety has been secured, but those in
terested will want to know how much
has been saved in weight. The use Of
fresh water will certainly add to their
life, although they have been de-
signed in France for saltwater service.
Another feature in which the COM
mercia1 world is much concerned is the
fact that these new vessels are de-
signed to carry passengers only, and
no revenue will be obtained from
FREIGHT
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
SHARP PRACTICE
A Girl Detects shoplifter and Re-
wards Herself.

A Girl Detects a Shoplifter and Re-
wards HERSELF
cit was the queerest thing" said the
girl at the jewelry counter during the
lull, according to the Buffalo Express.
'sWhen 1 was in the other store up
town the f1oorwalker came around
and told us all to look outfor these
people that go around and steal be-
cause they can't help it 1 was kind
of green, then, and I almost put my
eyes out looking for them One day a
woman came to the counter and didn't
pay much attention to her. After
was through with the party was
waiting on 1 happened to look at her
and saw her take gold-headed hair
pin from tray
ST didn't say a word. but I found
out who she was That night I went
right over to her house and told her
what I had seen. She tried TO brazen
it out, but was too much for her, and
finally she owned up that she had
taken the pin .
Did You have her arrested?'' asked
the other girl
No.. said. the first girl 'but I
made her give me the pin .
Then she turned her queenIy head,
pointed to something glittering in her
hair and asked. proudly. Amt it a
bute2"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22

respect to Admiral Benham and Ad-
ruiral Ramsay, gives point and 'actu-
atty to the current criticisms of our
system of naval promotion. The crit
les say, with much plausibility, that
old men are, in the nature of the case,
not reformers; they say, further, that
under the existing system not only
must a man be past the active period
of life before he can attain rank in
the navy that enables him to speak
with influence and authority, but
when he does attain that rank his re-
naming service must be too short to
allow him to exert his influence for
the Improvement of the navy. They
point to the British system, under
which promotion by selection is so in
terspersed as to relieve promotion by
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
SHE KNEW WHAT TO ORDER.
a yassar Girls First Attempt at Buy
Ing Groceries.

A Vassar Girls First Attempt at Buy
Ing Groceries.
She was a Vassar graduate and
didn't know little bit about house,
keeping when she married her last
beau and settled down to domes-
tic life. Her first order at the
grocer's was crusher but
that good man was used to all sorts of
people. and could interpret Vassar as
easily as plain English.
II want ten pounds of paralyzed
sugar. she said, with business air.
"Yes'm. Anything else?,
1.-TWO cans of condemned milk. -
''Yes'm. He set down ''pulverized
sug,'' CONDENSED milk"
Anything more, ma'am?"
"a bag of fresh salt-be sure that it
is fresh
''Yes'm. What next?"
ga pound of desecrated Goldfish y
''Yes'm." lie wrote g1ibly, "dessi-
Gated cod .
Nothing more, ma'am? Here's some
nice horseradish, just in"
No. she said, with sad wabble to
her flexible voice 1T would be of no
use. as we don't keep a horse
Then the grocer sat down upon a
kit of macl1erel and famed himself
with patent washboard- Vassar had
taken the cake.-Detroit Free Press
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
rhosa LII. e,.vsa.

The kidneys, separate from the blood, as it
passes through them, Impurities for which
the final medium OF liberation from the sys-
tenn is the bladder. When their function Is
suspended direful results ensue. Among
these are dropsy, Bright's disease, diabetes
and maladies which terminate In some one Of
these. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters stimu-
lates the kidneys, not as an unmedicated
alcoholic stimulant would by exciting them,
but by gently impelling them to renewed
action and perpetuating their activity and
Yigor. Thus the blood is once more insured
publication and the organs themselves saved
from destruction. Malaria, constipation, liver
complaint, nervousness, dyspepsia and rheu-
matlsm are all thoroughly remedied by the
Bitters, which is, moreover, most thorough
appetizer, general tonic and sleep promoter.
Use II regularly, not semi PROFESSIONALLY.
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beasts He met with his first serious
accident at Odessa at the age of 20,
when a Russian bear hit him twice on
the left leg, the first time gouging out
a big piece from the fieshy part of the
thigh, and the second nearly biting
away his knee. The cords and muscles
were so injured as to cause a perma-
nent stiffness in the joint and recurr-
ing twinges of pain at changes in the
weather.
Philadelphia was three months in
the hospital after this experience, and
then was three months on crutches
At another time, when he was only Il,
a Russian bear held him by the throat
for five minutes, while another bear
fastened his fangs in his forearm. Al
though he has been bitten and
scratched by almost every species of
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
ON HIS FEET AGAIN.
Ex-senator Tabor Recovering His Once
Great Fortune


Fl. a. w. Tabor of Denver, the man
whose So coo lace nightshirt was the
talk of the country when he repre-
sented Colorado in the United States
senate, and who subsequently lost the
bulk of his fortune, is on top again
and the story reads like a fairy tale.
Ten years ago he was worth a bout S.
900, 200, but he spent money by thous-
ands, was bled by politicians and
friends and lavished his wealth
through a score of channels. Through
it all he held on to the Tabor opera
house, worth over ST. 600, 600, and the
Tabor block, worth nearly half as
much. He fell into the hands of
money lenders. who charged him ? and
per cent month interest besides
round commissions of 500, 600 and $25.-
600. His principal indebtedness was
concentrated within the last two years
on his two big buildings in cut-throat
trust deeds for $3.50, 600. There is no
redemption clause in these deeds
Some months ago the old man went
into the Jesus Maria mine in old
Mexico, and now his tabor luck
long a favorite expression in the west,
has returned. The blocks were adver-
tised to be sold at auction some weeks
ago. and they would have gone from
him forever if his agents had not Sc
cured a temporary injunction. During
the arguments in court since it has
been shown that he got only SIG, 600
out of $3.50, 900 debt. The rest was &C
cumulat ed interest and commissions.
The other day it was announced in
court that the debts would be paid
and the trust deeds lifted. There was
a cheer which the judge with difficulty
suppressed, as the ex-senator has gen
eral sympathy While the Insurers
have been trying to obtain his prop
erty at half its value he has been
working in overalls and with a candle
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as the actual underground superin-
tendent of his mine, and it is now pay
ing $65, 900 to $40, 600 month net in
gold Several months income has
gone to pay obligations to the bank at
chihuahua and other preliminary ex-
penses, but. these are all cleared up
and the stream of cash is diverted to
Denver. The result is that syndi-
cate of old friends has been formed to
pay off the trust deeds and in few
months Tabor will again be free of
debt
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-22
DIR. WILLIAM PEPPER.
The Father of University Extension in
the United States.


the United States
DIR. William Pepper, provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, resigned
that position at special meeting of
the board of trustees held in Phila-
delphia recently. DIR. Peppers letter
of resignation refers to the marvellous
development and present prosperity of
the university, which make it possible
for him to retire Atten ton is directed
to the fact that great academic body
has been formed out of a group
of disconnected schools, with d
strong system of effective control.
He claims that university extension in
America has been esta blished by the
University of Pennsylvania, the pro-
vost of the university being honorary
president of this American Society of
University Extension. The Wistar
institute of anatomy and biology has
q separate charter, and is not owned
by the university, but is governed by