Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
STATE NEVIS.
The Muskegon Rifles have been mus


Loss 5000; insured for 5000.
Talmage Gays: Hard work never
killed man. It's fun, recreation. relax
alton. holidays, that kill. The fun that
results in head the next morning so
big that tub could hardly cover it. is
what kills. Hard work never does.
The Methodist church recently dedi
Gated al Gilmore is said 10 be one of the
finest churches in Montcalm county.
The main room is 30xG0 with two class
rooms. The height ofthe building is 81
feet, the tower 20 feet from the ground.
The building alone cost s, 500.
On Sept. Il, the Valley City artillery
of Grand Rapids, which has been ieor
gained into an infantry company, will
be mustered into the state military ser
vice by Inspec'o or General Kidd. The or
ganization will Ike known as company Is,
and will I've attached to the second regi-
ment.
Troy Press: "No," said the Vermont
deacon, al don't approve of horse racin'
and when another member of the church
becomes 80 goddess as 10 try to pass me
on the road comm home from meetin' |
feel it my duty to the church 10 let out a
leetle on the lines just to keep him from
putin his trust in earthly things"
A Michigan strawberry grower prac.
tees mulchiug the vines with straw to
keep the berries clean, and when the
season is over burns the straw as it lies.
The heat clears off the leaves and creep
.ers from the stands, besides destroying
the seeds Of weeds that lay on the surface
as we'll as insects and larvae. After sew
eral years trial il has been found that
when rain comes new leaves start out
from the crown Of the plant, which is
uninjured by the fiery ordeal through
which it has passed. The vines are then
cultivated as usual.
Cadillac News: 1t is altogether prob
able that next winter when congress
meets that day will be set apart as
Grant Memorial day, when some promi-
nent man will be called upon to pro
nounce an eulogy over The dead general,
Public ravor seems to be Diff ing toward
ex-senator Conkling as the best qualified
for that duty. Probably no man in
America was more thoroughly acquaint-
ed with Gen. Grant than The famous ex-
tenator from New York. Certainly no
one could deliver more polished ora
ton.
The Grand Rapids Eagle is informed
Ivy one of the directors that the Grand
Rapids aud Saginaw Railroad Company
are now prepared to go on with their
work as soon as the right of way is Sc
cured or guaranteed, free Of cost TO the
Company for the entire distance. They
want committees Of responsible men in
all the towns through which the road
passes TO take hold of the matter and
give them such guarantee. As soon as
that is done they will start the work, and
say that al air-lne.road, as near as may
he, to Saginaw will then be assured be-
yond question.
The first postal cards of the new issue
were sold at the New York postofiice last
week. The new cards are printed on
harder material than some Of those for
merly in use, and are easy TO write on.
They are handsome in appearance, the
printed matter being Of a light brown.
The warning on the back, which has had
various phras eology becomes on Il. e new
card, "Noihing but the address to be oh
this side" The words United States"
appear on a scroll. and under them the
words Postal Card and row Of thir-
teen stars il between the two lines. A
youthful head of Jefferson appears on
the stamp, partly surrounded by the
wreath. There is more ornamentation
than on those formerly in use.
Lansing Republican: While the peo-
pie Of Michigan were complaining last
winter over too much snow and severe
cold weather, Dame Nature was busy at
work getting things prepared to astonish
the natives with a big yield of wheat.
That the made no mistake is fully prov
en- by the many good yields rel'or, ell by
threshers who are now the busiest men
in the commonwealth. The average
yield throughout the state Is estimated
by the agricultural department at Is
bushels, which will probably place Mich
igan at the lead Of all the states Of the
union on average yield, with total
product of abou, 26,500,OO0 bushels. If
the reports in our exchanges should be
taken as basis the average yield in the
state would exceed 20 bushes per acre !,
Sir Bulwer Lytton the great English
novelist has this beautiful passage ON Our
Destiny" or a future life.
1T cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot lie that our lite
is bubble, cast up by the ocean Of elerni-
~. To float moment on It's waves. and
Sink into nothingness. Else why is II that
The high aud glorious aspirations, which
leap like angels from the temples Of Our
hearts, are forever wandering abt ut unsat
isfrdi Why is il that the stars. which
hold their festival around the midnight
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