Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-23


elS5. 600 with which to pay the eNpeh'
sas of the &. \. II. reunion which meets
August ll-I2. About 5000 veterans
will be present, and all railroads VIII
sell half fare tickets.
Bob mgersoll recently was talking
with an old colored woman in Washing
ton uUCn religious matters. DO You
really believe. Aunty." said hc, that
people are made cat of dust Yes.
sab the Bible says dey is, an so lie
lieve il" But what is done in wet
weather Wien there's nothing hnl
mud ben s'pects dcy made in
fiduls an SIGH track. LHr
SAYS the intcr-Ocem: The thoughts
of men are widrued with the process OF
the suns. The pulpit has already
reached over its desk To shake hands
with the stage: the university IS doing
the same. Barrett was invited To- be-
come llarymd's guest at class day and
Irving has been congratulated 10y the
Vice Chancellor of an English miyer-
sity for his recent scholarly treatise on
the hiotronic art.
The matter of mutlatcd coin, coins
with holes punched through them has
received the Official attention Of the
treasury department. and the lawful
value of such coins has been established
as follows Douhlc-caglcS, So. silver
dollars. - halt-dollar,. 35ccntS; quar-
ter-dollars. IS. and dimes , cents.
Parties handling these coins might be
slyed considerable annoyance. and
some clean cash. 10y cutting this article
out and FASTING it in their hats.
Am exchange rises up TO truthfully
remark: "a man who will tie a horse
to shade tree in city deserves to be
prosecuted and severely punished. No
person bat the man WHO has raised it
and watched over it can appreciate the
anxiety and time and labor expended
on beautiful shade tree. until il has
reached It's fun condition. and begins to
spread It's beautiful branches and he
stow its benehcent advantages in re-
turn for its propagation. and the man
who will luthlessly tie a horse to such
an object of beauty and utility should
receive not only severe condemnation.
but punishment.
The old heather used to say. The
mills of the gods grind slowly. but they
grind exceedingly small Now days
the mills of the devils grind slowly and
some swiftly. but all surely They are
sometimes called gin-millS. but it is all
the same whether the millstoncS be gin
brandy, whiskey or beer. They keep
grinding away souls and bodies and
wives and children OF our citizens
every day in the week the sabbath not
excepted. and every week of the year.
The astonishing thing is that society in
general and Legislature i'm particular
which forbid killing small birds and
cruelty to cattle should be so utterly
careless of human life as not only to
allow the deadly mills to keep on grind
ing. but actually to license them.-Er.
Recently Prof. Q. Blunter, of Ger
many, in series of scientific expert
ments transformed German water cas-
into SNOW and then into Il mass of
beautiful white crystal resembling ice.
SO powerful that single touch com
pletely bcnumbs the member arrests
the flow of blood and enables the sub
jectst endure any operation without
suffering or any considerable loss of
blood. One individual was given too
prolonged a touch on the back of the
hand. when he found that the hand
was devoid of all feeling. For four
hours needles inserted caused no pain.
and yet the hand was not pOwerlesS.
No blood followed the puncturing. Il
is claimed that this gas will completely
take the place of either. No i'll effect
except the possibility of blistering fol-
lows its application.
The Michigan crop report for July
estimates that the area of the 1856
wheat crop, as returned by supervisors.
is. in the southern four tiers of coun-
ties, 1857 .57S acres, and i'm the north
ern counties 2i3.2O6 acres. a total of
l,600,7Si acres. Final corrections. and
spring wheat sowings which were not
completed at the time the assessment
was taken. will probably add $1,000
acres, making the total area of the 1856
wheat harvest, 1.636.7Si acres. The
average per acre, AS estimated by cores
pondents, is Is and IS 100 bushels.
indicating IA probable yield i'm the
State Of 22.239.6s6 bushels. Con
siderable damage from the IIessian ny
is conceded to have been done. 10 per
cent of last years wheat crop is still
said to be in the farmers hands. Com
pla?ts of the drouth come from all
parts of the state, meadows and pas
lures and the oat crop having suffered