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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
GENERAL PRODUCE.
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE-Shipping steers, 1880 to 500
lbs, 81 60d5; loo To 1850 lbs, 81 l0dt rs;
$50 to 1900, SO GOdi 10; stockers and feeders
slow at 81 i0(d3 80; through Texas cattle.
lOc lower; Texans and Indians, 81 5Od3 90
mostly 1908 40; Western rangers, shade
lower.
HoGs-Common lower; rough and mixed
81 l5(di 50; packing and shipping, 80 to
800 los, 81 s0,d5 10; light weights. 1870 10
I70 lbs, s4@i 70; skips, 1901.
SnEEP-Natives 100 to 100 lbs and over.
t46fi p; 10 to % lbs, s3Cd4: IS to 30 lbs. AZ
as; Western, 81 51d3 80; Texans. 81 75a2:
lambs, 50 50(oi 20 per head.
The Drovers' journal London cablegram
quoted moderate supplies of cattle prices
steady; good American steers, 12cdl2lIc
per 10 dressed.
WooL.-Eastern advises say: Michigan
wool is n shade easier. Ii has been hard to
educate buyers TO 6S(D10c clean for Michi-
gan Y aEd the price eased off triae.
The variation would have been greater N
the foreign markets for fine wool had not
shown such strength. For some time il
was practically impossible to sell Michigan
y at 32c, and then IL became nearly as i'm.
possible to purchase it at Sic. and there
the market stands.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
DETROIT MARKETS

WHEAT-Receipts have fallen of consid-
erahly although the market Is still firm.
White wheat is quoted at 7714@05s, and
red wheat at 80 3(d79l6c.
OATs-Quiet at 32iI(a33 cents.
CoRN-Prices range from AZ TO 44l4 cents.
CLOVER SEED-Market nominal, quota
tons ranging from 50 40 TO g 40.
FLouR-The market was steady and dull
at the following rates Michigan
patents, IS 00d5 %; Michigan roll
as O' Minnesota patents, s. 25(d5 30; Min
nesota bakers, 81 90 d4 p; Michigan rye,
80 55d365; Illinois rye, 80 75(d3 -.
HlDEs-Green dry 6iEc per 10, country,
&C; cured, SGsl3c; green calf SG9c; sailed
do 9Gl0c; lambs and shearlingS 25d75c;
sheepskins with wool, 5Oc@sl 80; balls,
stays and grubby, !. Off.
LIVE PoULTRY-Fowls GQ7l$c; spring
chickens l0c per To-
baled timothy buying at sl3 00(dl4 %. and
store lots in small bales selling at SIS Oo6
10 90 per ton; straw in car lots 50 50(Go ~,
and from store, 81 25G7 80 per ton.
PRovIsIoNs-Detroit mess. sll 00dll 25;
Detroit family pork, Sl2 25al2 IS: short
clear. Sl325G 80 lard in tierces, 1@5l sc;
halt bbls, l4ld''sci IN palls,1H(d1$lc hams,
l2H@l2$4 c shoulders. Sl4Casl5c; dried beef,
l3l6dl4c; bacon. II 4(dSi C: extra mess beef
s. O09S %; family beef, 5000 p.
BUTTER-Dairy receipts. best selections,
l2dl4c: creamery, lsal9c, fair to good,
ease; low grades, 5ld7c, butterine, ll@l3c
per Id.
FRUrTs-Apples per Dbl. 81 5079. with q
Gj0c per bbl extra for fancy; pears, com
mon, s at, and BartlettS 81 80 per Dbl /;
peaches, :! 25(a25O per bu; blue piums, s.
per stand green gage, s2a2 p per box;
crab apples, Sldl 10 per bu; huckeberries
g ia, 30, blackberfics, Soc -.
observation-disclosures. 20(d25 per doz;
lettuce 2Oc; cucumhers 2Oc per doz; cab.
bagcs, SiCa4 ~ per 100 for Michigan: caui-
flower, 81 5O(al - per doz; beets. pc:
tomatoes, 3 - per bu; Dutch radishes,
25,d 3Oc per doz green corn. Ease per doz
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
AN OBSTINATE JUROR.
lie Deceived the Eleven Earnest Men
who Were With Him.

Among odd stories current at the
court house. says The New Yore Iri-
Lune, is the following:
The obstinacy of juror. as is well
known, sometimes defeats the ends OF
Justice, for a time ut least, and causes
great annoyance to the eleven who
are locked up with him. A case in
which something that took the form of
obstinacy, but was of an entirely differ
cnt nature, caused long delay in the
iury-box occurred not long ago. a
jury retired after listening to the evil
dcncc and hearing the law clearly ex-
pounded in simple action on contract.
The twelfth man was little. young.
red-faccd German. whose hair stood
>tilly up and helped TO give his stolid
face a rcbellious look. He wore n long
was coat. which he was constantly
compelled to pull down over his stom-
ach which was aldermanic beyond his
wears. and n short pea jacket. from one
of the capacious pockets of which pro-
trudel large parcel. As lie entered
the iury-room. and the door was closed
and locked behind him, "Shcntlemans.
he said. Il is all right He said no
thing more, but placing n chair in one
corner of the room he drew forth the
brown paper bundle from his pocket
and opening it revealed an ample supply
of German bread Frankfort sausage
and cheese, with which he proceeded
20 gorge himself. The eleven earnest
men who were with him, anxious to
have done with the case and return to
their several places of business. gath
cred around the table and consulted to-
gcther as to what it was best to do with
"thc stubborn old Dutchman.' as they
called him, who il seemed apparent had
made up his mind TO oppose the rest of
them in what they all knew was a
righteous verdict. The object of their
wrath paid no attention TO them, and
seemed engroSsed in the pleasing occu-
patton in which he was engaged. At
length one of the others turned to him
and said impaticntly: Look here,
haven't You anything to say at all?'
With his mouth full of bread and
cheese. and without look NJ up for 4
moment. he responded in a thick voice.
go on, I'm all right After time
the foreman made up his mind that
there were eleven for the plaintiff and
one rcsolutcly for the defendant. APP
preaching the twelfth man at length
he said: We'll. what is your opinion?'
"Well, said the German, munich Nc
away, "well, what is your opinion?'
why, we're all for the plaintiff,
and
Vel, Veil, exclaimed the suspected
juryman, "vot you takes so long for?
Dots all right. Dots vot l thinks,
too
At this there was general laugh.
and the jury, in great good humor, filed
into court presented It's verdict, and
was DISCHARGED
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
GENERAL NOTES

The proposition TO establish at Wash
ington city a permanen; exposition. in
ternational in its scope and character,
has, according TO the Critic of that city,
received approval from all the states
and territories of the United States, and
there is encouraging promise that it
will be favorably regarded by the
states Of Central and South America.
The minister of Venezuela, has endorsed
the project in the strongest possible
term, expressing the belief that "the
advantages OF the eXpo,it on are such
as to commend themselves at once TO
the appreciation Of the entire
hemie 9here." II is expected that the
spouse of the Venezuelan minister
ill soon be followed by similar apprc-
.ciative endorsements from the
representatives of all the Central and
South american powers, and in due
sine from those on the eastern con
nent. The Critic remarks: The
governments interested will feel COM
m interest in the commemoration of
loption OF our federal constitution
lS9, as the opening feature of the
ition, aud in the celebration of
bther great anniversary, the dis
fsry of the Americas by Columbus
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20

At the Grand Army of the Republic
ban q in San Francisco the other
ng>2mrade Holmes on behalf of the
de- 'nent of California, presented
CO Ader in-chief Burdette with a
s.afrsomely jeweled badge as souvenir
of the twentieth encampment. The
badge is of gold about five inches long
by two and one half wide. of the usual
shape of the e. A, r, emblem. On a.
enamel center are four diamond stars.
Below this is a band with thirteen
diamonds on it, representative of the
thirteen original states. On the reverse
is the inscription: Presented to Com
uander-in-Ch S. S. Burdette by the
ational encampment Grand Army of
ne Fin n6c, San Francisco, 1885. "
standinBurdette returned thanks,
prevailiesponded to the toast,
thrcatc''rmy of the Republic"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
Appropos of the recent gold finds il

Appropos of the recent gold finds in
estern Australia, and of the wonder
marvellous development of that
Hlntry, it is but just to say that the
orld does not yet realize the vastness
the Australian empire. The princi-
pal cities of Australasia continue to
gr9w at rate only equaled in the
United States. Melbourne passed the
100000 line two years ago, and Sydney
as nearly 100000 inhabitants.
Slaide, the capital of South Australia
NSs-isbane, the chief city of Queens
.o1$ we each about 10000 people,
>~scod, the metropolis of New
- Us rated at $4,000. The ten
.argSst cities of the colonies contain
nearly one-third of their inhabitants.
At the time of the revolution, when the
population of the American colonies
was about as great as that of Australia
and New Zealand the American cities
were all small, and no three of them
could muster 10000 inhabitants to
gether. In fact, there is an air of pre-
cocity and great energy about Austria
las wonderful growth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20

he authorities of the Presbyterian
rch in Pennsylvania have recently
devising plans for preventing
ecp;ng in cnsrch A Scottish divine
otce advised parishoner to take snuff,
md the parishioner retorted by telling
the minister to put the snuff in his SER
mon. The question is, are the Penn
yIvanis preachers up to snuff? If they
:. not, the best way to keep them
In sleeping in chur, h is to stay at
INC and take a comfortable nap there,
else read the Sunday papers, which
keep the sleepiest person awake.
Attention has been often called 10 the
vet that terrible disasters of a similar
,ture are apt TO follow each other
,sely. This coincidence is once more
Istrated within the past week. Seven
(sons were drowned in n yacht of
ANDY Hook, seven persons were
Irow ned in a yacht near Portland Har
Dor. and six were drowned in yacht
that left Sarnia, Ont.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20
~ Ie numerous cases Of sicken

on record as Slr waiter
- ~ deserving the e-glass from
-hich George III. drank a health, and
he Canadian girls, who paid large
sums for walls of water in which the
Prince of Wales washed his hands. But
history does pot furnish Il more disgust
g instance than that which occurred
Washington church on a recent
inday, when the persons who sat in
10 pew back of Mrs. Cleveland refused
take the first communion cup which
as offered them that they might take
re blessed sacrament from the cup
hich her lips had touched. 1t would
interesting to know Mrs Cleveland 5
Mon of people who had no higher
erence for such a holy feast than to
Ike such consummate fools of them
res during its observance.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

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PATTERN illustrated in tha, number, and in
ANY SIZE.
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Iwcnty-scconl year OF its publication it is con-
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1t III tho front rank of Family Periodicals. and
equal t" any Magazine 1t contains - pages.
large uuart". SiXIl! inches. elegantly printed
and fully illustrated. Published hv W. Jennings
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07
THE BEST WINE LAST.

So Cana said but still the first was COOL
For skilful Nature wrought her very best
Turning the sunshine into the hucs of blood
But this the Master brings Ills silent eve.
Flushes the sunshine OF n lettering Year:
he still. . guests, for Heaven is passing w.
Bow down, guests, for your God is here
And it is always SO. Earth Joys grow DIM
Like waning moons they slowly disappear
Our heavenly joys fill up tho widening brim,
Ever more deep and full, more sweet and
clear.
Sweet were his words when ue r the mountain
lie breathcd His benedictions on the mir:
Waking the sleeping angels Faith and Hope
bidding them sing away the grief and care.
And yet, methinks lie speaks in swectcr tones
Out of the shadow of the nearing cross;
Telling Of mansions and the heavenly thrones
Which soon shall rccompense for earthly loss
The good, the better. and the last the best
This is the order of the Masters wine:
More than the yesterdays to-days are blest
And life to-morrows may be III ore divine
And what beyond? All eye hath never seen
Ear hath not heard the wonders that await :
Earth lights are paling shadows to the heen
or untold glorcs just within the gate.
We bid thee, Master, come and be our guest
IIfcs common things Thou turncst into wine ;
Our cares, our woes, our bitter tears are blcst
If only thou dost cause Thy face to shine.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

WRoNG HOME INrLUENcEs.-'W Why
the stamp on thiscttcr has not been cancel
led,' said Mr.. Martin Moore, taking up an
envelope which had been postmarkcd with
pen from country postoilicc. You can
remove the stamp carefully to use again
as well as not
But | shall do no such thing replied
the person thus addressed to whom the let
ter had been sent.
ooh, well! then | can do it for you, and
when you get out Of stamps III lend you
one was Moorc's laughing reply. You
don't suppose Uncle Sam will ever miss a
two-ccnt stamp, do you?'
1t is the principle of the thing said the
other speaker, and VIC nave no more right
to steal twoccnts from the Government
than a larger amount, and | will never
touch that stamp again
This conversation occurred in the home
circle. were the children listened to the
fathers plausible reasoning. and how could
they help being influenced by it? And if,
in after years, the father, whose opinion the
bright eyed boy respects, finds him practic-
ing larger frauds, will the parent call to
mind this, aud similar lessons taught iudi
rcctly it may be- in the home circle?
Here is another case in which both de
ccit aud dishonesty arc ine,llcd into the
young mind. Little Robbie writes letter
to Uncle Robert, and in it, boyliko states
that he has saved dollar, and is going to
put it into the saving bauk. Now Robbie
made figures to represent the money, aud
Uncle Robert read it ten dollars instead of
one.
We'll, we'll, he remarks the boy is doing
we'll to save 50 much
Now the uncle is of u thrifty disposition
and approves Of boys saving their pennies
and dimes. So he writes to Robbie mother
that if her little son has ten dollars to put
into the bank he will send another ten soon
to add to the sum, for a small nest egg.
But didn't write ten dollars said Rob
bic, when he read the letter Uncle made
IL mistake in my figures
Well, never mind, now, replied the
mother. 'Uncla Robert can spare ten dol
lars as we'll as not, 50 we need not say any.
thing about the mistake when we write TO
him
Thus the child's better and more honor
able impulses are checked and a lesson is
carly learned greed and actual dishonesty
Does this mother, protesting Christian ],
anxious for the moral and religious welfare
of her children, consider what tarcs she her
self is sowing in the young mind Con-
grcyutiomatiSt.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

The Rev. Dr. Burton. Of Hartford, is de-
livcring course Of lectures to the young
men in the Yale Theological Seminary.
And this is the sensible way i'll which ho
talks to them: Do not go about with a
long face on. Do not look as fyou are going
to faint, when You hear a doubtful remark
1t will not iniure your chances Of eternal
happiness if you laugh at Joke, or crack
one yourself. remember that not great
while ago | attended 4 dinner party ccmpos
cd entirely Of ministers. Henry Ward
Beecher was there, and when leg OF NUT
ton was placed on the table, he said: The
next time tha, sheep blaats, it will be from
pulpit. Everything that you take into
your brain or your stomach, will blaat from
your pulpit. Therefore assimilate every
thing yOu see or hear
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

The -1m'ricom CUhirator, Of Boston,
suggests the following treatment for a young
horse with swollen ankle and leg. proba,
by caused by a sudden strain: Take a
quart bottle. pnt into it four ounces conccn-
trated ammonia aud one pint alcohol. Scrapc
one and onc-half ounces best CASTLE soap
fine and add to it just enough warm water
to dissolve the soap. After it is dissolve d
add to the alcohol and ammonia. Shake
thoroughly, apply night and morning from
hook to f.tlock, rub gently, passing the
hand downward. Put light flannel bandago
over enlargement, using caro- not to have
more than two thickncsscs. Wet the
bandaSc lightly round the ankle at noon
each day. Pcrscvcrc i'll the treatment aud
the swelling viii soon disappear.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

TIE WIrE's sSHARE.-No class of men are
more indebtcdto their wives for success that
comes to them than are farmers. The wife
and the mother who has the courage to 90
out with the husband Of her choice and
commence the struggle Of life with him on
the prairie, or on 4 new farm, with but lit.
tie capital, except that boundcss capital Of
head and heart, is worthy to stand by the
side of the Spartan woman Of whom poets
have exhausted their words of praise Cr.
on her falls the brunt Of the strife. no mat
ter how hard the husband may toll his
work closes with the day, but hers contin-
ues after and, with her children, and the
small chores that many of the beginners
look after, her lot is not one to be cnvicd
And when, after years Of struggle, success
with reluctant feet, comes to crown the hus
band with honor, the brightest wreath
should adorn the brow of the noble wife
who was the stay and anchor, the comfort
and the source Of all hope in the stormy
days of trial The wealth should crown
her queen.
We hear much Of the man. We hear
that so-and 50 is making money. and he gets
the credit Of being forchan dcd man, but
it is quite as often that the noble little wo.
man who has toilcd and complainc not
who has pinchcd, and saved, and murmurcd
not, is the one to whom the State and Ma
tion is most greatly indebted These are
the women who lead men up to that higher
and nobcr manhood, to that shrine, where,
like knights of old they bend the knee Of
homoge, not to beauty, but to worth and
royai manhood. -ldIucu!e.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

One day in Chicago depot, conduc
tor who had very long hands, hung one Of
them out Of a car window. Shortly after
he felt some one pulling and feeling first
Of one finger and then the other. lie
stuck his head out of tho window and saw
a man. who said: Say, Mister. how do
you sell bananas apiece
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

\ modern wit defines the difference be-
tween men aud women: "a man gives
forty cents for twenty five ccns thing he
wants and a Women gives twenty five cents
for a iorty-ccnts thing she does not want. !"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07
DOMESTIC RECIPES

to fresh eggs and remove the dish contain.
ing them to the back part of the stove,
where the water will keep warm and let
them remain ten or twelve minutes. The
white oFthc eggs will then b. cooked uni
iormly with the yolk, and the whole will be
superior in flavor and di"e>tibil;ty TO an
egg which has bccu bGI.cd
Goldfish ~ CREAM.--pick up into
small pieces fish that has been soaked in
cold Water over night. Heat milk or cream
boiling hot and add tic fish with Il spoon
ful of flour that has been mixed ~ Doth
with little cold milk. As soon as it boils
up, break a fresh egg into it aud stir Just
long enough to cook the egg aud then re-
move it at once irom tic fire.
Por-ovERS.-Onc cup of flour, one cup
Of milk, one egg, Il piece of butter the size
of an egg melted. anl rin:h of salt.
Bake in gem pans. Make the mixture per
iGctly smooth aud free from Jumps, by
adding the milk very slowly to the flour
and stirring constantly. Beat the eggs
and add last, Have the pans hot aud but
tered, and fill them half full Of mixture
then set directly into a quick oven Eff
teen minutes will lake them, and they
will justify the name by rising far above
the limits Of the pan. The secret of
having pop-ovcrs just right, is to have
everything all ready before you begin
and then make quick work of the mixing
and baking. These arc also sometimes
called egg mullins.
WORDS OF WIsDoM.-Chcago April
ga large meeting Of workingmcn and
laborcrs from the Union Stock Yards was
held last evening to ratify the eight hour
movement. The meeting was addressed
by George \. Scacts, editor Of the KniJhtS
Of L"bor, Of Chicago, who took occasion to
give his views on the strikes in a manner
that astonishcd some Of his hearers. lie
declared strikes to be foolish no matter how
just the cause of the strikers might be. and
said they were weapon which no work
ingman could use without doing harm to
himself. They were to be avoided above
all things. There had never yet been
strike where the strikers made 4 permanent
gain of everything they demanded. The
speaker ridicued the action Of the two hun
drcd furniture workers on the North side
who had gone out after receiving every,
thing they asked because the same men in
Cincinnati are not similarly favored At
present the sole aim Of the working classes
should be the establishment of the eight
hour systcm-not by striking, but by APP
talk the matter over in friendly spirit
with the bosses.
William Gleason was the ncA. speaker.
lie also warned the men against following
the lead of the wooden headed fellows who
were 50 fond Of ordering strikes, and told
them they could always gain more by cx-
crcising Judgment and common scusc.
George Sehil!ing, the labor aytator, then
introduced 4 resolution declaring for the
eight hour day, and providing for the ap-
pointmcnt Of delegates from every depart
ment of every packing house in the stock
yards to meet representatives Of the differ
cnt companies tonight, for the purpose Of
reaching an amicable understanding on the
eight hour question. The resolution was
adopted.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

First small boy-"Say Jonnie, where
arc You in Sunday sehooIz' Second
small boy-"Oh. we re in the middle of
Original Sin First small boy-"That
amt much we're past redemption.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

The town Of G!cucls, Md, is remarka>
bic for the fact that its name spells the
slmc backward or forward That's what's
the matter with Hannah.