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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

BuRDoCs BLooD BITTERs taken after eat.
ing will relieve any feeling OF weight or over
fulncss OF the stomach. Sold everywhere
l.ondoncrs are reishing an exhibition II
Am.rican apnlpS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01
Fifteen Yearsan Invalid. Cured by DR.. J. II.
Henion's sure Cure for Malaria

Iron Stag mUkes a good enough pavement
for n nnLliOn of the Strand. London.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

San Francisco hasa "ireak' in the person of
man with four ears who is not ina museum.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

FOR DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION depression OF spirits
and genern debility in their various forms; also ns
preventive against Ieyrr aud ague and other i1;r-
n.itfent fevefs The Zero rhosphorated Elixir Of
Calisaya" made by Caswcli Hazard a Co. New York.
and sold by all Druggists, Is the best tonic and for
patients recovering from fever or other sickness IL
has no equal
HaliordS Sauce Expressly 70, {, nily g,s: o,lysola
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

More than 400 women till editorial positions
on English papers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

No Opium, In Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail pc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

ONE pair OF boots can he saved yearly by Gs,p,
Lyons Patent Metallic Heel sIineneTs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

Young farmers of Dakota are starting East
TO spend the winter In search OF wives
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

PATENTS obta aimed by Louis Dagger & Co.. Al.
torneys. Washington, C. Est'L 1861. Advice free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

citation OF power.-The Giobe
Overwhelmingly Defeated
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

- BURNS and Scnlds instantly rendered
Vpsinless, and invariably cured without scar by
the use of Carbolisalve, the great skin remedy.
Is and 80 cents, at Druggists or by mail. Cole a
Co., Black River Falls, Wis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01
ROUGH ON PILES"

Cures piles or hemorrholds, Itching. proiruding
bleeding internal or other. Internal and eXterna
remedy In each package. Sure clIc. sc. Druggists
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

hough on Ials clears out ltats, Mice. he
Mrs. Jude takes banjo lessons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

Rough on Itch" cures skin hunors. erupiIons. ri
worm- letter. salt rhcum. frosted feet, chilbln
Itch. Ivy poison. haroer's Itch. SOC lars.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

Every woman who suffers from Sick Head
ache, and who dislikes TO take bitter doses,
should try Car.cr's Little Liver Pills They
are the easiest OF all medicines to take. 4
positive cure for the above distressing com
plants; gives prompt relief in Dyspepsia anu
Indigestion; prevent and cure Constipatio
and Piles. As easy to take as sugar Only one
pill dose. 40 IN a vial. Price p cents. II
you try them you will not do without them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

Gray hair is more honion than ever.
Rough on Toothache." Instant relief iSc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01

Aus ralia is in bad way nnanc ally.
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
MASCULINE MEDDLERs.
why snappish Woman Carried a Flal
of SCOT on Her. Cheek,

Why a Snappish Woman Carried a Flake
of SCOT on Her. Cheek.
In one OF. the parlor cars on a west
bound Northwestern train sat woman
who was not as Young as she had been
and whose temper was, apparently,
not as sunny as it might be. For she
scowled and looked sour and tried to-
read bit and slammed the book down.
and banged the window up and them
banged.it down again when she found;
the wind played hob with the carefully
trained bangs on her forehead Taking
it all around she was in fine state of
mind, and there was a big piece Of soot
ON her cheek of whose presence she!
did not seem to be aware, but which,
was observed and commented on by ALI
Of the passengers,
Soon a travelling man came out Of
the smoking-room, took a look at the
state of things and accosted her in so
low a tone chat his fel1ow-passengers
were bitterly disappointed in not being
able to hear his remarks or the reply!
thereto. The reply, however, was ap1,
parently very short and quite concluj
sive, for the travelling man retired
about as quick as he knew how and:
with something on his face which re-
sembled blush remarkably close, con-
sidering that he was a travelling man.
Presently an oliish gentleman-not
toe old to snooze in public when it is,
warm, but yet old enough to be labor!
ing under the delusion that he is yet
something of a lady-killer
an oldish man of this sort woke out Of
a nap, looked about the car to see if
there was anybody he could .scrape;
an acquaintance with, spied the sourea
and spluttering female, and in1medi!
ately began arranging his necktie and
hopping off his face. Then lie hap!
pened to notice the piece Of SCOT, and,
as he LETT his seat and approached the
woman, the passengers all watched him
expectantly.
~ beg pardon, miss" he began with;
a smile meant to be charming, ''but did
YOU know there was a flake of SCOT ON
your face?"
eyes, did," was the reply, snapped
out like the cracker on an old whip.
This rather staggered the old party,
but he partially recovered himself and
remarked:
.'B-but don't you want to wipe it
off?'
ono, I DON'T the snapper-]ike jaws
ratified out again, as the passengers
Uttered.
''And may I ask why you wish to carJ
ny that SCOT on your face, madam
Because you are the fourth nedl
ding old fool who has told me it was
there since 1 left Chicago, and want
to keep it on long enough to find cut
how many more there are of you. ~,
Ch5c0go Herald.
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
STYLES I'm RINGS,

Singular Combinations Recently Intro
duced by Lovers of Genuine Jewelry.
The smart finger ornament just now
as composed OF three rings, each con-
tanning three or more stones set in the
same manner, but differing in kind.
The most elegant specimens are plain
gold bands set with five gems apiece !;
the first containing rubies, the second
diamonds and the third sapphires. Each
ring is fac-simile Of the others in
mounting and in the size of the gems.
1t is generally supposed that the rings
are joined, but they are entirely sepa-
rate, although never worn singly.
A singular combination is shown in a
band of emeralds, one of pearls and one
of sapphires, the ring containing the:
emeralds being worn in the center
The oddly of this is its chief charm,
for the greatest beauty is noticeable in;
combinations of gems which are of the:
same order and do not contrast so de-;
,cidedly as do the pearls and emeralds.''
A band of lapislazu1i, one of white;
pearls and one Of pink pearls form an
artistic combination.
The gems are not embedded in the
settings as was formerly the fashion,!
and for this reason they emit greater
'brilliancy. A diamond or sapphire
ring (when only one is giyen) is fanciett
for betrothal, as the sapphire is be-;
:lieyed to have power to drive away all
demons and protect the beloved one
from magic and poison. Old seal rings
with the family crest engrayed.thereon,,
are attached to the end of the short
watch chain. and SO become procia-,
nation. even when one is gloved Of
the possession of grandfather who
sealed his letters with something more
aristocratic than a thimble. The fanci-
fully carved gold ring are seldom seen
indeed, it is about concluded that
they were forgotten during the craze
for gems.
! The saving up of ones gold and si]5
yer to obtain one really beautiful and
real jewel is much more commendable
than the buying of imitation pins,
bracelets and brooches that are, appar-
emily, gold to-day but very evidently 81
base metal orrow.--Butterick' De-
Zl71euLOr
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
PAINTED DRESSES.
Straits to Which Artists Are Reduced h,
the Exigencies Of Trade.

Straits to Which Artists Are Reduced by'
the Exigencfes Of Trade. :
Art and fashion are involved with
each other now as never before. Not
only do the designers Of elaborate toll
cts reasonably claim to exercise artistic
taste, for much originality and beauty
are often putinto the work, but genuine:
painters are employed to decorate
dresses. Usage in the most pretent1ous
New York circles authorize the wear.
ing of exceedingly fine gowns at dim
ners, and the appar, at the best balls
hardly shows such unique garments as
are seen in di,1ingrooms on occasions
of fashionable eating and drinking.
The aim is to wear something unlike
anybody else's garb, and to effect this
the silk OF satin of dress is often
painted by hand in water color or oil.
IAN artist acquaintance Of mine, whose
works on canvas have frequently been
good enough to be admitted to the
ACADEMY Of Design, was bemoaning
the fact that American buyers prefer
foreign to native pictures, irrespective
of merits.
"When man has to go to painting
live women instead Of his own
creations, he bitterly growled, II
think it is time for him to throw down
The brush and take up a shovel"
He explained that he had taken sew
eral commissions TO decorate women's
dresses as means of subsistence, and
that he was retained by a leading
dressmaker for that sort Of work. But
be declared that he would never again
do what he had done in one instance,
which was to use his brush on fabric
that at the time inclosed the owner.
The belle had insisted that the figures
painted on the waist of her dress,
though they looked we'll in themselves,
were not shaded SO as to be effective
when she had it on. Therefore, she
wished the artist to come to her house
and touch up his work while it was on
her person. That he regarded as hui
initiating. He could paint a gown in
his studio, but professional pride for
bade him to apply his brush to the per-
sons of the patron.-M. z. Cor. Pbtla-
leIDk51 Press.
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
DAINTY DEVICES.
Transparent Bonnets, Parasols and Fans
for Fashionable Women.

Transparent Bonnets, Parasols and Fans
for Fashionable Women.
New parasols show two large hand
kerchiefs Of lace on figured, yet trans
parent grenadine, laid one overs he
other and forming eight points Two
rows Of lace, one above the other, make
q rich, deep fail; the color, ruby, cream
or black, matching the tint OF the
cover. The handles are the slender,
natural hoofs of goats or deer; or they
are of natural wood, covered under
and upon the surface, so as to produce
white (pith) bark brown and cameo eff
fects.
The straw sailor hats, rather higher
in the crown, rather broader i'll the
brim. than the sailor hats formerly
used, are an English production and.
are not to be found in Paris, where the
high, steeple-crown towers, as high as
ever, but are improved in shape and
in the brim, which is still narrow, but.
now slightly rolled up and widened to-
one side.
Recent imported bonnets are dainty
affairs, made up Of tinted tu}le Or very.
light gauze, embroidered with gold or
with great refinement in colors, and:
finished with embroidered edge to-
match. The trimming consisted of up7
right loops Of ''love'' ribbon, with picot
edge and spray Of small flowers, very!
fine and light, on stems that quiverI
with every motion. Materials and!
trimmings are all of the same delicate
tints-shades of sand color and gold,
wood brown and pale pink, ivory and
water green, lilac and cream or violet
and grey.
The mcst distinguishing items of
dress just now are three-transparent
bonnet. transparent parasol and trans4
parent fan. The whole either in cream.
Shades and brown and black. The first
is for the young women; the latter for
their mammas. Black and gray are
the uniform of women who ere no Ion:
ger young; custom obliges them to-
wear mourning for their departed youth,
A notable example was, however, re!
Gently set by the mother Of q bridey
who instead Of the regulation ashn
pearl or steel gray, wore a lovely dress
of brown and amber brocade, CONF
bined with amber satin, covered with
exquisite brown and amber beaded en-
broidery.
Dressy watering place toilets are dis!
tingrished by q novel arrangement Of
drapery which stimulates an ''order. u
1t consists of scarf OF embroidered
tulle, lace or tissue, which crosses one
shoulder and is carried down upon the(
skirt where it forms q part of the en-!
semble. a toilet displayed recently
produced q similar effect in q still more
novel and highly artistic manner. The.
dress consisted of cream wool, in the.
form of a princess polonaise, caught
rather than draped upon one side with
an enanleled clasp, over skirt braided,
in a wide-geared panel. in dull blue and.
silver. One shoulder of the undress'
and the sleeves were braided to match
the workmanship so fine that it looked
like embroidery. The polcnaise was
sleeveless, and it's one shoulder was
gathered and held by a clasp similar to
the one which held the sides of the
skirt upon the left hip.-Jeqasay June, i3a
Ih1r0rn .7o7iY.72n2
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
QUAINT OLD LUBECk.
A Visit to the 3Iasket-Place OF the One
Famous Hanseatic City.

A Visit to the Masxet-Place OF the Once
Famous Hanseatic City.
The market place is large quad.
rangle, entered only by narrow pas
sageways at the corners, and through:
the colonnade under the Rathhaus.
The scene in this enclosure is, every
morning of the week, very charac-
,teristic and lively one. The pavement
is covered with farm produce and mer-'
'chandise of all descriptions. Robust
peasant women sell the freshest Of
Vegetables and the most delicious dairy
produce; fish women. ranged III rows,
each with her feet and petticoat hem
tucked away in a box to keep the
draughts off, attract by their vigorous
cries, customers to select from their;
stock Of live fish swimming about I'M
trays; carts are crowded together in
ione corner, piled full of great loaves of
bread; pigs squeal and fowls chatter in
pyramids of cages; tables creak with a.
burden of quivering cheeses that.
:thicken the surrounding air; it is a.
Babel Of sights and sounds and odors,
WHICH tue luOlllttAAe appear ~ tAJoy
and thrive upon. while the stranger, if
at all fastidious, holds his ears and his
nose, or takes speedy flight. At
noon time the shadows of the house
gables fall upon a clean swept pave
ment, with only a couple of fruit
booths to remind one of the tu1nult of
the early morning. This is the hour to
sit on the well-worn bench under some
overhanging story, and imagine the
scene when merchants of every inn
portant town, from Noygorod to Ber-
gen, from Wisely to London, sought
this their commercial capital, in the
days before the discovery of the New
World, with its unreasonable re-
sources, gave new direction to trade.
and made the greatest commercial
partnership in history no longer a
necessity. A Lutheran priest in long
black robe and high ruff hurrYing
through the colonnade, completes the
of the past induced by this
unique picture Of its grandeur. Two
little children in latest Paris fashion
trip along with their nurse, and the
spell is broken. Christian at WorI.
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
A.Paying Enterprise.

I know a rich man IN New York
whose office rent is $4,000 year,
every penny of which is paid by
another man who for the expenditure
contents himself with desk room in a
far-away corner. The name of having:
an Office with the millionaire, the rep
utation of hobnobbing the day through
with a. magnate-that is what he gives
his money for. Silly? No; it pays,
Two years he went into the scheme
as a sheer speculation: He hadn't $100|
then; now he can draw his check for!
100000. He has been trading on the
prestige of his Office friend, and.
credited with a good many secrets and,
lots of information that he doesn t,
possess, he coins money out of the
crowd. who try to work him in seek-ii
ing inklings of the millionaire's stock
market plans. There are enterprises;
and enterprises in this world.-M ~
Times. @5 i4;aS
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
BRICK PAvEMEN7"S.

Said to BE the Best and Most Durable in
the World.
A reporter called on Rev. DR.. Ryan
to learn from him the relative value of
wood aid brick pavements, DR.. Ryan
being we'll qualified to speak on the
subject. DR.. Ryan said: II have had
considerable experience in pavements,.
having travelled over the worst and
bost in the world, including the Appian
way"
sWhat is the best pavement you
have found?''
..Brick. There is nothing equal to
it, and it will be the pavement of the,
future. The road it makes is as smooth
as q floor, and it holds just enough
debris to make it noiseless."
SIS it durable9''
eyes, indeed. I formerly lived at
Charleston, w. Va. Fourteen years
ago they laid the first brick pavement.
and twelve years after it seemed to me,
to be in as perfect condition as whenl
first laid. Tires do not break or crack.
it, as they roll along as if on floor. y.
elbow does it cost in comparison to
wood?" .
II can not tell, but is cheaper when
wear is taken into consideration.
Wooden pavements are on " an expe-.
dent, having to be constantly repaired. /;
Then cedar blocks viii not last for.
ever. There will have to be change
soon"
"What kind Of brick is used?"
either common red brick or fire
brick. At Wheeling fire brick is used,
and, by the way, are patented. They
are wider at the bottom than. at the.
top, thus permitting sand to work into
the interstices. ~. e ,,,
ssHow are they laidp'
..With the edges up, on a bed Of
sand, below which is framework Of
.timbers. There is a fortune for the
man who introduces brick pavenents
into this city, and I will show him how
ito lay them myself. There is no use
talking, brick is to be the pavement Of
the future. - Detroit I7.i6une. :. .@'t
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14
ENGLISH RAlN~CHARMS.
A Few OF the Pleas Chanted by Children
Interrupted in Their plays.

A Few OF the Pleas Chanted by Children
Interrupted in Their Plays.
There are many bits OF verse still re-
peated in England and Scotland to
make the rain cease, This usage is
mostly confined to children, and prob
ably it is not now practiced with any
serious thought of effecting the pur-
pose. Like the custom of wearing
beads, which has lived on from time
when beads were regarded as amulets,
having the power to keep off disease or
other bodily evil, this practice Of re-
peating rain-charms has come to us
from very early times.
We know that in Greece, some two
thousand years ago, the children att
play used to call out to the sun to come
back again whenever it was hidden by
passing cloud.
In England, where rains are more;
frequent than in Greece, and where they
interfere seriously with out-of-door
pasti,ne, the children bawl out in
chorus, during a shower, this rude
couplet:
Rain, rain, go to Spain;
Fair weather, come again" 20,
This hearty wish for good and final,
radiance of the disagreeable rain is
always accompanied with an ;mpreca-,,
ton OF the evil upon some unpleasant!
neighbor. Spain of course was chosen;
as the unfortunate country, because Of
the jingle of the rhyme with rain.
Here are some lines repeated during a;
hail-storm. They are clearly Of Scott
fish origin:
"Rain, rain, rattle-stanes,
Dinna rain on me;'
But rain on Johnnie Groat's house,
= Far over the sea-
There is one of these rain-charms
more amicable than the others, since it
wishes no i'll to any one else, reported
firm Northumberland. From the child;
ish good nature of its plea, it ought
certainly to prevail:
"Rain. rain. go away,
Come again another day;
When brew and " hen bake,
I'll gle you little cake"
Sometimes in the summer, rain falls
fast through the sunshine. At such]
times, when the boys have their SPORT
broken off by this peculiar and beauti-
full exhibition, they call out:
sunny sunny shower,
Come on for half an hour;
Gar a. the hens cover,
Gar a. the sheep clap; 80,
Gar ilkA wife in Lammermuir
Look in her kail-pat.''l "a
The. Scottish origin Of this is evident
from its dialect. The reason for look
ing in the 'skailpat'' (cabbage-kettle)
must be easily understood by many.
The rain generally washes down some
particles Of SCOT from q wide chimney,
of the old cottage fashion OF Scotland.
The pot, simm ering over the fire, with
its lid half raised, is Of course, apt to
receive {. few OF these, which it is the
duty Of the good housewife to look for
and remove Youths Companion. 4'
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14

According to the K1crzanesa, in|
Pereislavl there lately died a jew:
named sribnyi, aged one hundred and
seventeen, who up to his last remainedl
hale and sound, possessed an acute!
memory and sane intellect, and even
a few months before his end, contem-
plated marrying ninth time. His eld-
est son was only, eighty-two years old,
but looked much older.
The Irish standard., 1886-08-14

y -Twenty-threet million eggs We're
recently shipped from ST. Louis at one
time, only nine hundred OF which Oh were we
broken during their journey to New
York.
National Republican., 1886-10-22
Lodge Meetings Tn-Nirht.

The following lodges meet tonight at the
places named:
Masonic-St. Johns, No II, Masonic Temple:
Hope, No. ~, Masonic Temple; Eureka, Royal
Arch, Nod, Masonic Temple; Potomac, knights
Tcmplar, No. 3, Georgetown.
q. A. R.-John A. Ruwlins, No. !, Ninth aud
y streets. Kit Carson, No. 2, National Rifles
Hall, q street. between Ninth aud Tenth.
!. o. o. F.-Magenenu, No. 4, Encampment,
Eighth Street Hail. East Washington: Central,
No. l. Odd Fellows Hall; Eastern, No. T. odd
Fellows Hall; Mechanics, No, IS, Odd Fell
lows Hall, Georgetown Metropolis, No. Is,
MOore's Hall Ninth street.
Knights of Pythias-Syracusian No. 10,
Pennsylvania avenue and Ninth street north.
west; Washington Division, No. 1, Uniform
Rank $50 Pennsylvania avenue.
]. o. M.-Washington, No. G, Red Mems
Hall, G street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets northwest; Lafayette, No, -, Grand
northwest.
l, o. G, T.--Anchor Lodge, No. 49, 72l Sixth
street northwest.
Sons OF Jonadab-Good viii, No. 0, Bunch S
Hall, 3li Eighth street northwest
National Republican., 1886-10-22

ON the 10th day Of August, 1884, Francis
Hammond, gentleman well known in Wash
ingon, employed in the Treasury Department,
took out n policy of insurance OF 81 900 in the
National Mutual Life Association, of Washing.
ton, u. c. IA company noted for its PROMPT
payment of lossCs lie was in splendid
health. His insurance for two years cost as
follows Admission fee So; medical examina-
lion, S2, and payments of sl0.0i per year, max
ing total cost of Sl7.0S. on Oct 4, 1856, to the
aSouishment Of his friends and his heart
broken family, he died suddenly of apoplexy
The National Mutual Life Association, always
finding 1t pleasure to discharge its liabilities
sent an agent to Mrs. Hammond at No. 0D9 NJ
street, who found her with large family OF
interesting children, griefstricken ut their loss.
He placed in Mrs. Hammonds hands money
for immediate relief and on Oct. 16, twelve
days after Mr. Hammonds death. paid her the
balance. Those who are not insured, consider
how little 1t costs. Can you afford to be with
out II? For further information address,
j. w. DREW,
No. 1920 + street northwest.
Agent for the District OF Columbia.
FRASK J. TIBBETs,
General Manager.