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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26
Four THOUSAND Words Per Minute.


of the associated press has devoted
nineteen years to the development
OF machine telegraph. and claims
to be able to telegraph 1000
words per minute from each end
of wire. total 1900 words IN
sixty seconds.
The messages or reports are legibly
and uniformly recorded in ordinary
telegraph characters. VIII ch can be
read by clerks fam liar with them ut
the rate of about one hundred words
per minute.
Messages to be sent over the Morse
lines must first be written or printed,
but message to be telegraphed by
the new system must first DO
perforated. for which Mr.. Craig has a
beautiful little machine, Sx10 inches.
with two banks of keys called a ''com :
poser" which even child can oper-
ate reliably. and quite expertly after
a reasonable amount of practice. fifteen
to thirty words per minute can be per-
foriAed. simultaneously with the per-
fors,ions, the machine prints. in plai n
Roman letters. every word OF the
message, which is retained while the
perforated message is sent to the tele-
graph office the same as IA message Is
sent i'm manuscript to be telegraphed
over Morse line. with this difference
the machine will be transmitted to
destination at the rate Of l. 900 to o.
600 words per minute and be legibly
and accurately recorded in telegraph
characters. and the Morse message
will be telegraphed by the hand-key
system at the rate OF fifteen to twenty
five words per minute, and be record
ed by sound reading in ordinary
manuscript 1t is claimed that the
machine record is three times more
accurate than sound recording.
With the regular Office perforatoi
experts do reliably fifty words per min
ute or 5000 words per hour. and it is
claimed by Mr.. Craig that the actua
cost of transmitting 1.000 words /, 00(
miles is not over cents.
The cost of paper to transmit /, 0OC
words is ! cent and cents for record
ing paper. Experts, young men oil
young women. do perforating for II
cents per 1000 words, and the same
for copying on the typewriter-total
25 cents for completing 1000 words
On this basis it would cost for labor
and paper less than $50 to telegraph
and complete forty-eight columns o
this newspaper from New York to Chi
cago.
Mr.. Craig has also devised a new
telegraph wire made of pure copper
with a slight mixture of silica. whlcl
is sad TO increase the tensil strength
to twice the strength of steel of equa
size, the exact tensile strength is re
ported as 1873. 600 pounds to the squar,
| inch.
No. 4 gauge wre weighs over 90
pounds per mile and has but one ohm
of electro cal resistance per mile. Witt
such W re extending from New Yorl
to San Francisco. the electrical resis
lance would be about 5000 ohms. Will
a majority of the telegraph wires be
tween New York and Washington
show An electr cal resistance of NOR
than 4 600 olms-thus The new sill
iconized copper wire will bring Sal
Francisco nearer to New York. cleo
trically, than New York. is TO Wash
! ington.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26
THE CHIMES OF AMSTERDAM.

Far up above the city,
In the gray old b 'lfrv tower,
The chimes ring out their music
Each day At the twilight hour;
Above the N aud the tumult,
And the rush OF the busy street.
You can hear their solemn voices,
In an anthem clear aud sweet.
When the busy day is dying,
And the sunset gates, flung wide,
Mark a path OF crimson glory =
Upon the restless tide,
As the white winged ships drop anchor,
And furl their snowy sails,
While the purple twilight gathers,
Aud the glowing crimson pales. -
Then from the old gray belfry.
The chimes peal out again,
Aud hush succeeds the tumult,
AS they ring their sweet refrain;
No sound OF discordant clangor
Mars the perfect IN ,lody.
But each, attuned by a master hand,
Has its place 10 the harmony.
] climbed the winding stairway
That led to the befry tower =
As the sinking sun Ia the westward
Heralded twilighrs hour;
For thought that surely the music
Would be clearer aud sweeter far
1t seemed TO float from afar.
But 10. as neared the belfry, -
No sound OF music was there,
Only br wen ciangor
Disturbed the quiet air
The ringer stool AT "A keyboard,
Far down beneath the chimes,
And patiently struck the noisy keys
As he had uncounted times.
He had never heard the music,
Though every day IL swept
Out over the sea and the city.
And In lingering echoes crept.
He knew not how many sorrows
Were cheered b. the evening strain,
And how men paused to listen
AS they heard the sweet refrain.
He only knew his duty.
But he did II with patient care;
But he could not hear the music
That flooded the quiet air;
Only the jar and the clamor
Fell harshly on his ear.
Aud he missed the mellow Ginning
That every one else could hear.
So We from our quiet watch towers
May be sending a sweet refrain,
Aud gladdening the lives Of the lowly,
Though We hear not a single strain.
Our work may seem but discord,
Though We do the best We can;
But others will hear the music,
IL We carry out Coils plan.
Far above a world Of sorrow,
And DER the eternal sea,
IL will blend with angelic anthem,
In sweetest harmony:
IT will ring In lingering echoes.
Through the corridors of the skv,
Aud the stra ms If earth IN nor music
VIII swell the strains on high.
-Minaie 4. he msy, ia the Co,gregdt ondliS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26
Activity in the Flower Market.

Florist docking over the paper)--
Eth! My goodness! Hooray!
Wife--What pleases you so. james,
The detectives have caught three
more murderers. aud they will be on
trial within month. You shall have
that diamond necklace by Christmas,
Mariah. -ihiLa,ie 'phv Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26
Does Not Apply to "Fly" Flies.
ThOuyd.

A Michigan woman by actual count
caught 10. 900 flies on fly paper in nine
days. The flies like fly paper; in fact
they are stuck" on lit htcago
Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26
And the Sky is Painted Red.

When the drummers of Nebraska
form a parade the stars sing together.
--AebTdsko Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26

True Rest
Rest 10 not quitting
The busy career,
Rest is the hit ting
OF self TO Its sph ere.
IT'S the brooks motion,
Clear without strife,
Fleeing TO ocean,
After its life.
IT'S loving and serving
The Highest aud Best,
IT'S onward. unswervlng;
And this Is true rest
Trans atsd from Goethe by j. ). Do GIT.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26


''practicingP 1t is pure waste to teach
them, and the miseries endured by their
wretched instructors can never be esti-
mated The false notes that jar upon the
sensitive. musical ear; the heavy, soul
less touch; the repetition OF precisely
the same mistakes. notwithstanding
constant correction; these things must
make the life of music teacher hard
one. And why should every girl be
taught to play on the piano?
1t is b. no means the ideal instru-
ment at its best and nowadays no one
who can help it, ever listens to an
amateur. The time that is devoted to
such lessons would be much better
spent in learning some more congenial
lesson.
Perhaps the root of this universal
piano-learning is that men are suppos
ed to like wives who can play. Bat
the inefficient performers invariably
"give up their music when they mar
ry. Fortunately for their near neigh
bors the piano is seldom opened. 1t is
but loss of time TO learn it, unless
there is decided taste for music.
Dancing is necessary accomplish
ment of course. No girl gets on in
society who does not dance, but there
are signs OF the decadence of this
social pastime. On the whole. the So
called accomplishments of the mod
ern girl are undergoing radical
change.
The useful Is beginning to supersede
the superficial. IL only every fat her
would have his daughters technically
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
THE TwENTY-sECOND OF FEBRUARY

We quote from the Journal Of Commerce
the following extract from critical ar.
ticle on General Washington in its edition
Of February %.
His true greatness lay in his thorough
unselfshness He gave himself to the
| service OF his country, and he maintained
that devotion with an answering in
tegritv OF purpose that in his day and
ever since has been the marvel Of the
| world. Sef-denisl Is made possible and
effective when the welfare of others
takes the place of self. seeking on the
throne Of the heart. Patriotism Is but
name, a cover 10 ambitious designs, in
the mere politician intent upon bis own
advancement but it was burning in
SEPARATION TO him who was ready 10 give
| life and all its endowmenls as an Of
ferng 10 public veal He asked nothing
for himself and would accept OF nothing,
apart from the common good and III
t,lis he is the most illustrious example to
be found on the pages of human history.
Every earthly hope or desire he held
subordinate 10 the cause he had espoused
aud he gave to ii his undivided homage"
The formation of the great American
Republic is the most interesting birth Of
a great era. Tie ethnOlOgists and geol-
olsts tell us that this is the Oldest con-
tnent inhabited by man; and the fact
that after ages Of oblivion and barbarism
the new political creed should be estab.
lished in America is wonderful.
When the French power in America
was beaten at Quebec by the heroic
Wolfe the English colonies in America
began at once to feel that they did not
need the protection of the mother country,
and the cause Of the Revolution was
simply the free idea of very free people.
The two great figures of the Revolution
Washington and Jefferson-will be the
figures of great era. TIE political
scholar moulded plan, and the soldier
carried it out. But a theory that had
been known before, though so splcndidly
illustrated in great philosophical states
man like Jefferson, obtains far greater
power in the person of Washington. He
was soldier and statesman, both, and
will be recognized as the inspired genius
Of the era who accomplished the success
of free government. His difficulty was
not alone in war. 1t was afterwards
that he managed TO hold the States Of
the Confederation together, and weld the
Union together.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
BASEBALL TALK.

ion f.er Ahe brought no foreign players
over with him.
All Of the New York players have been
notified to report March 20.
George ". Bradley announces that his
pitching arm is back to its 1852 form.
1t is reported that nearly all Of the stock Of
the new Atlanta club has been taken.
johnny Ryan says the Athletic infield viii
he the best in the country this summer.
30. O. Stinick is the singular name OF a
PLAYER lust signed by the Milwaukee club.
Catcher Camel has signed with the De-
troit club. His salary will, It is said, be
$500
The National Association Of Base Ball
Scorers will hold tt special meeting in New
Yorl. on March 8
The St Louis American and Western As
ISOLATION clubs between them have eleven
pitchers under contract.
Arson has picked out the spring uniform
for tho Chicagos. II is Of heavy blue flannel
with white caps. belts and socks.
The Cincinnati management is seriously
considering the ACCESSIBILITY or lnSuring inc
lives of some Of its most valuable players.
Hamilton is said 10 be negotiating with a
,olored pitcher named Frank Miller, OF Pitts
burg. He is said to be good one. Walter
Brown, the ex-president Of the Colored
league, vouches for him.
All Of the Cincinnati players are confident
of winning the championship this year. Long
John Reilly, however, says lie fears the ST..
Louis team more than the Brooklyn. Presi-
dent Stern has expressed the same fear
The dates for the Yale teams Easter trip
are: March 80, at Philadelphia, with Uni
versity of Pennsy lyania; March 81, with
Athletics; April ,, with New York April 3,
with Newark; April 4, with New York
The population Of the several cities COM
prising the New England league, according
to the last census, is as follows: Lowell,
50 49,: Worcester, 81 30; Lynn, IS, PSI Port
land. $3.50; Manchester, $3.50; Salem,
27,5e. Total, go lO2.
Tie Stockton club OF Stockton, Cal, win
present tho following team. Stockwell and
b. Fangher. catcher. Lorrigan and Flynn,
pitchers: Sweeney, ODty and Whitehead.
on the bases; Beatle, short stop; Hayes ANA
Selma, in the outfieli The championship
season OF the California league opens in
Stoc ston March p.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
A Inuoh of IlihOa.

There is n fine touch OF pathos In the
story of little Max Schwartz, a l0year-old
sufferer from hip disease, who when
the fire broke out recently in the Hospital
for Ruptured aud Crippled Children in
this city, saved bed ridden deaf and
dumb boy, Johnny Burke, aged years
Here is the story Of brave little Max as
told to a reporter, and in the reading Of il
one feels almost transported to the pages
Of Dickens 4 snelt der smoke and |
seed the flames shinin', and then | looked
over Mt Johnny and motioucd 70 him 70
come along Johnny, he's deaf and dumb,
but I'm used to his ways and he knowcd
what wanted Johpny's lame, too, and
/ seed him sink back or his bed, which
i, side OF mine, and when | sec him
kind Of fall back and look as il 10 was all
up with him, | says TO myself: johnny,
you am me been friends and | ain'C going
10 leave yOu; its your life or mine so |
Just seized his night gown by the collar
with my teeth and dragged him along 70
the door Ny brace broke and my leg
began 10 hurt pretty bad, but made mo-
tons ~ him 10 Gct On nav back, and he
did. and | cfaWlcd along with Lim TO the
door AMI Logan to 90 down stairs, but my
brace broke again and swung round an
knocked me over, and just then as ! was
fallir', | seed q pcelcr and grabbed his
club, and just saved me and Johnny from
going down head first. | knowed I'd
done all / could then. and the peeler he
took us down. The Epoch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
4 Persian Midas.

When passing an Arabs tent / met a
man from Shuster, who related several
anecdotes 70 me, among which was the
following version of the story OF Midas
and his asses ears. King Shapur hat
horns, Of which he was greatly ashamed
Fearing that his subjects might learn the
fact and that his dignity might be com
promised. he ordered every barber who
shaved his head 20 be put TO death i'm
mediately aftcrward, SO that the secret
might not tTanspire. At length one who
was about 10 experience this fate sue
ceeded in pcrsuading the king 70 spare his
life and 10 employ no one else, so that the
secret which he took solemn oath rot
10 reveal. might remain with him alone.
For three years he kept his oath, but NJ
last the secret becoming too heavy load
for him 10 bear, o. release himself from II
he went 70 the month Of well and called
out: "Oh, wen! Know that King Shapur
has horns. shortly gfterwgrd a shep-
herd passing by tho we'll cut reed grow
ing nj its edge 20 make himself pipe 20
pipe his sheep. The first time he played
upon 1t. instead Of music, there only came
from 10 the words: "ShSpur has hornsl
Shapur has horns" The king soon
learned that his secret had been betrayed,
and sent for the barber, who confessed
that although he had divulged it 10 no
one, according to his oath. he had been
compelled, in consequence Of the intolera-
bic burden Of keeping it, 10 deliver him
self of it at the mouth Of the well King
Shapur accepted his excuse and gracously
pardoned him, -Early Adventures in Per
STA, Sir Henry Layard
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
sPORTlNG AND ATHLETIC.

sparrow" Golden says that b. - going t.
wcra and give up sparlins altogether.
" hen Tof Wall sails Tor America he will
be- accompanied by Jaci. Hickey, who Is said
20 ic a eool ., ghter
Jokc hilrain Has greatly increased IL
weie,; since hc fought Jem smith. Recently
lie weighed 2l6it pouuds Last September
H. weighed only 1916 pounds.
The Monmouth Park association this year
gives the enornous sum of 800 90 in added
money, and the Dryers will probably, rs
usual, get the lions share of it.
Meryine Thompson has decided TO turn bis
attention to wrestling he viii probably he
more successful in that branch OF athletics
\. A. Jordan, Of tue New York Athletic
club, the champion broad jumper and bur
dler, will in ali probability start for England
June to compete at the English champion
ship meeting.
Mr. Gratz is enthusiastic over Dry Mono
pole lie says the great little horse Is IN
grand condition and as full Of life as q
2-year-old A great handicap seldom falls u
the same horse two years in succession, but
this fleet and game son Of Glenelg will come
near to taking the Brooklyn again il Ia
stands his training all right
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24

The poison conveyed by human teeth
is one Of the most annoying that a physi-
clan ever has to deal with, writes Dr. \.
c. Robinson A bitten ear or nose Is
months ia Lealnc. where q more import
ant wound inflicted by an instrument
would readily yield 10 simple remedies. l
have under nay attention severe and most
complicated cases Of blood poisoning in
which the patient had but slightly
abraidcd the hand in the course OF fight
by striking the knucAles against Tie teeth
of his opponent. have known hands thus
poisoned only saved from amputat-on by
the application ot all the resources Of
science. Tobacco or whisky, OF d.sar-
rangement Of the stomach from many
other causes, may be responsible for this
poisonous condition Of the teeth, and | am
not prepared 10 say that man with GOOD
health ana &. clean, sweet mouth would
convey the poison, but can only speak Of
the frequency OF this class OF cases and
the difficulty of attending them success
fully. "-ChicGcO News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The National Committee has done a
wise thing In naming an earlier day for the
Democratic Convention than the date Of
the Republican Convention.
To be first in the field is everything
when an aggressive fight for a good
cause is the requisite of victory, and this
is certainly the necessity in the coming
contest.
Whatever politicians may think about
1t the general impression is that the de-
mand for reform!n one peculiar line of
taxation has gone beyond the control Of
any persons or platform. In fact the
popular breeze Il blowing so strongly in
one direction that the political navigator
must either clay 10, rs the sailors say, OF
sail before the wind Any attempt at
trifling with such grave issue, and max
ing limid compromises would excite
contempt and leave the Democratic party
In the ridiculous attitude Of declining to
carry the banner which the people offer
10 it as the champion OF the great issue
of the day One OF the wisest writers OF
the day, a man of wide experience in af-
fairs, declares that If the majority in the
House and the convention both decline
10 act as the party is expected to 10, that
this issue of tariff reform will be taken
up by a new party
This assertion is backed by the majority
of thinking men, and correct understand
ing of the recent rapid development OF
public opinion in the line of the PTesi-
dents message justiies the sense of the
criticism. The people of the United States
have been very slow to understand that
their country was cut of from trade
with the rest OF the world and they
themselves ridden by class legislation to
protect few monopOlists But they are
seeing now that vast fabric Of taxes n-
tended for the cxegencies of war are
kept up TO fstten rich men who force II
different goods on the home.,,. .,
double the price of bettesr..
Let this be alwavs.ss IS foreign goods
zens esnec,.,y % KEPT oeiofe our GU
" ~ SLY the lsboring men, ant
80 - Position is SO simple that it can
not be long misunderstood
By all means let the party having TIT
advantage of position, and OF the time
20 In with Il ringing platform, simple
straightforward and honest.
II will lead to the greatest victory ye
scored by the party OF free government
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
Proud Of Muddy Trousers.

A citizen stood at The corner of Fifth
and Main streets Yesterday afternoon, and
his trousers were spattered with mud.
He looked down at them lovingly aud his
face beamed with Joy. His smile was so
broad it was almost audible, and many
passers by stopped to remark on the
blamed IDIOT who enjoyed getting his
trousers covered with mud But the
smilc never left the citizens face.
why don't You get bootblack to
clean themT' the Cos Iper asked.
Clean themy No, for the world.
shall always keep the trousers just as
they are. shall cherish them as a
precious relic 20 be shown 20 my children
and grandchildren. That mud, see, was
splashed on my trousers by a messenger
boy who dashed by me on run. ~
Kansas City Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24
PROPOSED INSURANCE LEGISLATION

There are several bills now before the
Virginia Legislature directed against the
fire insurance companies legally au-
thorized 10 do business in this State
The patrons and friends of these bills
are country members. Ii is, therefore,
timely 10 consider what would be the
probable effects 10 the country people
should these measures become laws.
Most of the companies will either
withdraw from the State altogether or
restrict their business 10 the cities which
are protected by police and fire depart
ments. This will leave the farmer, the
country and village merchant and manu-
fscturer without insurance protection,
and consequently without safety or credit.
lis true that some of the country people
may find so-called insurance In what
are known as wild cat companies, which
have no local habitstion or representa-
tive In this State have not complied with
its laws by making deposit, and which
In case of loss by fire cannot be com
PEELED to pay, ii at all, except by suit
before remote and hostile tribunals In
sursnce protection ia essential to manu-
features and commerce, aud il would be
disastrous to the communities suddenly
stripped of H. The losses of the country
insurance agents would be great, of
course, but really nothing because OF the
less number OF individuals affected as
compared with those OF the farmers and
country merchants and manufacturers
1t is useless TO do more than state this
case. as every man of business who will
consider the subject will see and APP
preciate the dangers into which we may
be rushing.
II 10 In place here TO state that Of the
forty companies, domestic and foreign,
doing business in Virginia, few of them
have made any money, and these have
derived their profits from three or four
Of the cities. Under these circumstances
II 10 evident that foreign companies will