Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26

hands of our gr lndmothcrs they raised up
the sick, cured the lame and bound up the
wounds of death so in their new form
but o.den power as Log Cabin remedies,
they are sure TO prove the healing OF the
nations
Corday did the world an incalculable
service in Kidding France of the bigoted
and murderous Mlrat. just as this man is
doing humanity "A service by re- Introducing
70 the world the simpler and better methods
OF our ancestors.
Prairie chickens like other natives Of the
wilds, are opposed to civil zalion, and are
being pushed back toward the frontier with
the advance Of the Immigrant During the
last ten years they have been moving vest so
fast that they are no longer seen In Illinois,
Iowa and Minnesota, and now flock In West
ern Nebraska or Dakota.
New JERSEYS largest truck farm is in In
dependence township Warren county; has
LOO acres, OF which but 500 are yet in filth,
get will produce this year 1Da, 90 bushels OF
onions for New York and PhIladelphi AS
they will be worth over dollar a bushel the
value OF half million dollars set upJn the
farm must be abnorma!lf low.
An 'oil WITCH" who can locate" oil wells
Us the ordinary conjurer does those o. water,
Is reported from somewhere Ia PENNSYLVANIA,
aud IL is said that nearly dozen gu.hers
are due TO her magic powers. She is a beau
liful Swede, rich and well educated, yet nov
aud then turns a pretty penny by the gilt
she canno: explain any more than her be-
holders vs..
dairy expert suggests that the proper
way to dry of a COW MS the end of her IN TX
Ing season approacLe, is not to gradually
cease milking her, but to keep on milking
the COW just as you had been, but stop her
food; not starve her down, but give her the
kind OF food that makes more flesh than
milk, and give only little of il, just enough
to keep her IN good condition.
A radical innovation has visited the Chi
nese empire. The Marquis Tseng, formerly
minister to England, has just celebrated the
marriage OF his daughter, Lady Blossom,
after asking her consent, To her husband.
This is "A reversal OF Chinese custom. Tue
marquis kept other customs as, for example.
heading the procession carr ting 10 tables OF
presents about the streets Of Pek.n.
Inventor Tbomas Edison Is a hearty eater.
Perhaps he has perfected some device
which prevents dyspepsia. At all events, this
is what he ate for dinner few days ago; A
plate OF Sou? some cut cab
bage, a plate OF roast beef, some baked
chicken, an ear Of corn, stewed tomatoes, two
boiled po,atoes, two slices Of bread and but
ter, . piece OF buckle berry pie, q plate OF ice
cream.
The Shorthorn cows first imported TO the
United States, and even down To the middle
OF the present century, were abundant milk
ers and great butter makers But 1t has been
the practice Of the present generation to
develop the beef-making tendency until the
milking qualities OF American Shorthorns
have been nearly bred out and they are
scarcely regarded as dairy breed in this
country.
Rush Fay, Louisville bookkeeper, entere ell
his employers vault to examine papers aud
while thus engaged the door was closed and
locked by . fellow clerk, ignorant OF Fsy's
whereabouts Fortunately there was q tele-
phone in the vault, and the imprisoned man
WAS thus able to communi cate his situation
to the central office Assistance shortly
succumbing TO the sitting atmosphere about
him, was relieved.
Among the prominent people now assembled
at Melbourne to witness the Centennial ex.
hieitiou Of Australian industries, New York
ers may see By the eye Of faith . small, bald
headed and red whskered man, whose eye
gathers in the salient features OF the west
ern worlds big show, while his pencil trans
fers them to cardboard and his ear all the
while drinks In the music OF the cannon and
The rattle OF the drums. ard sniffs from afar
lew battles to depict aud new wars to des-
ribe. And no one who has seen him or
heard him lecture at ChIckering hall can fan
10 recognise Melton Prior. the war special Of
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