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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
About Noted Hunchbakca

Hunchbacks form q tolerably numer-
Gus list, says writer in the Gentle
mans Magazine. There is that
brilliant soldier, the Marechal de
Lexemburg. of whom Macau lay writes
in one Of his most finished passages:
III ghly des cended and gifted as he
was, he had with difficulty surmounted
the obstacles which impeded him on
the road to fame. II he owed much 10
the bounty of nature and fortune, he
had suffered still more from their
spite. His features were frigh;fully
harsh; his stature dimiDutive; n huge
and pointed hump rose on his back"
The reader knows the hunch back
Richard of Shakespeare powerful
drama but historical research seems
burden and 10 have shown that he was
only high shoudered. Lord Lytton.
in his Last of the Barons" has
adopted the modern view: Though
the back was not curved" he saws
"yet one shoulder was slightly higher
than the other. which was the more
observable from the evident pains he
took to disguise it, and the gorgeous
splendor, savoring of personal cox
combry-from which no Plantagenet
was ever free-that he exhibited in his
dress. The great minister of Queen
Elizabeth. William Cecil, Lord
Burleigh; the learned German theolo.
gian. Eber. our GLORIOUS deliverer
William Ill. :" the famous General OF
Spain, the Duke of Parma. these were
all "crook backs" The poet Pope
had q protuberance on the back and
in the front, and one of his sides was
contracted
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
A Handsome Surprise.

The departments OF the United States
government are usually decorous places
carried on with solemnity and dignity.
and not given to scenes; nevertheless,
something occurred at the pension Of
flee not long ago, which makes one
wish Dickens were alive TO do it full
iustice-nobody else could; but still it
is too good TO lose entirely.
The usual work was going on in one
of the rooms. when suddenly a sound
of humping and humping became
dible, and then strugglng thump-
ing. irregular nose as If a section of
stone wall were trying to walk upstairs
and found it needed more 10 nts than
had been supposed. 1t grew louder
and louder, and was accompanied once
in while by faint sound of n voice
demonstrating "a if the stone wall took
it hard and wanted TO give it up. 1t
drew nearer and then stopped outside
the door with final bump and thump;
and sort of a triumphant grunt from
the accompanying voice. Then the
door opened and n man with sweat
standing on his forehead. throwing
the door wide open. engineered with
another series of thumps large, flat
white stone around in front of the es-
tonlshed clerk. and said, THERE in
triumphant tones. There! now per-
haps you'l believe me. brought you
papers and afiidavits no end, and you
wouldn't believe them. Perhaps
you'll believe this when you see his
tombstone. There you read it Sacred
to the memory of j $.
Erected by his bereaved widow His
tombstone Is here before your eyes to
prove he's dead. and now perhaps
you'll believe it," and he sat down and
wiped his forehead.
The astonished clerk read the cpl
taph, but without the crestfallen air the
advancer of tombstones expected. a
CLEAN of a smile appeared around his
ewes and at the corners of his mouth.
He turned to a man sitting near. a man
with damaged-lookin face. aud with
clothes the worse for wear. and lame
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
A Curiosity OF Arkansas.

Another curiosity in the plant world
is peculiar kind of weed which grows
in the Arkansas valley. 1t is shaped
like bell. aud varies in size from one
foot or less in diameter to five or six
feet, some specimens being as tall as 9
man. When ripe these balls snap of
their stems and 60 tumbling over the
prairies with every gust Of wind. They
present very strange appearance, and
in the distance hunters have mistaken
them for bisons. Often they come
bounding along in hundreds upon the
hunters who are compelled TO crowd
upon the ground TO escape being hurt
81. Louis Globe Democrat
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
Why the Doctor Drank Champagne.

There is a great and celebrated ply.
stefan who invar.bly prescrbes for his
patients one dish and one glass of wine.
The other evening he CHANGED to find
himself dining with patient on one
hand and staunch teetotalar upon the
other. The patient, who through many
weary weeks had followed the q reary
curriculum OF dish and glass
watched his physician TO see in what
manner he dined. but was ghly in.
censed to find that the doctor ate and
drank heartily of everything that came
before Ia m. AT last he burst forth:
well. sir. YOU certainly do not
practice what you preach. Why. YOU
have eaten of everything on the menu. :"
yes. yes =" said the doctor testify,
''but what is a man TO do who runs
about all day and comes home at night
with twenty or forty letters TO answer?
He must have "a bottle of champagne.
Here the teetotaler burst in angrily.
saving:
But doctor. do you mean to tell me
that man is better able to answer
twenty or forty letters when he has a
bottle OF champague'
NO." said the doctor. "but when
Inc has had bottle Of champagne he
does not care a d-n whether they are
answered or not st. Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07

and with the skill and nicely OF a ply
sician's hand. the father had removed
the entrails. heart and lungs. and laid
them in heap at one side.
This was the scene that tho gas
lighted up the anniversary day of their
wedding. Through all the hours OF
the night the mother lad gazed on
that sight With facnated eyes she
had watched tho man &C father at his
hellish work. With hideous interest
her ewes had been glued on the spec
ticle while she was powerless and
dumb. Probably she had seen him
recover his senses. and. real zing what
he had done, take his own life and
spare hers Then with not soul to
comfort her. she stood there hour afte r
hour with her dead. Do YOU wonder
that the horror of il is branded on her
face?
From that dav to this she has not
spoken to anyone Whether she
hears. or thinks, or understands. can
not be sa d. She submits passively to
her attendant following where she is
led and eating what is forced through
her lips. There is one time when she
SDcuhS lOWtNCt- 50 IN tho O'Sh'hE w
fore her wedding anniversary. Tha,
has come around twice since She has
been here. The first time her attend
ant called ne. and we stool outside
her door never herd anything like
il, and hope never will again. The
lips that had been closed on that
awful night were opened. The plead
ings, the entreaties, the anguish. the
wild despair Of her utterance would
haye moved a heart OF stone. Sud
denly there was a wild scream OF con
centrated awe and horror, and all was
still. We rushed III. expecting to find
her features relaxed, and, perhaps, heI
pillow tear-stained. But no; there she
lay. quiet and still. with set and rigid
horror in her face.
Such is the history of our stranges
patient"
AS the reporter and superintendent
left the office female attendant pass
ed with the unfortunate woman. She
walked with the slow hesitating steI
of the blind. her gaze fixed on some
thing in front of her. And her fac'
wore that awful expression it will wea
until death moliers 1t away. She was
soon out of sight but the memory o
that pallid mask OF horror will rehair
ndelibly stamped on our mind urti
the end of time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
QUAY Was Always Shrewd.

An incident that occurred when Sem
ator Quay was fodder six years old
will serve to illustrate the innate shrew-
ness of the man. His father. who was
a Presbyterian min s;er, brought home
a little pocket b bic and n tin sword
one day and offered young Matt his
choise. Matt wanted the sword and
he wanted the Bible. But the father
meant to give one of the two presents
to the lads sister. who was year his
junior. Young Quay reasoned to him.
self that if he chose the Bible and left
the sword to his sister the latter would
soon tire of the weapon. il not being q
girls toy. and he would then get them
both. He selected the Bible, and in q
few hours his sister had discarded the
sword. Philadelphia Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07

leg done up in frowsy way with
coarse bandages.
We'll. | wouldn't although ii of
Sarah Jane" and he smote bis other
leg with a fat band. bristling with
hairs. must say it's handsome in her
all the same | m glad / amt under
il. 'Tain't often man reads his own
epitaph;" and he turned TO the other
who had brought it in. with rough
grin. an appreciation OF the scene COM
ing over him.
"You-you meant 10 leave her-you
amt dead?" stammered the other.
II amt half dead. N / meant TO
leave her till heard she was gettin' a
pension on my merits. IN / cONldn'
stand that She a-rolling in luxury
and me a hard workin' man. I've
come back 10 roll. too. or else spoil
her fun"
The advancer OF tombstones arose
and prepared to withdraw with his
strong proof.
.'Of all the mean men"s-and then he
paused. unable to think OF any parallel,
and thought occurred to him.
You'll be wantin' this some time;
hadn't you better be taking it against
the needi"
But the damaged man waved il away
THE date would be wrong" -
Washington Letter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
At the Wrong Window.

A good story is told by the Troy
(N. y lime, at the expense of the
Amherst College Glec Club. About ten
years ago the club made trip through
New York State, and sung in Rochcs.
ter at the same time that Kate Pen
meyer, a pretty stage singer was
there After the concer. ii was pro-
posed TO serenade the lady, and the
club proceeded to her home and struck
up the familiar college hymn. Dear
Evelina," paraphrasing the chorus
thusly:
"Dear Kate Pennoyer,
Sweet Kate Pennoyer,
Our love for thee
Shall never, never die"
After singing the entire song the
boys waited moment for a recognition
Of their serenade. Slowly a window
in the third story was raised, later a
man clothed in robes OF white and
with whiskers foot long was seen.
and then bass solo was waited down
to the collegians:
'Desr bows below there,
Sweet boys below there,
Your Kate Pennoyer
Lives four doors below here"
AS the last words of his song died
on the frosty ar. the Amherst College
Glee Club gathered themselves up like
Arabs and as silently stole away.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
RccOmpense.

Straight through my heart this fact 10 ds'
By Truths own hand Is driven;
God never takes one thing away,
But something else is given.
did not know in earlier years
This law Of love and kindness;
But without hope, through bitter tears,
i mourned ia sorrows blindness.
And ever following each regret
For some departed treasure,
NV sad, repining heart was met
With unexpected pleasure.
thought It only happened so
But time this truth has taught me;
y o least thing from my life can GO
But something eisc is brought Inc.
II is the law complete, sublime,
And now. with faith unshsken,
In patience ! but bide my lime,
When any Joy is taken.
No matter II the crushing plow
NAV for the moment down me;
Still back of 1t waits Love, i know,
With some new gift to crown ine.
Z ~ Nhec'er WlcOI.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07

said she. II htI so much 10 Bay 10
you. and was just going TO send for
you. I'm geing to be married. Viva"
80 ana l." cried l. Clara and |
Rugged each other.
Show me his photograph. dear"
said Clara eagerly.
''Of course / will il you'll show me
his"
drew scented envelope from my
pocket Clara took from her writing
desk a crimson velvet case.
Clara uttered shrek the instant she
saw my treasured carte lie vistc. whose
scnseless p ctured lips | had kissed so
many times
"lt's hev' cried she. "My Alan"
Its my Alan" retorted indignant
ly.
Look declared Clara, opening her
picture
did look. and preceived that the
two pictures we're identcally the same.
"It's a mistake" said L growing
pale.
"A mistake! Nothing of the sortN'
said NJ So Elliot. bridlng up. ''lie gave
il to me h mself!
ALAN Fairbrooke."
"Yes. Alan Fairbro okeH'
at can't be possibleP" said l. hys-
terically because he's engaged to
me-"
viva Maurice. you are crazy! said
Clara
NO" said !. begiwnIng to compre-
bend the nature of the Il lemma a tile.
ii am not crazy; but it seems that this
Alan Fsirbrooke has been playing ~
both false. And
.'Halloo, girls!" cried the voice Of
| DR.. Elliot, below stairs; ''come dow n
here Here's pretty kettle of fish
The Daily Mirror has come. with n
picture Of the embezzling bank clerk
who ran away from Chicago with his
employers bonds and securities a
month ago And as true as l 1--we.
it's your blackeyed friend, Fair
! brookei"
He came up stairs with the news
paper in his hand. and there. in black
! and white, were the false and hand
some features of Alan Farbrooke-
Alan Fairbrooke branded as knave
and q felon!
''Has-has he been arrested?'
gasped Clara
Not he. Did you ever put salt on q
birds tail? He's cleared out bag and
baggage. leaving bill of So unsettled
at the hotel. and nobody knows how
many little outstanding accounts here
and there.
Clara and looked at one another,
pale aud trcmbl ng
ooh, papan' said Clara. he took
my diamond rng to have it reset in
Paris an style
'And gave him my watch and cha n
to be repaired when next he went ia
the city" gasped |.
The doctor burst out laugh ng.
Never mind. girls, never mind.
said he. diamonds and watches
aren't of so much consequence it'
we'll you didn't give him yourselves
for good and al"
And mortified and disappointed a.
we were. we could not help perceiv n 9
the sense and justice OF Dr. Elliott
words.
we Mt home 10 Uncle Gerard. hum
bly, entreated his forgiveness and once
more put myself under his shelter AND
protection. He kissed me with all the
old tenderness.
Never mind. my love-" said he
~Let bygones be bygones. Well be
gin the world over again.
l don't know whether Alan Fair
brooke was ever brought to justice o
not But | do know that neither Glars
Elliott nor | ever saw anything Of OUT
trinkets again. And upon the whole,
we came to the conclus on that we had
had lucky escape.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
A Peculiar Diet.

Small boy Ito grocery clerk)--
"Come. can't you get my thingsp I'm
in an awful hurry! Mother wants them
for support
Clerk-"What will you have. young
manp"
Small boy-"A bar of Ivory soap
and quart of Kerosene. ~ eiroH
Free Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-07
Following Instructions.

Remember. Bridget" said Miss
Clara, that | am out to every body
but Mr.. Sampson. A little later
Bridget answered ring at the door.
WHO was it Bridget" asked Miss
Clara. Young Misther Beaunecamp,
num-" And did you say that l was
outP' "Yis; sed yez were out te
Everybody but Mr.. Sampson. "-Neu
York sun
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
An Explanation.

What is this nervous trouble" Swith
which SO many seem now 10 be afflicted? II
you will remember a few years ago the
word Malaria was comparatively unknown,
to-day it is as common as any word in the
English language, yet this word covers only
the meaning of another word used by our
fore fathers in times past. So it is with
nervous diseases, as they and Malaria are
intended to cover what our grandfathers
called Biliousness. and all are caused by
troubles that arise from diseased condition
of the Liver which in performing its fnnc-
tions finding il cannot dispose of the bile
through the ordinary channel is compelled
to pass it off through the system, causing
nervous troubles, Malaria, Bilious Fever,
etc. You who are suffering can well APP
preciate cure. We recommend Green's
August Flower, Itscures are marvellous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
The tent Meetings.

The Press publishes the following
in reference to the Oxford tent meet
ings.
The Prohibition tent meetings at
Oxford were held each evening last
week and closed with gospel meet
ing Sunday afternoon. These meet
ings were we'll attedted and the pro
gram being varied the spectators
were entertained nicely. The tent
was lighted with electric light.
The concert by Silver Lake Quar-
tet of New York was loudly ap
plauded. The Ideal Quartet made
music Friday evening. Rev. Mr.
Congleton preached the sermon
Sunday afternoon. The meetings
were we'll attended, the tent being
full of people in sympathy with the
cause and excellent order prevailed
The tent was taken Monday to
Jackson's grove, near Atglen where
meetings will be held in it this
week.
We learn that the Prohibition club
added 46 members to its list during
the meetings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
School Contracts Awarded.

The school commissioners in special
session on Wednesday awarded the con-
tracts for seven new school houses, for
the building of which the county com.
missioners recently appropriated SIS, 900.
The contracts were awarded as follows:
Pleasant Hill school house, third dist,
M. G. & R. W. Scarborough at $3.50;
Earlville, first dist, Geo. w. Jackson
and Levi Patterson for $40; Chapel
school house, sixth dist. near battle
swamp, Lewis d. Pussy for $s7737;
colored school No. IA, North East, Geo.
w. Jackson and Levi Patterson for
$725; Red Toad school house, in the
fifth dist, a mile and a-half from North
East, Geo. W. Jackson and Levi Patter-
son for $3.50. The contract for building
an addition to the school house at
North East was awarded to Levi O..
Cameron for $2,73O.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
Most Every Farmer

wants to know how to raise large
crops cheaply. IMr. w. s. Powell,
manufacturer of the celebrated Powells
Fertilizers, 16 Light Street. Baltimore
Md, has just had printed handsome
new book, entitled. 'Polnts about
Fertilizers" which contains explicit
directions specially written by leading
agriculturists on the land best adapted.
its preparations. fertilization ane mar
keting of Wheat. Corn, Oats, Buck
wheat, Irish and Sweet Potatoes, Mel
ons, Grapes, Strawberries; Peanuts,
Onions. Tomatoes, Tobacco and Cab
bage, with minute directions for each
month in the year. for the general
work of the Farm, Orchard and Gar
den. How Plants Feed. How they
get Nitrogen. "How to treat the Boys"
and many other things farmers are in
terested in: tells all about how to make
good Fertilizers at Home, at about $12.
per ton. with POwell's Prepared Chem
icals, and the Powell's Red Bag Ferti-
lizer. high grade Ammoniated ferti-
lizer only $3.50 per ton, with Map
showing where his products are used.
If you mention this paper and send
two 2-cent "A cents)stamps to pay pos
tage, he will send you the Book free.
Sent to Farmers only.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
The Racket.

A couple of colored Ministries
came into town on Wednesday even
ing with a banjo and fiddle. They
struck up on the street opposite the
post office, and their lively music
soon brought crowd, and as they
ran from grave to gay-mostly gay
il began to effect the heel and toe
of the more excitable and pretty
soon a ring was formed and az
Burns says of the witches in old
Kirk-Alloway on the bonny Doom
"Hornpipes. jigs. sprathspeys and reels
Put life and metal i their heels.''
Bud" called the figures, and soon
1.-THE fun grew fast and furious:
The piper loud and louder blew.
The dancers quick and quicker few,"
or rather the fiddler shook out the
rafting music with a livelier bow
while "Bud" like the "towzie tyke,'
who sat cat wimock-bunker in the
east" called the figures with rising
vehemence, forward in the lead J.
right hand across-swing corners-do.
Sc do gallop around !" The way the
livelyerowd danced the racket, pat
ted the side walk and kicked up 9
dust was a caution to the ballet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
Letter from Jarrettsyllle.

JARRETTsvILLE, July oath, 1873.
Mr.. George A. Cavines has been i'll
with the dysentery for the past week,
but is reported little better at pres
emit. DR.. M. L. Jarrett is his attend.
ing physic clan. Mr.. Stanley Wilson
who fell from the roof of Luther
Gross house some time ago is'im-
proving.
Mr.. Howard Ayers lost horse one
day last week, valued at 5000.
Miss Nina j. Duncan has resigned
as teacher of the primary department
of the graded school at this place.
The ladies of the Bethel Presbytc-
rian Church intend to repeat the en-.
tertainment of the "Magic Pyramid
about the middle of August.
The crops in this section look ex.
ceedingly well, corn especially prom.
Uses more than the usual yield. To-
matoes, however, do not look so
well, as the season has been too back.
ward for their successful cultivation,
MORE ANON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
cure OF Cancer ana Ulcers.7

Judge T. e. McLondon writes to the
Swift Specific Co.: "About three yearA
ago, Jerry Bradley, had cancerouS
sore on his face, near the right eye. Il
caused him a great deal OF pain, and he
lost the sight Of the eye, but was finally
cured by the use of Swifts Specific.
This case is well known In Wilkes Co..
Ga, where he lived"
Mr.. L. Cox, of Arkabutla, Tate Co..
Miss, writes: ~ suffered o great deal
from old ulcers for years. Your medi.
cine was recommended, and after using
six bottles I was completely cured.
Your medicine does even more than you
claim for 1t. l have known it to cure
cases which were thought hopeless"
Bt, Brooklyn, N: Y. writes: 81 com.
menced using s. s. s. about three years
ago. 1had suffered with q sore throat
for over q year. fused a great many
other remedies with no good results.
My little girl, also, had sore fingers; 1t
commenced from the quick, and then
the nails would como OF. We doctored
her for over two years, and when com.
menced using s. s. 4. thought I would
see what it would do for her. / am
thankful to say that it entirely cured
her. 1t Is the best remedy / know
Of for the blood. really believe
II was the means Of saving my life.
The doctor told me had throat dis
ease fsimilar to General Grants.
cheerfully recommend it to ell SUFFERING
from disordered blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
Elkton Academy Merged into the
Public Schools

At a meeting of the board of trus-
tees of Elkton Academy on Saturday
George A. Steel was elected principal
Mr.. Steel will continue to be princi-
pal of the public school at Elkton.
He has been principal of the latter
for three years and will teach the
more advanced scholars of the public
school in the Academy building,
while his assistants will teach the
lower grades in the public school
building. There will be four full
terms during the coming school year.
1t has been proposed to unite the
two schools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
The Excursion.

Brickley's and McCullough's ex-
cursion on Thursday was eminently
successful, earth, ocean, air conspir.
ed to aid the enterprising excursion
organizers. Oxford turned out 113,
Nottingham 20, Sylmar 80. Rising
Sun 1856, Colora 53, Liberty Grove
35, Rowlandville so and Port about
600.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
An Ola Table.

Mr.. Stephen Reynolds brought an
ancient piece of furniture to the cab
met shop to haye coat of varnish put
on it, few days ago. 1t was a maho-
gany round table of the fitting variety.
The table is over one hundred years
old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
Bicycle Logic.

Parents. let your boys learn to be
bicycle riders and they will never
become drunkards. No drunk man
can ride bicycle, no. bicycle rider
gets drunk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
NOTICE,

By a resolution passed by the Board
of Commissioners of Rising Sun all
owners of dogs within borough limits
of said town will be required to pay a
tax of 81 on dogs and So on sluts. the
same to take effect after August LIST, 'sS.
jy13 w. j. MCDoUGAL, Secty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
Excursions to CINCINNATI.

Every Thursday until August 3Oth ,
inclusive, the Baltimore and Ohio r.
R. Co. will sell excursion tickets to
Cincinnati from all points on its
lines east of the Ohio River, at rate
of one and one-third fares for the
round trip. Tickets will be valid for
return passage for Is days, including
day of sale. 2t