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Mn. T. u. llAnrrR. president Of tho
Mutual Reserve Fund Lie association, OF
New York, In nm interview In the New
York norld, shows payment 10 claimants
OF deceased members Tor 1857 over u, 400, /.
OOO, and a saving Of more than 81, 900 900
10 living members by reduction OF pre-.
MUM rates below the rates charged under
the old system Of life insurance.
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Now q. the Time

To use Hodges sarnparilla with Iodido Of
Potash, the great purifier for the blood. A
certain cure for rheumatism, scrOfulons af-
fcctions, and all diseases peculiar 10 females.
Rcnoyatcs and inygoraics the system. Phys.
icans recommend H. Take no other. Ran.
gum Root Medicine Co., manufacturers,
Nashville, Tenn. 81 per bottle. Sold at
lleistcr's drug store 2s3 Main street
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onr,r sets Of furniture at aabay'.

Norlcr Of dissolution Of the insurance
firm Of Edward Bourne & Co, Of this CITY.
Is given In another column, Mr.. q. r.
Bryan retiring. The business will be con.
tinued In future by Mr.. Bourne under tho
old firm name.
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NEW YEAR BARGAINS.

We have finished stock taking and will
offer special bargains In every department
for this week. Tomorrow will have q
grand clearing sale In
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DuSssvASr a Aisur, SUCCESSORS 10 Dun.
navant a Bro, have removed 10 - Jciler.
con street. next 10 Memphis theaior. All
lob work promptly attended " and saiis-
iacti0n guaranteed.
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NOTE TIE FOLLOWING PRICES:
80 Mems Suits, frock OF Sack, at - 90
worth 81 80.
"a Mems Scotch Suits at IS 50, worth
$40 90.
e5 Mems corkscrcw Suits at 81 90, worth
Sl3 80.
% Mons Elegant Dress suits at $40 90,
worth slS 90.
100 boys Suits nj 81 10. worth s. 10.
100 Chlld's Suits at 81 30, worth 81 75.
200 pair Knee Pants at 20c, worth doc.
100 Mons and Boys odd Vests at Doc,
worth 81 %.
300 pair Mems Cashmere Pants at 81 rs,
worth 81 30.
go pair all wool fnc won,cd Pants at
81 "a, worth s. 10,
1000 Mems Coats for 81 25, 81 80, g. 90,
worth double.
800 Mems and Boys oycrcoais nom
81 o. - 90. worth double.
200 Boys Hats at 25c, aud Caps ut Toe
each.
100 dozcn Gents Hats, latest STYLES,
from a - to - ~.
20 DOZEN all wool Red Flannel shirts
aud Drawers ut iOc.
% dozen Fancy woollUndcrwcar at half
price.
$50 dozen Gents audi bys Linen Col.
lan NJ be- cuils ai l6c,
~ dozen Genis' and Bo,t' SILK Scaris at
lDc, worth blc.
100 dozen cloth end Sus,sndcrs 1T l0r.
langc variety NJ White and Colonel
Shirts NJ hall price,
80 DOZEN BOYS Shirt Waists ~ l5c each
One Child's liody iccoi charge to each
oostumcr OF clild's suit.
Shelves and counters Of the above store
for sale.
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lAyignc's felt hats, soc.
laylgnc's waricrcd silks, 81.
iayigne's trimmed hats, your chocc, g..
lavigno u closing out this seasons roo,ls
i. LAyIONE, No. 252 Main strcct.
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eiI.75 % Pair.

This Is great bargain. II will pay any
housckccpcr 10 buy them now and, Il
necessary, lay them away for another sea-
son. They are the best goods made.
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Don, rsn ,e sa,p rar,y.
l. GOLDSMITH & BROS.
3is Main.
HOLIDAY RATES.

Tho Mississippi q Tennessee Railroad
win scll excursion tickets, December
~ 10 January inclusive, nj one iare
round trip Memphis To all points ON
Illinois Central railroad south OF Grcnada,
including New Orleans. Apply at ticket
Offices, No. PSI Main street, aud depot.
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LOOK ont for the chanccry salc 81 Clar
cndon hotel furniture at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning. Sale at hotel.
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LOOK ont for the chanccry sale Of Clar,
endon hotel furniture al 10 o'clock Mon
day morning Sale M hotel.
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.SrrDirs will he resumed In the Mem.
phis institute Tuesday, January 3. Prof.
Nicholas Williams will have charge Of the
latin classes.
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1000 He'd Comforts at 57c. .1Aall
800 saiccn Comforts at s. 20; regular
price - %. FIl0'
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loog ont for the chanecry sale Of Clar.
,ndon hotel furniture NJ 10 O'Clock Mon.
dai morning. hal0 NJ hotel.
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/, GOLDSMITH g. BROS.
SPECIAL NOTICE..

We beg leave 10 inform the public that
We bought out the entire stock, for spot
cash, OF the well known
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star Clothing House.
3pl NIain,

consisting Of $4,000 worth Of Gents,
Boys and Childrcns Fine Clothing. Hats
and Caps, aud Gents Furnishing Goods.
All desirable ilrst-class goods for
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I.sdi..' Hats ana, no,u.,.

25 different sizes Of scliiccdine stove,
for sale cheap nj Cahay's.
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Daasisun

n nrnoyrD ny rnR usE or COCAINE
And Il stimulates and promotes the growth
oi the hair.
Bunctt's rlayoring extracts arc the
hnef
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oRATr ironls and icndcr. at Gabay's.

knights Of the Red Branch ball next
Wednesday evening.
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THIS N A CLEARING SALE or
BLANEETsi
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A Dishonest Nurse.

Nor alone In chronic cases but In sudden
attacks Of illness, does Man.a.lin show It's
supcriofity
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cLoAKsi cLoAKsu cLoAKsi,i

CLoAKsi CLoAKsii CLoAgsiii
II You want n fine Cloak now IL the
time TO buy. Our stock IL M large aud m
complete ~ NJ the beginning OF the season.
You can got just what you want at
Giving Away Prices.
1900 remnants Of Carpets, many Of them
large enough 10 cover rooms, at
Jas, one.sssif value.
Mems Clothing Reduced.
Mems Shoes Reduced.
BOYS Clothing Reduced.
Boys Shoes Reduced.
Every ,hins Ia the n.ycr'- Favor.
Como Tomorrow Tor bargains.
MENKEN AND COMPANY
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80 CENTS on THE DOLLAR,

and We will put the same on sale com.
mcncing
friday Morning. the aoth inst.
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Tu Canadian Giant Dino Museum.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Scientific Moonshine.

What meddling old mole man
must be who will think of and take the
pains to perform abstruse calculations
TO prove that there really was moon
visible on the night when Sir John
Moore was buried! Prof. Naysmyth
succeeded in establishing this great
fsct-that on that particular night
there could by no possibility have been
moon and consequently that VOLTS
line in the Burial of Sir John Moore"
by the struggling moonbeam'
misty light, was all moonshine. so
to speak. When the professor com-
municated the important intelligence
to the president of the Royal Irish
Academy. that gentleman rcpliod: ut
is all very we'll; but VOLTS statement
that there was moonlight on the night
of the battle OF Corunna will live long
after all your astronomical calculations
have been forgotten"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
How to Win Fame.

IL can't do 1t. | haven't time
enough"
YES. YOU have. "
81 don't see how you make that out, ="
replied the first speaker who was ds-
cusing with friend the advisab lily Of
taking up certain course Of scientific
reading. Il work at my desk from
nine o clock 10 five o'clock every day
except Sunday and | must take recrea-
ton liz the evening"
"Tll prove to you that you can. You
get up at six o'clock. say. have break
fast at seven and finish ut half past
seven. Tbs gives you an hour TO study
before you go 10 work. You have an
hour for your luncheon. and then you
manage to spend another hour every
afternoon over your pipe and newspap-
er don't you?'
Yes"
with less time than Garfield became
classic scholar. Gladstone became
one Of the most widely read men in
the world. Disraeii made himself
famous author and Edwin ArnolS wrote
his Light Of As Il.
Yes, but they were mon OF gent
u.s."
True; the genius OF hard work. /
will cite another case of which 1 have
personal knowledge. Some years ago
| knew bright young man named
Leslie Bulgrove. He was post-office
clerk in indianapolis, Ind. He wa, one
ef the most accomplished men l ever
saw. he devoted his three hours of
leisure every day TO various pursuits.
He d vided them with unvaring method.
This is what he did in five years. He
had read and committee TO memery all
OF Shakespeare plays. He could read
Latin, Greek and French fluentlv. He
was an expert flute player. He was
one of the best natural historians |
knew. In addition 10 this he WAS pro-
iicient in every line Of fencing and
craftsmanship. and although he did not
weigh more than 1870 pounds he could
strike nnty-pound blow with his fist
He IMPLY IN turn devoted half an hour
day to each subject Ho kept this up
unremitingly for five years and finally
attained such degree of proficiency in
each that he might have been called
master. The secret of his success was
hard work He wasted no time. 1t is
true that he might have devoted his
time to more profitable stud es. and
had he done so he might have made a
great name for Il mself | only instance
his case 10 show you that you and a.
most every man of your acquaintance
waste enough time to make m great
had he devoted IT TO It's proper use. ~
New York Mail and Express.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Bob and the Pigs Head.

Bob. or "Dumpy." as the miners all
called him. was one of those follows
who wero never abashed at anything.
Let him once make up his mind to do a
thing and he would 60 through with it.
III it took rib" as he said. He was
a rotund. but strongly built little bald
patched bachelor. a jolly son OF the
West with more circumference than
height.
Dumpy and several of his brother
miners. took their meals at private
boarding house. the mistress of which
merited more renown for her grinding
economy than humane. motherly cater
ings 10 the palates of her boarders.
One Monday morning this excellent
landlady cooked a large pigs head
without removing the ears or the eyes.
At noon. this savory dish appeared be-
fore the miners for the first time
Dumpy aud his companions seemed to
imbibe sudden fear of trichina for
their appetites quarantined against meat
for with.
Three times day for whole week
that gastly. staring head grazing (?)the
center OF the table on huge platter,
gazing at the men.
Boys" said Dumpy one day at the
table. "shau't l help yer plates to some
of the headP"
On all declining his offer, he remark
ed: Yer srpertites must be on the
wane. pards. Er maybe yer tryin' fur
to purify yer systems TO ne the Adj
ventis,s who're a-preachin' up at the
Fork
This suggest on provoked n hearty
laugh, and at the mines il was told
again. and the enoyrO ADVENTIST were
targets for all.
Dumpy soon regretted having made
his friends the butt of every joke. like
pigs head they were soon stale. He
suddenly formed resolve 10 ban sh the
Objectionable head and turn the joke
else where.
Monday. Dumpy walked in to nner
and before the boarders and the land
lady, he addressed the venerably cooked
deiunct pigs head as follows: How do
yer do. sir! ought 10 know yer; yer
face looks familiar; but dang my taller
eff kin call yer name"
The head vanished. an Bob had a
vote OF thanks and free cigars for a full
month.-Prof I'D. H. Gibson' in ST.
Louis Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
chute. He was much disappointed at

chute. He was much disappointed at
the slow timo made. expecting to come
down in ninety seconds. The chute
was twenty feet in diameter Oscilla-
ton was guarded against by means of
four-inch hole in the apex. He was
overwhelmed with congratulations, and
is quite the hero of the hour.
noGAN's CAREER
Mr.. Hogan came to this city egh-
teen years ago from Ypsilantl. where.
as boy. he made his first ascension in
the summer of 1886. The man who
first put ballooning into the BOYS head
was w. NJ. Clayton. who followed cir
cnses during the summer and made
trips in hot balloons. He lived in the
family with Ed all winter. and when
spring camo the future balloonist was
as full OF vistas as boy who Is to see
his first circus. That summer Clayton
came to Ypsilanti with a circus, and
was 10 make the ascension. but Ed per-
suaded CLAYTON to allow him to 90 up
instead The matter was kept secret
between the two men. and when the
leaky old hot air affair sailed up in the
atmosphere. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, sit
ting on their stoop few rods from the
scene. waved their hands ut the boy.
supposing he was Clayton. The next
day the papers told tho story. and Ed
got a good thrashiug. but it didn't cure
him. The future balloonist then Logan
to study and save. always declaring
that so soon as he could get money
enough TO build and initiate q balloon he
would go up. No amount of talk ever
had any effect on him. He was bound
to rise in the world. even if he came
down hard.
He made his first notable ascension
in MAY. 1890. leaving the ground hang.
ing 10y his toes TO piece of gas-pipe,
which he called trapeze. The bal
loon was up two hours and twenty
minutes. landing at ckbridge, eigh-
teen miles north of this city. That
trip made him Prof" He has saved
a snug little sum. built couple of
nice houses. has healthy bank ac-
count and twenty hot-air balloons. He
has now fallen further than any other
man and escaped unframed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Scarcity OF American Sailors.

'Deep-water sailorp Why, We have
none. There are plenty of tailors and
shoemakers to be found on board ship.
but mighty few OF the old style sailors"
said shipping agent of New York to a
Telegram reporter. Steam has revo-
Int onized the duties of seamen. In old
times a sailor could make So !, shape
block and make his own spun warn
or mats for chatting gear. n lays
all sailor need know ~ how l. scrub
paint or holystone the deck.
Half the crew of II steamship are
landsmen. who ship as ordinary sea-
men. A fast mail steamship seldom
carries more than two or three trysails.
and that only when there is Il favorable
wind. There are always few able
seamen shipped who can direct the
land lubbers' in case an emergency
arises. Tramp steamers set more sail.
as they cndeavor TO burn as little coal
as possible.
81 tell you it is very different now to
what II was twenty or thirty years ago
when fast American clipper ships were
TO be met in oil ports and Amer can
sailors were the boast of the country.
There are number OF these last named
still to be found before the mas but
when they die out the genuine Amer
lean deep-water sailor will be only a
memory.
What are the causes of it besides
the practical stoppage of American
ship building? Well. one cause is that
boys in this country are too shrewd 10
go into a business that has SO little fu-
fure TO it as that OF being n sailor. Life
ashore has too many pleasures to per-
init this. Another reason is that ship
owners can get Italians and Scandina-
vians for wages that an American
would not look at, aud moreover, tho
former can be- fed much cheaper. and
that Is an important item in a vessels
expenses Scandinavians make good.
reliable. sober seamen. but they lack
the enterprise and energy OF a Yankee
sailor.
Most native seamen come from the
Eastern States. the nursery for Ameri-
can sailors. They come here on lum-
Der schooners or fishing smacks. and
take fancy to make long voyage.
The best school at present for would
be sailors is whale fishing. The whal-
ers are cru sing all the time, and the
men all given chance to learn every
part of "a seaman's business. Every
voyage n number Of green hands are
sh pped and he must be very green
one indeed who could 90 through a
three years cruise without learning
all there Is TO the business. An at
traction for American boys about a
whaler is that every one on board Is
part owner OF whatever profit may re-
suit from the cruise, so that there is
united work and an independence that
is very alluring to Yankee boys. espec-
tally from the vicinity of New Bedford
and Cape Cod.
"A singular thing in connection with
whaling is that the record of every sail
or that has shipped for that purpose is
kept by the captains of whalers, and
when one OF them applies for a place
in few hours his character and abil ty
and past history will be in the hands Of
the owner or shipping agent"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Looked After the Poultry.

had once prejud ce against crlples;
now p ty them. But / am afraid the
, prejudice Is returning. However bad
friend once; he was the worst cripple
ever saw. But still l had respect for
him. HIS only ambition was to Kill
man before he died. believe he said
he would die happy if he could only
kill another man. He tried hard on
several occasions to kill me. he dump
ed me out of cart. He made me eat
n custard pudding. and he showed me
several other tr1ing attentions. Knight
was the worst cripple | ever saw. lie
had only one eye. The other had been
Knocked out in an alteration with a
hostile cowboy. He; had but one arm
He had lost the other i'm the explosion
OF a mine. He had but one leg. i do
not know where he had bur ed the other
leg. / always feared to ask him, be-
cause he was sensitive about his losses.
He always had love for fast horses,
and he rode and drove them, and he
was employed as overseer. lie was
cantankerOus. was knight, and he new
er went to bed without lamenting the
fact that he had not killed man. /
am sure he tried hard TO get somebody
TO try to XII him. But he never sue
ceeded. | believe he is living still.
Well. this CT pplc made me forget my
prejudice against cripplos. | had inn
bibed this prejudice in the Orient,
where there is proverb that God
neye: crippled y man without some
reason and that all cripples had ugly
dispositions.
am inclined to return to the belief
Of this provcrb now. have friend
who is one of the most tender hearted
OF men. He has wife. who. too is
the best OF women. Their ranch is the
harbor for all sorts Of people. One day
a cripple came up TO their house and
begged for work.
INV man." said my friend, chow can
YOU work on farm? You have but one
arm.
Surely there is light work about this
place | lost nv arm in Gettysburg
whined tho or pple.
My dear said the wife TO her
husband. get him look after my poul-
trN.
The request was granted. and the
man was given work.
He professed to know all about poul-
try and he was too proud to be taught.
He set bantam fowls on Brahmaputra
eggs; he placed turkey eggs under the
shelter of a motherly hen; he gave a
stately tur iey brood of callow duck
ings ami he gave waddling duck the
care OF bantam chickens. 1t was the
most grotesque chicken yard man
ever saw. Geese were LAYING down
the law TO little dorkevs and hens were
appalled, by the size of their turkey
ch cks: ducks were dissatisfied because
their brood would not swim, and there
was not a motherly fowl about the place
which did not look rs if she were con-
templating suicide.
The good wife was in despair She
could not straishten out the matter, so
she discharged her poultry keeper. and
now the ugly brute has brought suit
against the parties for discharging him.
My WORTHY friend intends 10 take a Carts
load OF this assorted poultry into court
and rely upon the sagacity of the judge
to give him favorable decision.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
A Girls Composition on BOYS.

Boys are men that have not got as
big as their papas, and girls are young
women that will be young ladies by
and by. Man was made before woman.
When God looked at Adam lie said TO
himself. well. i guess can do bet
ter IL try again" and then he made
Eve. God liked Eve so much better
than Adam that there have been more
women than men ever since. BOYS are
n trouble. They are wearing on every
thing but soap. II had my way half
the boys in the world would he little
girls and the rest would be dolls. Nv
papa is so nice that l guess he must
have been girl when he was little
boy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Patent Applied For.

A young. handsome and rich bache-
Tor. who is a member of the House of
Representatives, is very anxious TO got
bill through Congress providing for
handsome public building in his home
town before the convention TO nomin-
ate his successor shall meet next sum-
mer.
He made scientific study OF every
one OF the committee on public build
ings, found out which would be for the
bill anyway. or with very little urging.
discovered what was the particular
vanity" OF each OF the other and more
scrupulous fellows, and sedulously de-
voted his time efforts aud money
TO meeting the wishes OF each. One
of these men. for example, had n
daughter who was not receiving as
much attention as her fond parents
thought her due. Our young and br J.
liant representa- vo became her most
dilgent and acceptable admirer, sent
her flowers and bonbons. took her TO
the theater. danced with her, and SO
won her fathers vote and her fancy.
Needless to say. his bill was favorably
reported in both Houses, and il it has
not already passed, is certain to do in
the near future. This business of
"congressing. as the Hon. Tim"
Campbell calls II, demands ingenuity
and versatility.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-18
Passlo6ists, beeySond the Walls Of Rome

Passlonists. beyond the walls OF Rome.
One OF the visitors TO the Papal jubilee
thus writes OF these stairs: mo one
Is allowed TO 60 up them except on
their kpees. task arduous and pain
full. for the climb is "a steep one. The
Pilgrims. however. undertook the duty
with celebrity and devotion. From step
TO step they proceeded. hating at in
tervals TO recite loud prayers and in
vacations When the summit was
touched some Of them could not use
their legs for while because OF the
pain consequent upon this novel mode
of locomotion. The chapel on the
landing at the top was in its day pri-
vate one for the Popes. and has stored
in il many relics of the Passion of the
Redeemer. which fact gave rise to the
lnscr ptlon over the alter in Lat n,
''There Is not in the whole world
holier place than this" The descent
is by easy passages on both sides of
the Holy stairs, each terminating at
the base with striking pieces of ststu-
airy. One of these represents the be-
trayal of Jesus. The expression of tho
thick puckered lips of Judas. in the
"Se VI hiSSlhS thc Cuceh Vi his MdstcT,
is admirably carved. The outer group
Is renowned ',Ecce Homo" with
Plate presenting Christ bound with
ropes to the popuace.
These stairs were taken TO Rome in
the year 326 by order of Empress
Helena. They are protected by COW
ering OF wood from the wear TO which
they would be subjected were not such
precautions taken. They are five feet
long and treasured as relics beyond
price. -MilWautee Wisconsin.