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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
SHOOTING ALLIGATORS.
Hunting scaly Game on the Withlacoo-
chic River.

We spent the night at Mr. Dawey's on
Teula Apopka lake, and left this morn
ing in a cracker wagon for Hawkins
landing, on the Withlacoochie river,
where we arrived at noon We had din
ner, then embarked in a skiil with man
10 row. Prof II being the lightcst, sat
in the bow and | in the stern. with the
Winchester rifle We were To be taken
six miles up the river, and alligators were
to form the sport In less than mile
one was sighted lying on the bank. lie
turned his head down into the water,
showing his broad side, and ! aimed just
behind the shoulder. Bang roared the
the gun, and that gator threw his tail and
legs and head more ways than you ever
thought of. He pounded the water, and
made the lettuce beds shake and wave TO
where we were The boatman was great
w excited. although an old hunter, and
shouted, hurrying up to the spot just ms
the gator was sinking He went TO the
bottom under some tree.tops, and, al
though we could feel him, we could not
get him out, and he was really dangerous
TO our boat We marked the spot, so
that in few days, when he rises, the
boatman can get his skin and teeth. worth
from 50 to So We went on and | soon
sighted another but il was Prof. X s
turn TO shoot, and handed over the gun.
The first shot entered his spine. and he
beat my gator for tumbiug around. Ii
was as If twenty snakes were turning, twist
ing and Topping We hurried up 10 him,
and Prof Il. put three more balls into
him, as he was tangled in brush and vines
and could not sink We finally captured
him after a big fight, and were fairly
thrilled with excitement. We got him
out on the ground. measured him fair and
square, and found him just nine feet long.
We cut off his head, one fore paw, and
much regretted that we could not stop to
skin him. So we started out again,
and in less than ten minutes Hrof X.
sighted one looking round the roots Of
a big live oak He heard Us, ard turned
his head down into the water | split
his back the first pop. Then the music
began 10 play. He waltzed around
among the cypress knees, but The rascal
got into the water and sunk to the bottom
and nothing we had could reach him
Now. | know it would sound bigger if
would write that we got them. but such
is not the case We aftcrward shot and
missed three or four fine ones. You must
remember, however, that we were going
up stream, making noise and hurrying to
reach steamboat landing. We had no
outfit but the gun. | forgot to mention
that my first gator was about eight feet
long. and the last one an immense fellow
fully eleven feet in length.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
MIR. and Mrs. Pullman.

Since George VI. Pullman was made a
Choyalicr 10y the King of Italy, rs the price
of II gift sleeper. he has worn harrassed
look. His dignity sits uneaSily upon him.
and nobody can fall out of his good graces
sooner then 10y addressing him as Sir
George" Besides being an immensely
wealthy man, car builder and town owner.
Sir George iIthe husband of Ms Pullman,
of Chicago, whose social achievements in
the first circles Of that growing city are
full Of unqur --rri-es. Mrs Pullman is
easily the leader OF tue hicago ari iocracy,
and her entertainments are on scale of
magniicence equal to anything Delmonico
could do. Sir George is stout. gray, and
wears goaiec. Otherwise his get.up is
unexccptionablc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
THERE rs A TIME TO MOURN.

II Lenten skies alone were duh and gray,
IL only hills were hare and meadows cold.
IL on the ley shore alone ali day
The sobbing waves In plaintive breakers
rolled;
II only wailing March winds moaned and
II hut the drifting clouds wept bitter tears,
II but the hills ana winds and illOws cried.
And incurred for wasted days OF bighted
years:
Why, could laugh thon; for my heart would
sing
OF Summer days gone 10y. aud yet to be;
For Easter lilies would he blossoming
Beneath the sombrc pail of Lent, for me.
/ would not care for dun and weeping clouds
In the light heart there shines uniading
light.
But when the light itself in sorrow shrouds,
How dark ana ray less is that sorrows night.
Here is my sorrow-that IN reckless ways
l crushed the buds last Easter time that
smiled.
And walked with maynard steps in tangled
maze,
And with my sins the fair new life dehled
So, pentent, again my beads tell.
Bring me the old hair shirt | used 10 wear,
Hand me the sackcluth robe that fits so well,
And lead me To the dust heap over there.
Here let me sit and sigh the hours away,
Taking weary sinners good Old cry:
Heap ON the dust here will | sit all day,
Counting my beads while all the world goer
by
Here in the dust and pcnitcnce OF lent,
Til all those pcuitential days are gone
Aud when, at last. this mourning life il spent,
still in the dust I'll slumbcr on and on.
ROBERT j. HURDETTE-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
>att>IaDIUiy sxi'ta'a,.""-.

a Connecticut merchant who applied C
New York house for goods on credit
was met by the reply that he had faiic.
and paid only ten cents on the doiIar
VERY true, he replied. but | am the
only merchant in the town that paid ovel
six"
Didn't you allow your paper TO so tc
protest last winter
Yes. but the doctors said | couldn
live twenty-four hours just then, ana
wasn't thinking of earthly things.
"lIaven't you put all your property IL
your wifes name!'
wv ell. yes. but she knows more abou
business in five minutes than | do in hal
a day"
He was given credit for 5000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

A few days since. says Dakota paper,
the attention Of one Of our citizens was
attracted to an object in the snow, which
proved 10 be drunken squaw. She had
her papoose under her head for q pillow
and the little thing wOs nearly frozen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

ON y and reliable Medicines are the best
OSN todepend upon. Acker's Blood Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm
purities of the Blood. Inevery form of Scrof-
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, it is
invaluable. For rheumatism, has no equal.
Sold bX Is = Web.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well known and =
popular "a to need no special mention. All So.
have used Electric Bitters sing the same
praise.-A purer medicine does not eAr
Is guaranteed TO do all that is claimed o.
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
Kidneys, will remove Pimples Boils salt 3B,.
and other affections caused by impure blood
VIII drive Malaria from the system and prevent
as well as cure all Malarial fevers.-For cure o'
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guara tcet
or money refunded. Price 80 cts, and 81 W p
bottle at b. 3. Webs Drug Store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

n ASCv,S Blood Elixir is the only
NNNNN - Blood Remedy guaran-
teed. 1t is positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
tions or Syphilitic Poisoning. 1tpurifes the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
Soil By Is. : "ebO.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

NON>N trife with any Throat or
INV Lung Disease. III you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children ere
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. II is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and J0c
Sold b. Il. >. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
TO ADVERTISERS.

The RECORD is one OF the best mediums Tor
advertisers in Grauot County,being welcome
visitor To nearly every home IN tins part OF the
county and towns adjoining, oui to insure IN
sertion the same week, advertisements should
be handed I'm not later than wednesday noon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
THE GERMAN EMPEROR.
His Kindness of Heart-His Sport with
Small BOYS While Bathing.

4 Berlin correspondent writes: Years
ago happened to be swimming in the
river near Cologne, when youthful giant,
leaping into the water from the scailOd-
ing of the military bath, came down upon
us with n terrific splash greatly disturbing
the equanimity of old father Rhine The
noisy arrival was the heir to the Prussian
and German thrones, passionate sports
man alike in the liquid rs on frozen
water Stretching himself full length, and
striking out with extraordinary vigor, he
made several circuits of the extensive. basin.
ami presently began to drive in the most
accomplished and eiIectual style. \ bevy
of small boys who had been jumping into
the water after him, intent upon sharing
the honors Of the bath with the illustrious
visitor, next attracted his attention. Seat
ell upon a'floating log, he would skim
along the grecnish waves surrounded by
the delighted youngsters and perpetrating
all maner of tricks upon them like Neptune
playing with TritOns, or changing the
game, he would place the boys upon the
log and drag them and push them about
aimd the eXultant shouts of the dripping
host. When he left at last. the boys
hurried after him in body and, dressing
with the utmost expedition, stood awaiting
the prince as he emerged from his cabin.
Amused by their hearty cheers, and averse
to cutting on terra firms those who had
been boon companions in a less stable
el ment, the crown prince invited his
juvenile friends to the Aquatic restaura Mt
and stood treat to the whole lot.
A Puzzler for the Young Man.
His salary was 81 900 year, and he
had just proposed TO Miss Clara Lighthead
.pI ho.s, aaga,,ta6 urH fhat~ lot
cXquisitely happy until she said:
And you don't know how lovely our
home will be, George. 1t shall be a
home indeed for you; place Of rest and
JOY and COMFORT I'll call the house
keeper up every morning, and"
The housekeeper?'
Yes, yes, dear. Now, don't interrupt,
you naughty boy I'll tell the housekeep-
or to tell the cook to"
THE cook2'
"Of course; and DO hope we can get
a French cook | love French cooking.
AID Id like the dining room girl to-"
1.-THE dinning-r room girl2"
"Yes, yes, I'd like brisk, tidy, rosy
checked English dining room girl l
don't care so much about the chamber
maid"
why, my darling, I'm afraid"
Now, now, you bad old boy, you
must let your little girl have her own way
when it comes to the house servants You
can engage the butler if you like and Of
course you'll get the coachman but when
il comes to the laundress and seamstress
and-why. George, what dreadful long
face you havcl don't like it,
1t looked longer when he sat IT, his 10
IL room an hour later trying to figure
out" how the wages Of the cook ana
housekeeper and butler and all the rest
of them were to be paid out Of S19.23 a
week He hasn't figured il out yet
A few DAYS since. says Dakota paper,
the attention of one Of our citizens was
attracted to an object in the snow, which
proved 10 he drunken squaw. She haa
h.y nonoose under her head for n pilloy
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
TO CORRESPONDENTS

We cannot notice anonymous communities
tons In all cases we require the writer's name
aud address, not for publication. but as
guarantee of good faith. And correspondents
should write upon one side of their sheet only
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

NON>> OF the good things of this
life are sorrowfully let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 80 cents, by
Sold by Il. s. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
is COnsumptiOn Inc,,rablrc

Read the following: Mr. c. II. Morris. New
Ark. says: Was down with Abcess OF Luz
and friends and physicians pronounced M
Incurable Consumptve. Began taking
Kings New Discovery for Consumption. an
on my third bottle, and able 10 oversee the d,
on my farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever rua
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio. says:
II not been for DR.. Kings New Discovery J..
Consumption would have died Of Lung Trou q.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in be-,
health" Try it. Sample bottles free al l.
Webbs Drug Store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11
NJ MloMA h aly@ys h Ely

Soother at hand. 1t is tho only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantie disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
case from pain. Price 20 cents. Sold by
Sold 10y b. S.Webb
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05

For Sale by all Chemists. Druggists
and Medicine Vendors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
saieAak ;Ea1kSEsl4R ~
Cities in the Wrong Place.

Nevertheless, we must all regret that in
the original foundation of cities the pion-
GERS are frequently so short sighted as to
choose spots which will give posterity no
end of expense. l never could see much
reason for putting the city of Rome where
it stood, and then having to bring water
to it on high arched aqueducts from dis
tant mountains and to find q port down in
the unhealthy marshes miles away from
the city. Paris and Edinburgh and Con-
stantinOple are we'll placed cities. New
York could have been placed elsewhere
than on this island of gneiss, which is
probably a series of rock islets with sand
hills and quick sands between. Brooklyn
has been growing prOdigiOusly Of late, be-
cause it was so much easier to form q city
there than upon the site of New York.
Newark has also grown with great rapid
ity, because it has advantages on the con
tinental mainland not enjoyed by New
York.
Westchester county, north of New York
island, would have been the easiest of all
places to put great city, which would
then have been fronted upon Long Island
Sound and on the Hudson river and also
on the main continent, while the Harlem
river in front of it would long ago have
been made into a sort of Thames. Still
the impedimentS put in mans way lead tC
his art and civilization, and, as New York
is, enterprise will continue to figure and
scheme upon it so that the last complaint
which can De made against it's cOmfOrl
and intercourse shall subSde to peace
George Alfred Townsend IN Boston Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
Horses for Cavalry Service.

The horses that were raised in the coun
try districts of Kentucky and Missouri
were splendid animals for all around use
but now there seems to be nothing be
tween the weedy, delicate racer good fol
n mile dash, but who would break down
in three days forced march, and tn,
heavy animal that does excellently f0.
wagon or light artillery use, but is too
slow and clumsy for the cavalry. Even
when we get horse that has at once bone
and stamina it is nearly always the cast
that he has long back, that curse of tho
cavalry horse, for weak kidneys are in
evitably the result after one seasons cam
paign. Horse boards now have to go Ovcl
the country with fine toothed comb Il
find the active, short coupled horses Ihat
are the best for service and which used to
be found on every large farm Unless
something is done by the breeders the
splendid saddle hor. IS fn5 which the Mis-
sissippi valley once WA famous will en-
tirely disappear st. Louis P0st-Ds
match
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
Dangerous Cosmetics in France.

-
In a report submitted to the HYGIENE
council of Paris by Drs. Dubrisay and
Chafin, the authors state that the per-
fumery and toilet products now sold con-
tain so many nOXiOuS substances that it is
desirable the factories should be placed
under special surveillance. They give a
number of instances in support of their
statement. The sO-called "harmless and
purely vegetable hair dyes, they say, are
all poisonous. Progressive dyes" are
ammOniacal solutions of nitrate of silver
The instantaneous dyes" are a solution
of litharge in lime water.
EAU DIES Fees" is a solution of sui
phate of lead in hypOsulphite of soda.
Eau Figaro" consists of three solutions
QD of nitrate of silver and sulphate of
copper; o. sulphide of sodium; 81 cyanide
of potassium Ito remove the silver stains).
eau DIES FleurS'' is composed of rose
water, 95.5; flowers of sulphur, 81;
acetate of lead, 2.8. Passing to cosmetics,
they say ''Lait antipellique'' is composed
of corrosive sublimate, IL; oxide of lead,
422; sulphuric acid and camphOr 'Iait
de MANTLE" is mixture of bOraX, copper,
ti1cture of benZOin, and essence of bitter
almonds; ''Lait de NinOn, - of biSmuth
and zinc; eau Magique,'' oxide of lead
aud hypOsulphite of zinc; eau de fleur
de lys,' prOtOchlOride of mercury; Eau
royal de WindsOr,'' glycerine and oxide
of lead; eau de Castillo" hypOsulphite
of soda and acetate OF lead. The "POudre
PilivOre de LafOret' contains mercury u,
60 grains; sulphide of arsenic, 80 grains;
Htharge, 80 grains, and starch, 80 grains.
''Epetiene' is simply sulphite of calcium,
and "AntibOldOs" hypOsulpuite of soda.
Pomades against badness all contain
cantharideS and crOtOn Oil.--American
Druggist.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
The Cruel Russian Despotis,n.

I re Russians determining q thing in
ss:.i1nce let nothing stop them. Take
the "a Sc of q young lawyer / met in east
ern Siberia. He had been arrested as one
of the 200 prOpagandists, the men who
went about preaching hberality in gov
eminent and literature. Tried, he was
one of the 1913 acquitted. Some months
afterward he was asked to come to dinner
with the governor of his province. The
two had taken coffee, when the official
said:
81 am very sorry, but have telegram
telling me to order you to eastern Siberia. j"
But on what grOunds?'
II don't know; these are my only in
structions.''
Getting a three weeks respite in which
to settle up his business, he was put into
Moscow prison, and finally, travelling by
stages, reached the place of his exile. Re-
peatedly on his route he pressed his cap
tors for the reason of his arrest. Finally
he was informed. The charge was not
having abandoned his former criminal &C
tivity. And he had just been acquitted of
having any previous activity.
zone day after the young mans arri-
val. as he told me-" said Mr.. KEENAN,,
che was discussing with some of his com
paniOns the cause of their presence in
eastern Siberia. One had been circuldt-
ing a forbidden book, and so on. 1t
came to the lawyer. He confessed he had
been unable to find out any real cause for
his punishment. Your father had q
black and white COW, didn't hep laughed
one
- Yes, 1 suppose So
" ooh, well, you needn't look any fur
tier for the reason Of your exile. The
possession of a cow is sufficient -
George KEENAN,.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
Chinese as Liquor Drinkers.

There is hardly a single Chinaman
among the Chinese denizens of this city
VINO has ever fallen into the liquor habit
and a policeman who patrols the Chinese
quarter says he never yet saw drunken
Chnaman. There are more Americans
If both sexes who have taken up tho
Chinese opium habit than Cinnamon who
have been seized with the alcoholic mani;
Of the Americans.-NeW York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
Inc Pickle Industry.

The pickle industry is a large one in
sCnie localities. At Fredericksburg, Va
the supply reached 10000, 900 cucumbers.
They are picked an inch and half long,
and bring eighty cents per 1000 A boy
can pick 5000 per day. Picking them of
when they are small increases the pro
ductinness of the vines, as others quickly
grow as the first ones are picked Off
Boston Budget.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
Sluggish Liver,
ETC, ETC, ETC,

Unlike many kinds of cathartic
- medicines, do not make you feel
worse before you feel better. Their OPP
Grafton is gentle, but thorough, and
unattended with disagreeable effects,
such as nausea, gripping pains, etc.
Seigels Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been discov-
cred. They cleanse the bowels from allie
irritating substances, and leave them in
healthy condition.
The best remedy extant for the ban
of our Gves-constipatio and sluggish
liver.
These Pills prevent fevers and all
kinds of sickness, by removing all pois-
onous matter from the bowels. They
operate briskly, yet mildly, without any
pain.
If you take a severe cold, and are
threatened with a fever, with pains in
the head, back, and limbs, one or two
doses of Se1gel's Operating Pills will
break up the cold and prevent the fever.
coated tongue, with a brackish
taste, is caused by foul matter in the
stomach. A few doses of Seigel's
Operating Pills will cleanse the stom-
ach, remove the bad taste, and restore
the appetite, and with it bring good
health.
O(tentimes disease, or partially de-
cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and
diarrh9a. If the bowels are cleansed
from this impurity with a dose of
Seigel's Operating Pills, these disa-
greeable effects will vanish, and good
health will result.
Seigels Operating Pills prevent
ill-effects from excess in eating or drink
ing. A good dose at bedtime renders q
person fit for business in the morning.
These Pills, being sugar-coated, are
pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste
common to most pills is obviated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-05
WING WO CHAN & CO.,
Commission Merchants.

Importers and dealers in all kinds of
Chinese Provisions, Merchandise, Cigars,
Ebony Furniture, Ebony and Marble
Tables
Chinese and Japanese Crockery Ware.
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Vases of all
kinds.
Mattings, Camphor Wood Trunks,
Rattan Chairs, Clothing Baskets, etc.
Silks, Satins. Embroidered Silk Hand
Ke1chiefs.
Grass Cloth, Grape shawls and Grape
Silks
All kinds and all styles of China and
Japan Teas, of the latest importation.
Opposite w G. Peacock & Co., Nuu-
anu street, Honolulu, II. l.
Mutual Telephone No. 10. P. 0.
Box 1876. 3m
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-03

At n meeting of the last congress of
German scientists this subject was dis
Cussed, and Dr. H. Frank mentioned that
there are but two ways to stimulate the
leart-ClCCtriCity and mechanical COncus-
sion of the heart. The first is considered
dangerous by him as it may easily destroy
the last power Of contraction remaining
in the organ. But what is termed pee
toral concussion' il decidedly preferable
Dr. Franks method is as follows: He
fexcs the hands ON the wrist to an obtuse
angle, places them both near each other
in the ileociccal region, aud makes vigor-
GUS strokes in tho direction os tho heart
aud of the diaphragm. These strokes arc
repeated from fifteen otweuty times, and
are succeeded by a pause, during which
he strikes the chest over the heart re-
peatedly with the palm of his hand. In
favorable cases this method is early sue
Cessiul, aud sometimes twitching of tho
lids or the angles of the mouth appears
with surprising rnpidity as the first sign
Of returning life. As soon rs these symp-
toms ere noted, the simple manipulations
above described must be earnestly con
tinued and porscycred in from half to
one hour, for, with their cessation, tho
phenomena indicating beginning of return
Of life also cease. Generally, the face as
sumes slight reddish tint, and at the
Same time faint pulsation may be felt in
the carotids. BY this method DR.. Frank
has seen life return IN fourteen cases,
among whom were such as had hung them
selves, drowned and asphyxiated by car
bonic oxide, and in one case by Group
Herald of Health.