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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
q SNAKE FIGHT.
Tho Deadly Battle Between a King Snake
and Black Racer

Near Tallahassee on the Jackson estates |
witnessed battle between the king snake
and the black snake that was lively and en-
PERTAINING. The noccasin Is usually cock
OF the walk and naturally makes n meal of
the rattlcsnake, but the little yellow and
black striped king snake whips both Of
these and oil other species. NY attention
was attracted by the cries of the negroes,
and Fastening TO the spot | found a kIas
snake coiled around an enormous black
reptile strangling his breats out. The ne
groes stated that both had been awakened
from the same log, where they had hiber
mated during the winter, by the warm sun.
and the king Immediately drove out the
black fellow and chased him about one hun
dred yards. wanted TO see a renewal Of
combat and fair play, and had the combat
ants separated The black started 70 run
away. but the king seized him by the tail
with his mouth AID instantly coiled about
the black and took him by the throat.
he tightened his cords and held on 70 the
blacks throat, occasionally smelling Of the
blacks mouth 10 ascertain IL IL brcathed
The operation lasted an hour, when the
black, being dead, the king glided away 10
his hole. The combats between the king
RATHER and moccasin are more terrific. Rat
tiers IN this State grow 70 enormous size 10
such an extent that their skins make very
desirable leather for pocket-books and fancy
articles Both moccasin and rattler, when
tormentcd or in danger, bite themselves
and die Of their own virus.
Not less exciting was a combat I wit
mes led At Pensacola navy yard between
porpoise and a shark. The porpoise was not
over SIX feet eng aud the shark was three
times tha; length. The porpoise chased the
shat@ for several miles in n circle not
over tol,r hLhured Yards Id diameter.
Botd animals made terrific leaps out OF the
water. ano at every approach the shark
struck desperately at the porpoise with his
81 a last the shark wearied little and
nm'nished his speed accordingly. With in
rrcdleie speed the porpoise dashed ahead,
love ttrder the big tyrant, and crushed in
he sharks neck with his heavy jaws. Tho
,aark rolled over dead anu iloated away
With the tide. Natives always battle In
,rcseuce o. school of porpoisc. IL possible,
ccause no shark dares Ia come within a
~ mic. The porpoise never nolests the
.i'a, : benz. and. like the seals. is said 10
'ro;ect a dead body. A pilot fish always
ahead Of the shark, and. similarly. "a
...; sna.c Usually goes ahead OF u ratio
..@e. WILLIAM II. BALLoU.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
he Human Heart.

la the humaR subject the average
rapidity Of the cardiac pulsation of an
adult male is about ~ beats per
minute. These beats at,e more FIRE.
quent, as q rule. in Young women, and
there are var aiIons W thin certain
limits ia particular persons owing to
peculiarities of organization. 1t would
not necessarily be an abnor6al sign TO
find in some particular individuals the
habltual frequency of the heart 4
action from % to ~ or 30 to so per
minute As rule. the heart q action
is slower and more powerful in fully
developed aud muscular organizations.
and more rapid aud feebler IN those OF
slighter form. La animals the range
is from % to ~ ia the cold-blooded
and 80 upward in the warm booded
animals except in the case of horse.
which has very slow heart-beat-
only 40 strokes minute. The pusa-
tions of men aud all animals differ
w tn tho sea level also The work of
n healthy human heart has been shown
to equal the feat Of raising 5 ions
hundred weight one foot per hour. or
l25 tons in q hours. The excess Of
the work under alcohol in VARYING
quantities IS often very great A
curious calculation has been made b.
DIR. Richardson. giving the work of the
heart in milage. Presuming that blood
was thrown out Of the heart at each
pulsation in the proportion of 60
strokes per minute. and at the assumed
force of nine feet, the mileage of the
blood through the body might be
taken at POI yards per minute. miles
per hour, l6s miles per day. 61. 500
miles per year, or 5. lj0 $50 miles IN u
lifetime of 81 years. The number OF
beats of the heart in the same long life
would reach the grand total of 2.S69, 9.
776. 600 Medical World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
"Oat Boiling

The hard working horse is often
guilty of what many farmers look up
en- as an objectionable habit-oat TO l.
ing. That il, they are so anx Gus 10
get their feed that they swallow
the oats without mastication. the result
being that much of the grain passes
through the an mai undigested. In
such cases a few whole peas mixed
among the oats are useful. The horse
is very fond OF them. ami in chewing
them cannot help mast eating the oats
also. But bruised oats are better for
horses in the long run than whole grain
fed with or without other coarse food.
The advantage OF bruised oats over
whole in horse feeding was recently
well demonstrated by AZ experiment
made by the London Omnibus CGm-
pany, which owns some d 900 head OF
horses. One half OF tie horses were
confined to one kidd al feed Q, VIZ:
That of bruised oats and cat hay and
straw. and the other half TO VIII ole cats
and hay. The raj on allowed per day
TO each horse according to the one
system was. bruised oats, Is pounds;
cut hay, u pc lnds. cat straw, 2
pounds. The quantity allowed. ac-
cordlng to the old stem WAS unbrn is &.
ed oats, l9 pounds; uncut hay, IL
pounds. There wss LkuS saving of q
pounds on the feeding of each horse.
and this saving WAS not merely in the
quantity but in ibe value of the article
EN- loy ed, for straw in tie former case
took the place "f hay in the latter.
Tue advantage OF one kind of feeding
over the other becomes far more APP
psreut VIXEN reduced To money value.
The saving by using the bruised eats
aud cut har Is nearly five cents per
day for each horse which Is cquel to
| S3i2.J0 per day for the IS. 900 horses
! This saving WAS accomplished without
anv sacrifice whatever, tor all the
! drivers and those having charge Of the
hor -es agreed that the Inference in the
condition OF the h0Cses WAS decidedly
! ia favor ii those fed on bruised oats
aud eat has and straw. Eve cents
saved each day Oh the feeding of Il
horse is not a large sum certainly. but
| il is this principle N saving small suns
in everv department 1f farm manage
ment that reallv produces the best re-
salts The best methods are those
whiek can be carried out at less ex-
pense taan those com monty IN vogue.
a0d yet prove more profitable to the
! farmer FdrxerS' Reo,eU.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13

4rs. Holden was all ready, and the rooms
looked splendid when the company began
20 come in, but we didn't none Of US see the
doctor around. Presently in he come at the
back door and two men after taEa, iugFin
somethin' heavy. "She's forgot the ice
cream" says he 10 me, IN whisper, ana
that's where he'd been, huniin' ice-crean,
and he got IL, too, and plates TO put II on and
men TO serveit.
Was there q big crowdi J should say
there was that was the worst there was
There was food enosgh Of one sort or
mother, but seats was scarce, that 3 fact;
but Mrs Holden and the doctor and ths
minister they kept a-Coin', and no one didn I
notice any lack.
The doctor knew pretty wei from tue
first where 10 look for tue young rascals
that had sprung the trick on HIM, anu Us ne
was going out and in he saw enough to act
on. But II wasn't the next day, nor the
next, "a he said any thing and the boys was
bcginin' To think there wouldn't nothing be
said, when the doctor he sends for them 10
his private room. Gentlemen" he says,
II hope you're satisfied with what we &c
for your company the other night. There
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13

vet, and he looked ocS of the window
to discover It's source, and saw that tho
boys had started lie. reaper in the field
OF wheat. One CT the girls had just
driven into tire yard with the top car
riage. and WAS just tax ng out his daily
mail. and had offered him n telegraph
dispatch shout his hops Ills wife was
putting in n tenor 10 The racket with
sewing machine in the front room.
and the hired girl was blackening the
cooking range.
With pleased smile Blcwitt saunt.
cred out TO the wheat field aud us the
reaper stopped, he said; "Darn the
good Old times! These ere times is
good enough for me.
whats that. fathcr?" said John.
Il thought you was u favor of the roai.
honest. reliable, good old-fashoned
times of hundred years ago."
Never volt mind John" said the
smiling father. You can go down
and buy that Thompson colt Won We
been wantin', and let Charley have
your side-bar buggy; and-sac, il the
wheat amt tskin' no hurt. you may 90
down to BSrnum's circus tomorrow
and cut the wheat next day.
lie looked down ut his diagonal
/ pants and white Marscilles vest and
muttercd "a he went TO the house:
Darn the good old times, These ere
/ times will dew fur me." Prof. G0uge,
! az .ilhu1aY JOuruui.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13

shouldn't want fors omethin' q cat, neither.
Tho doctor he begun to feel some better
and he went and brought up the buggy and
she had him drive her round 10 one store
and another. and they picked up a cooked
ham and biggish load Of bread, and cakes
and fruit guess she didn't forget nothin',
and she never let on TO be a whit put out,
but acted throughout as IL there WAS the
day before her. When she got home she
sent word 70 one Of the lady teachers r.
send her down three or four of the handles;
-.-i.- and II. SAYS she thN-c's c-@
can mako light biscuit quick set her on as
IL aud keep her a-going till further notice.
Tho teacher she didn't find no one 70 beat
her at biscuit and she went straight on till
tho -four give out and she couldn't mix no
more, and then she came down 70 the
doctors, aad before all was through she'd
baked up what there was in that house, too
My word but II was fun TO see one and
another on 'cm como strolling up TO the
house like they was going 10 call and then
no sooner inside than they went in for ell
1 ~ was worth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
Good Advice.

An old philosopher sat in his library.
Great man." she said. II have come
to ask your advice. Two men have
made me an offer Of marriage"
"Ah. and you do not know which
one to accept" the philosopher re-
piled.
You understand the situation. One
of the men is handsome. rich AID is q
literary genius"
And the other onep'
lie is ugly. poor and regarded as =
fool.
my child" said the philosopher,
"marry the fool. for. should YOU mar.
~ the genius you would occupy the
place Of fool. "--Ark aRsgV 1rdpe er.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.

John Tanner, oh, my 10 John,
When first We were acQuaint
You did not say I'd have TO play
The part OF Christian saint.
When become your nominee
You should have let me know
That You expected this OF me,
John Tanner, oh, my jo,
John Tanner, on, my 10 John,
IT'S many a long, long year
Since have heard the holy word
Or she'd the prayerful tear.
But circumstances Intimate
The way that should 20;
NV soul TO God / dedicate,
John Tanner. oh, my 10.
John Tanner, oh, my 30 John,
Pray tell the boys say
That in the fall viii rscsli
The soul give to-day.
It's but campaign promise, John
A pledge that doesn't GO
trust You'll put the sinners on"
John Tanner, oh, my io.
Joe FIR.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
OUR NATIONAL FLOWER.
An Easters Lady Claims This Tito for tho
Modest Pansy.

Florists and others al the East have been
discussing the question Of the most populSr
flower of the country. Some prefer the
may flower, some the rose others the daisy.
But Henrietta +. Hollowcll. in an article IL
the Boston Globe, champions claims of the
pansy as the National flower Of America,
saying:
Watch the children in the public garden
as they gather around the brilliant beds Of
their favorite, and its name. pansy, must
certainly occur 10 you. Pansy typities
thought. Shakespeare and Milton both make
honorable mention OF it. OF the same
genus as the violet, by cultivation IT has be-
come much finer and richer in its nature. as
the people Of the different nationalities,
develop into nobler men and women by be-
coming American citizens
Is not variety in unity characteristic OF
our people, and what flower represents
such q pleasing variety, though retaining
tho perfect characteristic OF its typci 1t
is of various markings and colors, from Mil
tons "pansv freaked with Jet" to white,
through different shades of purple, blue,
orange and yellow.
IL is already known and loved by those
OF all ages Children love IL, and take de-
light in finding faces in the pretty flowers
Babies play with IL and lay il against their
soft checks. and there is no rough exterior
10 hurt their tender skin. Old men and
"women smile when they sec it and WINS
por. heart s-easc"
IL can be successfully cultivated in any
part OF our broad land. and just because
our country is 50 grand, ! think no one
rtld flower should grow in all sections.
There must necessarily be tho Northern
pine and the Southern palmetto but we can
at least unite on one flower which, with a
little care will thrive In all sections Then,
let us nominate for our National flower. the
peoples flower. the ehildrcn's flower, pan
sizes that's for thoughts"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13

was good many Of them says he, " and
we didn't have tip1c 10 be as economical as
we should have liked There's the bills,
gentlemen, and give you till the day after
tomorrow TO bring me the money"
Did they pay upl You may depend thew
did. They saw the doctor wasn't going 20
make no fuss, and you better believe they'd
no wish 10 give themselves away. Yes. sir,
the biters was bit that time, and no mistake
But you take care the story don't 60 no
further a. L. Il.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
some CHOICE VERSE.
Tire silent Battle.


The war thaN Spring and Winter WAGE
Goes on fr silence, day By day;
Ouong youth against decrepit age
New growth opposed 20 DARK decayi
The strife OF hope against despair,
Ii.e against death; ana morn by morn
A tenderer warmth is In the ar,
And richer Lues and hopes are born.
And 10, on every side appears
The hurrying host OF Springs advance
ihe crowding grass, with bristling spears
The brook-side rushes' ready lance.
The lavelns OF daring reeds,
Tho Eis-sprouts keen bayonet-thrust
With rena and file Of sturdy weeds
Rising exultant from the dust.
Zach day fresher GU don fiannts,
Marking the vantage ground by turns:
The arrow heads OF water plants,
The hard-cienched fists OF valiant ferns.
she willows penons brave and fair.
The Wild nag sharp and slender blade,
c.ish every force OF earth and air,
join boldly IN the glad crusade;
TIL Winters sullen struggles cease
And cold and darkness fail and nec,
Ard all tho hills orc fair with peace
And green with palms OF victory.
-Flizdbeth Aksrs, IN Wor,1a's yourn al
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
Tho Blue and tho Gray.

IT'S the day OF the conflict: In bavtle array
sand the waiting combatants-the Blue and
the Cray.
" the green pasture.!anis comes th,lowins
OF herds;
from the forests deep shs1Ows the music Of
birds.
In warm, golden splcndor tho suns siantins
rays
lie over tho broad Geld OF ripcnlng maize
q little brook gurgles by hedge-row and thistlet
A quan makes his plant IN Q soft, mellow
whistle.
Al nature is peaceful; YET here, face to face,
they meet for the eontest-these souls OF ono
race
The Gray waits serene!y IN ahattised strength
The Blue, brave and daring. advances; AZ
iength,
IN sea o! red clover, so fragrant and sweet
Just there, on the edge OF the meadow, they
meet.
An attack sharp aud sudden-a noise-what 10
this
A rcport-it 10 only O true lovers kiss!
T sa glor Gus capture-and thus encsthe Fray
HIS eyes are blue eyes and her eyes are gray.
-Epa Beat, IN Detroit Free PreH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13
THE BITERS BIT.
Tho Students joke on the Doctor,
and Row He Got Even.

ELL, there was some
thing queer about
that convention, and
that's q fact, but IL
you want ne 10 tell
you just what twas
you've got 10 pass
your word not 10 let
II 60 no further.
1t was three OF
them college students
had more money than
brains, and when
they saw the town
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-17
MUZzLlRG THE PRESS.

EDITOR BULLETIN: = Allow me
through the medium of your excel
lent paper TO ask the question why
the general public are to be kept in
ignorance of the all-absorbing topic
of the day, the liquor business.
Who in the name Of common sense
has better right to know what is
being said and what is being done
than the public? Star Chamber
sittings and the days of the Spanish
inqusilion are forgotten, and the
public, therefore, would like to know
the ms and outs of this highly inter
esting enquiry, and not because
high officials and tradesmen Of
high standing are concerned to trust
to what may leak out afterwards,
and the writer is very curious to
know from whom do the Justices of
the Supreme Court get the power to
caution the press about publishing
any evidence. AN ENQUIRER.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-17
snlpp,AG NUTgs.

The S r Commercial News of Mar
2d saws that the ship Alexander Mcneil,
LOSS tons, has been purchased by } ID
Spreckels q Bros. on private terms, and
will be placed in the Hawaiian trade.
Captain j II Howard takes command of
the ship.
At San Francisco, Mar Sth, the S S
Oregon was discharged of l 800 tons OF
freight. 900 tons were put into her and
she was coaled and ready for sea inside
of IS hours from the start.
Mr. f II Ryan is making an excellent
Job of the schooner Waioli, which was
damaged recently at Kuau. Thirty feet
of main keel and new planks are being
put on. One side was finished to-day.
ARRIVALS AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Feb 80, Lady Lampson, 17la days
from Honolulu.
Mar 2, Pacific Slope, 0 days from
Barrard's Inlet, en- route for Honolulu,
for repairs.
Mar 3, Geo G Perkins, l51a days from
Honolulu.
Mar 8, Anna, 16a days from Kahului.
Mar 6, Consuelo, l6t days from Homo
Mar z, Dora Bluhm, % days from
Hilo.
Mar 8, w B Godfrey, Is days from
Honolulu.
Mar 8, City of Sydney from China.
At Auckland, Mar /, 5 S Zealandia
DEPARTURES FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Feb 20, Forest Queen, for Honolulu.
Mar 3, ship Alex Mcneil, for Homo
lulu.
Mar 3, Planter, for Honolulu.
From San Diego. Mar |, Blk Viloria,
for HOnOluiu
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-17
EMPEROR WILLIAMS DEATH.

Berlin, March 9.-Emperor Will
liam died at $3.50 this morning.
An eyewitness of the scene at
the death of the Emperor, states
that during the last few hours of his
life he suffered no pain.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock all the
members of the family staying at
the Palace, the Court dignataries,
the Generals and Minister of State,
were summoned to the chamber in
which the Emperor was dying. The
Emperor was in q half-sitting posi-
ton on camp bedstead. All the
members of the royal family took
their places at the bedside and the
room was crowded. Prince William
stood nearest the Emperor. Half
bending over the couch he earn
estly watched the face of the dying
monarch until he expired.
The Emperor died holding the
Empress hand. He had been in n
stupor since 3 o'clock. He was de-
lirious for brief period at o clock,
during which he is reported to have
exclaimed 80 am man of peace,
but if Russia forces me to war, l
shall faithfully side with my ally,
Austria The Emperor will be
buried in the mausoleum at Char
Gutenberg.
The Emperor's remains lie COW
cred with white cloth on the bed
stead ON which he died in the Impe-
rial Chamber. The body is
surrounded with candles. The face
has assumed an expression eX-
tremely peaceful and placid.
Members of the royal family left
the Palace at 10 O'Clock.
Divine services will be held in the
Mortuary Chamber tonight.
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.
The "Staats Anzeiger" publishes
the following proclamation:
sit has pleased God to call His
Majesty the Emperor and King, and
our most gracious master, from life
after n short illness and after a
richly blessed reign. The whole
nation mourns with the royal house
the decease of the deeply beloved
and venerable monarch, whose wis
dom has ruled so long and gloriously
over its fortunes in war and in
peace.
THE MINISTER OF STATE"
THE ANNOUNCEMENT 10 THE PUBLIC
The death of the Emperor was an
nounced to the populace by the low
ering to half-mast the standard over
the Palace. Flags at half-mast are
displayed on all the public build
ings.
An immense concourse of people
is gathered outside the Palace. Th'
multitude is silent and sorrowful.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-17
\ Fine Line OF
Ladies & Misses Shoes,
The Arcade-EGAN & co.

exceed l per cent. of the capital
borrowed; that the nominal value
of bonds shall not be under 500
francs, and that the redemption of
the loan and prize money shall be
guaranteed by investments in State
securities. The other articles au-
thorize the canal company to con-
vert into similar bonds those already
issued and for the company to deal
only with French firms for all imple-
ments, supplies, etc., necessary to
complete the canal.
Odessa, March THE shipment
of freight by the subsidized Black
Sea Steamship Company has been
suspended and orders have been
given to Immediately fit out the
steamers of the line for war pur-
poses.
London, March THE Turkish
ambassador to-day presented Lord
Salisbury copy of the note sent by
the Porte to the Bulgarian Govern
ment. The ambassador had long
interview with the Prime Minister.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says that the Bulgarian Government
has not yet replied to the Porte's
note.
Paris, March 7.--Photographs
of the sarcophagus of Alexander
the Great, recently excavated ut
Saida, have been sent to French
savants by Handy Bey, who discov-
cred it. and who is now in Constan
tinople. 1t is nearly twelve feet
long, seven feet high, five and a
half feet broad, and weighs twenty
five tons. The sculptures are SUI
perb. The material is parian mar
bic and the workmanship Greek.
Some savants doubt whether the
casket is really that of Alexander.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Dublin, March 6.--Sneling, the
English Home Rule delegate, has
been arrested at Limerick for Of
lenses under the Crimes Act.
Dublin, March 6. --Gilhooly,
member of Parliament, was to- day
convicted at Schulz, county Cork, for
offenses under the Crimes Act, anC
sentenced to two months imprison,
ment without hard labor.
London, March Lord Charles
Beresford, lately Junior Lord of the
Admiralty, presided at meeting
to-day in connection with the mer.
camille marine, and said it would be
utterly impossible for the navy, il
its present condition, to defend the
merchant service in time of war
The existing admiralty system, he
declared, was completely rotten
His colleagues were not responsible
{ for this condition of affairs the,
had done good work. He hoped h
r would be able to convince Parlia
e ment of the necessity of immediat
reforms.
D NORTHERN AFRICA.
London, March 5.-A violen
f sandstone has been raging in Fgyp
since Saturday, stopping traffic o.
the Suez Canal.
Tangiers, March 6.-The Moor
ish authorities are growing holder il
view of the non-arrival of an Ameri
, can war-ship. A story was received
:, at the consulate last night from th,
, United States consular agent q
! Casa Blanca to the effect that th
Pasha Of that place had publcl
, heated an American protcge, tc
;, gether with his wife and children
The unfortunate people were whip
ped through the public thoroughfare
|, of the place. After this humilatio
, their house was burned and the
y were thrown into prison.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-17
GHNG0LATE CREAMS.

The Pioneer Steam Candy factory
does not sell (imported) Stale Choco-
late Creams for homemade, but its
own fresh and superior article made
by f. Horn, the only Practical Con
fectioner in Honolulu, whose Chal-
lenge his would-be competitor dare
not accept. 81