Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-01
PERTINENT POINTS.

When a bank suspends payment IL
invites its depositors to see a decidedly
unnviting bank quit. -Ne0 lSr6
Graphic.
1t needs no specter gaunt TO come
from tho grave To tell Us this is spring
tho miliiners bill is all sufficient -
New York graphic.
Boulanger's March NAV not have
been very popular; but Boulanger )
April appears To be IN immense GO
Pittsburgh Dsspatch.
With the Presidential election and
the base bail business rival attractions.
this is going to be IA tremendously
lively summer. Boston Post.
The death of the Emperor OF Cor.
many may make Gen. Boulanger' 3
notoriety Il greater source OF danger
than it would be otherwise. - Boston
Post.
1t Is hardly likely that Senator
Ingalls, w,ll be present at the dedication
of the monument to- Gen. Hancock on
the Gettysburg battlefield. RttSbWgh
Post
Bismarck Will not resign to please
other nations. He loves his country
too well. If there is any resigning TO
be done Germany must resign. -NeW
Orleans hcayune
Mr.. Browning is revising some of
h 5 earlier poetry. 1t is TO be hoped
that some of our other poets will re-
wise their later poetry. and If possible
suppress it.-Atldnta constitution.
There is movement in New York to
abolish the hotel register. Will this
cause the gentlemanly clerk TO discard
the diamond pinP If so, we are OPP
posed to it.-Atianta Constitution.
Minister Phelps was met by about a
dozen newspaper interviewers on his
arrival in New York harDor. THIS en-
abled him to fully appreciate the fact
that he was once more in sight Of his
native land. - boston Herald.
Rhode Island and New Hampshire
hold the bad pre-eminence among New
England States of containing Il clan of
citizens who announce. more or less
publicly. that their votes are for sale to
the highest bidder. - Boston Tran
script
II the Mormons are sincere. as they
clam to be. in regulating polygamy.
there is an excellent way for them to
prove it Let them turn in and prose-
cute those of their members who are
still living polygamo nous lives. -ihttadel-
phiI Press.
1t does not matter much where an
amateur goes to fish. so long as he
comes by a good fish market on his
way home. The difference between
caught and bought is not much for u
man who has fishermans conscience
-NeW OrIedtls P.cdyune.
The doctors now have new heart
tonic. 1t is called oxypropvlend
lsoamy famine. and is an alkalo d pre-
barred by Synthesis. II the medic ne
ls rs strong as its name is long it ought
to cure all manner Of heart disease in
an instant. -Rochester Union.
Who now has the same respect for
the Brotherhood of Engineers that WAS
entertained before the strike? Who
holds L. M. Arthur in high esteem
nowP Both the brotherhood and its
chief have lost ground that can never
be regained. -fhiladeiphta Ledger
The opposing lawyers in the Keely
force-etheric or otherwise-than the
motor itself. II they could only be per-
suaded to infuse little of their explo-
sive energy into the mysterious ma
chine all would be forgiven. -PhtladeL-
phtd Press.
Matthew Arnold sudden death COM
pels truce to the adverse critic SIN Of
his recent article on Civilization in
America" and Of his general tone of
fault-iindng towards this country. He
d d not know whereof he wrote; that is
the kndest thing that can be said. -
Boston Globe.
Ignatius Donnelly has arrived in Lon
don. but there is no telling how soon
some heartless person may prove by a
cipher in his signiture on the hotel
register that he isn't DonDelly. but
somebody else. Let us hope Mr..
Donnelly is insured against accidents.
Philadelphia Press.