Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-02-08
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water twelve feet above the surface Of the
ground.
The Brooklyn Church union last year dis
tributed l2,02l.22 among churches which
needed aid.
The Oxford teapot has come into fashion
able favor as the correct utensil for use at
the afternoon gatherings Of the ladies.
The Protestant Episcopal bishop OF
Maine receives salary of $3.50, and
the bishop of New York diocese receives
$4,000
The car of Russia has in the last five
years spent $500, 900 in the erection Of a
beautiful church at Jerusalem in memory
Of his mother
Thirteen years ago James Lick of Califor-
mia donated $4,000 to give San Francisco a
free bath-house. The bath house hasn't
been built yet.
Quick firing Armstrong guns, &c and 100
Founders, discharging ten and eleven shots
in a minute, have been finally adopted by
the British army.
The inside wall Of Nebraska church has
been placarded with the names of business
men in the town who seek patronage and
are willing to pay for this exhibition of their
names and for public commentator by the
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pastor.
Mrs. Rebecca Robertson of New York,
member of the Church of the Heavenly Rest
has given 500, 900 for the establishment Of a
| summer resort at some place near the city
for the benefit Of poor mothers and their
children.
A new church has been opened in Shore
ditch, London. Shops with cheap clothing,
\ al ovid ab
for the poor in connection with the church.
The bishop Of London preached the open n
sermon.
McaIa Henley, the man who invented
roller skates, lives in Richmond, Ind. He
was poor wood sawyer and it took nearly
his last dollar TO pay for its patent, but the
craze for skating that spread over the coun-
try made him rich
| Mr.. Whittier was ~ years old last Mon
day. One of the birthday presents he re-
ceived last year, and which touched him
deeply, was a balsam pillow made by an In
dian girl from "A tree that grew by the grave
of Helen Hunt jackson.
a wanderer somewhere in the wilderness
of New York has "a ring whose like is not tc
be found in any country, as it is set with
FIVE diamonds, respectively red, blue, brown,
canary and coffee color-colors which 1t is
cut of the jewelers. power to match.
While the schooner William ID. Marvei
was drifting toward the shore in the late
storm near Delaware Breakwater, having
lost her anchors, the Captain took his galley
stove. filed with coal and scrap, tied cable
TO it, flung il overheard, and by chelce Sc
cured firm anchorage and saved the vessel.
George Carpenter, Of East Kent, Conn,
when out hunting coons came upon a wild
cat caught in a trap. He walked up TO kill
the animal and the cat, by mighty effort,
broke from the trap and fell upon him tooth
and claw The conflict WAS fierce, but at
length Kent killed the Cat, which weighed
.genty-five pounds.
The Temperance awakening in Denmark
as called forth active enthusiasm. Tho
last general meeting of the Denmark tenn
perance society received reports from 40S
local societies comprising a membership of
II, 800. The general meeting for 1889 will DO
held at Veile, the birthplace of the Danish
temperance movement.
There is a sad and discouraged man at
Kresln, Pa. Twenty years ago he bought
coffin for himself, lat a bargain" and
kept it in his house until last week, when
fire came along and his bargain was COD
sumed. IF | only had died two weeks age,
he said, when he fully realized the extelt Of
his loss, II would have saved my coffin"
The non conformist Protestant in Ireland
are talmost a unit against Mr., Gladstone's
home rule measures, as appears from the
fact that an address was recently presented
TO Lord Salisbury protesting against the
scheEie and PRAYING that ii might not be
s"opted OF the 800 non-Episcopal clergy
Of ireland, including Presbyterians, Meth
odists, Congregationalists, and Baptists, SEA
signed this petition. ~
BY tbC death of Vic orne Dernay, Gen.
Bou)' .nger has lost a bitter opponent. Der
pet, was the most popular Of tue Paclsiu cafe
myers and was relentlessly opposed to
Boulanger and his party She eagerly
sought for songs which would offend him
and his friends, and her pleasing voice and
manners enabled her TO hit him many
hard blow which man could not have de-
livered with impunity.
The Rev. Charles II. Parkhurst recently
| said in Sermon Enjoying people that
are congenial is not love; it is not loving
them for their own salSes. If irrepressible
love toward men as such characterized our
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es wotld be filed; our whole present sanctu-
airy methods would be blown up, leaving
too little to make "A respectable funeral
Sermon gormandzing is the straight road
to spiritual apoplexy. Whenever satan secs
"A proselytizing Presbyterian or Methodist or
Baptist go into place and try TO establish
a church where there is no room for it he
takes a weeks vacation.
Sidney Barcume of Lapcer, Mich, the
other day redeemed an election bet by tie
terms of which Thomas Holmes was to kick
him across the street. a large crowd
| assembled to witness the tur. Barcume
took his position on the curbstone, and
| Holmes. after running start, fetched him
, a mighty kick. Barcume was bounced SIX
feet out into the street, while the kicker Law
down on the ground with one foot held fast
in Ba'cume's trousers and his other leg
trailing out behind like the rudder of "a
| lumber raft, while Barcumc kept right on
at 2:40 stride, dragging his opponent
| through the siush and dirt TO the opposite
| side, where the heat was 10 end. Here
Barcume unrigged concealed bear-trap
that had caught the kicker's boot al the first