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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
TO BE CONTINUED.
One Hundred Miles an Hour.

Thomas A. Edison said in an inter-
view with reporter of the Pittsburg
Dispatch: "You ask me about the
future of electricity. 1t is the coming
motive power. Ii will Re used on all
railroads some day. but the point is to
get an economical engine. My theory
is o have immense dynamos located
all along the line of The road, and
have the electricity conveyed from
these stationary engines to the loco
motives by wires through the rails.
For example, would put two big en-
gines between New York and Philadel-
phia, and enough power could be fur
nished TO whisk the limited at the rate
of 100 miles per hour.
'.But this is The point | have been
working on for years; to convert heat
directly into electricity without the
Intervention of boilers, steam, and all
that. What an enormous amount OF
expense could be saved if this could
be done. Think of putting something
into the heat Of that natural gas fire
and making electricity out OF it. 1t
can be done. | feel it in my bones,
and just now | have a suspicion that |
am on the right track. but it is IA
pesky problem-one that can be work
ed out only in time.
Il have been experimenting with AN
electric road in New Jersey had
rails laid as they put them down on
railroads, but the machine would run
off the track in going around curves.
| then raised the curve to an angle
Of 40 degrees and the motor went
around all right. IL looked as if the
engine would topple over, but it didn't.
You know in a centrifugal machine
you can make car go clear around n
circle in the air without leaving the
track.
AT the present time the phono-
graph is occupying my time. | have
been improving it, and il is more per-
feet to-day than ever. In speaking
into the monograph it was soon found
that the sibilants were not recorded.
FOR instance, if | were to say species
the 'sp' sound would be lost. Well,
have about solved that problem now
and the sound of * il inscribed with
the other letters, run The phopo-
graph or grapophone in three ways
with treadle, "A battery, or with the
ordinary incandescent light by attach
ing the machine with wire to the
lamp. Business people can have their
choice. / shouldn't want to be bother
ed with treadle, and think the best
plan is to use the electric light, since
they are now So commonly distributed.
The battery is made to last for a
month, three months or six months
without being renewed. Let every
man take his choice. am making
the three kinds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
RraziI- Boliy,a-Pa ayuay.

A South American war OF considera-
BILE proportions is likely to break out.
The contending parties will be Para
quay and Brazil ON the one side, and
Bolivia on the other.
Some years ago, when Brazil waged
protracted and expensive war with
Paraguay, she almost exhausted the
resources Of the empire in men and
money in her efforts to subdue Para
quay. The seat of war was thousands
of miles from her base in Brazil, and
il required an immense strain TO cap
ture Paraguay. But Brazil did succeed,
and she finally obtained "a treaty from
Paraguay, under which concessions
were made, and Brazilian rights aud
interests were protected. In truth the
treaty formed "A sort of defensive ALI
ance between the two countries.
Latteriy Bolivia and Paraguay have
been drifting into u conflict springing
from claims to "a portion of territory
heretofore supposed To belong 10 Para
quay. Bolivia has raised an army
which Is marching into the disputed
territory. In this crisis Paraguay ap-
peals to her ally. Brazil, for protection
and aid. Brazil feels the necessity of
sustaining her treaty stipulatiOns. and
has marched quite an army To the de-
Tense of Paraguay. Under these critic
al circumstances the Journal de Com
nercio OF Rio de Janeiro declares that
war is imminent between Brazil and
Bolivia 1t says that ii will be "a fra
tricidal war, because it will be between
brothers OF the same race. And it
will be very expensive, because
Bolivia is 80 situated. on the west
side Of South America, but not
on the coast. that it will be very
difficult To reach her with the Brazil
ian army. IL is a mountainous country,
almost destitute of roads, and there
fore il will cost enormously 10 move an
army with its material Brazil is 40
strong that If she can get at Bolivia
the conflict will be very short; but the
transportation over deserts and through
mountain Businesses is the serious OBJ
staclc
We trust that some means will he
found To prevent this conflict Secre-
tary Blaine's object in converting a
congress OF the South American states
Mt Washington in October next was tn
secure an instrumentality 10 meet just
such crisis. Our government has In
sisted that war between the South
American states WIS TO be and could be
avoided by arbitration, The possible
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
Annreciated Ability.

well, sir said an old gentleman,
Indignantly. what are you doing
round here again! thought the deli
cate hint ] gave you just a you left
the front door last night would give
you To understand that don't like you
very we'll and the speaker looked at
mis- boot in a reminiscent way.
1t did" said the young man, as "A
look OF mingled pain and admiration
came over his face. But thought |
would come and ask you
Ask me what?n
IF you would come and join our
foot ball association. Merchant
traveller.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12

waste OF treasure and blood which such
conflict would involve would be IA
detriment TO all the South Amer lean
81 ties, and the cause seems the more
unreasonable because il is the possess
sion OF "A little less or Il little more OF
unoccupied land. Brazil knows how
severely she suffered from the Para
guayan war. She has just recovered
from that shock to her finances. She
does not want war, but she feels con-
strainel AMI in honor bound to obey
her treaty stipulations with Paraguay;
and, however reluctantly, she will do
il if Paragu ~ and Bolivia cannot come
10 some settlement Of their respective
claims.
The fathers of our republic, and
especially Washington and Jefferson,
warned our countrymen never To make
IA treaty constituting an offensive or de-
fensive alilnce with foreign country,
lest we might become involuutarily in
volved in war. For by such treaties
we are no longer our own master, but
subject to the whims and caprices OF
another country. This advice WAS both
grand wisdom ana true pre- science; for
an adherence to ii h > saved Us from
countless troubles. In lSi7, when Mex
leo lay at our feet, it was suggested by
some of our statesmen that the United
st ties should establish protectorate
over Mexico. Wisely that was not
done. Had that protectorate been es-
tablished by treaty stipulations we
should have become involved in war
with both Austria and France when
their armies invaded Mexico in 1868.
Milwaukee Wiscons sin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
LIVE 1T DOWN..

Has your life bitter sorrawi
Live IL down.
Think about IA bright 10 morrow,
Live IL down.
You will find il never pays
j st To sit, wet eyed. and gaze
On the grave OF vanished days;
Live it down.
10 disgrace your CALLING burdeni
Live it down.
You can win brave hearts guerdon;
Live II down
Make your life so free OF blame,
That the lustre OF your fame
Shall hide all the oldcn shame;
1--we IL down.
Has your heart a secret troublei
Live il down.
Useless griefs will make il doubles;
Live il down.
DO not water II with te1rs--
Do not feed IL with your fears
DO not nurse il through the years
Live II down.
Have you made some awful errori
Live IL down.
Do not hide your face in terror;
Live it down.
Look the world square In the eyes:
Go ahca as one who " eS
TO be honorcd ere he dos;
Live IL down.
The Sunny Iiour.
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.Will their luck never

ferociously. 'Wlll their luck never
endp"
at seems not"
And we 80 near Paris" continued
Poupard discontentedly, "but days
march, and they will be looking out
for US. Helm! but 1t is hard"
1.-The fortune of war;" murmured
Pierre. "Our turn may come yet"
There is chance Of escape, per-
haps," whispered Poupard, restlessly;
.'they are all so sure, il might be easy
to surprise them one night. Where
are the othersPn
Il do not know. Hush, here comes
a trooper.
Lay your plans more cautiously,
messieurs,n said voice beside them,
the voice of the Uhlan whose approach
they had noticed; "we understand
French as well as you here"
CONSERVATION depicted itself on
Poupards face. From that time
he lay silently on the straw, med
J itating his plans in his own mind
and more convinced than ever that his
foes were in league with the powers OF
|
and language were alike known TO
them. He wondered if his thoughts
ever escaped that secret espionage.
AS days passed on, however, the
wild plans of escape which he had
formed grew more apparently hope
less. Food was scanty, his wounds
and bruises tormented him more and
more. The way was long and the
weather terrible. Hardships and
privations weakened his frame and
dampened his ardor. He was sepa-
rated from his companions after those
rash overheard words, and in silence
and solitude he suffered now, till cour-
age forsook and misery crushed him.
Il shall die soon" he said to him
self. and his words seemed as IL they
were to be speedily verified.
He and Pierre Leroux were in the
hospital ward together small
enough place, extemporiZed from
sheer necessity, as many of the sol
diers were too Frustrated by hunger.
and fever, and wounds, to proceed any
further.
Gentle-voiced women. some highly
born and delicately nurtured, fitted 10
and fro in those dreary wards-minis-
tering angels to the poor broken
hearted sufferers, who they tended
with untiring patience.
One morning one of the sisterhood
came quietly up to Pierre side as he
lay weak and feverish on his narrow
bed. Your friend died last night,
she said gently. ''He bade me give
you this letter, with the request that
if ever opportunity offers you will give
it 10 his mother. He was from your
own part Of Normandy, | believe"
Pierre took the lie ter from her hand
in silence, then turned his face to the
wall and sighed.
Even he dies" he cried, in the
depth OF his desolate heart, "shall l.
TO whom life is hateful, alone be
spared?"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
An Expensive Dream.

Mrs Youuglove- My dear, what do
you think of my spring bonnet; isn't IL
perfect dream, and only cost $40. too
Mr. Younglove 1t is very pretty.
sweetness. but hereafter you must take
something that will make you sleep
like a top.
Mrs. Younglove Why?
Mr.. Younglove - Because your
dreams come too high for my pocket
--Pittsburg Dispatch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
Ascent. Not Descent.

MIR. Orlrite-''Wcl'. upon my word,
all this talk about whom you are de-
sccnded from tires me-"
Mr. Snobey-''I don't agree with
you. ! think it most important"
Orlrite--"It's nothing OF the sort. If
people could show that they assembled
instead of descended from their an
cestors, il might he something TO be
proud Of"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12

Outside the drug store.
''You know that soda water man I
see. Alfred"
mo. my dear. never saw him be-
fore"
We'll. you were very familiar for a
stranger. it seems 10 me. | saw you
wink at him Chicago Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
Plenty OF Warmth.

Tom-"So you've been married a
year! Now, say, Gus. honest lnlun,
does your wife greet you as warmly IS
she did nj frst?"
GUS Warmly? She fires up every
time / open my mouth. New York
Weekly.
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Willing To Divide.

Prestidigitatenr during his grand
gold-piecs aU.-''I could take $40
gold pieces from your pockets all
night"
Seedy Individual Go ahead. pard:
I'll give we hall " New York We.SSly-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-30
Duel to tho Death.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, May 24.-Just at
sundown yesterday duel to the death
was fought in a dense wood about two
miles from Brownsville, small country
village in Madison County. George Will
son and James Rountree, young farmers,
we're the principals in the affair. Wilson
was killed at the second Gre. For several
months the young men have been paying
attentions to the same young lady. They
had been warm friends since boyhood,
but through their rivalry became jealous
of each other. Last Sunday Rountree
escorted the young lady. to church. Will
son was there, and, seeing them together
after the service, approached the couple
and asked the young lady if he could es-
cort her, home. She replied tia. she
already had an escort. This seemed to
anger Wilson, and he said something to
Rountree, who replied:
"You are not gentleman. I will not
notice you"
"You will hear from me soon," said
Wilson SIS he turned and walked away.
Next day Rountree received challenge
to fight duel with pistols at ten PAGES.
At first he decided not to fight, but that
evening Wilson met him in q crowd and
taunted him With cowardice. "I'll meet
you, you cur, and show you l am no
coward" Rountree at last retorted. The
preliminaries were then arranged and the
men met yesterday at sunset. The pistols
used we're 3S .calibre Smith & Wessons,
and the distance ten PAGES. Both men
fred at the word, taking deliberate aim.
Wilson received slight flesh wound in
the side and his bullet grazed Rountree's
left arm.
Gentlemen, are you satisfied 2" the
seconds asked.
NO." answered Wilson and raising
his pistol he fired at Rountree again be-
fore the seconds could give the word.
He missed his man, and before he could
FIRE again Rountree, who was perfectly
cool, raised his pistol and taking careful
aim, fred. As the shot rang through the
forest Wilson threw up both hands and
sank to the ground dead. Rountree's
second bullet had passed through his
neck and severed the spinal cord. As
soon as the party learned that Wilson WAS
dead Rountree and his friends left tho
spot. Rountree is supposed to have fled
the country, as he has not been seen
since the occ4rrenee,-Neao YORK Times.
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A Plueky Wife

The following is a unique advertisement,
taken from an old Rhode Island paper /:
Whereas, My husband, Charles F. San.
ford, has thought proper to post me, and
accuse me of having left his bed and
board without cause, etc, l wish to mako
it known that the said Charlie never had
a bed, the bed and furniture belonging to
me, given to me by my father; the room
and board he pretended to furnish me
we're in Providence, where he left me
alone, while he stayed in the Valley with
his "Ma." He offered me 5000 to leave
him and 60 home, telling at the same
tins that I could not stay at the place he
had provided for me, and as ] had never
seen the named sum, I suppose he will
let me have it if can earn the amount.
1t was useless for Charlie to warn the
public against trusting me on his account,
as my father has paid my bills since my
marriage as before.
Moral.-Girls, never marry man not
weaned from his "Ma," and don't marry
the whole family.
ELEANOR J. SANFORD.
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An Astonishing Baby.

Sunday afternoon about four o'clock
the police were notified that a baby had
been found in the bushes near the Acad-
-emy Spring, in the northern part Of the
city. Detective Schlapbach aud Officer
Cooksey hurried to the place and sure
enough found an infant only few hours
ole. The child was perfectly nude and
crying piteously. From the information
obtained it appeared thatseveral children
had been playing in that neighborhood,
and being attracted by the cries Of the
youDgster, made search for it's where
abouts and discovered it hidden among
some bushes and leaves. They reported
the matter at once. When the officers
arrived quite crowd had collected and
the infant was given into the hands of
an old colored woman until the mother
of the child could be found. Everything
pointed to the fact that the child had
been born at the place where twas found.
Chief of Police Kennedy ard the other
of1cers began search, and after several
hours of sklllful work and questioning.
came to house where it was reported
that colored woman was sick. They
went in and found Clora McKimly, and
accused her of being the mother of the
infant.
For a long time she persistently denied
it, and maintained her innocence until
told that she would be arrested and took
to Jail. She at last made 8 confession and
said that on Saturday about / O'clock in
the afternoon she gave birth to the-child
and had managed to get back to the
house where she was then located, leay-
ing the infant without food or clothes
there in the woods. The woman, under
threats Of arrest, consented to have the
child brought to her to care for,
a curious part Of the find and puz.
zling thing to the physicians is how the
child lived through the thirty hours it
remained there without food Of any kind
and subjected to the cool air of Saturday
night. It is alive and we'll, however, and
seems healthy and lively for the expert.
ence it passed through GreenviHe Neacs,
18th INST.
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Funds for Furman University,

GREENv1LLE, s. G., May 21.-The ex.
ecutive board of the American Baptist
Education Society, which concluded its
work in Boaton on Monday, has donated
to Furman University the sum of $500
for the additional endowment of that
institution, provided South Carolina
Baptists will raise $4,000 to add to this
amount given by the Society. The sum
given is part of q fund donated for dis
tribution to such institutions by Jno D.
Rockefeller, the great Standard Oil mil
lionaire, and out of sixty.fve applications
for part of the fund, Furman University
was one of the eight colleges to receive q
share. The trustees of the University
will, no doubt, accept the offer at the
neyt meeting, and bavp 40 hesitancy in
saying the $4,000 will be raised by the
time called for, December, 1890.
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Wants to Pay his Debts,

PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-An adver.
tisement in a local newspaper to day
calls upon the creditors of Joseph Bat
tin, grocer, to present their claims. Mr..
Battin failed in 1887 and made u partial
settlement with his creditors, which left
him destitute. He removed to Albany
invented coal.breaker, engaged in the
gas business, and now, at the age Of
eighty-three years, has retired from busi.
ness with fortune. Before he dies he
wauts to pay all his creditors in full, bul
after ffty.two years finds a good deal oi
difficulty in finding who they are and
what he owes them--hence his ADVERTISE
ment.
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R0bbing Peter to Pay Paul.

The appropriation for pensions in the
year ending June 80, 1889, was SS8, AGO..
900, and it is question with the com.
missioner of pensions whether the amount
expended will not reach Sl05 ,0O0,O 900.
Adding to this SS8, 100000 appropriated
for past services, the S58,600,000 We pay
for the services of the sc, 600 men consti-
tuting our present army and navy, We
find that our total annual military and
naval burden is S147, 100000. This is q
vast expenditure for peace times, and the
country is not the better pleased with it
lwhen it reflects that the most of tits
money thrown away. It exceeds, it
must be confessed, the military expendi.
lures of the much pitied monarchies OF
Europe.
Our expenditure for pensions alone ex.
ceeds the cost of the most powerful stand>
ing armies of this age of bloated arma-
ments. Germany, for instance, spends
but $85,O00,000 year TO maintain her
efficient standing army Of 445,OO0 men.
The 16,750 men in tne German navy
representa- expenditure of but $9,000,-
600 more. The amount, therefore, we are
likely to spend this year in pensions would
maintain the army and navy of the most
powerful empire on the Continent. Ger.
many's annual outlay for pensions,
however, is but ST, 100000, though Ger.
many has carried on two great wars since
our last in 1861.65. Evidently ne are
very much overriding the pension bust.
ness.
England maintains hes very expensive
army of 20 900 men on from sS5, 900, 900
to S90,Q00,00Q year. Fee,, magnificent
navy, with its complement of4S, ,280 men,
costs her but s6S,000,0OO year. Our
present expenditure of 100000 for
pensions and diminutive army and
navy would, therefore, about suffice to
maintain the entire forcs with which
England holds worldwide empire.
With an annual expenditure of but Sl32.-
100000 France supports an army of
523,28O men. Her navy, which is second
20 that of England, costs her but $780,
100000. Austria.Hungary has an ar.
my of 266, 900 men, which costs the EN-.
pire S49, ,390,000a year, and her navy,
which numbers 1l,5OO men, costs but
$4,5OO,O00 more.
We are accustomed to lament the con-
dition ofthe populations of Europe on
account of the vast burdens they bear.
They are ground down, we cay, with
taxes to support "bloated armaments," !"
the object of which is TO maintain the
privileged classes in the possession of
their ill.gotten gains. But is not our
case worse? We not only pay more in
taxes for pensions than all other countries
in the civilized world put together, but
what ne pay for this object exceeds the
annual cost Of Germany's standing force,
in army and navy, of 461, ,75O men. And
we pay it, not chiefly for the benefit of
our 100000 pensioners, but in order that
privileged class of manufacturers may
thrive Back of all our present pension
legislation is the purpose of the Protec-
ZIONIST manufacturers to prevent the
reduction of the taxes. This is shown in
thousand ways.
The animus of the present Admins.
tration, as indicated BY the rulings OF
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Enconragem ent for Farmers.

New YORK, May 24.-The Board of
Managers of the New York Cotton Ex.
change to day endorsed the report of the
Committee On Trade in the matter of the
letter of the Farmers National Alliance,
of New Orleans, which recommended
uniform bales for cotton, and the use OF
cotton bagging for baling. The commit
tee approve the idea Of uniforms bales of
500 pounds each. The use of cotton bag
ging for covering, the committee believed,
would use up q cheap grade cotton and
form the means Of employment for many
hands in the manufacture. It would be
advantageously used in exporting. 1t
was considered useless for the New York
Cotton exchange to pass any rule In the
matter. 1t was referred to 8. special
committee.