Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.


nearly all classes are full at this date
The Salvation Army of America
have bills out for a camp meeting, To
take place at Elm Hall, commencing
July ~ and continuing until August A.
Henry Ward Beecher once said,
1.-The first time a man is bitten by a
dog, the dog is to blame, the next time
the man is to blame" Very true,
Henry, but how about a mosquito?
Congressman Bliss will soon have
the appointment, through recommends
alton, of cadet to West Point. All
young men residing in the Eighth Con-
gressional District are eligible to exam
nation.
The st. Louis wool market must be
mighty low by the way the Press is
kicking, claiming wool is only or 8
cents higher than last year. In other
towns in the county it is from 3 to Z
cents higher.
The L. & A. train No. 3, is now max
ing connections with the c. ii. 81 ID.
train leaving Toledo at midnight, fCi
Cincinnati and points south; also train
No. with the new fast G. Ii. " ID.
train leaving Toledo ut 4 p. IN.
A bulletin from the Agricultural Col
lege says that the insect now infesting
the wheat is not the green nudge, but
only the ordinary plant louise. This IN
sect is usually kept under 10y a parasite,
more prolific than itself, but which
appears to be missing this year.
a lively time occurred at Parkinson
station Monday morning. a burglar
was discovered III the postotlice build
ing, just about day-break, and his cap
ture attempted, but by lively running
he escaped to the woods with his plund-
er, a pound of tobacco. He was shot at,
chased with horses, but eluded all at
tempts at capture.
We were asked by business man
last week, if we run free advertise
ments for some business men and
charge for others. To which we repli-
ed, I'VE run a paper for money, our
columns are our stock in trade, and II
business man does not care for pald
advertisement in our paper, he will not
certainly get one free" All may rest
assured that our columns Will be filled
with paid advertisements or reading
matter, and thereby use our citizens all
alike. We care not for appearance, II
we can't sell the space, our readers Will
have the benefit.
A man Lying in Clay, who owes us
over two years subscription, put his pa
per back in the post-ofiice last week
marked refused" We have heard
of many mean men. There is the man
who used the wart on the back of his
neck for a collar button, the one who
pastured a goat on his grandmother's
grave, the one who got rich by giving
his five children nickel each to go to
to bed without supper and then steal
ing the money after the children were
asleep; but for pure, downright mean
ness, the man who will take paper for
years, mark it refused" and then stick
it back into the post-oflice, is entitled
to the first premium.-Limeville, Ala,
Democrat.
| tell you, my dear sir, we must talk
up our town. Blow your own bugle.
That's the way they boom their towns.
They are talking up their cities all the
time. in season and out of season, and
you may be sure they are not particular
about avoiding eXaggeration, as we
must be, when talking to the strangers
who visit us and the general public.
We must boom our own city, and we
know that it deserves it and can bear
us out in all that we can possibly say.
OF course we have few old fossils
every place has-and they croak; but
let us ignore them; let them fossiliZe.
We must talk so loud that the noise of
their croaking must be drowned in the
din of our cheering. | tell you, we
must talk up our town.-EX.
1t is fact that newspaper readers do
not slight the advertisements. They
have come to realize that the advertise
ments in a newspaper represent the
goods which the merchants have for
sale, and they take pains to familiarize
themselves with what the storekeepers
have to offer. More over the constitu
ency of paper is very apt to be gov
erned by what they read in their own
paper. If the paper is accepted in its
political, moral and intellectual tone,
its advertisers share the respect and
confidence bestowed upon the paper
itself. This is an important fact for
advertisers to remember; at the same
time it calls for the eXersise on the part
of the newspaper publishers, Of great
care i'm the admission of advertise
ments.-Mt. Pleasant Tribune.
The resolution recommending the
numbering of all buildings within the
corporation Is step in The right
direction on the part of the Council
Nothing will add more to the metropol-
itan appearance of our already hand.
some city than the correct and
systematic numbering of Its buildings,
which can be done very cheaply. at a