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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
Beecher at Liverpool.

rev. Mr.. buckley, who was present
at Mr.. Beecher's famous Liverpool add
dress, contributes an account of the
proceedings To the December Century.
From II We quote the following:
After he had read for fifteen or twen-
ty minutes "a loud roar was heard,
shut up that papern which was i'm
mediatcly responded to from the other
side of the building, He can't get
along without booli!' He don't
know enough TO speak" lie is cow
ardn From another place came the
question in a shril. piercing voice,
Where did you steal your sermon?'
Gin less than two minutes the whole
audience appeared to be in motion.
Men were pushing and elbowing, Yell
ing and shrieking. One man in par
ticufar would jump up about two feet,
howl and then sink out of sight. The
police began to move about with an ex-
preston of good humor upon their
faces, pushing men with both hands ex-
tended. For the space OF three or four
minutes il was impossible for Mr..
Beecher to be heard. He made sever
al attempts to finish the manuscript,
and practically did; and then began to
handle questions with the incisiveness,
wit and occasional outbursts OF elo-
quence for which he was famous. The
disturbers had sense enough to see
that they had aroused lion. and that
they must break him down or he would
carry the great bulk of the audience
with him. They resorted to every
l,1 II
accomplish this end.
MIR. Beecher's voice, when he was
excited and spoke very loud, had "a
roaring sound. They would pitch tlleir
voices upon the same key, so that
when he ended paragraph in a clari-
on tone, taking the same pitch. they
would below like score Of infatuated
bulls, and continue sometimes five
minutes as stretch: for when some
would be out of breath. others would
take it up and the first would come To
their help again. Meanwhile Mr..
Beecher would talk to the minist ers
on the platform, Of whom there was
large number, and occasionally to the
reporters. He would say to them,
Gentlemen. | am talking To you and.
through you, to all England. If /
should not be heard ut all by this audi
ence, and you shall take down my
words. thirty millions of people would
read them He was calm enough at
one time when the roaring was going
on TO crack three or four Jokes, rs if
he were conversing in parlor: and
the moment the rioters stopped, from
sheer physical exhaustion. he scream
ed out. i have talked to these report
ers. They have got down all l have
said. There is another idea out,
catch IL il you CAM
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
GIVE ME- THY HAND.

Give me thy hand
When storms are fiercely blowing.
When masts are shattered by the angry
blast,
When nothing tells the way thy ship is GO
ing,
When blacklist darkness DER the sea is
east,
Give me thy hand
Give me thy hand
When every breeze is sleeping,
When demon-lilAe "a dead calm holds the
sea-
When. patience pales, her tedious vigil keep
ing,
When sea and sky have thought of hope
for thee.
Give me thy hand.
Give me thy hand
When every sail is swelling
With freshening wind, when laughing Is
the sky,
And perfumed breath from distant flowers
is telling
OF isles enchanted that before thee lie.
Give me thy hand.
Give me thy hand
In storm; in calm forever,
l have thy heart fast hidden in my breast,
For God long since has joined our souls to-
gether,
He beckons only on 10 heaven and rest
Give me thy hand.
Eliza Lamb Martyr Boston Transcript.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

those obah shoes, / reckon. He looked
Siud of doubtless when he lis out, like
he expected he be shot befo' he got
home"
"Well, which way did he go| in
CURED.
"Well, sab, he went up toads do
stock yahds, sab, aud when l saw him
lasht he was a wearn' the eye of gen
tie old lady from Shakerag, ILL.,, on DIS
end Of his umbrella, sah."
/ can imagine such a man in his
home life. tic plays tie poor sick papl
act when he gets home and eats up all
the Jam, and digs the tenderioin ont of
n steak, and the poor old thoughtful
hen comes aud contributes to poor sick
papa her latest aud best ork. His
poor, meek wife wishes that Heaven
had made her better assignment, and
his children run and conceal themselves
when he comes home.
When the excitement incident TO the
resurrection has died away, | shall be
surprised if the patient, sad-eyed, wife,
and the scared children on the parlor
floor of heaven, do not receive a note
by messenger boy from Poor, sick
Papa" asking them, if they can con-
sistently do go, to use their influence
toward getting the Celestial House Co..
No. 10 play for few hours in the
overheated apartments OF Poor Sick
Papa" BILL NYE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

Then the bette NOR tied his legs
around the car seat and the train stood
still, the engine bell ringing, but two
hundred people waiting the motion Of
man who refused to pay ten cents ex-
ira because he had failed to get his
ticket at the station.
Shorty and Skinny both came back
with n look of determination and
gloves that had the fingers cut off.
Each spat on his hands and took hold
of the dead bette noir They lifted him
little and Shorty fell over into my lap
with small wisp of the fat mans lin
gerie in each hand. They both grabbed
at him again and took out little hand
fulls of bristles as one does who tries to
pull reluctant shoat from a scalding
barrel on butchering day. AT last they
lifted him and expedited him along the
isle, from seat TO seat as ne took little
mementos from the features of law
abiding passengers, who were all get
ting farther and farther behind time
and losing connections because the bette
noir wouldn't paw his ten cents.
One man said, "lIcrel I'll pay the ten
cents. Great heavens! I've got to lec-
ture at Talbot, Indiana, tomorrow,
and it l don't get there lose SIS and my
expenses"
But the passengers said, mo, he
must pay it hi nself We will assist in
hanging him To a dried apple tree, but
we will not allow anybody TO pay his
ten cents for him"
just as he was falling off the plat
form into a cattle guard, tie bette noir
paid his ten cents and remained The
heavy trlin. twenty minutes late and
Ito hin -, l,,sn - ,.irri,fz fhn road
tried to start 40 grade. The bette noir
with his bristles down IL spine column
and ms wealth of wise ra trembling like
jelly roll, stole my paper and took a
seat.
That night he snored like the sough
of bath tue, chewed invisible food,
put a stoccato iniiamma us at the end Of
each snore aud scared two little moth
erless children awake with his stentori-
Gus recitals. He received a slight tes-
timonial ever and anon, until morning,
when his berth looked like boot and
shoe store. In the morning he bathed
for over an hour, while the rest IF the
people stood around with draped sus.
penderS, saying things winch would
10 k sa lily out OF place in a pure, nice
paper like this He bathed his con
caved mug and soZZled and spattered
and blew and beloved till he got his
nose to- bleeding. Then he got wild
and decorated that whole end OF the
car till it looked like the battle of Get.
tysburg Fin lily peace was declared,
and just as he left the field we drew in
to st. Louis. Twenty exasperated men
unkempt and unwashed, went out of
the car aud sunk away to find hotel.
was one of them. But l could not
sink away until found my overshoes.
They were gone! I reached under my
seat and burned myself on the heat
pipes, almost burst my head open try
ing to look under the other seats, and
then the porter said that "De pussy
gentleman in number leven, sab, took
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
Cantnre of a Biz Sea Horse.

Anis morning Mr.. Joseph Thompson,
while walking on the south beach, on
his way from Navy Cave to this place,
discovered something in the water
near the beach, which, upon examina-
ton, proved to be IN enormous sea
horse. After a great deal OF trouble he
succeeded in getting it on the beach,
and now has it in the Office of the Mo-
bile and Gulf Telegraph company in II
large tub. 1t measures feet44 inches in
length, is inches across the head and
with ears II inches in length. Across
the back it measures Ii inches. 1t is
said to be the largest ever seen this
side of the equator. Fort Morgan
(Ala.) Special to New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

once seen q lion tanner make lion
quail, descended from the tree, and
taking a small riding-whip with me, !
said, "Hi" and whipping him across
the forelegs, in the meantime frequent
" making the remark "hi, | drove
him away from there. Out OF the kraal,
down the sloot or dry water-course and
across the Karoo lands he sped and so
on back 10 Winnipeg, where he joined
his congress of rare wild beasts, as i
afterward learned.
Hastily saddling our elephants and
sinching them tightly, so that the how
dab could not slip around under the
stomach of the noble beast, we mount
ed by way of freig car standing near
by and returned across the transvaal-
whatever that is, and hiring dill,
gence., we pac! ed our remaining sup
ply Of bultong, elephant tuskes, spoop-
IN, penmican, elephant hlubber, sacred
COW meat, dried ak, Krooliejam, Mil
waukee Heidsick and glossary of
hard words from Rider Haggard. and
look the cars at Stanley Pool, resolving
20 penetrate still further into the trop-
ical depths of the Northwest.
| had been told by the real estate
men both Al ST. Paul aud Minneapolis
that the winter here was yer mach
like that OF Singapore, but | would not
have believed ii even then if had not
personally trieI il.
Yesterday / associated for some time
with the champion bette noir. As
hete noir he could give self-made
moral leper thirty points, aud still sail
out Of the game in a ,laze of red fire
and cyclone Of applause. He was
tolersble stout, and when he sat down
IN nav valise and crushed bottle of
Edenia, presented to me by an admirer
in Kentucky, | reproached him in
measured and weilchOsen terms, but
ne just trotted his embonpoint on the
other knee little while and watched
the ever-chauging Kaleidoscope as it
sped past the window.
When the conductor came into the
car the bette noir had no ticket, so he
rendered the regular fare. The con-
ductor was sorry, but would have to
trouble him Tor ten cents more, as il
was paid on the train. The bette noir
called me 10 witness that he rendered
the regular fare. and that he would be
eternally ostrdcised, embaimed and
fricaseed in the southeast corner of
Satan's hottest precinct before he
would yield any more. The conductor
was pale, blonde mau, who only gets
mad every four years, but little hectic
spots broke out behind his ears, aud a
strange light came into his gentle blue
eyes.
'Come over here moment, Shorty, v
he said to the rear brakeman. $50 and
tell Skinney White, on the second day
coach, 10 come back here with you.
We've got large Suffolk in Section Ii,
that we will have to put into n corn
field, Guss. Tell him to bring the ice
tongs OUT OF the baggage car"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
In the exhilirating Northwest, 1889.

In the exhilirating Northwest, 1889.
The cold of Minnesota has been
greatly exaggerated by rival states,
and though times the thermometer low
ers in the estimation Of society, the
cold is of such a dry, bracing character
AS to seem almost oppressively hot e
those who ara not accustomed to It,.
The eve sparkles, the step is elastic
and rich blood nantes to the nose, as
the airy caparisoned droska speeds
blithely through @ palmetto groves
of the thrifty occident
Many southern people come to ST
Paul and Minneapolis, it is said in or
der to escape the rigors OF their Own
winter. The banana belt extending
from Duluth to Winnipeg reminds one
of tropical Africa. Last week Mr.. Riley
Haggard and l started out for little,
quiet elephant shooting in the country.
Bidding farewell To the concierge at
the hotel, we packed our heavy express
rifles and smooth bore eggplant guns,
penetrated as far AS the sleeping cal
could convey us, and bidding farewell
to our faithful Wan Wenga, who ca
ressed us both with a whisk broom to
the value of twenty scudi, we hired an
elephant APIECE and began to permeatc
the. jungle, preceded by our trusted
bird dog.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
A WOMAN'S METHODS.
What Mrs. Burnett Does With the
$1,000 Week From Her Play.

The costume in which Mrs. Burnett
appeared on the night of the FIRST per-
formancc OF "Fauntleroy" was copied
from "A picture of medieval Holland,
and was carefully reproduced in every
detail of color and texture. The mater
ial was n thick, heavy brocade in dull
gold color The fabric itself was so
elegant that trimming would have
spoiled it, so it was plain; but fitted
the figure like IL sheath, and the long,
rich folds swept away unbroben in IA
heavy train. A heavy cord OF gold fin
ished the bottom of the skirt and there
was long girdle of gold. The cor
sage was cut low, but thick Flemish
lace was drawn SO closely as to con-
ceal all but the throat and back of the
neck.
Toilet was very insignificant matter,
however, to Mrs. Burnett that night.
1t was curious TO watch the intensity
of her absorbed interest in the play.
you know she said. II was al
ways interested in everything dramatic,
and to be in the midst OF il so is
fascinating to me, and naturally" she
added, laughing, lit does not detract
from the interest 70 receive from New
York alone for one week "A check which
lacked s. of being 81 900. and TO hear
from the publishers that they eau not
print the book fast enough to meet the
demand, and that my income from it
will be more this year than it has ever
BEEN
Mrs. Burnett's income goes about rs
fast as it comes, for she il very gener-
Gus and spends her money with both
hands. The new house she bought
here is very beautiful one. The pa
pering and painting of the house are
now being done, and DR.. and Ms. Bar
nett spend much of their time slperin-
tending, planning and suggesting. 4
beautiful feature Of the house is the
large square entrance hall, with u
broad platformed staircase. 1t i to be
done in Lincrusta, decorated 30 suit
the tapestry hangings Of old blae. Ia
the deep window recesses will be an
ancient, high-backed, carved wood
bench from Italy. aud, with an
open fire and skins and eastern rugs on
the floor, it will be an inviting begin
ming. All the furniture of the hall and
dining room will be the curiously cary
ed, quaint specimens which Mrs. Bur-
nett brought with her from Italy.
Mrs. Burnetts secretary, companion
aud friend, Miss Luisita Chiellina, is
charming young girl, whose delicious
vivacity is quite a surprise from one of
her soft Italian type. She can enter
tain agreeably in all known tongues
unless it be in Hebrew and Sanscrit,
for she is distinctly modern and she i :
helpful to Mrs. Burnett in thousand
ways, attending TO her corresponds
ence, keeping her accounts. talking
French and Italian 10 the two boys,
Lionel and Vivian. playing accompani-
ments for Vivian who sings in a charm
ing boyish soprano, and doing many
things Mrs. Burnett does not have time
for, but that only a sympathetic wo-
man friend can do for her. Washing
ing Cor. New York Evening Sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

At the kraal or livery stable, wher
we engaged cur elephants, we were told
that game was very plenty about thirty
miles across the dinglel0w and that III
small forest of jirgsnag trees and
hoola bushes quite u cOvey OF quagga
and elephants had been scared NJ 10y
Boer who had penetrated this jungle
accompanied by bis brake or dog.
The first night we camped beneath
the shade # a Vienna bread fruit tree
on the borders of the Karroo, and, pre-
venting the escape of our trusty ele-
plants by attaching their trunks, we
began To prepare our evening meal. J
read the directions from book of At
rican travel and my very faithful com
rade, Mr. Riley Haggard, did the cook
ing.
First refreshing ourselves with long
draught from gourd of spoopju from
Peoria, marked 1912, so called because
it is placed on the market eighteen
hours and fortytwo minutes after it is
made, our faithful gun bearer, Wang
Wang began to carve the bultong,
Meiboss, and jerked muskrat for the
evening meal. Making n bright fire of
karroo bushes and fresh train figs, a
wad of mealies was soon simmering
over t0e COalS, Wnllc the OuOT VI Slu :
cinnati bul.ong pervaded the tropical
forest.
Wang Ylang, our faithful valet, who
has made his name household word
because of his search after Schwatka
and One Night Stanley, said that ac-
cording to the books on African explo-
ration it was now time to bed down the
elephants. After doing this he returned
and proceeded with the cuisine.
We had hardly swallowed our sup.
per, when Mr.. Riley Haggard was
about to climb date palm to secure a
few luscious lecture dates, when our
ears were saluted by most unearthly
and ear piercing roar from the heart of
the Jungle. AT this moment our faith
full Wang Wang came with eyes stick
ing out like sore thumb TO announce
that our bird dog had flushed large
Abysnian lion
Hurriedly putting little Mayonaise
dressing on our faithful Wang Wang
we sent him out to parley with the lion
while we puton our telegraph climbers,
and filling our pockets with bultong we
assembled n Duluth palm tree.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
A Short Route.

A little boy had disobeyed his moth
or, and in giving an explanation Of
his conduct she had reason to think he
was misrepresenting things.
"Are you telling me the TRUTH" she
asked.
Yes, am telling YOU the truth"
but how do know what you say Is
SOP"
"Go and see God and ask Him"
81 can't go to see God and ask Him. ="
Eyes, you can, mamma"
"How?" inquired his mother
Eat green grapes" was the laconic
reply. Washington Star.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

wanga bushes parted ard low, heavy
the open Karroo, prect ded ut dis
lance of about three-quarters of an inch
by our faithful Wang Ylang. As the
poor fellow jumped low Kirdish bush,
| heard crunching sound such rs
hope never TO hear again, and tunred
away my head rather than see our
trusty gun-bearer in the act of backing
into a lion.
AS soon as could regain my courage
by small nip of spoopin, looked
back at the sckening spectacle. All
was still save the distant song of the
red.breasted blim blam in the Koojoo
bushes.
Suddenly remembering how ! had
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
r. HAGGARD NYE.
He Revels In the Sunny North
west Climate.

Elephant Hunting Near Winnipcg-Afri
can Prevarication Laid Bare-Lion
Shooting Exposed-The Train
Brute Again Steals Nye's
Overshoes and Disappears
Wearing an Old Ladys
Eye on the End Of
His Umb ella.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

Young Anthos--"DoctOr il l can't
get relief from writer's cramp, shalt
have to give mp my literary work. [
have come 10 YOU Tor advice"
Doctor t,vho has read some of his lit
erarv work )-"My young lend, quit
WRITING entirely, aud relief, not only
instantaneous, but widespread, will
follow y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
Where re Had Gone To.

"By the way, where is Jones now"
asked Briggs. 81 haven't heard of
him for long time"
"He has gone to the spirit land" re-
piled Quimby
what, is he dead?"
al didnr say he was dead He
moved to Kentucky The Idea.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01
Struck Gas.

Briggs: Let me congratulate You,
old fellow" Quimby (surprised):
''Why?" Briggs: "Oh, I heard about
your good luck" Quimby (more sur
prised): Good luck! What good lucSp"
Briggs: "Oh. you needn't pretend it's
nothing. ] heard you'd struck gas"
Quimby Sadly: ''Oh. you must have
misunderstood, | only hit So. Louis
drummer in the mouth. - brakes
Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

A social gathering on Austin ave.
nue. Hostetter McGinuis. who is great
wag. said to Miss Esmei elda Long
coffin
lyon would not believe. Mss Esmer-
ella, what conquests | have made
among he fair sex. You would not
believe IT,"
II don't, replied Miss Esmerelda.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

Tough-looking citizen-I don't be-
lieve ia working oh Sunday.
Eric Id-That amt the way you used
To talk.
No; but I've got n position now un-
der the government.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-27
FACTOR RES.
An Industry Boom for Tallahassee-
The Seed SOWn by the Florida m
Falls upon Fertile Ground.

Last Tuesday the FLoRIDIAN published let
ter from Mr.. G. S. Barry, OF Mansfield, Ohio,
saying that he would put in thousand or fifteen
would take stock to equal amount, and estab-
lish a SASH door, blind and moulding factory
here
Wednesdays mail carried letters to Mr.. Barry
from wide-awake citizens Offering to erect the
buildings, put in the machinery and start the
factory running as soon as he came and put up
his half of the capital stock.
This is as it should be-. Tallahassee is awak-
ing to the importance of small industries, and
her citizers are reaGy to take hold and help in
the good work.
And this s not ALL A short while since the
FLoR1DIAN called attention to the fact tina, a
furniture factory was needed in Tallahassee, and
showed why it would be paying institution.
The idea was taken up by active citizens and in
a quiet way they have been figuring upon
furniture plant. The plan has not fully devel-
oped vet but Tallahassee need not be surprised
any day to see carload OF furniture manufac-
turing machinery roll in at the depot.
The industry boom has begun, and other fac
tories of various kinds will certainly be erected
Tallahassee has bright future and means to
push steadily onward in the march of progress
In q few years we feel that we will have here a
bustling manufacturing town. We invite capi-
talists to come here and invest. They will find
cordial welcome and lots of openings for prof
liable investment.