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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
CHAPTER III.
A HITLER RARGAIN.

II was barely daylight when V ds wrap
ped in fur-lined cloak, came down into
the hal, where some OF the lower domestics
were engaged in busting and cleaning.
She glanced ON one TO the other quickly,
and singing OH strong bro~n-fac, d coun-
try lass, asked If she could take message
for her
If you please. miss" replied the girl,
courtrsying.
'Then tell PhnSe that am going out for
walk" said Vida, Through the village,
and II Miss Moore is coming out she had bet
ter take the road past the old mill
YES, miss"
IL must have no bungling," Vida mutter-
ed, as she ventured out, mo chance inter
rurtion. And now for my gipSy-loyer-my
dark-eyed audacOuS scoundrel OF the tents,
who has honorCd NE with a confession in
looks he dared not put in words"
Among other amiable qualities which dis
tlnCuishel Mr.. Moore, he was very tolerant
with nom die people, and his estate was "a
veriiab.e happy hunting-ground for the
gipsies.
There was always one or more OF their
camps pitched in some sequestered spot in
the wood 3. and just then there was body OF
them known rs "Hecate's tribe located in
the b uebcll Dell.
At the head OF them was an old woman
who claim to have enjoyed hundred
years existence, and was probably near that
age. and she was tie Uecate from which the
tribe took It's name.
Several men with wives, well on in years,
were her sons, and their children in turn
had MARI ell, and had sons and daughters,
and there was n fourth generation OF little
ones.
One Of the elder men, the youngest son Of
Hecate, was known as jim the Snowman,
he having by industry and thrift arrived at
tn dignity of possessing irayeling-yan.
He was man about Mr.. Moore's age, and
he had wife, who, in her style, was as
handsome as Mrs Moore, with the same adj
vantage OF lingering youth in appearance.
These two were the aristocratc portion
Of the tribe, and the objects of Hecate's un-
bounded love.
MY darling Jim and Sabina," she called
them.
There had been darling younger daugh-
ter once, but she had lain for score years
or more under the greensward fifty miles
away. Her story was sad Que.
She had given her heart to "house-dwell
or" a man of rank and wealth who had
wooed her selfshly and left her basely.
When he had been gone six months lit
tie baby came into the world, and his moth
er called him Bariolph
She died, end he became old Hecate's
care. The old woman dot on him. and he
grew M to handsome manhood.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
A Terrible Example.

A good story is going the rounds Of the
Bishop of Newcastle, who is a total alb
stainer and temperance worker. He
often dresses himself I'm old clothes and
goes out among the people to learn their
WAYS Of thought.
One day he was travelling in third
class carriage, whose only other occu-
pant was q miner. The workman looked
at the bishops clerical but se.iy garb
and said
Il think We be but a poor curatc,
travelling wi the likes o. h'uz.".
Il was once" began the bishop.
Oh, l sec. l see" replied the miner.
" Tat dreadful drink Oh, the pity o.
ilT'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
CUESTiONINCS,
met a little cottage girl

met a little cottage girl
Eighteen years old, she said,
Her brain was tired with the whirl
Ofquestions in her head.
She asked me. whats an optimist?"
Good luck made fieshl" cried.
And what then il IA pessimist?"
"Bad luck personiiied!'
With that she asked me TO explain
A Christian Scientist,
SAID ], lies one who cures pain
That dOeant quite exist"
"And what Is an agnoStic, pray?"
"Swcetheart | do not know"
She turned her preatty head away
10 Vassar | must gol"
Please don't until you've answered II
One que tion-you'Vc asked four;
My little wife, dear, will be-
LAX Tor love, not lore"
Five years ago, tonight my eycd
i hear a sweet voice Groom
A lullaby, while Tommy cries,
1Bui What IL in the moou2"
Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02

were a regular arri 81 the service. found
that TO work my gun they had assigned
lot of plantation darkies raw recruits just
in from Jhe farm, who didn't know any
more about gun than horse does about
his uncle. For the working of the how
itzers they had set apart mum Der of picked
men. protested. said l wanted meas
urably fair deal.
"'Give me an hour said, to drill these
darkles'
That wasn't much time, but it was bet
ter than nothing. They gave me the hour,
and Immediately established a school Of
gunnery and began the work of educating
my crew. Just before the opening of the
trial gave each darby dollar, and said
TO him, Now, do your best; this dollar is
Just TO begin on
81 tell, you those fellows worked like
heroes. beat the howitzers four to one,
and the report went on to Washington to
that effect. Soon after got an order for
100 guns, and that was the first good order
mad ever received. Since that time have
sold the gun all over Europe, and should
have made great deal of money out of it
II each OF the several governments ordering
sad stuck TO one caliber. The many changes
il the caliber which we have been COM
prlie to make have been very expensive.
l na,en.t a doubt that we have thrown
away patterns and machinery which cost
US at least S500,UJO, changes in caliber hav-
ing made the patterns and machinery obso-
lete and valueless.
Now, don't go down to the office and
write me up whiskerless nonogenarian,"
said the doctor, as the representative babe
him good evening. Il rather like my
whiskers, you know, because they save me
the trouble of shaving, and as to the age,
II you put it at -, where it belongs, you
make it quite as bad as l want it to be."-
New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02
An Electric Devil.

The United States warShip Trenton car
ried into CUrea the first electrical iustalla.
ton ever seen there, and the first that the
natives had ever heard of. Immediately
after her arrival at the port the Coreans
f1ocked to her sides in their sampans, and
many of them were allowed on board.
They expressed great surprise and wonder
at the many fine things they saw during
their visit, and we're q Tinted
When nigh. came, loTever, and the
electric lights were set going, they were
filled with astol .,....ent and awe. They
were shown the electric bells, annunciators,
torpedoes, etc, and at once they believed
the foreigners were in league with the
devil. A native would be told to press a
button. and bell would be heard ringing
at a distance, whereupon the whole com.
pany would rush to that part of the ship
10 see who was ringing it. Finding uoone
there. they would attribute the phenomenon
to be an evidence that the evil spirit
reigned over the vessel.
Some Of the visitors made Intellectual
attempts to prevent the ringing of the bell
by grasping the wire tightly in their hands,
hoping in that way to head off the evil
one who was playing such freaks for their
amusement. An electric primer, inn
mersed in a bucket of water, was surround
ed by half a dozen dirty denizens Of the
benighted land, while another native was
told to push a button at distance, where
upon the primer exploded throwing water
all over the surprised party, who were
loc king eagerly into the bucket.
Some incandescent lamps were lowered
far down into the water, and being sud
denly lighted, no one being near, the ma
tives were filed with horror and without
stopping to look at the uncanny switch
board, which they regarded as an import
ant part of the anatomy of the evil spirit,
they hastily scrambled over the sides of
the vessel and hurried away from the devil
and the Trenton. Louis Globe Demo
crat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02
How to Get Into . Hanson.

cab, Isay, Arthur, will you go round to
the club with me for a bit?" asked one
gilded youth of another on Pennsylvania
avenue the other afternoon.
Yes, thanks; don't care il do. Call a
cab, though I'm too tired to walk"
A herdic drove up, and the first speaker
was about to enter it when the other OBJ
jected.
ooh, 1 say, old man; don't be such a cad
and ride in such stuffy box as that. Call
. hanson. It's more proper, you know"
Presently one of the latter vehicles ap-
peared, and the first swell stepped in, seat
ing himself on the side foremost from the
curb, whereupon his companion asked
Don't you know any better than that,
old fell? Sit over on this side of the cab
Then it will be easier for me to get in, you
know"
The first did as he was directed and the
other stepped in. passing in front of his
companion, and gracefully slid into the
vacant half or far side of the seat
This aroused the curiosity of a reporter
to learn whether or not there really was
any advantage in this seemingly peculiar
advice. On stating the case TO an intelli-
gent driver he said: mo. Most folks don't
know how to get into hanson cab, but
the dude you speak of was right Youi
must do just the opposite from what you
would do on entering n carriage. III telli
you why. You see, when two people want,
TO ride in a hanson the first one in must
sit on the side from which he enters, be- |
cause it is much easier for the second per-
son to slide into the further seat. The
reason is that the side pieces to which the
doors are attached are in the way, and are
all the more so when the first fellow takes
the further seat, for then the second chap
must squeeze in and make a sharp turn in
order to dodge the door jamb and not walk
all over No. 1."-Washington Post.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02

As good as meao
that's the condition of liver, stom-
ach and bowels, when DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets have done their
work. It's a work that isn't fin
ished when you've stopped taking
them, either. It's lasting. They
cure, as well as relieve. And it's
all done so mildly and gently |!
There's none of the violence that
went with the old-time pill. One
tiny, sugar-coated Pellets a gentle
laxative = three to four act as a
'cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, 1ndiges-
ton, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements of the stomach and
bowels, are prevented, relieved and
cured. AS Liver Pill, they're un-
equaled. They're purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless - the smallest,
cheapest, and easiest to take.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Can you ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02

news 70 ltlt EaEsI-Du tOtEC.
Here Aunt EU0jcc paused in her story,
and opening auoi Acr drawer in the old ma
hogany pres, brought forth paper soiIed
with use and yellow and frail with age.
"Weli, what next. Aunt Eunice?" asked
Nan impatientlg. Did your grandmother
II To CaStine 500"
Eyes, dear" said Aunt Eunice. She
was so anxious 10 go that Gran'ma Cole
man allowed her 10 do so, although it was
really against her Judgment. The distance
was about twenty-five miles, and Thomas
and Joseph were to take them across in
the night, that they might have the day
light for their purchases. That was a
strange voyage, my grandmother used to
say. They stole out quietly about mid
night, and slipped phantom like through
the moonlight, down to the rocky shore
where the boat waited, rising and falling
on the tide. a light mist was in the air,
and the cold moonlight shOae through it
with ghcStly white radiance
The waves rose and fell with long, even
swell that almost seemed to push the boat
along, as if il slid on the downward slope
of the revolving earth. The familiar ISL
ands assumed strange shapes, looming and
disappearing in unexpected places. They
seemed the only living creatures in weird,
shadowy world, world of wide waters
and misty islands, where now and then
the dark shape of some log dwelling stood
out for a moment against background of
leahess trees As morning drew near a
breeze ruftled the surface OF the waters, an
inarticulate murmur grew in the air, as if
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02
AT THE PLAY.

Oft at the play in trance seem 10 stand
Until the last shr bell of warning rings
Long ere the upward rolling curtain hings
Its glory outward, fantastic band
Wealth, love and Hatred, Glory and Command
Troop TO their places, as the moment brings
The promptec, Passion forth TO yonder wings,
Where the scene shifter, Time, is close at hand
And well know that presently viii One
Let the vast curtain of Oblivion fall
Then shall we walk abroad, the pageant done,
And to each other in amazement call,
How could we think that stage glow was the
sun,
Or ever fancy this were life at ally
Andrew B. Saxton
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02
Football vernacular in Business.

Down" shouted we'll known football
athlete as herushed to the descending ele-
vator
Heidi roared the athletic elevator boy,
as he hauled up the machine and banged
back the door The football athlete passed
in, and the passengers, catching the spirit
of the scene, murmured Now, thenl
Rush itn And the elevator whistled
through the shaft.-New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02
! sUckLeN's AaNIcA sALvE.

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guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by all druggists. Dreiss, Thomp-
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-02

Continue ~ Third Page.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03
RecIalmIng a Million Acres.

The Yuma Times says George Norton's Colorado dam and canal is again attracting attention.
 The Colorado canal will head at a point about twenty eight miles above the town ofYuma, ,and will be carried around the hilly country above alluded to, across the Gila river through pipes or fumes It will irrigate the land lying between the Colorado and Gila rivers, and also the land embraced by the table lands on the south and the Gila river or the north, making fully 55,- 900 acres above Yuma subject to redemption. Below Yuma, all the land lying between the line of table lands and the Colorado river, as far as the Mexican boundary line, will be reclaimed, some 10000 acres, and wheE carried onto the table lands will redeem S0,000 acres more-a grand total in Arizona of 175,000 acres of as fine land as there Is on the continent.
 If this canal can be carried on into Sonora, by concession from the Mexican government, it will make productive what is estimated at 100000 acres of land.
 The cost of this canal system, from its source to the boundary line, will roughly approximate $2,- 100000. The width of the canal will be 50 feet on the bottom.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03

Dick lesson shot a two-thirds grown lynx one mile west of town yesterday morning Ills lynxship was walking on the ground, when Dicks dog ran him a tree. The animal crouched upon a projecting limb and glared down on his ene- mics with blazing eyes, as if he meant mischief. Dick raised his rifle and put a bullet in the brute's eye, the leaden missive going through the brain and coming out at the throat, severing the wind pipe as with a knife.-Proscott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03

An absolute quarry of petrified grain, either wheat or barley, has been unearthed near Talmage, Ne maha county, Nebraska, and is at- tracting considerable attention. The kernels of grain are perfect in form, but have become as hard as solid rock, and are we'll matted to- gether. It is with considerable diff ficulty that one or more of the pet rifed grains can be separated from the body of chunk. It is a pret- ty stone or composition, or whatever 1t may be called, to look at, and with a few finishing touches would make very Ornamented material to be used on a building. J. H. Thompson, of the Chicago Lumber Company, says that the people in the vicinity of the quarry are us- ing the stone for all sorts of build ing purposes, Specimens of this discovery will be placed on exhibi- ton at the Worlds Fair.-The Mill stone.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03

A shooting took place on the U ranch, south of Las Animas, Col, in which Brock Doss, cousin of Sam Doss, was mortally wounded and Will Thompson slighly injured. The shooting was done by one Russ Lincoln. Thompson was trying to prevent the row, and was struck in the head by buckshot. Thomp- son in falling dropped his revolver from his belt, discharging the same, the bullet striking him in the leg, ranging up through the feshy part of the left arm and lodging in the shoulder. Lincoln was arrested and taken to La Junta.-N. NJ. Stockgrower,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03
\ Frontier Menace.

Although we are at peace with
 England and there seems to be no
 danger of war, it is we'll to remem- Der that our present amicable rela-
 tions may not last forever, and that
 prudence demands that we take or
 dinary precautions at least against
 being taken at a disadvantage. 4
 dispatch referring to the inter-
 change of British soldiers and sail
 ors between Vancouver and Halifax
 by the Canadian Pacific Railroad
 calls attention to the fact that by
 means of that route Great Britain
 could at any time lay down a large
 force of regular troops at almost
 any point on the international
 boundary. This possibility is ap-
 parent from glance at the map. The route of the Canadian Pacific is practically parallel with the boundary line between the United States and Canada, and not very far distant from it. In case of war it would be constant menace to our Western States, and might readily be made something more. It would certainly be we'll to offset this dan. ger by providing for a navy on the great lakes, as the Chronicle sug- gested few days ago. All that is necessary to the abrogation of the agreement of 1917 is six months notice, and then we might begin the of fleet which would | be quite as dangerous to Canada in the event of war as the Canadian Pacific Railroad could be to the United States. Boundary lines are all very we'll in time of peace, but they are never heard of in time of war unless they are protected by an adequate armed force. Indeed, we know by experience that our north ern boundary line is not sufficient to keep Chinese out, even in time of peace, and we may be sure that it would lfot keep British soldiers out in time of war, Canada has shown considerable restiveness about the Bering sea question, and it has been only because the British Govern ment has not encouraged her that she has not been even more belig- erent. We owe it to ourselves not to be careless of our own safety, and it would be good policy to op- pose what is a menace to the United States with something which may serve at least as an admonition to Canada.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03
I Cr2eI Landlord.

There is in Phenix a landlord
 with heart of stone and a poor woman, whose battle with the world has been sad one. The woman's name is Mrs. George Wonfor. Her husband was formerly engaged as a photographer in this city, but is now in Yuma, and Mrs. Wonfor says has not contributed to the support of herself and their child for some time.
 Mrs. Wonfor has been struggling to earn a living for herself and child, but work being scarce, she has not been successful. Until Fri day she lived in small house in the city, but, becoming indebted for rent, her d-hearted landlord not only had her removed into the street, but also attached her goods, but was unable to make the attach ment hold. Had it not been for Mrs. Cunning, of the Windsor, and others, who became interested in the case, she would have been adrift in the street. It is sad to think that case like this can oc- cur in a land of plenty and Tn city of hospitable and generous people. Mrs. Wonfor is a deserving woman, and her case requires the attention of the charitable.-Repub- lican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03
1 Southern Opinion of Confederate
 Flags.

A brief article in the New York
 Telegram shows that there are few
 fools up North who think that the
 Republic is imminent peril when
 ever a tattered bit of Confederate
 bunting is exhibited as a relic ol
 the past. It is noteworthy fact
 that nobody except the correspon-
 dent of the Mail and Express saw
 Confederate flags in our procession
 when the Grady monument was un-
 yelled. But it would have been all
 right if we had displayed a score
 of these old-time souvenirs. They
 represent nothing now, and the loy- al South Keeps step to the music of the Uniou under the old flag which
 her warriors and statesmen called into existence and made power among nations. Col. Jas. A. Gray, formerly a well-known Atlanta law yer, very sensibly and fairly ex- plained the whole business to the Telegram reporter. He makes it plain that the ex-Federal soldiers and Northerners among us do not object to the occasional display of the Confederate veterans of one of their old battle-fags. They know that these flags now suggest noth- ing of the old war passions and is- sues. If a lot of people want to petition Congress for legislation on the subject, let them go ahead. But we would impress upon their minds the fact that legislation will not make patriots. The way for the North to win and keep the South's brotherly love, as well as loyalty, is to respect her sad memories of the past, and allow her people the same eedom of conduct that is enjoyed by the citizens of other sections of the Union. The generous South has already accepted Lincoln as a hero. When the North points to Lee and his comrades as men whose honest convictions and valor shine out lustrously in American history, then the sections will be mingled l together in the fraternal Union so lnxiously lohged for by our people everywhere. There is more in the men of to-day than there is in the flags of the past. If the men are Ill right,never mind about the flags Constitution,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03

A Wallapai Squaw called Zuligy was arrested Monday for being drunk and disorderly. The sheriff brought her into the Miner office for trial before the justice of the peace, and she started to clean out the en- tire establishment. She calmed down somewhat after having the handcuffS put on her wrists, but be- came hysterical again on perceiving an iron "side stick" lying at her feet. She grabbed the weapon and undertook the job again, but after being handled a little roughly by the sheriff, decided to let ths matter drop. She was given twenty-five days in the county iail.-Mohave Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-03

Authentic reports state that more horses are being stolen in southern
 Pima county, and more are being taken into that section than for many years. Their movements are attended with no little amount of suspicion, as seemingly, no one knows from where they come or to where they go, or who brings or takes them. The breaking up of the Hall gang seems to have turned them all on the road, bent on plum der. The west Huachucas is appa- rently the headquarters of the outfit, the facilities for getting into and out of Mexico being favorable at that point; the country being heav- fly timbered and rough, they can escape from being seen for a dis tance of from 20 to 30 miles. To make matters worse, men who claim to be honest and law abiding citi- zens actually stand up for these out laws and thieves, and pretend not to see them, thus hoping they will be overlooked when the thieves come their way. and proceed to gather in stock from their neigh bors. who denounce their stealing as all honest ranchers should do. That they will be brought to justice in the near future is the wish of the honest ranchers in that section.- Wilcox Stockman.