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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
Hare Confederate silver Coins.

Messrs. Roberts and Collins of Car
tersvile, Ga, have, if they have not
recently disposed of il, coin in their
possession which is only thirty years
old, but is worth more than a thousand
times its face value. 1t bears the date
of 1861, and is enc of four pieces
struck at the Confederate Mint at New
Orleans before that institution was
closed. The coin is half-dollar, and
has the Goddess Of Liberty on one side
and n stalk of cane, n stalk of cotton,
and the Stars and Bars Of the Confed-
eracy in coat Of arms, with liberty
pole throug h it and liberty cap on
top on the ether side. OF the four
known specimens OF this coin, one is in
Meriwether county, Georgia; one in
Louisiana. the Roberts Collins piece,
above described, and one which sold
for $500 in New York City in 1888.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
FACTS AND FRlvoLIrIEs.

The official lists of Berlin are said to
contain 10000 persons named Schultz,
6chulze or Schultze.
The explosion Of a dynamite cartridge
to blow up an old ship near Mobile sent to
the surface jew fish that weighed more
than 200 pounds.
The demand for the revised version of
the New Testament in 1881 exceeded that
for any other book that has ever been
published before or since
very large turtle laid It's eggs just
Mt the foot of Hotel Coquina's front steps
on Ormond beach, Fla. A crowd Of thirty
or forty people were standing near at the
time.
carrier pigeon, which had been bought
at Charlottenburg, near Berlin, and taken
to London, has reappeared in it's old home,
having most likely escaped and success
fully undertaken the long flight back.
A Fort Worth, Tex, man says that he
has the largest maidstone in the world. 1t
Is nearly as large rs a hens egg and was
taken, he says, by his father from the
stomach of white deer found in the
Ozark mountains.
The newest gimcrack in the hands of
the New York street peddlers is n little
trick savings bank, wooden box with
a tiny drawer which opens to receive
coin, and loses the coin mysteriously
whenever it is shut
Doctors in Hudson county, N. j., have
formed a protective association. All de-
linquents are waited upon by the collector
of the association, and if settlement is
not effected within "a reasonable time the
party is blacklisted.
According to Rev. c. +. Amazon, presi-
dent of the French Protestant college at
Springfield, Mass, there are now about
so, 600 French Canadians in New England
and New York, and 1000, 900 in the
United States. The number is rapidly in
creasing.
The Medical Record enormously credits
a Boston poet with the honor of having
christened the lobster ''the cardinal of the
sea" The phrase belongs to a distin-
guished Frenchman. A Boston gentleman
first called the clam 1.-The strawberry of
the sea-" however, and his name is
Charles Levi Woodbury.
Henry Clews, the New York banker,
devotes great deal of time and money to
identifying his house. He is particularly
well pleased with anyone who expresses n
desire 10 go through it, and one of the
first rooms he will take visitor into is his
bath room. He is said to have expended
$4,000 on this room. The walls, floor,
bath, In fact, every part OF the room is of
ONYX
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
RARE AND READABLE.

Women are now allowed to become no
taries public in New Jersey.
A scientific gentleman writes maya.
zine article to say that those who do men.
tai work should eat very little, if any,
meat in warm weather, and then only al
breakfast.
The receiver of Brooklyn company
that went under two or three years ago
has expended S3S, 900 for a clerk and
counsel fees 81 900 for extra expenses
and 50, 900 in fees for himself.
Salaries of Berlin school teachers have
been raised. Hereafter principals will re-
ceive annually $40 instead of SSS5; male
instructors 1914 instead of $3.50; female
instructors $500 instead of $3.50.
The biggest orange tree in Louisiana is
! claimed to be in Terrebonnc parish. The
| Houma Courier claims that il is fifteer
feet in circumference and fifty feet high
/ The yield this year is expected TO reach
| 10000 oranges.
A great unexplored cave was recently
! found near Clarion, Pa, which emits O
sort of blue fog. chill as from a powerful
| refrigerator. A pail OF water suspended
/ at depth of ten feet was drawn up after
four hours and found TO be almost a solid
! cake of ice. AS far as known no living
animal could remain in tho opening fol
moro than few minutes.
Mayor Swan, of Eppelborn, in Hanover,
/ Eng, has selected an enormous oak il
/ that town and has put seats and bencher
for over 100 persons in the LEAKAGE. A
massive wooden fight of steIs lead around
the enormous trunk from story TO story,
seven in all, up into the crown of the tree.
The seats are all ornamente6 with rusti,
work, small cannon are at tie top, and G
thirty-foot fountain.
Among thu many objects of interest IL
the university of Pennsylvania archeolog.
ical collsctioo are kohl pots and koh
sticks, with vhich tbs women who lived
in the days o. Joseph or OF doses sought
to enhance their charms by painting their
eyes vita stibiup. There ar also ancient
combs, oas 1900 years old, tnd hairpiE'
Of wood and IT ivory ard Indles $500
years ola osf of which p~ss is shred y.
the original thssld hast ssS1.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
Figure a. Ont For Yourself.

1t is not an exam 10 i'm arithmetic.
neither is IL a problem in geometry, but 1t
Is simply this, that i'm figuring out route
for your summer vacation the delightfully."-
cool summer and fishing resorts located
along the line OF the Wisconsin Central.
among which are Fox Lake. Ill. Lake villa,
ILL.,. Waukesha. Cedar Lake, Neenah. Wau-
paca, and Ashland. Wis, como wildly To
view. Wisconsin has within the last five
years, become the center of attraction for
more pleasure seekers, inyalids hunters
and fishermen than any other state in the
union, and each visit Increases the desire
90 again see the charming landscapes.
breathe the balsam fragrance that Is n part
OF the invgorating atmosphere. wander
through the colonnades OF stately pines.
and hook the speckled beauties with a
hand made fly.
Pamphlets entitled FOX Lake" ans
Summer Outings" may be obtained from
LOUIS ECKsTEIN,
Gen'l Pass'r & Tk't Agt,
Wisconsin Central Lines,
Chicago, Ill.
Or GRO. X. THOMrsoS,
City Pass'r & + I Agt.
205 Clark ST., Chicago, Ill
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
HOMEMADE SNOW.
Formed In Mans Hat and In q Heated
Room.
fellows.


La Nature. Frensh journal. relates
that a gentleman who was walking
rapidly along on the street on cold.
fair day. and had. By violent exercise,
brought himself into condition OF
profuse perspiration, took of his hat
in saluting u friend.
As he did so, he was astonished to
feel what was apparently "A slight fall
of snow upon his head. Upon passing
his hand over his head, he found sever
al unmistakable flakes of snow there.
1t is supposed that the freezing outer
air condensed the moist warm air
within the gentleman's tall hat so sud-
denly that yeritabls snow storm, OF
miniature proportional was produced
upon his head.
A similar incident Is related by the
same journal. During the past winter,
on very cold clear night, an evening
party was given in salon in Stock
holm, Sweden. Many people were
gathered together in single room,
and it became so warm in the course
ofthe evening, that several ladies COM
planned of feeling i'll.
An attempt was then made to raise
n window, but the sashes had been
frozen in their place. and it was i'm
possible TO move them.
In this situation as it was absolute
ly necessary that air should be ad-
mitted, pane OF glass was smashed
out. A cold current at once rushed
in; and at the same instant flakes of
snow were seen to fall to the floor in
all parts of the room.
The entrance Of frosty current into
an atmosphere that was saturated with
moisture had produced a snow fall in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
MECHANICAL PROCESS.

Detroit manufacturing firm will make
steel wagon wheels, with hollow felloes
and spokes
South Dakota now has the largest arte-
sion well in the world 1t shoots water
40 feet from the surface.
New York Central passenger train re-
Gently ran from New York TO Buffalo at
the rate of tifty-one miles per hour.
determined fisherman at Groverville.
Ga. catches alligators with a hook-not an
ordinary hook, however, but an iron affair
attached to a strong pole.
A tramp detected at Port Jervis, ~ Y.
in the act of attaching to the trucks of a
railroad car novel contrivance for steal
ing ride volunteered the information
that, seated on the continuance, he had
journeyed over 800 miles
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
:" August
Flower

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman fifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says Il have
used your August Flower for sew
eral years in my family and for my
own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
have been troubled with what
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part of my head first,
and then soon general headache
until l become sick and vomit.
AT times, too, / have a fullness
after eating, pressure after eating
at the pit of the stomach, and
sourness, when food seemed to rise
up in my throat and mouth. When
go feel this coming on if l take a
little August Flower it relieves
:" me, and is the best remedy / have
lever taken for it. For this reason
take it and recommend it to
Others as great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &c" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Alma Ladies' College, st. Thomas. Ont,
has the finest buildings and furnishings. the
largest attendan G. the high st record and
the lowest rates in Canada Graduating
courses i'm Literature, Music, Fine Art.
Commercial Science and Elocution. a large
number of young ladies from Michigan
attend this popular institution. Only two
hours by fast train from Detroit. Write
for the new illustrated announcement to
Principal Austin, A. NJ, Ii. ID.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
a Youthful Hero.

After telling how a Portland boy
filed a can that had contained gun
powder with straw and then set fire to
the straw, with the result OF badly
turned face, the Dexter Gazette re-
Carks: All this Is hard on Fred. no
kveJ but II he Is anything like the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
What SIie Could DO.

She could tidy up the house,
She could make the beds and cakes
She could whisk the constant broom,
She could fry the fish or steaks,
She could let her mother rest
AS loving daughter should;
She could milk the COW, and churn,
She could do these--if she would
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
Female Traulps.

An Illinois Central conductor says
that female tramps are on the increase.
They are not as daring as the men in
jumping on or off trains but they are
found hanging all over a freight car,
on the trucks or clinging to the truss
rods by hands and feet, in fact in "A
good many dangerous places that a
male tramp would never think of get
ting in.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
Gratifying All.

The high position attained and the uni
yersal acceptance and approval OF the
pleasant liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs.
as the most excellent laxative known, illus
trate the value OF the qualities on which its
success is based and are abundantly graft
flying TO the California Fig Syrup Company.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
4 Title

"He went for a soldier" is the
title of book going through the
throes of circulation "a premium.
Why he went for n soldier we cannot
say, but ii he was an Indian. no doubt
he was perfectly safe in going for c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
The Hour Had Come.

The minute men were On the ,cdtch
In early time one day;
They were the first in all they did,
No second hands were they.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
A New LeaSe Of Life.

The aged and weakly declare that after us
ing Speer's Wines they feel like younger be-
ings, having their systems renovated with the
pure strengthening wine, made by Alfred
Speer, OF Passaic, n. j. For sale by druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

DIR. Matthews. who has been studying
suicide finds that IL pertains exclusively to
civilized countries, andincreases in accord
ance with the degree OF civilization.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

FITS.-All Fits stopped free by DR., kLINEs GREAT
Nerve kestorer. No Fit after trstdny susc Mar
gellous Treatise and g. trial "otte free TO
Sit cases. Send TO DIR. Klne.93l Arch 81, Phia., Ia
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

A lady naturalist has demonstrated that
moles are not entirely carnivorous by
starving one until IL ate oatmeal, on which
diet IL afterward subsistcd.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

B. l.. Farieon is an expert stenographer.
He carries note book with him at all
times and when an idea strikes him he jots
IL down for future use.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

To Become Successful In Business Life
you need good business education, such ms may be
acquired by mail; Bryants College Buffalo, ~ y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

We will give 800 reward fo> any case OF ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
cure. Taken internally.
i. j. CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo. o.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

When Baby was sick, we gave her Cas,oria,
When she was q Child. she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung TO CastoriA,
whsn abe had Children she gave them Castoris-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Men OF science declare that the orange
was originally berry. and that its evolu-
tion has been going on more than a thou
sand years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Many railroads are introducing brake
shoes on both sides OF the wheel. the claim
being made that the braking power is thus
moro efficiently employed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Mothers should watch carefully those
signs of i'll health i'm their daughters, and at
once use Lydia f. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound. 1t will prove lasting blessing
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

A tender conscience is stronger obllga-
tion than a prison.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Ask your storekeeper for our Fruit Jar
Opener. Don't see how YOU get along with
out IL. lfhe don't keep it send 10 cents
postage and get one free.
KIRwAN 4 TYLER, Baltimore, Md.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Majors Cement Repairs Broken Articles
itc and Csc. Majors Best Liquid Glue loo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

boys we used to know. he will have a
thousand dollars worth OF calm. proud.
lofty enjoyment in showing his wounds
and describing the event to his gaping
fellows
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

The way to speak with power is to speak
honestly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

The citizens OF Athens, Ga, beseech their
council TO pass an ordinance for the muz-
z.ing OF cats. The animals are too noisy
o. nights.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

! No man can answer for his own valor or
courage till he has been in danger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing syrup, for Chill
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie. 2jc. n bottle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

That is the best looking-glas which
shows the truest face.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

"Hauson's Magic Corn snlve."
Warranted to cure, or money refunded. ASK
your druggist for ~. Price Is cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Experience is the name men give TO their
follies or their SORROWS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

An evil intention perverts the best ac-
tons and makes them sins.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24

Doing nothing is an apprenticeship to do
Ing wrong.
The sun., 1891-06-20
THE SEABRIGHT SUFFERERS.
Clothing II Especially Needed - Damp
Weather Breeding Disease.

Clothine IL Especially Needed - Damp
Weather Breeding Disease.
AsBuRY PARK. June 19.-Unless moro aid is
Immediately given for the Seabright sufferers
a calamity far moro serious than the fire will
overtake that seaside resort.
Ever since the fire the afflicted families have
been compelled to find shelter In the barns.
outhouses and stables of the wealthy cot
tagers. While the weather was fine this was
very good. hut since Wednesday the rain has
been falling upon the afflicted city.
Those who have been compelled to sleep in
damp uncomfortable quarters are now feeling
the effects OF 1t. and sickness IL breaking out.
Many and many family has not had q
change of clothing since tho night Of the fire.
They have no chance to dry clothing.
the debris. which nothing but Immediate and
heroic work on the part Of the town authori-
ties can check.
While large contributions OF food have been
pouring in upon the committee. tho supply OF
olothin2 has been very limited. and not OF the
What the committee need is outer and un-
dereothing for men and women. Mrs: Henry
NJ. Alexander. who has charge OF the distribu-
tion department. requested the writer to mako
q special appeal for clothing for tho afflicted
While she was spenking she was appealed to
by moro than score, OF destitute men for dry
undercloi hing to replace wet underclol hing.
Long rows Of snowy White tents have been
erected on the west shore OF tho Shrewsbury
River and many Of them viii be- habitable
10 be- oontented with bare cot. Blankets
and quilts are expected to arrivo In limited
quantities tomorrow.
The sun., 1891-06-20
Business Troubles,

TWAS reported in Newark yesterday morn.
ing that John Dwyer. . leather manufacturer
and dealer. was financially embarrassed. Mr.
Dwyer has been in business since 1857. and has
made considerable amount OF mony. He was
formerly superintendent for #. p. Howell 4
Co. On Saturday last Mr.. Dwyer made q chat
tel mortgage to John N. Moore as trustee for
q anunber OF his creditors who held his notes
for GOO. The mortgage covered goods at
his tannery and store and at the tsnnery of l.
N. Smith h Son. Other mortgages were given
by MI; Dwyer on Juno 10 and II. No assign.
ment has yet been made. and It Is believed
from his difficulties and that his creditors viii
give him all the accommodation they can. He
Will not make any statement for publication
but one OF his friends said yesterdnv that ne
was probably between $4,000 and $50 900 be-.
hind owing TO unluckyreal estate Investments
Dayid McvuillRn. dealer in cloaks and suits
at 24l Sixth avenue. mado al aasignment vas
!erday to ira p Stewart. giving preference
to Julia McQyillan for $500. He had the suit
dspat,tmgSePt ap IN the storo OF D. Fox Co. when
The shsri q Yesterday received execution for
favor OF samuel Hoffman. Mr.. Sommer has
6een ~ 6 6busIness sin sInce 1866. and claimed cap
The Capital Insurance Company OF Topeka.
Kan, was placed In tho hands of a receiver
yesterday. No statement OF assets or liabilI-
tiss Ts was made. State insurance Commissoper
Webb revoked the company's charter rerentIy,
D,,,, DIt Tns compelled by the United States Cir:
dation. S~'0
The sun., 1891-06-20
4 NEW M'cAuz1 OPERA COMPANY
The Wife OF the Impresario to Organize q
Troupe with Manager Askin's AID.

The Wife OF the Impresario to Organize a
Troupe with Manager Askin's AID.
1t was announced last night that Mrs. John
A. McCaull Ind abandoned her litigation
against young Manager Harry Askin OF tho
McCaull Company and that an smicRbe
arrangement had been made with Manager
Symes. the former partner OF John A. Nc
Caull. by which he withdrew his suit to recover
about $1,000 lent to the company. symnes had
secured All attachment on the McCaull scenery
in the suit. The settlement OF the litigation
was effected Yesterday afternoon.
Caull had admitted that she had made blun-
dor IL ENGAGING Il the recent litigation. He
passins pass log into BIS hands Of The Tar aud I'd tic bs
Tartar" which he managed for Mira Nc
CRu!l. MS his own property. and that Mrs
MSsGaull ~, would .SSscsni5Hs ScH., new troupe;
which she VII 30 s9le proprletor. Mrs: Nc:
in oreanizing this company. nm md he would be-
Dany will continue under his management In
THE Tar and the Tartar" The agreement
was that the new company should not play
against the Askin productions anywhere.
The sun., 1891-06-20
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH

Mary Nimanic aged Ia Of Johnstowu Pa poured
death.
detachment Of Mexican troops under Col. viIlar
has defeated ana dispersed large force VI YaQui in
dtAns In the state OF sonora
tornado swept over Aroostook County. Msins. on
oemoiishsd and miles OF fence destroyed.
The Senate Of the National Union in session at NIL
wAukee voted TO tpend s. t for the erection Of Ns
uohsl Union bmlding st the Worlds Fair
The Prsxilian Government issued dscres on Thurs
aay directing that Tor the collection OF customs
he ra OF exchanks shall bs twenty the dollar
The GrsId Jury sitttns on hs case Of tn. Of
AAsa Yesterday returned an iudictIn Ivr murdes
against chsrlos Joseph Ttghs OF Boston
Mrs. Csthsrins Crane. aEsd 81, was found dead on
hSoslon With humorous oruss. on her person sr nus
plague cf rstrrpars injecting the northern part
OF the town OF burke Iransl!n county. devourins
evsythng green IN their path The Insects are irsv.
e'hng eastward cutting asWa'h nearly mile In Width
An early irsish. ,ran on ths New England Railroad
morning tx train running In The same drsctia
coded with he rear eId OF the preceding tram live
cars took fire aud were destroyed "'
u 10 reported At 81 John, N B., that tn. Nstlona,
Cordsge Company Of New York has purchsasd ios
SaU0 Mn All the cordsss works in Canada ipcludins
ehAt OF Thomas Connor Sons Of 81 John the M John
works will be for export tFsds onlv Thsv a. saH
70 be the lssKsst In the Uominion sA'' ~'sAAs
The sun., 1891-06-20
4 DRY GOODS STOCK coMpANE
The Old Firm OF Journeay d Burnham of
Brooklyn to be ReorEanized.

The OLD Firm OF Journeay d Burnham OF
Brooklyn to be ReorEanized.
The old dry goods firm Of Journeay Burn
ham in Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn.is to be reor.
Ranized. although the firm name will remain
UNCHANGED. 1t will be formed into a stock COM
pany. with a capital OF s1.00OOOO. The firm
will retain 100000 OF the capital and in as
9 gning the other shares the employees OF the
firm and old customers will have the prefer
enre.
The firm was oreanized by Henry P. Jour-
neay nearly ftty years ago. and Tor the past
thirty years the sales it is said, have 4veraeeI
died suddenly last December. leaving an es-
tate valued q more than $4,000. Co., He leit
he sole beneilciaries. Lyman 8; Durnham.
the surviving partner. will be- President OF the
reorgantzed firm. Hugh Boyd Vice. President,
and and John NJ. Conklin manager: The franklin
tion, tion schemae and @ will receive subscriptions
at the old Atlantic avenue site. and the gem
eral management will be unchanged.
Mrs. Journeay. who was q young and pretty
saleswoman in the big store when Mr, Jour
neay married. her twelve yeArs ago. will hold q
largo portion Of the stock.