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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
LIVED ON go A YEAR.
The Methods of Life OF an Aged Mis~r OF
I.isie.


The Widow Paret, 10 years old,
starved TO death in Isle four eek.
ago. She left n fortune of SIZE, 900.
As thoroughbred miscr she was with.
out q rival. Twelve years ago when
her husband died, she had only few
hundred dollars. She invested her
money judiciously, and set about get
ting more with unsurpassed .nergy.
She sewed, begged, and did Il g hard.
est manual labor whenever ni oppor
tunity was offered TO her.
Her savings were almost Identical
with her earnings, for her living cost
her only 50 annually. She CO. her food
from the refuse heads at vegetable
markets and from the garbage of hotel;
and restaurants. She gathered the
Goals for her fire usually II the dock;
where freight ships were loaded and
emptied. Every morning rain or sun
she appeared at the wharles with he,
coal basket on her arm. When unabL,
To fill her basket there size pilfered the
desired supply from nei gaboring Goa
yards. and by this practice got herself
several times in the Lisle police courts
Last fall her only soi, an unsuccess.
ful miser died OF hunger, leaving ont
child, n girl of sixteen years. This
young woman is tn. sole heir of the
fortune. She is ore OF the frivolous
creatures OF Lislc, and l. said to be-
making great preparations for tbs
speedy dissipation of her grandmoth
er's hoard.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

The Paris correspondent OF the
Times relates hitherto unpublished
story about Count Won M)ltke Dur
ing the counts visit TO the Paris ex-
position in 1867 with the emperor and
Prince Bismarck he dined one day at
St. Cloud with Emperor Napoleon,
and in the talk after nner Napoleon
told Marshal Random, the minister OF
war, that Won Moltke claimed to be
able to fight tho French army with
the needle gun. Marshal Random
laughed ALOUD Snd in voice in which
all In the room could hear responded
Pardon mo. general, but in spite OF
the high opinion have OF your
Judgment am unable To share your
belief"
After the departure OF Emperor
William Napoleon was so struck with
the words OF the tact.turn s,ratcgist
that he busted himsel in overhauling
tho equipment OF the French army,
the result being the adoption Of the
Chassepot gun. Cine matt Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
Queer Pastures OF women.

Have you eve,. seen u girl sit on heI
foot? heard ut Miss Churchman's class
the other day, Cousin Madge tells Lon
don Truth, that it is n favorite attitude
of the young women OF the period
She puts her foot upon the seat OF {
chair and Immediately sits down on it
the other serving as a prop and bal
ance being firmly planted on the floor
When you come to think OF it yer.
wonderful arc the attitudes in whic,
girls often sit. Sometimes they viii
screw up their knees until they almos
touch their noses, holding them Tight!
around with clasped hands, while they
deyour a book perched upon the knees
The position is highly insecure. Th'
slightest touch would knock them over
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
New NOrk's Japanese.

There are no quieter better temper
ed. gentlcr or quicker-witted people il
New York, says the Continent, than
the japanese residents, who are
about two hundred in number Their
language is soft and melodious, and
their mode of personal address is
pleasant to behold. They mingle
freely with Americans and like the
American garb. The few New Workers
who have had the opportunity of en-
joying japanese feast alta japanese
Union" club speak in praise Of the
daintiness Of japanese dishes, the
delicacy Of Japanese cookery, and the
pleasing style of japanese service.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
4 Pension Dacfxiou.

Assistant Secretary Busy has re-
versei the decision OF the Commits
sioner OF Pensions on the appeal OF
Jane NJ. Smalley, now Greenhorn,
widow Of Richard I. Smalley, Co. +,
Goth Illinois. The record OF the case
shows that the so d err was accident
ally wounded by the Lieutenant OF his
company in 1862, and died in Janu-
airy, 1868. OF abscess OF the lungs.
VIII oh. according to the medical tes-
timony, resulted as n sequence OF the
wound. The Commissioner OF PEN
sions rejected the claim on the ground
that the soldier was not in line OF
duty at the time he received the
wound; but tho Assistant Secretary
in his opinion holds that, in the alb
sence OF proof to the contrary. it must
be assumed that he was in the por-
Torrance Of his duty, a. it was Gus
toE:srv for soldiers during the war TO
so on sh ct expeditions. This decis-
ion is Ia harmony with the line OF
procedents of the Department.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
SING SING CEMETERY.
BOW Dead Maiefsctors Are Laid Out and
Buried.


Upon q grassy knoll on the out
skirts OF Sing Sing and overlooking
.he grandly picturesque Hudson is the
graveyard of those convicts to whom
ieath has granted reprieve. IL lies
\ quarter of II mile northeast Of the
state prison, and between the resting
place and the river runs the railroad.
Tho little treeless. leailess cemetery
cannot be seen by the passengers, nor,
owing 20 its obscurity, can il be seen
from the decks OF the steamboats, or
luxurious yachts against whose bulls
ripple tho waters of the magnificent
stream on whose banks stand the many
splendid mansions OF fortunes favored
Dnes.
1t is desolate place. Is this plat OF
ground in which lie the bones of those
unhappy mortals whose crimes led to
the convict stripes and the humiliating
ball and chain. The arena is not over
one acre, and it is neither walled.
fenced or hedged in. Stray cattle and
vagabond hogs may trample over the
little mounds of earth raised above the
graves of the dead. There is neither
weeping-willow nor tree of any kind
TO mark the sacred spot. The SHOWS
of winter and the fierce rays Of the
summer sun beat upon the unprotected
strips OF ground which contain all that
was mortal OF some mothers darling
Not a single stone slab is there visible
and not gravestone or coping. At
the head OF each grave however. is n
wooden board painted slate color,
and upon this board. fashioned by con-
death and age OF tho deceased. The
prison records show the crimes for
which the dead convicts were bereft of
liberty, citizenship and the respect of
their fellow-men, but the cloak of char
ity and the instincts of humanity and
common decency surround the death
and burial OF these erring ones.
When grim death has issued ticket
Of leave the convict is stripped of his
prison garb.
A dead convict is clad IN clean
underwear and a white pleated shirt "
said Warden Brush. Our chaplain
holds burial service and the body is
carried TO the grave by other convicts,
an officer accompanying them"
Borne to the cemetery by convicta-
lowered into tho grave by cor vict
hands, And in order that none of the
six convicts bearing their late conn ade
TO the grave shall attempt to escape,
the officer who accompanies the fun raj
cortege goes armed with rifle and re-
volveri
A more dreary, desolate spot can
hardly be found than this little co IN.
try convict cemetery, lying midway
between the pretty village OF Sing
Sing and the walls OF the state pris on,
on which sentries continually mount
guard. 1t - strip rarely visited by
human beings. Even the childrel
avoid it. The wooden slabs show Ina,
most OF the convicts died young and
the majority of them under the age oil
SO.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

OCRs is a government of law and its
liberty is the noblest freedom of the
earth because it is conserved by law.
Such government has no place and
no use for the vicious idler, the brutal
pauper or tho fugitive criminal from
Europe. and the time has como when
The law must assert It's mastery over
the hundreds of thousands OF lawless
immigrants in our midst In this Of
fort every honest American working
man. whether native born or natural
lied should heartily join. American
workingmen are the sovereigns Of the
republic; they ore the custodians Of tho
priceless liberty we enjoy, and they
are most OF all interested in resolutely
maintaining the liberty OF law.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

DURING the past year there have
been. in round numbers. S3. 900 people
wounded and 4, 900 killed by the rail-
roads in the United States. The rail-
road managers say that compared with
Che number of people transported, it
% very small percentage. True, but
there have been as many killed and
wounded as would have resulted from
a summer campaign with an army OF
10000 on one side, in which as many
IA ten pitched battles have been
fought That would be very consid-
cradle OF n sensation from a newsman's
standpoint
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

WHILE the volume OF desirable I'm
migration. including the Saxons. the
Celts and Gauls. is decreasing, the
Latins. Huns and Slavs are rapidly
multiplying in this country and are
pouring in from Europe in an uninter-
rupted stream. These people with all
OF their dangerous race traditions OF
blood and violence, inuoculate the
body social and the body polite in
America with the deadly virus which
has contaminated the European govern
ments furnishing this class OF immi-
grants. The result il seen In tho Malta (;
in anarchy and socialism. which de-
MES the right Of property, and in man.
ifestations OF lawlessness. These evils
are the logical outgrowth OF q lenien.
policy which admits. without question.
the refuse population OF tho Old World.
and extends hospitality without dis
orimination to the outcasts Of Europe,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
MEASURED BY FLOWERS.
Novel sun Dial Made of Foliage, bv which
Times Flight is Marked.

an u previous article the beautiful
adaptation Of flowers and foliage e
the purpose OF marking the Eight 80
time was shown, says Jewele.s' Week.
Iy. This was II bit of garden horology
accomplished by florist of New Or
leans, La, and was decidedly clever in
its way. In that ease the time OF day
was Appropriated by figures composed
OF flowers, which attained their high
est perfection and beauty about the
hours indicated by the numerals which
they formed.
Two conditions were indispensable
% the reading OF time by this clock
One was sufficient familiarity with the
flowers employed to discern the attain
ment OF the highest state of perfection
and the other was :. day suspicious for
floral development.
The most recent Theological achieve
ment in landscape gardening is that of
one OF the florists in charge of the
fora OF the public parks in Chicago.
While his work is not Of the same
order rs that previously described, the
result of it il more accurate and less
complicated timepiece.
The flower bed is laid out on the
points of the compass in the form of a
huge semi-circle, and foliage and flow
ers are grown i'll il in such n manner
as to render it II perfect sun dial, or,
as the classical inventor expresses it.
Soils clock" A slab of stone Of
proper shape is set in the center Of the
dial and casts the shadow by which the
time il read.
The idea Is not strictly novel one
Sun dials composed OF growing flowers
and foliage have been made in Europe,
and it il not improbable that in the
days OF the greatest popularity of
those timepieces floral ones were of
frequent occurrence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

THB cruel persecution which the
car OF Russia IS waging against
the Jews is disappointing to those who
had begun to hope that this autocrat
was going to become an enlightened
ruler. Instead of this, he is placing
himself with such blind despots Us
Louis the l4th. who in bigoted zeal for
n creed inflicted an irreparable blow
On the strength OF his kingdom. We
suspect however that the car has not
even the poor excuse OF the fanatic,
but is influenced solely by q mistaken
view OF state policy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
Inscription on a sun Dial.

II Is said that not many years ago IL
the temple was sun dial with the
motto. "Begone about your business, y
and that this unusu.l inscription arose
from the builders man" calling &c
receive orders about il when tbs
bencher in charge was so busy that he
did not listen, but said. BE gone
about your business. which the man
took AZ his answer and forthwith en-.
orDyed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

Two menof Palmersyille, Tenn. re-
Gently cut down tree. On the trunk,
about eight feet from the stump, was
a gnarl which covered a little hollow.
On cuttiu. into the hollow. which had
been completely overgrown, they
found inside frog which was liieless
but wcll preserved. By counting the
grains it was estimated that the tree
was at least thirty years old. The
frog had been preserved for years in
his air tight home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

PROBABLY the newspaper writer's in
tally. England, Germany and France
Who SO lightly referred TO the 'impcr-
ections" of the United States constitu-
ion and the necessity" for its amend
nent were hardly conscious of their
nblime impertinence, but there is rea-
ION to believe that they will presently
oerceive their folly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

NOTWITHSTANDING the supposed
preference of English papers to unfay-
orable criticism Of American affairs it
rs noticeable that even the most con-
servative OF her great papers tho
Times, and q majority of others de-
nounced the Malta and defended the
people of New Orleans even more
warmly than the most pronounced OF
Me American press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

RUSSIA does not carry on public
works on a small scale. She is about
to construct a trans-Siberian railroad.
which will be pushed TO speedy COM
pletion- When completed it will bo
4,7S5 miles long. How road like
that must make the American railway
magnate's mouth water. The pick
ings and stealings ought to make half
dozen Goulds and Vanderbilts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
What Shall he Doact

A man in Milwaukee saw a woman
fall down and he helped her up and
spoke words OF consolation. and She sent
him Il deed Of 1000 house. A man
in Peoria did the very same thing, and
the woman yelled for her husband, who
was near by. and he came running up
and broke the CONSIDERS nose.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
To ne Entered.

II Is reported at Port Townsend that
eleven American scaling schooners
have gone TO Victoria, b. c., TO be en-.
tered under the British fac and there
are three more on the way.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

THE membership OF the universities
found TO DO increasing from decade
, decade in a much larger ratio than
lat Of population. But the increas-
~ membership OF the great school Of
xperience overshadows them al.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

THE time when the Mortimer raw
ged tho coasts OF Great Britain. Ger
lany and Franco is called the ''bar-
aric age" These same nations now
hell the villages of tho helpless na-
ives of the South Pacific isles in the
anne of civilization 1t all depends
lpon whose tiger is loose.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
SHlL
cONSU m PTiOM
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Care IS
wi.hou; a parallel IN the history Of medicine.
Al druggists are authorized to sell It on pos
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can SUE
cessuIly stand. That II may become known,
the Propnetors, at an enormous expense, ere
placing a Sample Bottle Free INTO every borne
in the United States and Canada. II you have
q Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use 1t, ior
It will cure lou. II your child mas The Group,
or Whooplng Couch, use it promptly, and rehei
is sure. II you dread that insidious disease
Consumrnon, use it. Ask your Druggist Tor
SnILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, go ets. and
sI.oo. II your Lungs are sore or Back lame'
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Pnce rs cts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
The same Old Way.

Bunting Everything is getting so
high in price ! don't see how we can
live. =.
Mrs. Bunting Can't we still buy on
c,,ciif dnnrp
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
BRhDFIELD'S "
FEMALE :
REGULATOR

CARTERsvILLE, April rs, 1880.
This will certify that two members of my
Immediate family, after having suffered for
years from Menstrual 1Fregularitys
Being treated without benefit by physicians,
were at length completely cured by one bottle
OF Bradneldss Female Regulator. ts
effect Is truly wonderful. j. w. STRANGE.
Book TO WOMAN" mailed FREE, which contains
valuable information on oil female diseascs-
BRADFIElO REGULATOR CO..
ATLANTA, GA.
For SALE By ALL DIR UGGIS16.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Men
situation you must use
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02

substance, alcohol, an artificial pro-
duct devised by man for his pur-
poses, and in many things that lie
outside his organism a useful SUBJ
stance, is neither a food nor a
drink suitable for his natural de-
mands. Its application as an
agent that shall enter the living
organization is properly limited by
the learning and skill possessed by
the physician, a learning that it.
self admits of being recast and re-
vised in many important details,
and perhaps in principles. If this
agent does really for the moment
cheer the weary and impart a
transient flush of pleasure to the
unwearied, its influence is an in
finitesimal advantage, by the side
of an infnity of evil for which
there is no compensation and no
human cure"
Now, in my professional capa-
city l would ask nothing better of
those who build cathedrals, churches
and chapels than to continue their
advocacy of moderation in the use
of this "good creature of God.
Hahl Hah!! Hah!l! But of those
fellows the doctors with their pratt
ings about disease and infnity of
evil" ETC., why all 1 can say is,
damn their everlasting souls, and
damn their teachings.--Say, Mr..
Editor, DON'T cut out those strong,
bad words, and don't write them
with a d, a dash and an n, or I'll
be after YOU as sure as my name is
MEPHISTOPHELES.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02

During a recent visit to Maunaloa Ranch
the wind was so light that it was not be-
lleved that any mill could run, half dozen
ordinary mills were motionless but the
Aermotor was pumping water enough to
supply the requirements of several hundred
heads of stock. This is the usual state of
affairs and is evidence enough to convince
the most skeptical that the Aermotor is the
greatest windmill on earth. An eight foot
geared Aermotor will pump water, saw wood,
turn the grindstone and grind the feed for
the stock at the same time. 1t will, by its
labor saving qualities, add twenty years of
solid comfort to its owners life, it will add
to his bank account and do every thing but
drive the hens to water or make them drink.
We now have these mills on each of the
group and in every case they have proven a
perfect success, in every instance they have
done more than was expected and have
consequently, given the greatest satisfac-
ton. We believe the sale of the Aermotor
on these Islands will be enormous and that
they will ultimately take the place of every
other make.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02

Mr.. EDITOR: Having just COM
pleted the circuit of the earth, l am
again in Honolulu and can be seen
by my old friends at my usual
place.
take this opportunity TO thank
the many who have been real and
true to me during my absence.
To Adam" surnamed Ale, l
would say, keep up your little
" Why Nots in the P. c. a., but
stir not the Marshal to action.
Talk, but 90 no further under the
great penalty.
Noah" my servant Noah, who
was once drunk on the fruit of the
vine, I personally thank you for
your opinion rs expressed in the
D. B.: "That legitimate license is
more TO be commended than the
irresponsible go-as-you-please way
Of selling spirits, in which the peo-
pie and public are allowed to be
served after legitimate hours"
That suits me to a L, for these
go-as-you-please, etc, can be much
suppressed, as l have found in my
travels, but whenever the business
Of selling gin, whisky, beer, opium,
etc, is " legitimate, " then does my
work flourish.
Look at the harvest 1 have reap
ed in Hawaii.
1 have no patience with that
Australian boy on abstinence"
Boys like him l can do nothing
with. They are lost for ever, and
will never even see the beauties Of
my Nuuanu and Hotel street
homes. They shall never feel the
pleasures of the flowing bowl, the
swelled head and damnation. |
debar them even from limbo.
I am, DIABOLO.
Honolulu, May 20, 1891.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02
Funeral of Gen. Marshall and
Wife.

Mr.. EDITOR: 1t was lovely May day
that a company of loving friends gather
ed in the quaint little Church in Weston,
a village about twelve miles from Boston.
The occasion was double funeral SER
vice-and there were gathered neighbors
and friends from far off parts of the land
and the islands OF the sea.
General James F. B Marshall and
wife had been in more strict truth than
can always be said, Lovely in their
lives, and in their death not divided"
The life OF this largely-loved couple has
been we'll known to you-their names,
their influence and their aloha have
been well known to you and need not to
ne rewritten here.
1t was a source OF unfailing pleasure to
General and Mrs. Marshall that they
had so recently been permitted to re-
visit the Islands and renew the old
friendships OF fifty years ago and see
again the loved spots which their
younger years. knew"
The last sickness was Shorthand they
we're not, for God had taken them. 1t
seems a most beautiful termination of
two lives that had so harmoniously run
on together for over forty years, should
not long be separated. a few hours al
Ter the General "fell asleep" his wife
was also called to rejoin him in that
realm where there is no more death"
The services at the little church were
simple and well in keeping with the
characters OF the deceased. The tributes
were from those who had known them
but TO love them.
The eulogy OF Doctor Ellis was beauti-
i'll and appreciative. Words fifty spoken
indeed.
There were many OF the Hawaiian col
ony in and around Boston present to par
ticipate in the service to those who in life
had done so much when living to cheer
and enliven and keep alive the aloha for
Hawaii.
Among others were Z. p. Bond and
James W. Austin, who ofiiciated as pail
bearers for Gen. Marshall, Consul Law
renee Bond, Messrs. Brewer, Austin,
Cushing, q. ID. Gilman and wife, Mrs.
Judge Hartwell and daughter, Mrs. Ban
ring, Miss Armstrong, Mrs. j. w. Aus
tin, the Misses Bond, Mrs. Knudsen and
others.
Judge Haftwell and j. Mott Smith
were unavoidably detained in Boston.
Boston, May 10, 1891 q.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-02
ABOUT WINDMILLS +!

The utility of Windmills on these Islands
mas never been clearly illustrated for the
reason that until the introduction of the
Aermotor by the HAWAIIAN HARDWARE
COMPANY there was not a mill that would
meet the requirements of the purchaser or
that could be made to run in localities where
the wind is, at times, so light that it is inn
possible to make the old style wooden wheel
turn around. The Aermotor is constructed
OF steel SO light, yet strong, that it moves
with the slightest wind nor is it affected in
any manner in the severest gale. 1t is an
absolute fact that the ordinary wooden mill
will remain motionless on account of scare
ty of wind while at the same time the
Aermotor will be pumping water.