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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

The other day casually asked drug
clerk the origin Of the many colored
lights which are now the universal signs
of drug store. The youth referred me
very pleasantly to an older man in the
store, who finally admitted that he knew
about as little as his younger associate.
! called in every drug store on upper
Broadway and made the same query. At
each place the question seemed 10 par
alyze the younger members Of the estab-
lshment The older clerks contented
themselves with the opinion that it was
only to attract attention that various
colored lights were represented by jets
behind liquid in glass bottle l ascer-
tanned that there was a great deal of
knack in preparing the liquid so as tc
give a clear light of whatever color de
sired and to stand the test Of time with
out precipitation.
One clerk said he thought that the
enstom could be traced back two or three
hundred years until it faded into the
barber pole that is now the sign of tie
tonsorial artists throughout the English
speaking world. Another man, who
seemed to get little nearer to it tn D
the rest, said that it originated with the
early chemists and alchemists, who desig
mated their places Of business in this way.
All 81 them expressed 4 desire that when
| got the information sought / should
furnish it to those engaged in the dru
business. Interview in New Yor.
Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10


The Libby Prison war museum is soon
to have an acquisition Of a curious char
acter. 1t is the Identical frame house in
which Jesse James lived the last four
months of his life. and in which heswas
killed by Bob Ford Since 1882 this
house has stood unoccupied on a bluff
back of st. JOSEPH. Mo- ! The#bunethole
in the wall is st.4l-te--be- seen and the
blood stains on the floor have never been
effaced. The house was sold to the
agent Of the Chicago museum for the
sum Of 81 800 and it is to be taken down
in sections, removed hence and set up
again in the big building in Wabash
avenue
An equally interesting relic would be,
we think, the old James house still stand
ing near Liberty, Clay county. And if
old Mother James is still living she
should be engaged TO, come along and
serve as guide" or, ILLUSTRATOR.
The old lady, when. we ldsgisaw her,
nine years ago, was full of fight and en-
ergy, and it would be. hard To find a
handsomer woman than she was. -Chii
cagO News. Holm .IIElH4YlT
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
Great Brltaln,s Unclaimed Honrds

If all the boxes lying unclaimed foI
ten years or longer in the cellars Of the
Banks Of ngland and Ireland, at Coutts'
Drummonds', Child's and other Wei
known bankers, were uneartned ant
their content examined, wonderful treas
ures in the shape of plate, jewelry and
other valuables might he handed over 10
the representatives Of the original de-
positors. Many missing title deeds, wills
and other valuable documents might
also be restored to their rightful owners
Chambers Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
rho sneed Of rhat Yanl.ee aIeteor.


Professor II. A. Newton, Of Yale, writes
the following letter with regard to the
great and &onderfully brilliant meteor
which wis seen here in Hartford:
The htAipnt,nieteor that you describe
in Your tsde;of Fab p, and which was
heard to eSpl6detwittt tremendous noise
in many plscesin. Maine, appears to have
been l59yi ill., :. nor5hward, nearly over
Portlandj Ne. pefhaps from as far south
as Boston, ahA. tohave disappeared some
miles above We surface of the earth over
the middle or northern parts Of Franklin
county, Me. SO far as known no stones
have been secured from the meteor. yFIf
this is the true path, the body entered
the air with a tremendous velocity.
The earth was at that time moving
eighteen rules a second directly toward
the point from which the meteor was
coming. According to accepted theories,
the meteor was moving faster than the
earth, and the stone entered the air with
the sum Of the two velocities. This
makes a velocity of more than forty
miles a second. In most of the cases
where StaHes have been secured the We
l5cities1ave been not more than twenty
1JfleS "a Second In one instance, how
eFS&, Al Stanhem, Moravia, there were
sgentedN5 large number of stones from a
1KeteoN whose velocity was as great as
that Of the meteor of Feb. 23.-HaItford
Courant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

II one desires to dine with physiolog-
zeal discrimination the meal should be
gin with few uncookel oysters or clans
which are Immediately stimulating, nu.
tritious and digestible; both oysters and
sen fish contain n tonic quantity of To-
dine, and are good nerve foods. With
the exception of cayenne, the earlier
dishes should be mildly seasoned; the
entrees may become piquant gradually;
the ice or Roman punch Tefreshes the
tissues of the mouth and throat. which
have been heated by the food and some
what inAamed or, rather, stimulated
the liquid GOODNESS counteracts those
feverish conditions, and prepares the pal
ate for the flavor of the roast or broiled
game. ~ 'TT
The accompanying salad greatly en-
hances the intense h@ylr.of,tlie roast,
while the condiments 4aed salpltgil fsYoI
digestion. ThealeSseFf ,sweets tend 10
regulate the comBinationeof.ill nutri.
tive elements in the fgqce, oStrtising a
chemical action not yet Thoroughly un
derstood. Black coffee or teu without
milk has au astrngent effect, that is, il
contracts the mucous membrane of the
digestive organs, interfering with the
flow of the gastric and intestinal fluids,
and thus retardiDg digestion.
When their effect is desirable, the
warmth aud stimulus. derived from
eitherof thoe. beverages can be replaced
by drinltngagliss # hot milk and wa
ter, swallowed rs Hot as possible, IN
large sipss-and there Isl no handicap, as
with tea 6rcoffee. The milk soothes the
sensitive digestive, tract, which may be
disturbed 10y other foods, and the hot
water is sanative; the milk taken with,
out the water would become a solid
food directly it encountered the gastric
jnice, thus lacking The necessary liquid
quantity. Juliet Qorson in Harper
Bazaar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
Time for Early Garden Work.

Tree and vine pruning should be COM
pleted before growth commences. Peas
for an early crop need to be got in as
wrinkled, or sugar peas, should be held
until the ground warns little. Those
intending to raise onions by the new
plan of starting the seeds in cold frames
should have everything in readiness and
get the seed in early, and have the young
plants in readiness to set out as soon as
the ground can be put in good order.
The advantages claimed by this method
are full rows, a longer season of growth
and less expense in cultivating and keep
ing clean, the expense saved in the last
item making up for the extra cost of
transplanting. A much greater yield is
claimed for the method. But no time is
to be lost in preparing the soil for onion
seed to be sowed in the rows where the
crop is to grow. The preparation and
sowing cannot be done too soon. The
seeds Of lettuce and early cabbage,
caulifower, celery, tomatoes and radish
will need sowing at intervals as required,
and the hotbeds and the forcing pits
will command daily care.
Seeds of biennial and Parental flower
ing plants can be put in at once Sweet
peas in the open ground should be plant
ed at the earliest opportunity; they
should make their best growth in the
cooler weather of the spring.
Lawns can be seeded to grass as soon
as the ground can be properly put in
order.
All kinds of work that can be done in
the garden should be pushed along and
be out of the way when the hurrying
time comes later, as it surely will
Vick's Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
A Church of Oranges.

The Palermo (Mon.) Fruit Growers
association, which recently affiliated
with the California State Board of
Trade, sent to San Francisco large
model of the Union church, which is To-
Gated at Palermo colony in Butte. The
model has been erected in the board Of
trade rooms, and is now on exhibition.
The miniature church is an exact model
in every detail of the original, and just
one-seventh its size. 1t is 10 feet in
length, 81 feet wide and III feet in
height. The roof, gables and bell tower
are covered with oranges, some thou
sands of which are used, while in the
windows and around the pedestals are
arranged exhibits of nuts, dried and
fresh fruits and other products of the
colony. AS the oranges used in decorat-
ing the church wither they will be taken
away and fresh fruit substituted until
the orange season is over, when other
fruits, dried and fresh, will be used for
decorating, making it standing unique
advertisement of the resources of Paler-
mo.-Omaha Bee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

Don't be startled if tell you a secret.
General Boulanger, the deposed head Of
a rstLQgLade nnXeInent, sin Now York.
So, -at least, Frenchman tells me who
claims TO have called upon the general
at his secluded lodgings on the east side.
My informant asserts that Boulanger has
shaved his face clean and is DESTROYS Of
remaiHfr gsHsfsEoTn In the metropolis
until laS segptFy salls him. In this case
his reGaihsesEerS isshkely to be long
one.
There is a strong probability that my
Gallo friend has given me "a straight
tip in TINS pRttvr. Boulanger took a
fancy to New York when he was here at
the time Of the Yorktown celebration.
He likes the life Of a large city, and has
been bored on the Isle Of Jersey. Lon
don did not treat him well and Paris is
denied him. What is more natural than
that he should come to New York-the
refuge of so many soiled foreigners
Cor. Chicago Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

The death roll of 1891 will be unprece-
denied should the rate of the first six
weeks be maintained to the end Of the
year. Already the list of great names
includes Bancroft and Kinglake among
historians; Emma Abbott and Celine
Montaland among queens of the stage;
Meissonier, Won Marcke and Jervis Nc
Entee among painters; Secretary of the
Treasury Window, ex-Secretary of the
Interior Stuart and Charles Bradlaugh
among statesmen; General Sherman and
Admiral Porter among military leaders;
King Kalakaua of Hawaii, and Abdul
Rahman Khan, ameer Of Afghanistan,
among rulers; Baron Hausmann, the re-
constructor of Paris; Leo Delibes, the
French composer, and numerous others
Of scarcely less fame. Cincinnati Times
Star
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

There lives at the bigipepitentiary on

There lives at the bgiBepitentiary on
Church street family Of dogs which are
rs interesting as any dogs in The state.
Some of Them belong to- ihet officials con
nected with the prison and some belong
to Tie prison itself, but they al live and
eat together in perfect harmony. y The
most Ipr9minept, perhaps, Is the large
Newfoundland, Nellie, the, property of
+, III. Grass. She possesses almost hu-
iran intenigtnGe, and there seems hardly
limit to her capacity for leirning.' She
will go errands, s4eab ahat off the head
Of the wearer or preach 10 you. She is
the mother Of four curly, clumsy little
babies, whose frolicsorde gambols She
watches with grave dignity 81 r.'iill !.
Nellie loves her babies very much, IN
fact she lQYes any kind ,ofI,a child, and
will play with one by the hour. Her
master has Il little four year!old girl, and
when Nellie il thereto see her they al
ways, have q biz, Tomp, One lof their
games is hide and seek. The little girl
goes and hides while Nellie is held with
ssre eyes covered. When tile time 10
Hcommonce locking arrives Nellie scohrs
the whole, place and never fails to find
/ the little one When found She gently
takes her by the arni and leads her to her
mother, ~. a.. ...i 9aer.'r q. .ft.-. 4sjW
| Another interesting dos, living at the
Ertison is the great Danish mastiff
|. fDante. uIIe is glorious old fellow,
| Just such, a dog aswas, the friend, of
! Little Lord Fauntleroy, and looks fero-
cious enough to eat up a man; but be
wouldnt, for he is sweet tempered and
amiable He does not get a chance to
see many people except the convicts, bat
he is very fond of children. and when
they come into the prison yard he fol-
lows them around, and will not leave
them as long as they stay in the yard.
There is also a fine greyhound, sew
eral hunting dogs and IA saucy little
spaniel that takes liberties with the big
fellows. On pretty days they will have
a romp, and it is a funny thing to see
the greyhound jump clean over the whole
crowd when they run him too close. =
Nashville American =, snag4t-. y II
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
students, C-edit in Paris.

The Partisan tradespeople who have to
do with the students are not lenient.
The lower French classes, every one
knows, are grasping. In Paris they are
spurred on by what Alphonse Daudet
so graphically calls ia peur de ne pas
arriver"-the fear of not getting there ~
In the Quarter a student is allowed 100
francs credit: in other words, thirty dol
lars. If any expenditure Is run up above
that limit, or rent permitted TO stand
beyond that sum, the hussier appears
and the student Is literally turned out
on the pavement. hpYe recently heard
Of several cases. where this limit had
been reached within d franc or two, and
where the student, a man or woman,
had been reduced to keeping the vital
spark alive by one or two cups of coffee
a day. r. -.
In one instance the person was ANEW
England girl from small Village, who,
entirely without talent, had come over,
as / have described, with about $500, out
Of which, her passage being deducted
she had been aide to live, after a fashion,
for time. The last cent was now gone;
she was friendiesa, without means to get
home, and probably too proud to. make
her restitution and failure known TO her
family, against whose instincts of com
mon sense she had probably undertaken
this venture, lured by all manner of
wild and unfounded hopes. And this
case is really one Of many Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
MOORE.
DROBATE ORDER

DROBATE ORDER :---State of Michigan,
County OF Gratiot, SIS. At a session OF the
Probate Court for said County held at the Pro-
bate Office In the Village of Ithaca, on the 9th
day OF June, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-one Present, j. Lee
Potts, Judge of Probate In the matter OF the
estate OF Mrs. Katie l., Sheldon. deceased. ON
reading and filing the petition. duly verified,
of Hiram w Hughes, praying that certain
instrument now on file in this court. purport-
ing 10 be the last Will and Testament OF said
deceased. may be admitted TO Probate, and
that the administration of her estate may be
committed 10 said petitioner, the executor in
said will named Thereupon IL is ordered that
Tuesday the 2Sth day of July next, at ten
o'clock i'm the forenoon, be assigned for the
hearing of said petition, and that the beirs-at-
law OF sand deceased. and all other persons IL
terested in said estate, are required TO appear
mt session of said Court, then to be holden at
the Probate office, in the Village Of Ithaca, and
show cause. IL any there be why the prayer of
the petitioner should not be granted And IL
is further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate,
of the tendency OF said petition, and the hear
ing thereof, by causing copy of this order 10
be published In the ALMA RECORD, a newspap-
CT printed and circulated in said county three
successive weeks previous TO said day of hear
ing j. LEE POTTS,
A true copy Judge of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
Red Tape.

a distinguished general in command
Of one Of the military districts of the
United Kingdom gave instructions TO
an officer serving under him, who had
special qualifications for the work, to
prepare a scheme of defense for one of
the most important ports under his COM
mand This officer, whose zeal was
above suspicion, prepared very elab-
crate report, entering into the most
minute details, which he forwarded ac-
c0rding TO his orders. He heard nothing
further about it for several months, until
at length it was returned, when he
eagerly looked to see what remarks the
general had made upon his work. To
his disgust he found nothing until he
arrived at the last page of the report,
whore was written, "You should have
used wider marginr-vanity Fair.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

ORDER OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Mich.
~ gan Goth Judicial Circuit, in Chancery: Suit
pending in Circuit Court for the County Of Gratiot
In Chancery. at Ithaca, on the 10th day Of April,
1891. John Saxbee Complainant vs. Sarah Saxbee,
defendant In this case II appearing by affidavit
file that defendant, Sarah Saxbee, is not a resi-
dent OF this state but IL resident of the Dominion
of Canada, therefore, on motion OF Francis Palmer
solicitor for complainant Ii Is ordered that de-
PENDANT enter her appearance in said court on OF
before four months from the date Of this order,
and that within twenty day the complainant
cause this order to be published in the Alma
RECORD, weekly newspapers published and cir
culated in said county said publication TO be con-
timed once in each week for six weeks In success
sion.
FRANCIS PALMER. GEO. :. ALDRIcH,
Sol. for Compt. One OF the Cir. Court
Com in and for
1884 II Gratiot Co. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

NHANCERY NOTTCE:-State of Michigan
O29th Judicial Circuit in chancery. Suit pend
Gratiot. in Chancery, at Ithaca. on the second
day of July, 1871. Amy linn, Complainant VS..
Frank y. Iinn, defendant In this cause II
appearing by afidavt that Frank N. linn is
resident of this state, but his WHERE abouts are
unknown. therefore, on motion OF Francis
Palmer solicitor for complainant, IL is ordered
that defe ndant enter his appearance IN said
cause on or before three months from the date
of this order. and that within twenty days the
complainant cause this order To to be published
IN the ALMA RECORD n new Spaper publish ed
and circulated IN said county. said publication
To be continued once in each week for six
weeks in succession GEo. :. ALpRICH
one of the Circuit Court Com.
$50 mssioners in and for Gratiot
county, Michigan.
Dated July 2, 1891.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
Electric Light In the Holy Land.

A decided sensation has been caused
in Jerusalem by the introduction of cleo
trio light into a new and hourishing flour
mill lately started there. The building
in which tie light has been introduced is
near to the supposed site of Calvary and
close to the Damascus Gate. 1t need
hardly be said that the Arabs and Jews
are much puzzled TO account for light
in a lamp in which there is no oil, and
up TO the present time, while gazing
with wonder. have been keeping at re-
spectful distance. Pail Mall Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

MORTGAGE sALE.-Default having been
vi made in the conditions of u mortgage made
by James F. Strong and Rachel NJ. Strong to
Chester W Martin dated March 10th, 1889. and
recorded March % 1889, in the Office OF the Regis
ter OF Deeds for Gratiot County, in Michigan, in
iber IS Of Mortgages. on page 40; which mort
gage duly assigned March 20, 1889, by said
Martin to Emma c. Thompson, by written
signment, which was recorded March % 1880 in
the office OF the Register Of Deeds afore said. in
Liber 81 Of Mortgages. page 49,; which
this notice seventy three dollars and fifteen cents,
besides an attorney fee Of fifteen dollars, stpuat-
ed in said Mortgage TO be paid should any pro
Ceediugs be taken TO foreclose said Mortgage: and
no suit proceedings at law or in equity having
been instituted 10 recover any part of the debt
secured by said Mortgage: therefore, by virtue OF
the power of sale in said Mortgage contained. and
of the statute in such made and provided. no
tice Is hereby given that September 18th. 1891,
at one o'clock in the afternoon at the north front
door of the Court House. for Gratiot County in
Michigan. the village of Ithaca, ir said county
there will be sold at public vendue. TO the highest
bidder. the premises in said mortgage described,
viz the east half of the northwest quarter OF
section two, in township twelve north. OF range
three west in Michigan. Said sale will be made
subject 10 the payment Of the remainder of said
Mortgage. not yet due.
Dated June 10th. 1901.
PERKINS K BALDWIN, EMMA {. THOMPSON
Attys for Assignee. (637.6-l9) Assignee
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

3 nre wlih ns. lengthened and serone.

Bright days are with US, heightened and serene,
The clods grow mellow, and the forest hath
Its budding pleasures; yet Of Winters scath
Some drear memorials here and there arc seen,
For, though the wind no more breathes ffusly
keen,
1t often floats the old leaves I'm our path,
OR signs along some unroapcd ALTERNATING
To mind US OF the rigOr that hath been.
o thou my JOY. spring of my Wondrous Year!
Forgive, il in thy presence aught oi grief
Remain from that dead time ere thou waste
here.
Now, surely, such gainsaying shall be brief;
For thou wilt set my feet whore dover anu loaf
And soft new sward blot out the stubble sere.
Edith NJ. Thomas in SCribncr's,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
TOO Pas6na

p 81 have been muelf IMPRESSED. Miss
LOU" remarked young MIR. Trotter to
the girl at his left at the dinner table,
upon whom he was desirdus of making
a good impressioH,i ~@with an article
reul recently in one of the magazines on
the influence of-food upon the human
systel4 Y g9fEa y
- i es,"1 replied the maiden encourag-
ingly. apd Trotter went on;
ts'Fhe author maintained that man
becQmAs- TO great extent what he eats,
and. do You.knpw, | am thoroughly con
WINGED that he is quite right;'
1t was extremely inopportune that the
hostess should IL sc selected this moment
to ask:
i''lIr, Trotter, won't you have some
more Of the roast pork. You are so ven
fond Of it, know."-Chicago Inter
Ocean
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
water y That Flows Into the Earth.

There is an interesting instance of
water flowing inland from the sea. 1t is
found On the island of Gephal0nia, in the
fonian sea, west of GREECE The phe-
homenon occurs on the southwest side
of the island, near the small town and
port of Argostoli. Two streams flow at
q short distance from one, straight from
lhesea.for few yards, and then follow
different courses. One. turns at right
angles and runs for some ways parallel
with the shore and close to it. Then it
TURKS again TOWARD the sea, and run
hfn9, iUf 'cotrse, deeper and deeper,
doubles completely under itself, thus
forming q lOup, and finally passes out of
sight deem down in landward direction
In its course it turns two flour mills,
which will give an idea Of the strength
of the current. There is no tide in the
sea here. and the flow of the salt water
brook is perfectly steady and continuous
The other stream disappears in the
ground in similar way.
This curious phenomenon has not at
tracted much attention because Argos
toll is not on one Of the regular tourist
routes. No one knows what becomes of
this water, but it probably flows to some
subterranean reservoir, and it may have
something to do with the earthquakes
that occur in that neighborhood once in
long while, or possibly it feeds some
distant volcano, for, as is well known,
the most generally accepted theory of
the cause of volcanic eruptions is that
they are due to steam generated from
water admitted through cracks in the
earth's crust or in some other way
Goldwaite's Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10
} neyice to Avoid Ocean collisions.

~ order to do away with the enor-
NOUS pressure of the water against the
front Of ocean steamships an English
inventor has introduced a novel device,
which he claims will enable faster time
TO be made by vessels, in addition to IA
ciitating the maneuvering of ships, and
tend to avoid collisions. The invention
consists of one or more screws on each
side of the bow, each As dogs with the
bow and 80 degs. from each other. Elk
periments with these screws show that
the water is thrown from each side of
the bow, forming a deep well in front of
the vessel, and allowing the stern screws
to effect their full power in propulsion.
New York Telegram.