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The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
FOREST FIRES.

Mr.. Edgar T. Ensign. forest COM
missioner, has iesred the following circu-
iar, addressed to county commissioners
and road overseers:
That period of the year Is now approach
ng in which forest fires are likely to
sccur. The enormous destruction OF
.imber from that carse during the two
,easors last past should emphasize the
need OF promp. and vigorous action to
prevent a recurrence of the evil. The loss
II our mountain forests means not merely
deprivation OF their products, but serious
md permanent arrangement OF our water
supplies, Floods, droughts, snow and
aud-slides and other kindred evils are
iirectly traceable TO the undue and wan
.on destruction of forest growth.
Under the laws of this State you are
constituted conservators Of woodlands in
Fcur respectivo counties and districts, and
sequired TO enforce the laws and regula
ions made for the protection and preser-
Yation OF such woodlands,
It is also made your special duty to
exercise the utmost care and vigilance in
he prevention and extiEf5a:shment Of
Tres likely TO endanger or destroy forest
growth, and to apprehend any person who
may be guilty of causing such fires.
In the performance OF these duties you
nay can 10 your aid such person or per-
sons within the State Us yoa may deem
necessary.
In most cases au ordinary forest hre can
oe brought under control by a well direct
,d and persistent effort. \ few men pro-
'ided with shoyels, axes, wet gunny sacks
)r brooms ito bea; out the ire, can ae-
somplish much in supprossing or limiting
1 hre. "Backdring' can sometimes be
escorted To with advantage, owing to the
'act that during the progress OF forest
ire most OF the surrounding air currents
AXE an lnward aud upward course.
The boards Of county commissioners OF
sach county in the State are required to
lave erected and maintained in conspicu-
lus places, at the side OF each and every
.raSeled highway Of their respective
'ouuties, notices, printed in large letters,
IN strong cloth, substantially in the fol-
owing form, to wit:
"FIRE.-Camp fires must be totally
extinguished before breaking camp, under
penalty OF not to exceed one months
Imprisonment or one hundred do liars fine
or both, as provided by law"
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
important rrade name Deeruon.

Judge Thayer OF the UrIted States Circuit
Court at 81. Louis, has recently handed down an
opinion and granted perpetual injunction
against the defendants In the case of The Hos
tetter Co. against the BTuggemAn Rein.rt Distill-
Ing Co, ALIAS Gold Spring Distilling Co, /" pro
hibiuug the advertising, manufacturing or sell
Ing Of any article of stomach b.tters either in
bulk. by the gallon or otherwise. or IN any way
making Hso of TIE name "Hozietter," except in
connection with the sale OF the genuine bifte-s,
which ere al ways sold In bottles securely sealed
aid also pyon!oiang the sale Of any bitters in
bulk, though the name 'Hos,etter' be not used
pct me suggestion made 70 tbs purchaser that
and purchdkers would not discover the differ
eoce. BIS decision supports the Hostetter con-
pany IN the exclusive ne of the name "Eostet-
ter In connection with either the manufacture
OF sale Of STOMACH bitters in any manner o. form
Whatsoever, and firmly establishes iis o~seIhhip
N the same as "Tp4DI MANI
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
An Enormous Petition.

A petition containing 100000 na'
will, within few weeks, be sep't
Philadelphia to St Petersburg, prsI
the czar 10 deal kindly with his polis
prisoners. The successful terminals
this gigantic undertaking Is due to tfs
forts of the Siberian Exile Petition y
citation, which en- braces among its =
bership men noted in politics, art, "
rure and science. The petition WI
several enormous chests and viii btl
70 the car after the list OF July !
now I'LL large-sized room TO . heis7
over sig feet. A well-knowp dipl1
and journalist will accompany the peI1,
of which he will write history, incia1
Its reception by the c.Rr.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
a Practical Inspection of Pork.

Secretary of Agriculture Rusk has
put in working order at Chicago his new
bureau for the microscopic examination
Of hog products for export. He selected q
corps Of thirty microscopes, fifteen men
and as many women, and they were set to
work under the direction OF Drs. John
Michels Of New York and F. Il. Bernard
OF Pittsburg, rnicroscopical experts. The
force will be increased until it is large
enough TO examine under the aagnifyins
lens piece Of the tendedoin of the
diaphragm and Of the tenderioin Of each
hog killed. Those found 70 be diseased
will be condemned
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
Predieting a siIver Standard.

The London Duly Ne,cs says: The
continued drain OF gold from America Is
gradually tending 20 the inevitable adop-
tion Of virtual silver standard. Good
crops may succeed in recovering q portion
OF the 100000 Of gold already exported
this gear, but every year brings nearer
the time when silver certificates will be
forced into circulation. When the change
comes there might be rush for silver,
but it is more likely that the silver
already coined will suffice for currency
purposes with paper. Therefore the idea
of an unlimited new demand for silver is
mn warranted
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

SOME men have the money getting,
others the money-saving, faculty; very
few have both. Those endowed with
the former in its plenitude and who
exercise it to the utmost often become
rich while indulging in all the ex-
pensive iuxuries which sumptuous
tastes can suggest; but the colossal
figures of finance. the giants of the
];ank-note world" by whose side the
half-million and million fellows are
merely respectable dwarfs, are gener-
ally rigid economists in their personal
expenditures. and some people are
discourteous enough to call them
..scyews.n
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

TIE most successful farmers are
those who, while growing vafiety Of
crops. make a speciality of some one
of them, and subordinate everything
else to that Potatoes are the best
adapted to this purpose of any crop
We know. Attention to them, whaf-
ever needed. must subordinate every
thing else. FOR otherwise in these times
potatoes cannot be grown at all They
require the employment of large
amount of labor, and the potato grow
er misses his best opportunity if he
does not grow other crops to employ
this labor when it is not needed in the
potato fed. In this way he really
gets the labor for his potatoes at a
lower rate than he could otherwise do.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

HE passions, appetites, and desircs,
kept under due restraint are a usefal
aud facilitating part Of our nature; but
II they are allowed to rage with un-
bridied fury, they commit fearful
ravages on the character which they
were fitted to adorn and exait,
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27
THE REGISTER.

THE theory that the Chinese arc a
menace to the civilized world will not
stand investigation Thes. are SUI
preniely weak in all but numbers; and
even in that point the United States
viii surpass them before the next cen-
tury closes.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

REFINED natures cannot always ex-
press themselves truly and gracefully.
and attractive manners are not always
the index OF a refined character. We
must beware how We judge, and also
take care how we discriminate. The
unretined nature trying to assume the
outward graces of refinement is some
thing like q rank and worthless weed
with paper roses pinned son it for de-
reption. The pretence may succeed
at a long range of vision. but a little
closer view Will soon turn both weed
and false flowers into derision-
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

THERE is scarcely room for doubt
that the agricultural depression which
has been experienced all over the
world for the last few years is about
to pass permanently away. 1t was
caused chiefly by the remar,sably rapid
expansion of wheat culture in the
western districts of America and Can
ada, simultaneously with the opening
OF new and competing sources of sup
ply by the extension of the railroad
systems of India the Argentine re-
public, Russia aud other countries
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

do RIGHT though the heavens fall. :"
Is an admirable precept so long as the
heavens do not take you at your word
and come down about your ears-stil
worse. about those of your neighbors.
1t Is rule rather OF private than pub
lie obligation-for indeed it is the do
ing OF right that keeps the heavens
from fsllirg
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

The photophcne is the latest 1t
has been discovered that a ray OF light,
and therefore the so-called ether
through which light travels over the
intersteliar spaces, will transmit sound
One can talk along starbesm or a
sunbeam the same as along a wire.
Hello, E,ltol Give US the man in the
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

PUBLIC schools are maintained with
view to raising the grade and char
acter of citizenship, to make men and
women ADLER and better members Of
society, and few things are more i'm
portant to this end than q reasoning
knowledge OF their country's past the
relation OF the past TO the present, and
the bearing of the present toward the
future. II q youth understands thor
oughly what we may term political
causation. the basis Q. government,
bow certain copditiona were brought
about why this thing rather than that
thing was done, the chances are very
great that he viii be able to reason by
analogy irorn the present to the futura
yceive what he as citizen should
mote and conserve the welfare
Qtry and countrymen.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

81 Tn ay'erlean language rights Itself
nhen @io much OF the dead language
ege'a intS it oleomargarine is now
sisapf tOiecn That saves great
sai q unie and breath and does away
Nlth Pc fierce dispute as to whether
lls T X in margarine should be
given the soft or the hard sound. Oleo
y II fsir for oil, and there surely is
mary serOin(el enough between it and
pure creamery butter TO suit the most
risi3,,al.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

" lsI-Ess we can recall our past self,
With is bpii'ioas and convictions its
Intentions aud motives, It's ignorance
and knowledge, we cannot Judge it
,ustly; and, unless we examine the re-
suits of past actions in the light of
present intelligence, we shall make
no improvement in the future. These
Investigations, made in the spirit and
in the love of truth, viii reveal to us
not only new visions OF what is wise,
but new standards of what is right
The Lamar register., 1891-06-27

4 sad accident happened ut the
Timpas Creek bridge, about seven miles
west Of La Jnnta, Friday morning. \
party OF emigrants were on their way from
Cimarron and Deerfeld, Kansas, to Grand
junction, Colorado, and Southern Oregon.
The personnel of the party was as follows:
A. J. Bliss, wife and four children Henry
Sears, wife and four children; Grant
Green. wife and one child: Charles WI
lcinson, a single man. Bliss and his family
were in the wagon that lead the caravan,
and was the first TO drive upon a bridge
across Timpas creek. The lead Horses
were half way across the first span when
it began 10 sink Bliss sang out 70 his
horses and they hinged forward. At the
same instant crash went the bridge, with
the four horses and the wagon. containing
Mr.. and Mrs Bliss and three children.
into about five feet OF water. MIR.
Wilkinson quickly ran TO the rescue He
waied into the stream beside the wagon
and had just reached for one OF the chill.
dren when, suddenly big chunk of the
oank gave way, falling on bis head, pinning
hin 10 the wagon and sulotherine him
under the earth and wateS. The others
found it necessary to send for help and Q
spade before they could extricate him
The three children, aged respectively -four
and two years and a aix-week-old babe,
were rescued, although they are scratched
and bruised considerably. AIR. Bliss had
to be dug out He was also considerably
bruised. His wife sustained quite serious
injuries il her back and shoulders
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
In a Den of Copperheads.

John Saley. deaf and dumb boy of
Pittsburg went out with the intention of
picking rasp5erries. He had about filled
his pail, when his attention was attract
ed by an unusual motion in the bushes
near him. A moment later monster
copperbead snake appeared from under
q bush. Before the lad could move the
snake had coiled itself and leaped at him.
The stroke was short, but some of the
green poison from its fangs fell on Saley's
trowsers. The boy became paralyzed
with terror. A moment later the reptile
had formed its deadly coil again, and
once more leaped forward to strike. 1t
measured the. distance with fatal accur-
acy, for the deadly fangs were buried
deep into Saleys right leg, The pain
aroused the boy from his terror and he
jumped back. The snake strove TO hold
on to the leg. Then the boy tainted from
fright.
Neighbors ran to the spot just in time
to prevent the copperhead from striking
again. One of the men seized club and
with blow broke the snakes back as
1t was recoiling, The reptile measured
eleven feet. A physician cauterized the
wound, but the poison had penetrated
the boys system. Investigation showed
that young Saley had wandered into a
den of copperheads.-Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
Marriage Licenses.
ORDINANCE NO. Fl.

An ordinance to amend section III OF
Ordinance number seven (7) of the vii
lage of Alma being an ordinance "Rel-
ative to licensing Auctions and Auc-
tioneers and regulating the sale OF
property at Auction" adopted by the
Common Council of said village
MAY 3rd, 1887 and published May 9Th,
1887 and to repeal all parts of said sec
tion inconsistent with said section as
hereby amended.
SECTION III. The village of Alma
ordains That section No. III OF ordi-
nance number seven (7)'of the village
Of Alma being an ordinance relative to
licensing auctions and auctio neers and
regulating the sale of property at auc-
ton adopted by the Common Council OF
said village May 3rd 1887 and published
May 9Th 1887 be and the same is here
by amended so as to read AS follows:
2 III, SECTION III. Any person oi
persons, not resident of said village.
who shall desire to offer for sale an,
goods. wares or merchandise in said
village at public auction or vendne eX
cept sales made pursuant to some order
of court or public law, shall be granted
license to be issued by the village
Clerk, for such auction or vendue upon
the payment to said clerk of the sum OF
ten dollars per day or part thereof fol
the first FIVE days and FIVE dollars pei
day for each day in excess of said five
days.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall
take effect and be In force twenty days
after its passage and due publication.
We hereby certify that the foregoing
ordidance to witt Ordinance No 2l of
the village of ALMA, was regularly
passed and adopted as such by the
Common council of the village of Alma
at u regular session of said council
held at council rooms september 22nd
1891.
+. ii, HAMLN, JAS. G. KREss.
President. Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
Arcadia Center.

AFCdoa SCi'bc''
Editor Record
Mrs. Geo. McCarty has gone to Can
ada on visit.
Mrs. Henry Dayman is having an at
tack of the neuralgia.
At the special meeting called Tuesday
evening for the purpose uf opening the
house for public worship 1t was voted
that the house be opened.
Rev. ]. S. Clark preached his fare
we'll sermon to full house sunday
Although he has been two years on tins
work all would gladly welcome him
back another year.
Henry Dayman received intelligence
Tuesday that Geo. Tracy of New
Haven was dangerously i'll and they ex-
pected TO start for there the same even
ing Mr.. Tracy is an uncle OF MI Day
men.
Our school opened Monday morning
and was in session about 6teen minutes
aud on account of the carelessneSs OF
part of the board and the refusing to
do duty of the rest, school closed for
this week. We believe every thing i
now satisfactorily settled and school
will begin Monday.
In mentioning this school house last
week as the Downs school house IL sc
stirred the ire of some of the chronic
kickers that they have decided to name
the house after the man who gave the
land (Herman Perry and have the
same printed on the house. we saj
amen to that. Mr.. Perry has lived 1T
Canada for some time. He is an uncle
by marriage to the Birminghams oi
this place.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
Policemen Losing in Height.

The first batch of twenty policemen
have been examined under the order re
Gently issued by the mavor. OF the
twenty men examined but one has re-
tanned the same proportions throughout.
This man is Officer Jim Eggleston, Of
the First district. He is exactly the
same height as when he was examined
for appointment under this administra-
ton, and weighs not an ounce more or
less OF the others one was almost an
inch taller than when be went on, but
the rest had fallen away. One was found
TO be more than an .nch shorter than
when appointed. All were over weight
except Officer Eggleston. - Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
The Tonic Sofia System.

The present year will witness the fiji
tieth anniversary of the tonic sofia sys.
TEN, which has done so much, and, we
may safely say, will do so much more in
the future, to spread the knowledge and
the love of music among the people. Mr..
Spencur Curwen, son of the inventor
and most energetic propagator OF the
system, seizes the opportunity for very
interesting review Of its history and
characteristics in Good Words. Coldly
received, disparaged and even derided IN
many influential quarters, it is now able
to confound its opponents by the incon-
testable evidence Of its fruits.
AS Mr. Curwen observes, In this
Jubilee year there are hundreds of musi-
clans who have successfully climbed the
ladder his father placed for them-bache-
lors and doctors of music, fellows OF the
College of Organists, associates OF the
Royal Academy of Music, vocalists and
performers of repute. Mr.. Ben Davis,
not many years ago, was singing In tonic
sofia choirs. and he constantly advises
opera singers who wish to read at sight
to learn the system
A doctor of music who graduated the
other day at one of our universities testi-
fes that without the tonic sofia system
he does not think he could possibly have
done the work. Such authorities as Dr.
Helmholtz, of Berlin; Sir John Herschell
Mr. Bosanquet, General Thompson, DR..
Bridge, Mr.. Henry Leslie, Lord Ray
leigh, Mr.. A. j. Ellis and many othel
not less noteworthy have given their
sanction to the system.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
Modification Extraordinary.

The hen of farmer who lives near
Tionesta and wild pheasant have both
been laying eggs in the same nest. After
the nest was full with about an equal
number of both kinds of eggs both fowls
began to set. They occupied the nest at
the same time and there was "A constant
struggle going on. The farmer conclud-
ed that neither could accomplish any
thing at the rate they were quarreling,
and he thought to solve the difficulty by
removing the hens eggs from the nest.
This only served to make matters worse,
and now both fowls are trying to hatch
young pheasants. Philadelphia Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

Four boys of Birdseye, Ind, found an
old coat near the railroad and begin
tossing it about and beating each other
with it, A bank note slipped from be-
meath one Of the patches. The boys
ripped the coat to pieces and it panned
out S1,711.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
ROUND THE COUNTY.
Sumner Center.

Sumner Center.
Editor Record
James Lang will move on the Tom
Harvey place.
MIR. Baker has gone to Ionia county
for load Of apples.
School commences the 2l with Harry
Messmore as teacher.
Mrs. Petrie, of Winchester, of North
Dakota, is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Keyes.
Calvin Haynes has gone to Benton
Harbor AS delegate to the Church OF
God Conference.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
A Youthful Idea.

A bright little fellow, hearing his
grandfather talk Of the almshouse, pom
dered in his youthful and inquisitive
mind what that might be. Aunt Alice,
young lady of the household, was the
other day made the confidapt Of his con.
clusions, IL know" said he. 1.-The arm y
house 3 where all the girls wears dwesses
thout any sleeves in 'em. Hartford
Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25
Teachers Examir a ion

Teachers Examinations will be- held as follows:
Ithaca september and o. 1891.
Alma...... .. September - ana 20, 1881.
Teachers intending To teach i'm the schools OF
Gratiot county. the ensuing fall or winter and who
have not yet secured certificates MUST attend one
OF these examinations. Examinations will begin
at O'Clock p, IN. tlb-3w.
j. y. MCCALL.
FRLD FULLERTON,
o. G.. IT TILE,
County Board of School Examiners.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

The other morning while making re-
pairs TO a residence in Moulton township,
o., carpenters came upon nest OF bats
IA window casing. They killed 25O of
the animals, which ranged in size from
IN inch to seven inches in length.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

Try Dullam's Great German % cent Cough
Cure at b. VanDenDergh's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

Try Dullans Great German rs cent Liver
rflls, ~ IN each package. For sale 10y Ii. Van
Den Bergh'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

Try Dullam's Great German - cent Cougl
Cure at VanDenBergh's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

The greatest worm destroyer on Garth ie Dul
lam's reat German Worm Lozengers only 9
cents per box. For sale by n. vsnDenBergh.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-05-01

In order to induce some brother in
each Sub Union 10 solicit subscribers to
The HERALD, will make the following
very liberal offer:
The regular price of THE HERALD is
81 per year (money always in advance),
but for the next three months / will
send ten copies of THE HERALD for 80,
and to the one sending the largest club,
| will give free German silver badge
(Alliance), very lice, and should be
worn by every member of the Union.
Now is the time TO send in a club.
Who will be the first TO respond?
Frdternally, b +. DAVIS.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-05-01

BY action of the Executive Commit
Tee of the State F. & L. u. all charters
issued prior to Feb. l, 1890, should be
returned to this Office, together with list
of present officials and Is cents to pay
postage, &c, and a new Union charter
will be sent to the Union in place of the
old charter.
Many Unions to date have failed to do
this. Please do so at once.
In sending for new charter, if you
have not the new revised constitution
mention the fact, and give the number
wanted, and they will be sent you with
your charter. Fraternally,
b. +. DAVIS.