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THE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.

President Harrison replied as follows:
''Gov. Hill, Mr.. Mayor and fellow-citizens:
/ receive with great qualification the very cor
dial expressions which have fallen from the
lips OF his exceliency the governor of this great
state, and Of his honor, the mayor of this great
municipality.
1T is very gratifying to me to be thus as
sured that an American citizen, as public
officers administering each different function
Ia connection with the government Of tho ma
| ton, of the state and of the municipality, We,
in common with this great body of citizens,
whose servants we all are, have that common
love for our institutions, and that common re-
spect for those who by the appointed consti-
| tutional methods have been chosen to admin
| lister them, on such occasions as this en-
| tireiy obliterate all differences and bring us
togeth in the great and enduring brother
hood of American citizens. tCheers.1
! You have concentrated here great wealth
| and great productive capacity for increased
| wealth. great financial institutions that reach
| out in their influences and effects over the
whole land. The general government il
| charged with certain great functions in which
the people have . general interest. Among
| these is the duty Of providing for our people
! the money with which its business transactions
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SUMNER RESORTS.

ATLANTIC CITY. \. ].
THE oHALFoSTk .r,x,,c c,-rx,
e9.hs Beach, With .sn;aIp...sd os..a '.s
s.ao:sm z RoBERrs a SONS.
THI HASs IN I AT5HsEIS So fEirs' NJ
,s11.am caAEIrs MeeLAp..
Thk WALLINsToKP,
Terms moderate Miss haNIEf. ;sss-am SIN
TIE , Sa we L, ATLASIlG SirL, =
sn escs IS Ssr tsSs
Is az per xesE: i: R. LuSakcRk. Jr ssass9
'NAE WELLINGTON.
OCEAN END OF KENTUCKY AVENUE
ATLANTIC CITY. MI
OPEN THROUGHOUT TIE YEAR
,.2e2m NAH. s. MILNoR, PROPRIETOR.
ASBURY PARK, NJ
A sBURy PARK-THE GUERNSEY. 7rH AVE. |;
"a dehghtfuy located near beach and lakes. perfect
sanitation sas ~ire springs and hair s,tresse. gu
season open june i to October i. HOS o. ALLAN.
formerly Of Washington, u. e ,el-.sm
N Beaa,fuls i,uation. N0D
w.s HEf s5L isssry p F, - Ave. so.n
THE SAINT CLOUD. PA IsT AVE. AsBURY
L Park. Accommodations Tor 100 guests Electric
lights and modern improvements Send Cor circular.
sEA-sIpE-JEHsEY COAST.
THE FREMONT HOTEL. or,
All rooms have ocean view.
Telegraph office in house aul5lm
The STOCKTON HoTEL. CAPE MAY. NJ.
L Now open. fourth consecutive season OF present
yei .1lrrNa. s,.i
le.O-Sln i. T. WAITOS. PROPRIETOR.
] III ANhND kL66SepoRr. N.
Directly on the beach. Ho. aud cold sea baths IN
obstructed ocean view. Fines fishing ana SAILING.
ap:'-3m JAMES NJ. MOORE. r-Cprietor.
sEA-sIDE-MIsCELLAN
DAY RIDGE HOTEL BAY RIDGE, MD. OPENS
~ June lo. finest location on tie hay. Convenient
both to Warrington ard Baltimore. Best OF saltwater
bathing. Boating ana nshin.. Steam launch makes
hourly trips iroin hote.. Ion information and ere
opp.y to "A. NELICk. superinI sndent, Bay Ridge,
NO. lel-;sm
HOTEL HENLOPEN. CAPE HENI.OPEN BEACH.
"A hehonoth, Delaware. will reopen june 70 1891.
not sea baths. Hotel sixty yards from IN. High
porches with good outlook. Circulars star Office.
mys3Sn WALTER BURTON.
CONGRESS HALL, OCEAN CITY MD SELBY
~ Powell, Props.-Fayorabe enesgemenrs for ug.
ana sept can yet lie made upon application; bathns
nshlix ana cunning uns1ceptionaIy Eue. au5lul
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u ATCLIFFE. BARR & co. Auc

II AICLIFFE. BARH CO., Aucts
PEREMPTORY SALE OF
4,ooO ROLLS OF GILT AND WHITE BLANKS
WALL PAPER.
~ On IHU RSDAY MORNING, AUGUST TWEEN.
IiETH. at TEN O'CLOCK. we will sell within on,
SAL. rooms $40 Pennsylvania avenue northwest in
lots to SUIT, ''' ~
1000 Rolls Assorted Wall Papers
RADCLIFFE, DARk AZ CO.
ouI'-1t AuCtoneers.
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW

TOMORROW.
EEhS CO., Auctoneers
w 637 louisiana ave-
Opposite City Post Oface
FURNITURE.
CARPETS,
PIANOS. SC,
INSIDE OUR AUCTION ROOMS THURSDAY
hAOKNNlNG, IWENIiETH INSTANT, AT len
H.I tES wv WALNUT AND OTHER CHAMBER SITS.
HAih ASD ShtCk MATTRESSES, SIDEBOARDS.
TOILET WAkE. TWO PIANOS, TES FINE NEH
AN A. SEQ SSEIT,40NND,MAND BRUSSELS CARPETS.
HOPES, LOUNGES AND VARIETY OF OTHTR
IiotoLiIOiD FL TICIS. 1t
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GOV. HILLS WELCOME.

THE limited time at your disposal here rem
ders it appropriate that l should express the
sentiments of the people Of the state in the
fewest words possible. The citizens of the en-
pire state receive you with the greatest pleas
ure on this occasion not only because you are
the honored chief magistrate of the nation, but
because of their appreciation of your high
character and eminent public service. They
are delighted that you have seen fit to honor
US with your presence today. They recall with
interest your many patriotic speeches during
your recent memorable trip to the south and
west, and their desire to see and listen to you
has been intensified. do not intend to longer
postpone the qualification of their wishes, but
shall content myself with simply saying that in
behalf OF the state Of New York tender you Q
cordial and sincere welcome"
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SPRINGS AND BATHS.

SPhlNGS AND BATHS.
BEDFORD SPRINGS.
BEDFORD. PA
HOTEL OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER
Write for pamphlet on this great resort. and the
BEDFORD SPRINGS MINERAL WATER
au1-2ot L. B. DoTY. Manager.
FAIRFAX INN-BEST SERVICE. PRIyATE;
select one square from park and baths. Terms. u
to 50 per week. few more guests can be accpiuILo
ley Springs. ". Va yl0-:,m-
RoCK ENoN SPRINGS. VIRGINIA,
~ In the North mountains only 81 hours from
NaslIingtcn Hotel snd cottages accommodate $50.
A cool resort. Bountitui table. Ihree remarkable
medicinal springs Fine mineral baths and ming
pool Livery. bowling alleys, tennis lawn ana ee
giant ball room enlarged this No bar rowdy-
A. .. PRATT q SONS. Sun building, l,5l5 + st or
TO the proprietor al the Springs. my2l-:,n
CHENANDOAH ALUM SPRINGS, VA, NOW
~ open to visitors. accommodations good and 70
iyS-2m ]. II. FLEMING Manager
THE BERKELEY SPRINGS HOTEL WILL BE
l. opened until October pure mountain air; good
table good music splendid bathing. Address GEO.
Freeman. Prop. Berkeley Springs. VIVA aul1-lm
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snd Western North Carolina DKts.uu.
TRAINS On WASHINGTON AND OHIO d.
VISION leave Mash n.stOn 10 a. N. daily q = n m
dalIy. aud ~ D. ia. except sundAy. Returning,
\" al Washington 81 ana ~ A. IA dAliy
and u .lB al IN. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
through trains from the south Charlotte and
panyllle arrive IN Washington - AIN. lO..p nl.
and 40 .. and irum Chariutesyli.e ; loa IA
stra>Ourg local NJ : ID r. aud 10 - N.
lt"kets, sieel1ng alton ana Intormatiou
furnished and baggage checked at Oliuc Az isuu-
syiyania ave and 4: Passenger station ANA
railroad. 9th and h SITS. Washington. A.. q.
Hul JAMES l.. TAAl.pk, tsrrl. Pass Ae~uf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
A Sure Way of Killing Owls.

Frost Bunker, of the Dead river re-
gion, is guide who, it is said, is a sue
cessful rival to James A. Smith, of Phil
lips-a Rangely guide-in story telling.
Frost is intimately acquainted with
John Smith," who is well known in al
parts of the country. He says he was
with John on hunting trip once on a
time, when they came upon man who
had fired at an owl (perched in a big
tree about dozen times without sue.
cess. As they approached the stranger
offered John a five dollar bill if he would
secure the owl. John cooked his rifle
and walked around the tree.
The owl turned his head in the same
direction as far as John walked. John
kept on going around the tree, the owl
turning his head all the while. Just rs
John completed the tenth circuit the
owls head was twisted off and he fell to
the ground dead. John said small owls
couldn't be killed that way because their
feet would fly up in turning.-Phillips
(Me.) Photograph.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
Secret of Real Reautv,

An ugly woman-and there are such Of
us, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS never attempt
Vatican effects; she must forego min
iatures, aigrettes, delicate lace and for
get-me-not silks. Let her adopt copper
and bronze, nuns cloth, monks flannel,
alligator feathers and the like. Things
are pretty only by contrast, and a pair
Of bronzed dragons in her ears will be
vastly better than diamonds the size Of
chestnuts.
Bernhardt is far from beautiful, yet
she never enters room without turning
peoples heads and putting them to won
dering the secret Of her charm. She
never has been known to wear diamonds
about her face. When asked why she
said, with a shrug of impotence:
"What? Put brilliants in my ears to
kill the light in my eyes and the colors
in my mouth! lam not so mad as that. "
And so she saves the delicate and pre-
cious stones for her finger rings, slippers
and belts, and has the oriental beads and
ornaments of china, metal and pebble
about her face, hair and throat.-New
York World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
The Sense of Smell.

The eye is used only for seeing, and
the ear for hearing, but the nose is one
Of the organs that serve double pur-
pose. 1t is not only the seat of the
sense of smell, but was intended to be
the principal organ through which man
should breathe. Its circuitous passages,
warm and moist, protect the lungs by
taking the chill from the inspired air
and arresting irritating dust.
The whole nose is not concerned in
the act of smelling. The olfactory
nerves, which alone take cognizance of
odors, are situated in the upper third of
the nasal chambers, out of the line Of
ordinary inhalation. For this reason we
do not usually notice odors unless they
are somewhat strong; but when we sniff
draw the air into the upper part of
the nostrils and hold it there for few
moments-we become aware of the faint
est scent.-Youth's Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
Salaries of Old English Actors.

Kean never spent more than two or
three thousand pounds upon revival,
and this was considered marvellous in
those days. Messrs. Irving and Wilson
Barrett have moro than doubled such
sums. Again, salaries were incompara-
bly, smaller. For some time John Ryder,
who played second to Kean, received
only three pounds ten shillings a week
until, discovering that another actor Of
about equal position was in the receipt
of eight pounds, he threatened to break
his engagement unless his salary was at
once doubled, a request which was COM
Piled with. Now such an actor would
command from thirty to fifty pounds a
week. On the other hand, Kean raised
the ballet girls from a shilling night,
their old pay, out of which they had to
find shoes and stockings, to a guinea \
week, and found them everything
London Tit-Bits.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
How Old Is Punch9

On landing at one Of the sugar fac
tories we found that there was fair 60
ing on under an avenue of tamarisks
close by. The dealers sat under the
trees with their wares before them, fruit
and vegetables in one quarter, cotton
and calicoes in another, native wooden
stuffs, robes, rugs, cloth, ETC., in third !;
there was also cattle fair, sheep, buff
faloes, camels and donkeys. There were
al fresco coffee stalls and booth, with
in which the sounds of very noisy music
could be heard, the drum predominating.
We entered, and were much amused on
finding that it was an Arab Punch and
Judy show, but Punch wore turban
and Judy yashmak.
The former perpetrated series Of
enormities, and ended by tearing off
Judys veil during family squabble;
after this he became perfect desperate,
and on the mamour (chief magistrate Of
the DISTRICT, got up in the official tar
boosh and blue frock coat, arriving, at
tended by a retinue of cawasses armed
with sticks, he knocked that redoubtable
parsonage head over heels, amid the vo,
ciferous applause of the assembled falla-
heen. Punch pashas popularity was
now at its height, and much sympathy
was felt for him when his career termi-
mated by his being hanged on the pole
of a shadoof. 1t was really very clever
and lively performance.
turned to the inspector of the factory,
who was with me, and said, Il suppose
they have borrowed this from Europe "
Borrowed it from Europe" he ex-
claimed. "Why. it was performed in
the east before Europe was thought of. "
So then old Punch is, after all, but a de-
generate version of an Egyptian play
Stuart's Egypt After the War"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
Feryent Lightning.

Quite a strange freak of lightning was
witnessed at the home of Mr.. William
Henry Morton in Athens. During the
rainstorm that came up about noon a
fash of lightning struck the rod over the
house, melting it instantly. The cur
rent was not content with this, but leaped
to the tin gutter and melted it all around
the house, pouring the molten metal in
heavy streams to the ground below. The
lightning then flashed through one corn
er of the house, paid visit to the people
in the room below, ran out along an iron
pipe to tin basin on the back piazza and
melted it completely, and followed an
iron pipe to the well, fully fifty feet from
the house The damage to the wood
work of the house was very slight, but
all of the metal with which it came in
contact was melted. Constitu'
ton
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02

The anemue coronaria commonly
grows wild about Smyrna and in Asia
Minor, spreading far and wide as the
most beautiful of sp: ing blossoms. grow
ing on chalk soil along the edges Of
shrubbery. We cannot wonder that it
was already in ancient times favorite
of the inhabitants and excited in poetic
minds sensations such as can only DC cx-
cited by surprising beauty. 81 am the
rose of Sharon and tine lily of the val
leys," sings the first verse Of the second
chapter of Solomon's song, and there can
be no doubt today what is here meant by
the rose of Sharon.
1t was an American, Fisze p. Brewer
who decided this question, Narcissus
Tazetta, which likewise grows in Pales-
tine, having previously been considered
the Biblical flower. This gentleman, &C.
cording to the Edinburgh Review Of
1886, while travelling in the year 1859
from Jaffa to Ranleh, came upon a place
where considerable expanse of ground
was half covered with brilliant red
flowers. AT the sight of them some of
his native companions Immediately ex-
claimed, "Roses of Sharon" and when
he inquired about the name he was told
that the anemone was there universally
SO called.
In truth it would not be easy other
wise to speak of rose in Palestine. for
native roses do not exist there-at least
not where they would justify the associ-
alton of the plain of Sharon with their
name. Wild roses are found in Pales-
tine only on Lebanon, or where, here
and there, r. centifolia is cultivated for
the production of altar, as in the Wadi-
el-Werd Rose-valley), near Hebron.
According to Ebers and Guthe, in their
Palestine" the translations of the
Bible often use the word rose where
there is no warrant for understanding
by it true rose. The roses of Persia
and Media were not introduced into
Palestine before the Grecian PERIOD
nlustrirte Garden-Zeitung.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
A Woman of Business Ability.

Mrs. A. II. Perrine, the Alabama wom-
an who helped capture the Fulton coun-
ty murderer, Jim Richardson, in Ala
bama, is a remarkable character. She
owns and runs plantation of 1000 acres
in Randall county, Ala, in the very
heart Of the negro belt. Her executive
power Is something wonderful. There
are few men who could successfully and
profitably take her place as manager
She rules like dictator. Last year she
ginned 600 bales of cotton, running the
engine herself. She is notably hand
some woman, superbly made, with a
face indicating intelligence and mascu-
line determination and nerve.
She never has serious trouble with the
negroes upon the plantation, is thorough
ly familiar with every detail of farm
work, works herself and personally su-
periptends all the labor and makes one
OF the most successful planters to be
found in the state. Her promise is good
for an order Of $1,000 at the store, and
her business obligations are always dis
charged promptly. CDnstitu-
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
a Spiders Rapid Work.

When tue common geometrical spider
has made up its mind TO spin web, it
commences operations by inclosing GER
tain area with the foundation lines. To
these radiating lines are fixed, generally
about thirty in number, and all joining
in the center of the snare. When the
radii are finished the spinner proceeds
to weave the concentric lines, stretching
them from one radiating thread to an
other, and forming them of the silk
thickly studded with viscous drops.
Starting from the center of the web,
however. the first few concentric threads
are without this peculiarly, the reason
being that the spider likes TO sometimes
sit in the middle Of its web, and natural
" does not care to be incommoded with
the sticky matter which it prepares for
the special benefit Of its prey.
When the snare is finished, task
which often does not occupy more than
forty minutes in spite Of the complicated
nature of the work, the spider weaves a
cell in some secluded spot close at hand,
connecting it with the center of the web
by means of special thread. This, by
its trembling, gives intimation of the
capture of any insect in the web, and
also forms pathway by which the
srugly ensconced spider is enabled to
proceed on an investigating expedition.
-Cornhill Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02

George A. Clarke. AM experienced iro

George A. Clarke, an experienced iron
worker OF Boston, claims TO have dis
covered an ore in the Rocky mountains
which he believes is new to the world
He says Of it:
Il took specimens Of the ore to az
savers in Cincinnati, Chicago and Boston
and no one Of them could tell me the
name of the mineral Then | began
here n series of experiments myself, mix
ing 1t with molten iron. 1t combined
perfectly with the iron. and | found
that only small quantity was necessary
to increase the huidity of the metal. II
rendered the iron ductile, and in low
grades acted as n purifier. The product
of the alloy was homogeneous metal
of very fine pores, capable of higher
finish than before The Stag expelled
by its use contained no metal, and was
very light. In the treatment of iron
with only one per cent. of this new ore
the formers tensile strength was in.
creased from 10 to 25 per cent.
Using only half of one per cent, oI
this or in mixture with copper, found
that it gave the metal greater density
and great increase-from 80 to 100 per
cent.-of tensile Jh The result
ing metal, too, is capable of n high polish.
In word, found that the ore increased
the tensile strength and the fluidity
under heat of bo' these metals and
makes them both of finer grain. 1t is
non-corrosive."
Mr.. Clarke produced handful Of the
ore-a substance that looked like fine
sandstone, save that it was black, and
many pieces of it presented highly pol
ished surfaces as smooth rs a bit of glass.
Mr.. Clarke refused to state the location
of the field, which, he said, was exposed
over the space Of an acre, as he is trying
TO get control Of it first, Cor. Chicago
TribHue
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
DRoeATE ORpER.-sta,e of Michigan.

DRO BATE ORDER.-state of Michigan,
l. county of Uratiot, S. Al a session OF the
probate court for said County. held at the Pro-
bate office in the village of Ithaca on the auth
day OF September i'll the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety one. Present, j. Lee
Potts, Judge Of Probate. Ia the matter OF the
Estate OF Elmer ]. Steward,
a Minor. On reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, of William II. steward praying
Tor license to sell the real estate of the said
ward ana TO eXpend or invest the proceeds in
some more productive property. said ward be-
ing The son OF said petitioner. Ihereupon il
is ordered, that Monday, the 10Th day OF Octo-
Der next, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be
assignt tor the hearing of said petition, and
that the next OF kin heirs at-law of said de-
ceased, and All other persons interested in
said estate, are required TO appear at "a session
Of said Court then 10 be holden in the Probate
Office, i'll the Village of Ithaca and show cause,
il aEy there be, why the prayer of the petit
toner should not be granted: And IL is fur
Their ordered. that said petitioner give notice
70 the next OF kin and all persons interested In
this estate, OF the tendency OF said petition,
aud the hearing thereof, by causing a copy of
this order 10 be published in the Alma hLC-
DAD, newspaper printed and circulated in
said county, three successive weeks previous
TO said day of hearing.
"a true copyD j. LEE POTTS,
SEAL 65l-iw Judge of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02
THOMSON AND HIS RATS.
Was Going to Have Fun Seeing Them
Swim, but They Saw Him Swim Instead.

Was Going to Have Fun Seeing Them
Swim, but They Saw Him Swim Instead.
The question is frequently asked
whence the name of Thomson pond,
sheet of water in western Maine extend
ing through four towns and lying part
" in three counties. Tradition says 1t
was named from the first settler, Joe
Thomson. During his sojourn he was
seriously troubled by rats. lie first pro-
yided himself with stout leather bag
of the capacity Of four bushels. lie then
placed an empty hogshead in his log
howell, leaving the bunghole open,
through which he dropped small guam
tity of meat scraps and crumbs.
Bag in hand he retired outside to
watch proceedings, peeking through u
small crevice between the logs. Pres
emily he espied an old, gray veteran ap-
preaching the bunghole. He takes n
peep. then shifts, looks cautiously about
and then enters. He soon energies from
the hogshead and quickly disappears.
In a trice he returns, followed by a
drove amounting to hundreds, which one
by one disappear through the bunShole.
"Now," chucbled Joe, ''is my fun" as
he skipped calmly through the door and
adjusted the open mouth Of the bag to
the small aperture, at the same time rap
ping the hogshead with the toe OF his
boot, which produced loud, ringing
sound. With loud squeals and fierce
struggles the frightened rats began to
scramble through the bunghole, all land
ing in the bottom of the bag.
His first thought was to drown them
by sinking the bag in the pond, but be-
ing in O rather gamesome mood, as was
often the case, he concluded 10 put the
bag in his boat, and after rowing TO a
good distance from the shore then release
them, and with his OK goad have a good
time knocking them in the head.
Rowing out several rods from the
shore and being in high glee at the
thought of wreaking vengeance on the
'svarmints" which had given SO much
trouble, he without hesitation united the
bag, expecting to see the frightened crea.
lures at once leap into the water, but he
quickly found himself mistaken.
Instead of fleeing or even retreatina
the rats charged in a body, and with
teeth and claws so severely lacerated has
face, neck and hands as to cause him tc
leap from the boat and swim for the
shore, leaving the craft in the possession
of his one time victims. Lewiston Jour
nal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02

The president of France is chosen by a
majority vote of both branches of par
lament sitting together as joint as
sembly, and his term is seven years.
Usually, however, he is compelled to
step down from Office by pressure from
parliament before his term ends The
constitution gives him the authority TO
select ministry, which must comprise
members of parliament; TO conclude
treaties with foreign nations, to appoint
to the chief military and civil posts, to
pardon offenders. and in concurrence
with the senate to dissolve the chamber
of deputies and bring about new cleo
ton. These are the chief powers Of the
president. The present executive-Car-
not-was elected on Dec. 3, 1s87.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat