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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

We're in hurry we amt goin' TO
hurt yer if SO yer obey orders
'' 'Sh- sh- shr said the leetle woman
who was hanging ever her young un.
her face down close to its lips Gen
tlemen. my poor child is going-let it
die in peace
Bother the brat says tho man.
brutally we amt emmy business with
wiinmin' an children-this way fell
lers.'
When we got out there was three
highwaymen, an they had the driver
an the young Teller with the overcoat
covered with their pistols, an were
swearin like troopers cause they
didn't find any money--that is not
the big haul they expected. They took
what we had, an after abusin' us all
they dared, an tearin' our clothes off
TO search us they let us go; firm n
regular fusilade after us an emptyin'
their revolvers. | might have bin
very differently situated IL | hadn't
met with such misfortune; but it cant
be helped now"
Lose much?' asked the Bible ped
der as he lighted his pipe at the
stove.
."All | had" and the cracker box
man sighed heavily. IAN a bulls eye
watch my grandfather carried in the
revolutionary war"
Ibid the baby die, an what become
of the young feller and the money!"
asked the cloths-reel man.
:" The baby died right there an
then. The mother were q fannin' it
when the stage were started up again.
and we wer'n't more'n out OF sight o.
them robbers when she began to
scream. and says she. My baby's deadr
and she drew the shawl Over its face
and wouldn't allow one OF us 10 lay a
finger on it.
Then the Teller on the outside.
who had been butty roughly handled
came in and it 'peared that he was
her brother tho why he didn't show
up afore was kind o queer. Howsum-
ever he says, says he
:" It's all over, is it sis?'
and she looks up kind of strange
an goes off into "A fit of highstrikes.
that scared us most rs bad rs tn
other performance did.
What became of the money!"
asked the Bible peddler
II m comm to thet. When we got
to Decatur l stopped of. cause I'd got
home. an so did some OF the others.
But the leetle woman kept on. an |
heered later that the baby wasn't no
baby at all. but a bogus one made of
wax. and the cry was put into it. an
the young Teller were loaded, too, so
il the robbers had touched the kid
there'd had bin some sharp shootin'.
1t was shame. / low, TO work on our
feelin's as that leetle woman did.
keepin' us all anxious as a revival
meetin', but she got tho funds through
safe an sound when there wasn't no
banks nor express offices in that part
OF the country. She were the wife OF
the man that were buildin' the bridge
1t were sharp racket though. an
she worked it for all it were worth.
That the stage now humpin' itself.
G'night gentlemen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

On communicating with the doctor, the
following is his reply:
The little story or incident of which
you have heard occurred above thirty
years ago, and may be related in very
few words. Whether it was coinci-
dence, or transference of vivid thought,
leave TO the judgment of others.
| had left Leeds for the Isle of Jersey
Though my dear wife was just recover
ing from nervous fever TO fulfill an
important engagement. On a Good
Friday myself and party Of friends
in several carriages drove round large
portion of the island, coming back to
st. Heliers from Boulay Bay, taking tea
a bout o'clock at Captain IS villa.
The party broke up about 10 o'clock,
and the weather being fine and warm
walked to the house of banker who
entertained me. Naturally my evening
thoughts reverted to my home, and
after reading a few verses in my tesla
ment | walked about the room until
nearly II, thinking of my wife and
breathing the prayer, God bless you
might not have recalled all the cir
cumstances, save for the letter | re-
ceived by the next post from her, with
the query put in: Tell me what you
were doing within few minutes of II
o'clock on Friday evening? ! will tell
You in my next why l ask; for some
thing happened TO me-" In the middle
of the week the letter came, and these
words in it: Il had just awolle from a
slight repose, when | saw You in your
night dress bend over me and utter the
words, God bless you. | seemed also
to feel your breath asyou kissed me.
felt no alarm, but comforted, went off
into gentle sleep, and have been bet
.sr ever since" l replied that this was
% exact representation of my mind
and words.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
A NEW STORY OF GEN. GRANT.
His Kind Treatment OF the Daughter OF
Ono Who Killed Col. Ellsworth.

Ono Who Killed Col. Ellsworth.
was told good story about Gen.
Grant lately that never saw in print
1t will be recalled that early in the
war the New York Fire Zouaves were
crack regiment commanded by Col
Ellsworth. Every man in the ranks
had been a fireman. and 1t was conf
IDENTIFY believed that Ellsworth's COM
mand was able to put down the rebel
lion without assistance. The col
onel was young man. handsome,
gallant burning with military ardor
and thirsting for military fame. He
was as much the idol of the North as
Ashby few months later was the
idol Of the South. The Fire Zouaves
were the first troops to march into
Alexandria Va Their colonel was at
their head, and after the town had
surrendered Ellsworth saw "a rebel
flag flying from hotel.
Instead Of ordering squad to re-
move it he bolted into the house. as
cended the stairway went out on the
roof and captured the flag; descending
he was confronted by the landlord
one Jackson-who shot him dead.
Jackson himself was then shot TO
death. and the affair created more
sensation than considerable battles a
few years later. After the war "a
daughter of Jackson secured an APP
pointment in one of the departments
here. She was a modest dilllgent
and capable young woman, and dis
! charged her official duties acceptably.
In the course OF time a SUPERFICIAL
gentleman was put in charge OF the
/ bureau in which she worked.
Nosing around, he soon discovered
the antecedents Of the young clerk and
discharged her. She was friendless
and penniless, and as a last resort
went to the White house and called
for General Grant He received her
and she related her story to the silent
man. Without saying a word he took
"A piece OF paper and wrote: The
war against men is ended, and my adj
ministration shall not begin one
against women. Restore Miss Jack
son to her former clerkship instant
ly." This was addressed to the loya
bureau official and the young lady Is
yet in the public service. That was
an exhibition Of chivalr" that Durioi:
or Francis l. might L envied. -
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
THE TIGRESS SHOWED FIGHT.
Enters u Camp and Recaptures Her Cub
at the Peril of Her Own Life.

A party Of English hunters had orig
inally started out in quest of a man
eating tiger which had been making
sad havoc in a native village in India.
The tigress, for it turned out TO he a
female, was, after several attempts,
located and finally dispatched, though
not without one of the party receiving
a severe mauling from the Infatuated
creature when brought TO bay. On
the return 10 camp some one
discovered cub that could
not have been more than a few
days old frolicking in the
sun on top of large sized bowlder.
Surprising it to belong to the tigress
they had just killed, it was resolved to
take it home and adopt it as pet.
This was accordingly done, and the lit
tie creature, which seemed quite con-
tent with its surroundings and was as
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

playful as a kitten, was attached by a
slender chain to the pole of one of the
tents.
In the evening most of the officers
were in the tent playing with their new
pet, whose gambols elected roars of
laughter and afforded great amusement
to all, when a curious cry from without
broke in on their merriment and was
Immediately responded to by the little
cub within. In another moment a mag
nificent tigress had bounded into
their midst, and with loud purr of
satisfaction on espying her little one
broke the chain which confined it.
lifted it tcnderly in her powerful jaws
and disappeared in the darkness, with
out so much as deigning TO notice any
one in the tent. OF course every one,
supposing that it was the cubs mother
they had killed during the day,was too
much astonished TO interfere with her,
even had they been so rashlv inclined
within the narrow confines of tent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
A Substitute for Percussion Caps.

A countryman in Tennessee, where
forests and game are plenty, found
that his boys. who all have a gun
apiece. became short of percussion
caps and the first thing he knew they
were shooting with match heads as a
substitute. How many boxes OF
matches he had lost in that way he
did not say but he found they fired as
clear as the cap itself. 1t is said that
necessity is the mother of invention.
Here is n chance for some man to
make fortune by getting out a new
patent" All that is necessary is to
adapt the gunlock to the match
head"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
All That is Needed.

In our physical needs we want the best o.
anything required, and We want all that b.
required TO be done, To be done promptly
and surely. AMI those I'm pain especially,
will find all that is needed in what is here
In recommended. Mr.. II. j. Murphy, 81
Debevoice pl., Brooklyn. n. Y, says
Having been afflicted with sciatic rheu-
matism for some time past and finding no
relief, tried St. Sacobs oil, which / found
very eflicacious. - Mss Clara Alcott, NAH
wah, n. j., writes: II bruised my limb
and il became greatly swollen and stir.
used two bottles OF patent liniment whEb
did not relieve me. physician was called
who ordered the limb to be poulticed, and
he gave me medicine internally, withou.
benefit. / then got "A bottle of st. Jacobs
Oil, which cured me. Ii acted like magic"
Mr.. Lorenzo Buck, Bancroft, Shlawasses
Co., Mich. says: 81 had chronic rheuma-
tism for years, contracted during the war.
After sitting or lying down ut times. | could
not get up from stiffness and pains. Az
work my strength would give out, then
would pass through a sickness OF several
weeks. | had to walk with a cane and was
at one time so i'll could not lie down with
out terrible pains In back and limbs I
tried u. Jacobs oil; next morning got up
out OF bed without assistance To-day I'm
new man and walk without cane. -
Mr.. A. III. Cunningham, Perryopolis. Fayetto
County, Pa, writes: "My wife was sorely
afflicted with lame back for several years
shc used innumerable liniments. but OK
perienced little relief until St. Jacobs OIL
was used. | can confidently say we owe
her cure To its wonderful effects and wouki
not keep house without il"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
HAD A SALUTARY EFFECT.
On the Natives and Provisions and Per-
hap, on the King.


In 1910 Kamehameha Ill, king OF
the Sandwich islands. discovering
scarcity OF food in his kingdom. in
stltuted an inquiry into the cause. 1t
was found that many food staples, such
as potatoes, sugar cane and melons
were converted into Intoxicating
drinks Because of this abundance
of liquor many of his subjects devel-
oped into topers aud idlers. says the
Detroit Free Press. AS natural con-
sequence there were uncultivated
fields, weed grown plantations and
general mpoverishment The dis
covery led to the issuance of decid-
eddy unique prohibition decree 1t
provided that if any of his sub. ects
converted a food product of any de-
scription into an Intoxicating liquor
or drank it he should be fined 81 for
the first offense. which amount should
be doubled for every repetition.
Should the maker OF such an intoxi-
cant give it TO a neighbor, or any OF
his friends or acquaintance, or even
to stranger, he was to be sub. ected
TO a similar fine. The drinker was
also included in the same category as
the maker and the same penalty was
provided for his otfense.
II from a lack of funds, the trans.
gressor of this law was unable to pay
the fine. he was to be given a chance
to liquidate it with produce raised by
his own hands. In default OF this. he
was to be allowed to pay it in labor,
this being proportionate to the amount
of the fine. Upon failure to meet the
obligation in any Of these ways named,
then the fine was to be increased, and
the law-breaker confined in irons for
period specified by the king who
was TO be guided in the imposition OF
such punishment by the enormity OF
the offense.
The strict enforcement Of this law
had q most sa,utary effect on the ma
tives for in the course OF few years
his majesty had the satisfaction Of
knowing that the use OF food staples
as basis for intoxicants became, so
to speak, thing Of the past and the
prosperity of his subjects was once
more secured.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
Printers Punctuation Marks.

DIR. Brewer says Gkat the mark OF
Interrogation (P) stands for 90.
chat is the first and last letters of the
Latin word questo. which means ques-
ton. So too the sign OF intersection
C) 'i-o" is the Latin word 10. an ex-
clamation OF Joy. The Greek gram
marians used a star c. to call atten-
ton to something striking or impor-
tant and they employed dagger %
10 indicate something Objectionable,
which should be cut out as it were.
with a dagger
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
Real Stories of Ghosts
WHOSE AUTHORS ARE WILLING
TO MAKE AFFIDAVIT.
Three Good Stories Selected from the
Many Being Printed I'm England
Greatest journal of Thousht--Iare
Phantasmal PersonageS.
Real ghost stories.

Real ghost stories!
To great many practical minds the
topic chosen for this article undoubt-
cdly appears fantastic in its absurdity.
How can there be real ghost stories
when there are no real ghosts?
But are there none of these phantas-
NAL personagcs? This question can be
settled only by evidence, and the thing
to be done is to collect the evidence
TO this work men of unqucstioned
integrity of mind and sincerity of pur-
pose are giving their collective efforts
in what are known as psychical re-
search societies. Such organizations
now exist in England, France and
America, the headqua tiers of the
American society being in Boston,
though its membership represents
nearly all the States of the Union, and
includes among others many of New
YorlS's scientific and religious leaders.
The stories below are selections from
compilation of abnormal phenomena
made by the psychical research secie-
ties and supplemented by investiga-
tons made by w. II. Stead, editor OF
the Review of Reviews. Every story
in this compilation is vouched for by
the investigators. The persons who
tell these extraordinary narratives-call
them hallncinations, condolences, or
spiritual visitations, as you please-are
real persons, who can, if need be, be
subpenaed. They are ready TO repeat
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
sEOWss THAT

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
bse OF catarrh that cannot lie cured by taking
Halls Catarrh CuIe.
+: j. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned have known r. J. Cheney
or the last hfteen years, and believe him per
ecty honorable in all business transactions and
financially able TO carry out any obligations
made 10y their firm.
sEsr TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, q.
sALpINe, kINNAs d MARVIN, Wholesale Drug.
fets, Toledo, o.
Hall Catarrh Cure is tai en- internally. acting
iirectly upon the blood ami mucous surfaces III
Yer bottle. Sold by drugr...s
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
SHE WAS FALSE.

mo brighter eyes did ever glow
Such lovely brows beneath,
And never opened lips TO show
Such rows of pearly teeth
Thus said 10 myself as there
stood with hat in hand
To bid good night" TO maiden fair
That did my love command.
She smiled; l was about to speak,
When, horrors came a wheeze,
crinkling of her nose and cheek
And then a giant snee4el
A sneeze that Jared the earth, and at
Whose winding up found
Those pearly teeth within my hat,
Her left eye on the ground.
Boston Courier.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

An innocent trader in Madagascar
writes to newspaper of the island to
ask "how u trader should act when his
house has been broken into and he
surprises the thief in the house" lie
says he is not well acquainted with the
laws of the country, aud he would feel
grateful If the editor would tell him
what TO do in such "a case The editor
advises him TO make things warm for
the burglar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
The EHect OF Discipline.

Just see how the chickens mind
the old hcn Bobby" said Mrs. Norris
to her son. Watch them run TO her
when she calls them
Il suppose she sat on them when
they were little.' remarked the in
FAINT phenomenon re1ectyely. kate
Fields Washington
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
An AGED EnnilY.

A remarkable family OF eight old
women is living in the same house al
Vexio. Sweden. Three are widows
and five are old maids. Their ages
aggregate within year or two Of zoo
years, eachof the women being nearly
ninety years OF age.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

Is this: II you are troubled with piles the
matter what kind go To your druggist and
get package OF Hills Pile Pomade. and
tell him IL 1t does you m good you Will en-
poet your money back and he will let YOU
have it every time. Try il to night Al
oil druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

before his execution he confessed that
he intended TO have assassinated Mrs.
Rutherferd.
Another very remarkable story, and
one in which double" appeared, is
that of DR.. +. X. Lees, n well-known
English temperance controversialist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

The smallest church in the world is at ~.
Lawrence, near Nontnor. Isle sc Wight. Va
vas seating capacity for IL persons
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05
WHAT WE OPFER Won

On the back seat i'm prayer meeting " =
poor place to grow In grace.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-05

81 o'clock in the morning in tbs Md
die of summer was evidently impossi-
BILE. On further Investigation a strong
knife was found hidden in the Goals.
The lady escaped, but the man was
subsequently hanged for murder, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-22
CHE FA..
terprlse.

It sounds like a joke to hear the
answers made sometimes to ques-
tons put by members of the House
to Ministers. On Wednesday the
Attorney-General replied to ques-
tons about secret service in the
police force, and speaks of the con-
victions brought about by their
aid, of the injury done the illicit
distillation of liquor and the gen
eral suppression of crime and
ofenses. The answer is intended
to convey the impression that these
officers have about put an end to
che ia and other gambling games.
This is funny, really funny No
thing is more openly notorious in
Honolulu than the utter freedom
and unconcern with which gam
bling, notably che ia, is carried on.
1t has become of alarming proper
tons, because that large part of
the native population has become
entangled in the game, with conse-
quent ruin and disaster to fami-
lies. 1t is said that many natives
have become heavily indebted in
order to procure funds with which
to gamble. Drawings are had in a
number of banks several times a
week, it is said, and at such times
great crowds gather on. the streets.
These facts are notorious, and
yet, right under the nose of
the Marshal, the Attorney-Gen-
eral has the audacity to
report that through secret police,
gambling is being suppressed.
These are not his words, but they
are the manifest intention of the
answer. The Acknowledgement puts
the Marshal IN rather sorry dl-
lemma. He is either a miserable
incompetent or in league with the
manifold crimes of the city, which,
as he says, are not of themselves
criminal, but are simply made so
by statute. If such is the Mar
shaPs opinion, no wonder these
offenses against public morals, and
which are so damaging to public
interests are not suppressed. Is it
not about time that something was
done to put the direction of police
affairs in the hands of honest and
/ faithful officials
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a.-tH n.sa3rs u.
confederation af th. Attorney F..
..rsr Whether a.a result ~ .
.I.s action ar not. four 81 tha iu
sp,et5rs were arrested and charged
with violating The election law
A full account Of the trial, which
took place Ia Hilo, will be found
elsewhere. Il resulted as might
have been expected in the dis
charge Of all the defendants.
Whatever may be said in vindica-
ton Of the course pursued by the
Go2Td Of insPectors-and we be
lieve that very little indeed can
reasonably be alleged in their De-.
fence-it was manifestly impossi-
bic to prove that they had intended
to violate the law, and if such an
intent is implied in the use of the
word "willful" in the statute, the
Hilo Court reached the only result
possible. The defendants were
able to allege a plausible excuse
for their conduct. The chairman
of the Board did not receive his
commission in time to enable the
Board to do all the things which
the statute prescribes. Therefore,
they did nothing. Instead ofcarry-
ing out the law as nearly as posi-
bic, leaving it to the courts to say
whether the unavoidable omissions
were of a character to vitiate the
election, the inspectors decided fol
themselves that no election would
be good, therefore, held none. Thi:
does not seem such a course az
common sense would have sug
gested and, occurring as it did, i
gives rise to the gravest suspicious
At the same time it is impossible
to say that the error of the inspec
tors was not one of judgmen
merely. Certainly it is not expedi
ent to punish men with fine anC
imprisonment for errors commit
ted in an honest attempt to execut
the laws
While then the failure of tn
prosecution seems to have been un
avoidable, let it not be hastily in
ferred that the action of the author
tiles was useless. If the conduc
of the inspectors was not in goo
faith, this may prove a wholesom
and needed warning to them an
to others, that the next time the
indulge in any "fooling" with tn
Election Law they may get hurt.
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NORTH HILO INSPECTORS.

Our readers have not forgotten
the first special election for North
Hilo, when the inspectors Of Pre-
cinct No. l held no meetings and
allowed no one to vote, thereby
necessitating the holding Of third
election. Itwas generally thought
at the time that the inspectors had
been dictated by their sympathy
with a candidate who was not, for
the time being, in the race, and
that they did not care to carry out
the law. The legislative commit
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-22

IN CONNECTION with a letter pub
lished this morning in regard to
tobacco cultivation in these islands,
it may be stated that several at
tempts have been made to establish
the cigar industry, the most note
worthy of which was that of Messrs.
Archer & Grubon, who had to-
bacco plantation and cigar factory
at Waimea, Kauai. Being prac-
teal and skillful men from Cuba,
with ample means, they imported
the best of Cuban seed with several
workmen, and succeeded in max
ing as handsome cigars as were
ever seen in Havana or Manila.
There was, however, something
about the tobacco that rendered it
so disagreeable to smokers and
chewers, here and abroad, that
after a few years trial, they were
forced to abandon the scheme, with
a loss of some fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars sunk in the en-
| terprise.
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ASSESSORS NOTICE.

10 the Inhabitants and other per-ons
liable to Pay Taxes in the Hawa.
iian Kingdom: