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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

IT Is not unusual to hear people
complain that they do not have good
sleep, and in the same sentence ex-
plain that they are taking sulfonal or
any one OF dozen other concoctlons
that are held up as being perfectly
harmless and generally beneficial. 1t
is difficult to restrain an almost equal
Indignation and regret for the ignor-
ance Of the human system which COM
placently resorts TO these dangerous
and pernicious drugs, or the strange
conception of medical responsibility
that prescribes them. That there are
conditions under which narcotics must
be used is no apology for this frequent
use which is becoming more and more
habitual and whose effects are seen
in disordered nerves and multitude
of evils Proper attention TO u ra-
tioEal quantity and quality OF food, q
walk in the open air. and glass of
hot water on retiring. will be found
effectual sleep producers. with increas-
ing good effects raoher than disastrous
ones afterward.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

THERE is moderation that 10 not
negative but positive; it Is not the
toning down OF energy. or the blunt
ing OF desire or the decline OF hope;
it is rather the building up OF these
things on iirmer and broader founda-
ton. Neither is it Tie simple avoid.
ance OF TWO tremes, and the simple
occupancy OF middle ground. 1t
may eventua,e in this but it comes
through understanding and apprec at
ing all that is good in both ,tremeS
and forming out OF them a more per-
feet and rounded whole.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

If the novel tells over again the old
old story OF love it still does it under
new conditions and to new readers. TO
souls none the less humanity interested
than the many generations that have
preceded them. 1t is one OF the
charms OF n literary form OF express
sion that it always invests the varied
forms of life with new face And
this is true whether it is the drama,
which in one form or another has been
accepted for thousands OF years, or the
poem which never dies nor grows old
or the novel which for the past hu =
dred years has been growing in i'm
portance. 1t has been found neces-
sary to do over the work of writing
the history OF human lives for each
generation Of men. Most OF the books
which presume to record this die; but
most OF the books containing the
scribblers OF versifers from the earli-
est days have died
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

greatest sorrow that i have to communi
cate to you the death of your brother,
Boatswain's Mate Charles w. Riggin,
while on his liberty in this place. His
trggic death at the hands of mob sm-
FILTERED against all Americans has left
n wound i'm the hearts of his shipmates
that may not soon heal, and the time
will soon come when it will be avenged
by all who remember his worth and his
genial good manners. | feel more than
ordinary sorrow as the commanding Of
ficer in being the messenger of such sad
intelligence 10 you, but can assure you
that his name and his worth will not be
forgotten as long as honor her records
keep
There is another letter penned b. the
boatswain's mate himself during the
heat of the revolution against Balma-
ceda. II also indicates what America MS
have suffered in Chile.
II think it might interest you," he
says, "to hear something of the @ar
here Valparaiso was captured on the
2sth by the rebels after terrible fight.
But it never would have been taken
only the government troops deserted
by the wholesale TO the other side,
The feeling against the government is
intense. We are the only nation stand
ing by them. The harbor is full OF
foreign men-of-war and all the ships
are loaded with refugees. We are
crowded. 1t was great sight to see
the city captured but the slaughter
was simply awful. Every one captured
is killed. They don't know what
paroling prisoner is down here.
Talk about the feeling against us!
All the warshipS get cheered, but we
are Missed and. cursed. But we can
stand it. We have 100 men ashore pro-
tecting the American consulate, and if
they harm a hair on any of their heads
there viii be trouble. We know what
it is TO have good fighting ship.
They call us the White Devil, and
well they may"
Higgins brother and sister, Mrs.
Mary Zimmerman and Mrs. Ellen Mat
thews, have administered upon the
affairs of their dead relative and have,
at the request of the Navy department,
forwarded to Washington his discharge
papers of former cruisers and Other
documents.
The medal which he earned on the
Tennessee bears on it's face the inscrip
ton, &C. 5. c., No. 5,701, Charles w.
Riggin, L. $. :. Tennessee, February
10, 1857" surrounded with the wards,
Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience" On the
reverse is the figure of the old ship
Constitution inclosed in circle of chain
and anchor.
The body of the boatswain's mate
lies with that Of William Turnbull, his
fellow victim, in the British cemetery
of Valparaiso. a monument has been
placed over their grave by the officers
and men of the Baltimore.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

The lamented and untimely death OF
Senator Plumb in the meridian of his
years, his powers and his usefulness to
Kansas and the country, has again
called attention 10 the always interest
ing subject of the health of public men as
affected by the necessary conditions of
Congressional and official life. The fire.
quency of similar catas trophies in the
last decade has appeared more start
ling because the victims of overwork
were men of whom longevity might
have confidently been predicted. Man
ming, Window, Randall, Beck, Burnes,
and many others who have fallen pos
sessed extraordinary vigor, vitality and
endurance. BY the horoscope they
were entitled to length of days and
should have died hereafter.
No doubt the demands upon the
time and strength of public men are
excessive; and as constituencies grow
and interests multiply must inevitably
increase rather than diminish. 1t con
Germs the people, therefore, to consider
whether they are imposing burdens
heavier than can be borne, or whether
these alarming fatalities are partly due
to disregard to obvious laws to irregu-
lar habits and causes that might be
ayoided-in other words, whether pre-
mature deaths are murder or suicide.
With population of ten millions
and access t. the capital by stage coach,
steamboat or private conveyance, the
public service was leisurely, isolated
and dignifed. But with sixty-tive mil
lions, railroad system making the
journey from the Pacific TO Washing
ton pastime, telegraphs to every ham
let, fast mails, the daily press, tele-
phones and special deliveries, the post
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
ones afterward

THE trouble with Carlyle was not
that he lacked generosity but that he
abounoed in spleen. He was not a
great man. He was only for the most
part a bad temper When n man
goes about the moral. political social
and literary world with his temper he
is liable to be a determined partisan
every moment and as he approaches
new phases OF things perpetual splen-
etc activity impairs his memory, in
fanny, imagination and keeps him free
from at least the vice OF fools in con-
sistency no matter how many more
vices may become his. AS his great
countryman George Eliot says OF
her "Touchwood' determination OF
partisanship by temper has its worst
effects in the career Of man by get
ting HIM enthralled by his own words.
SO that he looks into facts and ques-
tions mot to get rectifying knowl-
edge but 10 get evidence that will
justify his actual attitude, which was
assumed under an impulse dependent
on something else thei knowledge.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

from n cherub in pantomime to Eva
in Uncle Toms Cabin"
Evelyn is the eldest of this interesting
and charming quartet. She is the
young wife who caused such n sensa-
ton in Lowell some time ago by mys-
teriously disappearing and returning
aftcr an absence of two days. She is
married to j. G. Edwards, also n actor,
and member of Joseph Haworth's
company.
Miss Pollock's speciality is character
parts, although she often successfully
attempts the leads. She is quite young,
hardly twenty-one, ana is, like the
other sisters, n brunette with big dark
eyes and well-developed figure.
Miss Eddie, pet name for Edith, Is
just Is years old. She is not i'm tho
east of "The Last OF the IIogans,"
now running at IIarrigan's, New York,
but is undcrstudy for two or three of
the principal actresses.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11


New York ILL.,. 'no was liberated
from hospital! danceI so violently for
JOY that he broke blood vessel and died
Because young woman in New York
when liberated smiled broadly in farewell
to the police Justice. that functionary got
mad. recale the offender and added 80
to fine which she had shortly before
paid for disorderly conduct
When young Freeman Harriott. of
Brooklyn, was arraiyned before Judge
Connolly for having stolen $1,000 worth
of books from the Pratt institute his de-
fence was that he was studying for the
ministry and had only borrowed the
books intending some time to return them.
The sympathies OF a Sun lay school
teacher in Bath, Ne, were recently
aroused by the destitution of ono of her
class, who bad TO stay away because she
had no clothes. With her own hands the
good teacher made the girl an outfit,
dress. underware and all. and gave her
the garments. but the next week the
pupils place in Sunday school remained
vacant, to the wonder OF her kind hearted
friend She ascertanei that the happy
possessor of the new clothing had used it
for bridal costume, and in the mi lst Of
her domestic pleasures and duties doesn't
care TO go to Sunday school any more.
In the Century John Williamson Palmer
describes pioneer Days in San Fran
cisco" and quotes two bills of fare one
of which offers ham at 81 portion, the
other offers ''hash, low grade" for 70
cents, and "hash, Is carats" for 81.
1t is tradition in Austria that has
more than the force of law, 'if an I'M
married man destroy the eye of an un-
married woman, he must within two
twelve months make that woman his
BRIDE or mourn wbere'er he go, his
days full of woe; in life or death he shall
know no rest his body accurst, his soul
unbest; woe to him on earth or air; woe
TO him fore'er and e'er.
IN Arabia they say "As week as a
bissextle camel" and in Turkey and
Tartary they call all hunchbacs, dwarfs
and other deformed men, women and
children 'leap year freaks,' but there are
exceptions To this as well as TO all other
rules, for in Italy, Greece aud Sicily the
rural proverb says referring TO leap year:
''Plant much corn and vine, it's, (the
year. good for bread and wine"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
How often tho watch Ticks.

Many watches make five beats per
second. 800 each minute. 10 900 every
hour. or 432, 900 per day. Thus it
will be seen that n hali-dozen turns of
the key once day. taking up but a
few seconds of time. stores up modi-
cum OF power in the spring which is
cut up into nearly million of beats
If we multiply the daily beats by
365. the number of days in year
we find that the watch ticks 1871 7SS =
600 while the earth is making one an
nual trip around the sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
of an ambitious and successful politi-


clan is no sinecure.
Stenography and the typewriter have
lightened the toll of official correspon-
dence, but this labor at best is immense
and imperative. Not to reply promptly
to letter is the objectionable sin, and
many that are private and confidential
mnst be answered in autograph. Ap-
plicants for pension often address every
member of their own delegation stimuli
taneously about their claims, and some
times those of other States as well,
thus entailing an enormous aggregate
of needless work upon the bureau, as
each man must be separately answered
Frequent errands at the department
upon matter of patronage, favors and
business are Indispensable. Commit
tees meet regularly. Bills must be eX-
amined for report, public questions
studied, preparation made for debate,
the daily sessions attended, newspa-
pers read, guests entertained, social
obligations discharged, and time found
for recreation, food and rest.
Add TO this the necessity for constant
vigilance at home, for long and arcuous
campaigns for reflections, the control
OF primaries and conventions, weeks Of
stump speaking, hand shaking and see
ing the boys, and it is evident that the
eight hour law will not apply TO legis-
lators and statesmen. They roll the
stone of Sisyphus and turn the wheel
of lxion, finding in endless toll un-
ceasing fascination.
But numerous and amending as these
functions are, with system, order, alb
stinence and prudent outstanding of
hours they can be performed without
exhaustion. 1t is not 'overwork'
alone that kills
The temptations 10 irregularity are
strong. The simplest axioms of health
are occasionally disregarded, and ma
ture is relentless creditor. Time
which should be given TO sleep is some
times lent TO convivialty. The pleas
ures of a luxurious and voluptuous
couch are spendthrifts of the nerves
and brain. The human body is an en-
CINE with storage battery capable of
SO many pulsations, and when its en-
ergy is expended, whether by work or
waste, that is the end.
Death is not an accident 1t is APP
pointed to every man to die, and when
his times comes he goes. The maniac
who fires bullet through his disor-
dered brain dies subject To the same in
exorable law as the peaceful patriarch
who painlessly yields up the ghost at
fourscore, his life going out like can
die that has burned TO its socket. The
DEGREES of fate cannot be questioned
nor fathomed, but IL often occurs that
I'm the Intellectual effort there is an ir-
reconcilable discrepancy between the
autopsy and the epitaph.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

Ir is perhaps not to be wondered at
that many young persons are adverse
TO moderation. as they conceive it.
Intense in their feelings strong in
their affections and antipalhies, hope
full and enthusiastic in their under
takings confident in their powers and
assured in their opinions. it is hardly
10 be expected that they should well
come the spirit OF moderation. which
TO them appears merely the toning
down OF all that is interesting. until
life itself becomes humdrum and COM
monplace They point significantly
to persons OF weak will. OF languid
emotions of insipid character who are
too Indifferent TO 60 to extremes and
too easily influenced TO exercise any
original power. rs examples of mod
Grafton which they neither envy nor
admire. The mistake they make
however. is in confounding the mere
absence OF force with true modera-
ton. Feeb,eaess OF will and OF char
acter it is true may not 60 to ex-
tremes because IL cannot; but il is ut
terly unlike the moderation which is
born OF kDowledge. wisdom and ex-
perienco
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
ShILOn'S
CONSU M PTION
CURE.

The success Of the Great Cough Cure IS
without PARALLEL in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, te,t that no other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That 1t may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free INTO eye. y home
in the United States and Canada. II you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, OF bronchitis, use 1t, for
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooplng Cough. use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that msidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
sI.oo. " If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Pnce IS cts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

His home was in Philadelphia, where
he was we'll and favorably known as a
steady, ambitious young fellow, who
worked hard to advance himself as a
man-of-warsman. His brother, John
l.. Riggin, is still livingin Philadelphia
and has made public the following facts
concerning his brother. Capt w. y.
Schley wrote: 1T is with feelings of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
MICH

THERE can not be life without re-
suit although there are many with
out purpose Those who will not
work for an end OF their own choos-
ing. one which conscience approves
become incontinently enlisted on the
side OF the powers warning against or
der right and peace. No man lives
10 himself. however much no may
think he lives for self
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES.

January Il, 1891, the wife of Mr. Haus-
Ter. of Kainsicht, Germany, presented her
husband with twins December 81, same
year, she blessed him with a separate set
of triplets
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

That Skimmerhorn is the strangcst
fellow | ever met"
About the average. / guess.
'Average?' | was telling him for
two hours about my cold and he
never even so much as limited at Civ
ing me n sure cure for it, Never saw
a man like him. n-Phila- Times
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
THREE OF A KIND.

TIC TOITOCk NIrIs' WHO hive Ncted
Sung and Danced to Success,
The Pollock family OF actresses, four
in number and all young and pretty,
are well-known to theater-goers ~
over the country.
They have been on the stage since
childhood. The youngest is little
Mabel, aged seven, Mabel is good
deal of an actress in her way, and has
done everything in the prodigy" line,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
WAS A BRAVE FELLOW.

Sketch Of Mate Riggin. who Lost His
Life In the Chilean Riot.
Charles w. Riggin was one of the
American sailors who was brutally
murdered in the streets of Valparaiso.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
AMERICAS GREAT MEN.
WHY THEY ARE NOT GIVEN TO
LONGEVITY.

John .. ingalls, Introduces n New Sub
Ject-Dcath, He Says, Is Not AN Acct
dent, but the Result OF Fate's Inexor-
able Law.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11

Naturalists have enumerated e57
different species of reptiles. OF this
number 400 are as harmless as rabbits
Evening journal., 1892-11-28
THE
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THE pRrss has the bost possible organiza-
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sources ana with nearly fc0 correspondents
IN fennsylvunia, New Jersey and Delaware.
the state and ncnr-at-home news II covered
with routine carcfulncsa and attention TO
per.
THE pRrss has also the best Of correspon-
dents In an the great cities of the United
states, as well as financial and railroad OK
perts In Chicago and the West who keep the
paper more than abreast with events.
lhe columns Of the SUNDAY PRESS are en-
riched by contributions from those whose
names are written high In our lists Of great
authors. novolists, essayists. rs well as from
men Of high rank In public life The best
authors know that their best audicpces are the
renders OF the DAILY, SUNDAY and WEEKLY
In politics TIM pRrss knows no other
mnster than the people and the past year has
seen, az has been seen before, the marked fact
that II Is suhservient 20 no political boss 10 has
no political ambitions 20 foster, but looks
after the Interests OF its readers, and delivers
itself upon the issues OF the day In "a mauher
both frank and fearless, letting the facts
speak for themselves and evndlng no issues.
but meeting them all on the basis OF fair play
70 All menat All times. It's pages know no
distinctions and the rights Of one class over
another are neither recognized nor suppurtod.
Advertisements of Help Wanted may ho in
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Advertisements OF Situations Wanted a Cent
a Word. Special days FOR advertisements,
sunday, Wednesday. SATURDAY.
Evening journal., 1892-11-28
Amid PlxIey Tonlrht.

The attraction for tonight at the Grand
Opera House is Annie Pixley in her new
play Miss Blythe of Duluth" 1t deals
with scheming. trickery, love and despair.
Miss Pixley's portrayal of the ingenious
Miss Blythe, who unfolds the cOmplica-
tions of the play is said to be strongly
individualized. The scenes OF the play
are laid in a summer resort near New
York city which, with the characters
and situations Of the play, afford happy
surroundings to the serious parts of the
story. Miss Pixley will introduce dur
ing her engagement, several new songs.
written for her by we'll known composers
and are said to be of a kind that will
surely make them popular
Evening journal., 1892-11-28
Anti-oieo Tactics.

The executive committee of the Dairy
mems National Protective association at
their regular meeting in Philadelphia
few days ago, decided to forward
letter to every congressman in the
United States, urging upon them the i'm
portance of passing the Hatch bill,
which has already passed committee
favorably and is now on the calendar of
the house. The bill provides that all
oleomargarine transported into any state
or territory and remaining therein for
use, consumption, sale or storage, shall
upon arrival be subject to the laws of
such state, as though such oleomargarine
had been produced in such state, and
shall not be exempt therefrom by reason
of being introduced in original packages
or otherwise. The members lay great
store by the passage of this act, as it
will practically crush out oleo in many
states whose laws prohibit not only its
sale, but its manufacture.
Evening journal., 1892-11-28

Astronomers Were Unable TO Take OBJ
servations- Millions of Curious Folks
Disappointed Because of the Clouds.
a Storm From Ocean to Ocean.
The comet did not strike the earth last
night. AT least there was no noticeable
disturbance in terrestrial affairs no per
ceptible condensation of the atmosphere
beyond what is usual on cold, muggy
November night, and no quakes or quiv-
ers to be felt. The old globe continued
to roll calmly on and placidly on in her
orbit at the rate Of good many thou
sands of feet per second, and the saucy
little long haired visitor which has crea
ted such perturbation in the minds of
credulous people kept its distance out in
starry space.
There may have been plenty of falling
stars last night, but If so they were un-
able to penetrate the heavy snow-laden
canopy of clouds which overhung the
earth, and so nobody saw them.
Astronomers Knew Nothing.
The astronomers laughed in the full
ness Of their wisdom when people fired
all manner of inquisitive questions at
them, and declared that they knew
nothing about the whereabouts Of the
dread comet, or even whether It was
bound for the earth or away from it.
Most of them had expected to see a
brilliant meteoric display, and were as
much disappointed over the cloud-ridden
sky as anybody.
From the Pacific to the Atlantic
oceans mist of clouds obscured the
heavens. In San Francisco it rained, in
Philadelphia it rained. The only chance
to see the display was on top ofPike's
Peak or Mount Washington, or some
place above the clouds.
Wilmingtonians were disappointed in
not getting a view of the comet and the
celestial fireworks that were promised
for tonight. Hundreds of people prom
enaded the streets, hoping that the
clouds would scatter. but they per.
sistently hung over the city like pail,
and up to 10 o'clock tonight no trace of
the promised phenomenon had been di
covered. In some sections of the city
the colored people and superstitious
white persons were very much alarmed
over the predicted shower of stars.
Professor M. B. Snyder, of the Central
High School, Philadelphia, said last
night owing to the heavy clouds any
meteoric display which might be taking
place would be quite obscured. 1T is
possible" he said, ''that the display of
last Wednesday night may have been
the one expected tonight. On the other
hand, it may have been only portion of
the stream, which is gradually increas
ing as the work of disintegration goes
ON. The earth passes through the orbit
once year. The reason the meteoric
display is so seldom seen is because the
meteoric stream at present only occupies
an arc. But the work of disintegration
is going on so rapidly that the arc is
growing larger, and as time advances
the earth will come in contact with the
stream with greater frequence