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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
Additional Local.

Concert at the M. +. church next
Wednesday night.
Il. III. Patterson and wife, of Shep-
herd, were in town Tuesday.
Major Anderson, the railroad evan
gelist, of Detroit, was in town Thurs
day.
The six-year-old child of Justin An
drews has been taken to the county
house, because the father would not
care for him.
r.. E. Moblo, of Riverdale was in
Alma Wednesday night on his return
home from Ithaca where he had been
taking in the fair with all the children
in Riyerdale. Between trains they
painted Alma red, (the children we
mean, not Rob-.
The reunion of the Second Mich Cav
airy will be held at Grand Rapids, Oct
ober 10th, 1894. Headquarters at the
Bridge Street House at low rates. Ar
rangements are being made for a pleas
ant meeting and all comrades and their
wives are invited. The new regiment
al Badge is now ready and will be
mailed by the secretary on receipt of 20
cents. EDWIN HOYT, Secretary.
The America stage has had nearly
every kind of reality imaginable from
a steam fire engine to an actual horse
race, and one would suppose that the
stage mechanics shill had been tested
to its utmost. But the announcement
that in +. ID. Stairs American charac-
ter comedy, "A Barrel OF Money"
there is fully equipped and actually
working stationary steam engine used
in scene depicting the machinery
room of an Iron Mill in full operation,
with real shafting, wheels whirling,
belts buzzing and steam escaping, de-
notes that in this age of "hustlingo-
loey' there is no limit to the stage me-
chanic's ingenuity or the scenic artist s
skill. In this scene the heroine is act
ually bound TO huge belt, the mon
strous engine is set in motion by the
william, the immense drive wheel
promises certain death to the horror
striken victim who is being CARED on
ward. Of course there is the oppor-
tune rescue and the stopping of the
machinery just in the nick of time.
But the thrill of the effect lasts for
some time and the amazed auditor ex-
claims: Well, what will they do
neXtl' The above will be presented at
Holcomb's Opera House, st. Louis,
Mich. Saturday evening, Sep. 29th, 81.
Prices %, 80 and 90 cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

on motion the report OF the street com stat
ing that the sidewalk of Edward Hillock, block
30, lots IL and is. on the east side of State
street, west side OF property described the
same being owned by Edward Hillock Is In bad
condition and needs a new walk was accepted
and adopted.
On motion the report of the street com stat
ing that the sidewalk of w 5 TurcK In block 20,
lot TO- on the west side of Water street east
side OF property described, owned by w ;
Turck Is in bad condition and needs a new
walk was accepted and adopted.
On motion the report of the street com stat
ing that the sidewalk OF Edward Hillook on
the south side of Center street on the north
side OF lot 10, block 30, village OF Alma owned
by Edward HillOck ls In bad condition and
needs new walk was accepted and adopted
On motion the report of the street com stat
ing that the sidewalk of Clarence N. Church on
the east side of Woodwork Avenue on the
west side of lot 30, block %, village of Alma,
owned by Clarence N Church is i'm bad cOndi.
tion and needs new walk was accepted and
adopted
Resolutions relative 10 the intentions of the
village of Alma TO cause the aforsaid walks to
be rebuilt within 20 days from date OF serving
of notice were introduced, accepted and
adopted.
ON motion council adjourned
Il. A. Ely SLIH y, IUDue,
President Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
TeaChersi

Anyone wishing to qualify for teach
ing, and not having the ready money
to advance may enter the Teachers
preparatory course, and have thor
ough drill in all Third Grade studies,
thus qualifying for Teachers Exami-
nation. No TUITION will be required
until the applicant earns the money 10y
ieachug Applicant must be far
enough advanced TO progress with reg
ular classes. Thirty dollars (S9Ol for
the course. For paticulars address
Yerington's College, st. Louis. S00-4w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
Stolen.

A double stran solid gold watch chain
from the owners house about the first
of June. When taken had a genuine
agate charm attached. Any party pur-
chasing or trading for said chain will
be rewarded by returning the same 10
Sl2-tf II. d. LEMEN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

Mrs. Z. ). Hawkins, Chattanooga,
Tenn, says, "Shlloh's Vitalizer saved
my life. ! consider it the best remedy
for debilitated system | ever used. "
For dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble
il excells. Price 70 cts. Sold by b. ).
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

Karls Clover Root, the great blood
purifier, gives freshness and clearness
TO the complexion and cures constipa
tion, % cts, 80 cts, and 81 OO. Sold by
Is. :. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

Mr.. VIM. Williams, Vicksburg,
Mich, says 81 verify believe" Adiron-
da, Wheeler's Heart and Nerve Cure
to be the most reliable remedy for heart
irregularities that has eyer been given
to the public. Sold by b. 5. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
Village Council.

ALMA, MICH, Sept 20, 1894.
Regular meeting Of the common council of
the village OF Alma at Council rooms on above
date.
Present President Ely and trustees Month
gel, Gargett, GiHss and Baker.
Absent ;-Delavan ana Ice ullough.
The minutes OF last meeting were read and
approved.
The following claims were allowed and clerk
instructed TO draw orders for
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

Shiloh's Cure is sold on a guarantee.
IL cures incipient consumption. 1t is
the best cough eurG. Only one cent a
dose. % cts, 30 cts. and Sl.OO. Sold
by B. ;. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
LCDGES

ALMA Chapter, NO l23 X. A. NJ Regular
a meetings on Monday night on or after full
moon
W. s. TURCK. .H.P.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
VOL. XVI, NO. 32.
BANKERS

IN s. TURCK 81 Goa general banking
" busiress transacted. Dealers iu Foreign
and Domestic Exchange Special attention
given 10 Collections.
WIN. S TURCK A. W. WRIGHT. G.. :. WARD.
J.H. SEAvER. g. +. WEBSTER
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
SoCIFTrEs.

II b. CHURCH held every alter
w. nate sunday at Adams Hall.
REV. y. CAMPBELL,
Pastor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

HLb1A LODGE, f & a. d.-ReRuiar meetings
n on Saturday on or before fun moon
Is. =. WEBB, W, NJ.
W. A. PAINE, secy
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28
PROFESSIONAL.

Z. Residence, state street. ONCE, room
No. l, Wrights Opera House block, End floor.
Office hours, 80 TO $3.50 and z 20 p. m.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

EPISCOPAL CHURCH--Services are held
Z every Sunday morning l0:3O a. IN. Eyen
ing 7:0Op. N.
Rev. C. A. CARY. Rector.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

BAPTIST CHURCH Morning service l0:30
D Sunday school HAS Evening service 80.
Young peoples meeting $40 sunday evening,
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings
REV f.. j. HARRIS. Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

DRESBYTERIAN CH RCH-Morning service
l0:3C; Sunday school l2:00. Evening service
700. REV. w. +. JONES, Pastor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

L O. f. Court Alma No. rs. Holds il regu
i. lar meetings iu the G.. A. X. Hall. Wright
at 5 D. m local time Visitors welcome.
A. r. DINGMAN. G. K. G.. T.. BEEBE, X, 5.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
WEALTH HERE AND ABROAD.
POINTS ~ Contrast between the Rich In
America and In Europe.

America and In Europe.
The English and the Americans are
Doth rich, but which are the richer?
Perhaps the statisticians know or can
find out, but it is not certain that the
statistical answer would give the infor-
nation that one really wants and which
involves the distribution of wealth as
well as its mere existence Most Amer
leans have to work; but, AS Is well
known, considerable proportion of
English people toll not nor spin, and
make no pretense of doing anything tor
a living. Is that because the English
are richer than we, or is it matter Of
taste or a result of primogeniture? So
also it appears from close study of
documents submitted by Anthony Troll
lope and other contemporaneous histo-
rians- that British gentlemen in re-
spectacle circumstances employ from
five to fifty servants and have several
houses apiece, all of which they live in,
and travel much besides. An Ameri-
can who lives in that way is looked
upon as a man of very exceptional re-
sources, but it would seem that an Eng
lish gentleman who does not live in that
way is thought to be somewhat strait
ened. In England there are 800 or 400
hunt clubs, and something like 20, coo
Britishers ride pretty regularly to
hounds. But hunting is an expensive
sport that takes both time and money.
These English seem toshave both to
spare.
a returned traveller was speaking of
the shoals of agreeable English people
he met in the Riviera and in all the
play places of southern Europe. When
asked if they were rich people, he said
not but that they were able to live as
they did because they knew how and
got their moneys worth. He thought,
too, that the well to do English bad
more complete domestic apparatus ready
to hand than most Americans and
could spend larger proportion of their
incomes on travel and amusement.
Houses and furniture and such expen-
sive vanities they had already by in
heritance and were not compelled to
spend useful money in providing them.
Regarding the English habit of pub
fishing novels in three bound volumes
would the American buy novels in such
costly form? Are not all the habits of
living that we borrow from the British,
from dock tailed horses to indoor men
servants, more costly than the customs
they supersede? They must have great
deal of money to spend, those enterpris-
ing islanders. No one would hesitate
to say that the Americans are richer
than the Russians, or the Italians, or
the Germans, or even the thrifty French,
but the Briton gives us pause. Is he
really richer than we are, or is he mere
ly an older son, and dweller in a land
where servants work for small pay,
and clothes are cheap and novels are
rented out by Nude, and the tax on
stimulants is laid for revenue, and not
for prevention, and where to loaf and
invite ones soul is esteemed prefer
able thing to toll Harper s Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
Shcnllcrd Dogs.

In south America, in the region OF
the great pasture plains, dogs are train
ed TO be shepherds" writes Helen Nv
crton Smith. II do not mean that a
dog goes out with the hcrdsmen and
helps watch the tlocks. | mean that
the dog goes out alone and that he takes
the entire care of the sheep without any
ones direction In South America there
are vast plains where for miles and miles
there is little vegetation save the short
grain ON which sheep feed. There are
no habitatiouS for men
"On these vast pastures there are M
mense flocks which are often LETT i"r
several DAYS at time with only dog
to take care of them. But well he knows
how to do it, for he has been trained Tor
the business.
.Avhcn .Colly' was only a day old he
was taken away from his own mother,
and given to big. motherlY sheep.
She let the little blind puppy share the
dinner of her own baby lamb. Ills little
bed WAS in "A warm, soft nest made OF
the sheared fleece of "A sheep.
lie was never allowed to taste OF
meat. He was not permitted to asso-
ciate with other dogs or with children.
His onlv associates We're sheep. Conse'
uucntly all the strong friendship, all the
loyalty all the protecting instinct which
belongs To a good dog nature were
turned towards sheep. The little dog
grew TO love sheep. to play with sheep
aud above ala to watch over aud pro-
tcct them.
No hungry stranger could approach
one of these big, wandering floeks in the
vast and lonely plain without being no.
ticed. No At the first sign OF a stran-
ger the log barks.
Then a remarkable sight il Is 10 be
seen. The oldest and strongest ram OF
the nock advances To the dog side.
All the other rams come forward and
take their places near by, facing the
foe. The ewes and the lambs huddle
closely together behind their defenders.
The dog does the talking for the
whole party and gives all the orders,
acting the part of a commanding gcner-
al but the rams with their big, cruel
horns and strong heads do the fighting.
"Somctimes when the owners have
sheds near enough the dog drives the
flock out to pasture and brings them
back in the evening.
No matter how large the flock may
he, he knows if even one sheep is missing
and he gets out aud hunts for it until
found ST. LENS Rcpahljc
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
Practical Work

We are glad To- record movement
looking towards practical temperance
work on the part of those who haze been
treated aud cured of alcoholism. rs we
suggested last month.
In referring II the action of certain
kcelev graduates of Bath whom dis
patches sav propose to wage war on
the rumshop>, the Biddetord journal
we'll SAYS This i a really hopeful sign.
For kid-gluvc rpturmcr-. who never
drank drop of liquor in their lives, Il
enforce prohibition, i one thing. For the
men whose lives have been cursed and
their homes made desoatr by drink, To
baud together in "a fight against the grog-
shops. another and tar more Significant
thing. Aud it i the one thing needed
TO make the aufi-liquor treatment cmn-
catlV p4ctical in its results 10y enabling
its patients. not only to be rid Ut thciruln
curse themselves, but to display the
courage Of their convictions and do ELI
Gent work in removing the temptation to
drink from the pathway of thousands OF
Young men aud bright boys, who other
wise are almost certain to DRIFT into the
fatal mael>trom.
We tru-t this movement has come To
stay. II 80 and the cured victims whom
the serpent has bitten will Join hands
against he old enemy the signs will be
hopeful for victory. The result oi work
inv against the foe. and of uniting with
temperance organizations. either in clubs
of their own or with Good Templtr
Lodges. or both. viii be a great help
fo"ards sustaining them and strengthen
inc Them 10 resist the temptations they
are-sme 10 meet - Temperance Record.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
The New Church Organ.

In one of the small towns in northern
Missouri, a few years ago, one of the
churches concluded that an organ would
add to the attractions of the church and
the services. and after asc, raining the
general feeling of the members in re-
gard to the matter, decided to purchase
one. As is always the case there were
a few dissenting voices. The most ag-
gressive opposition was from Brother
T., deacon. He objected to an organ.
lie believed it sinful to play upon any
kind of instrument during services. But
the majority of the little flock we're not
disposed to think exactly that way
and purchased the organ. contrary to
the deacon's wishes. The following
Sunday after the organ had been placed
in the church the deacon took seat on
the front row, as was his usual custom.
The organist played II voluntary, and
after the singing of few hymns, in
which the deacon was observed to take
no part, the minister asked:
VIII Brother T. lead us III prayer:
Much to the CONSERVATION of the min
lister and the audience, the deacon re-
piled. pointing to the organ:
That thing does yer singin, cant it do
yer pr9yin,' toe?
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
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The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
4 Matter of Business.

Mr.. Bong" said the secretary of
the Fearful Accident Insurance compa-
ny, "be sure and drop in at old Cur
mudge's as you pass this morning and
express your sympathy over the loss OF
his brother in the railroad accident yes
terday. Express mine also to him. y
But old Curmudge had no brother
h the accident, said the canvasser.
What has that to do With it?' said
the secretary cheerily. Al he can do
is to tell you so. "
But it might unnecessarily alarm
him, persisted the canvasser.
That 5 the point; that's exactly the
point, returned the secretary cheerily.
Alarm him AS much as possible. His
own policy runs out next month, and it
is one of our duties to remind our pa
irons that in the midst Of life we are
surrounded by accidents. - London
Tit Bits
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11

The invention of playing cards has
been attributed to the Chinese, Hindoos,
Arabians and Romans, but cards as
now used were invented by Jacques
Gringonneur, IA painter, in Paris in the
fourteenth century. They were sup
posed to have been first made for the
amusement of Charles VI of France,
who was deranged. The French had
particular names for the / 2 court cards.
The four kings We're David, Alexander,
Caesar and { hairless the four queens,
Angine, Esther, Judith and Pallas; the
four knaves or knights, Ogier the Dane,
Lancelot, La Hire and Hector de Gar
land. Cards seem originally however,
to have been taken to England direct
from Spain, having probably been in
troduced into that country by the Moors;
the clubs, in Spanish cards, not being
trefoils as with us, but cudgels-that is,
bastos -the spades or swords, espadas
They were at first stamped from wood
blocks in outline and filled in by hand,
but after the invention of engraving the
best artists engraved them on copper
and struck them off at once. Column
bines We're spades; rabbits, clubs; pinks,
diamonds, and roses, hearts, Human
figures opposed to those of flowers and
animals were the ancestors of court
cards. BROOKLYN Eagle.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
Americas Only Frostless Belt.

What is supposed to be the only frost
less belt in the United States lies be-
tween the city Of Los Angeles and the
Pacific ocean. 1t traverses the foothills
of the Cahuenga range and has an ele-
walton of between 200 and 400 feet. In
breadth it IS perhaps three miles. The
waters of the Pacific are visible from
it, and the proximity of the ocean has
of course something to do with Danish
ing frosts. During the winter season
this tract produces tomatoes, peas,
beans and other tender vegetables, and
here the lemon fourishes, tree that is
peculiarly susceptible 10 cold. Tropical
trees may be also cultivated with sue
cess, and in connection with this fact it
is interesting to know that IA part of the
favored territory has been acquired by
Los Angeles for park purposes, and it
Is only aquestion of time when the city
will have the unique distinction of pos
sessing the only tropical park in the
United States. Strange to say, only
the midway region of the Cahuenga
range is free from frost. the lower part
of the valley being occasionally visited.
New York Evening Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
TRAINING BOTH HANDS ALIKE.
No Good Reason Yet Advanced Why 1t
should Not He Done.

In one of his essays in n book en-
titled Brushwood " the late James T.
Fields wrote: "If were boy again, /
think would learn to use my left hand
just as freely as my right one, so that
if anything happened to lame either of
them the other would be all ready to
write and handle things just as freely
as if nothing had occurred. And I'M
doubtedly IA great many of us would
learn to use both hands alike if we had
our lives to live over again. OF all the
young women who came under my in
struction while in charge of the School
of Domestic Economy of the Iowa Ag
riculrural college, not more than one in
twenty-five could sweep properly. The
ratio in this respect of those who came
under my instruction at Purdue univer-
sity was about the same. And as far
as my observation extends this ratio
will hold in regard to women generally.
As rule, women, old and Young, do
not know how to handle a broom. Their
right hands only have been trained.
Their left hands have been neglected.
When a women takes hold of broom
it is with the right hand near the top
of the handle and the left hand toward
the corn, and instead of changing and
reversing them as occasion demands
she always keeps them in the same po-
sition. Whether she sweeps to the right
or to the left, the position of her hands
remains unchanged. And her body is
contorted and her muscles strained in
the performance. of an operation that
would exercise these organs harmonious
ly, if the hands We're So trained that
they could be used at will and were
changed as demanded by the changes in
the position of the sweeper.
refer to women sweeping merely TO
illustrate my point. The same can be
said concerning the training of the
hands in numerous other branches of
women work that it is unnecessary to
mention, and so far as the use of the
left hand is concerned men are in no
better condition than women. Men and
women are in this respect manned and
handicapped alike. Why should such
a state of things exist? Why, in this
age of manual training, should we over
look and neglect the education of the
left hand and continue to train the
right hand at the expense Of tho left?
No physician or psychologist has ever
given a sensible reason for SO doing,
and we seem to adhere 10 the custom
merely because it has been carried down
to us by our ancestors. -Jenness Miller
Monthly
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11
Crossing the Limbs When
Sitting.

Women who sit with their legs crossed
to sew or read or to hold toe baby, are moi
aware that they are inviting serious physi-
cal ailments, but it is true nevertheless
When a man crosses his legs he places the
ankle OF one limb across the knee OF the
othes, and rests it lightly there. A wom-
an, more modest and restricted in heI
movements, rests the entire weight OF one
limb on the upper part of the other, and
this pressure upon the sensitive nerves
and cords, if INDUCED in for continued
lengths of time, as is often done by ladies
who sew or embroder, will produce dis
ease. 5ciatica, neuralgia and other Sc
rlous troubles frequently arise from this
simple cause.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-11

The State Grange made new depart
ure and took an important stand at its
annual session held lately, in passing the
following resolution, which was present
ed by b. +. Hamilton of Biddeford,: Re-
s0lrpd, That we recommend to the next
Legislature to so change laws OF the
STATE that no State stipend be paid to
any agricultural society that premlts the
sale of Intoxicating liquors or allows any
scheme or device of chance upon its
grounds during the days of its eXhib-
ton. and no warrants on the State treas =
ury shall be drawn for the same until IA
certificate, under oath signed by the pre-
sident that these practice have not been
permitted. is furnished to the Governor
and Council.
1t is IA good move; now stand by 1t
brethren Temperance Rccod.