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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Weddings and Funerals In China.

Strangers in China have the greatest
difficulty when meeting funeral or wed.
ding procession on the street TO distinguish
one from the other. The same red cloth
coolies, carrying roasted pig and other
dainties, appear in the procession, the
same smaller coolies, carrying cheap paper
ornaments and the same noisy turnout,
and all this when some old person is being
carried to his last resting place, as when
the youngest and most beautiful Celestial
maiden Is being carried to the new home
prepared by her husband. The crowd at
the funeral is as noisy as at n wedding,
and the guests eat just as much. The only
difference indeed between the two is that
in the center of one the bride Is carried In
an Enclosed sedan chair, borne on the
shoulders OF some men, and followed by
her bridesmaids. In that of the other the
coffin Is carried, and the mourners follow.
Indeed an English writer says that no
event in the life of a Chinaman is half so
important as his funeral.-Detroit Tree
Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
in tho Flower Garden.

The single and cactus dahlias make ex,
cellent plants Of many colors.
The japanese hop vine is a right
rampant grower and excellent where a
large space is to be covered of naked
fences aud the like.
The dwarf blue lobelias make an ex-
celleut border Of the deepest blue.
The tan nasturtiums will be wanted
for hanging baskets, window boxes and
the like.
Verbenas, too well known to need
more than mention, are better raised
from cuttings
The new rose colored Gala recently
sent from Natal to Europe seems to for.
get itself in the northern hemisphere
and bear white instead Of rose colored
blossoms.
The passion flower may be raised from
The seed. The singular shaped flowers are
highly attractive.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

M0RTG AGE SALE:-Default having been
VI made In the conditions of a certain mort
goPe made and executed on the ninth day of
October a. d., isg0, by William II. Nestle and
Harriet NJ. Nestle his wife OF Arcadia, Gratiot
county Michigan, to Edward @ Bement. OF
Maple Rapids Michigan and recorded In the
Office OF the Register of Deeds OF Gratiot
county Michigan in liber % of mortgages on
page - on tue ninth day of October 1890,
upon which mortgage there IL claimed to be
due at the date of this notice the sum OF
s6' ~ and no suit o proceedings having been
coulmenc, either at law or In equity TO re-
cCYer the debts secured thereby or any part
N srCCf, and the power Of sale contained In
SAID NOR gage having become operative, now,
therefor, notice Is hereby given that by virtue
of lch power OF sale, on Friday the 10Th day
of august 1921 ~ ten o'clock in tho forenoon
OF said day at the north front door of the
court house iu said GratiOt county in the vii
lage of Ithaca i'm said county. the re win be sold
at public yendue to the highest bidder the
premises described I'm said mortgage or 50
much as may he necessary TO satisfy the
amount OF said mortgage together with
interest az per cent from the date of this
notice. and tho legal costs and charges of this
foreclosure and sale, said premises being des-
cribed IN said mortgage as follows, to-wit:
The northwest quarter of the north east quar-
ter OF section twenty (2O) town I'D porth OF
range three 90 west state of MICHIGAN CON-
tanning forty acres more or less. "
Dated Ithaca Michigan, May TO- 1894.
STONE x SALTER, EDWARD G. BEMeNT.
Attorneys for Mortgage. Morgtagee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
The First Turnpike.

As pioneers and emigrants scattered
settlements in all directions from the
mother colonies on the Atlantic coast,
roads were made and maintained to them
by taxing all the citizens residing in the
townships, counties and states through
which they passed. When a public road
was a much used thoroughfare, demand
ing extraordinary solidity ofroadbed and
the best condition Of repair, a company
was organized, capital was furnished,
and the road was handed over by the
people to the company, who lowered its
grades, bridged its streams, stoned and
drained its wheelway, and when finished
charged each traveller On horse or
wheels toll for each mile travelled
upon it. Thus the public road became q
turnpike, so called because at the places
where the toll was collected there were
poles armed with spikes set across the
road, which turned upon post, priclry
notice 70 the traveller that he must pay
or stop.
The first turnpike in America was
chartered in 1892 by the Philadelphia
and Lancaster Turnpike company. 1t
was commenced IN 1894 and soon COM
pleted
There is no more important economic
subjecT before the American people to-
day than the best method Of making and
maintaining the public roads --Lippin-
colts Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Good Gooseberrv.

A good gooseberry is worth talking
about 1t is a delicious fruit both when
yet green and to eat out of hand when
ripe. 1t deserves far greater attention
than it is now receiving. Anovelty in
way Of gooseberries this season is the
ChautauQua, OF which S. a. Beach, hor-
ticulturist of the Geneva station, says in
his report: "The Chautauqua gooseber-
ry has been fruited here for several
years. During this time il has been Wig
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Peau ii'Esnarne.

Paris Is the great market place for peau
d'espagne. The sachets can be bought in
any first class drug store but the Parisians
alone know where TO get the skin with the
exquisite and indeflnable odor. 1t looks
like kid. Squares ] a inches in surface
retail Mt $3.50. These are cut into strips
one-quartcr Of an inch wide and sewed in
the seams of the evening dresses. Usually
five are put in toilet-one under each
sleeve, two in the side cores Of the skirt,
about the knee line and one at the back in
the hom, Peau d'espagne never loses its
scent. York World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
rlymouth Roek 70 MoKInIey.

ILa iem.u5 document entitled
American Tariffs from Plymouth
Rock 90 Mckinley" (95 pages), pull
isleJ by the American Protective
rarG Lgsgae, has jlst been revised
anu It 5aued 1t should be in The
HANDS ct every person who wishes com
p.ete and reliable information upon he
tariff. Sent 10 ans address for ten cents.
Address Wilbur +. #akemsn, Geners
Secretsry. No. l3j West 23rd Street
New Aolk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
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[RSy@ k0AHEpS
AoA'W6
rHE pEMANp IN eRAPes.
Thu Popular Grape of the Future win
Have Few Seeds and No Acidity.

Tho Popular Grape of the Future win
Have Few Seeds and No Acidity.
IL growing more and more the fash
ior-and a good fashion it is-not to
swallow the seeds of grapes. Append
citis is more and more feared as result
of swallowing grape seeds. The seeds
lodge in the vermiform appendix, and the
almost incurable disease follows, Rural
New Yorker says. That appendicitis is
more common nowadays than in times
past may be owing TO the fact that more
grapes are eaten, as production is greater
and the price reduced accordingly. Be
this as it may, as people learn to expec-
torate the seeds they will demand grapes
that are not acid about the seeds. The
Concord, for example, when swallowed
without breaking the flesh or pulp, is to
most persons an agreeable grape. But
when the pulp is broken so that the seeds
may be separated il is not so pleasant by
a long shot. In fact, most persons, we
fancy, would prefer to go without Con-
cords rather than to eat them and reject
the seeds.
1t is the same with many other popular
varieties, the favorite Delaware and
Catawba among them. The seeds Of
what are called foreign grapes are not
readily separated from the close grained,
meaty fesh-neither is the skin easily
separated from the flesh. We eat them,
therefore, skins and all, grinding up the
seeds more or less as may be. But we
may not eat native grapes in this way.
The skins are always rejected, and peo-
pie, as we have said, are being educated
up to rejecting the seeds. The popular,
hardy grape of the future must be, there
fore, one without a decided acidity of
the flesh next to or about the seeds,
which are generally larger than those of
Vinifera.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

orous and productive. The fruits large,
smooth, pale yellow, very good and
sweet. Like others Of its class, it some
times mildews, but to those who take
the trouble to spray we can recommend
the Chautauqua as one Of the best varie-
ties yet tested on our grounds"
Mr. Roesch, who introduced this va
riety, advises in American Gar 1ening
the planting Of the ChautauquN in the
partial shade afforded byyoung orchards.
This advice is safe to follow il = tnting
all gooseberries. The north >s Of a
building or a garden wall Is also good
spot to plant this fruit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
TIE RoApwAYs OF IOWA.
How the Prevailing Dirt Road Might J.
Improved.

While macadamized and gravel roads
are yet far IN the distance except in
limited localities near the largo cities In
Iowa, writes Henry Wallace in Good
Roads, there is very much that can be
done, and that, too, without amy ex-
ponse beyond that already incurred, and
that should be done at once. There i5no
better road in the world than ON Iowa
dirt road when 1t is good 1t is smooth,
1t is easy ON the horse, even if some
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
To Make Mustard.

Four leaping tcaspoonfuls Of mustard,
a teaspoonful of powdered sugar and a
half tenspoonful of salt. Mix these in
gradients together thoroughly and add
boiling water, little at time, till it Is
smooth and thick. Then add scant tea
spoonful Of vinegar.-Philadslphia Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

Ley =. Ii man, Baptist clergy mar
lat CuteIy.Le, Mich, says he has never
found au equal 10 "Adirondd," Wheel
er's heart aAd nerve cure. Sold by
y. s, NeDb 8
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
The Professional beverage.

Waitcr-Will you take tea or coffecf
Actor--I always take coffee, because it
settles.
Manager prefer tea, because 1t drawsl
Halo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
LEGAL NOTICES.

DROBATE ORDER;-state OF Michigan,
H. County of Gratiot, Is. AT a session OF the
Probate Court for said county. held AZ the FRO.
bate Office in the village of Ithaca on the 3rd
day OF May in the year one thousand e'ght
hundred and ninty-four Present, John N.
Eyorden. Judge Of Probate In the matter OF
the estate of Carrie scarborough, deceased
On reading and filing the petition. duly veri-
fed, of Daniel Marlborough praying that this
court by an order adjudicate ana determine
who are or were at the time al her death. the
legal heirs of said deceased, and entitled TO IN
he rlt the real estate OF said deceased, ara the
share or portion thereof that each OF said heirs
was entitled 10 at that time and the right, title
ara interest that each OF them or their heirs
may now have therein. 1hereupon II Is ordered
that Monday the 18th day OF June next, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, be ssygn.d Tor the
hearing of said petition, and that the hersat-
law of said deceased, and all other persons IN
terested la said estate, are required TO appear
at Il session of said court, then 10 be holden In
the Probate Office in the village OF Ithaca and
show cause. IL any there be, why the prayer or
the petitioner should not be granted: and II 10
further ordered, that said petitioner give no.
tce TO the persons interested in said estate, or
the tendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy OF this order u be
published IN the ALMA RECORD newspaper
printed and circulated in said county three
successive weeks previous to said day OF hear
ing.
CA true copy. JOHN M. EyEaDEN,
[sEALl. 79i-4w Judge OF Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Village Council.

ALMA, Mich. May %, 1894.
Tle Common Council of the Village of Alma
ll s7lrI on above date.
Presents Pr slcut ~ A. Ely and trust ces
Eatc houtFCl lclavau, GGrgctt and Glass
cut:- Mccullough
Un motion hc minule5 OF last meeting are
% la aud approved as corrected
Ihe follow. claims were allowed and clerk
The record-union., 1894-01-20
A plucky Little sohoolma,m

A deep gloom is hanging over the ado
lescent section of the masculine popula-
ton of Doylestown, the cause of which is
the near at hand exodus of the army of
pretty and learned women who have
frightened the town with their presence
since Monday last, says the Philadelphia
Times.
A party of about twenty of the prettiest
teachers gathered around the dining
table at the hotel the other day, and,
among subjects equally interesting, the
advisability of corporeal punishment
was discussed. Miss Mary Duval was
decidedly in favor of doing away with
such severity, but Miss Eva Vasey, an
attractive little lady, strongly urged its
necessity.
"I believe" she said, ''that in some
cases it is the only way TO act You've
got to make them afraid of you. Last
year l had a scholar who was quite a
head taller than l am. He was Is years
old and tall and stout. Well, nobody
could do anything with him, and one day
he was really unbearable and / gave him
a good thrashing.n
How did he take it, Eva, and what
did he say ?" inquired Miss Voris anx-
iously.
"Well," answered Miss Vasey, a little
reluctantly, 'he said to me a few days
after: Miss Vasey, I let you thrash me
that time, but if had liked l could have
thrashed you.' But he was much better
afterward and that thrashing did it,"
concluded the little lady, drawing her.
self up to her full hight of five feet.
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passage they shall be allowed proper

passage they shall be allowed proper
ton"
We fancy that quite proportion must
have used water transit, for now one IS
surprised at the great number of little
sail boats that skim up and down the
streams of lower Virginia and along the
coast. There, the farmers do not so much
drive to market as sail there, and we have
watched with interest the swarming OF
farm boats around north bound steamers.
To the early Virginians hogs must have
been of as much value as horses have
been to the early settlers of the West and
in 1879 the following law was passed
THE first offense of hog stealing shall be
punished according to the former law.
referring, apparently, to the law that
we have already quoted Upon second
! conviction the offender shall stand two
hours in the pillory and lose his ears. For
the third offense he shall be tried under
the laws of England as in case OF felony"
meaning, that is, that he was liable TO
death.
! Even as early as 1850 it was found that
some lawyers were in the habit OF charg-
ing larger fees than their clients liked,
and IL is very evident that at that time the
majority OF the Assembly were not OF the
/ legal fraternity; for a law of that year
reads: mo licensed attorney shall de-
mand or receive, for bringing any cause
! W JuuBU1G1jb III LIlS O6ubIdl 1OuIIi ii1Oi6
than five hundred pounds of tobacco and
cask, and in the County Court one hun
dred and fifty pounds Of tobacco and
cask, which fees are allowed him without
any prearrangement."
1t will be noticed that the prohibition
extends to the receiving as we'll as the
demanding of anything more than the
! legal fees. 1t must have been suspected
| by the lawmakers that some of the attOr-
neys might object to doing business on
this basis, and so they enacted most
uniquely curious punishment: ''If any
attorney shall refuse to plead any cause
! in the respective courts aforesaid for the
aforesaid fees, he shall forfeit as much as
his fees should have been"
The entire body of laws of that period
are curious in the extreme, and 1t is
strange to realize that they were in force
in Virginia but little over 200 years ago.
Richard Shackleton, Jr., in the Cleve-
land Leader.
The record-union., 1894-01-20
For the RECORD-UNIoN.l
COUNTING APPLE-SEEDS.

Beside The hearth one winter night
Made rosy by the great log 5 light,
That flaming up the chimney dark,
Hit every Granny, every nook,
Upon the rug little maid
SAT curled, in pose demure and staid.
In pensive mood, with dreamy eyes
She sits, while up the chimney flies
a thought with every fiery spark
Glinting and flashing through the dark,
'Iill with sigh profound and deep
She moves, as one moves in her sleep.
A rosy apple in her hand
A weight OF thought seems TO demand.
She taps IL with finger light,
Then carefully she takes bite.
Another bite, now one, now two
The core is thus exposed to view.
Another sigh what can II be
My little maid that aileth thee?
All! what is this ? some Incarnation? ?
Muttered with such reiteraJion
Hark! as each seed her bright eyes see,
These are the words that come TO me:
''One / love, ta0o love
Three / love l say
-Four l love with all my heart,
FiCe-I Cast away
Here a tear rolls brightly down,
What the secret she has won?
Who can say! But just behind
Sounds d voice so soft and kind:
Look again Thou must indeed
Find for me another seed!''
Roster her bright cheeks glow
In the tirelights ruddy glow.
Sure enough, q culprlt seed,
Finds she in the core indeed
From thy lips | fain would hear
"What the sixth one means, my dear"
"Six he loves" she murmured low,
And the firelight's fIickeTing glow.
Two happy faces now disclose
With cheeks aglowing like the rose.
But here we'll let the curtain fall
For the end is best of all. A G. G.
Cal.
The record-union., 1894-01-20
ONLY A FEW OF THEM LEFT
Xiphioid Whales Which Belong t.
Long-Past Geological Ages.

Lon2-Past Geological Ages.
Prior to 1888 the naturalists of America
knew nothing of xiphioid whales except
from comparisons and the fossil records
of the geological ages. During the year
mentioned, however, one of these queer
cretaceans was stranded upon the sands
at Barnegat City, n. j. j. H Ridgeway
and his assistants managed to save the
specimen, and Immediately telegraphed
for the officials of the National Museum
of Washington. They went, OF course.
and took all the apparatus necessary for
preserving such a unique curiosity.
Among these Smithsonian worthless were
scientists Of international reputation, yet
the creature before them could not be as
signed to its proper place until after the
brain was critically and scientifically ex-
amined-this on account of it's great rar-
ity. Before removing the flesh prepara-
tory to making skeleton Of The great
creatures bones plaster cast of the eX-
terror was made. After this operation
had been finished in all its minute details
the meat was cut away and the bones
carefully articulated. \ scientific report
OF the incident, quoted by the St. Louis
Repobttc, closes as follows: THE xiphi-
old whales have most interesting his
tory. They really belong to
the geological ages. and perhaps only a
few stragglers are now left in remote
quarters OF the globe. 1t would seem that
they are but the surviving relics OF a
great race, which declined long ages be-
fore man appeared upon the earth"
The record-union., 1894-01-20

persons do not hinder others from enjoy
ing the rest and privilege of Sunday,
they are entitled to pursue their own
chosen course without let or hindrance.
They are very different from the class
which profane the sacred day for the sake
OF gain or out of mere wantonness. For
such the law is made, and its enforcement
often answers good purpose"
lone of our readers says that she is met
by this remark from Pedobaptists, ou
Baptlsts are coming more and more to
practice open Communion,' and wishes
to know what are the facts" says the
New York Examiner (Bapt.). 1.-THE an
swer depends largely on the definition
OF terms. Open Communion, as 1t has
generally been understood, means the
belief and practice that all Christians
should be invited to the table of the
Lord, whether baptized or not. If that
bela correct definition, open Communion
IS certainly not increasing among Bap-
lists. There is not a regular Baptist
Church in the United States, recognized
as such by its sister churches, that in
vites unbaptized to the Lords table.
We challenge denial of this statement in
any quarter, and the production Of evil
dence To the contrary. There is un-
doubtedly an increasing number OF Bap-
list churches that give no invitation
whatever regarding the ta bic of the Lord
as spread for the mem bers of the local
church, and leaving to every one not a
member the responsibility OF remaining
and partaking uninvited. Doubtless in
some cases unbaptized believers remain,
just as members of sister churches re-
main. There are some who might call
this open Communion, If those known to
be unbaptiZed were not requested to
withdraw; but we have never been able
to see that it is the duty ofthe officers Of a
Baptist Church to constitute themselves
an ecclesiastical police and drive people
away from the Lords table,"
1.-THE inherent dignity of human nature
is favOrite text Of many so-called lib
eral Christians who do not accept the full
authority OF the Christian revelation, "ob-
serves the WGtchmdt (Bapt.l OF Boston.
1.-The Unitarians have built up delight
ful literature, which aims to prove that
human powers and virtues demonstrate
the Inherent nobility OF the soul. By
skillfully ignoring the darker facts of
life, and regarding sin as good in the
making they have contracted a plausi-
BILE argument tor their contention. But
when we come to survey history and the
facts of life, as a whole, their argument
loses so much Of its force that most men
feel that if we are to hold to the inherent
dignity OF the human soul at all, we must
go back to the statement OF revelation,
that man is of worth because OF his origin
and lineage, and that sin aud degradation
of life indicate the extent of mans fall,
not the slime and filth from which his life
sprang. AS Bushnell put it, The great
ness of human nature is shown by its
ruins"
The record-union., 1894-01-20
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

CTiLLWAGON MINING AND MILLING
business, Sacramento, Cal. Location OF mine.
Brownsville Mining District, FL Dorado
County, Cal. Notice is hereby given that at q
regular meeting of the Board OF Directors,
held ON the 18th day of January, 1894, an
assessment of one cent per share was levied
upon the subscribed capital stock OF the cor
poration, payable Immediately in United
States gold coin, 10 the Secretary OF said COM
pany at its office. 724 street, in the city Of
Sacramento, Cal.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 18TH day of Feb
ruary, 1894, will be delinquent and adyer-
tised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before, will be sold on Tues
day, the 9th day of March, 1894. to pay de.
linquent assessment, together with cost Of
advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
GEORGE G. HOLBROOK, Secretary.
dis Office. 124 J street SACRAMENTO. Cal.