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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
Michigan Crop Report.

Temperature and rainfall were both favor
able during April, and the growing wheat
made fairly good progress. The average
condition May /, in the southern and cen
trail counties was 50 per cent, and State 80
per cent, comparison being with vitality and
growth of average years, One year ago the
average condition in the southern counties
was - per cent, and central 10 per cent, and
the crop OF 1898 was estimated In October at
$3.50, 693 bushels, an average of ID bushels
per acre for the State. In 1892 the average
condition May /, in the southern counties
was 81 per cent, and central 81 per cent, and
the total yield in the State was 25,28i,21s
bushels, an average of 1853 bushels per acre
In 1891 the average condition May l. in the
southern counties was l04 per cent, and in
the central 80 per cent, and the crop of the
year was 2S,039,4S3 bushels, an average of
lS.49 bushels per acre. Nearly 81 per cent
of the total crop in the State is grown in the
southern and central counties.
The total number of bushels of wheat re-
ported marketed by farmers in April is
! ,lS9,602, and In the nine months, August
April, 1858 1873, which is 271 $50 bushels
more than reported marketed in the same
months last year. At 10 elevators and mills
from which reports have been received,
there was no wheat marketed during the
month.
Timothy and June grass meadows are in
prime condition. The statement that they
never looked better at this time of year
occurs frequently in correspondents notes
Glover that was seeded last year promises an
average crop, bnt old clover is about all
destroyed, probably in most cases by the
clover root borer. Various names as
"grubs, "crown-worms, )" "insects," "green.
brown. and yellow worms" root borers,"
:" small black bug that eats the clover roots
off," ETC., are given in the reports. One
correspondent in Livingston county reports
from eight to forty little green worms, about
one-fourth of an inch long, around each
clover stool. 1t is estimated that one fourth
Of the clover in the southern counties will be
plowed up. The average condition of what
remains ranges from 81 per cent in the
southern counties to 9S per cent in the
northern counties.
The present outlook for an average crop of
apples is encouraging. The figures for the
southern counties are 81 per cent, central
and northern "a per cent and State So per
| cent. Peaches promise from five-eights TO
three. fourths of full average crop.
WASHINGTON GARDNER,
Secretary Of State.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
TEMPTED TO BECOME A cANNIeAL.
An English Surgeons Hungry Experience
ON the Coast of Africa.

A real, fine old English gentleman
was DR. Thomas Gunton, who while
confabbing with n number of friends i'm
prominent Washington resort recent
ly, related number of interesting ex-
periences in his career His later years
have been passed looking out for sick
people in the Canadian wilds. but his
younger days were marked with ac-
tivity and no little adventure.
what do you regard as about the
most perilous position you were ever
in, doctor?" asked a writer for the
Post.
well, musingly replied the doctor,
IL am sure circumstance that hap
pened when, as a yeung man, had the
double Office of supercargo and surgeon
of an English trading vessel on the At
rican coast, left deeper and more pain
full impression on my mind than any
other event in my life"
His listeners gathered somewhat
closer and the doctor went on:
"Our doctor and the ships company
generally were pretty well acquainted
with the natives and various kings and
priests and other men i'm authority
would frequently came aboard to get a
bite of salt pork and once in while a
glass of rum, etc, so it was not con.
sidered dangerous TO 90 ashore and
make little excursions into the interior.
The natives were cannibals, but they
knew whom 10 eat, and interest for their
personal welfare prevented their mouths
watering for the blood of an English
man. | went ashore one day with the
mate. who got the notion into his head
that he wanted to kill two or three por-
geously plumaged birds, cure and dress
their wing feathers and take them home
30 his sweetheart. We got separted In
the jungle and | became lost. | had
left my pocket compass aboard the ship
and to save my life | couldn't locate
myself. Well, | was in that forest for
two days without a thing to eat before
/ was lucky enough TO strike the coast,
from which / had at no time been three
miles distant. | was starving. think
for the first time in any life / realized
what hunger was"
Here the doctor made a grimace.
"Boys," he said, las got near the coast
my nostrils met most savory odor. Ii
increased my torment of hunger ten
fold, while my heart rejoiced at the
prospect of food; but to my horror and
fright walked right into a group of
niggers boiling man. The remem-
brance of the temptation offered me
clings to me yet. Weak as / was, how
ever | ran from the place lest |, too,
should become "A cannibal. If had re-
manned with those niggers in my starved
condition / should have partaken of
their he'll broth. But ! was safe for a
party from the ship soon found me and,
when | saw them, tainted away. That
terrible temptation" the doctor con-
tinued, "was the one event of all nv
career that makes me gloomy whenever
! think of it-and | almost always think
of it,"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
THE EXPANSION OF THE MAGAZINE
Walter Besant Congratulates the People
On II.

The marvellous expansion of the
world of letters is shown in another
way-in the multiplication of maya
zines, writes Walter Besant in the Com
temporary ReUicW. We hear of popular
magazines circulating, not by thou
sands but by hundreds of thousands
How is this success achieved? By pam
dering to the gross appetites of a brutal
mobP Not at all; by giving, not to a
brutal mob, but To an intelligent peo-
pie, which wants TO read and knows
what kind of reading it wants, exactly
what suits them-ta%s which are inter-
esting, real and strong; essays which
have a real message TO deliver; histories
and adventures which carry the reader
along; articles which instruct on those
points which the people desire to learn
III is very easy topick out things that
have appeared now and again, and to
hold them up to ridicule. The fact re-
mains that the great bulk of the matter
submitted to the patrons of cheap mag
azines is sound food and wholesome lit
erature. | have in my mind one paper
"a weekly penny paper. 1t began
with being little more than receptacle
for scraps of all kinds; ii became popu-
lar; as it grew it became more serious,
its scraps became articles; it contained
il is true, certain features which the
graver journals have long ceased to use,
bat in other respects it joined its more
serious brothers. That journal is now
as staid, as serious as Chdmber'S journal
itself Or let us take this paper itself,
one of the oldest weekly journals, al
ways in the very front ranks of Jour-
mails. always conducted with the great
est skill to discover what people like,
and the strongest sense of responsible
ity, so that there has never been the
slightest doubt as to the nature of the
literature provided for its readers-the
model for fifty years of what IA popular
journal should be.
If each copy represents household.
one-siXth of the inhabitants of England
and Scotland take in and read this pa
per. | submit, in short, that any one
who will take the trouble to read the
popular journals and magazines of the
day will rise from his task with a greater
respect for the popular judgment than
he ever held before.
| know that there i a great flood of
rubbish-penny novelties and so forth.
The readers of this rubbish are boys
and girls The reason why they read
il IS that it is the cheapest form of rec
reation and the most accessible. Get
the boys and girls into polytechnics and
continuation and evening schools bring
them together with social clubs teach
them the homo arts; make them sing.
play, act, dance, and you will stem this
flood. As it is, we have taught them
this cheap and accessible form of recre-
alton; the laws of the world give them
twenty-four hours to the day; they
have so much time to get through, and,
if you think of it, they might do even
worse than read the PENN Dreadful.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
THE ETIQUETTE OF CALLS.
When tn Make Them. Upon Whom and In
What Manner.

Stern fashion and the exigences of
polite society have rendered necessary
a set of rules for making calls inexor-
able in themselves, but so faithfully OBJ
served among those who care to know
and do what is right that once thorough
" learned the lesson is never forgotten
or its precepts varied. The etiquette of
calling, as practiced, tends always to
the greater convenience both of host
and caller. and as usage and custom
have made them necessary they must
be strictly observed. 1t is the duty of
the mother or chaperon, says the Phila-
delphia Times, not of the young ladies,
To invite a gentleman 10 call. After a
visit of this description it is incumbent
upon the first arrival 10 be the first TO
leave. The lady of the house must be
asked for as we'll as the young ladies,
and cards should be left for her as well
as the younger ladies of the family. II
a man is favored by an invitation to call
upon a family or person he should as
certain the prescribed hours for calling.
and in the first instance, at least, adhere
strictly TO those hours.
Ii is proper after a removal from one
part of town to another to send cards to
ones friends with the new address there
on. Assuming always that the new
corners are desirable people to know, the
duty of the first call devolves upon the
older residents of the neighborhood, and
a failure to show this courtesy where it
is due is not only careless but unpardon-
able, and first call should be returned
in person and within week of the re-
ceipt of the courtesy.
Where a gentleman has been properly
invited to call upon lady, or if, through
the offices of mutual friend, he is the
bearer of an Introductory letter he
must do so within reasonable time-a
week or less-and the call at least, must
be of the most formal nature. The
same rule applies with regard to the
acknowledgment of the obligation in
Cured by the acceptance of an invita-
ton to dinner party or similar affair
the call must be made soon after and in
person.
After a marriage has taken place or
an engagement announced in family
of your acquaintance, or where a
friend has returned from prolonged
absence, the obligation to call is i'm
perative.
The whole system of this phase of
social obligation turns upon expedien-
cy, and, while the foregoing rules of
observance NAV well be regarded as
strictly correct in all that they cover,
there must be certain freedom of ac-
ton allowed to individual acquaintance
regarding visits of coincidence, congrat-
ulations or matters Of common interest.
Remember that mot at home" is inn
perative, even from your dearest friend,
and do not seek to prove the truth or
falsity of it. You have often escaped a
bad quarter of an hour by this con-
venient device of society and you should
be as ready to accept such excuse with
out question as you have been on occa-
sions TO make it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
Probate Court.

April 80. In the matter of the estate of
George Dodson, deceased; hearing final ac-
count of administrator May 10, 1894.
April -. In the matter of the estate of
Elizabeth Gabrion, deceased: order made
appointing Jerry Davis administrator of said
estate.
April 80. In the matter of the estate of
William l.. Howell, deceased; order made
appointing Henry Sttt administrator of said
estate.
April p In the matter OF the estate of
Abraham Morgenthaw, deceased final hear
ing of claims, and order made allowing
claims.
Apri 20. In the matter of the estate of
Bedford Irwin Thompson, an incompetent
person; petition of Andrew b. Thompson
filed praying that a guardian be appointed of
the person and estate of said incompetent,
and order appointing Lorenzo Daily guard
ian of said Bedford levin Thompson.
May =. In the matter of the estate of
Eleanora Carter, deceased hearing final
account of administrator, May 2S, 1894.
May. In the matter of the estate of
Andrew j. Crossley, deceased; notice of hear
ing claims made and filed.
May 2 10 the matter of the estate of John
Mccarthy, deceased; petition of Mary Nc
Carthy filed praying that an administrator
toe appointed Of the estate of said deceased.
Hearing, May 2S 1894.
May I. In the matter of the estate of
Margaret Rowley, deceased; order made
allowing claims.
May I. In the matter of the estate of
George w. CrIboen, deceased order made
adjourning the hearing of the petition for
probate of the will of said deceased to May
22 1894.
May Z. In the matter of the estate of Free
man II. Rice, deceased; order made admit
ting the will of said deceased TO probate and
appointing Henry Read executor thereof.
May 10. In the matter of the estate of
John Peters, deceased; petition of Elisabeth
Peters filed praying that her dover interest
In the real estate of of said deceased be
assigned to her. Hearing, June IL, 1894.
May II. In the matter of the estate of
Andrew b. Thompson, an alleged incompe-
tent person: petition of Lorenzo Daily filed
praying that guardian be appointed of the
person and estate of said incompetent person.
Hearing, May 26, 1894
May ~. In the matter of the estate of
George W. Hill, deceased; will iled for pro-
bate and petition of Jane Hill filed praying
that said will he admitted to probate and
that administration thereof be granted unto
Jane Hill and Jacob Louer, the executors
named in seid will. Hearing. June H. 1894
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18

From western point Of view there Is
one great drawback TO opium-smokink
it takes too much time. Western hur-
ry seems, however, to be gradually per-
meating even the vices Of the east and
now the morphine-syringe rivals the
opium-pipe. if we may believe a report
which reaches us from Hong Kong.
The practice has been known for some
time in Shanghai and some six months
ago it was brought to Hong Kong, where
there are now some twenty houses in
which regular trade in it is openly
carried on.
Each house has. on the average, fifty
clients, who call in the morning and the
evening and take their dose. An injec-
ton is much cheaper than smoke and,
primarily, no doubt, that is the reason
for its rapid popularity. Curiously
enough, the pretense is that it is used
as cure for the vice of opium-smoking,
to which, however. il would seem TO have
about the same relations as whisky
bar has To a beer-saloon. The immediate
happiness of an injection. which can be
had without the loss of time, the public
exposure or the loathsome associations
of the opium-den is far more danger
Gus temptation than the more slowly
acting and more expensive pipe. Truly
in this matter John Chinaman is Jump
ing out of the frying-pan into the fire.
british Medicdl JOt4r7ldt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
The Judge Laughed.

The Lansing Republican says that
Justice Grant of the Michigan bench,
laughed right out in the court room the
other day and rudely disturbed the
solemn hush that usually broods over
the dig nified court. 1t was during the
hearing of case brought against the
Michigan Central railroad by Matthew
Jensen, whose rig was stuck by train
while he was driving in from the coun-
try with calf he had just purchased.
Prof. Thompson, of the university, was
telling the court how, in his mind, the
railroad company was guilty of negli-
gence, when Judge Grants unseemly
merriment startled everybody. OF
course Mr.. Thompson was surprised
and for the momsnt ceased his argu-
ment. Judge Grant, with lingering
smile, hastily said:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
Open for Season 1901.

On Monday May 9TH the old reliable. De
troit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Ry, will.
issue its summer time card, showing the fast
steamboat express trains, No. IL east and No.
10 west, running through TO Grand Haven
connecting with Its fine line of steamers for
Milwaukee and the Northwest. These
trains are run daily Sunday excepted and
have a Wagner Parlor Buffet car attached
the charge being only % cents extra for any
distance. Fine lunches aud refreshments
are served at reasonable prices. The Good
rich line OF steamers now leave j, uskegon nc
$50 p N. and Grand Haven 500 p. M, for
Chicago daily Except Saturday arriving At
Chicago ABBOTT 600 4. N. Supper is served
on the Goodrich steamers. Berhs TO Mil
waukee or Chicago are free T. passengers
holding ii cst-class tickets. For those going
west or northwest these ere the banner
summer roUtes-you avoid the heat and dust
Of long rail journey and enjoy a cool nights.
rest on these palatial steamers. Fares e1ss.
always as low and in most instances Lover
than by all rail lines. Further information
may be obtained by addressing any OF the
agents Jf these compaules. 620tf-p3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18

ell beg your pardon, Mr.. Thomp-
son. was not laughing at anything
you had said. In reading yo0s briasi 4
find the following paragraph and Ysass-
ly could not help laughing" Tbs iassgs
then read the paragraph THAI had
caused the sudden outburst, ii being
from the testimony of witness Donnor:
after jumped looked around and.
saw Mr.. Jenson in the air and the wasr--
on flying TO pieces. When ! got tc,
him he was setting against the south
bank on the west side holding the lines.
All that was left of the wagon was the
front wheels and the horses hiohed
to the tongue. 1t cut the wagon righs
in two, box and every thing. Then
went over 10 him and asked if he WAS
hurt. He did not answer me at first
and 1 Strengthened him up and we took
him over and sat him on the front axis
of the wagon. asked him if he waaa
much hurt. He did not answer that,
but said, Damn that veal calf -
Then every body laughed-judges.
spectators, attorneys and even dignilied
Prof. Thompson.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
Specimen Gases

5. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was.
troubled with Neuralgia and rheumatism,
his Stomach was dIsordered. bis Liver was
affected 10 an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced IN.
flesh and strength Three bottles Of Elec-
trio Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd,
Harrisburg, III, had a running SOLE on his
bottles of Electric Blues and seven bOxes
Of Bucklen's Arnica Salves aud hls leg y
sonnd and we'll ,lohn Speaker Calawfhl,
o., lad frye large Fever sores on his leg.
doctors said he was ipcdIable. One bottle
Electric Bittcrs and one box BuckleGs
Arnlca Salve cured him eptiiely. Solsl IS
B. s Webbs drug store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
A Household Treasnre-

ID. W Fuller Canaioharie. " Y, says
that lie always Keeps Dr. Kings New Dis.
coyery in the boUse and his family has
always found the vely best results follow
its u. e; that he would not be without il, il
procurable. G.. A Dykemau Druggiss.
Catskill, n. Y, SAYS that Dr. X 'pg,s New
Discovery is undoubtedly the best Cough
Iemedy; that he has used 1t IN his family
for eight years, and it mas never failed to
do all that is claimed for H. Why no, trv
"A remedy so long tried and tested. TIM.
bottle free at B. s. Webb's Drug Sore
Regular size SOC aud 500
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
Some Queer Poisons in Tobacco.

Chemists say Turkish tobacco con-
tains prussic acid and Cuban tobacco
has another alkaloid called collidine,
one-twentieth of drop of which will
kill frog, giving the creature all the
symptoms of paralysis. Experiments
have proved that three drops of the liq-
uor that accumulates in the bowl of a
pipe will kill a rabbit in nine minutes.
A drop of pure nicotine inserted near
the conjunctiya of any small animal
will kill it almost instantly; eight drops
will kill a horse, giving him frightful
commissions. If one drop of the stuff
would give man commissions one day
it would take two the next, four on the
third day, etc, which shows how read
lily the system adapts itself 10 poison
So. Louis Repubiic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened.

The following remarkable event in lady's
life will interest the reader: Fora long tins &
had q terrible pain at my heart, which txs.-
tered almost necessarily. / had no apuctssR-
and could not sleep. | would be cOmpcAyti
to sit up in bed and bclch gas from my stoyzs-
ach until thought every minute would W..
my last There was a feeling OF oppressi5,z.
about my heart, and was afraid 10 dr4s -
iull breath. ! couldn't sweep room NTH
out sitting down and resting; but, thszSe
God, by the help OF New Heart Cure all th&x
is past and feel like another woman ktf--
fore using the New Heart Cure | had sa&frs
different so-called remedies and been treafoz9
by doctors without any benefit until I rss
both discouraged and disguised. NY hushavfl
bought me bottle of DIR. Miles New Hears
Cure, and am happy to say never regretfGss
IT, as | now have a splendid appetite Rzs4s
sleep well. | weighed 12j pounds when I To-
gan taking the remedy, and now weigh rssrs,.
Its effect In my case has been truly marvel
Gus. III Tar surpasses any other medicine 4
have ever taken or any benefit l ever ~.
ceived from physicians. Mrs. Harry Sxx-x
Pottsyille. Pa, October 10, 1892.
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure Is sold on = p0<>A-
tive guarantee by all druggists or by tho Dr.
Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind, on receipts uf
price. 81 per bottle. six bottles IS. express pro-
paid. This great discovery by an emiuexs
specialist In heart disease, contains nc<nArR
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18

Indian, they cannot be regarded ancient
in an archaeological point of view. In
the miocene, Prof. j. w. Foster mentions
the flint flakes found in the great beds
of Colorado and Wyoming with shells
belonging to the genera Corblcula and
Rangia, but states that further anthem
iication is required. This corresponds
70 the earliest European period, and if
the relics are proved to be work OF
human hands. it would show that man
had reached the Western Continent in
The preglacial period.
The continuation of this subject into the
glacial and post-glacial periods will be the
subject of the next article.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
List OF Patents

Granted TO Michigan inventors this week.
Reported by @. A. Snow d Co. Solicitors of
American and foreign patents, opp. U. S,
patent Office. Washington ID. G.
o. +. Churchill and q. w. Bennett, Penn,
fence; j. Clark. Pontiac, hand-pump: l.. X.
Hifiner, Grand Rapids, corn-popper; L. A.
Jones, Sturgis, step for bicycles; j. Nj.
Leaver and l.. j. Vance, Bay City, shipping
case; t. A. Marriott, Newbery steam boiler;
W. A. Power, Charlotte, automatic tension
regulator; +. +. Ranney, Greenville, ice-rack
for refrigerators; II. q. Rounds, West Bay
City, multiple plug strip; III. Schweim, De-
troit. pneumatic hoist; l.. G. Smell, Detroit,
apparatus for storing and feeding oil; j. +.
Steward. Lake Odessa, Knott for harvesting
machines: Il. TannewitZ, Grand Rapids,
pivot bearing for platform scales; ID. Warner,
Bronson, holdback.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
DE Almond of Missouri,

Representative DE Almond Of Missouri,
providing shat no Judge Of a United
States court shall punish any citizen OF
officer for being in contempt for refusing
to levy tax or collect tax for the
payment of any bond issued by the
municipality, county, or state, where
the levying of such tax or collection is
contrary To the laws of the state. This
bill, if it becomes law, will make the
laws of IA state paramount TO those of the
United States, which would be in ac-
cordance with the doctrine taught by
southern democrats from Calhoun down
to the present day, doctrine which
four years of the bloodiest war in his
tory should have forever ended, but
which somehow it did not.