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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
PLAIN SPOKEN.
Tho Good-Natured Criticism OF . Well
Meaning Neighbor.

The amount of plain speaking that
people viii bear from one of whose
good will they are assured is sometimes
a surprise to others. In "Recollec-
tons of My Mother" Susan Lesley
says that her mother had the greatest
affection for both David Lee Child and
his wife, the gifted Lydia Maria, but
was often much tried with the amount
OF time, hard labor and money which
Mr.. Child expended on scheme after
scheme, none of which ever sue
ceeded.
One afternoon Mrs. Child came In to
spend a quiet afternoon with my
mother. They sat with their sewing
and knitting at the west window,
while sat with one or two friends in
the hall near the open door. There
had been a long silence. when we
heard my mother say:
Mrs Child, can you tell me what Is
the last thing that your husband is en-
gagged in?"
An amused smile played over Mrs.
Child's face. Yes, Mrs. Lyman; he is
carting stone for the new railroad"
''O-o-hl" said my mother. Another
pause: then: Mrs. Child, how much
do you suppose your husband loses ON
every load OF stone he carts 70 the rail-
road?"
Another amused look on the dear
Lydia Maria's face, and she answered
cheerily: We'll, Mrs. Lyman, as near
as ] can compute IT. he must lose about
ten cents ON every load"
-well-now-MEs Child" said
my mother, in the bpavest and most
cheerful tone, IF your husband has
got hold of any innocent occupation by
which he only loses ten cents on load,
for heavens sake encourage him In 1t. y
She had little patience with people
who backed down in emergencies, and
considered il her duty to stiffen them
mp little. She never had to so far to
find an illustration ''to point her moral
and adorn her tale" Some good neigh
boris example would instantly come to
mind.
Look over the way at my neighbor
Hunts front yard" she would say;
'see that splendid hydrangea, that ele-
giant smoke bush, that bucbthorn
hedge, all in the most perfect order
and all kept so by her own hands. AL.
ways she has sickness, sorrow, death;
at every turn something sad and unex'
pected. But who ever dreamed of Mrs.
Hunts abdicating9 She couldn't do 1t. y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
Uppleasansly Effective.

A striking and decidedly unpleasant
advertisement lately placed In some Of
the Brooklyn street cars is an excel
lent representation of a mans hand
holding a fve-chamhered loaded re-
volvor, with the muzzle trained upon
anyone looking at IL. The ends OF the
bullets may be seen in the chambers
and the forefnger of the hand seems 20
press nervously on the hair trigger.
No matter whore you may sit in the
car the invisible man has the drop on
you and the menaclng black barrel
points square between your eyes. You
may laugh at the notion" said pas
senger the other day as he moved over
into the far corner of the opposite seat,
but that picture makes me nervous
I've lived in the far west among the
mining camps, but I'm uneasy all the
time I'm in the car"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
. POINTS ON SNAiLS.
Nothing Nbeteoric But Much That Is In
teresting In Their Career.

The Smithsonian institution has hit
upon something extraordinary in
snails. The creatures may be slow,
bnt they hold the record over all other
animals for prolonged vitality under
adverse conditions, says the Provi-
dence. Journal. Stories of toads dug
out of rocks in which they had been
imprisoned for ages are 'apocryphal;
but recent discovery has established
the credit of this humble mollusk as
No. in the tenacity Of life.
Only the other day a specimen from
an island off the coast of Lower Cali
fornia, inclosed in a drawer with part
of the molluscan collection, was found
TO be alive. 1t had no food or water
for more than six years. When placed
in the box with moist earth it pro-
truded its feet, began TO move about,
and seemed TO be as well as ever.
Some time ago a few snails of differ
ent species, gathered in Mexico,
reached the Smithsonian institution
and were placed in a box. They re-
MANNED undisturbed for two years and
three months, at the end of which
time they were put into a jar of glass
with some chickweed and a small
quantity of tepid water. Pretty soon
they walked up and appeared quite ac-
tive.
Pond snaiis, which are sometimes
found alive in logs of mahogany from
Honduras, possess equal endurance.
Specimens carried from Egypt TO
Paris, packed in sawdust, have arrived
uninjured. Other kinds have been ex-
perimented with by shutting them up
in pill boxes and dry bags for years,
but they have survived. The limit of
their vitality is yet to be ascertained.
Land snails in cold climates bury
themselves in the ground or under
dead leaves in winter; in tropical re-
gions they become torpid during the
hot season. When about to start in
on period of sleep they seal up their
shells with a close-fittinR door, which
sometimes is shield of thin, tran
sparent mucus, and in other cases an
Opaque membrance as thick as visit
ing card. Behind this the animal con-
structs other walls, which serve like
so many partitions 10 protect IL against
prolonged cold or dryness.
u Is believed that just as the seeds
Of plants are distributed by winds, so
likewise the eggs OF snails are scattered
abroad on the breezes, thus dissent
mating their species. They are very
prelific animals. Some of the great
land snails of the tropics, which live
on trees and weigh pound apiece. lay
eggs that look strikingly like those OF
pigeons, being quite as large. The
eggs are deposited among decayine
vegetation, the heat of decomposition
hatching them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
The Roman Consul.

The most honorable Office IN the Ro-
man republic was that of consul.
There were always two elected every
year, one each from the patricians and
plebeians. The consul mnst be at
least forty-three years old and must
have held the Office of quaestor, aedile
praetor. The copsuls were the heads
of the republic, discharging all public
functions, such as receiving ambassa-
doris or assembling the senate. Their
insignia were those of n king except a
crown. They were always attended
each by twelve lictors or servants,
bearing the boxes or bundles of
rods with an AK in the center. The lie
tors, however; proceeded only one at a
time, the lictors of the other following
him. The year was named after them,
and any laws passed at their recon-
mendation also went by their names.
They commanded the armies of the re-
public, and when both were with the
same army they commanded on alter
nate days. Under the emperors the of
fee became an empty honor, though
surrounded with much greater state.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
EXERCISE FOR ThE EYES.
Absolutely Necessary In Ordsr That tho
Vision May he Preserved.


Vision May he Preserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are strengthened, not weakened,
by work, says the Philadelphia Times
just as the arms Of blacksmith
grow the stronger for his trade, so the
eyes Of watchmskers who work under,
healthy conditions are found TO i'm
prove and not to deteriorate IN vtgor
and quickness Il Is the abuse of the
eyes, not their use, which Is to be
avoided
If man is aware either that his
eyes need no artificial correction or
else have received their proper adjust
ment, and II his work, whether liter
airy or mechanical, Is done in light
both steady and sufficient and with q
due regard as to ordinary sanitary
rules, he may fell sure that he is
strengthening his eyes, not weakening
them, by hard work Men of intel
lectual pursuits sometimes are afraid
of losing their mental powers IN old
age because they have drawn SO much
upon them when young. The reverse
Is nearer the truth, and II they have
not overtaxed their brains tho fear Is
absolutely groundless.
The man whose intellect goes first
In old age Is generally some farmer or
laborer who has never strengthened
and invigorated it by use; not the
politician. the lawyer or the man OF
letters. So with the eyes. Those who
have strengthened their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case of the man who has
neglected TO give his eyes full develop
ment they will fail In power along
with his other bodily fun ctiops. When
however, the man who, born with
good eyes, has kept them In constant
hard work and vet never strained them
reaches old age, he may find them
capable of performing their functions
better than any other organ Of the
hcl,y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
LAWMAKERS IN THE ORIENT.

Queer Methods Adopted BY che japanese
to Coax showers I'M TIM Og Drought
nnpiug the sunmes eaasD in Japon
droughts are very frequent. and tho
rice fields, befoEe 30 beautiful, present.
ing rs they DO al the different shades
ct green Imaginable, gradually lose
their brilliancy Of color. turn yellow
and parched, and threaten tho total do
struction Of the crop. Noe only doce
the rice suffer, but the wells dry up
and necessitate the carrying Of water
from hong distances After waiting
and hoping In vain for o downfall of
rain, says Yokohama letSer, the poo
pie turn ont en- masse 30 evoke the
power OF their dcities 10 send them the
saving showers. A PROCESSION Is
formed of perhaps two hundred mon,
ell nearly naked, who. carrying straw
ernblems representing the sun With
rain pouring from Il and with hong
strcamers having prayers written ON
them flying In the wind proceed 10
the nearest river on bay, whePe the
whole company wades into the water
until they are waist deep. and, sur
hcuihsiiiB tis clI@obcIL>, p1dy tbSouo duu
throw water ON the images with both
hands.
After doing this several times the
PROCESSION is reformed, when 1t pro-
eeeds to the temple to pray again.
This ceremony n repeated several
time, and should the rain come in
abundance prayers are offered IN
thanksgiving. Should 1t be only a
shower, they blame themselves for not
having prayed fervently enough and
continue their devotions until down
pour takes place.
Another torn of devotion for the
same purpose takes place at nightfall,
when a long boat Is filed with men
and padded swiftly across the harbor,
accompanying the prayers by the regu-
lar beating Of tomtoms and gongs.
Sometimes at night, away down the
bay, may be heard the weipd sound Of
tomtoms and the voices Of the men
gradually growing louder and louder
as the boaA approaches, each man bend
ing TO his paddle in regular time as "
passes Us swiftly and gradually disap-
pears In the darkness and is soon lost
TO sight and hearing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
THE GREYHOUND.
Dogs Used for tho Chase by English
Sovereigns and Nobles.

Soveeigns and Nobles.
Greyhounds have existed in very
much the same form as we find them
to-day for more than three thousand
years, as we find them pictured on
Egyptian monuments of that remote
period. The name probably came from
their general color in England when
King Canute decreed that none but
princes and mobiles should keep them
The color now, In either smooth or
rough coated greyhounds, Is very sell
dom grey, but more often fawn, red
brindled (either red and black mixed
OF fawn and blue), or black
The smooth coated dog Is known as
the English greyhound, and the rough
coated as the Scotch deerhound. In
conformation they are very much
the same. They are the fastest run
ners of any of the canine race. On
level ground they can go as fast as
race horse, and over billy ground they
can unquestionably beat even the fleet
footed thoroughbred. Formerly the
English dog was used in chasing the
red and fallow deer, and il IS related
that on one OCCASION Queen Elizabeth
witnessed the pulling down of sixteen
bucks. The dogs of that day must have
been stronger than those now found in
England. When the master of the
royal buckhounds now has a meet in the
royal forests of England it Is a sorry
sight, for the deer are themselves more
than half domesticated, and do not
know how TO get away.
The greyhound is used, however in
coursing hares, and it is one of the ma
tional sports of Great Britain. In
Texas and some other parts of America
where jack rabbits abound grey
hounds are kept 10 chase them. The
English greyhound is a beautiful,
graceful and aristocratic looking dog,
but the Scotch deerhound is more dig
nified in appearance. These dogs are
trained 70 hunt game by the eye alone.
They have good noses, however, and If
permitted TO do so will also hunt by
scent
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
sympathetLc Sounds.

A stringed instrument suspended in
a favorable position near pianoforte
will sound when tones corresponding
20 the open strings are produced on the
pianoforte. The volume of the answer
ing tone will depend upon atmospheric
conditions, the quality and color of
the persuading tone and the sensitive
ness of the responding material. There
is familiar anecdote told of a famous
tenor, who by singing the tone that
was consonant with that of wine
glass, could make the glass shiver so
violently that ii would fall to pieces.
1t is because of the tonal sympathy
that the cause Of harsh, Waiting tone
that may suddenly appear in a piano
forte Is detected with difficulty.
Though IL may appear TO be in the in
strument, il is often far away and may
come from a loose globe or pendant on
chandelier Even a key in the door
has been known to be the guilty cause.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
a BEARS REVENGE.
An Old Grizzly Lies In Wait for the Pos
sible Transgressor.

sible Transgressor.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, writing of
grizzly bears in his book, THE Wilder
ness Hunter" relates story told him
by DIR. Merrill, of the United States
army. "a remarkable incident" Mr..
Roosevelt calls il. DR.. Merrill, in
company with an old hunter, was fol-
lowing an elk trail in a deep, narrow
canyon.
On turning a corner of the canyon,
the two men were charged on by an
old she grizzly, SO close that it was
only by good luck that one of their
hurried shots disabled her and sent her
tumbling over bank, where she was
easily finished.
They found that she had been lying
directly across the game trail on a
smooth, well-beaten patch of bare
earth, which looked as if il had been
dug up, refilled, and trampled down.
Examining this patch curiously, they
saw bit of hide only partially COW
cred at one end, and on digging they
found the body of a well-grown grizzly
cub. It's skull had been crushed and
the brains licked out, and there were
signs of other injuries.
The hunters pondered long over this
strange discovery, and hazarded many
guesses as to it's meaning. At last they
decided that probably the cub had
been killed and its brains eaten, either
by some old grizzly or by cougar;
that the mother had returned and
driven away the murderer, and that
she had then buried the body and lain
above IL, waiting TO wreak her VEN
geance on the first passer-by.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
Sealing Wax $, II, Used In France.

In France scaling wax has by no
means gone out of use as conse-
quenoe of the Introduction of gummed
envelopes. There is even a sort of
code OF language of sealing wax
among ia shionable people. White
scaling wax is chosen for communica-
tons relating TO weddings, black for
obituaries, violet for expressions of
sympathy, chocolate for invitations to
dinner, red for business, ruby for en-
gagged lovers letters, green for letters
from lovers who live in hopes, and
brown for rcfusals of offers of mar
riage, while blue denotes constancy.
yellow jealousy, pale green reproaches,
and pink is used by young girls and
Ryay between friendA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
THE VANISHING MOOSE.
Departure of New Ynrk's Game for Parts
Unknown.


A deer, when started by a hunter or
driven by hounds, usually returns in
few days 10 the same hill or mountain
side where he was first found; but a
moose, says Madison Grant in the
Century, when once thoroughly
alarmed, will start on long, swinging
walk, and, taking with him his entire
family, leave for good. 1t is one of the
greatest difficulties-and there are
many-in still-hunting this animal, to
avoid getting him under way. for then
the hunter may as we'll break camp
and try other fields, since not a moose
will be found within miles. They
scent a moccasin track or the smoke of
a fire at an incredible distance. A
fresh trail may be found one day and
arrangements made TO follow ii at day
break on the morrow During the
night the moose. returning to his old
haunts, detects the danger-signs, and
all the hunters find in the morning is
trail six or eight hours old leading for
parts unknown in an almost perfectly
straight line. The moose is at that
moment, perhaps, twenty miles off and
still going
Although moose cannot be driven to
water by hounds like deer, but will
turn savagely to bay, still they will
not remain in a locality where dogs are
running; so that when the white hunt
ers became numerous in the North
woods, and especially when they intro
duced bounding; the moose simply left
the country and passed either east
ward to Maine or northwapd to
Canada.
1t is well-authenticated but little
known fact that they practically left
in one season. They were numerous
In the Adirondacks, especially in
Browns tract--a large district in what
is now the southwestern part of the
wilderness-until the period between
1850 and 1855 probably near the latter
year., when they suddenly disap-
peared. Before this several had been
killed yearly. Scattered ones were
shot later, but 1855 marked their exit
from the annals of New York game
Years later, four or five were brought
back to Saranac, but would not stay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
Things To DO.

Mulch the spinach for spring lightly.
Top dress rhubarb with manure, bone
meal and muriate of potash.
Clear mp the garden generally and get
ready for spring crops.
Draw manure to compost heap or to
the field.
Protect parsley from snow and ex-
IRENE cold by board cap or inverted
trough.
Celery not well protected is TO be
gathered early and trenched in or stored
in root cellar.
The man who wouldn't buy his suffering
child n bowwow is discounted entirely by
a fellow who recently sold his wife for S..
The woman had the best of that bargain.
1t was cheaper than a divorce.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20

BY new route which is proposed from
England to Australia, across Canada, the
trip from London TO Sydney, IL is believed,
may be shortened 90 2s days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20

Black waste is the junkman's term for
old newspapers. Printers paper which
hasn't been used IA white waste.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-20

Circuit Court Commissioner III and Tor
GratiOt County, Michigan.
G.. l.. WILSON, solicitor for complainant,
Saranac. Mlcnignm. lol-lw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-05
ALL WE'RE REAPPOINTED
The Vacancies in the School Board Filled
Today.
Messrs. Haxen, Cornish md Shadd APP
pointed for Another Term - The
Last Delegation Heard Today.

The last rally in the fight for the trustee
ships In the eighth and county division took
place this morning at the District building.
Prof John NJ. Langston headed a delega-
tion In favor of the appointment of DIR. j.
c. Norwood for the position of trustee of
public schools in the county. Prof. Lang
ston said the people of the county had no
objection to DIR. Shadd, the incumbent, but
as he had left the county his interests in
that section would not be as great as here
tofore. DIR. Norwood was a resident and
taxpayer of the county and popular with
all classes. His appointment would be an
acknowledgment of brains and good judg-
ment. Rev. S. T. Wallace headed a delega-
tion of colored men in the interests OF the
reappointment of l.. A. Cornish, trustee of
public schools for the eighth division. Dr.
Wallace spoke of the good record Mr.
Cornish had II ade while trustee, and said
his reappointrnent was urged by 15 per cent
OF the citizens of the District.
After these delegations had been heard
the Commissioners went into executive ses-
sion aad reappoin ted the trustees OF public
schools whose terms had expired. They
were ID. II. Hazen of the fourth division,
L. A. Cornish of the eighth division and F.
j. Shadd of the sixth division. These ap-
pointments, however, we're made for one
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-05
MANY SHEEP SLAUGHTERED.
Reported killing Of Five ThousanJ
ts VERIFIED.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, September 13.-The re-
ported killing of five thousand sheep at the
Book Cliffs is verified, both as to the num-
Der and detail 1t is estimated by some
that six hundred men would be required
to do the bloody work i'm the short time re-
ported. The sheep men have armed In a
body and gone to the seem of the slaughter
The object of the expedition is reported
here to be the capture of certain range
riders. who have been employed on adjacent
territory. which they suspect OF having
been implicated in the destruction of the
sheep. They are REPORTED to have declared
they intend to hang these suspects, or COM
pei them to divulee the names of their ac-
completes.
Carl Browne, the man who was shot in
the first attack on the company is reported
doing we'll and will recover.
PARACHUTE, Col, September l3-Fur-
ther particulars have been received con-
corning the slaughter of sheep on the Mesa
range, near here by the cattlemen. There
were about twenty-five cattlemen all wear
ing masks. They drove 2,2UO sheep be-
longing to c. Il. Brown into a corral and
killed them with guns, knives and clubs
j. +. Miller's sheep. numbering about 2op
mead, were driven over the cliffs and kill
ed. j. ID. Hurlburts sheep were not mo-
Tested, but the butchers posted notice that
these would have Jared likewise but for
lack of time. When the sheepmen return
ed not cattleman was in sight. The
sheep herder. who was shot will recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-05
INDEPENDENT AMERICANS,
A New Party started Gut at Chica

N new farty started Out at Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 13-The Inde-
pendent American. party held a meeting
last night and nominated a ticket and
adopted platform and formally entered
the campaign. over 800 men and women
We're present
Prof. Walter Shnms, general organizer of
the American Protective Association, read
the declaration of princip&ss. The plat
form demands the extension of civil service
reform to state, city and tbwn officers, and
that Americanism be made the only tenure
of office On the question OF immigration
1t asks for q five year residence as a quail
ification for a voter and also that he must
be able to read the Constitution of the
United States.
All trusts are denounced. The money of
the government, 1t says, should be gold,
silver and greenbacks, and all should be
legal tender, and it asks the establishment
ct postal savings banks. "A tariff for pro-
lection is demanded, and that tariff and
protection be taken out of politics.
The public schools should be held free
from sectarian influence and United States
Senators elected by direct vote of the peo-
pie. One plank in the platform says il the
mayor or the county officials are cognizant
of corruption and they do not undertake to
suppress it that should be cause for i'm
peachment of either or both.
Another series of resolutions by A. w.
winters followed, declaring for protection
of the American Constitution. the flag the
public schools and the complete separation
of church.
They We're also adopted. Three tickets
state, legislative and county-were nomin-
ated. The state officers nominated are:
State treasurer, Gen. o. B.. Mann; superin-
tendent of public instruction, Samuel d.
Snow; congressman, first district, w. ID.
McComas; fifth, Joseph w. Pickles; sew
enth James II. Strucbel