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Knlea bY . F.rIpE T.l.Erapa Pole.

Patrick King. linsman, SO years old. Of 215
jay street. Brooklyn. died in bellevue Hospital
last evening from injuries he received b. the
falling Of q telegraph pole he Was At work on
yesterday afternoon. About Al O'Clock, As
King was removing the wires from the cross
piece on a pole at Eighth street and the East
River. the pole broke. throwing him TO the
pavement He was picked Up uneopseious
two hours later
few min utss after King died his wife. who
had heard OF the accident. entered the rscsp-
tion once at the hospital She carried bag
containing three oranges. which from her
slender means she had bought for her injured
husband. She Was overcome with gTiet AZ the
news Of Kings death, When she left the hos
Dital she banded the bag containing the
oranges TO Warden O'kourke- II got them for
him." she said sOrroWfully. but nov. vent
you give them to some one Who IL sanertnEf
!! Ey:s s.., !. ilss a:9.s ga A.. 'la's E'.As.-
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Ths Victim Of the Troy Eieeffoa TraH-dv.
TRoY. March e.-The funeral Of Robert Rose.
the Republican killed at the election on Tues
day In the Thirteenth ward. will be held at
2:30 p. II. tomorrow from the Second Presby-
terisn Church The remains will lie 10 state
from II to 2 o'clock to- m orrow. and Il IL ex-
pected that an In, mense thronR will attend the
obsequiea n the afternoon the Rennhlican
be at hall mast bells will he toiled. and busi-
ness places will be closed. The Busssy Steamer
Company, Of which Ross was mem Der. will
he gus rd OF honor Mr.. Ross vas also u em-
Der of the Troy Republican Club
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K'n.a wbns Sssss.s On . AIsv,aE T-.la.

Bert Elmer. IL years old. . drug clerk. living
at BIT East EighU-sseond street. while at
tsmpting to board : New York Central trAin at
the wheels, reeslying Injuries from which he
died a. the FordhAm Hospital Last night
Finer was an orphan. aRd lived with his two
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The Cumberland crew OF % had dinner At
the Aston House last night on the anniversary
Of the sinking Of the Cumberland b. the Con.
fedsrAts ram hsrrimAe This crew has no
sonnsetion with the ersS q the ship Among
Justice l. j.; ConlAn, Police Justice Koch, ID. G'
huengling. Dr. Charles Perry, Delos MeCurdy,
folee S4Rtain kdgard blegln. Howard Car
roll aud william l. BEosn. The anly genuine
mariner vas George L. Norton After dInnsr
speeches. And anecdotes.
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House OF Representative.

Tho House to-day passed the bill reported By
the Dockery Com mission abollshinR the Offices
OF Commissioner and Deputy Com missioner OF
Customs and transferring the duties thereof
to the Auditors and Com ptrollsrs OF the Treas
account Of salaries Bills were also passed to
protect the fisheries of the Potomac River for
governing the Smithsonian Institution. The
District Of Columbia Appropriation bill was
discussed two hours and went over until to-
morroM.
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The members OF the Mercantile Exchange
decided yesterday to organize an auxiliary to
the National Dairy Union recently formed in
Chicago The main purpose OF tho union Is to
make war upon oleom rGartn and bogus
cheese. and to carry on camPaiRp Of educa-
ton against the manufacturers OF such prod
the Hin bill which gives 10 the States rara-
mount Jurisdiction over i'm ports In original
packages Another meeting of the exchange
will bs held on Monday to elect Officers of the
auxiliary union
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Gstt,.s signature. fer won.a suar.E.

people living In the Twenty third Assembly
district, was held at the house OF Hart = Berg,
At 81 West Eighty third street Tho chief
business 81 the N ceiling vas getting SIC natures
20 the petition Tor woman suffrage. which l. 10
be sent to the Constitutional Convention. Mrs.
Lille Deyereux Blake. Mrs. Clara NeymAn.
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Cas,s.a T.Ilor- Nay s,-.G-.

general strike Of custom tailors Is threat
ened on Monday IL . proposed reduction OF is
per cent, In wages is made by the Merchant
TAilors Society. The reduction was diseu ssod
YESTERDAY At meeting In the socisty's rooms
AZ al ktHh avenue az which there were
question will be decided to-day
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a Little soay IA ,Ls Cs,y Hail.

The body Of . still-born child was found 10
the rotunda OF the City Hall early yesterday
morning by Cleaner Hubert MeCloud. who
Vas engaged IN sweeping. 1t vas taken 10 the
failed 70 elicit = dshnite explanation Of the
presence OF the body In the CITY Hall.
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ADSr-Issr B-sA Sea. Ms os--Isslsa.

Appraiser Walter h BaRa Fssslssd fFSa
Washington Yesterday the eonaisaIOa for
which he hss waited - loaE and patisntly.
boAn NAs nsdiatsly sW0En n agala-
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Hoods Pill. are the best family cathsrtic.
gentle and effective Try a box. Is cents
ords OF his offlce, presumably to prevent tn .
evidence OF guilt beinR known. When he was
arrested and notified that he would be court
martialled he rendered his resignation.
The President to-day sent to the Senate the
following nomlnatIons Of Postmasters:

The President to-day sent to the Senate the
following nominations OF Postmasters:
Connecticut stephen H. Hall Norwich.
New York-David d. Cooley. Whitestone; Charles T.
sAmmis Northport; q. Edward Lains. schuylsrviile;
Frank l. stowelL Olesn; Albert L. Rider. Rhtneoeck
Aloysius McArdle, West seneca
Pennsylvanis-John II. Auilin. Pittston; John II.
Payne. OH City.
Georgia-sylvester b Price. Macon.
Iiiinois-Redick N. Ridgly. Springfield.
Indiana-walter HsrrissnI south Bend; John r. Ma
jor. Remington: Edward y. Honan Rensselaer,.
Michtgan-td win s smith, south Haven; Cassius
Alexander. Grand Ledge; Charles z. stuck. ot.eso;
W. A. Lewis Rvart; Louis @. CIapp. Msndon: Norris A.
Bement. Mason, Lew +. Rice, Besssmsr; Frank A.
Ella Charlotte; William r. Ihorp Hart; Thomas
Thornhil Jr Milford; william Wiegsnd hite Pigeon;
Alfred HaRerman, Oxford John II. Bourns, yassar;
Charles N. GibsoL. Fremont.
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Tho senate has confirmed the following

The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations:
United states Nsr.hsls-Hsnry l. Hayden. for the
Eastern district OF New York: william McDsrmoit
Herbert savage Judge of Probate in the county Of
WINSTON warren, Collector of Customs for the dis
trict OF Boston and ChATlestown. Mass
James hcCanery Assistant Appraiser OF Merchandise
'Po, tmast.r.-Phnip Jaergsn. Hamburg NY; A D.
Cows T. j. K Nuing.n. New Brighton. n. Y: John
Siiis. Ss. a.G K Tcnron.ry bristol csna "0''H'
The total number Of fourth-class Postmas-
tiers appointed to-day was sixty-one. OF which
reggnatIons and death. Among tho appoint
ments were the following:
New York-M ID Bennett Guiiford Centre. vice O. D.
Parker, removed: frank Phnsr. Nina, vice George
nshe1s afs.n ss,sn. h'o'n''h' o'oorn Bridge.
New tsrsey-R c. Bender. Magnolia vice R. b.
SSnn"c,ieatUE D. Chapman. CLARK FAlls vice Carrie
I. Chapman, deceased
While the Eskimo delegation now in this
city was at the Smithsonian Institution tho
other day Il was propose cd to make plaster casts
Of their heads and faces. for the reason that.
eth logically con sidered. they are the purest
been seen in this city. There was a good deal
OF reluctance and some resistance among the
women when this proceeding was proposed.
but the little eighteen m onths-old baby
back on the rest with the indifference OF
stole. When the warm plaster OF Pari, was
poured on his little face tho baby did not
sauirm or murmur. and when the cast was
his head. the little fellow was found fast
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
The Road Movement In MARYLAND.

A farmer living 20 miles from tho
city on macadamized road can haul
load Of hay to market in day. Those
living on mud roads require three days.
That is what delegation of the Mary.
land Road league went to Annapolis to
say to committee Of the Maryland leg
islature. The bill they offer advocates
the annual expenditure Of SEQ, 900 for a
department Of good roads, $4,000 Of
which is to be the salary of road engi-
neer.
The delegation made much Of the fact
that its members had paid road tax for
years and never received any proper re.
turn for the money. The expenditures
for the roads had been wasted, and fully
tl0, 900 were thus lost to the state every
year. Exchange.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Suggestions For Highway Improvement.

There is no argument against highway
improvement. The only question is as to
cost. While certain farming neighbor-
hoods Of the west have excellent hard
roads. made of gravel and perfectly good
the year round, it will be long time
before such improvements will become
general Meanwhile there should be an
improvement in roadmalzing methods
The system by which farmers work out
their road taxes by scraping the mud
that has been washed off the roads into
the cutters or bitches back again into
the roadways ought to be abandoned.
Road taxes should be collected in
cash, as school taxes are, and expended
in accordance with some we'll defined
plan looking TO the permanency Of the
work done. Suitable machinery should
be purchased. bitches should be dug
Thing should be put in, and the use Of
wagons with broad tires should be in
sisted ON. The work should be carried
forward year by year on scientific prin-
ciples by competent men, and the cost
would not be greater than the present
wasteful methods.
The result would be that in a few
years the highways would be practically
all that the farmer would require for
the economical and easy handling of
his business. Chicago Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
Gooseberry Culture.

Seed for planting for all kinds of fruit
should be thoroughly ripe, says a writer
In The Journal of Agriculture. For
gooseberries squeeze out the pulp and
mix enough dry sand to absorb the mois
ture. Mix with your hands. Plant OF
SOW in drills like radish. The seed bed
should be deep, moist soil, covered with
well rotted manure. AS general rule
seeds terminate and grow most readily
when buried to a depth of from three to
five times their diameter in soil of ordina-
ry moisture for seeds planted in midsum-
mer. In absence of rain, water every
two to four days. AS hot sun will kill
them when first coming through the
ground, they therefore require shade.
l find the best way is TO drive four
stakes or forks to lay on poles to hold
brush one to three feet from the ground.
This mode is only practiced where new
varieties are sought for. Gooseberries,
like most all other fruits, will not repro.
duce themselves from the seed, planting
same fruit as the parent-as rule, not
one out of hundred. Again, if one out
of hundred is as good as the parent,
and one out of thousand better, 1t is
evidently for good luck for the expert
menter.
Gooseberries and currants are prop
agated and grown from cuttings like
grapes. The directions above on goose
berries apply equally to seeds of cur
rants, strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, huckleberries and Russian null
berries, but Downing and Hicks ever
bearing mulberries l have planted or
sown for two years in the same bed and
given the same care, but they failed to
grow from the seed. They are readily
propagated or grown by grating on the
Russian stock.
Twenty years ago l paid So for apple
seed and planted them, and not one in a
hundred grew, as at that time / didn't
know how to scald or how to expose
them to the action of the frost.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
How to Make Side bitches.

A form Of side ditch frequently seen
along country roads has steep sides,
which cave in on the slightest provoca-
ton, thus obstructing the flow Of water
at the bottom and rendering them use
less. The proper form Sf ditch is broad
and flaring and has slopes Of ~ to
that is, the slope extends outward a
horizontal distance Of ~ feet for each
one foot Of vertical rise. The ditch
gauge here shown is useful in making
the proper slopes at the side of the ditch.
The guage is made Of light strips of
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
STEAMER LINES TO
To CHICAGO
To MilW AukEE
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE:-
~ State of Michigan County of Gratiot, S.
In the matter of the estate of Katie l. Sheldon,
deceased. Notice is hereby given, that in pur.
sudnce of and order granted TO the under
signed, administrator OF the estate of said de-
ceased, by the Hon. Judge Of Probate for the
county Of Gratiot, on the eth day OF April a. d.
1894 there will be sold at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, at the premises, in the county
of Gratiot in said state, on Wednesday. the
eth day of June a. d 1894, at 10 o'clock In the
forenoon OF that day subject to all encum-
branoes by mortgage or otherwise existing at
the time OF the death OF said deceased, or at
the time of said sale the following described
real estate, to-wit: Lot three (3) on block
three (3) in Lyman G. Cohoon's addition to the
village of Alma, Gratiot county, Michigan. &C
cording to the recorded plat thereof.
HlRAMW HUGHES,
Administrators.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
WIDE TIRES TESTIMONY.
Their Superiority Over the Narrow Shows.
Observations Of Farmer.

m0AE 6uRSEloxlty OveI tnt N0TIOW bnOWos
Observations Of y Farmer.
Iwish to give my observation and ex.
perience. have lot Of teams TO look
After, and we have on the farm but two
harrow tired wagons. In the spring Of
1891 when hauling manure the wagon
with inch tires and the one with
~ inch both went to the field together,
tho loads being equal When in the field.
tho broad tired drove In and unloaded;
the narrow stuck. -Four horses were
put to 1t to get it to place to unload
The condition Of the field was the same,
broad tires on top of the ground, narrow
tires In ground about eight inches
In addition TO the farm also own the
largest sawmill plant in southeastern
Indiana and now use wide tires on all
wagons, none being less than q inches
The common dirt roads clay have no
stone on them in this country, and roads
that arc used by common farmers are
cut to pieces-all rut and mud--while
the roads used by the log wagons are
solid and fit to drive over at all times.
In the spring Of 1892 we had couple
VI hiuio tcaihS W ucip pioW WeJ plcce
Of ground. was in the field when they
struck it. The mules, which weighed
near TO $50 pounds each, mired to their
knees and were unhitched to get them
out. Then ordered one Of our heavy
draft teams to try to pillow where mules
could not, and they completed the job in
good manner. They weighed /, 700 and
l,S40 each. From my observation and
actual experience, having under my
charge more horses and wagons than
three or four farmers In this section Of
Indiana, ! am led to believe that the
wide tire is the roadmaker and the mar
row tire the road breaker and horse
killer. Where ! cannot go with
wagon with tires At inches wide and
team Of Clydes weighing from /, 500 to
800 pounds each no man with narrow
tires dare go with the same load, no diff
ference what his team may be.
Give US wide tires and compel farmers
to use them and we will have better
roads than we ever have had and save
our horses also Cor. Breeders Ga
ZettA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

The farmers Of the United States
should speak in no uncertain tones
to the Populist Congressman who
are betraying them by voting for
the Wilson bill, the Senate bill, or
any other bill of Democratic origin
that threatens destruction to farm
ing industries, either by repeal Of
the reciprocity clauses of the Nc
Kinley law or by withdrawal of pro.
lection from farm products. Prior
to 1890, the year of the passage of
the Mckinley law, the great markets
of Germany were closed TO American
pork. The reciprocity clauses of
that bill empowered the President to
impose a tariff on beet sugar so long
as Germany Disseminated against
American farms. The President
gave notice that be would avail him
self of such power. The consequence
was that Germany consented TO the
admission of American meat TO its
ports in return for the free admis-
sion Of German sugar to our ports.
The effect upon American farm
products was, in part only, this: In
1890 we exported 4,239,s9l pounds
Of canned beef to Germany; in 1898
after two years of reciprocity, we
exported l0,0l7,l42 pounds. That
is to say, the capacity of one foreign
market for American beef had been
increased two and a half times in
two years. In 1890 we sent 1893,
3s6 pounds of pork and bacon to
Germany; in 1893 we sent l0,7l2,20S
pounds, an increase of nearly 800
per cent in two years. The Popu'
lists who vote for repeal of the law
that so greatly enlarges the market
for American meats are traitors to
the farmers who elected them. But
Germany is only one of the several
markets that have been opened or
enlarged by the reciprocity clauses
of the Mckinley law, and meat is
but one of the articles that have
found market. Cuba and Brazil
have become large purchasers of
American -four. And reciprocity is
but in its infancy, while the Popu.
lists in Congress are conspirinR with
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

the wood, as shown-a slit the same as
in budding. Separate the bark from the
wood and insert the scion B, one for each
slit. The number Of Sits for each stock
will be determined by its size. We will
suppose the stock illustrated to be six
inches in diameter and that six scions
are to be inserted. The stock after re-
ceiving the six scions is shown at G.
Grating wax is not needed. A thick
paper may be wound about the top Of
the stock extending about an inch above
1t and securely tied with strong Irvine,
as shown at d. The space above the
stock encircled by the inch Of paper may
then be filed to the top of the paper with
puddle of soil and water, made so thin
that it can be readily poured from any
suitable vessel. This mud protects the
surface Of the wood of the stock and ex-
cludes the air from the insertions. 1t
gives every advantage of wax without
its objections. OF course stocks of any
size may be worked in this way. One,
two or any number of scions may be in
serted according to the size of the stock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

the Democrats to kill it. Surely
they are traitors to the farmers who
elected them. Their crime is agra
waited by the fact that they are con-
spring against the farmer for the
benefit of the sugar trust. Their
action if successful will increase the
price of every pound of sugar that
the farmer buys, and lessen the price
of every pound of meat and every
bushel of grain that he sells. They
are traitors to their constituents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

Representative Warner analyses
the new sugar schedule-"the terms
of the surrender now proposed to
the trust"-in the memorandum &C.
companying his letter to the Herald,
to which reference was made in these
columns yesterday. These terms are:
l, duty of 40 per cent on all sugars
raw or refined; 2, All additional duty
of I cent per pound on all sugars
above No. l6 Dutch standard; 8, a
discriminating duty Of lilo cent per
pound against countries giving ex-
port bounties. The effect of the
first is to give the trust 40 per cent
of protection upon the difference be-
tween the export price of the raw
sugars it imports and the export
price of foreign refined sugars. MIR.
Warner estimates this difference at
60 to 70 cents per 100 pounds, and
on this trust he gets 40 per cent pro-
lection, or about cent per pound
on the average. The second of the
terms needs no explanation. 1t is un-
disguised protection to the extent of
I cent per pound. The third aims at
German sugar refners, who would
be the trusts only considerable for
eign rivals under absolutely free
trade in sugar. By the three terms
combined the trust gets protection
of nearly or quite ] cent per pound,
or about 100000 a year on its
output. The sindependent" refners
get at least S3,OO0,0O0 more, for it is
no part of their business to cut under
trust prices. The bill, therefore, pro-
poses to take fully sl9,000,o00 year
from the pockets of the American
consumers and hand it over to the
refners. The difference between
this iuggle and the Mckinley sugar
schedule is not worth quarreling
about. Trust stock of S75,000,000
has lately been selling at lo4 to los
in New York, Notwithstanding the
fact that the properties represented
are not worth anywhere near s25, 700,
900, and the further fact that inter
est is supposed to be paid on $4,000,
600 of bonds, and the further fact
that Operating expenses" in Wash.
ington and elsewhere are something
enormous. The pretense that the re.
tining industry would be ruined
without the protection offered by the
surrendering compromisers, or with.
out any protection whatever, is utter
Iy fraudulent.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25

wood about inches wide and an inch
thick. The upright strip is 4 feet long,
and the horizontal strip is IS inches
long, measuring from the back edge of
the upright to the extreme point, and
the top Of the horizontal strip is one
foot above the bottom point Of the
guage. The bottom of the ditch may be
from inches to foot wide. The guage
is provided with plumb line, fastened
to the upright strip and by this means
the upright piece is held vertical and
the slopes made to correspond with the
edge of the diagonal strip.-Country
Roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
A Word About Nasturtiums.

If You have very small spot for flow.
ers. you can have all the nasturtiums you
wish for. If you have sun, they won't
mind poor soil, but will run riot over al
most anything, making gorgeous color
ing. Buy the best mixed seed, and you
will find many lovely shades, from the
faintest sulphur yellow to the richest of
maroon and orange shades. Wire net
ting fastened securely to posts and mas
turtiums planted on each side will make
fine hedge. Planted at the top of a
high grass bank or terrace and allowed
to trail down, they will make good show.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
AFnyorite Climber.

The sweet pea is a familiar climber,
but many do not succeed with it. The
most successful way is to plant early
where they will have the sun at least
during the forenoon, water in dry wealth
er and keep them from going to seed.
Just as soon as the pods form they stop
blooming to great extent. Pick the
flowers freely and let none go to seed.
A sweet pea hedge, made of wire netting
six feet in height, is a fine sight when
covered with plants in bloom.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
MONTAGUE, Mich, Nov. lS, 1898.

MONIAGUE, mlCn., NOV. 10, 1890.
w. Windecknecbt, wealthy farmer
Of Muskegon Co., personally appeared
before me, this day, and says: THAT
for the past year or so he was afflicted
with weakness, trembling, heart failure
extreme nervousness and headache:
that he consulted with Physicians but
received no benefit. He was persuaded
by a friend to try sample bottle of
DR.. Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer, and he
says the trembling and nervous feeling
was Immediately stopped by its use.
Afterwards he used two bottles Of the
same medicine and says he is entirely
cured" Signed, w. WINpECKNECHT
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Notary Public for Muskegon County,
State of Michigan.
JAS. MORRISON
This medicine sold by b. VanDen-
Bergh. 7s4.l3w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-25
The ni6ereuca.

A good story was told at Middlesboro by
the Rev. Bryan Dale He said that at the
meeting on the previous day an old York
shire woman had defined the difference be-
tween the sects thus: "Wesieyans drag 'em
out Of the gutter. Baptists wash 'em, and
Indepsndents starch 'emp'-ExchAAst. ."