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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
SPECIAL FEATURES.
a Model kindergarten.

4 Model kindergarten.
The work in Algebra, Botany, Nat
ural Philosophy, and General History,
leading to Second Grade Certificate
A series of Easy Experiments in
Chemistry and Physics for Country
schools.
A Course of Lectures by the Profess
sors of Alma College aud other Educa-
tors upon Subjects of Interest 10
Teachers
The herald., 1895-02-07

A few social leaders have reduced their m lost
ceremonious dinners to six and seven courses,
of course, with various hors deuvres within
reach of each guest these appetizers serving
fill in the time between courses, which pauses
are heightened as the number of dishes are
lessened. Guests trihe with sailed nuts
hearts of celery, olives, ETC., as well as with
the wi. of each other during dinner serving
Even the time-honored prelude to soup is
much lessened in quantity. If IL be oysters or
Little Neck clans, four is the approved num-
Der. If broied sardints, one small fish or half
a large one, only is laid upon the first plate
If it be cavare or pate, it is on slips OF brown
or white bread, and three small mouthfuls,
each one heaped at its center, is The limit for
such overtures to a fine dinner.
Soup, usually clear one; fish with pate or
with one vegetable, which may be dressed
cucumbers, or or sp, fried potatoes roast
with not more than two vegetables, and u,u-
ally with but ono a Roman punch or other
sherbet and game with salad. bring one to
desert, preceded by cheese and wafers ii one
likes and lastly, fruits and coffee.
1t Is fashionable to serve n different wine
with each course, but it is especially good form
to offer but two, or perhaps one. 1t is also
elegant, even distinguished and delitate, to
provide none at all, since many or our finest
and noblest men and women are striving to
find the strings of human misery and check
their overflow, and such persons more than
suspect stimulants to be one OF these springs
Dinners, Ceremonious and Unceremonious.
The herald., 1895-02-07

Electric cooking is making considerable
Roadway and at present engages the fancy OF
fashionable London to no small extent it be-
ing smart" thing to have an electrical din
ner. But difficulties sometimes have to be
overcome The Institution of Electrical En-
gineers had their annual dinner the other day,
ana felt that under the circumstances it mu t
be electrically cooked. As luck would have it,.
the old-fashioned hotel to which they resorted
had not even the electric light but pair OF
wires were run temporarily. Then the chef
was heard from. Opposition had been expect
ed in that quarter but he was simply furious
and obdurate. He said he had two grand
mothers dependent on him, and he would not
run the risk of being killed to please anybody.
Al last the dinner committee induced him to
go to one OF the places where electric cookery
was regularly used; and from angry skepti-
cism he was soon converted and brought into
a condition of superb enthusiasm rhe dinner
was cooked electrically, was an immense sue
cess, and II the old hoetl does not soon add
electric cooking to its other admitted virtues 1t
will not be The fault of the chef-New York
Advertiser.
The herald., 1895-02-07
4 STUDY OF "MosE" GUNsr.
As = Dramatic Critic His Opinion 10
VaIuad nv

"Mose" Gunst, who is just now the subject OF
an almost endless amount of abuse in San
Francisco, is well known figure to New
Workers. He has always spent a part OF the
summer at Long Branch, and makes two trips
a year to the east, going to Cuba from an
Francisco by way of New York. He is q small,
thick set, solid man, who seldom smiles,
speaks with profound gravity and settles the
affairs of the universe with an air Of thought
full fnalty. He is the largest individual cigar
dealer in America, and his money comes from
the sale of cigars and not from gambling
houses as has been reported. He has a num-
Der of branch establishments in the We st, but
his principal place of business is at his big
cigar store in San Francisco, which is a sort of
headquarters for local news OF every descip-
ton.
The opinion of 'Dfose" Gunst upon theat-
rical performances is received by managers
with degree OF respect which would be denied
to Sarcey or a Scott. At every important
dramatic venture on the Pacific coast Mr..
Gunst may be seen IN his accustomed seat on
the aisles weighing his opinion of the play
with the air Of a soldier. He does not smile at
the comedy nor weep at the pathos OF
the dramatist After the play is over
he goes to his cigar store and takes up his posi-
ton behind the counter. The manager does
not care rap for the opinion of the pape S,
but he rushes up to the cigar store as soon as
possible after the performance and gets the
verdict of the man who isnow a police COM
missioner of San Francisco. Mr.. Gunst is not
very elegant in his language as dramatic
critic, but his meaning cannot be misunder-
Stood Sometimes be says "Itll do" and the
manager goes to bed contented. At other
times he slowly shakes his head, and remarks
"Not in hundred years." or, YOU'RE on a
dead card" This sends the manager to bed
with. the conviction that disaster is at hand.
Aishort time ago Manager Hayman OF this
city brought out important production in
San Francisco, involving the expenditure of n
small fortune. The day after the play was pro-
duced the newspaper notices were telegraph ed
to this city. They were conde mnatory and
abusive. Mr. Hayman was alarmed and wired
his representative to go and see Nose" Gu ST.
A few hours later he received a telegram which
iead "Mose says YOU are on Easy street :"
From that hour Mr.. Hayman was all SMILES and.
as matter OF fact the new production turned
out to be an exceedingly profitable one.-New
York Sun.
The herald., 1895-02-07

women are not good detectiv es," said an
experienced secret service man on being asked
his opinion 'rro begin with, there are many
places women cannot go without exciting
suspicion. and this defeat, her object at the
outset, but beyond this woman is united by
nature for detective work.
"In the first place, she jumps at conclusions
and acts omit in opposition TO all human pr OBJ
abilities, possibilities and reason As rule
woman does not reason She looks on a thing
as she wants it to be, or thinks it ought to be,
and will follow that theory. She is led by
prejudices, favors or sympathies, regardless Of
facts.
GAS a detective she is sometimes q success i n
entrapping man, but her work generally
ends in a blunder which betrays her. She is
persevering only when moved by passions
She does not look at a case dispassionately.
She at once decides that he or she is guilty or
innocent and works on that thu cory.
"A woman enjoys the IN ysterious, and she Is
so elated at her position as detective that she
is unable to conceal her identity, or the secret
investigations of case
''Women are even fa ures IN running down
criminals OF their own sex. woman criminal
will mislead a woman detective by working on
her vanity, credulity or sympathy, and, worst
of all, ii the detective be attractive and the
man criminal handsome-well a man is better
for detective work and, besides, woman will
sell out case. and cheaply at that relying
upon her sex to escape punishment if detect
ed. "-[New York Hera d.
The herald., 1895-02-07
A JOKE May BE-DANG ERoUs.
There Are Persons In the world Born
withous - Beaae of Humor.

Without - bease OF Humor-
There is no gift OF tho gods so dangerous to
its possessor as that of humor, unless he thor
oughly understands that all of his fellow crea-
lures have not got it. We have had some ter
rible examples of this OF late in high places
but they occur continually in the experience OF
very ordinary people. An acquaintance oil
mine very nearly lost fortune through quot
ing to his aunt with appreciation DE Quincey's
essay on Murder Considered as One OF the Fine
Arts.
"If once man INDUCES in murder he very
soon comes to think little of robbery and from
robbery he comes next to drinking and Sab
bath breaking, and there is but one step from
that to inciyity and procrastinahon. Once
begin upon the downward path you never
know where you will stop"
~ see nothing to laugh at in that" said the
old lady. cine man must be fool"
"But, my dear aunt" demonstrated the
nephew don't you see he is joking? Many
man. he goes on to say has dated his ruin
from some murder or other that perhaps he
thought little OF at the time That is surely
very iunny."
at seems to me extremely wicked" replied
the old lady land wish to hear nothing more
OF your Mr.. De Quincy"
My friend was prudent enough not to press
the matter further, but have heard OF an
went little too far He was telling his uncle,
stout county gentleman. of Sydney Smiths
reply to the dull man who asked why the posts
the entrance to the Green park had been put
nearer together. .-g --r
"You have no idea." said Smith gravely,
"what fat people used to get into that parkP
The stout uncle colored little and said: ~
see 70 joke in that"
"Oh, don't say thatv' pleaded the nephew,
''because Sidney Smith used to say that it was
his test case, for If man didn't see the fun OF
that he would see the fun of nothing" This
simple repetition OF jeau d'esprit cost the
narrator a legacy. for though the people may
have no sense of humor, they do not like to be
tod So What is verv curious they sometimes
take pleasure in retailing joke even If they
do not understand it. Years ago there was an
epigram upon Twining, the tea merchant:
"rwining would be whining If deprived
OF his T." With my own ears 1 heard this
repeated, with slight alteration. as "Dakin,
(also a tea merchanD would be aching If de-
prived of his r." nor could the man be got to
understand why his half-borrowed jest had
failed. A charming example of a joke being
taken for earnest is that of the Scotchman
praying aloud upon a moor behind turf dyke,
and expressing an opinion that even if it
should fall upon him 1t would be no more than
he deserved. waggish neighbor heard him
and pushed the dyke upon him, when, scram-
bling out he was heard to say: "Hcch, sirs!
is an awful world this; a body Gamma say
thing in a joke but it's ta'en IN earnest.
illustrated London News.
The herald., 1895-02-07

II we were to write it Herbert Lamb we
would look at him twice to see if he were our
old favorite. Probably the slim and handsome
BERTHE Lamb, who used to keep sporting
goods emporium on one OF the suburban
roads in England, would not be recognized
in the heavy shoudered Herbert Ike cey, lead
ing man in an American stock company.
The maternal Mrs Lamb was an old lazy
with mind of her own, and two fatherless
children, boy and girl, to bring up. There
was considerable money in the family and all
the amusements OF the day for the young peo-
pie, including private theatricals. Upon one
occasion Mr.. Terriss, the actor, who comes over
here with Henry Irving, was the coach for the
Christmas play at the Lambs.
He watched the slim young Berthe Lamb go
through his part, and said at once:
''You are too good an actor to ever be any
thing else" t 9'7..e
But the maternal Lamb thought differently
and SHE purchased the sporting goods en-
porium. sDs
Six months later the firm went tn rough
bankruptcy. Bertie Lamb became Herbert
Kelley, and came to America to be the delight
Of the matinee girl and to grow stout.-New
York World. t.-tffe Ae.5 cd
The herald., 1895-02-07

The proposition adopted at the board
Of health meeting last nighs. urging the
state board of health to memorabilia the
legislature to maze an appropriation for
the establishment Of an institution for
the manufacture Of auti.toxiue, is an
enlinsntly wise one, and every possible
pressure ehould be at once broughtsto
bear to secure the necessary funds.
This is O matter that should be- dsalt
with by the state, for if 1t 10 left to the
different mnnicipalities TO provide sup.
ply Of this preventive. only q few
cities in the etate could afford the ex-
pence, while il dons by the state all
will share it's blessings alike. II /. is
true, aud there seems to be no reasoa to
doubt, that the use OF anti-toxins in
diphtheria cases has reduced the death
rate from SO per cent to 10. it should at
once be placed within the reach Of the
pooTest citizen in the stats.
The herald., 1895-02-07

ara two features in his PLAN one il to
restrict the secretary Of the treasury to
the issuance of only per cent bonds,
payable after Eve years, and the pro.
oseds to bs ussd solely TO redeem tho
greenbacks and treasury notes. The
other teasurs is at ths treasurer shall
issue certificates OF indebt ,dnsss in
small gu ms which ahsll draw interest at
3 per csnt, Such certificates to be paid
In coin. They are TO be issued only in
case there is a deficit in revenue and to
dsfrsy the current expenses Of the gov-
eminent. The plan proceeds on the as
sum ption that there Ia or will be de.
felt. which Secretary Carlisle and
others deny.
The Carlisle bill, which was defeated
in the house of representatives, and thu
bill reported from the committee on
banking and currency. ignore silver al
together. The Reed plan possibly by
inference recognizes it, a. the csrtifi-
Gates are payable in coin. the goldites
have for rs years been careful to cay in
legislation that all bonds ehsll be paid
in gold coin. Az the certificates are to be
Issued in small denominations it may
be that Mr.. Rsed expects they will cir
cllate as money, which would to an
extent enlarge the circulating medium.
The Reed plan is inferior to the others
In that it is not compsshsnsivs and can.
NOS be permanent. II is a temporizin2
makeshift, q subseriuge to avoid meet
Ing the great question before the
country, which is whether We shall
have gold monomesallism or gold and
silver bimeta,lism. 1t ia an issue that
cannot be maneuvered out Of sight;
it csnnot be- driven out OF the nsxt
presidential camp align. Tho question 10
whether We shall have an enlarged vol
ume OF money through coinage of silver,
and it 10 q question that has coma to
stay. Intermediates might ~ we'll
range themselves on ono side or the
other frst as last. 1t has become an
established fact that tho government
cannot command gold enough to main
tain q volume OF paper adeq uats to the
wants OF .he country on q par with gold,
without buying it Of foreign nations
with bonds bearing gold interest. II
the government cannot do that tho
banks cannot. and they will never un-
dertake it. There 10 no power that can,
because OF the scarcity Of gold. It Ia
impossible to get any more out OF cat
than 10 in its skin. All the plans thus
far proposed. except the free coinage OF
silver plan, are defective, and would. If
enacted into law, prove inc fiioacious, for
the reason that they contemplate gold
basis for all our money, and all our OBJ.
| ligations.
The herald., 1895-02-07

The census reveals some curious facts about
the distribution OF New York's excess OF
women. New York city has 10000 OF them;
BROOKLYN. 10000; Albany $500; Troy, 5000;
Utica, 5000; Rochester, 1910; Syracuse, 100.
They are all practically, in the a ger cities OF
the state, the one exception being Buffalo
which has 1000 more men than women. 1t
would be interesting to know more about these
1000 superfuous Buffalo men; whether they
are Poacks, Italians, lake sailors, canal
boatmcn or merely lively young bache-
lors from the country in the western
part OF the state who have gone to Buffalo to
seek their fortunes. New York city's business
opportunities, which attract crowds of men,
seem to attract quite as many women. Yet
the excess OF women in New York is compare
lively small. The city has As women to every
A men, while Brooklyn has % women to
every rs men, and Troy l women to every ID
men. Why should it happen III in the o.
urban counties nearest New York there should
be more men than women? 1t would seem that
of the population drawn by the metropolis to
this end of the state the unmarried men
would nearly all live in the cities, and the
jewellers in the suburbs would for the most
part be people of families. Yet the suburban
counties all show an excess OF men --1S0J in
Westchester, 100 in Richmond and $500 IL
Queens.-Harper's Weekly.
The herald., 1895-02-07
s.mu., W ,i,er a, the R,r.

Samuel Weller omnibus driver a worthy
descendant of his great pro otype-was sum-
moned TO Guildhall for leav ng his vehicle I'M
attended constable said defendant was
away from his bus fully five minutes. sammy
who spoke with very hoarse funeral voice, in
keeping with the occasion, said:
"Not five minutes, your honor. 1t was lik }
this here had got wet through on the jour
ney. 1t was very wet morning, and gem
tleman at the journeys end. at Liverpool
street, as was riding outside till it
got too much and he went inside, SEES to
me: Driver, will you have a dlop of gin
ger brandy?' an answers, Yes, will, sir l
was wet right through, and just goes in and
has dropo of ginger brandy and comes out
again. Now, thatt the truth, amt it, con-
stable? An you say, 4 shall summons you,
and l says. I've only been to have II drop of
ginger brandy, and hope you WON'T"
Sir Henry Knight Were you i'll?
sammy, catching at the novel ldea)-Yes;
was very ill.,
Sir Henry-Why did you not say SO before?
Samuel-Beg pardon, sir. 1 didn't think
of 1t.
That second thought saved Weller ard the
summons was dismissed-London Daily Tele.
grenh
The herald., 1895-02-07
THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD.
Great Sum OF Foreign Securities Held in
ENGLAND and France.

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The herald., 1895-02-07

All portraits of Mrs. William NJ Chase are
always much admired. Her husband is fond
of painting her dark eyes and pensive face.
She is much younger than Mr.. Chase, in fact
herself a mere child although she is the
mother of three little girls. These children
are the beautiful models used in many of their
fathers pictures. One, Alice. is named for her
mother although she is better known for her
quaint speeches among her artist set as
Cosy" Then there is Dorothi and Yoti
Roberta named for a Japanese friend of the
Chases and for Robert Blum. who is her god
father-New York World.
The herald., 1895-02-07
BILLS BEFORE CON.
GRESS.

The appropriation bills not yet dis
posed OF, in . sense are tho most imports
ant. They are necessary to keep the
government in operation, and undoubt-
eddy all other bills will have to give way
to them. To be attached to some ono Of
them, probably the suudry civil bill.
there is likely to be provision to settle
the question at issue between the gov
eminent and the Pacific railroads. This
bill has always been regarded o. the
oneniuna gatherum Of all job and mig
chievous legislation that can in any way
be connected with appropriations. Tho
exact character of the proposition has
not yet been disclosed.
The territorial bills, those for ths adj
mission Of Arizona and New Mexico,
are on the senate calender, both having
been passed by tho house of representa-.
tives. Their fate is yet to be deter.
mined. New Mexico has been peculiarly
unfortunate. for she has been struggling
to get into the union for forty years,
and several times has come very near
success. The objection has always bsen
the character Of her population.
All territories should be admitted 81
soon as practicable. no difference
what the character OF the pop
ulation is. Lot them in, for
they will improve faster under their
management than under government
tutelsge. The only questions should be,
Has the territory such wealth and popu-
maintained without too oppressive taxa.
ton. and can the people protect them
selves? The general government has
always protected the people against ths
Indians. whether in the states or terri
tories. A tsrritd1y lie crcu mscribed iu
its action by the inhibitions In organic
acts and by interfsrences of federal ap-
poin.ees. The underlying principle of our
inetitution is to allow the people
autonomy, which they do not have in q
territory. The territorial has been a
vexed question throughout our history.
There never has been any rule az to
the number of people. 1t 10 generally
thought that there should be population
enough to constitute tina ratio for repre-
sentation in the lower branch OF con-
gress. Hardly a territory has been ad.
mitted to statehood that had that mum.
Der, and most Of them have been far
short. There has sometimes been talk
favorable to the principle but the rule
has never been adopted. For long
time there was controversy about ad-
mission growing out of the slavery ques-
tion, but happily that has
gone forever. Politics have come.
times entered into the subjsct. but Is to
be hoped that that bone OF contention
has been removed. 1t 10 unworthy an
American congress to give that feature
confederation. and it is great injustice
to people who want to govern them-
selves within the limits Of the national
constitution. We say admit Arizona
and New Mexico aud be done with IL.
Let in ali the territories "a soon as pracS
ticable and get rid OF the territorial
question aud machinery. 1t will olsen
cumber the interior department. aud
lessen the expenses OF the general gov
eminent.
The herald., 1895-02-07

A peculiar speech at the orening of the cen
fe. ence was caution by Bishop Duncan to
those delegates who chew tobacco not to ex-
pectorate on the floor or the handsome new
carpet which has recently been put down. He
told them that if they must chew tobacco to go
outside and they would find nice new curb
stone and plenty of fresh sand to expectorate
upon, or they could bring their cuspidors, and
in case of an emergency they could use their
hats. tl4 ri
The Rev. J.. p. Depars put in good word for
the preachers by saying that on Tuesday he
was in a railway passenger coach with twenty
of them, and not one in the party chewed to-
Lacco.
The herald., 1895-02-07
How Me,b, R.dnc-s Fi.ah.

Nine. Melba does not train as does Ii liam
Russell to keep her avoirdupois within
bounds. She eats what she wishes and drinks
what taste dictates, and does not exercise save
when the idea sezes upon her. Then she
drives or rides. Her method for keeping down
her weight is to take cold baths thrice day,
and la bella plunges into her big marble tub
faithfully three times dav and so keeps
within the graceful limits which roles such as
Juliette and Marguerite demand.-tNew York
World
The herald., 1895-02-07

Mn. WEYsE. Representative of Santa
Monica in the Legislature, must not
imagine that be can thwsrt the will OF
the people of Southern California that
congress shall make an appropriation
for deep sea harbor at San Pedro.
The herald., 1895-02-07
THE Mathews bill will be heard from
in the legislaturs in y day or two.


SANTA Rosa. Feb. 6-Peter Roto. a promi-
nent citizen of Windsor, was suffocated in
big wine vat in Kohler & Frohling's winery
near Glen Ellen today. Roth was helping
gauger to obtain dimensions of the vat when
he slipped from q ladder and fell to the bottom
and was buried in pumace and suffocated by
gases before anybody could get him. He was
20 years old and unmarried.
The herald., 1895-02-07
What They Are Useh For.

General Greedy has an interesting quotation
from small girls composition framed and
displayed not inconspicuously in his Office. 1t
was discovered in some obscure paper by Mr.
William L. Curtis, who liked 1T so mitch he
sent 1t to General Greedy The little girl dis
cussed the arctic regions in her composition.
'The arctic regions" she wrote, .'are used
exclusively for exploring purposes. Wash
ington Capital.