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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-31
PRICES
THAT TALK.

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- We are selling a line Of
w Prints at 3 cents which
you should see.
= qnd IL In Shirtings at
- anu +C 3 and 4 cents
and up, we beet the record.
- Muslins, bleached and
~ unbleached, good quail
ity, yard wide, at SC, which is
below factory price by the case.
- buys of us the very best
w brands Of Am e rican
Check Ginghams.
= ond o. In Cotton Flan-
= dnu % nels at SC and
SIC we show value that will
surprise you.
Dr. buys Mems Under
XIV wear worth 40 cents.
while at 19o you can get
Ladies' Underwear which is a
bargain at 25c.
Big snaps in Ladies and
Children's Hosiery.
A big line of Remnants
now on sale at surprising
prices.
Our Shoe Depart.
nent is the most attractive
in the city.
In Cloaks, Capes and
Jackets we lead in Style,
Quality, and our Prices are
way below the market.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
Did You Ever

Try Electric Btters as remedy for
your troubles? If not, get bottle now
and get relief This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting a wonderful direct in
lluence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Loss of Appe-
tite, Constipation, Headache, Painting
Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excit-
able, Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the
medicine you need. Health and
Strength are guaranteed by its use.
Large bottles only fifty cents at Webb's
Drug Store. S52
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
Additional Local.

Geo. Delavan is on the sick list this
week.
Mrs. Flora Wise is now in the Mer-
camille Co.'s office.
David Covered has gone to Cheboy-
gan to spend the summer.
Prof. James Mitchell of Kalkaska
spent Sunday with Alma friends.
Miss Mercy Sweet of Creditor, Ont,
is the guest of Mrs. J. F. Sartor.
Mrs. J. c. Odell of Grand Rapids is
visiting Chas. Morden and family.
Mrs r. II. Colburn of Chicago is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. +. G. Tay-
lor.
&C. Thompson is taking in the races
in Grand Rapids and Detroit, this
week.
Pm. Smith and family leave next
week for several weeks visit in
| Boston.
A. Page of Seville was in Alma
Monday with load of delicious rasp-
berries.
Prosecuting Attorney w. A. Leet OF
Ithaca was in Alma Tuesday on pro-
fessonal business.
The cash receipts at the Alma roller
mill for May 1895, exceeded those for
the first six months of 1894.
Mrs. w. Dunn of Grand Rapids and
Miss Louis Dunlap of Detroit, have
been guests of Mrs. G. Youngs this
week.
j. II. Northon has returned from
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he has
been attending the Western Students
Conference.
Rev. David Howell of Lansing anc
Memorial Presbyterian church Of
Detroit have given $500 scholarships tt
Alma college.
On another page will be found al
advertisement for II. 4. Moblo, River
dale. He has added fine line o
undertaking goods and one of the fines
hearses in the county.
Edward G. Marsh, the violinist
whose playing delighted the audience
during commencement week, is study
ing in Alma this summer, and will
enter the college in the fall.
We go to press day earlier thar
usual this week in order that the print
! ers may celebrate the glorious Fourth
This doesn't prevent us from gettin
out the spiciest local paper in Cratic
county. Subscribe for the RECORD.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Literary ~ otes.

Under the caption of Degeneration
and Evolution" three papers of remark.
able interest appear in the North
American Review for July. DR.. Max
Nordau in "a Reply to my Critics, "
answer trenchantly the structures made
upon his Degeneration by Kenyon
Cox, Anton Seidl, and Mayo w. Haz-
eltine; the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
views brilliantly "Kidd's Social Evolu.
tion,' and the eminent and well known
English writer Edmund Gosse, writes
ably upon The Decay of Literary
Taste
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
a Household Treasure.

D. w. Fuller, of Conajoharie, y. Y,
says that he always keeps DR.. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would
not be without it, if procurable. G. A.
Dykeman Druggist, Catskill, n. Y,
says that DR.. Kings New Discovery is
undoubtedly the best Cough remedy;
that he has used it in his family for
eight years, and it has meyer failed to
do all that is claimed for it. Why not
try a remedy so long tried and tested.
Trial bottles free at Webb'S Drug
Store. Regular size 30 cents and S1.OO
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
SUMMER VACATION

A DELIGHTFUL WAY TO SPEND 1T.
More people than ever are going TO Bay
View this summer. The place has been i'm
mensely popular, and the summer and assem-
bly, and summer announcements in the June
Bay View Magazine are tremendouly attrac-
tive The D.. G.. HIS NJ. Ry has secured a
quantity of the magazines and supplied all It's
ticket agents the public is invited to cali on
the agent in their place for copies. Anyone
planning a vacation, or 20 no 10 some summer
school will be particularly interested. The ID
q. "A. * NJ Ry will make very low rate this
year TO Bay View. Half fare tickets VIII be
limit August 10.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
stockholders Meeting

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alma Sanitarium Co
for the election of directors and the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before them, will
be held in the Office of the company in
the village Of Alma, Mich, on Monday
July Sth, 1895, at 200 o'clock p. m
Standard time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

Mrs. Il. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga,
Tenn, says, "Shiloh's Vitalizer saved
my life. | consider it the best remedy
for debilitated system | ever used" :"
For dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble
it excells. Price IS cts. Sold by B. s.
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
BuckIin's Arnica Salve.

TIE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns aud all skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t IS guaranteed
10 give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by B. :. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

Captain Sweeney, L. ). A., San Dl-
ego, Cal, says: shiloh s Catarrh REM
edy is the first medicine l have eyer
found that would do me any good"
Price SOC. Sold by B. 5. Webb. &
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

Shiloh's Cure is sold on a guarantee.
1t cures incipient consumption. 1t is
the best cough cure. Only one cent a
dose. % cts., 90 cts. and $L0O. Sold
by Il. ). Webb. 3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
LODGES.

nLMA Chapter, No. 123, X. A. M. Regular
a meetings on Monday night on or after full
moon.
" q. 8. WEBB, IL. y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

Karl's Clover Root. the great blood
purifier. gives freshness and clearness
10 the cOmplexiOn aud cures consLlpa
ton. ~ cts, so cts, and 81 W. Sold 10y
Il. ). Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

HLMA LODGE & A. M.-Regulsr meetingi
n on Saturday on or befoI G full moon.
+. MONTIGEL, w. Nj. -, O.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
Religious Notes.
METHODIST CHURCH.

Services at 1890 by the pastor. Sub
juct, The Two Baptisms"
The evening services will be con-
Quoted 10y Chaplain Lozier. Everybody
come.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Morning subject, The lepers' resolve;
evening, The separation of Abraham
and Lot. This is the second of a series
of four sermons on the life of Abraham.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Chaplain Lozier will preach next
Sunday morning. No evening service.
Prayer meeting and Sunday school as
usual.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

LIMA CHAPTER, o. K. S. No. i3--Regular
meetinVs on the first Friday of each month
MRS HANNAH HALL, w. Mstron.
MRS. LILLIAN REED, Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

n A. R-william Moy0r Post, No. lb2. Depart
if ment of Michigan, g. A. r., meet on "a sat
urday of each month at 200 p. III. and on the
Attn Saturday of each month at 200 p. IN.
WIN. THOMAS. Commander
L. GBE, Ad1utant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

MN MOYER RELIEF CORPS, No. lS3, meet
IN every second and fourth Wednesday in sae
month ut &. A. X. hall:
Mrs. Orilia Killmen, Mrs IL. a. Bogaruus,
Secretary. Presluehl'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

0OYAL ALARCANUM-Ar Council No. lO3s,
X meets every other Wednesday night at i. q.
o.. r. Hall. N BEAlNAhD' heeenl'
A, w. BECKNER, Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

VNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-tltz James Lodge,
n No, 96, X. of p. hold its regular meetings
every other Wednesday night.
G. NJ. II HUTCHINSON. c. G.
N. G. DAVIDSON X. of Il. & 8.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

LIMA LODGE, l. o. o. F., meets Monday
"A evenings. V. NJ. NlLSoN' ~ w.
T. KNAPP, X. 5.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05
SOCIETIES.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH--Services are held
e every Sunday morning lo:& u, m. Eyeh
ing 100 p. IN. o yoo.o.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-05

oUpERIOR LODGE, d. Of X. Regular Meet
D ings Friday nights. .,,,,,,, =, ,
MRS KATE DAVIDSON, X. j.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

DIR. a. o. Palmer reminds us that
alcohol is in origin an excretion Of
the yeast animal that causes fer
men,ation, and that the yeast cells
themselves are killed when their
excrement reaches the proportion
Of l5 per cent. This is why wines
seldom contain more than Is per
cent alcohol. but in distilled liquors
the percentage may be increased to
30 per cent. Alcohol is death to
other animals as well as 10 those
that produce it, and evenin diluted
solution exercises irritant or cor
rosive effects. a half ounce only
Of pure alcohol will promptly kill
the strongest man. When taken in
beverages, it may take 20 years to
kill. and the killing" corroding,
deadening effects are no less certain,
though less intense.
Health Monthly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.


To me London is pesthouse OF
infamy, of terrible immortality IN its
worse sense. cannot 60 "A hun
dred yards in any direction without
seeing pubic house where large
placards tell you that - Cream gin
is sold cheap within. Outside see
a dozen or 80 Of the persons who
have now voices in the management
of our public affairs more or less
tipsy.
Take turn in the Strand or in
Piccadilly AT or 10 p. m Who
do YOU find there? Look at your
thieves quarters, The horrors
and denominations of London would
not be tolerated even in Cairo for a
day. We only make ourselves IL
dicuIous by declaiming against what
we style sins that we sanction
around US When | see strong
measures taken in England to pro-
hiblt the sale Of poIsons in the form
of spirits Of all sorts, then shall be-
lieve in the new British reformation
1t is 10 me in our present state the
most monstrous imposition and
humbug to preach abroad what We
dare not carry out at home. Gen
eral Wclseley in a Letter TO W. T.
Stead. Editor The Review of Re-
views.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

Jasper people say that they are going
To have water works. The Lord have
mercy on them il they do and drink Pa
toka water. Ohio river is bad enough
~ has been shown in the mortality at
Evansville during the past year, but
sompared with Pstoka that river il ~ .
pure mountain stream to hog wallow.
But maybe the people there are only
funning about it.-Huntingburg Argus.
Funning nothing! They are GO
ing to have Patoka water if they have
TO import forty more doctors to wait
IN the typhoid and malarial fever
patients made sick by it. But doc
tors, generally, are a desirable class
If citizens, and by the intelligence
and geniality Of their families and
themselves, relieve much of the
ennui Of life in communities, besides,
they add to the population. But
then the citizen of Jasper are not
likely to drink Patoka water-but
will use it like the citizens Of
Huntingburg do their mud hole
water-to make the streets and
lawns stink with it. Hurra for the
water-works; the water will put out
fires any way.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

No intelligent observer can fail
t. see that the liquor traffic acts as
a treacherous and tremendous barrier
to prosperity and a terrible incubus
on all healthy enterprise A whole
some competition is the most effect
i've motive power Tor awakening
enterprise, and enterprise Is the
blood, bone and sinew OF all act
i've and successful business, but the
devitalizing gangrene Of this poison
of alcohol now permeates and in
jures every department Of society
its enormous drain and injury de-
presses enterprise, producing ter
rible burden Of loss, criminal ten
denotes and widespread insecurity
i'm all business relations.
The direful results of this nefar-
ious business of liquor selling, there
fore, must be lookedupon and treated
as a condition which can only be
met with the most radical and string
ent measures for its destruction.
We must have a moral cyclone Of
determined energy to overcome
apathy and secure practical moral
ity in politics, a. the most essential
feature OF this revolution.
We must have an integrity of pur-
pose that will overcome all obstacles
of a diabolical and purely selfish ma
ture. like the liquor traffic, and We
can only succeed in proportion a
we adhere to the inexorabIe DEGREES
Of moral ethics applied TO all our
business relations. This is espe-
cially true where we can make iniiu-
ence and action most effective-at
the ballot box.
This Just and logical argument
against the lawless nature of this
legalized oppression, the liquoi
traffic, is to be the inspiration for
our politicalopposition, the basis Of a
determined political war on this
concentrated essence of wrong and
injury.-Demorest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
..l. *

Among the many expressions
from over the water which, dur
ing M century, have crcpt into
the English language, we are in
formed, l. tile American expression
q. X. ~lasg and careless people
translated these letters A. 'Orl kor-
rect II and it j. singular 10 note
how nearly correct this free rendi-
ton was. The true origin and
meaning Of the expression is as
follows More than a century agp
the best tobacco and the best rum
came from Aux Cayes (pronounced)
o. X. and the best of anything was
designated as Aux Cayes, or o. n
In the Jackson campaign every lie
that could be invented was invented
10 blacken the generals character,
and an Endorsement that he had
made. This is o. X" meaning
the be-D was taken by Seba smith,
AMI declared by him TO be but an
abbreviation Of the generals custo-
mary Endorsement Of papers "orl
korrect.' The Democrats took uI
this statement and fastened the
mystic letters upon their banners.
The meaning ''all correct" stuck to
the letters, and since then they have
been used in the two meanings o;
1.-THE best" and "all right. y
j. W., York.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

More than 900 people earn a
living in Paris BY fortune-telling.
and their total earnings are esti-
mated at fiOO.OOO.
The whole of the land on the
globe above water level, if shoveled
into the Pacific ocean, would only
fill one-seventh Of il.
The most easterly point Of land
in the United States is West Quoddy
Head. in Lubec, Ne four miles
di.tantfrom the village, and reached
by teams.
Glencoe. in Scotland. where. ac-
cording TO local legends, when il j.
not raining it is showing. the an
nual rainfall is l21 inches, or nearly
as much as Sitka, in Alaska.
A raft containing over 100000
feet Of lumber, mostly white pine,
il on it, way down the Mississippi
so st. Louis. II is believed TO be
the biggest raft ever floated down
the river. Carried by rail. the lum.
Der would make four and a hall
miles Of carloads.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

do not want to hear anybody talk
about religion as though it Were a
funeral. | do not want anybody to
whine in the prayer-meeting about
the kin. dom OF God. l do not want
any man TO roll up his eyes, giving
me in that way the evidence of his
sanctity. / am yet to find one Of
these canting, lugubrious and sancti-
monious professors Of religion whom
| would trust with ten-cent piece.
The men and women Of God whom |
happen to know. for the most part
find religion a great JOY. Ii is exhil-
aration to the body. 1t l. invigora-
ton to the mind Ii is rapture to
the soul. 1t is balm for all wounds
it is light for all darkness II Is har-
borfromall storms And though God
knows that some of them have trouble
enough now, they rejoice because
they are on the way to the congratu-
lations eternal. l stopped one night
fall, years ago, at Freiberg, Switzer-
land, TO hear the organ Of worldwide
celebrity in that place. went into
the cathedral at night. All the ac-
cessories were favorable There was
only one light in all the cathedral,
and that a faint taper on the altar. l
looked up into the venerable arches,
and saw the shadows of centuries,
and when the organ awoke, the ca
Ithedral awoke, and all the arches
seemed to lift and quiver as the mus
ic came under them. That instru-
ment did not seem to be made out Of
wood and metal, but Of human
hearts, so wonderfully did it pulsate
with every notion; now laughing
like a child, now sobbing like tenn
pest AT one moment the music
would die away until you could hear
the cricket chirp outside the wall.
and then it seemed as if the surge Of
the sea and the crash Of an avalanch
had struck the organ pipes at the
same moment. At one time that
night it seemed as if "a squadron Of
spirits sweeping up from earth, had
met squadron Of descending angels
whose glory beat back the woe. 1
said to myself: That organ pipe is
the point at which the harmonies Of
earth meet the hallelujahs Of Heav-
en-" As | stood there and looked at
the dim taper at the altar Of the ca
thedral, said: ..How much like
many a Christians life 7" Shadows
hover and sometimes his hope is
dim and faint ard tlickering, like a
taper on the altar But at what time
-Gcl wills, the heavens break forth
with music on his soul, and the air
becomes resonant as the angels Of
God beat il with their shining sceT-
ters. DR.. Talmage. IN.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
BY GEO. R. WILSON co. srrr
U. S. History.


The first Joint High Commission
assembled at Washington, Feb. 21,
1871. Tor the purpose ofsettling the
Alabama difficulty, and other ques-
tions. The commission was com
posed Of five British and American
statesmen. The commissioners on
behalf Of Great Britain were the
Earl de Gray, Sir Stafford Northcote,
Sir Edward Thornton, Sir John
Macdonald, and Montague Bernard.
On the part Of the United States,
Hamilton Fish, Robert c. Schenck,
Samuel Nelson, +. lockwood Hoar,
and Geo. III. Williams. The result
of their deliberations was the treaty
of Washington. concluded on the
sth, of May, 1871. Ii took cogniz-
ance Of the four questions at issue
between tie two countries, and pro-
vided for settlement Of each. The
Alabama claims were 10 be adjusted
by commission to meet at Geneva.
Switzerland; all other claims for
loss or damage of any kind, between
1861 and 1865, by subjects OF Great
Britain or citizens of the United
States were to be adjusted by a
commission To meet in Washing
ton; the san Juan question was TO
be referred for settlement to the
Emperor of Germany; and the dis
pute in regard To the fisheries was
to be settled by commission To
meet at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The second Joint High Commits
sion; more properly named, and
generally known as the Electoral
Commission, provided that, where
as congress could mot, in case OF
the double returns from several
states. arrive at any peaceable meth
cd oicounting them, an electoral COM
mission should be created, to whom
the whole matter should be referred
for final decision. The commits
sionwas composed Of five justices OF
the supreme court, five senators,
and FIVE representatives. The work
Of the commission was carried on
till two DAYS before inauguration
dav, when decision was reached
by vote of eight to seven that the
votes Of the doubtful states should
be given To President Hayes, thus
cleciing him by ls5 votes to lSi for
Tildcn and Hendricks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

The devil has more sense than Ia
undertake to make drunkard out
oi stiLgy man
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

There are many people who never
expect to get what they ask for i'm
PRAYER meI ting.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

Before you 60 boasting that you
have been bad, be sure that you have
got entirely over it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
w. f. COX.
Attorney at Law,
JASPER. INDIA - a.

Prosecuting Attorney for the ilth Iudlcln,
Circuit and 4 in carefully attend to any cvll
business entrusted to him in any county nf
the circuit. -
of,icc in spayd's building on Public square
Dee. q, r2-ly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

1t won't !, any good to confess
your sins unless you are willing to
forsake them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
FINE FARM FOR SALE!
In Madison Township.

For Fine Job Printing
the Jasper Courier
Office is the place
to SO to get it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
Bran and ShipstuH

at the lowest market price. Give us a
trial and we Will try to please you.
Mills on the North side of Jasper, on
18th and Mill streets.
lstbll< Iskr BltOruEls~.
Jasper, April 13, '94-y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

VIII practice IN the Courts ~ Dubois and
adjoining counties.
Hs-Oncc over Dubois County state Bank.
April 22, ~.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

VIII practice in the Cour = of Dubois and
adjoining counties, and Civ close attention
to any business entrusted u them.
~ ufilcc on 9Th street, one square East of
Court house. Dec. =, E-ly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

Jasper, April l3, ~ y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28

At last, in 1896, he put forth his first
book, Nature, and the next year he
delivered an grafton on the American
Scholar Hitherto little had happened
to him except the commonplace OF
existence; thereafter, though his life
remained tranquil, he became known
to the world at large. He was greeted
as are all who declare q new doctrine;
welcomed by some, abused by many,
misunderstood by most. Proclaiming
the value of self-reliance, Emerson de-
nounced mans slavery to his own
worldly prosperity, and set forth at
once the duty and the pleasure of the
plain living which which permits high
thinking. why should you renounce
your right to traverse the starlit de-
serts of truth" he asked, ''for the
premature comforts of an acre, house
and barn?" He asserted the virtue OF
manual labor. Looking bravely to-
ward the future, he babe his hearers
break the bonds of the past. He told
them to study themselves, since all the
real good or evil that can befall must
come from themselves. At the heart
of Emerson's doctrine there was al
ways a sturdy and wholesome Ameri'
canism.-Prof. Brander Matthews, in
St Nicholas