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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST Bf
TRUE

Everyone who has sver tried Pacal Balm
ia loud in its praise. 1t Is significant fact
that no other medicine put up in salve form
performs such marvellous cures, both inter
nally and externally. II cures hay fever, in
hammation and congestion of the lungs
Group, quusey, diphtheria, bronchitis, ca
tarrh of stomach )gastritis), nasal catarrh
satarrh OF the womb, ear and eye trouble
neuralgia aud rhsmatic pains, old sores
burns. imfamed or wounded flesh, all forms
Of serOfula, scalp disease and piles-ir
short, n is family physician of itself
Dfuggists and dealers sell II on guarantee
Superior 10 any balm IN use or money re
funded. IL il now being sent by mail &c
every state in the union. This Is brought
ABOUT by those who have from it. merits rec
commended IL to distant friends. We aenc
Pacal Balm prepared 10 any state on receipt
of price, % cents. Send for circular con
tanning many facts concerning our remedies
PACAL BALM Co,
Gift 81. Louis, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
BOLD BURGLARS
Take a eOO-Pound Safe and Garry 1t
Away


Take a eoo-Pound Safe and Carry 1t
Away
A bold robbery took place in FeHon
early last Sunday morning, the very bold.
ness of which prevented the capture Of
the thieves The pc stoflice, which is stu
ated in the business district of the place,
was entered by robbers, who first cut
through the screen door and removed a
lower panel Of the door The bolts were
then drawn. 4 safe of Cincinnati make
was then tack led, but the fellows evidently
could not crack il. The safe weighed 900
pounds bnL did not deter the desperadoee
from their object. II also contained a
steel chest. had a combination lock and
was considered fire proof
A truck from the Detroi, Grand Haven
& Milwaukee depot was obtained, and
after much effort the safe was loaded upon
it. The truck was wheeled down Coro-
line street several blocks and within thirty
feet of several residences, the occupants OF
which in several instances heard the
rafting Of the truck wheels.
The outfit was conveyed to a suitable
spot. and ith the aid of chisels. sledge
hammer and spud The safe was stripped OF
its outer casting and an entrance effected
at the back. The inner or steel chest was
removed and literally smashed TO pieces.
G. C. Topping the postmaster, says that
they got SlO0 in money and a large mum
Der N stamps. The blank moHey orders
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
BRECKENRIDGE.

The new artesian web at the planning mill
is down - sect with plenty of water.-
Corn cutting is well under way and the early
cor. that was LEFT by the cut worms is a.
good IA It ever was, bat Me third planting is
only good for fodder.-The staye mill
has cut out A. stock and shnt DOWN
few days since a man from Newark brought
a load of wheat to our town and sold 1t to
Crawford n Co. We will not claim that we
have better market, looks a. thoagh there
was something wrong.-It il reported
that parties we're seen in the cemetery Tues
dag night, and on being discovered drove of
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

in hurry. We hear that grave robbing has
been done at Merrill.-John, son OF
Hugh Chisholm. had both feet badly burned.
Mis- King. who has been visiting rela-
tiyes here for two months, returned to her
home last Tuesday -Mrs. James Hop
kins and Mrs, Glare nee Hopkins started for
Alabama, Monday to JOIN their hns oanuS'
Mrs. Conklin returned from Charlotte
Tuesday. where she has been visiting rela-
tiyes and friends for weeks past.-Dr.
Watson and family spent Sunday with rela-
tiyes AT Ithaca. School began on the 10Th
with L. j. Mccall, principal, aud Miss Mary
Wellington primary. We think we are go
ing 10 have good school ==keV' + oote
church Sunday preparatory to conference and
does not expect 10 return here.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
ARIZONA INDIANS.
Names OF the Various Tribes and the Hab-
itat of Zach.

An Arizona correspondent of the san
Diego Union gives the following defini-
tions Of the names of various Indian tribes
in that wild and woody territory and the
habitat of each
Apache means man-Adam; OF the
Apaches there are the Tontos Ofools), CHR
icahua (mountains), the Moiaycs (halt
breeds) the COyoteros (coyotes), the Mes
caleros (mescal eatcrs). The Phnas are
on the ella river; the Maricopas are affili-
ated with the Pimas PapagOes are bap-
tiZed Pimas; Gumas are on the lower Col
oradO river; Moiaves are on the upper Col
orado river; Moquis iuhabit the Indian
city called by the Spaniards the City of the
Buffalo and described by the poet SOuthey
as descendants Of the colony Of Madoc,
prince of Wales, who sailed west in the
twelfth century with several ships and
never returned These are by far the most
interesting Indians in Arizona. They have
visited salt Lake L. r., and conycrsed
with Welsh Mormons, but the idiom Is
much changed in all these centuries. There
was a tradition that they had "A Welsh Bi
BILE but il has not been found.
The Yavapais are mountain Indians, in
the northern part Of the territory, in va
vapai county; the Hualapais are a noun
tain tribe on the Santa Maria; the Supai'
are a remnant of the cliff jewellers, neal
the canyons of the Colorado river; the Co
couas Water Indians) are on the Colorado
river in eastern san Diego county anC
Mexico; the Navajoes (knifers) are il
the northern part of Arizona and New
Mexico
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
Correspondents, Take Notice.

Correspondents will get communications
to us not later than tuesday hereafter, AS all
papers of the Gratiot County Pig. Co. will be
isshed earlier. We can not insure insertions
of regular letters reaching ma at ~ Louis
a ter than Tuesday. If any thing very i'm
,,sortant happens, SEND an extra, which VIII
De in time If sent direct to the papers at the
home offices respectively, If 1t reaches Us
Thursday forenoon. Late matter should De
sent TO all three papers separately, as the
outside of each paper is set at home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
New Theory For Heat.

A new book advances the theory that
the heat Of the sun !, not due 10 cOmbus.
ton or contraction, bat 20 the stores Of
electricity supplied it from space and from
all the orbo Of which IT is the center The
au.hor hold, that space is peryaded with
attenuated yapor or gases, chiefly aqueous,
and that the planets act a. enormous in
duction machines, generating electricity
from the ocean of yapor Chicago Trib-
ule
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

offer for sale my property on Washing
ton Avenue. ST. Louis, consisting Oh house
ram and about four acres of land, mostly
bearing orchard and vineyard House con
taips twelve rooms, closets md atuc5, wood
hou.e. tool room, and large cellar. There
are cisterns and two good wells on the place,
also connection with the CITY water works.
/ will sell cheap with part payment balance
AT per ceut For terms apply TO
JULIk ID. HASTINGS, or
ss1.tls3p 4. W. HASTINGS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
COnsideratp.

"Mary, we have breakfast at So'clock, "
said Mrs Post 70 her new servant girl,
who was already entertaining several
friends who had dropped in TO see how she
liked her new place.
"All. right. nam, said Mary "n
amt up don't wait for me. San Fran
cisco Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

DIR. Fowler's Ext of wild strawberry has
been used for forty years and has mover yet
failed TO cure a case Of diarrhoea, dySentary
or summer complaint ia any OF its various
FERNS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

Il burned my fingers very badly The
pain was intense. DR.. Thomas Eclectrlc
OH brought relief IN three minutes. 1t was
almost magical. never saw anything like
IT." Amelia Swords, Sandersville, ..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

"Teeth inserted without gas, as the
fellow who owned "A savage dog inscribed
on a board outside his garden gate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
and other valuable papers were left unmo

and other valuable papers were lett uhlho
Tested.
Many people heard the sounds OF the
hammer and noise made by the bur lars
but none dared to interfere, fearing that
such desperadoes would not hesitate
about taking life. II is thought to have
been the work Of experts, and officers are
busy working on the case.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

The evergreen habit Of the holly has Civ
en- poirI 20 scotch proverb, which defines
an iuycterate liar as one who only tells
lees when the holliu l., green
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
Musicale.

"I have heard worse playing than that, said
he
As he ceased with cheerful air.
And the audience YEARLY rose 10 go
And sadly murmured "WhereH"
Life
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
Yerington's College,
WILL OPEN OCTOBER Ist' 1899

FOR WEEK may take any or all OF the
a ewtinc Reading spelling ormmST Aitnnahe
Good board can De procu''a i0' ''"' ~ 'T
week
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

Music Is prophecy of what life is to Do.
Mis-. L. NJ. Child.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20
LODGES

ALMA Chapter No. IZ3, K. A. NJ. Rec ulai
n meetings on Monday night on or AFTER tIl
noon
BIS. WEBB, Il P.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

KNIGHTS or PYTHIAs-tItz James Lodge,
A No. 90, X. of p. hold its regular meetings
every other Wednesday night.
G.. NJ. HUTCHINSON, G. Q,
n. G. DAVIDSON, K. of K. IS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

OOYALARCANUM-Ar Council No. l03S,
4 meets every other Wednesday night at L. o.
o. Hall In. BRAINARD. Regent.
A.W. BEOKNER, Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

Nm. MOYER RELIEF CORPS, No. 1873, msHt
w every second and fourth Wednesday In cue
month at g A. X. hall:
Mrs. Oriia Killmen, Mrs. II. A. Bogaruus,
Secretary. President.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

oUPERIoR LODGE. D. OF K. Regular Meet
D ings Friday nights. 49, .
MRS. KATE DAVIDSON, X. j.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

NINA ENCAMPMENT, No. so, /. o. o.
meet every first and third Tuesday in each
month.
CHAs. HUTCHINs f. n CHADWICK
Scribe Chief Patriarch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

IT o. r. Court Alma, No as. Holds II regu-
i. lar meetings in the q. A. h Hail. wright
Block on the second Thursday in each month
at o. m looal time. Visitors welcome.
! J. r SCHWARTZ c. K. C.E. BEEBR, K. 8.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

A. R.--william Meyer Post, No. l62 Depart
j ment OF Michigan, @, A. r., meet on "a sat
urday of each month ~ 30 p IN. and on the
9TH Saturday OF each month al Zoo p. m.
WIN. THOMAS, Commander.
L. GEE, AdIutsnt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
END OF THE STORY.
The Young Girl Points Out to the Novel
ist the Usual Denouement.


"Ho had never spoken to her Of love-
but her influence was upon him. 1t show
ed in his work. She was clever girl,
pretty as u pastcllo and as fragile and ca
ger of praise. His writings became tinged
with a new beauty, new air Of fineness.
That was tho effect of his love for her
well, now, in the last chapter he is to
propose to her. Advise me, will you,
whether she should accept him or not? He
is unable to offer her luxury, remember,
and she is so pretty, so fair and so fond of
the fair things in life as to be perhaps
somewhat eager for them always. Now
you are o woman-what should be the true
ending, the artistic end? OF course can
sec that marriage bells would please the
public, but I'm not so anxious about the
dear public. If they married, they might
become, both of them, horribly common
place All the cleverness might go out of
his work and all tho fairness out of her
face Though all that, as conventional
fiction orders it, need not be told. The 4
will can be made the last word. On the
other hand, If she refuses him, HIM
you are putting tho thing most clear
ly," she put in, tapping the floor gently
with the heel of her boot "Most clearly.
If she refuses him--will you let mo con-
lecture what you intendcd?-if she refuses
him, he is stung into sort of herccness,
the kind Of temper that produces the high
est grade Of literary expression. He does
the best work Of his life under the stimu-
lus of hurt pride and wounded vanity, or
even Of despair. AS for hcr-it would be
very pathetic, this-sho loves him, hut sho
Is afraid of losing her creature comforts
and so sho says, No, and afterward mar
ries Moneybag, wrinkled and heavy. AL
ways she regrets that young author. All
her life is poisoned by the sight of the lux
urics she has bought at the price of her
love Oh, think that is much the more
artistic wer'-Lippincott's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
GRATITUDE OF A SLAVE.
He Remembers His Plantation Mistress IL
His Days of Prosperity.

When ono reads q story such as the fol
lowing related by the Philadelphia Ledg
er, skepticism concerning human gratitude
must necessarily be somewhat shaken: A
wealthy slave owner of the cotton belt en-
tered the southern army, fought bravely
and brilliantly and died In one of the clos
ing battles of the war.
His widow was left penniless, with large
plantations incumbered with mortgages
and hundred or more emancipated ne
groes who had ceased to be her property
Her business affairs were mismanaged by
agents and lawyers, and she lost one plan
tation after another. Her health failed,
and in her old age she became wholly de
pendent upon one of her former slaves
This negro was grateful to her for having
given him start after the war.
Learning from experience that she coulo
not manage her plantations successfully,
she had rewarded the fidelity of small
group of emancipated slaves by deciding
over to them outright small farms. This
negro received In this way farm of q
acres, with cabin. He prospered from
the outset. He made living out of his
ground and saved every year little money.
In the course of a few years he bought an
other farm and doubled his resources Other
purchases followed, until he was truck
farmer with considerable wealth. He did
not forget his old plantation mistress in
his prosperity. When she had lost all her
property, this negro rescued her from DIES.
titution. He became her most faithful
friend. Both are still living. On tho first
day of every month the negro farmer
draws a check for 400 and sends 1t to the
aged lady, whose slave he was in his boy
hood. At first she was unwilling to be
come his pensioner, but he pressed help
upon her with tears In his eyes, telling her
that he would never have got on In the
world if she had not generously aided him
by giving him the first farm. His bounty
Is now her only resource.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
MARRIAGE POETS OF FRANCE.
Active as Criclcts, They Make Good Liv-
ing by Their Wits.

Among the many curious ways Of max.
ing living resorted ~ in the French capt.
tai none is more singular than that of the
marriage poets, who celebrate in verse APP
preaching weddings.
Paris is divided into 20 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
or districts, in each of which is a sort of
town hall called the marie, where all civil
marriages must take place.
Every Sunday the makers of marriage
verses visit each marie to consult the bull
lctin boards devoted to the publication Of
the banns and pick out the names they
think most promising.
In making out his list the poet classifies
approaching weddings as good or
bad according to the profession of the
bridegroom. Civil engineers, lawyers,
merchants, manufacturers, capitalists, etc,
arc considered good while notaries, bailiffs
and the like are classed as bad.
His list completed, the poet hastens to his
lodgings and there pens his acrostics and
letters Of inclcsurc, copying out the former
in a neat hand upon sheet of fine paper,
with edges of lace like valentine.
The verses, as may be supposed, do not
vary much. All the Maries and all the
Jcannes receive idcntically the same. Here
is literal translation of one intended for
Lucic:
Love said one day to Friendship: "My dear,
United and smiling let us walk the earth
Chccrfully she replied: "Ahl you fill my heart
with joy.
1t is sad here below, the solitary path;
Ever let US journey hand i'll hand
When the letters and rhymes are writ
ten, the scdentary part of the task is done,
and then begin the poet S trips to the four
corners of Paris to deliver the missives-
the messengers of hope.
He must go over his route twice, for
most of the letters do not call for a reply
until the next day or tho day after that,
according to the poets judgment of the
neighborhood or the emptiness of his peck
ct. 1t is very rare that he goes away empty
handed. Joy over their approaching mar
riage generally renders the maidens gencr-
Gus. Almost all give their mite, which
varies from to 90 francs and is generally
the former.
Though the marriage poets trade is a
fatiguing and uncertain one, there is al
ready brisk competition. Some brides to
be receive from 10 to 25 acrostics apiece,
and naturally with the number the size of
the recompense diminishes. - Chicago
Times-Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
Salad OIL,

There Is no excuse at the present day for
the use of an inferior quality of salad oil
There was time when the pure product
was not attainable to the masses in this
country Today, through perfected meth
DDS of treating cotton seed, an oil is pro.
duced which not only for use on salads,
but also in many culinary processes, leaves
nothing to be desired, This Is now pur-
chasable at q cost of So 30 for a case of 10
quarts, or S5. 80 for eight one gallon tins
This product Is pure, limpid and free from
any Objectionable odor or taste The pref
udico of Americans against the use of so
called olive oil had its origin in the vile
stuff which was formerly served at tho NV
erage hotel or boarding house. Even today
and there is no excuse lor it, in view of
the perfect product obtained from cotton
sood-it Is impossible to obtain good
quality of salad oil in any small country
town. The rancid compound dispensed
under tho name is repugnant even to a
palate of brass. If the superior quality of
oil now produced and sold so cheap in this
country could find It's way into universal
use almost all our vegetables would be
available as salads and provide cheap and
delightful aliment to which the larger por-
ton of our people are entire strangers.-
New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
NINE. FOURNAlSE.
The Good Hearted Woman Who Harborcd
Napoleon III at Sedan.

1t was about in the morning, said tho
good woman, that the emperor, finding 1t
distastcful TO meet the crowd of German
soldiers on the road to Donchery, alightcd
and came up her narrow staircase To
reach the inner room he had to pass
through her bedroom, where she had Just
got out of bed The furniture of the inner
room consisted merely of two straw seated
chairs, n round table and press On her
threshold, at his departure, the emperor
gave her four napoleons. she put them
into my own hand and he said, in voice
in which there were tears, This hospital
ity of yours is perhaps the last which
shall ever receive in Franco" With %
kindly word Of farewell (which I shall
never forget" concluded Nine Fournaise,
the emperor quilted the poor house in
which he had undergone so much misery,
and entered the carriage which conveyed
him TO the Chateau bellevue
Good hearted soul as was Nine. Four
naisc, she was all the Same q woman of
business, and had made the NEST of her
opportunities. 1t was to Bismarck she
sold-not at his own price-the table at
which he had sat with the forlorn emperor
The purchasers of tho vertically original
two straw bottomed chairs were Sir Beau
champ Walker, the English military COM
missioner, and General Sheridan. For
years, although the pilgrims were by this
time not SO plentiful, she had done we'll
for herself by showing the upper chamber
in which the interview took place, and by
selling, mostly, she said to Americans,
relay after relay of straw bottomed chairs,
which she frankly owned to me to have
passed off as the originals. "And what
about the four napolconss" asked. mo
doubt you have sold them over and over
again
ooh, my God, mol" she exclaimed
Never, never! Did he not give them to
me with his own hand? See, the original
four are there in that locked case on the
mantcl with the glass top. Yes, have
had great offers for them. Over and over
again could have had 500 francs for the
four pieces, but no money would tempt me
to sell them. Archibald Forbes In Nc
Cluro's Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
MOlasses Pavement.

E. Fiurke, the head chemist of sugar
refinery at Chino, Cal, has invented a
queer pavement. 1t is made mostly of
molasses, the kind used having been ref
use product hitherto believed to be utter
ly worthless. 1t is simply mixed with a
certain kind of sand to about the consist
ency of asphalt and laid like an asphalt
pavement. The composition dries quickly
and becomes permanently hard. The heat
of the sun, instead of softenina it, makes
the pavement harder and drier. A block
of the composition successfully wlthstood
repeated blows of machine hammer and
showed no signs of cracking or bending -
New York Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22
THE CABINET OF 1886.
Sir James Stansf1eld Gives "Reminiscences
of Gladstone's Fight

In a sketch of Sir James Stansfield,
in The Review of Reviews, Mr.. W. T.
Stead quotes Stansfield on some very in.
teresting points with regard to the Glad
stone cabinet of 1886 and the secession OF
the Unionists from the Liberal party. The
veteran statesman says:
"Trevelyan left the cabinet. Mr.. Glad
stone sent for me. did not want to go,
but he pressed me. We talked matters
over. / said, Chamberlain and Trevelyan
have left you, and before can join the
cabinet must ask the cause of their resig
nations. Idon't want to come in and then
have to leave He assented. But it ended
this way, that l put my views into writ
ing and left it to him to determine wheth
er should join or not, and he decided tt
take mo in. The Unionists, in my opin
ion, ought never to have left the Liberal
party. If they had determined to remain,
they could have tied Mr.. Gladstone's
hands. He would have been compelled tt
retain them in his cabinet; the instinct OF
the prime minister would have been t.
keep the cabinet together. 1t was a great
tactical mistake in my view to vote against
the second reading of the bill"
Sir James Stansfield is one of tho oldest
members of parliament. He has sat con
tinuously for SO years. The following re
marks, therefore, on what he thinks of the
house are specially interesting:
Parliament used to be considered the
best club In Europe, but now great many
people have no desire to get into parlia
ment. There is too much work, with
nothing to show for 1t, and they are wor
ried by their constituents! In the old days
we had many more full dress debates and
much less worry. There were many splen
did speakers, but there was no one equal
to Gladstone, or anything like him. Bright
was not really dobater. In this new par
Lament there are greater number OF
good speakers than in any parliament IL
which / have been. You do not have S,
much full dress debating, because that is
not the fashion today"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22

Sergeant Sayer once went the circuit for
some judge who was prevented by indispo-
sition going In his turn. He was after
ward imprudent enough TO move as coun-
sci, for new trial in one of the causes
heard by himself, on the ground of his
misdirecting the jury as Judge. Lord
Mansfield said: Brother Sayer, there is
an act of parliament which, in such mat
ter as was before you, gave you discretion
to act as you thought right" "No, my
lord, y said the sergeant, THAT is Just Ii
/ had no discretion In the matter" Every
true, you may be quite right as to that, -
said Lord Mansfield, ''for am afraid even
an act of parliament could not give you
discretion. San Francisco Argonaut.