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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
State News.

Morton lngraham deaf and dumb
man, whose home Was in Clare county
was killed by freight engine near Mid.
land, the other day.
Tom. Leonard one of The hcs' known
and most highly respected men in WaShie-
nav County, died at his home in Ann
Arbor a few days ago
ON July I, the United States govern
ment rolinquished II, claim 10 the Military
reservation ON MackinaW Island In favor
of The state Of Michigan.
Beldng has resolved 10 enforce the
"curfe~" law An children seen on the
street after p m unless accompanied by
an adult will hc arrested
John Whites house i'm Denver town
ship, Isabella county WAS destroyed by
fire IA few days ago, and W j Kennedy,
Mrs. Whites father was burned TO death
Rev W. j. Wemes. pastor Of the Bap.
tst church in Palo is dead He was re-
Gently ordained, and was 10 have beel
married IN few weeks To "A young lady in
Marshall
The Industrial School for girls in Adri-
an is filled 10 overlooking, and county
agents are notified not to bring any more
charges there without first consulting the
superintendent
Mrs II Boyle, Of Jackson, went out
he other day To- rciea.c her COW. which
had become tangled in rope The ami
NAL made "A lunge and hooked Mrs Boyle,
tearing her left eye out.
Attorney General Maynard says employ.
ers who have children employed on their
premises are subject to the penalties I'M
posed for violation Of the law prohibiting
The employment OF children under IA years
Of age.
August Dahner last week finished two
Years sentence IN IOnia for whipping a
man who refused to pay him for work.
Since his incarceration, Dahner has fallen
heir 10 $3.50 600 and will probably have
no more trouble over the wage question
Atel Burmen of Cadillac, went to his
native home Sweden to visit. He reached
the age Of enro lment while there, and hzv-
ing no passport was drafted into the army.
After two years, his father secured his re-
lease
The Oval Wood Dish factory of TRAY
ersc city, is the largest concern of the
kind IN the world 1t uses about - 800.
600 feet Of hard wood timber every year,
turns out POO dishes a minute, ard gives
employment to 400 persons the year round.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
a WEIRD SEA TALE.
The Deep Mystery OF an Abandoned ship
ana Its Missing rev.


anu Its Missing Crew.
One Of the strange,t stories about an
abandoned ship comes from the Indian
ocean In ls22 the British corvette
Lizard was cruising off Ceylon. a ship
came in sight with all sail set, and
making good speed through the water
The officers took long look. and one
said There is something wrong
about that vessel Her croiack is loose
and tapping, and there is no man at
the wheel. We had better run down
10 her
This was done. says the New York
World, and when near il was seen that
the ship had no crew, as there was no
answer TO the hail. When boarded
there were no marks of trouble until,
on raising a sail that was spread over
the main hatch, the body of "a man was
found. He had been ironed 10 the
lock bars of the hatch cover, and had
apparently been dead a week
On going into the cabin the body of
az elderly man was found. He had
been stabbed TO death. On examining
the log II was on record that the
hlllp WIS : pdulSlls lIDIl iilt NM
and named FL Frey Antonio; but,
strangely, the last entry was six weeks
past, and spoke of abandoning the ship
at "a point thousand miles away,
bound for Malaga. Spain. She was left
on the road 10 China A pitcher of
water on the table was intact. Could
the vessel have come this long journey
without meeting storm. and how had
the dead men got here? They had not
been dead six weeks. and both were
Lascars.
The Frey Antonio was taken into
Madras. the Spanish government noti-
fed, and their answer only made the
mystery deeper. The ship had sailed
from Celehes more than year before,
with six Roman Catholic priests as
passengers. bound for Spain, and had
no Lascars among her crew. And this
was all. And from that far away
time until now the story of FL Frey
Antonio is one of the secrets of the
deep.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
GOLD AND SILVER

The Director of the Mint estimates
the worlds production of gold for the
calandar year 1894 TO have approx
mated S.7SO,j1S fine ounces, of the
value of $lS1.j1O,lOO, against Tl5S,-
$50 600 for 1898, showing an increase
of So, G7S,O 900 in 1894. The greatest
increases IN the production of gold in
the year were: Africa, Sl1,400, 600;
Australia, 5000, 600; United States,
81 300, 900; Mexico, 1919, 900.
Mr.. Preston estimates the worlds
production of silver for 1894 at l65,-
91S,33S fine ounces, of the coming
value of S2l4,4S1 900. The bullion
value of the same at the average price,
635 cents. of silver for 1894 was Sl05,-
34S,135, showing difference between
the coming and bullion value of SlO9,-
1872, 900. The increase in the produc-
ton of silver in 1894 over 1898 was
722, 900 ounces. The greatest increases
were: Bolivia, SlO.SOO 600; Mexico,
81 300, 600; Peru, 100000; Chilli,
81, 400, 900; Greece, 81 100, 900.
The production of both gold and sill
yer in 1894 exceeded that of any prior
year in the worlds history. The fol-
lowing is Mr.. Preston's estimate of the
worlds production of gold and silver
for 1894 by countries
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12

II is undoubtedly true that the peo-
Pile of this country are better of than
in semi-barbarous Mexico, in spite of
our gold standard. The deception
consists in comparing the condition of
our people, in the fore front of civiliza-
ton, with semi-barbarous people like
the MeXicans. This sort of thing
might be extended TO comparison
with China and other Asiauc coun-
tries.
The proper comparison would be to
compare the present condition of Mex
leo with that of tho same country
twenty-five years ago-has it improved
or declined as TO the prosperity OF the
masses. There is but one answer:
The condition of Mexico and her
people has been slowly but surely inn
proving during the last quarter of a
century. That she has had no panics
or monetary commissions speaks well
for her silver standard, measuring val
ues steadily and accurately. Silver
suffers nothing by such a comparison
in any of the silver standard countries.
But on the other hand, if we COM
pare the condition of the masses in
gold standard countries with that of
% years ago in the same countries, we
lind there has been a vast increase of
poverty among the masses, and an i'm
provement in wealth and prosperity of
the few only This only Just compar-
ison is against the gold standard
The article is untruthful in that it
selects extreme high prices OF living
and extreme low prices of wages in
order TO make as strong case as pos
sible against silver. The author OF the
article is very careful not to name the
places where these labor statistics are
gathered The article could have
weight only with those who are igno-
rant Of the financial question, but
shows TO what straits gold men are
driven to thus falsify and garble sta
tistics. Figures DO not lie; but how
liars do figure
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
Nannlenn.s Desth Max.

The death mask of Napoleon. which
was taken Immediately after the de-
mise of the conqueror at 81. Helena
by DR.. Automarchi, was obtained under
great difficulties There was not an
ounce of plaster of paris TO be had on
the island, therefore the doctor secured
the cliffs in every direction for piece
of gypsum. This he at last found and
calcined until powdcring was possible.
ON this account the work was very
crude but this Notwithstanding he had
an offer of six thousand pounds sterling
(about thirty thousand dollars for the
east before it was month old Sew
eral Of the rcplicas are now valued at
twenty thousand dollars each.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
WHEAT AND PRODUCTION.

IT is said that the lower price of
wheat in recent years is because of in
creased aculiters and consequent in
creased production. This statement is
constantly reiterated 10y gold bug or
gans. The worlds maximum produc-
ton of wheat was reached in the period
of lSS4-S. In 1881, the worlds pro-
duction was 2,263, O00,O 900 bushels. In
1883, it was 100000, 600. In 1891,
it was 2,lSj, 600, showing falling of
since 1855 of 100000 bushels. Yet
it is to be noted that the price of wheat
in 1891 as shown by London and Liv-
erpool markets showed a fall in price
from 1891. of IL per cent. The total
supply was s2,000,O0C less, with a
greater population to make a demand
and yet the price was II per cent
lower. Certainly this entirely upsets
the claim of goldites that it Is the over
production. 1t is beyond question a
"monkeying' with the measure, entire
iy similar to the dishonest buyer en-
larging his measure, or increasing his
weights to get more than he bought.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
IN COMMAND OF THE ARMADA.
Several of the Things Which Philip IL
Forgot.

In the Armada the crusading enthu-
siasm had reached its point and focus,
says Froude in Longmans Magazine.
England was the stake 10 which the
virgin. the daughter of Sion, was bound
in captivity. Perseus had come az last
in the person of the duke of Medina
Sidonia. and with him all that was best
and brightest in the countrymen of
Cervantes. 10 break her bonds and re-
place her on her throne They had
sailed into the channel in pious hope,
with the blessed banner waving over
their heads.
To bc the executor OF the DEGREES of
Providence Is a lofty ambition. but men
in a state of high emotion overlook the
precautions which are not 10 be dis
pensed with, even on the sublimest Of
errands. Don Quixote, when he set out
20 redress the wrongs of humanity, for
got that change # linen might be
necessary and that he must take money
with him 10 pay his hotel bills Philip
H.. in sending the Armada 20 England,
and confident in supernatural protec-
ton, imagined an unrcsisted. triumphal
procession.
He forgot that contractors might be
rascals. that water four months in the
casks in hot climate turned putrid
and that putrid water would poison his
ships companies. though his crews
were companies of angels. He forgot
that the servants of the evil one might
fight for their mistress after all and
that he must send adequate supplies Of
powder, and worst forgettulnesS Of all,
that great naval expedition required
a leader who understood his business.
Perseus. in the shape Of the duke Of
Medina Sidonia. after "a week Of dis
astrous battles. found himself at the
end of it in an exposed roadStead, where
he ought never 10 have been, nine
tenths of his provisions thrown over
board as unfit for food. his ammunition
exhausted by the unforeseen demands
upon il, the seamen and soldiers har-
assed and dispirited, officers the whole
week without sleep. and the enemy,
who had hunted him from Plymouth TO
Calais, anchored within half a league
of him
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
HOW TO FIGHT INDIANS.
Recipe Given for the Benefit of Blood
thirsty Boys.

Jack now took off his blue flannel
jumper and overall trousers. fixed them
artistically together and stuffed them
out with the coarse grass growingevery-
where around US. Then he held the
dummy beyond the edge of a bowlder
in such a way a. to look as if the bulge
of his own body were protruding, says
Lippincotts Magazine.
The old, old ruse succeeded admir-
ably, for instantly there came from the
cover, about thirty yards away, a hurt
ling shower of arrows; and as soon IA
Tom and had fired our decoy shots "a
squad of hideously painted Apaches
sprang up, and with uplifted toma-
hawks and terrific yells, rushed toward
US. But not for far.
Now. boys" shouted Jack, and at
the crack of our rifles the three fore
most braves went headlong down.
For "A few seconds the others stood
bewildcred, and then, as one after an
other dropped under the storm Of re-
volver bullets, fired SO rapidly as TO
seem like the work of dozen enemies,
the surviving warriors darted off to
their ponies and scurried away.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
A BACK BLOW.
The Weapon Small -- but None More
Certain or Effective.

I'm these times when backs are lame,
when almost every other one we meet has
nOW and then, or all the time, back that
aches or pains -'' a weak back, "a bad
back, "A back that makes their life a mis-.
cry 10 bear and still they go on day hv
day in pain and suffering. Now lis the
easiest thing in the world TO give this
played out back "a blow that will settle
II, and put in its place new one equal 10
any. It's just like this: hit Al the cause.
most backachcs come from kidney disOT-
ders. Reach the kidneys, start their
cloggcd-up iibrcs in operation; when this
is done you can say good bye to baCkache.
Here is IA case from Battle Creek Mr.
Josiah VI. Shoup lives AT 81 Broad Street,
hc was n member of the Battle Creek pO-
lice force for many years As "A member
Of the force he served the city well, but
the rough weather hc was often subjected
10 laid the foundation of kidney disorder.
which has troubled him very much Here
is what he says about il:
About three years ago, while on the
police force, | contracted from exposure a
kidney trouble, which has since given me
no end of trouble The pain was right
through my kidneys and across the small
of my back; if sitting down and wanted
to stand up, had to arise very slowly and
gently to avoid increasing the pain; had
such tired-ou feelings all the time, and /
was steadily getting worse About two
months ago, hearing of Doan's Kidney
Pills, got box. Their action and effect
was most complete, they removed the old
aching pains for good | can now get
around as quickly as anybody. Doau
Kidney Pills are certainly as represented
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Mailed by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
y. y, sole agents for the t. $. Remember
the name, Doan's, and take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
JUDGE MORSE ON SILVER.

The News cheerfully accordS EX-JuS-
tice Allen b. Morse the credit of hay-
ing written from Glasgow as strong a
letter for gold monomctallsm as the
state of the argument permits. There
is not, however, in the argument
single new point, and the reply TO il,
therefore, would involve no word on
The News that has not been said by us
before
Judge Morse's first point is that if we
had free coinage the people who have
silver bullion TO be coined would find it
advantageous to have it coined. Inas-
much as we live in ia world where
everything that is done is done with this
motive, we do not concede that the
Morse objection Is a fatal one. The
same thing holds to-day and always
will hold with relation to gold bullion;
the people who now take gold to the
mint for coinage do so because they
discover that the metal in the shape of
coin is more valuable 70 them than in
the form of bullion. If we are to
gauge all our business transactions
with reference to the advantage it is 90
ing TO be 10 the other fellow instead of
the advantage TO ourselves, declining to
trade if the other fellow is going TO
make something, then Judge Morse's
first point is well taken; otherwise not.
Judge Morse'S second point is that
the treasury would not be able TO keep
up the parity as it is doing now, and
that the silver in the dollar would
eventually be worth what it would be
worth in the melting pot. Precisely.
That IS what we ourselves clam might
possibly occur. If free coinage does
not carry up silver and bring down
gold sufficiently to bring them together,
why, let the best metal win-or the
poorest, whichever term you like best.
This would have been the condition if
silver had not been demonetized, and
we see no better reason for being scared
about it now than they had before 1873.
The next point is the effect that free
silver would have on salared people,
and the Judge has got it too badly
mixed to be Ineligible He says the
silver men claim that salaries and
wages are the ! st to rise in times of
imitation" They claim no such thing.
They claim that salaries adjust them
selves to the monetary conditions just
as everything else does.
&. Il means that every business man who has
money deposited IN bank viii have such deposit
reduced onehalf for the purpose he wishes to
use Il in the buying and selling Of goods.
Here is the assumption that the bus
mess man goes to bed at night and gets
up in the morning with all his loose
cash cut down in value one.half. This
is so absurd that it is hard to meet it.
Even If be conceded that the value Of
the dollar would decline, the decline
would cover long period Of time.
The minis have not the capacity to coin
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12

claim. That man is professor Laurence
Laughlin of Chicago University. He
will stand up before the laborer of this
country aud prove 10 him, though in
rags and starving, that he is better OH
than NJ any former period in our his
tory. he will prove to the farmer,
though burdened with more debt than
he can carry, while pinching aud econ
omiziug az every point, that he is better
oil than ever before; that he has no
reason To complain. He will prove by
logic (whoSe we do not know that we
are all better OIL, unless it may be the
poor multimllionaires who are stand
ing all the burdens of government and
taxation How strange we did not
know anything about 1t till the learned
professor told US. We are all rich and
don't know il. We are all well fed and
prosperous, and the fact Of our mag
ining otherwise is evidence of non sana
mentis, non compos mentis, of pluto
phobia, damphoolcranksomania, or
something else equally dangerous. Oh.
professor, what a great mistake was
made that you were not consulted at
creation! In the language of job,
NO doubt but We are the people and
that wisdom Will die with you
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12

Ir is stated on authority of tables Of
production, notably those of Adoiph
Soetbeer, that the relative production
of gold and silver has been about As
follows; In 1900, p tons of silver TO l
of gold; IN 1900, 81 tons of silver to
of gold; IN 1900, b tons OF silver 10 |
of gold; in 1913. 81 tons of silver to
one of gold; in 1890, Is tons Of silver
to l of gold. These figures represent
the amounts OF silver aud gold rela-
lively in existence for the respective
periods. In the face of hese facts,
who is ready to contend that silver de-
cline is the result OF overproduction OF
silver?
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
HORACE WHITE is always ready

HORACE WHITE is always ready 10
quote any misinformation which he
may find, provided only it may pass for
an argument for gold recommendation,
as he did of Rawiuson's critici m from
the columns of the London Economist.
But when a little later complete re-
futation appeared in the same columns
of the Economist, the evening Post did
not so much as mention it. We would
like 10 be charitable 10 men who differ
with us on the financial question; but
the attitude of Horace White and the
Post on the financial question, and their
utter willful blindness to facts, make it
appear to be case of original sin
pure and innate cussedness, so to
speak.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12

HORACE WHITE, the mugwump edi-
tor of the New York Evening Post, has
written an article entitled Coins Fl
nancial Fool in answer as he claims to
CONS Financial school Mr. White
is evidently the Financial Fool or
Kuave-we know not which-for his
reply is freighted with transformation
on every page, as well as misrepresen-
tation. while there are two or three,
certainly not exceeding half dozen,
inconsequential errors in CONS Finan-
cial school. Mr.. Whites production Is
50 nearly all error that the grains of
truth are scarcely worth picking from
the chaff.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
TAXING the average prices Of whea

TAKING the average prices OF wheat
in Liverpool for 1872 and comparing
the same with the price in January,
1898. there has been decline OF al
most 80 per cent, or accurately 1888
per cent. No sane man can honestly
contend that this great decline is due
to causes Independent OF the standard
of value. The same mule that kicked
the bottom out Of silver prices kicked
it out of wheat, cotton, wool and other
commodities. That mule bears close
resemblance TO its sire, the jackass who
presides over the financial destinies of
Europe and America, Baron Won
ROthschild.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
CoxaRrssMAN sibley of Pennsylva.

CONGRESSMAN Sibley of Pennsylva-
mia, in his speech of Jan. :, So ON the
currency bill said: lit has come To a
time when To be the government of this
people requires something more than a
combination of brains, belly, and brass.
Yes, Joseph, that is true; but we hayn't
even that. IL would be nearer the ruth
to say that the head of this government
is combination of blubher, belly and
brass. Brains in this administration
are "a minus quantity. 1t might do 10
add bristles TO the ALTERATION, 10 char
acterize lis swiuish tendencies.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12

The New York Tribune quotes from
an essay of Thomas II. Huxley on the
the man of liberal education as discrip-
tive of Mr. Huxley himself, as follows
That man., said he, has liberal
education who has been so trained in
youth that his body is the ready SER
want of his will, and does with ease and
pleasure all the WORK that, as a mechan-
ism, it is capable OF; whose intellect is
a clear, cold logic-engine, with all Its
parts of equal strength and in smooth
working order, ready like steam en-
CINE, to be turned to any kind of work,
and spin the gossamers as well as
forge the anchors of the mind; whose
mind Is stored with a knowledge of the
great and fundamental truths of Nature
and of the laws of her operations; one
who. no stunted ascetic. is full of life
and fire, but whose passions are trained
to come to halt by vigorous will, the
servant of tender conscience; who
has learned to love all beauty, whether
of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness,
and to respect others a himself Such
a one, and no other, has had liberal
education" The world can add no
higher and no more richly merited tri-
butte TO the author of those noble words
than this, that such a man was Thomas
Henry Huxley.