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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Before the days Of books parchments
became So costly that economical scholars
erased moro or less perfectly what had
been written and used them a second
time. In this manner some highly inter
esting and valuable manuscripts have been
lost 10 the world. But in many cases the
ancient characters ara still family visible.
Twice used parchmcnts arc called pal
impsests and many modern scholars have
strained their eyes in the effort TO dcciphel
she original writing.
Recently photography has been success.
fully applied In Germany for thiswork The
color OF tho faded ink OF the older writing
on palimpsest is yellow. 4 photograph
Of such n manuscript was made through a
yellow screen. The result WAS a negative
on which tho old writing WAS barely dis
cernible, being little darker than the
background, while the later black writing
appeared distinctly a. white letters.
Next an ordinary negative on bromide
plato was made, and from this was pro.
duccd a transparent positive on which
both writings appeared dark and abou,
equally distinct. Then the transparency
was supcrimposed on the first negative, ID
that tho dark letters Of the later writing
covered tho light letters, representing the
same writing in the negative. They were
thus eliminated, being indistingushably
merged with the general dark background
produced by the combination OF positive
and negative. But the earlier charact crs,
since they were dark in both cases, up.
pcarcd In the combination intensely black
and distinct Youth Companion
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
TAKING A NEW START IN LIFE.
Sufferers From staEnntion Advised TO tn
Parting Their HairAi tho Middle.

II have taken now start In life, says
Mr. Gratobar and have found it much
casier than might have been imagined.
Ny oldest daughter, who is II very bright,
very sprghtly and / might add very
attractive young woman had for long
time told mo that WAS old fashioned and
slow. She said that II ! would wear
pointed shoes and high collars and fash
ionable ties and part my hair In the mid
die l wouldn't be bad looking man.
How ] looked a. result OF these
changes IL might not be modest for me u
shy, but ss TO another and very remark
able effect proceeding from them I may
testify.
with tho old blunt shoes and comfort
able low collars and string nockties and
with tho old way OF parting the hair, low
down on one side, l seemed to put of an
incrustation Of old habits and TO step up
out OF "A deep rut, up 10 level where mon
were bustling about in great shape, and
with my pointed shoes and high collars
and hnir parted I'm the middle was one
Of them, once more infused with tho idea
of keeping up with tho procession, OF keep
ing step 90 tho music Of active life.
And don't hssitstc 10 say that IL was
parting the hair III the middle that did IT,.
/ could have worn unmoYed the pointed
toes, tho high collars and the new fashion
ed ties, but not SO tho hair parted in the
middle That felt must live up to. IL
would never do for mo to part my hair in
the middle and then not make good my
right 10 wear IL SO.
ITO all middle aged sufferers from stag.
nation 1 would say, Try parting your hair
in the middle. New York Sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
MARGARET DElAND'S CUPiOS.

Marriage without lovo 10 IS spiritually
illegal ~ love without marriage IL civilly
illegal"
Perhaps love, like ART, needs mystery,
for IL does not always thrive in the unre
servo OF realisn.
"Is Is only when they are husband end
VITO that two human souls can achieve
absolute cruelty"
"A young mnn with no special ipooms
has no right TO have any special purpose
IN regard 20 n nice girl.
divorce seems 10 mo like suicide, NOS
Inherently or specifically wrong, but So
oiAlly vicious. Both lower jus, . little the
moral tone OF society"
1T seems to me as shameful for u man
and woman 10 live Within the Inv, hntips
end despising zach other, a. 70 1.-Two out
side the law with love"
when a woman msrries, she shuts The
door Of her possibilities, but when shs
Quarr~ls with her husband she opens 10 a
little snd archly peers out again into mon I
taooe, ''-Exsraets From philip and His
Wife 4"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
THE DONKEY.
A fearful Plea For tho Downtroddon but
Obstinate Animal.

Civilization has used the poor ms badly.
Our ways arc not his ways. and no not In.
frequently reminds III Of the fact. When
he docs cypress disNnt, no shows himself
nm unc)mpromising h.Hot. Yot let nj
consider for moment Shy he IL such nm
ass " He has been taken from bold and
free life I'm the uplands where the very ali
tastes OF independence, and has been de
graded to tho very lowest kinds of drudg
CRY. Nonconformist rs he IL, he IL more OF
Tory than tho horse He cannot TT him.
self to changed circumstances. He Is like
the free Caribs, whom tho Span iards tried
10 reduce To slavery. Tho condition IL sc
foreign 10 his nature that he cannot fall In
with IL without losing All tho nobler traits
Of his old self IL brushes him. lilo IL
provcrbially patient, but his patience haa
In IL something OF tho dizziness Of despair.
Yet obstinate and rcbellious AS he occa.
sionally is, no cannot be considered n fool.
II he appears to be one, 1t Is because we
have removed him 40 far out Of his natural
sphere. II any of us were taken from ouI
civilized surroundings and wcro turned
loose to get living among the desolate
rocks Of Abyssinia, we should doubtless
offer rs fair a laughing stock 10 tho wild
asses and balloons.
Now, where docs the donkey get his OBJ
stinacy fromi IL Is n useful quality In the
right place On long journey, with short
allowance Of food and water, II mule will
keep going longer than IA horse. 1t seem,
10 mo likely that tho grcat difference In
character between the horse and the ass 4:
partly owing to the fact that when wild
the former 20 in largo herds and the latter
In small. The horse is much more OF q
society animal than the donkey, and SC
his manners are more suave. He, like al
those who have 10 mix freely with their
fellows, has acquired an accommodating
disposition. Let mo make haste to say
that n donkey Is distinctly more intclli
CONT animal than horse. II ~ his un.
Willingness TO fall in with the wishes OF
those who would influence him and hi,
stubbornncss in sticking TO his own views
TO which am abiding. In his mountain
home, where pasture Is scarce, only few
wild asses, as rule, 40 together. Should
foo suddenly appear when they are scat
tered In search OF the scanty heritage each
must decide on course for himself, for II
would not always DO possible to follow q
leader. Hence self reliance and IA DISPOSE
tion 10 act Independently would be yalua
bic in tho struggle for existence North
naricnp R.vipw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Arthur Forrest has succeeded Wilton
Lackaye In A. NJ Palmcr's stock company.
Mrs. Potter vnd Mr.. BELOW have decid-
oil 10 prOdnne mostly Shakespeare and
standard comedy next season.
Fanny Davenport wants To get the lease
OF the New York Casino, and 10 now seems
probable that she will succeed.
Little Ruby, the child dancer, IN intro
dueing burlesques ~ the ssrpcntine. skirt
and ballet dances IN support 81 the Black
Patti
Jennie Ye4mnns will 90 90 England.
She says she Is going 10 sctt)e In London.
She has accepted m Offer 10 appear at n
Strand theater.
Fred C. Whitney says that his company.
headed by Dorothy Morton, appearing In
| Tho Fencing Master" will sing that
opera throughout the season.
Now York managers are DESTROYS TO
have Charles l.. Robbins opera company.
presenting Il. A. Barnot's Prince Pro
Tenn" GO "a tina. city for run.
William Castlemon, a protego OF Henry
| Watterson, Is the latest addition TO the
Bostonians. When w. III. Macdonald does
not appear, Mr.. Csstl-mon sings.
The dramatic Interest OF two OF the
greatest SUCCESSES In New York this season
The Masquera.iers' nnd The Fatal
Card'-grows out Of n playing card.
The comic songs with which I have
made the greatest success says Thomas
y Scabrooke, "aro The Prodigal Son,
The Song OF all Nations and Swim Out,
O'Grady.
II Is no diGcred!t TO Cissio Lotus the
siiable English girl whom Augustln DAILY
| had engaged 10 bc ingcnue Of his com
pony, that Mr.. DAILY hos discharged her,
IL Is simply strange that Mr.. Daily ever on
gagged her.
During the days when stock companies
| fourishod James O'Neill was leading man
| In turn In John Ford's company, John
Ellslcr's, McVicker's and Hooley's. the
Union Square in New York and the Bald
! win In san Francisco
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
A PRINCES DINNER.
Description of . Formal Seest In MARI
tprough House.

Dinner bogin s ST =: p. IN. and lasts fos
I hour and 10 minutes. Rapid service 10
insisted upon. vet guests Will notice that
four ~ five walters only are allowed &c
enter she dining room, which Is, however,
some distance from tho Kitchen. Celebrity
and dispatch are ohinined by the employ
ment Of n small army ~ assistants sta
toned behind the scenes. Ia tho service
room and kitchen.
IL wo take peep into the kitchen, W.
shall ind that asS IL exclusively used fol
all culinary purposes. There Is gas grill
and roast spit, and special lotai frames
arc fitted To the cntrce dishes while they
are being Carnished. From the kitchen
leads tho larter, which IL exceedingly neat.
The refrigerator Is n large room, with Ice
at tho top, the ICED water running dowB
tho sides.
During dinner soft and low music II
Mayed The manu cards Aro severely
plain, with narrow gold border and 9
royal crest They arc printed In French,
and the courses nre divided into first and
second service Turtlo-genuino, OF cours>
is put into n silver dish and "bisquo"
soup In china plate. A similar eltorns
ton Is observable In tho first course Q
nllct Of trout, garnish.d being upon an
oval ontrco dish, and solcs served on rice
"souclc" upon china plate. Guests are
not expected 70 partake Of both kinds OF
fish "Cotclcttcs de- volailles' and "chaud
frods" follow, and then come the haunchet
Of venison In large metal dishes and sad
dies of mutton, which arc served upon sill
YER plates. Both tho lamb and venisos
arc carved In the service room.
With these roasts vegetables are handed
round In deep dishes which stand in the
center, having three divisions for "saute"
potatoes, French beans and caulifiower.
After tho joints To each guest Is handed Q
"sorbot" OF champagnc-a description Of
ice contained In large glass OF an exceed.
inRly delicate shade OF green. These sor
bets are brought up from the kitchen by
girls, and tho glasses arc placed upon
china plates with silver spoons. -Cassell 3
saturday journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
In danancse Iiouss.

There ara no chairs In Japanese house.
Women sit on tho floor 20 do everything
from drinking tea and playing the four
stringcd guitar 10 dressing the hair before
the fetching littlc round mirrors upon lac.
qucr stands 30 when sewing machines
came in che question OF how To sit and
work thom was puzzliDg one indeed.
But Nine. Yoshawar, says nm eastern
traveller, rose or fell 10 the occasion. All
her house floors stood some sl1 feet from
the ground, just the height az which she
could conveniently sew upon tho contriv'
ance Of the foreign devils. So a hole was
cut in the floor big enough for the ma.
chine to drop through, and the worke,
could then sit upon the edge, making, her
little baro brown feet send the pedals fly
ing rs tho machine rested on the earth be.
low. Philadelphia Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Elm. FEATHER AND EUR.

Tho largest salmon trout ever caught IN
Adirondack waters weighed s5}. pounds.
The otter sxcels every animal in swim
ming. Its speed Is superior 30 that OF many
fishes.
The quiss and timid hare. when she
or3es In fear, can 10 heard farther OFT thar
either dog OF cat.
The erossfish, 70 bo found IN Chinese
waters, Is pink In color, belongs tu the
goldfish family and is marked by u figure
q oFoes-
A bAt ends its way shout without thc
assistance OF its eyes A blind bat will
avoid wires and distractions rs dcSterous
" es though it could soc perfectly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Irrigation OF New England Parma

The Irrigation Age suggests that large
proportion OF tho so called abandoned
farms In Now England might easily bs
made OF great valuo by the practice Of ir-
rigation during the drought season, which
Is tho chief causo Of the crop failures and
low values for these places, and also re-
marks, ITO find an abandoned farm In
the irrigated valleys OF the west would DO
about M ensy as TO pick up gold nugget
on the streets of Chicago" No doubs
there are many farms In Maino that could
be very much improved In this way, and,
II thero 10 no available supply Of water
from river or lake, there are few farms
where windmills could not raise all the
moisture needed from springs or deep
wells.-Lewiston Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
STONES FROM TIE SKY.

The naturnl philosophers have advanced
five HYPOTHESIS to account for tho origin OF
the stones called "aerolitcs, which coca
sionally fall upon the earth:
First That they are eteetod from vol
eSpoes situated on the earth's surfAcN
Second That they are produoed IN ths
atmosphere, being formed from sAses 81
hailed from the earth
Third. That they are thrown from vol
canoes on the moon.
Fourth.-rhst tbsy were originally ser-
restrial comets revolving around che earth.
Fiftb.-That tbsy are miniature planets
encountered by the earth In ie endioss
journey through spsce--st, Louis Repub-
Ito
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
TIE WHIPPING POST.

Commodore Gerry wants che whipping
post restored In New Yorh. but oDe would
hardly answer all the demands msde up
on N.-Cinoinpsti Tribune.
Darbarous China II IN = position 10 point
the finger ~ scorn nt New York's proposed
whipping post nhd ssy che discovered II
centuries ago. --Washinsion Star.
An imyr~s.ion ia Europe that New
York Is pot far from. the border Of civiliza
tim Is likely to be heightened by Com
mOdore GegTy's serious move to establish
the whipping post --krehanse
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
what Stevenson Did.

Apropos Of the death " Robert Louis
stevenson, III. wrote this TO the Lon.
don Times: seven years ago lay Ill In
san Francisco, mn obscure journalist,
quite friendlcss. Stevenson, who knew
me slightly, came To my bedside and said
Il suppose you are like oil Of us-you don't
keep your money. Now, II little loan,
as between one man Of letters 0nd another
chi This 60 lad writing rubbish for
svulgar sheet In California;"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Inconvenience Of Royalty.

The announcement that the queen goss
70 Nice this spring has thrown the town
into a connection, aud the rents OF villas
for the season in tho ncighborhood have
advanced 30 per cent. As m illustration
Of tho way I'm which royalty Is compelled
10 pay through the nose for everything I
may mention that the Villa Ciniez has
bcon let 20 the queen for jus, double the
rental which it fetched last ycar.-Londoa
Glohc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

An electrical expert says; "Ihave word
Of advice to give people who carry steel rod
umbrellas wet days. They must keep .
sharp lookout for arc lights while pushing
their steel rods through the air. OF course
this only applies when the current IL on,
and when IL Is, II the umbrella rod comes
In contact with the lamp, there Is a strong
probability that the holder Will be very
badly shocked. II not seriously Injured. 4"
New York Tribune
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
A D~,rvnaId's Dre~s

The dsirymaid's dress at Ebling. In
Germany, whore girls are employed In
dairy farming, consists of short blouse
Rlrded 40 the waist, knee biceches and
neither hose, with neat shoes The costume
10 described as quito picturesque
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

German mineraloglsts have discovered
that some Of the gold mines worked by the
ancient Romans in central Portugal will
yield handsome profit still " worked BY
modern methods.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Next To rice, wheat IL eaten by che
greatest number Of human beings, aud
then comes maize
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

MORTGAGE SALE:-Default having been
wi made i'm tho conditions Of payment OF a
certain mortgage, made by George Josu and
Celia Joslin, his wife. of the township OF So.
Yille, Gratiot county, Michigan, 20 Thomas NJ.
Granger, of Pine River township, county and
state aforesaid, which said mortgage bears
da To he 18th day Of September, 1891, and was
duly recorded the 9Th day of October 1897 IN
the Office of the Register of Deeds in and for
G. ratiot county, NJ ichRan, In liber g. on page
4q3 OF mortgages and said mortgage was duly
assigned by Thomas VI. Granger 10 Helen
Woodward on the 18th day of December 1891
and was recorded on the 18th day OF December
in hber 81 of mortgages and page 3f1. And
SAID mortgage was duly assigned 10y Helen V
Woodward TO Cyrus ID. Wightman on the -
day of January lsg2 and recorded in the Kdg.
later OF Deeds of ce on the 18th day Of January
lSg2 in liber - Of mortgages on page go on
which said mortgage and the note accOmpan.
ing the same there is now due and pay able the
sum of one hundred aud twenty three dollars
and twenty four cents fSi23 ~ and no suit or
proceedings at law or equity having been in.
stituted 10 recover the amount secured hy
said mortgage Therefore public notice IA
hereby given that on the 9th day Of April,
1895, al two o'clock in the afternoon al the
front door OF the GTatiOt county court house
in the village OF Ithaca, GratiOt county. Mich.
gan. that being the place OF holding the cir
cult court in and for said county. said mort.
gage will be fOreClosed 10y sale Of the prem
ises therein aud herein described al public
auction 10 the highest bidder. which said
premises are described as follows, viz. The
northeast quarter OF the southeast quarter
of section twenty-One (2l in township eleven
ND north Of range three CD west being ~
Gratiot county. Michigan.
Dated February let, 1894.
+, b. WIGnTMAN, CYRUS ID. WTGHTMAN,
Attorney for MortgaPcc. 81 Mortgagee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

DROBATE ORDER:-state Of Michigan,
i County Of Gratiot, -. Al session Of the
Probate Court for said county held al the Pro
bate Office in the village of Ithaca on the 18th
day OF February in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety FIVE. Present, John
NJ. Everden Judge of Probate. In the matter
OF the estate of Arthur Burlingame dcccg
On reading and fling the petition, duly ~.
ned. Of Opheia Willis praying that an admin.
istrator be appointed Of the estate of said de
ceased.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday, the
18th day OF March next, at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, bc assigned for the hearing OF
said petition, and that the heirs-at-aw Of said
deceased, and all other persons interested in
said estate are required to appear AZ session
of said Court, then TO be holden in the Probate
Office, IN the village Of Ithaca, and show cause,
II any there be. why the prayer OF the peti.
toner should not be granted; and II is further
ordered that said petitioner give notice 10 the
persons interested i'm said estate. OF the pen
dcncy OF said petition, and the hearing there
OF. by causing a copy OF this order 10 be pub
lished in the ALMA RECORD newspaper
printed and circulated in said county three
successive weeks previous 10 said day OF hear
ing.
"a true copy. john NJ. EvERDES
[sEALl SS}-iw Judge of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Her Sorrow.

he-Youae Plugleigh Is going to the
dogs fast.
She ] IN sorry for the dogs. New York
Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Fox River Ills, was called by the In.
dians Annrmosing, place of the young
torres.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

+, b. WIGnTMAN, Cyrus ID. WIGHTMAS,
Attorney for Mortgagcc. 81 Morgagee.
The herald., 1895-05-11
Redondo Beach Trains

Redondo Beach Trains
Via the Santa Fe leave at 10 a. M. l :4C
p. m., 5: :15 p. m. Sunday special at 6
a. m. Rebagliati orchestra concert Sun
day from 2 to pm. Round trip SO cents
today and tomorrow.
The herald., 1895-05-11
LOCAL rlENTlON

Buy your shoes OF NJ. P. Snyder e. Co.
Murietta olives at Althouse Bros.
Rev. b. Carradine tonight, Pcnel hall.
See display adv. grand organ concert
in amusement column.
s Gentlemen's tan shoes at NJ. P. Sny-
der & Co. s, 255 S. Spring ST..
Shoes that wear at prices that sell come
from the Queen Shoe Store, 162-164 n.
Main street.
II you want an elegant seaside cottage
for. the season address J. ". Anderson.
railroad office, Redondo, Cal.
Money saved Is money made. The
Queen Shoe Store, 162-164 N. Main street,
can and will save you money on your
shoe bills.
The grand spectacle of the paper carni-
val. May 18th. Meeting of participants
at st. Paul's Guild hall Saturday evening
at o'clock.
NJ. z. Snyder & Co. have received a
large assortment CT Oxford ties in tan and
$1.5o to $3.50 pair. 255 S. Spring ST.,
opposite Stimson block.
Rev. A. c. Bane will preach at Trinity
Methodist Church South. Broadway, on
Sunday. at IL a. M, Gamaliel's Philoso-
ply Applied to the Holiness Movement;
at 7:30 p. M. Sin Hard but Righteous
ness Easy Evangelists Carradine and
The Butler institute. for the treatm ent
of the liquor, morphine. cocaine and to-
bacco abits. has opened offices for bust
ness at 445i2 South Spring street. Their
treatment is purely vegetable and cure
guaranteed in each case. DR.. Butler, the
originator of the cure. is we'll known to
the medical profession of this state. hav-
ing been in practice here for fifteen years.
lie personally treats all patients.
Fairly is the word. Don't fail to be
early at Desmond's special straw hat sale,
in the Bryson block, today. It's worth
while to be up in the morning to strike
something immense, ID the bargains
Desmond offers are nothing if not inn
mense; He'll prove it by you if you'll
only drop in at 141 South Spring street
and look over his goods. He means bust
ness and today will positively give the
biggest straw hat bargains ever heard of
in Los Angeles.
The subscription list opened at the
Blanchard Fitzgerald Music company's,
est violinist. has grown SO rapidly that
his appearance here is almost assured.
The sale of seats will be opened the first
day for subscribers only. and those in
te iding to hear Ysaye should register at
once at the Blanchard Fitzgerald music
store. or with such persons as have SUBJ
scription blanks.
Premium meats-cnolce refrigerated
M eats. all cured by Cudahy Packing COM
pany process. The choicest beef the mar
ket affords and all other kinds of meats.
Eastern hams, etc. Hotels and dining
cars supplied. in eastern cuts. All beef
seasoned before sold. Beef tenderloins
and short loins. Finest wbcrries.
cherries and ell other fruits and vegeta-
bles in season. Also fish, poultry, game
and scollops. butter. eggs and cheese.
Out OF town hotels supplied at lowest
market prices. Eastern Market Co.,
northwest corner Fourth and Spring
streets. TEL 1903.