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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
a 81 gnifcant Fact.

The claim that Elixir of Mullen and Pacal
Balm cnre.more acute and chronic diseases
than any other two known remedies Is not
idle boast. Where known they are the peo-
pies choice. Why: Because they contain
no opilte or other harmful drug to poison
the nerve center- and disorder digestion, but
instead are safe and reliable for old age and
infancy. They enrich the blood and regu-
late the entire system. They build up a run
down constitution and make the weak strong.
thus making them much more valuable than
other cough remedies that merely allay the
symptoms.
Not single case of Group. bronchitis, in
Illumination or congestion of the lungs, diph-
liberia, qulnsy, or la grippe has been reported
fatal where our combined treatment has
been used. The remedies also cure asthma,
consumption, blood taints. rheumatism kid
ney and liver complaint caterrh and piles
where all other remedies fail. Sold by drug
gists. or address
PACAL BALM COMPANY,
s6lt4 3p St Louis, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
FOREST HILL.

Miss Lily Wood visited friends at Pleasant
Ridge the first of the week.-A goodly
number from here will attend the quarterly
district meeting of the Christian church in
ST Louis tomorrow and Sunday. -Myron
Hull and family visited IN st. Louis last
sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
\. I. NEWARK.

Remember the clothes pm box social at
Lorenzo Squlres "Wednesday evening March
6, for the benefit of the ". h. G.. Each lady
is to take box, and a clothes pin with rib
bon on it, and 10 wear one to match. Liter
airy exercises will be rendered. Mrs.
Emma Sackett of Little Rock, Arkansas, Is
visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Jacob
Lemley. Wood was the guest of
j. Mulholaud Monday Jessup
visited his brother Frank in Lafayette Sun
day.-Mrs. Samuel Hartes and her
daughter Ida were the guests of Lewis Howe
last week.-School closed in district No.
the 2Sth. We understand the social in the
evening was a pleasant affair.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
A Great Leader.

We are pleased to inform You tina. We have
received the sole agency for Otto'- Cure, the
great throat and lung healer. Ouo's Cure
l. the great leader of all proprietary prepar-
atlons for the cure OF cough colds, asthma,
bronchitis, consumption, etc We will guar
antee Otto's Cure 10 you and If you will cal.
at our store We will give You d bottle of this
great guaranteed remedy free of charge.
Ouo's Care instantly relieve, Group and
whooping cough. Doa't delay. Samples
free. Large bottle, - and 30 cents at B. 5.
Webb's, sole agent
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
BRECKENRIDGE.

A number of young people gathered IN the
home of Mrs. Sellick Friday evening to sur
prise Miss Mamie Wood; II was her nineteenth
birthday, and handsome rocking chair was
given her.-NOrris Quaigle, Katy Emer-
son and Tnaia Babcock visited friends in
Ovid and Corunna last week, Il number
convention III Alma. =- Mr.. and Mrs.
Payne of Maple Rapids visited their daughter
here last week. -Nerne Tyler and Mary
Cramer were married in Ithaca last Saturday.
returning here on the evening train.-A
number of young people from St. Louis were
guests of ID. Wood last Saturday evening.
toskey.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

NORTH STAR.

North Star has a -uspead1r factory idn
ming ia faii blast, conducted 10y j. J.. Haynes,
William Carmel Aas been GA the sick
list.=rhe masquerade given Ny tn. club
the pad was a grand success. Filter
Pain OF this place has disposed of his prop
erty and expects to remove from here.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
CARSON CITY

Married. FEB. 26. Daniel Lynch to Mrs. l..
R0op, both OF North shade Mrs Han
nah mas gone to Join her husband IN Eaton
county. =Christa Cusick i visiting rela-
tives in sheridan. ===Remember the social
at Rangor'o next Tuesday evening TO
ley Thornton steps high; us BOY. John
Fowler steps higher, girl. The Sethton
creamery will make cheese this season. ===
Robt. Patrick has material on the ground for
a 30 by 80 barn. --The Chick school board
have decided to build brick school house
THE Hunter school closes Friday with
an exhibition III the evening. ==Mi. Pot
ter and wife, Air Thornton aud wife of
Greeuyiie are visiting here.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
NORTH WHEELER.

J. A. Breckenridge and wife of Brecken-
ridge visited Is. $. Merritt Saturday.=
Misses Matte Neyius and Emma Anderson
have been assisting ia the Free Methodist re-
vival meetings on the Center Line.-Nil-
Der SibIey lost one of his horses last week.
Relatives and friend metin a surprise party
at the home of W. Ii. Stone, February %. on
the occasion Of his seventeen birthday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
A Biz surpri.e

In store for all for ali who try Bacon's Gel
cry King for the Nerves. The general verdict
of all who have used this great vegetable
preparatio, Is that it l. the grandest remedy
ever discovered for the cure of dyspepsia
liver complaint, general debility, etc Ba-
cons Celery King for the nerves stimulates
the digestive organs regulates the liver and
restores the system 10 vigorous health and
energies. Samples free. Large packages
p and 30 cents. Sold only by b. ). Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
Teachers Examination

Examinations of teachers for the schools
of Gratiot county will DE held as follows
Perrinton, February - and %.
Ithaca, March y and ~.
Alma. April % and -.
Higher grades granted at the Ithaca exam
inatlon. Candidates desiring 10 write Alge-
bra will begin at 900 o'clock. All writing
tor third grades will begin at loo, the first
day.
J. y Mccall.
W. NJ. Coon.
GOi!r O. q. Tutle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
For Sale

4. II. and A. W. Stone residing five miles
north east of Breckenridge and three and
one half miles north west OF Wheeler, have
a quantity of seasoned hemlock soft maple
and black ash lumber for sale. Will furnish
all grades of sized boards, sheetng and bill
staff. Sj0-3ptl3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria
When She became Miss, she chung to CaStoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

DAILY. tDaily with Sleeping Car.
Drawing Room Cars between Saginaw and
Detroit.
Pullman palace sleeping car between Saginaw
and Chicago daily
W. C. BRGTTON. Agent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Nv Ashley for Detroit
al 1910 p. m.
O. ~ connections are
made at OwOsSO Junct n
wiki all trains Of D.. G..
II. & VI R'y.
Ben. FLETCHER. T. i. A.
Detroit, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

'Daily
Connecting at Detroitn Union Depot with all
Trains OF Grand Trunk R'y for Canada and the
East.
$50 p. m. west. and 9.35 a. IA. and
900 p. m. east have elegant Paror Cars al.
tached. Extra charge only % cent? for apy dis
lance. 49,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
TOLEDO. SAGINAW & NUsEEGoN RrY

Leave Ashley
$50 a N for MuskegOn
300 +. m for Musk.gon
JSo. W LORD.
Il aiitc Manager.
Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
CHICAGo& GRAND TRUNKR'Y.
connection withtrains ofT.A.A.&N. M.R'y

Elegant Pullman Sleepersfrom Durand TO Chi.
cago, and east TO Toronto Montreal Niagara
Falls. New York and Boston
/. r, DAVIS G., G.. CRAIGIE
h'Fass llcket Agt. Trav. Pass Agt
Chlcago,lll Detroit. Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

Nv Ashley for Detroit
az $3.50 and coop m.
close connections are
made az owes so Junct'n
with all traiuso D.. G..
II ~ VI. R'y.
BEN. FLETCHER. T. p. A.
Detroit. Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
TOLEDO SAGINAW & MusKEGoN R'Y.

Leave Ashley forM Mask
cgcn, SD and 1905 a. m
JNO W LORD.
Traffic Manager.
Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01
nETROIT OCT. y, 1891.
LANSING NORTHERN r. r.

ITHACA BRANCH.
Going North. Going South.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29

time will come when it will fight like
a tiger for what it feels it's own. And
this had been the case with Jack, who
was now almost maddened with think
ing over the coming wedding.
"You young puppy" roared the
squire, "didn't tell you not to come
here again?"
"That for your telling" said Jack,
diabolically cool; and with the whirl OF
long whip in his hand the squire's
uplifted glass fell to the floor, cut
like flower from the shank.
Then followed a terrible scene,
while we looked on like people in a
nightmare. The two men seemed sud
denly to turn into raging demons, but
from the very first could see Jack
had the upper hand. He held the
squire, squirming and cursing like q
trooper, down in his chair as If he
had been child.
"Margy,R he called out over his
head, "did you write me that letter
OF your own account?"
And getting no answer beyond the
denial of her death white face and
piteous eyes, his rage knew no
bounds. "Satan gave you money
enough to buy wife," he kept say
ing, shaking the squire as he would a
mouse, "but, by heaven, it's only
over my dead body you'll get herl"
"Defend yourself, you old rascal"
he yelled. defend yourself, for kin
or not we are one too many on earth y
There were pair of swords crossed
on the wall, slender, murderous duel
ling swords, and tearing them down
he flung one to his uncle, and in a
moment they were fighting like mad,
parrying, thrusting and feinting with
dexterity sickening to see.
For the squire, you must under
stand, was an experienced swords
man; he had pinked his man in his
time; but fired by love and hate, and
always a good fencer, Jack was a
match for him. One moment it was
he who was doing the parrying. The
next it was the squire. And presently,
as if in dream, I could see my uncle
and Prince, the butler, standing on
chairs and putting out the candles
that were fastened to the antlers of
the deer heads against the walls il The
hope that this would stop them.
But it did nothing of the sort. II
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
Walker.

The surname Of walker, a contem-
porary tells us, has nothing to do with
pedestrian ideas, but had its origin in
trade and occupation, like other famil-
lar names, such as "Smith," Farmer"
"Bowyer," "Fisher," and so on. walk
err" is a common surname in Yorkshire,
rs will be understood when its Connec-
ton with the industry of that region is
explained. 1t is of Flemish derivation.
A man who worked at the Wake
walche-or fulling- was a walker;
and in early Manchester directories all
the fullers and clothdressers were call
ed walkers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
Thanksgiving PrOclamatiOns.

Washington issued proclamation
for general thanksgiving by the
Continental Army Thursday, Deem
Der IS, 1877, and again at Valley
Forge May 7, ITS. A few days be-
fore the adjournment of Congress in
September, 1889, Representative
Elias Boudinot moved in the House
that the President be requested to rec
ommend day of thanksgiving and
prayer to acknowledgment of the
many signal favors of Almighty God.
and especially His affording them an
opportunity of establishing a consti-
tuition of government for their safety
and happiness. Roger Sherman, OF
Connecticut, supported the motion.
Aedanus BurFe, of South Carolina,
did not like "this mimicking of Eu-
ropean CUSTOMS" and Tucker, of Vir-
ginia, intimated that it might be as
we'll to wait for some experience OF
the efficiency of the Constitution be-
fore returning thanks for it. In spite
of these objections the motion was car
ried and President Washington issued
O proclamation appointing as Thanks
giving Day November rs.
Thanksgiving Day proclamOtions
were issued in an irregular way for
many years after that date, but the
day was not fixed holiday. After the
battle of Getty sburg in 1853 President
Lincoln recommended the people to
set apart the 9th day of August "to
be observed as day OF National
thanksgiving, praise and prayer to
Almighty God" In the following year
the President issued another proc
lamation, and the Presidential proc
lamation has been ali annual fixture
ever since.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
KING LupWIe's CASTLES.
Three of Them coet Forty-six Million
Dollars.

There are no examples Of modern
decorative art which can approach the
superb palaces built by Bavarias In
sane monarch, Ludwig, that brilliant
weird and erratic genius, whose artistic
perceptions remained undimmed even
when insanity had crept like u ciouu
over his mind.
Upon the three great castles, Neusch-
wanstein, Chiemsee and Linderhor,
King Ludwig expended the sum OF 1884,
100000 marks, or about $46,0OO,OOO. Il
single banquet hall is said to have cost
q sum exceeding 100000. The cas-
tie Of Herren- Chiemsee was begun III
1875, and, after eleven years Of inces-
SAINT work, only part completed at the
time of Ludwigs death There was no
detail so small that Ludwig did not give
1t his personal attention. Herren-
Chiemsee is on a lonely island, and the
castle stands at the top of a slope, and
IS reached by 72O steps in the purest
Carrara marble. This stairway is lao
feet wide, and the effect is said to be
superb.
The royal bed chamber Of Herren-
Chiemsee represents an expenditure OF
more than 100000. The decorations
are Jewels and gold. In the compass OF
that room there was once to be found
every precious stone known to lapidai
ries. The chamber is a study in purple
and gold, with the designs worked out
in that precious metal studded with
Jewels. The more valuable jewels have
been removed and sold to partly restore
the squandered estate of the royal FAM
lily, but the effect yet remains. Over
the canopy of the bed Is a reproduction
of the Bavarian crown In % carat solid
gold, studded with 189 diamonds, some
of them Of great size and value. The
King slept but once in this royal cham
Der. In fact, Ludwig never used the
palace Of Chiemsee but once, and that
was on the occasion of the marriage of
Rudolph. the Crown Prince of Austria
That night the palace was Illuminated
with $4,000 candles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29

only made them all the more deter
mired to kill each other. And directly
in the pitch dark, after a moments
groping-groping that sent an ICY
chill to the roots of my hair-thelr
swords clashed and we knew that the
duel was not yet over.
Marcy fell in faint across my lap
and my uncle began to pray. All
could think of was to hope that Jack
would boat, and with my heart in my
mouth I sat staring at the sparks that
few from their swords and waiting for
the end.
At last, after an eternity of time, a
time made up of appalling silences
and mad. blind loomings together
and again that hideous groping-there
was cry, a fall, and when the fright
ened butler made light again there
was the squire, pinned by Jacks
sword through an ear to the floor, and
there outside the window were Jack
and Marcy clinging to each other on
the same horse and ready to dash off
into the night.
Well, my dears, said little Miss
Pepper mildly in conclusion of her
spirited recital, of course they got
married and lived happy ever after.
And equally of course, the squire
melted in time and forgave them and
tore up the notes he held against my
uncle. And to this very day. if any
of you should go to Buck Forest, any
body there would tell you how Jack
Brice won his bride on Thanksgiving
night.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
Good Cheer.

The Office boy was a freckled faced,
ill-fed looking little chap, but he was
sharp. The day after Thanksgiving
his employer was provoked at some
thing and went for the boy feroc-
iously.
"Say," said the boy, stopping him,
"did you have turkey yistiday fer
dinner?"
The angry man was astonished into
an answer.
eyes," he replied. "What's that
got to do with your"
"Nothin'," and the boy looked hun
CRY. 'Did you have cranberry sauce,
and oysters, and sweet pertatoes, and
things like that?"
eyes"
"And mince pie9"
eyes"
"Real, old-fashioned, nice, thick
ones?" and the boys mouth watered.
eyes"
The boys face hardened.
swell, you don't talk like it to-
day." he said, and there was some
thing in the way he said it that
brought an apology from the employer
and enough money to give the boy
Thanksgiving dinner, none the less
welcome for being day late.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29

ion House to family dinner. The
wedding was only three days off now.
and the squire had taken a fancy to
keep it in honor of his coming happi'
ness.
When we rolled up to the open
doorway there he was, magnificent Ill
a rosebud satin waistcoat and with
a flower IN his buttonhole; for all the
world like bedecked old turkey cook
"Welcome to the Mansion House,
he said, gayly, as I bundled up the
stairs first. And then to Marcy,
though quite loud enough for mo to
hear: "In three short days l"-mean-
ing, of course, the marriage that was
to leave her in his home forever
She WINGED as if ne had struck her,
her face as white as her muslin frock,
and verify believe shat if ne hadn't
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
walked her into the dining room on

walked her into the dining room on
his arm, she would have fallen.
Uncle and / were on each side, and
Marcy. was at the foot in the place of
honor; where, three times day, she
was soon to face old Tom, until death
should mercifully take one or the
other of them out of the world. None
of us talked much, none, even my
uncle, who was emptying goblet after
goblet OF wine to drown his thoughts.
And when the squire stood up sud-
denly, with his glass, to toast the
bride-a frozen bride, that looked
ready for the tomb-Ialmost welcomed
the interruption that followed.
"To the bridel" repeated the
squire, glass high in air, and was
echoed by dreadful laugh.
"To Satan, you mean; to Satan,
YOU old villain !" said voice. HE
gave you money to buy a wife, so
toast him deep!"
And there, in the middle of the
floor, landed by a jump through the
lung up window, was Jack, his
clothes covered with mud and Satan
in his eyes. True love, poisoned by
wounded vanity, you see, my dears,
may sleep dragged for awhile, but the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29

Lowell has on one of her roadsides a
large urn, which is kept constantly fill
cd with fresh flowers ut the expense Of
a wealthy lady who resides in the vi
cinity. as a memorial to a pet poodle,
which was killed by the cars at that
point Whether the dog was buried in
a satin-lined casket and has lot by
itself in some fashionable cemetery Is
not known.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29
A MARVEL.
REMARKABLE AND ASTONISHING,
CURE OF AN EXTREME CASE
OF ST. VITUs' DANCE.

How q Young Lady Regained the Use OF
Her Arms, Limbs and Speech
in Three Weeks.
From, the StGNdard- Union, Brooklyn, ~ Y.
Too much harI study at school brought on
ST. Vllus' dance. Such was thevcommon OK
nerience of Miss GIendora Rivers, daughter
Of Mrs. Amelia Rivers. of 60 Ry.
orson street, Brooklyn. The disease grew
worse every month, until the young ladys
entire right side became paraiyzed; but, now
that q marvellous and permanent cure has
been wrought it will be interesting TO real
her own version OF the efficacy OF DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills.
"For more than a year." said Miss Rivers,
doctors attended me without ciIecting tho
slightest change in my condition. II any
thing Iprow worse under their treatment,
until February Of this year, when my condi'
ton became critical.
sI had lost the complete use OF my arms
and limbs and speech. Icouli only sWai'o"
liouids and these only as they fed me with q
spoon. when they could get my mouth open.
I wanted to sleep all the time. The seuporA
laid in was something like trance, ana NJ
doubt 1 would have died IL they had no'
walked me up at intervals.
"The FIRST week in March my mother, VINO
Is a sick nurse, was advised by neighbor 10
trv DR.. Williams Pink Pills in my case. She
cot some of the pills.--a box from Nelson's
druO store at the corner OF Myrtle avenue
and Hall street. Before I had taken ONE
half the contents OF the box n remarkable
change was noticed in my condition.
"Gradually 1 regained the use OF my
arms and Hubs and speech. aud by tine tne
tho nils were gone was up and about tho
bonse almost well. But nv mother thought
II wise to got another box OF the plils, anu
this she did, and here you see me stand De-
fore YOU with more strength and more am
bition than I ever had.
"Some Of our near naighbors attribute my
re9ained body and health to some mlracu-
lous or supernatural agency; but my mother
and most intimate friends know thar the
cure was effected by DR.. Williams FINK
Pills. ,,od
the first dose OF the pills was as well asyou
see me to-day"
DIR. williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are q specific for troubles peculiar 10 ie-
males, such us suppresstons, irregularities
and all forms Of weakness. They DullG up
the blood and rest ore the glow OF heaun %
pale and salow cheeks. In men they euec'
n radical cure in all cases arising from men
tai worry. overwork or excuses OF whatever
nature - ,u.u
They are manufactured by the Dr.. VIII
,nms' Medicine Company, Schenectady, NJ
z. and are sold by all druggists at 5O cents
a box or six boxes for $3.50.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-29

men about ner, the trouble with Jack
Brice was this: He was heels over
head in love with my cousin, Msrgery
Lee, but he was too poor to marry.
He lived with his uncle, Tom Brlce,
of the Mansion Household Squire
Brice, as all the country called him,
though he wasn't more than fifty;
and naturally when they both came
counting Margery, her father favored
the squire's suit most. But Margery
favored Jacks, and showed it openly.
A man may be as rich as Cr@sus,
but when he's choleric and up in years
none too good in the bargain-he
needn't expect to make much Roadway
with lovesick girl of twenty. Long
legged Jacks good looks outweighed
the squire'S gold, but when her father
found ont which way the wind was
blowing, he forbade Marcy to see him
again. She said nothing, for she was
not girl to talk. But every night
she wrote him long letter. that she
would hide in q hollow tree stump,
and that jack would come and take
away.
Sometimes, too, in the early morn
ing, hardly daylight. she would jump
on her bay mare Hornet and dash two
miles down the river to the ford,
where Jack would be waiting, and
would swim his horse over from the
other side, just to have five minutes
talk with her.
All, but they were in love, l can
tell YOU. And l never saw better
matched pair-both SO good looking,
both so full of life
Whether my uncle ever heard OF
their goings on / don't know. But he
stopped talking against Jack and urg-
ing the squire's suit. He only told
me-Margy and me both, for lived
with them-that old Tom had him in
his power and could ruin him, and
now that she wouldn't marry him, he
was going to take his revenge.
Theu he fell sick and seemed likely
to die, and my poor cousin was in
terrible quandary. She loved Jack,
but she loved her father, too. And
she felt it was worry that was killing
him.
One terrible night, when we were
almost expecting my uncle to breathe
his last, Marcy fell on her knees and
promised she'd marry the squire, and
he at once began to get better with
astonishing quickness.
She wrote Jack one letter, one curt,
cold letter, that she sat two days over !;
and that he tore in half and sent back
to her, aud then left the county on
top of it.
1t was Thanksgiving night, festi-
val not in favor in the South in those
days, and we were. going to the Man