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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08

in coin. Mr.. Reed says the bill Is only
IA temporary cXpcdicnt To tide over pres
ent embarrassment.
A canvass of the senate, taken last
Saturday, shows that the ant-silver men
number only thirty-nine, while the adj
vocates of free coinage of silver can
count on tOrty-Seven votes now, and
when Senators Wilson of Washington
and Clark of Montana are sworn in, the
free silver coinage men will number
forty-nine Many eastern republican
senators have for several days past been
receiving kilograms and letters from
their constituents urging them to put
aside partisan feelings and aid in pass
inc a sound currency bill.
The session of the senate Saturday
afternoon of this week will be devoted
to services in memory Of the late Sena-
tor f. b. Stockbridge. The principal
address will be delivered by senator
Mcmillan, and senators from other
states will speak On this occasion SEN
ator Burrows will make his iiIst speech
in the senate and it is expected that it
will be one of unusual eloquence and
power.
The United States supreme court rem
dered an important decision Monday OF
this week, To the effect that the teSti-
monv of witnesses who have died be-
tween the first and second trial of a
case cannot be impeached by witnesses
showing that the dead witness had
stated that he had sworn To falSehood
on the first trial. While recognizing
the fact that injustice may be done the
defendant in such case, if the opposite
course is pursued and the testimony of
mpeaching witnesses admitted, there
are equal chances of injustice to the
prosecution.
The news from Hawaii of the arrest
of Queen LiliuOKalini has renewed the
excitement over Hawaiian matters, and
the announcement that she is 10 be ban
ished from the islands and will seek a
refuge in the United States does not
act as a quictus. Her associates in the
conspiracy to overthrow the govern
ment will be put to death.
SELLOB.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
How to Breed Geese.

In paper read before the Rhode Is
land Poultry association by William
Rankin on Breeding Geese For Profit,
this advice was given on selection for
the purpose of breeding: Take the vari-
ETY. you desire 70 breed, carefully select
such as are strong, large, square, vigor-
Gus and healthy Sec that they arSwell
mated, three geese with one gander as
colony. Then give them "a place afford
ing as large liberty as you can, but To-
cate thcm. Place as nests for their use
some covered boxes about two feet
square, putting i'll some fine cut straw
and nest egg in each nest. Have each
goose lay in her own box. Then you have
one colony fixed. Your next colony you
will place at some remote distance and
teach them 70 run together and separate
from the others You can breed as many
colonies AS you can accommodate, no
matter if the gamblers do come to-
gether once in awhile and have a lit
tie sparring match. Feed each colony
near their nests, teach them that is
their home and when there they are not
TO be molested
Feed boiled cabbage, turnips or pota-
toes mixed with cornmeal. Give them
all they will eat of this with good feed
of corn once a day. Keep ground oyster
shells by them all the time. Keep an
egg account with each goose, and mark
the most productive layer as the one You
want to preserve. With this method,
after few years you will secure for
yourself q lot of first class egg producers.
Should you happen to lose any of your
hocks always replace from the best lay
ing goose you have and get your ganders
from the same class Of goose.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
ROADSIDE WATERING TRoueHs.
They should Be Erected AT short Inter-
walls Along oar Highways.

In recent issue Of the Philadelphia
Ledger DR. ]. b. Edge of Downingtown,
Pa, calls ,ttsutiol 10 the Importance
and conylnionca Of having stations on
our highways where the traveller can
qucnch his thirst and that OF the ami
mails H. may have in charge. He says
1T Is in evidence that in this en-
lightenod and thickly settled country
there are street.-The, of roads extending
from / , TO % mil on Waich 10 is not
possible 20 get water Tor morse or man,
except by applying for the privilege at
private pumps or springs, and this fact
exists in the f-oo Of llw ualor which
every roadw y coald have this conven-
fence
The law referred 10 is one passed BY
the Pennsylvania general assembly and
provides for - road tx abatement In
favor of any one complying with its
provisions. Its main defect is that IT
places q limit Of 50 only:
Tho section concerning this abate-
ment reads Any person or persons who
may erect and maintain in good repair
public watering trough of not less than
Is feet in length, - inches in width and
10 inches in depth in the clear, of either
wood, stone or iron, and have running
into the same, except in hard freezing
weather, hy pipe, pipes or otherwise,
upon the side of the public highway,
erected Of suitable height and easy OF
access, suitable for watering horses and
cattle and approved by the supervisors
or road commissioners of such township
or person having charge of the streets Of
the boroughs, shall be entitled 10 recover
from the road fund there a sum OF
money not exceeding s. annually, as
shall be agreed upon at the time of the
erection Of such trough, provided that
the town council or persons having
charge Of the streets in the several bor-
oughs may erect proper and suitable
watering troughs at an expense not ex-
ceeding $50.
Another section provides for the
erection of pumps where running water
cannot be had and fixes the compensa-
ton. Other sections provide that where
owners of streams or pumps neglect to
supply such troughs the supervisor or
commissioners Of roads or streets may
erect them; that these troughs become
public property and names the penalties
for interfering with them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
Wesinhnlia Hams.

The Westphalia hams are made as fol
lows: We'll rubbed with dry salt and
left to drain pa hours. Take quarts of
salt, 2 quarts of bag (rock) salt, 3
pounds of brown sugar, "a pound salt
peter, ounces sal pruelle and ounces
juniper berries, we'll mixed and boiled
in quarts of water. The brine is then
cooled and skinned. The hams are
taken from the salt and wiped dry and
the cold pickle poured over them and
rubbed in. There should be enough
brine to cover the meat. Turn the meat
every second day for three weeks; then
take them out, wipe dry, and mixture
of ground pepper, salt and bran is thor
oughly rubbed in. filling all cracks and
openings. They are then smoked little
every day for three months or more un-
til completely dry, when they will keep
and improve in flavor for years. Pyro-
ligneous acid will keep off flies and an
imalcule of all kinds and improve tho
flavor of the meat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
FITTED HIM ALL RIGHT.
And He Took Away the Clothier's Ele'
giant sample.

"Thirty-dollar overcoats for $40 was
the way the advertisement ran. In the
windows hung some really handsome
articles of clothing, which were calcu-
lated TO make the passer-by begrudge
the $50 spent for an order coat" before
the blessing of closing-out sale came
in view. On the tables within the shop
were piled coats almost innumerabIe.
On the front table and on the top Oh
the pile was coat which the prospec-
tive customer regarded with great IA
vor. Ii seemed To be $50 coat for $40
in truth. 1t was the first one he picked
up on entering the store. He put it on,
but before he had had time to see him.
self i'm il the salesman had dragged it
off with the remarks That won't do Al
all, and offered him garment of faded
blue blue. which looked like a - coat
for so. The visitor asked for coat
similar TO the one first noticed.
sorry, but those are broken lots, ana
we can't just fit YOU in that" was the
reply. Now, what do you want in
thisP" and another cheap coat was
brought out
The customer tried on several, and
IUcll tdllt bdtk 10 HIS il~l lNNts
want to try that on again, he said.
"Oh, that won't fit you ut all, said
the clerk, but he helped the visitor to
don the coat and the latter thought II
fitted very well. Then the discovery
was made that it was already sold. The
customer didn't see it in that light, and
in consequence a conference OF clothier;
was held i'm the back part Of the store.
! A man came forward and said:
There's a man in the back room that
wants that coat"
II want il. too, 4" said the customer.
"But it doesn't fit YOU"
"All it needs is to shorten the sleeves
and YOU say you do that for people"
We'll we can't do it on that coat
We don't want YOU to take il. We don
want such looking thing TO 60 out o
our store" said the proprietor.
The customer persisted, however, anC
amid scowls and protests bore OIL hii
coat in triumph. He SAYS he is used tC
decoys and that it is dangerous for th'
dealer TO throw in his way expensive
samples not made to sell,--N. \. Irv,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
STATE SETTINGS.

Circuit court judges want an increase
of s. 900 year in salary.
The curfew bell will warn Cass City
youngsters that it is time 10 60 home.
Five steel boats are being built in
Wheeler Il Co.'S yards in Bay City.
Frank NJ. Fogg, labor agitator, has
purchased the Lansing Morning Press.
Mrs. Lydia Shakespeare, one of the
first settlers in Kalamazoo, is dead.
Hon. w III. Brown, one of the Oldest
members of the Calhoun county bar, is
dead.
Frank Campbell, 22-year-old boy in
Flint, had both arms broken catching
on sleighs.
Eaton county will hold a SPECIAL
election March l6, to vote on local
option.
Edward jacobson touched live cleo
trio wire in the Norrie mine in IRON
wood and was instantly killed.
A barn belonging to j. w Jennison,
near Owosso, burned the other morning
and 20 sheep were cremated.
Henry Hall of Three Rivers had 20,-
600 pounds of peppermint oil from the
mint grown on 900 acres, which he sold
for two dollars per pound.
A petition is being signed in Alpena
county asking for the pardon of the
Molitor murderers, serving life sem
fences.
There are 1000 applications for nat
uralization papers on file in Houghton
county.
Mrs Mary Palen, who settled in Jack
son in 1885, is dead.
Henry NJ. Rose of Grand Rapids has
been appointed private secretary to SEN
ator Burrows.
Olivet college students play cards on
pain of expulsion.
a 4-year-old daughter of Rev. Charlie,
Krchner of Muskegon fell into a buckel
of scalding water, and died the next
morning.
Owosso will add a shoe factory to it,
manufacturing industries.
Benton Harbor's high school building
has been destroyed by fire.
Attorney-General Maynard says tho
expenses of the Jochim trial must b,
borne by the state and lngham county
jointly.
Mrs Grothius, resident of Holland
Ottawa county, since 1917, died there {
few days ago.
The State Game and Fish League say
nonresident hunters should be charged
an annual license of $25.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
Soap a. Currency.

An elderly Mexican gentleman tells
me of the time when soap cakes, with
the proper official stamp, freely circu-
lated in the interior cities, passing for
coin of small denominations. These
soap pieces had one excellent character
istic-viz., that they possessed intrinsic
value Soap, even to-day, is extrava-
gantly dear in Mexico, bar of the
commoncst sort, worth a cent or two in
the United States, bringing 10 cents,
while standard high grade soaps are
luXuries for the rich only IA single piece
costing the days wages of a good car
penter.
These ancient soap moneys circulated
freely and when the mint mark was eff
faced they were still useful for cleaning
purposes and so the holder got the
value OF hi, money i'll soap.-N l.
JOurndl
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
LETTUCE COZ Market.

PaIina Lettuce For shipping to Distant
MARKETS Delivery to Home Markets.
y prominent 9owor Of lettuce for
market ina, The following 10 say concern
ing its pIceing and -AIpmeut in Ameri-
can Gardening: From our personal OBJ
servatiou and 30 far as we are able &C.
learn from uoirosp onlcncc, We are of tho
opinion that tho methods used in pack
ing lettuce for shipping purposes are
about the same in the different parts Of
the country.
If TO be sent any distance, barrels are
most commonly used as package Dur
ing warm wealth it becomes necessary
70 ventilata thor, hy means OF holes
cut or bored in the slaves, but in the
winter season, on the other hand, the
barrels must be SO prepared that frost
will not be likely to enter. TO effect this
they are lined with newspapers or other
paper, and if properly handled by tho
transportation companies there Is sell
dom any loss.
Tho methods Of packing properly noe
essarily differ with the kind Of lettuce
grown, whether upright growing sorts
like the Grand Rapids, or flattcncd, cab
bage kinds, Of the Tcnnisball habit.
Grand Rapids growers. for the most part,
pack III tiers, with the leaves placed
horizontally From two TO four heads
are taken up at one time IN the hand
and placed in the barrel, and others arc
then put in 50 As to form rows running
around it, Some shippers think 1t best
to arrange il 80 that the stems Will be
covered by the leaves OF the next bunch
es, while others place the butts upon the
heads previously put in. If necessary
one or more heads are added TO form "a
solid tier Although it does not look rs
well when opened, the general opinion
seems e. be that the lettuce ships fully as
well and can be taken out much better
if the butts are placed upon and over
tapping the heads, thus atfording han
die by which they can be taken ont.
until the barrel is full. Papers are then
placed over the top of the barrel, and a
cover Of burlap is put on and held i'll
place by means Of a hoop.
For the cabbage sorts the barrel is
prepared in the same way, and the let
tuco is packed in tiers, with the butts
up. Ii can be seen that these varictie-
with hattened heads cannot well be
packed in any other way With this cX-
ccptioE, there is little, if any, difference
in the methods of packing.
When the market is sufficiently neal
to admit Of the delivery of the lettuce &c
tine dealers by the grower each consult,
his own convenience. Perhaps the most
common packages are boxes about by
3 by foot in depth. These are so made
that they viii nest one above the othel
and fit closely in the wagon Some
growers prefer to use baskets for thu
purpose, however, and the fiat so calleo
market baskets answer well, although
many use ordinary bushel baskets fol
We'll grown Grand Rapids and other tai
/ kinds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
TITS A LITTLE WORLD, AFTER ALL.
An Fx-Confcderste and Union Officer
Compare Notes at London Dinner.


An Ex-Confcderste aud Union onioer
Compare Notes at q london Dinner.
Two Americans were introduced to
each other NOT long ago in a London
house. where they were dining with a
company of English acqualutanoes.
One Of them told story Of the civil
war as an illustration of the relish which
which an eager appetite gives TO an UNI
expected dinncr, sdys the Yours CONF
paHton.
1t was an incident Of the military
operations of the union army on The
North Carolina scaboard. The narrator
was an officer who was with strong
column in forced march from the
coast. The troops had started before
daybreak and had rapidly approached
the confederate position by a circuitous
road.
At noon they halted for reinforce
ments. having discovered the confcdcr-
ates strongly cnuenched in front of "A
small town.
The American who sat on the opposite
side Of the table from Che narrator put
i'm a word. / know that country we'll
he remark ed. II was there ON the day
you mention, hnt behind the earthworks,
not i'm front oi them.
The union officer after expressing
surprise that his account should be con-
lirmed so unexpectedly. went on with
b.. story.
u was desperately hungry he said.
"and knew that Tie provision train would
not arrive for several hours. Noticing
fup al "a
road leading to the town. il seemed 20
me that it could be approached without
observation from our road by detour
through the woods and that might find
there something to eat"
Then he told how he crcpt through
the woods with half dozen scouts and
made dash for the house. noticing as
they entered it three officers in gray
riding rapidly away toward the town.
Again came an interruption from the
other side Of the table:
II was one Of those horsemen. We
had been taken by surprise and after
finding out how strong was the column
on the main road by using our field
glasses from the upper windows we had
started in hot haste for headquarters in
the town.
Everybody at the table smiled as the
story was resumed.
I'VE found a colored woman inside.
who told us that She had cooked a dim
ner for three confederate officers but
that when it was ready thcy had sud-
denly mounted their horses and hurried
away.
The table was spread and fine
+ an TO u ana "a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08

1t is the opinion of well informed
Frenchmen who have made "a study of
economic problems that the superb roads
of France have been one of the most
steady and potent contributions to the
material development and marvellous
financial elasticity of the country. The
farreaching and splendidly maintained
road system has distinctly favored the
success of the small landed proprietors,
and in their prosperity and the ensuing
distribution of wealth lies the key to the
secret of the wonderful vitality and solid
prosperity of the French nation. Sc
lpctgd
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08
How Australian Roads Are Maintained

The maintenance of the Australian
state roads Is carried on after the system
of the 50 called recovering After nu-
merous experiments with other systems
of keeping the roads, which have al
ways failed, the method stated has ever
proved the best. According 10 this
method, the smaller defects of the road
are continually repaired by the regular
roadkeepers by removing the dust and
mud from the ruts and hollows and fill
ing them with gravel. 1t is then, as a
rule, left for the passing wagons to pack
these stones and roll them i'll. After GER
tain longer periods of time, when the
ballast Of the roadbed has been thor
oughly worn out, certain lengths of the
road are again completely covered with
ballast up TO their nominal height. This
work is carried out III wet weather, as
a rule, or during the fall and spring of
the year The rolling of the new layers
of ballast as formerly practiced Is now
omitted. st Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08

Good roads often tend to circumvent
death and disaster, but they are "a mil
lion times more valuable in promoting
life-not simply existence, but the kind
of civilized life which makes human
development possible, and not only pos
sible, but practical Good Roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08

The heavier soils as a rule contain
more potash than the lighter ones, and
in a general way it is safe to assume that
potash il not needed on such soils so
long as they produce fair crops.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-30
.IOREN0 WAS PUT TO PLEA
'IRST CASE OF LIBEL AGAINST A
FOREIGN AHB ASSADOR.

he Article Which the Accused Signed Was
Published in the Colored American and
Stated That Baron de Fava Was Corruptly
y Interested In the Padrone System.
I Washington, Oct. 29.-The first trial
or libelling an ambassador of a foreign
lower was begun in the local courts
o-day, when Celso Caesar Moreno was
allied upon to plead to an Indictment
harging him with uttering a criminal
libel upon Baron de Fava, ambassador
10 the United States from Italy. Moreno
S a well known Italian agitator who
vas once for nearly forty-eight hours
brine minister of King Kalaukua of
Hawaii. The trial attracted a distin-
guished attendance, the Mexican minis
.er, Senior Romero, and other diplomats
soeing present. The indictment was
passed upon an article published last
March in newspaper called the Col
pred American, printed in this city,
which article, signed by Moreno, charg-
Jed that Baron de Fava was corruptly
interested in the maintenance of the
Infamous padrone system.
The witnesses for the government
were the editor of the Colored Ameri-
can, who identified the article. stat
ing that it had been brought to the
office by Moreno a detective to whom
Moreno acknowledged the authorship
of the article and said he had stated
much more to a committee of congress
and expressed surprise that nothing
8had been done in regard to what he had
lsaid, and Alexander Ildrini, who is con-
snected with the immigrant service at
Ellis Island and who located the con-
suls and others named by Moreno in
the article as working with Baron de
iFava.
Ildrini also identified Don Basillo" to
whom the baron was likened by Moreno
as a disreputable character in the opera
of the Barber of Seville District
Attorney Birney also introduced the
correspondence between Baron de Fava
and the state and treasury departments
regarding the case.
w. A. Cook, Moreno's counsel, in his
statement to the jury said his client
had no personal malice or prejudice
against Baron de Fava and he could
mot understand why the case had been
rushed ahead of more important trials
Moreno had done nothing which threat
ened or attacked the peace and good
order Of the community. 1t might ap-
pear, he said, if Baron de Fava, for
whom a subpoena had been issued, took
the stand that the italian ambassador
was behind the whole proceeding and
prosecuting his client.
Baron de Fava was returned mot
found by the marshal and consequent
ly did not appear. The defense offered
mo testimony and the jury, after five
minutes absence, returned a verdict OF
guilty. The amount of bail was in
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 pending the
result of an application for new trial
Moreno will be held until he can pro-
cure the increased bail. The punish
ment for criminal libel is not fixed by
statute, being wholly in the discretion
of the court.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-30
In a Dying Condition.

Boston, Oct. 29-Mrs, Annie Fook
wife of Moy Fook, Chinaman of
Oxford Place, shot herself this morn
ing and is reported at the emergency
hospital to be in a dying condition
This is simply another case of a young
girl who has thrown her life away with
out regard to either parental advice
or the ordinary dictates of discretion
Mrs. Fook was married in Providence
on the tenth of this month and came
to Boston. Her father, a well-to-dc
and respected New Hampshire man
had no idea that his daughter had
contracted an alliance with a China
man. Annie Carroll, as she was known
in her home, had married at an early
age. Divorce followed her lively dis.
position and she came to Boston two
years ago and after a struggle against
adverse circumstances became the wife
of Fook. No cause for the act is known
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-30
Pequots' Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Pequot as
sociation was held in the Builders ex-
change last evening. The treasurer s
report showed the club to be in good
condition. At present there are 170
members. 1t was voted to lease the
cafe this year to the highest bidder.
The following officers were elected
President M. R. Durham vice presi-
dent, T. w. Beeeher; secretary G. H.
Butler; treasurer. w. M. Wellman;
standing committee for three years, H.
S. Hotchkiss, e. S. Osborn, w. M. Chase;
for two years, w. A. Harris, J. e. Todd,
S. ]. Fox; for one year, J. N. Cham
pion, w. P. Tuttle, W. r. Demerest;
auditing committee, C. r. Gran, w. H.
Lee. The committee on entertainment
will be elected later. 1t was voted that
each member could bring in one new
member without the initiation fee.
There was a very good attendance of
the members.