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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
Tho Dinerrnce i'm Dnrs.

solar day is measured by the 70.
tatlon of the earth upon its axis. and is
OF different lengths, owing TO the clip.
ticity of the earth's orbit, and other
causes. An Astronomical day" com
lhenceS ut noon and is counted from the
ilrst 10 the twcntyfour hours. A civil
uay commences at midnight and is
counted from the first To the twelfth
hour' and then again from the first hour
OF the day till the twelfth at night. The
nautical day" used by ship captains.
explorers and some. few others is
counted as a civil day only that the
reckoning Is begun at noon, as with the
astronomical dav."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
College Notes.
The college nine PLAYED IN Ithaca in
The afternoon of Memorial day.

ne college nine PLAYED IN Ithaca il
the afternoon Of Memorial day.
Wilbur Nelson ana John Smith O
boston visited chapel Wednesday morn
ing.
Miss Grace Paddock has been in
Ionia THIS week looking over her next
year work.
Miss Ella Watson of Breckenridge
visited Old friends at tie college Frida,
aud saturday.
Frank L. knowles, studrnt OF The
Evangelist COURSE, preached III Water
yliet last SUNDAY.
Piot }. I. Ewing has been co fined
10 Inc house TINS week, because of a
threatened attack OF pneumonia.
Miss Bessie McCalum Of uol,on
Nlch' graduate of the preparation,
department, 81, Is visiting stud.nt
friends this week.
Prof }. W. Ewing gave an instructive
address on The Sunday school lesson.
Tor the last quarter, in the Day school
Two miles north OF Alma, last SUNDAY
Great excitement was caused bv Inc
announcement Of The handlcaps fo,.
leld da}' but all seem 10 be satisfied
ne RETAIN game Ithaca vs. College will
De Played Saturday afternoon.
y slight change has been made in the
led day program. Ia place Of tLs
laIi mile relay race there Will be a mile
walk There ale several entries and
promises 10 be one OF The LEADING
vents Of the day.
President Bruske spoke in behalf Of {
he college IN the First PRESBYTERIAN {
hurch OF Detroit last SUNDAY. In In. {
forming he was greeted by Il large audi. !
nee and III the evening hy a st,ll =
f8er one, which is Indicative OF . ;
.o"ihS Interest in the college. n. I
50 spoke before the Detroit Pre,l, t,
ran ministers meeting 81
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
FUNERALS HIS HOBBY
united states Treasury Has q Man Wbc
Enjoys Them Txc,siinefr

In one of the bureaus OF the treasury
department is man who has a chronic
desire 10 help bury people and attend
funerals The other day, says The
Washington Post, he was transferred
70 new division. The first dav he
asked Mischief for leave of absence dur
ing the afternoon.
What for?' asked the chief.
Il want TO attend the funeral Of Can't.
Smith" -
The chief had hardly got acquainted
with the man and sent him upstairs To
MS former chief TO ask if he had been
permanently transferred to his diyi-
sion. The man came back with the
announcement that he had been trans
Tered and he was excused for the
afternoon. The Same day this chief
met the chief of the division where he
mad formerly been employed.
Why did you send the man TO me To
inquire if he had been transfcrredq"
lie asked for leave Il absence. and
wanted TO fird out whether had any
over him." was the reply.
Did he want to attend a funeral2"
Yes"
i knew it, said the other Its u
regular thing with him-a disease. He
1as n mania for attending funerals"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
STATISTICS FOR IDLY CURIOUS
computations on Smoke Pufrs, Kisses, Air
Pressure and Politeness.

a German lover of figures has mad,
thc following curious calculations, say,
the Berliner Abend Post: A man snnolt
ing pipe of medium size blows out o.
his mouth for every time he fills tho
pipe 700 smoke clouds. If he Smokes
four pipes a day for twenty wears he
blows out 20, 440 900 smoke clouds.
II two lovers spend four hours to-
gether and the lover takes or receives
zoo kisses-low calculation-and each
KISS lasts ten seconds lin five years time
the lover would have 500. 900 kisses
and their lips would have been united
Tor the space Of forty-six days and six
hours.
If the entire population is considered
to be 1,400, 100000 the brains of this
number Of human beings would weigh
1922, 7l9 tons, or as much as nfnetv.six
lroncIads of the ordinary size.
The air pressure on a person of ordi,
nary size is thirteen and half tons.
A man Of fifty years Of age has in or
binary cases undressed himself 1880
times, and, Of course, dressed himself
Just as many times,
when person on the street raises
lis hat, makes a bow, the work of a
second, he is carried by tho movement
u the earth 500 meters round with the
planet, three miles round the sun. and |
learly milo forward with the sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

1t is not improbable that the
United States supreme court may be
asked TO decide as TO the constitu-
tionality of the Wilson German tariff
law as altered by the omission of Tie
tax, as the question OF It's cOustilu.
tionality has been raised since the
supreme court decision on the income
tax law. 1t is said that importers
who find the duties ON the goods
they import raised by the law, and
the whisky men with the revenue
tax increased, will combine to test
it; while the manufacturers who find
the reduction of duties in almost
every section of the law interfering
with their sales will unite to FIGHT the
law. 1t is said that some very cmi.
nent constitutional lawyers have ex-
pressed the opinion that if the cx-
ceptlons of rent, personal property
and municipal bonds inyalidate the
other sections of the income tax law,
1t necessarily follows that they in |
the tariff and internal reve.
nue. schedules. There is every rea.
son to look for early litigation that
will carry the question before the
'Ourt Of last resort
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Contrary to all expectations, the
lower, or popular house of the Mich
gan Legislature, after pronouncing in
favor of capital punishment on vari
Gus propositions during the last
quarter Of century, has defeated
the Smalley bill, which passed the
senate last week, by vote of A. to
II. One member of the house
changed his vote for the purpose of
moving re consideration, but the
tie vote of 43 TO - left no hope of
the passage of death penalty meas
ure at this session.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
BegRary Preferable to sI.vory

Henry Fisher, the earliest licensed
plot IN Delaware, was a man of sub
stance when the war for independence
broke out and besides serving as n
major in the continental army he
freely gave his wealth to aid the cause.
W non about TO part with his SAVINGS
he was interrupted by his wife. who
said, according to tradition: "Uenrv
isher' will you make bcggars Of your
children?' and the pilots answer was:
Letter be beggars than slaves"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
REVENGE OF THE FAT WOMAN.
no" she Got Rather More Than Even with
tho Between-the-Actsn Lore.


AprOpos Of the thcater. I sav soma.
thing one other night within thn l,c+
seven that filled me with totally un-
holy glee, says a writer in the Wash.
lhgton Post. A woman sat in front N
me she was decidedly plump-in fact.
she was what Illinois people call corn.
Ied' She was barcheaded. too. bv tba
way and before the play began and
after every act She had to stand m and
IcI d man who sat near her pass out. II
was tight squeeze every time. and rs
inc man did not say Pardon me. ""Beg
Your leave, or anything else 10 show
the faith that was in him. 7 co,,d COO
tnc tidc OF that fat woman's wrath rise
'lu ITS crimson edge made the strar.
eHng fringe below her back hair bristlo
Indignantly. At last the play was
over ana the man wanted TO rush out
20 JON two women fricnds-undoubtcdlv
nc nave called them LADY friends
whom he had noticed near. But di1 no
rush? Well, if he did his rush wasn,t
Vlslole TO the naked eye. That fot
woman sat down and put on her rub.
bers Thcn She replaced her Gloves
"Hlcli she had taken off Then She stood
up blocking the passage. while She put
on her hat, adjusted her veil. and but.
toned her cloak. And ali the while the
man was dancing with impaticnce. nm.
/. toic 10 get out, and the two LADY
friends were passing out the door. At
asst the fat woman moved, and the
nan - well, inasmuch as nothing SO
uuch angers man as a punishment he
'hoWS he deserves, you can imagine
10" ne looked. For NY part, thought
was delightful, and if I ever meet
nat lat woman 1 mean to tel her 50,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

The United States supreme court
mas denied the application of Eugene
y. DeDs' the leader of the great
strike of last summer, for writ of
habeas corpus. The decision of the
court Is OF great value to thi, coun.
tr!' constituting, rs il does, a decla.
ration OF the court of last resort Of
the right of the government To in.rr.
iere to preserve order anywhere
Ia the country, when the locll author
tiles fail TO do their duty.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
A GREEN YOUNG BACHELOR.
suggests Set OF False Teeth for nm.
Chum's Isaby,

lie was n bachelor, while the othc,
man upon whom he was calling was :
young married man, and the visitor fell
very much like fish out of water. SAYS
the Philadelphia Record.
The year before they had been insep-
arabic chums, with the same tastes. the
same habits.
Now everything was changed.
Inc young benedict seemed to be lust
as soeiable and talkativc as ever. but
his old chum was i'll at ease
lie felt like making q bolt for the
door, and with difficulty restrained
himself. '''-''''
Ills nerves were at high tension. and
he sat watching tho door patheticallr.
eXpectantly, like the felon awaiting the
coming OF his cxecutioncr.
Inc door opened finally, and n wom-
an wearing white cap and apron en-.
arms.
Here he is said tho married one.
Heres my son and heir. Isn't hG a
beauty, Jack, eh?"
Jack made some idiotic remarl, about
the baby's sex.
on yes, said the father. Hadn't
you heard? It's boy, of course"
certainly, | might have known"
jack gasped. It's got hair on its
head"
The father laughed, but Jack looked
solemn.
"Baby's got TOOTH" said the father.
proudly.
only one?' queried the bachelor, and
then he had bright idea.
"ot course, that needn't worry you,"
ne said; Il should think you might get
a false set pretty cheap. Such small
lid, Y know"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

The Ohio republican state convep.
1Ion was held in GAINESVILLE last
tuesday. Gen. Asa S. Bushnell was
nominated for governor on the sixtL
ballot His nomination is regarded
AZ decided victory for Foraker in
Ms senatorial campaign. The ven.
eraoie statesman, John Sherman. was
present, and made rousing speech
Tor gold which is regarded as the
keynote for the campaign of 1896
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

The state legislature adiourpod
sine die Tuesday morning Ro,G
houses INDUCED in the usual horse
play prior to adjournment. The
noors were strewn with documents
the chambers were filled with dvin9
missiles. and the members were peltc3
with paper wads, books, and the like
mere was considerable ola clash At
the last oyer the re-districting bills
The representative bill as passed !.
an exact copy of the law enacted in
1872 Inc bill re-arranging the con.
gresslonal districts of the senate did
not pass that body, aud congressman
VIII De elected in 1896 according to
the present districts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
An SWer This

The largest subscription house in the
country wants lrst-class representa-.
tive for this community for strictly
special work. Short hours. Good pay
Minister, teacher, or wide-awake man
or woman given preference. Address.
stating age and former employment.
Globe Bible Publishing Co., 723 Ches-
nut St., Phila., Pa.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
a Gruesome Night. Reading.

Two college girls at home for their
| spring vacation conceived a brilliant
,aea the other day. Every girl knows
inc pleasure of reading or listening TO
creepy stories and bei1g SO fright.
ehed that one darcnt locs< over ones
shoulder, They determined TO try this
uyIl,icioussensation TO the ut tcrmost Dos
sInIe to them. They sat ~ all night.
Win WIN plenty of candy and substantial
luncheon and n pile of books from
" men to read to each other. These
stories ,.,, included Kipling's ''Iami. +" Poc's
..4 Mur'ier IN the Rue Moryue;' the
Death 'of Nancy Sykes" Bulwer's
..d rouse aud the Brain, and parts of the
aie OF Two Cities" In the morning
Two very sleepy and somewhat cross
oulg VIC men declared that one would
Iot Deiie We how difficult il was 10 sit
i9Wn IN old blood and make up ones
49,, 10 be scared. "you can't do it |
'sn0eras 'ly'" wac theiE con clusiop
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
In n FIsh's stomach.

An extraordinary discovery was made
III the stomach of a fish of the ling
species at Liverpool wholesale market
the other day. The fish weighed fifteen
pounds, and in its stomach were two
smooth cobblestones weighing over five
pounds. which had evidently been used
as sinkers for n deep sea fishing line.
The fish, 50 far as could be seen. did
not appear 20 have suffered from the
presence "a such weight in its stom-
acb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Reports from the rural districts
say that the Russian thistle has an.
peared In some places in Michigan.
ana the opinion prevails that il will
be pest TO lazy farmers. The other
KIND attack II vigorously and keep
the upper hand Of it. Those who
nave had experience with it say that
the weed Is chokcd out by aIfalra.
ana that this is just what the future
crop needs in any case.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Great Britain proposes to stand by
the ruling of the Paris tribunal in
regard to Bering Sea matters. The
seizure Of British scaling vessels by
| nted States cruisers, and other
minor matters, Will probably reach
peaceful and satisfactory settlement,
ere long. Thus yarjshcs a war cloud
which alarmed the timid on both
sides of the big pond.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

W alter g. Gresham, secretary of
state, died in Washington Tuesday
morning. lie was soldier, Judge
and statesman, eminent and dis
tlngulShed in these three fields Of
activity. He has held three cabinet
posltlons-pOstmaster general and
secretary of the treasury under Pre-.
ldent Arthur, and secretary of state
under the present administration.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Mrs. I. 5. Hawkins, Chattanooga.
Tenn, says, "Shiloh's Vitalizer saved
my life. | consider it the best remedy
for debilitated system | ever used. >
For dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble
it excells. Price IS cts. Sold by b. :.
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Secretary lIole smith has just col.
lected fee of forty thousand dollar,
from railroad corporation, but this
sum Is not as much a. he has fre-
quently taken away from pensioners
IN single day to make democratic
record of economy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

The decision of the supreme court
in the income tax case means that
the democrats in the last congress
made an unconstitutional attempt TO
catch the votes of the populsts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
"a QUAD the Famous Hunorts,
takes his old Place on the Free
Press


we Ind great pleasure in announ..
ing to our readers that Chas. B. Lewis
The famous M. Quad" has resuns
MS FORMER place upon The Detroit +, o..
Press Since his retirement from NJ
Free Press four years ago Mr. i.u,t
mas Ueen writing for one of the leaJi -.
Syndicates. His preference for di' 's
newspaper work, however, led mir =,
ABANDON That connection, and her, afr
MS popular writings Will appes = 49,
IN the Free Press. MI. and MIR ~ "''
ser Brother Gardner, Arizons. KtcEer
zen White, Abe Crofoot. Mrs Gil
ana many new characters, will am
regularly. "PI'e"i
The publishers are making s,..,.,.,
,our months trial offer of the s-o,;
" eeky Free Press for pc to ,ntyod,'aa
.neir paper to new readers. and No.
'oulu ADVISE those looking for y,.,,
'drg"ln to send ia their subscriu,,on :,
nee. The offer is good only unjI ta
ust lst. '''i' al
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

There Is rapidly growing demand
for American securities abroad,
based, II Is easy to understand, on
the ioregone conclusion that then
administration viii be republican.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

Party lines were not drawn on The
Income tax decision. Two repubi-
cauN aud two democrats voted for
the Law, and three republicans and
two democrats against il.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

One fact should be borne in mind,
and that is that the income tax was
imposed upon people because the
income of the government does not
equal Its out-go under democratic
rule.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1895.

Car Reed is already preparing to
make himself a "thorn III the flesh"
to the democrats, as speaker of the
house next winter
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31
HOW PEANUTS GROW
me staple Food OF tho CIrcus R.ouiro.
But Little Enlfirnt.nr

=, Tut Little Cultivation.
All boys, and aigood many Of their
sisters are fond of peanuts. Evcrv.
oody knows that no circus is co,nnloto
without them, but probably not man.
uoyS' nor girls either, know lust how
1 1ney grow, says, the New York Times
peanut Is supposed 10 be native
y. AFRICA, where it forms the chief food
Oh certain regions, but it is found. too
III south America and Eur6pc. the sno,
cles varying slightly in the diffnren+
:. In RES Herc in the United States
- Is cultivated chiefly in Virginia
North Carolina and Tennessee. Tho
Seco planted is the meat kernel and
are Is taken not to break the skins
me plant grows like virrc. and tbc
NUS hang on 70 it like pea pods. A
single vine viii. it is estimated nroduco
"oouu one hundred nuts, if it Is of the
"'crdgc good condition. At this ratio
r 1,ic yleid per acre is forty bushels.
"'ce VdrleticSof these nuts arc f,royn |
VIe-thc white, the red and the Snan- !
.,h' Ihey'are readily distinguished no
1mey nave Individual characteristics
ne next. time you eat n pcanut viii
Two kerAcs very white. with ninl,
.'lI. J ou will know it is of the white
va, 11rie'ys which is the most important.
''heH OF the red nut sometimes
;. .oi' three or four dark kernels. and
80 KIN Is of a decidedly dark red. so
- cannot mistake that; while the
iahish nut Is SO much smaller with n
,ighter skin than either of the others.
.Ilat 1t will not be mistaken for either
yearly five million bushels of peanuts
are used in this country every year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-31

The democratic leader who talks
on either side of the silver question
Is sure To give aid and comfort to
the republican party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-07
election Notire.

Thrty-fourth Sixth avenue. West Thlrty-thrd
street and Seventh 81,
The Thlriy-eighth Election District shall contain all
that part city bounded by and lying within West
Thrty-sxth street. sixth avenue West Thrty-fourth
street and Seventh avenue.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
Information Wanted.

EDITORS BULLETIN:-While the
currency question is under discus
sion, | will thank you for informa,
ton on the subject. There is, be-
lieve, about $175, 900, 900, coinage
value, of silver bullion in the Treas
ury. What objection is there to
putting all the minis to work and
coin up the bullion, and, with the
dollars coined, call in and cancel
the $175, 100000 of treasury notes
which were issued to pay for the
bullion, and which by law under
which they were issued are payable
in coin, gold or silver, at the option
of the Treasurer? If this is done it
would certainly crafty your free
silver friends and would relieve the
strain on gold to that amount. AS it
is, the money sharks can at any
time make a run on the Treasury,
and call for gold on those notes
which by law may be paid in silver.
Now there must be fatal obiec-
ton to the above plan, which the
writer fails to see. Please state it.
Yours, r. L. L.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
MckInneU-

''Mr. B. T. Mckinney, of Union
City, and Miss Emma Grove, daugh-
ter of r. r. Grove, were married
at the residence of the brides ia
Their, Thursday morning at 10
o'clock, Rev. George Martin, of
Union City, officiating. The bride
groom was reared in Hardeman
County, and at present is running
as baggage-master on the Illinois
Central Railroad. He is a young
man of exemplary habits and has
numerous friends where he is known.
Miss Grove is an excellent young
lady, refined and intelligent, and is
deservedly popular in Brownsville.
The States-Democrat wishes the
couple happiness and prosperity,
and joins their friends in congratu-
latiOns."
The BULLETIN indOrses the utter
ances of the Brownsville States
Democrat concerning the bride
groom. His promotion to the po-
sitiOn of baggage master, which
he now holds so acceptably
is evidence that his faith.
full discharge of the duties incum
bent upon him is appreciated by hi:
employees. 1t is gratifying to his
numerous friends to know that be
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
Mexican MOneu.

MIR. L. f. Wilkinson, one of the
leading grocery merchants of Boil
var, has just returned from a visit
to Mexico. He tells some interest.
ing facts concerning Mexican mon
ey and the wages paid to laborers
in that country: Mr.. Wilkinson
says: "When an American enters
upon Mexican soil, he exchanges
the currency of the United States
for Mexican silver. For every dol
lar of our money, the Mexicans
give you a dollar and eighty-tive
cents of their money. In trading
and trafficing, one of our dollars will
buy as much as two of theirs. The
laborers of Mexico receive on an av-
erage of thirty-fve cents per day in
Mexican money, or seventeen and
one-half cents per day in United
States money. They are half
clothed, half-fed, hard-worked, pit
iful objects"
Some of the readers of the BULLE-
TIN no doubt desire to know why it
is that one of our silver dollars is
worth almost twice as much as a
Mexican silver dollar, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the latter contains
more silver than the American dol
lar. The reason is, that silver is
the standard in Mexico, and the
purchasing power of Mexico's sill
yer dollar depends upon the value
of the bullion in it. If the United
States had free, unlimited and indie
pendent coinage of silver, we would
be in the same condition that Mexico
is to-day. Why? Because we would
90 to a silver basis, and our silver
dollars would only be worth their
bullion value. Do our free silver
friends want the same condition of
affairs in the United States that OBJ
tain in Mexico?
A good way to advance the cause
of sound money would be to charter
trains, and carry without cost, the
populites and free silver democrats
to Mexico, and there let them see
for themselves the folly of their pet
scheme.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
It Mau Do as Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving, ILL.,,
writes that he had severe Kidney
trouble for many years, with severe
pains in his back and also that his
bladder was affected. He tried
many so called Kidney cures but
without any good result. About a
year ago he began the use of Elec-
trio Bitters and found relief at once.
Electric Bitters is especially adap-
ted to cure of all Kidney and Liver
troubles and often gives almost in
slant relief. One trial will prove
our statement. Price only soc. for
large bottle. At Savage d Elmer
on's drug store. 6.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
The Ideal PQnGceQ.

James L. Francis, Alderman,
Chicago, says: 81 regard DIR.
Kings New Discovery as an Ideal
Panacea for Coughs, Colds and
Lung Complaints, having used it in
my family for the last five years, to
the exclusion of physicians pre-
scriptions or other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, KeOkuk,
Iowa, writes: 81 have been min
lister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for so years or more, and
have never found anything so bene-
fetal, or that gave me such speedy
relief as DR.. Kings New DiScov-
cry" Try this Ideal Cough Rene
dy now. Trial Bottles Free at
Savage 81 Emerson's drug store. 8.