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STEAMER DELTA
Lava Galbraish dock. foot OF Washing
- ofreet. Tuesdays Thursdays and sat
u3aya al : o'clock o. M, for ktns sfoa.
M Gambie. seaoeck. Brlnnon. Holly,
eseatto. Iiillwaup Fails. Hcodsport and
Cnsoa City. Returns aiteanate lays
-. TRouTMAN. Master.
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tcRr ORCHARD AND PORT WASH
lNGToS ROUTE.
erEAMER MARY r. fERIEY
tnves Harrington's wharf. foot Of Wash
ACTON street. for South Beach. SYLVAN
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naeyton. Ch.co. Silvrrdsie. at SO .. IN.
nturdsy. sN y m: Sunday. 7 =. m fe-
erntns leaves Siiverdais ct eG a IN
sr'erhere. Black 81.
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PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.

PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.
41ms Card N effect Juns L II
nxAITLE. EVERETT AND WHATCON
ROUTE.
1tafe Of Washington lea yes Seattle caily.
oxceps Saturday. At 10 .. m.
RATTLE. EVERETT AND LA CON-
NER ROUTE.
Nairha ven leaves Seattle daily. except
o2pday. ct 8 a. m.
i~oiephone. Main Ss. Yesier dock.
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xRUsE AND MADISON LINE
grEAM SCHOONER LAKME

VI MI from San Francisco July u. car
UtsH freight Al 81 per ton. CONNECTING At
&at(ie for all points
Arlington dock Telephone. Pike ~
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"FEEL
TIRED

TT - ALWAYS THE SAME WHEN I
\ lay me down TO sleep I feel tired:
when ] arise I feed tired. Now I In rn-
able 20 collect my thoughts. ] feel con
fused. ] am Irritable, I lack thai vsxor
that I VA wont TO have sSo wonder I
am respondent. no wonGer I am nervous.
no wonder / despair. A man feeling tired
al the time gees weary Of life These are
the words @ . young man who
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Ocean dock. 0sattlA.
ooooALL. PERKINS 9 CO.
General Agents. San FraAciooo
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uRE. WEATHER BUREAU.
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DAILY BULLETIN
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THE MARKET REPORT.

YuRDcAsr ron SATURDAY.
Portland July -. ia
FAR. warmer
pAGun rvrecasssr.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
CRUELTY IN TENERIFFE.
Oxen Are Driven Full Speed Into Dead
Wall

lady reader appeals to me to notice
a letter in the journal of the HSmanita-
rian league respecting the atrocious
cruelty which is practiced on animals
in the island of Teneriffe. The writer
affirms that the cruelty there surpasses
anything he has ever seen even in other
Spanish colonies. and he gives some
sickening details of the torturing of
dumb creatures in everyday work.
and at bull fights and other spectacles.
One entertainment peculiar of the town
of Laguna is thus described: "a yoke
of oxen are fastened to an empty cart
of the ordinary two-wheel kind used
here, and as many men as can get near
the poor animals keep alongside, run
ming and goading them TO agony with
the terrible long steel spur in the end
of pole or stick, the spectators keep
ing up in mob with yells and shouts,
while one man keeps in front of the
poor oxen. The trick of the affair is
that this man shall thus keep his posi-
ton at the head of the animals. a
blind lane is chosen. stopped by wall
or something at one end. Into this the
poor animals are driven at furious
gallop, and encountering the wall fall
into a heap along with the heavy cart.
The man is supposed TO be agile enough
to escape and is looked upon as hero.
1t is no matter if the legs of the poor
animals are broken by the collision
that is only TO be expected, and they are
slaughtered on the spot for further
spectacle" 1t is shocking TO read OF
such barbarous practices. but it is of
little use for an English paper TO con-
lnmn them L nnInn Trufh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
TOO LATE.

What silences We keep year after year
With those who are most near TO us and dear
We live beside each other day by day,
And speak OF myriad things, but seldom say
Tn full, sweet word that lies just In our reach,
Beneath the commonplace OF common speech
Then out OF sight and out OF reach they go
Those close. familiar friends who loved US so
And sitting In the shadow they have left,
Alouo with loneliness, and sore bcrcft,
We think with in rc ret OF some fond word
That once We might have said, and they have
heard
For weak and poor the love that we expressed
Now seems beside the sad. sweet unoxpressed d,
And slight the deeds We did TO those undone,
And small the service spent. TO treasure won,
And undeserved tho praise for word or deed,
That should have overlooked the simple neod
This Is the cruel fault OF life-to be
Full visioned only when the ministry
or death has been fulfilled, and In the place
OF some dear presence Is but empty space
What rccolected services can then
Give consolation for the might have been"
Nora Perry, in Chicago Israelite,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
JUST REEVE RSEO.
How Bridget Interpreted the Dream That
Went by Contraries.

An old lrishwoman. who has received
may benefits at the hands Of a benevo-
lent minister and his wife, is so shift
less that % cas,onally the large heart
ed couple lose ali patience with her;
but she has such n sense of humor, and
such a beguiling tongue that she
never fail- 10 c;!.Cse them and fnall !
to win them back
At one time when money was given
her 10 buy warm uEdcrcloth.ug with,
she wasted il upon large photograph
album. The minister spoke TO her
with considerable severity, as id also
his wife, and for some time Bridget
received no calls from either of them.
One afternoon, however, the minister
relented and stopped at Bridget's door
OH his way to see sick woman.
"Shure. and it's mesilf that dreamed
about you last noight, Misther VIII
liams." said Bridget, with beaming
smile. "Oidreamed that you and Missus
Williams came here to see me, and
says you: How are you off for tay and
coffee, Bridget?' and Oh says: 'It's
niver drop of ayther Olive got in the
house, Misther Williams!' And thin
you PRESENTED me wild a pound of tay,
and Missus Williams wild a pound Of
coffee on the shpot! Yis, sorr, that was
me dream"
"Well, Bridget" said the minister,
striving not to smile, you know dreams
are said TO go by contraries."
"Shure, and that's fwhat Oh said 70
mesilf." exclaimed Bridget, triumph
antly. "Said OF, 'Misther Williams is
the wan that'll be giving me the coffee
and Missus Williams the tay!' Thin
was my very thoughts. sorr."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Water In Rubber.

Experiments with Theoretically
sealed rubber bottle containing water
have shown that the rubber is not alb
solutely watertight. The filled bottle
weighed II ounces drains; at the end
Of one year the weight was II ounces 2
drains; nine years. lG ounces; eighteen
years, II ounces drains; twenty-three
years, 13 ounces 4 drains; twenty-five
years, ounces drains: twenty-e1ght
years, 3 ounces il drains; thirty years
ounces - drains, the water being en-
tirely gone
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
A Woman's Cleverness.

A good story is tol3 of the cleverness
of woman in a transaction with an in
surancc adiuster. The parlor curtains
took fire. and before the blaze was ex-
tinguished the carpet was badly
scorched. After looking over the dam
age the representative of the company
said she was entitled to the value of o
new carpet-SlO0. I'VE will allow you
that sum-" continued the man. land we
will take your old carpet" why.
what can you do with ito" ooh, Wen
sell it secondhand and get back $40 or
S12 at least" was the careless reply, in
tended to make the company's attitude
as generous rs possible. I'm that case, "
promptly put in the owner of the car
pet, "seil il to me- III give you $l2 for
it," The adiustcr could only comply.
with the result that this quick-witted
chatelaine got a new parlor carpet with
a handsome moquette floor covering as
well for an upper room that needed it
for S12
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11

cHAsr c,.~~'~ ~-~-v


How /; impro.>ed q nv. a..ard
~ "a " i..'r".
In the El,-e.,. ... tc,.. Campa!Cn
thu~ .'as = ;. x i'e..t,i4lIc nrring o;
a certain lllca ia -. ,..a..es olunty, IN
this state 3 uU ser II Gis' l"uished
Demca,atic s?caI,rs wore favTo, and
we bad day { IT, The writer was then
"a small cA'al. bat uaa cf the speakers
made & yc.y pro..o..G impression upon
lis Iii /. "t' ..-... l.as no other
than Champ Clark.
No one asks now, "WLo vas Champ
Clark" but then lie was a new star in
the armament.
We had a number Of speeches, and the
children We're very tired. / can't speak
for the grown people, because the good
Democrats there would not have owned
to being tired, | know, after such dis
play of eloquence from their great party
leaders. AT any rate i was tired, but my
mother whispered:
There is only one more speech, a"
and was much relieved. a blond young
man was introduced az Champ Clark Of
Pike county. He came forward with
pleasant face and manner that at once
attracted my attention Flo began in
this way:
II ann reminded of the boy who kill
ed possum and expected TO enjoy
possum dinner the next day. The fam
lily was about to sit down to the dinner
table when wagon drove up and a
neighbours family came in. The head
ct the house announced that the visitors
had come to dinner, There was no room
at the table for our young friend, the
sportman, and ne waited, with his eyes
anxiously fixed on the dish Of possum
The guests had good appetites Finally
there was cnly one piece of possum
left. and one of his own family took
that. Then the possum lover busted
right ont a-crying The disappointment
was too much for him.
my friends, " continued Mr.. Clark,
~ am i'll that same condition. When l
heard the first speech. | thought, we'll
that is pretty bad, bat still have some
thing left to say. Then there came the
next speech, and the next, and when the
last speaker finished / just busted righs
out a-crying because there was not an
other thing left for me TO say.
But there was, and he said it too.
He awakened that audience till you
could hear its applause mile away.
think that that was probably the
first time Champ Clark ever spoke in St
Charles county. He carried back home
with him the thanks and appreciation
of "a good many of his hearers that day.
st. Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Fair Boxing Not Brutal sport.

There is not anything brutal about it.
II is business with the young fellows,
who sit there, with naked backs and
clean, white, hard flesh and easy mus
cles. who are being rubbed and famed
and who are having their tongues
scraped with a "strigil' and pressed
with lemons. There is nothing ugly
about them. They come up to each
other smiling and sometimes take each
others hands in both their own TO show
they feel no i'll will. When you have
seen it all and even, perhaps, one of the
contestants a bit 'groggy" at the emil
YOU haven't seen anything immoral
or bad-or brutal. You have only been
seeing past of the life. that is explained
by the word athletic. You have only been
interested in these things that make
for physical superiority, the power OF
which shall never cease TO be admired.
--Scribner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11

Tetanus Bacilli Thrive In Long Island
Nine Fatalities 10 Year.


The death Of a child in Brooklyn from
lockjaw. said to have been caused by
haciili of the disease which existed in
the soil of that region, calls attcation
again To a peculiar danger of some por-
tons of Long Island, which has been
mentioned at intervals of several years.
Ia this instance the child, says the Hart
ford Times, q girl two years old. had
been vaccinated. There was no reason
to suspect the purity of the vaccine
matter. 1t was used three weeks ago.
and the child was getting on well until
in playing i'm the dirt she scratched the
vaccinated ann white her fingers were
sMeaIed via. clay.
As to the existence of tetanus bacilh
in the soil, the evidence seems to be ann
pie. Health Commissioner Emery says
tho soil is full OF these bacilli and that
they caused several deaths which fol-
lowed vaccination year ago. DR..
Mayne, who attended the little girl, says:
THE germs Of tetanus are in the air as
well as in the soil, but TO breathe them is
not necessarily fatal. In the vicinity
of the south shore of Long Island
horses, as well as human beings, have
fallen victims TO the bacilli. In The
case of the little girl her finger nails
contained the germ, which when
brought into contact with the superb
cial abrasion az once inoculated her sys-
tenn with the poison DR.. West, of the
lyndepartmento of health, says the
existence of the germ of tetanus has
been noted for several years. more par
ticularly in the east and southern tiers
of Long Island. He adds: Suffolk
county. believe, has the reputation of
being the most affected spot. In the
past three years, in Brooklyn. there has
been an average Of nine fatalities from
the work of tetanus bacillus annually.
The germ. when exposed 10 the air, soon
succumbs. When il attacks wound it
burrows down deep, for the purpose Of
keeping away from the air"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Rough on the Sentry.

One OF tie most amusing stories OF the
day treats of mistaken philanthropy. AT
a certain army post there was sentrY on
duty near the hospital. The surgeon was
preparing TO go 10 bed inside, wien he
was annoyed and alarmed at the scntry's
coughing His experienced ear tod him
that the man had "A severe bronchial 6fflic-
ton, needing "A strong remedy.
He debated awhile with himself, ano
then going into the dispensing room, com
pounded "A powerful mixture This he took
outside TO the sentry with instructions to
swallow it Immediately. The man refused
The surgeon insisted and finally command
ed the soldier to take the medicine, which
he did with much grumbling Then the
worthy surgeon went TO bed, pleased to
hear no more coughing.
Next morning to his surprise, the com
handing officer sent for him and said that
the sentry had complained, declaring that
the surgeon had forced him 60 swallow
something he thought was poison. AL
Investigation followed and revealed the fact
that while the surgeon was mixing the
medicine the coughing sentry had been ts.
licyed, and consequently the remed! had
been given 60 the wrong man II onuon
TIT. Bits
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
THE DEADLY kATlPO.
4 Spider Whose Bite Produces Terribls
Torture.

Next time anybody is bitten by poi
sonous black spider" he viii confer a
favor on Prof. III. i'll. Bchr If he will re-
frain from crushing il long enough TO
give the professor "a chance TO be bitten,
too. He would like to demonstrate 70
that part of the public who feel iinicky
about such things that the bite of that
same poisonous black spider" is really
absolutely harmless and no more pain
full than the sting of a wasp or a mos
quito, or even flea of the California
genus. Mr.. Behr is professor of ento-
mology and araneolopy and few other
sciel-ces at the big academy on Market
street, and what he doesn't know about
insects of all kinds is hardly worth talk
ing about,
But if anyone should happen TO be
bitten by small "back spider" with
four or five little scarlet spots on its
baS< he had better TO guzzle brandy fol
day or two while a strong-armed at
tendant ruhs ammonia into the wound
with one hand and keeps the victim
from squirming with the other. The
professor calls that little spotted insect
the latrodectes mactans and says il is
the most venomous of all spiders, not
even excepting the tarantula, which is
abont ten times as big. 1t is ordinarily
not bigger than French pea. but boasts
of considerably more beauty than IL
commonly found among spiders.
Its body is round and covered with q
beautiful velvety black growth OF short
fuzzy hair, with the scarlet spots above
mentioned on it's back. It has eight
rather long legs for such small body
and eight eyes, though they cannot be
taken as distinguishing features of this
particular species. for, as the professor
says, all spiders have eight legs and al
equal number Of eyes. But it is by thu
location of the eyes in the anatomy OF
the insect that the classifcations are
made, and as there are some 5000 OF
5000 species known to araneologlsts il
is no small task to distinguish (which
is which," This one, however, may be
told by the fact that four of it's eyes
are located in a squad in front, with the
remaining four grouped in pairs on
each side of its head and "A little TO the
rear of the others. The eyes are bulg-
ing and CLASSY and of deep greenish
hue. It's mandibles are not very large,
but, as many victim can attest, are
capable of doing great damage. It's
action is quick and alert.
Prof. Behr laughs at the idea that
the bite of the latrodectes mactans is
fatal, though he admits that the patient
suffers the most racking tortures for
several days, after which, if he has been
properly treated, recovery is a certain.
ty. He says that many persons may
have died of fright but never from the
poisonous effects of the bite. The
tarantula, which is so universally
dreaded. is after all. accoF1 ing TO Prof
Behr, not at all dangerous. Trrnugh
its bite causes considerable pain and
swelling about the wound, he says il
b not fatal. Its bite is not nearly so
dangerous as that of the "katipo," but
he that as ii may, it is more formidable
and ugly looking. and one might as well
be poisoned as scared to death.-San
Francisco Examiner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Elkirs and Camden.

Stephen Il. Elkins tells an interesting
story of his election to the senate. II
was sitting III my study at my country
home, said he, awaiting the returns
that should tell me whether or not l had
been chosen to take the place of Senator
Camden. The operator at the telegraph
station had orders TO open ali kilograms
addressed ~ me, and TO telephone their
contents TO me Immediately. Suddenly
the telephone bell rang, and the chill
dren's governeSs, who answered the
phone, came to me and told me that the
person at the other end of the wire was
saying something about shoes, she
couldn't quite make it out oh, said
l, 1T : my wife's shoemaker, probably.
Tell him To let the matter rest until to
morrow She delivered the message.
but returned shortly 10 say that the man
insisted on talking 10 me. Invent TO the
telephone. 1t was the telegraph opera
ton, and the message lie was trying to
transmit to me was: When shall ] send
you my shoes? Johnson r. Camden.
Then l knew that / had been chosen TO
fill the shoe nf that WORTHY oentle'"o" =
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
State News.

Ba, CITY suburbs are bothered by
burglars.
The Manistee fair will be held Sept
%, % and "a
Labor Day was generally observed
( ~ The Lar ger cities.
Alh"-an ~vap'rator, pay 'eyen cents
q pu-l'rl for app es.
Frnviilc shipped nearly hundI ed
carloads Of peaches last week.
senator Teller is advertised to speak
at the Branch county fair next month +.
Mrs. Lucinda Lyons of Grand Rapids
LIBERATED her 95th birthday last Tues
day.
A good" horse is reported 10 have
been sold on the street AT Mason for
s. Is.
Mrs. John Ii Hickok wife of Flnt's
dead postmaster has been appointed
his successor.
Duck hunters report an unusual lack
of game on the Kalamazoo river and
marshes this fall
The official returns from the Antrim
couRty local option election give the
vets majority Of $50.
Rabbits and squirrels ere reported
more plentiful than usual IN the south
ern part of the state this fall.
4 petition has been forwarded to
Gov. Rich asking for the removal OF
Sheriff Smith of Muskegon county.
Tae State Fair is in session this week
in Grand Rapids with an excellent eX-
h bit and II good attendance and go' d
weather.
Eight carloads of seed peas were
shipped from Angel, Antrim county
one day re emily, and 1S or 20 more
carloads will soon be sent away.
A Paw Paw fruit-grower is market
ing his peach crop at Sioux Fails, 3. ID.
HIS wife ships the fruit 10 him at the
Falls, and ne receives and sells it faster
than she can ship it.
Petitions are being circulated in Ea-
ton county asking the supervisors TO
,all special election for the reSubmls-
sion of the local option law. Prohib :
ion has now been in force IN the coun-
~ for three years.
Two Young men of st. Johns soaked
4 lot of wheat in alcohol and strewed il
around the court house grounds. Then
they gathered up in bags upward of 400
inebriated sparrows and gathered the
bounty on them also.
Portland's electric pant will cost
about 81 900 more than was expected
when it was voted to raise $4,000 for
he purpose, partly on account of strik-
ing lead of blue clay IN digging the
race But when the works are done the
village will have a dynamo of 500 ale
tights in stead of one able to furnish
1875 lights, as was at first intended.
The COnstatine Advertiser says that
between 900 and 1900 chimney swal-
lows lodge every night In the chimney
Of George & Tweedale's brass cupola
They come to the chimney every night
IN large flocks, from all directions and
settle for the night with a vast amount
of chatter and hustle. In the morning
they come out and depart, each flock
under its own leader, to the feeding
grounds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Wearing Away of Coins.

Copper money wears away RAPIDLY.
In 100 years $500 worth of pence would
be worth only $3.50, while the same
amount of sovereigns would lose only
3h per cent. OF their original value, and
$500 worth of shillings. on the other
hand, would be worn 10 the extent OF
S1s5 The less the value Of coin. of
course, the greater it's wear and tear.
A penny circulates at least $40 times as
rapidly as a sovereign.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
One application of DR.. Thomas Eler
trio OIL takes away the pain of the mos
severe burn. 1t is an ideal fsmil,
inimont
Suez Canal Profits.

The Suez canal represents at present
a clear profit income of over C 100000
year, and this. too, means q saving to
the commerce between east and west of
over e2,000,000 year. Its political and
military value is somewhat problemat-
ical, since the sinking of single ship OF
lredger would render il impossible.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Our FIRST Hank.

The first bank within the limits of the
United States was chartered in Phila-
delphia in III. 1t was incorporated by
congress under the title: The Presi-
dent. Directors and Company of the
Bank of North America"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11

IF was man." said the little boy In
the crowded car, I'd be glad to get up
and give my seat TO a nice, handsome lady
like that one standing in the aisle there. Z"
"Why, sure enough, little onel' replied
the man who was reading the newspaper.
rising up as he spoke. u
"Here's a seat mammal called out the
boy. Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Catch Your Hare.

The we'll known saying. First catch
your hare, - is generally credited to
Mrs. Glass Cock Book, - written by
Dr.. John Hill in the eighteenth century
Bat III an early edition vi the book tlt
reading Of the sentence is. First cas-.
tthat is, skim your hare
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
C.e for Horse Chestnnfs.

II Is popularly supposed that horse
chcstnuts are very unwholesome.
Nevertheless in Turkey they arc roast
ed for coffee. fermented for liquor end
Utilized for horse medicine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-11
Good Standing Army.

The army Of Japan, in tho opinion of
men versed in military affairs, is one of
the best organized armies in the world.
The rank and file are the descendants OF
the famous old Samural-the sturdy
men at arms who followed the fortunes
Of the early Misunderstanding SOL
diers. imbued with all their warlikc
traditions.