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PITTSBURGH.
Hated for Foreman in the fourth inning.

'Batted for Foreman In the fourth inning.
ssitmoio" ,,,,,,,",.....i 0 Q ! S-ls
Earned runs pittsburgh, L: Baltimore. g. First
base ny errors Pittsburgh, 2; Baltimore, 3. Left On
bSssssL p1tts6nrsh, log Bsitimors, : First base on
Struck out by GOar, |; by Homer, l.. Three.base hit
IBrodle. Two base hits-Kelley hierbauer. Sacrifice
hlts-Beckley. Keller, Donuslly. Stolen bases-Snith,
liy: keelSr, PonneIly %. Double plays-Eiy lu1as'
nings, Reitx, and Doyle. hit bv pitcher by Foreman,
II by Homer, Il: by Goar. l.. Passed bali-Mack'
Umpire-Lynch. Time-2:2 30.
CINCINNATI. y; BOSTON. o.
CINCINNATI May 6,-Rhines pitched the greatest
game OF the season this afternoon, aud rs q result the
Ance i, 900. The score,
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The Martnrd Golr CInh n%rgnnlzed.

HARTFORD, May 6.-The golf players Of Hartford
George II. Shepherd President and r. IL. st. John
secretary. IL has been deCl'el to lease n IRA = OF
land In the western part oil the CITY, bounded by
Asylum, Prospect, an Girard avenues, and CON.
tanning nfteen 10 twenty acres OF ground. \ course
VIII hc at once laid out. IL VIII not p" necessary tn
do much but level the turf about the Lolcs. Tho
grounds are admirably suited FOR g9Ir ani nav" the
adNantAge OF being on the line NJ the electric cars.
later a CLUB house VIII undunLlelly be DMlLl.
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Lacrosse.

The varsity team OF the college OF the city OF New
York met the team representing the stevens Institute
OF Technology OF HobokCH yesterday afternoon ON
the 81 George Cricket clubs grounds az HuDOkeu.
'he game was well cuntrstcd on both sides. IL was
remarkable Tor the speedy and clover passing Ol the
ball aud skllful Interference. The stevens won BY u
AaaFa al = 70 U.
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Yal.'s New Wonder with the Hammer.

NEW HAvEs. May o.-HarrI p. CroSs, Yale's best
hammer thrower, broke the Intercollegiate record In
his daily practice at the Yale Held yesterday, tossing
the hammer las feet and breaking the record estab,
llshed by 8E.CApt, llckOk OF Yale ut the lnterCOllesi-
ate game. last year, The worlds record Is lao feet
made Dy j. >. Michel,
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For the rrIaceton.Haryard Basebnm Gnme,

AT Princeton. Saturday, May y, the PennsylyanlA
Railroad Mil run a special rain leaving New YORK
at | 90 T.. NJ, Jersey cry lElt u. NJ, returning at the
close OF the game. Fare for the round trip S2.0O,
Tickets good only on sEsclal Laln--AdH.
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S Ss%; '"S Ss:!ss f*o Maternity %ais:at aa;::,s. 1' s s.';!
+ ION Ne; Ss!'s S..s j s' Ss;I,S op;TE Xsi hss'o \ e. SiS W, %I5isS 3:
"a Hst! ps On bases (. r tisss Sasf ia q a SsaRRsianF' aS!isss;. l. /:
ia snd Kelly; raissd Rslism TlIasy 81 Smith 49,,
pIre.Hoggins. Time Attendance-i.5O0. O
ST. PAUL. s; BROOKLYN HIGH. g.
70, one ,s Of 6n ss q %0 ssa ,n.srTss.ins g sa% mes PI aye ,s thus far lar
ser;eholas}io League t,a took place between the St. Paul
s serdr SfS sf.esno on.N The fSn game .sS Mas o. y m ascief imP pars ss,
as IL PRACTICALLY decided the championship OF the
81. PAUL. . n,sH.::oo Is
ni.s. BrSoklyp High, a 81 Paul. .; E~rrors,Proek.
son; Hall and $. Starr.
COLUMBIA GRAMMAR. 81: TRINITY. IL.
Columbia Grammer School defeated Trinity School
In ins the se sssfn nisIss e%si aT 'h a. 1 "a. SssiS Sesi% ~ Rsss4iHo Of
school OF, q. the race. ana leaves The championship
rumbia Grammar schools The score;
t tGiniiy aatdirammaar::GG 8 1868 al
Trinity 2; Columbia GIammar.4 q. Batteries Tanning
ana Illley, Bechtei anu hust.
YALE, II: LAFAYETTE. 8.
NEW HAVEN. May 6.-Yale and the team from Lafay.
s sss f Soi,sss P,s' Won a S game Of , 6s!i here sgol :" d1, and
sMrleved some OF their lost fortunes ON the local field.
lafayette fals ,ys:"": 9 sSSSSa III
Hits-Yale, IA; Lafayette, 8. Errors-Yaie, 2; La.
fayette. .. Batteries -frudeau and Ihorne: Dries
bach and Barclay.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 10; CORNELL. o.
ITHACA. May 6.-Pennsylvania's superior team work
won the game from Cornell to-day At Percy Field.
The score:
ffsaas!i ....:::, g Sq2Eq5.t--,S
gs Hll' J; fsansH ys III Fsn Gs,!s:ie.. Young z Et sSs c csSs:
Wunder and Middleton.
AMHERST, 8; WILLIAMS, Q.
AMHERST. May 0-The first championship game DO.
tween Amherst and Williams was played mere to-day
and resulted as follows:
AMmIhh,enrs. .'.".""'"""'"' Q Q %
~its-Amhe 81 Williams. I. ~Errors-Amhsrst 8;
Willians,4 Batteries-h J. Gregory and sullivan;
AT BErHLEHEM.
Ss%Scrk University. ,....s . ! IS
Hits-Lehigh. Il New York University. .. Errors
nom nSn' ana d Ho Sss S %aie nnt,iSst an9 h az; nA''er'e'-san'
AT LAKEWOOD.
I IaEn TsaT Height, school. 9 9 sSsass -is
Hits-Lakewood 10; Town Team. II, Errors-Lake.
wood, u; Town Team, b. batteries Holt, stockwelL.
AT PROVIDENCE.
Mssisy an, ..,.,, 5000 ."..ss Q o-is
Hts brown. 10; Wesleyan. II. Errors Brown, 4;
Wesleyan, = batteries -heiior. Brady, and ], Dunno:
TIrr1ll aud faw.
S Sas ..."."9 2 d-i9
AT NIAGARA FALLS.
B sSfSsa'' H HTa%'tSs shoGSi III 3 / : S-Sss
Al Hanover-Bowdoin, o. Dartmouth. g.
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Eafhed THhsIT hIcago, o First base BY errors-Chi.
hrS2aiyG, L. Err, base on 6slls-or Terry 4; on
by harper, !; by Kennedy, D.. HomH ~runs-Dahien
t9l. ThIee-base hit-Hyan. Two-base ~hits-Ander.
son, Dahlen. SACRIFICE hits-COrcoran, LANCE. Stolen
b~ases-MeCarthy, Anderson. Everett (J, Donohue.
Weldman. Time-2; 10.
BALTIMORE, l2: PITTSBURGH. Q.
PIrrsBURdH: May a.-Dsltimore won the anal game
OF the series from Pittsburgh to-day with ease, fore
Ing FOREMAN out OF the game. uoar. who took his
place, fared even worse. Attendance. $500. The
bcure:
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PRINCETON. IS; MANHATTAN COLLEGE, 8.
Fifteen hundred persons passed through the gate at
Jasper Field yesterday afternoon, and nearly rs many
more climbed the high rocks In the vicinity or tina
grounds to witness the game between the Manhattan
College and Princeton teams. The score:
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Death Duo 90 a prin, Fight.

SAVANNA, May 6.-Audrew WHY, a you.g Scotch,
man, die ]su!donIy last nivht a. tho rosul, OF a four.
round scrap with gloves wI,h Paul Rapport ~ Mont
go"arry, Ala. The two men wrrc rut,rt latug !.
few friend ~ the faS'lm" Athlorl' cub, au insrI.
de ut tpr Il,~i ruumi Myy rHtrrI from mo rIuE
AMI lati down on a bench. H." was stripped aul
luhhel, nat di'l before medical uil could rcaCi
INN. Ia the opinion pf lnOse Whu saw the s'TaH
there was 40 blow severe enough u have produced
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third strslsh, victory today in q close game A,tsn.
danca =. boo. The acorei


Earned runs -; Louis. : phiIadelphia, b. First
base on hails-On nreitnnstein, III on Taylor, Q, Struck
og.-hy. BreItensiein, A. by ,Tayior, Il Three base ne
-Parrott. Two base hits Pnrrott, Hulcn, Delehanty.
Stolen bases Quinn. Hreltenstein, Hulen, Delehnuty.
Umpire Keefs. Time-2; ~.
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Atlantic League.

METROPOLITAN, Z! NEW nAvESs, l..
For tho third time Mt the Polo Grounds yesterday,
the MetrOpolitans defeated tho New Haven team.
Miles Staidlsh. tho vermont boy, had tho visitors at
his mercy, only allowing them four hits. The scorei
nEraopptir.NA NEW HayINs.
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WIS, May 5.-The Prince Of Wales's yacht Britain.
arrived here to-day from the Mediterranean.
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bowling Games Tonight.
The Yacht Ynmpa Arr,ve. Home.

THE Sun Individual Tournament-Leuly, Sohl,
ami Gerles.
Harlem ~Leaguc-Britzen. Standard, and Joker.
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totals. y 10 ~ 10 4 Totals .... . 324l 10 o
New York ...............I o 8 0 0 0 %
louisville. ..."..".."... / 0 o D %
Earned run-New York. First base on errors
New York, Y: Louisville, 3. Left on bases Louis.
Vile. q; New YORK. o. First base on balls-Or
pobeny g: on Frazer. 8. Struck out-By noheny. 3:
by Frazer. T. Three base hlt-Eustace. Two base
~hlts-Dexter, Warner, Van Haltren. stolen base
Herman. Double play-Fuller and II. Davis HIT by
Wild pitch Frazer. Umpire
bherldan, Time-l So.
CHICAGO, IL: g..
CHICAGO, May 6.-Anson and his Colts won
the third game of the series with the BrOoklyns
by superior batting and the remarkably effec-
tive pitching of Terry. AT the outset 1t looked
as though the athletes from the East would
have an easy time with the Colts pitcher. but
he fooled them. for after the second inning they
could not solve his delivery, and the only runs
they made were on scratch hits, aided by timely
errors by, Flynn and Dahlen. The former got
under Shindle's long fly. to left in the first
inning, and the ball popped out of his hands as
easily as II they had been buttered for the occa-
sion. Dahlen's error was an overthrow 10 An
son of Grim's hard hit IN the second.
With these exceptions, the Colts played an err
rprless game from start to finish: one of those
snRppy wide. awake games that are great In win
ming pennants. They ssiZed upon every oppor-
tunity for making records, and at no time were
the visitors in the game at all. On the part of
the players from Brooklyn there were four er-
rors and all of them costly. The score:
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Earned runs -Metropolltans. 4. .Twobase hits
BannOn. hackey. Left ON bnses hetropOIitans, o..
New Hnvens, 10. First base on errors Metropolitans,
Y -Nsw lIavens J. First base on balls,or %stahdish, 81
OF Mackey, l. struck Out-By Standish, !; by Mackey,
5. stolen bases Iannon, Clark, Bsttanl, o'Hagan.
Sacrifice hlts-CAvelle, Standish, Kecfo. Boyle. Double
PLAYS 80 seymour, Irwin and Hlckman; Gilman,
O'Hagan and Thornton. wild pitch Mackcy. lit by
pituher-ty Standish, Z; by Barvln, |; by Mackey, /.
Umpire sullivan. Time-i: 40. Attendance 250.
AT NEWARK.
Newark .,....O o 0 Q o o-9
Paterson ...........n...9 ! l U y U U U -
HIta-Newark. 8; Paterson, ". Errors Newark, .;
Paterson, /. Batteries Davis and Otteni Wan and
Elton.
AT WILMINGTON.
wilmington. ...........O o q 1 o 0 0 l O. 4
Hartford. ..............O o Y . D o 3 Y 10
Wilmington. o; Hartford. -. Errors-wiI.
mingtOn, Z; Hartford, 4. Batteries-Amole anu Welshi
Vickery and Bottenus.
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WsshiEgt ton, ...,.u-....O o U U Q o 81
Earned Iuns-Cleyeland III Washington. .. FIRST
base on errors Cleveland, 8; wBshingtoL, l. Left ON
balls on N9png, 2 of AndeTson, . struck out BY
Young, I. IhTer-hASe hts Hurkett. kelbaCh Two
base hlts-bUTkctL Ackean, thinner. Mcclure,
Andenon. Sacrifice hiIs- Mexican, TcbeAu, joyce.
Stolen LAses-BuTketf, Abbey. Double play Rogers
an CartwIghL hit by p!tcher-ByN Young, l. Umpire
-HursL Time-2;Oo.
PHILADELPHIA, o. st. LOUIS, a
- Lous, Nay 5,-Ths 2usksFs pulled out their
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Oriental -Cordes, 1856: Clinch, 100: BALI, eos,
Stumpfei, 2u2. Zohel. los. Total. sS5.
Trojan kohlwein. 100; J. Meyer, 100: Gostley. l59;
secathe, 100: X Meyer, l4b. Total. eOi.
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Eastern League.
AT SYRACUSE
Syracuse. ................0 0 0 l o Q 0 o 50
BuralO. ........ ..........l D . l 8 U U U IL
Hits Syracuse. y; Buffalo, q. Errors-Syracuse, TX:
Buffalo, I. Batteries Delaney. Jordan, Macon, ana
Hess; Cannon and Smith.
AT SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield. ... ........,.l ! l 0 0 o = ia
Wilkesbarre. .............0 0 2 U 0 0 y l O-3
Hlts-springneid. l2; wilkesburrc. 10. Errors
Springfield. 8, Wilkesbarre. u. Batteries COughlin
and Coogan; Belts and Wente.
AT ROCHESTER,
Rochester. ..'..'."'""''"0 h-S
Toronto. .........".."....O U U U U = U U u
Hits Rochester, 10; Toronto. 8. Errors Rochester.
2; Toronto. D.. Batteries Mcfarian and Boyd; NC.
Partlin. Moran. and Casey.
At Providence Postponed on account of bad condk
ton OF the grounds.
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Cable-Grim. l62; Fleischman, 1857; Aeixner. II
Pakulski, 1870; Linden. 1889. Total. I2s.
Trojan -Kuhlwein. 1874; Struhe.. los; Costley. II
Secathe, 2Oi; X. Meyer. 200. Total, oI3.
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ne hhfleln League BatHes TOllt
OFFS Harlem alleys last night re
FIRsT GAME.
SECOND GAME.

Cable-Grim, 1903; F~leischman. 1870; Melxner, Ill
Pakuiski. 1875: Linden, $50. Total. I2u.
or~lentai-Cordes, i47: Clinch. 1885, Bale, lac
Stumpfel, ia; Zobol, l7g. Total, 500.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
SCOTCH SUPERSTiTIONs.
Some of the Franks the Fairies Are Re.
lieyed tn Have Played.

There still fingers widespread belief In
the north OF Scotland that the fair folk, J"
or "gweed noebors, " as the fairio are call
ed, have "a craving for human milk, and
during the first days Of oonyalescenCe a
mother must DO jealousy guarded lest one
Of the "weo people come and rob the
child of its nourishment. Sometimes they
succeed In carrying of IA mother. Tradi-
ton tells of the wife os IA farmer who was
spirited 20 the palace of the fairies In a
large cave on Il remote part OF the CATH
ness coast. Notwithstanding the kindness
of the fair folk the woman pinned for her
home and offered as ransom the finest milk
COW In her gweed mans byre. she was
permitted TO return To the homestead, and
the COW was led to the fairy hillock. Ii
disappeared, but later returned eel and
weak. On OCCASIONS too, the child Is
stolen, for have not the fairies once In ev-
cry seven years to pay the teind TO help"
They then endeayor TO sacrifice a human
babe rather than one of their own number.
A north country fisher had a fine child.
One evening beggar woman entered the
hut and went up to the cradle 10 gaze into
The eyes of the babe. From that time good
health left 1t, strange look came into its
lace, and the mother was troubled. An
I'D man begging for food passed that way,
When he caught sight of the child, he
,Tied: That's nae Il BARN. It's an image,
.nd the gweed folk has stoun his speerit.
Thereupon he set TO work 70 recall the
fishers BARN, \ peat fire was heaped
high ~ the neegth and q black hen held
over IL ~ such distance that 1t was
singeo .no S0l KILLED. After some strug
Cling the hen csrdped up the lum. A few
moments elapsed, and then the parents
were gladdened 10y the sight of n happy
expression once moro on the child's face
1t throye from that day forward. Scot
fish Review
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17

ORDER OF HEARING State of Michigan,
" County of Gratiot, ss. AT a session of the
Probate Court for said county, held at the Pro-
bate office IN the Village of Ithaca on the 10Th
day OF June, In the year one thousand eight
hundred and niuety-six Present John NJ
Evcrden, Judge Of Probate In the matter of
the estate OF Sarah 7. Fitzgerald, deceased. On
reading and Hing the petition, duly verified,
OF Dennis Fitzgerald praying that this court
make an order deter mining who are or were
a. the time OF her death the lawful heirs Of
said deceased. and entitled 10 inherit the es-
tate whereof the SAID deceased died. seized and
possessed.
Thereupon il is ordered, that Monday. the
eth day OF July next, al ten o'clock in
the forenoon be assigned for the hearing OF
said petition, and that the heirs at-law OF said
deceased and all other persons interested in
said estate are required 70 appear at "A session
or said court then to be hold, III the Probate
ONCE, in the village of Ithaca and show cause,
II any there be, why the prayer of the petit
TONER should not be granted; and il is further
ordered, that said petitioner give notice 10 the
persons int ested In said estate on the pend
eDcy of seid petition. and the hearing thereof
by causing q copy of this order 10 be published
In the ALMA RECORD, a newspaper printed and
circulated i'm said county three successive
weeks previous 10 said day of hearing.
"a true Copy.) JOHN NJ EvERDEN.
SEAL 90i-4w Judge of Probate.
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COSmorama

Every person who had the least part
in the entertainment given i'll the opera
house Saturday evening may feel a com
mendable pride in the success which
crowned the united efforts of all.
The display made by our business
men was creditable to them; the cos
tunes of the young ladies Were handsome
artistic, and in a number of instances,
decidedly unique; the tableauX and
living pictures under the calcium lights,
were very beautiful indeed.
The work dome by the little folks
deserves special mention, and particu-
larly the fairy dance by Misses Grace
Eorton and Bertha Spicer. The little
ladies danced with exquisite grace.
The singing by several little girls was
charming, and the abdndon with which
they fell on the floor and threw up their
heels (0 was laugh-provoking. This
little bit of deception would not have
been so quickly detected, had it not
been for the vanity of one of the girls,
who brushed back her curls with a
hand on which were an old stocking and
q shoe.
Mr.. Gerls, the manager, and the ladies
of st. Johns parish are to be con-
graduated upon the success Of the
entertainment. The ladies desire to
return thanks to the young ladies Of the
other churches who kindly assisted, and
to the business men who patronized
them so literally.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
Unknown Macedonia.

Macedonia Is practically as unknown to
the general public as the great Cnshapen
Land in which dwelt the three Gray sis
ters who helped Persons on his GRAND OF
death. Even the we'll informed politician
who could comfortably pick his way
through central Africa is very often I'M
able to tell the difference between Pomak
and ZinZar Yooryk and an Arnaut or
to say whether they are fruits, implements
or peoples. Not only Is the geography Of
the country a highly complicated and un.
satisfactory study seeing that nearly ev.
cry district, river lake and town is known
by at least two wholly different names
the one Turkish and the other Slovenian
Greek or Albanian both of which are CO.
oasonally omitted from the few maps we
possess but the ethnography Is more be-.
wildering than u Chinese puzzle, and no
man born Of woman can ever hope TO solve
the problems II offers in a way that will
satisfy the peoples Of eastern Europe IN
spite Of a railway net Of about 600 miles
communications with the interior are rot
merely primitive and painful, but highly
dangerous 1t Is practically impossible &c
visit any of the outlying and many of the
main districts without an escort Of Turk
ish zaptichs and sometimes even few Ar.
paut cutthroats, as u homeopathic precau.
ton oyer and above. There are places In
Macedonia, especially in the country be.
tween the river Narlar, on the one side
and the Drin and MOr0Ya on the other
which havo been untroddon by European
feet since the days when warlille Samuel
was king, about 900 years ago.--Contem-
porary Review.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
Eoresters Elect Officers

At its last meeting Alma Court OF In
dependent Order of Foresters No. 17S
elected the following officers for the en-
suing term:
G.. R.-Frank Ellicott.
V. G. R.-Murza Chaplin.
Rec. Sec.-George limerick.
Fin. Sec. w. Glass.
Treas.-A. r. Dingman.
Chaplain-C. +. Beebe.
Sen. WI. Il. Schwartz.
Jun. W.-M. Downing.
Sen. DO. Abbott.
Jun. BIN. Whit,
Court Physician-Dr. T.. a. Bagley.
Court Deputy-P. NJ. Smith.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
BAPTIST
Probate Court.
pastor.

July /. In the matter of the estate OF Latay
cite Swaziland, deceased. petition for order &c
file bill To set aside deed. Hearing, July 49,
July g. In the matter Of the estate OF Court
land Snedicor. deceased, hearing final account
Of administrative August 3,
July o. in the matter of the estate OF Robert
Smith, deceased, hearing final account OF al.
ministrator, August TO-
July :. In the matter of HezeSiah Norton
incompetent order made appointing Geo. w
Thorn pson guardian.
July II. In the matter of the estate OF Will
liam l.. Howell. deceased, order made all wing
final account OF administrator.
July IL. In the matter of James Frost, de
ceased. order made allowing claims.
July ID. In the matter of the estate of AR
thur Howell deceased order made appointing
Jane NJ. Howell administrator.
July -. In the matter of he estate OfJacOh
Duerr. deceased. order IN lde admitting the
Will of said deceased and appointing a. Z.
Moore executor.
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Cultivating bacteria.

To the uninstructed lind 1t may smack
Of absurdity to say that Mt no distant day
the bacteria Of butter and cheese will be
cultivated rs we now cultivate other com.
mercial products. A writer on this subject
says: THE fermentation Of cream and OF
cheese is already as much of an art as the
fermentation Of malt in the manufacture
Of beer. In the curing Of tobacco the same
activity is discovered, and the day is not
far distant when commerce in high bred
tobacco bacteria will be an established
fact. In short, we may look forward to
the day when the bacteria active in agri-
culture will bo carefully cultivated and
the bacterial herd book will be found
along with those of the Jersey COW and
the Norman horse On par with this
is the sterilization Of products which proc
ess is necessary before the thoroughbred
bacteria is introduced New York Ledger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
A Family Reunion.

Yesterday the venerable Rev. Lafay-
cite Church was eighty years old, and
the event was made the occasion OF
family reunion at his pleasant home
southeast of town. About forty guests
were present, among the number being
Mrs. James Clark of Chicago, a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Church. A sumptuous
dinner was served, the time before and
after which was passed in recalling
"reminiscences of the days of "Auld
Lang Syne."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17
ARE STEEL ROADS PRACTICABLE,
Doubts as to Their Utility to the FarnsOr,
Difficulties of the Plan.

An experiment in road reform Is TO
| be tried in Ohio which will be watched
with interest by the entire country. The
electric roads III the cities of two coun-
| ties are to be extended into the sur
rounding country and the tracks so con-
structed that horse vehicles can run on
| them. The farmers of those counties
will thus have the benefit of steel roads
instead of dirt roads. The theoretical
| gain will be enormous, for, according to
a European writer who has investigated
the subject, a horse can draw just ten
times as much over steel track as
over an ordinary road. The ordinary
European road, be it remembered, is con-
siderably better than the ordinary Amer.
lean road. Whether the actual gain viii,
be as great as this, or indeed anything
at all, is another question.
If the electric roads are employed to
carry freight as well as passengers, and
that seems TO be part Of the plan, the
road will be moderately we'll filled with
electric cars. The horse will be contin.
ually compelled to turn out for the more
swiftly moving cars and will not get
much benefit from the track. Then, too,
an electric road which is blocked with
horse vehicles will be less advantageous
10 the promoters, and If the enterprise
should prove successful ia the vicinity
Of large towns it would hardly be prao.
ticable in purely rural districts, for 1t
could not be profitable to extend electric
roads 90 or 100 miles into the country.
These are some Of the difficulties in the
way Of the success Of the proposed plan
In spite Of them it may succeed. and il
will at least be advantageous to the rest
of the country to have Ohio experiment
with the steel roads in rural distriotA
Brooklyn Citizen