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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
BISHOP POTTER'S IDEA.
A Fitting Punishment For the Man whs
Tells "Chestnut."

Bishop Potter, the dignifod bishop OF
New York, is the joker of the house Of
bishops He is always looking for a chance
TO make some Of his brethren of the cas-
sock the object Of little harmless laugh
ter. He is also the raConteur in chief OF
the august body 10 which he belongs At
almost any time when the house is not in
session he is the center of little group Of
clergymcn and bishops to whom he is tell
Ing one of his droll stories His slow yet
easy manner of narration and the dropping
eyclids, which remind one of Mgr. Satolli,
add greatly 10 the effect of his anecdotes
The accommodating bishop of Iowa in
troduced a journal man to Bishop Potter
one morning while he was RECALLING two Of
his associates with an account of "A device
of his own invention for the suppression
of story tcllcrs who deal in ancient tales.
"Do you know what we say of reporters
in New York;" asked the bishop.
The reporter vcnturcd "a conjecture that
it was nothing of complimentary Laturc
1--WE say. Take them out and Stay
them, replied the bishop.
Then he went ON with his story.
'Some of MS were talking the other
night, he proceeded slowly, "about PEG
pie who tell old stories at dinners | sug-
eestcd that it would DC "a happy idea for
the host 10 conceal II large Chestnut in a
group Of palms and flowers in the center
of the table and have this chestnut con
ncctcd with ii mechanical continuance
which could be worked by IA button placed
at each guests seat. When any one was
telling a story, the moment "a guest rccog
nized the ear marks Of agc lie would press
the button, and the chestnut would rise
up in the center of the table. And then
he would he silcnccd? oh, no. He would
turn to the intoTuptor and say, Finish it.
If ne were not able TO do it, he would be
fined liberal amount. If he could finish
it, the man who began it would be fined,
but in all cases the fines are To go to for
sign missions Minneapolis Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
To Make Treating Unlawful.

Ohio's legislature is in retormatory
mood. After dispesing of the high hat
in theatres, it is going for the Treating
habit The lower branch has already
passed law making treating mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine.
Whether the senators are equally as
ready to forego the pleasures OF treating
and being treated as were their fellow
solons in the other house remains TO be
seen: also. it will be interesting to note
if this Ohio idea is going to he sufil-
GENTLY persuasive to induce other states
to follow suit"
1t is somewhat doubtful if such Gus
tom as treating can Demolished through
legislation, though it is far more
honored in the breach than i'll the OBJ
servance." Treating is an unmitlgated
nuisance. 1t makes for extrava-
gance and inebriety. It encourages
men to spend more money than they can
afford and to drink more than they
really want, ana certainly more than Is
create "bums' and dead beats and
has been responsible for many man ;
downfall. Not a few have spent the
night in station house cell and had 70
pay a fine i'm the police court III the
morning, because they went about
treating and being treated, Worse than
all else, however, is the fact rhat this
treating business has often taken the
bread from the mouths Of wives and
children while the husband was keep
ina up his end with crowd of chance
companions.
The abolition of this habit must be
accomplished through the force of pub
lie sentiment II is not an easy matter,
for false pride is the factor that keeps it
in force. \ man of convivial inclina-
tions who likes to enjoy his glass Of
beer or wine iii the company of friends
fluids its difficult to refuse their hospi-
tally or to refrain from pressing his
own upon them Yet in no other way
than by the cultivation of this moral
courage can the reform be brought
about. Men mast learn to say "no,
and TO mean it when asked TO accept Il
"treat' or to treat themselves.
In Germany and France. whore the
drinking habit is much more universal
than here and conviviality lfuch more
of national trait, treating is unknown.
The consequence is that, notwithstand-
ing drinking is much more general
among all classes of people, there is far
less intoxication. 1t would be long
step toward the promotion Of sobriety If
treating were to be done away with i'll
this country.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
IIkCOLN'S BOYHOOD.
yhs Story of she Poverty of His Early
Rome In Kentucky.

The Kentucky home into which the
child came was u poor one. Tho cabin was
not 1.-THE picturesque, vino clad one of the
story books, SAYS IA resident of tho cOun-
try who has followed in detail tho scenes
Of the presidents early life, "but one
standing out i'm "a clearing, with only one
small room, "a door. but no window, "a
stick chimney, with open cracks through
which swept the winds, the rain the
SHOWS of winter and tho swarms OF mos
quitoes IN summer We take an inventory
of tho furniture of that cabin-bunks, the
mattress of dry leaves, the slab stools, the
open fireplace We note the absence OF
even the nucossitiei Of life-neii her stove,
window nor floor" Tho only one of MIR
Lincoln's early acquaintances now living
Mr.. Austin Gollaher, said In "A representa-
tive of this magazine in describing the
poverty of these early surroundings:
AT the time of Abraham's birth his
father was away from home Some Of her
neighbors who were with Mrs. Lincoln at
the event learned that she was destitute of
anything in the nature of food. Some of
the ladies called upon Judge William Cess
Ma one of the most prominent men of that
time in this section, in Mrs. Lincoln's be-
half, and he donated flour and other arti
CleS OF 1OOu.
The picture is dark, but fortunately
there are those who remember pleasanter
things about it. Christopher Columbus
Graham, whose statements have already
been quoted, says Of some of the stories of
the poverty in Thomas Lincoln's family:
at is all stuff about Tom Lincoln keep
ing his wife i'm an open she'd in "a winter
when the wild animals left the woods and
stood in the corners next the stick and
clay chimncys SO rs not TO freeze TO death,
or, if climbers, they got on the root. They
had IA COW and calf, milk and butter a
good feather bed; for | have slept in 1t
while they took the buffalo robes on the
floor, because | was II doctor. They had
home woven kiverlids, big and little pots,
loom and wheel, and William HardcSty,
who was there, too, can say with mo that
Tom Lincoln was man and took caro- OF
his wife Ida NJ Tarboll in McClure's
Magazine
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

Three engineers Of high reputation
have been looking into the project of a
ship canal from the Ohio river ut Pitts
burg to Lake Erie, and have jus- sub
mitted an entirely favorable report
The engineers agree that the canal can
be constructed at moderate cost. and
that the water supply is abundant. The
traffic between Ptt,burg and the lakes
is now carried by ten railroads, and
amounted last year t. fif;y-three million
tons chihay iron orc. coal and lumber.
Finally, the engineers make the sur
prising statement that The canal would
pay for itself i'll three years, as the an
nual savingin freight would be one-half.
Pittsburg capitalists viii take hold Of
the enterprise with determination to
push it through in the course of few
years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Napoleon nt the surrender of Uim

While the 90. 600 Austrians went through
the forms Of surrender Napoleon, as one OF
their officers wrote in his journal, in the
simplest garb, surrounded by his embroid'
cred marshals chatted with Mack and
several Of our generals, who, after laying
down their arms, had been summoned to
him. The emperor in the uniform Of o
common soldier, with gray coat singed
on the elbows and tails, "A SLOUGH hat with.
out any badge of distinction on his head,
his arms crossed behind his back and
warming himself mt a campfire, conversed
with vivacity and made himself agree
able. -" Life of Napoleon, by Processes
" NJ. Sloane, In Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
An Affidavit

This is to certify that on May 18th, |
walked to Melick's drug store on pair
of crutches and bought bottle of Cham
berlin's Pain Balm for inflammatory
rheumatism which had crippled me up.
After using three bottles l am COM
plctely cured. can cheerfully recon-
Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on
August 10, 1894 Walter Shipman, J.
p. For sale at 30 cents per bottle by G.
L. Mahan, druggist
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

Prof. J w. Ewing, who was in Mid
land Bay City and Saginaw last week,
was everywhere given assurance of con-
dial support in his candidacy for the
position of superintendent Of Public In
structlon Good work is being done for
him by influential friends all over the
state, and it will be strange, indeed if
mating convention. Prominent men all
over the state, in every walk in life,
concede his peculiar fitness for tho office
for which he is candidate, and that
under his careful, jadicious manage
ment the educational Interests of this
great state will make wonderful prog
ress
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
FOX AND NAPOLEON.
rhe English Statesman Was Fascinated b.
the Iirst Consnl

- ring the SIMMER Of 1902 Fox Jour.
neytd to Paris, where he was prcsentC to
BOnapart0 early IN september. The Eng.
fish Statesman WAS fascinated, and, al
though the first consul said nothing def
Mite or precise, his visitor departed con.
WINGED than his host desired nothing but
peace with "A liberal policy both domestic
and foreign as far as MAS consistent with
safety. But the attacks of the English
press became mono the less virulent In cen
sequence of Fox : favorable report GA Of
his brilliant dCiCnse OF France from his
place in parliament. Toward the close OF
january TallCyrdnd demonstrated With
Whitworth, this time giving point to his
remonstrancc by "A pldmp demand as to
what England intended TO do about Malta
Whitworth replied that he was without in
structionS ana mado an oyasive answer,
limiting that the kings opinion of the
changes which had taken place in Europe
since the treaty might hc of Importance in
determining him as TO the disposal Of the
island This was the first official intima
ton that England Gid not intend TO keep
her promise.
few days later Scbastiani returned
from the east, and on Jan 30, 1903, The
MonitCur published his thorough and caro-
full report Ii was a long document, fully
explaining every source of English weak
ness in the orient and setting forth the
possibilities of rc-establishinV French col.
onies in Egypt and the Lcvant. There was
only one menacing phrase, but it expressed
an unpalatable truth that &C. 600 French
troops could now conquer Egypt" The
publication in England of this paper raised
q tremendous popular storm, and it has
please many historians to regard Bona.
parties course as IA virtual declaration of
war In reality 1t was merely French
Roland for the English Oliver. If England
Intended To Keep Malta, let her beware of
her prestige in the east. Had Bonaparte
intended to act on Sebastiani's report he
certainly would not have published IT.. OF
course tho English populace utterly failed
To grasp SO nice a point, and the incident
so strained the rotations Of France and
England that all Europe saw the impcnd
ing crsis--ono or the other or both must
consent TO "a modification of the treaty in
respect TO Malta. or there would be war
Life uf Napoleon, by Professor William
81 Sloane, IL Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
ThE INFINITE.
Far OF. and very fari

Far OF and very fari
Beyond tho crystal sea;
Beyond the worlds that are
Unknown or known 10 be-;
Beyond .hc pcarly star;
Tho clustering nebulae;
Beyond dark gulis we see
Whore rolls no glittoring car
At last, at last, we come to thea.
The finite TO lnfinityl
Ere yet, and evermorel
Before the days delight:
Before the dawn, before
Apollo IN his might
Sped forth 10y sea ana shore,
And after many a night,
When al the hours take flight,
Forth issuing from deaths door
Behold, behold, in deaths despite
Eternal looms the Intinitel
Samuel Waddington in Academy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
o. Ye Blind /!

If you could select the pure gold from
the dross, the wheat from the chatf, the
good from the bad, you would never
make the mistake of taking any other
remedy than Foley's Sarsaparilla for
blood disorders. Trial size, SOC
G. E. MAHAN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

Foley's Sarsaparilla combines the
most searching remedies scientifically
prepared to extract their utmost value
If you need spring blood purifier, be
sure and take FOley's Sarsaparilla. Trial
size, 50c. G. +. MAHAN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Unfortunate Peonle

are they who are afflicted with pimples,
boils, carbuncles, running sores, scrofula,
cancerous or syphiltic affections, or any
blood faint whatsoever, and do not try a
SOC. bottle Foley's Sarsaparilla.
G. +. MAHAN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Republioan State Conventio n.

The state convention OF the republicans OF
MichiUan "a called 10 meet ~ the Auditorium.
Detroit on Thursday. May eth. leE, M noon,
for the purpose of nominating II presidential
electors aud elpcting / delegates at large and J
slternates 10 the National republican cOnven-
lion at st LOUIS JAMES No hihbAN'
DENNIS Il. AWARD, Chhirlhan'
Secretary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Short and HusinessIike.

"Wiil you take this here woman fer bet.
ter or wuss and give me 80 fer marryin OF
your" was the unique manner in which q
Georgia justice united two lives. Atlanta
Constitution
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Have You Had the Grip?

If you have, you probably need re-
liable medicine like Foley's Honey and
Tar to heal your lungs and stop the
racking cough incidental TO this dis
ease. G. +. MAHAN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

What man in his right senses, that has
wherewithal to live free, would make
himself slave for supernuitiesS What
does that man want who has enoughp Or
what is he the better for abundance that
can never be satisfedS-L Estrange.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

CLaiievoix. q Kirkbride Glare; - John
SOW Grand Tray ,rse J n. Mccall Gratiot A
5. toutant. Is4b Ida; a. T.. Palmer kalkaska
A. :. Johnson IccOsta; Il. NanNeter' miS
Allen. Oscoda: A. A. Grifia, Roscommon
c. Q. ELLSWORTH, CHAIR man.
\ 3. rOUTANr. Secretary.
Eleventh Distrlct Rcpu alicAn ComWhue''
MI. Pleasant. Mich. March ,, 39i.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24
Eleventh District ReDublican
d. a.ltA COnNe ION.

The Republican convention for the eleventh
congress .ional district Of Michigan IS hereoy
called to meet M the court house in the city ~
Mount Pleasant on the ti't1 day May. lStp'
at one o'clock i'm the afternoon Tor thepurp use
OF electing two delegates ana TWO alterua'es
To the National Republican Convention 10
meet at st Louis. Missouri On Jun" 10. $50
The several counties OF the district are en-
titled TO representation in said convention as
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

Louis the Great paid so mucn auoue.v-
20 his manners that he took dancing les
son every day but sunday for ~ years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-24

What makes life dreary is want of mo-
tive --Gcorge Eliot.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
What is Anderson Going to Do

Mr.. EDITOR: I SEQ it stated in the
Knoxville papers that Messrs. Thomas
and Ryan, who recently bought the P. r.
CIV. G.. r. R., have got control of the
Blue Ridge Road. If this be true it may
mean great good for Anderson. For it
follows from such action on their part,
that they intend to complete that Road by
one or the other of the proposed routes
across tho mountains to the coal fields
and iron mines and quarries of the West.
II may mean, too, that the Blue Ridge
Roed being in hands independent of the
Southern system, Col. Mike Brown may
be induced to complete his Road, the
Carolina Midland, from Greenwood, its
present contemplated terminus, to An
derson. Then, too, Messrs. Ryan and
Thomas might be induced to take an in
terest in the building of the Cumberland
Gap Road, which now runs from Aiken
TO Edgefield on to Abbeville and thence
to Anderson. With the completed Blue
Ridge Road bringing the produce from
the West, Messrs. Thomas and Ryan
would, by the plans outlined above, have
access to Port Royal by the P. r. IL ". G.
r. r. to Savannah by the Carolina Mid
land, and to Charleston by the Cumber-
land Gap. and anderson Tould be the
distributing point for GH this traffic.!
Now, what is Anderson going to do to
obtain all these advantages? Will not
the Board Of Trade meet and discuss the
matter, aud appoint q committee to give
the matter immediate attention. And TO
take such actiou as is necessary to bring
these matters to the attention Of sill the
parties in interest? Something should
be done, and that quickly. 1t is quite as
s.,s STssos,so, n-l ,Aos~ n|c,sr,r oo - 10 ~
men, that
''There is q tide In the affairs of linen
Which taken at its food leads on 20 fortune
Omitted all the voyage Of their life
is bound IN shadows and in miserles.
TN such q full sea are we now afoat,
And we must take the current when 1t serves,
Or lose our ventures."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
The Report Of the Investigating Com
mittee.

The following report of the recent in.
vestigation by a legislative committee in
to the workings of Clemson College was
Yesterday handed a representative Of the
State:
TO the Honorable Senate and House OF
Representatives Ct South Curolina:
That a JOINT committee consisting OF
two members of the Senate and three
members of the House OF Representatives
be appointed to make an investigation
into the workings Of Clemson College, the
service of its various departments, and as
to the foundation of certain rumors, re-
porting a lack of harmony in the COLA
boratiOn of the board of trustees. That
said committee have leave to sit at such
time and place" as will serve their con-
~venience and that they have power to
send for persons and papers and report
to the present session of tho General AS
sembly by bill or otherwise"
Under the above concurrent resolution
We, the undersigned members of the
committee, acting through the authority
of the 81 ne, beg leave to make the fol-
lowing report thereon:
First, as to the workings of Clemson
College. we beg TO say that the committee
visited the college on Thursday, Feb. 9th,
and remained there for nearly three days;
that thew personally inspected and ex-
amined all the departments of the insti
tuition and so far as they were able by
diligent observation and inquiry from
the various heads and assistants of said
departments, would say that systematic
management and apparent good order
were clearly indicated and especially was
this observable in tho chemical, horticul-
tural and dairy departments. Itappeared
to the committee that the mechanical de-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
Bee.K Keeping for Women.

Mrs. T.. Harrison, Peoria, III, in an adj
dress before the Bee Keepers Convention,
held in Atlanta, upon "Bee Keeping for
Women" after referring to the various
occupations open to women, said "The
want is for something that housekeepers
can do to coin money.
Bookkeeping meets this want, in Civ
ing a woman the means of making money
III the retirement of her home, and, al
the same time. permitting her to attend
to her household. 1t requires no great
outlay Of strength at any q time. but to
ne q success there must be q faithful per-
Torrance OF many little items. ANY wo-
man who can make a perfect loaf of bread
can, having a good location, make bee.
culture q success. Women of education
and means would do much by engaging
in bee.culture and interesting less favored
women in its pursuit. It is q panacea for
those in feeble health, taking them into
the glorious sunshine amid flowers and
the happy hum of industry. When they
uncover a colony Of bees and breathe in
the aroma arising from thousands OF
flowers they will take on a new life, for
get to worry and fret, aud, instead, will
sing 'Praiss GOD, from Whom all Bless
lugS Flow"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
MOOnshiners at War.

News reached US this morning from up
in the mountains, of q most surprising
nature. Some time since the blockade
still Of u leading moonshiner was report
ed and cut up, and the owner suspected
the Durhams Of informing against him.
In a spirit of revenge, he swore to get
even, and came down to ~Spartanburg,
saw the wen officers, and said he
would guide them to every blockade still
in the ~up-country. He knows where
each one is located, and we may soon e1-
pect some big seizures made. Our in
formant says there Is a great deal Of bad
blood among the moonshine clement,
and he would not be surprised if serious
trouble occurred. Since the killing Of
Jack Fisher and Bill Durham, the back
bone of the blockading business has Eeen
broken in this county, but a large num-
Der of moonshine stills are run both in
SpartsnbErg and Greenville. There are
. half dozen stills operated in sight OF the
trains on the Spartanburg and Asheville
Railroad. But the liquor is generally
sold where it is made or hauled only a
few miles. The constables of this city
have now but little to 90. Most of the
blind tiger liquor sold is bought from the
Dispensary, watered, and peddled out by
the drink on Sundays and at night. The
wagon business is about broken up
Piedmont Headlight.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
Eureka Items.

We have not seen any news from this
part in a good while, Mr.. Editor, and we
will give you 8 few dots.
The health Of the community ia very
good at this writing.
We have experienced some very cold
weather for the last week, and we are
afraid 1t will kill the young oats that we're
just coming up
The school OF this vicinity is In q flour.
ishing condition, under the direction oil
our excellent teacher, Mrs. W L Ander.
SOD. We hear that she has been playing
larjack with come of the boys. The boys
didn't think she played fair because they
were not given any chance.
We heard that the boys and girls bad a
debate last Friday afternoon upon the fol-
lowing subject: Resolved, That whiskey
Is d greater evil than war. We are sorry
we were not present, but We guess they
made out very we'll without us.
There was 8. party in this community q
few nights since. and during the night, the
wire of the Telephone Company was Gu,
and carried about four hundred yards
up the road.
Rev R. W. Burts filled his regular ap-
pointment at this place last third Sunday.
He preached very interesting and able
sermon, as he always does. They will
have preaching on Saturday instead OF
Sunday night
A certain young man sometime since
went out to Try his luck. and when he pop
ped the question be received a negative
answer. much to his surprise, and he re-
turned home and has had the blues ever
since. Young man. 1T at first you don't
succeed, try, try again."
Hoping to escape the waste basket we
will close. Good night.
M~ooNsHINER.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-26
READ, REAT>l

ANDERSON, s c., Aug. 20, 1895.
Mr.. NJ. M Msttlsop, Mgr, Anderson,
S. C.--Dsar Sir: Your letter Of the 18th
inst 10 hand. In reply will say that I am
very much pleased with the policy I mold
with The Mutual Benefit, and I know of
no other policy issued bv any other com
pany for which I would exchange mine
with you. My return premiums or divi
dendu have been perfectly satisfactory,
amounting every year 80 Tar to more than
twenty per cent OF my annual premium.
Yours truly,
Jos. J. FRETWELL