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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

A ,Ample In thu morning light
X. sse fair upon the mountain height
And shot its turrctS high
Against the vaulted sky.
The youth set forth. with heart afiame.
Full armed with faith u write his name
Among the deafness great
Who conquer adverse fate.
He leaves his home with pouch and stan
And answers back with easy laugh
The warning and distrust
OF those whose hearts are dust.
The mountain roads are hard to climb
The solemn centuries of time
Have pressed the wrinkles deep
On every rolling steep.
Wild hungry beasts crouch in his path,
And Shiny sCrpcnts his, their wrath,
While FROM tho treos the Owls
Hoo: IN Llacls rol e., anD co.'s.
Then followa Niyat, pi Grim old.
a mis- + h.Cias tAc s-n's sold,
His dark breast Goc'.cd with stars
Won IA celestial WIS.
stin through tho gloc,., the toinplc she'd
Its radiance round tie travellers he'd,
But in It's -. 81:
His brown Aalr turns 10 white
BY colder winds his face Is famed.
De longs t. clasp some friendly hand
or feel tEc welcome touch
OF lips that love him much.
At last the temple gates are won.
He enters IN, his journey done,
Then sinks in blank despair.
No living thing is there.
He cannot breathe the sitting air.
Tho light, a phospborescent glare,
That round his path was shed
Falls only on the dead.
Theodore +. Cook in New York sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
TIE lllY'S LESSON.
Influence of Beautiful Objects Upon the
Characters of Young Pupils.

AT teachers convention in Detroit
lately lady, speaking about the III.
fiuence of beautiful objects upon tn,
character and conduct Gf young pupil.
told a pretty story received by her from
an eye WITNESS, and thus reported b.
the NeWsTribune. The occurrence toof
place in New York.
Into a school made up chiefly Of chill
dren from the slums the teacher one day
carried a beautiful Gala lily. OF cours,
the children gathered about the pure
waNy blossom in great delight.
zone Of them was little girl, wall
of the streets, who had no care bestowed
upon her, as was evinced by the dirty
ragged condition she was always in
Not only was her clothing dreadfully
soiled, but her face and hands seemed
totally unacquainted with soap and wa
ter. ~
'As this little one drew near the love
ly flower, she suddenly turned and ran
away down the stairs and out of thu
building. In a few minutes she re-
turned with her hands washed perfectly
CREAM anu puShcu nVr way up 10 til'
flower, where she stood and admired il
with intense satisfaction.
at would SEEM" continued Miss
Coffin. that when the child saw the lily
in its white purity. she suddenly re-
allied that She was not fiji To come into
its atmosphere, and the little thing fed
away TO make herself suitable for such
companionship. Did not this have az
rlevating. refining effect on the child 81
Let us gather all the beauty we can int
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
CASTo1IA.
he Fac n
-' s:;'' &Nkzzzzu E ;:;iI
The Routes TO be Taken.

A circular has been issued by the
transpurr committee Ot the Michi-
gan G.. y. r. "uiliulEg ne routes who
should bt teR,u By p~rs0is desiring to
attend the IA iunai G.. A X encdmp-
ment IN St Paul the first week in Sept
ember The headquarters train will
leave Port Huron over The Chicago "
Grand Trunk A. o'clock 4. m. Mo-
dav. August 81 arriving IN Chicago at
$50 u. III TIE rain will run through
solid by WAY ot the Chicago and Great
Western Railroad. Parties living on
other lines IF railroad who wish 10 take
the headquarters trim are advised to
see that tbeir ticgets read via Chicago
d Grand Trunk and Great Western
Railway. Tue Other railroads Of the
sta,e. however. aft rd various routes
for reaching $. Paul
TIE eucampment parade, which Will
be the feature of the meeting, will take
place on Wednesday, September >.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
Flower Farming For Women.

Flower farming undertaken by wom-
en- is by no means unlucrative. L have
one friend who is doing well with a
violet farm ard apple orchard. Another
lady, no longer young, but with an in.
domitable pluck, compelled by circum-
stances TO make her own living, started
a lily farm last summer in remote
country village i'll Sussex. | am glad to
say she is succeeding wonderfully, and
besides her lilies disposes Of eggs,
cream, mushrooms and garden produce,
without difficulty. And my friend was
a London woman who had had no pre-
vious experience In country ways and
doings. London Gentlewo oman
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
Brooks and Farrar.

When Canon Farrar left this country
ome years ago, he told Phillips Brooks
that he was going to give a farewell
lecture Oh his impressions ofsAmerica.
Brooks, who was a thorough American
and person Of excellent common sense,
said to him promptly: Don't do any
Gch thing. In the first place, you have
~ impressions, and, in the second place,
tiny are all wrong" & -'s'''"~''y ,Na,s~.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
= "Niiugeu" Testament.

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wide, weighing only 20 grains, and a
mite" Bible. one and thrce-quarters of
an inch high by one and one-eighth
wide. containing 936 pages and weigh
ing $50 grains. have lust been published
by Glasgow firm. They are said to be
the smallest Dible and Testament in the
world.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

Sonictimc3its seems
TO wear woman that
she must certainly
give up. the sim.
plost and CO Test
work b. comes an
almost insurnlouut
able task. Las situdc
almost ovcrCOn1cS
IA cr. Nervousncss
a II d sleeplessness
and pain harass her
and life seems hardly
worth the living.
That her siifc rings
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

Most Of as, instead Of fixing our
minds upon the good things that Provi-
dence has provided Tx them upon the
evil things that man has produced. This
10 what makes so many unhappy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21
"Paste."

French "paste, - from which artif.
a mixture Of glass and oxide Of lead.
Rubies, pearls and sapphires are also
successfully initiated by the Parisians
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

In 1880 the average amount of capt.
tai invested in each factory was S275,-
600, while in 1890 the average capital
In each was 1892, 900.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

Connecting at Detroiiin Union Depot With all
trains OF Grand Trunk R'y fer Canada aud tho
east
ID Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
Ste' mer leaves Grand Haven daily, except Sun
ay, and Milwaukee daily. except Saturday.
During navigation only.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

Daily, tDaily with sleeping Car.
Drawing Room Cars between Saginaw md
'etroii and Saginaw ard Iudng'on.
Pullman palace sleeping car between Saginaw
nd Chicago daily.
w. e. BRITTON. Agent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-21

elegant altman >teeuerstroin Duraudtc Oh
ca 20, and east 10 Toronto Montreal Niarars
FAILS, New Y0rkand Boston
e. 4. HUGHEs BsS FLETCHER
At i.P. F1cketAgt., Trav IGss Agt
'h'Haga IN Detroit. Mich
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
SIGNOR CRlSPi.

because he was the son OF IA man who
welded immense power in the affairs OF
Italy and Europe. At any rate he enjoyed
her confidence more fully than any ono
else, and when the pressing need Of more
funds caused the countess to think about
selling some of her daintiest Jewels she
told young Cr.spi about it. He said thas
he believed tine valuable trinEets coald he
disposed Of to advantage to- the newly MAP
ried Dukc of Aosta and agreed TO see the
duke about IL.
In the meanwhile he advised the count
ess TO remove the jewels from the safe de-
posit vault ut her jewelers. tn her home,
where they could be more easily viewed in
event of the dukes curiosity being aroused.
This was done, but the duke could not he
induced to purchase them. Luigi Crispi
brought this information to the palace Of
the countess on the night of April Is. II
was after midnight when lie left in his
carriage. and before going away he warned
her of the danger Of keeping the jewels In
the house He advised her to- return them
to her jewelers. for safe keeping and dwell:
on the possibility Of thieves breaking into
the house.
After his departure the countess retired
to her room and was getting into bed
countess had n revolver in her room, and.
arming herself with it, she ran into tie
salon Just in time to see man c-carin.
by the balcony. Then ske dashed down
| to the porter lodge in the courtyard sur
| rounding rhe palace and gave the alarm u
| that functiSAary. But tie thief made hi
escape by crawling along some projection.
| in front of the house and reaching n door
way leading to the servants quarters N
| that point he faded away in the tars nes.
| and all trace was lost
The matter was promptly reported T.
| the Police, aud a. matter Of course Lui--
| Crispi was examined lie could throw W
| light on the irystery. and the countess
| seemed destined to lose her Jewels Shc n
| n woman of rare spirit however. and vyhcr
| the interest of the police Tagged she tie
termined To- do some detective yo-s Sh,
recalled the strange conduct of Luigi or
the night of the theft, and trusting 10 {
woman's intuition concluded that he in
stiRated the robbery. She wruto him let
ter practically telling him Of her hclief
This communication was shown by tb'
son to the father and tie latter at onc'
said blackmail 1t was given to the pre-
feet. who is a cousin Of the countess. Thi
Official Is n political supporter OF the cx
prime minister. ard he warned his relatiu
TO 90 no further in the matter.
rc- ..-cs q Looked - y he counted
Lat eave t. :-svC- d. - Gls-<
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11

NsiI. But one ouy - soeeivOd lGo1R
Sou q man nsme- Cic@ sayip9 Be could
nut her on the sfsck Of the robboes II mid
i5c s.c,es Let.- .t:s C!o& :1,ie5 o. Der
acd irti,ra.ec that tWo Of his fY1eods, Tito
and Luigi Maieeri, had told him that
Luigi Criepi had hired them 70 commit tie
theft
Convilced that the police would not sid
her. the couS tess dressed herself II men .
clothes and went with Clom 70 hts house.
where she met the Msl1eri brothers She
found that they were spending money
much beyond their means. and by pains
taking work discovered that they had been
selling small diamonds 20 neighbosiug
dealers.
Armed with this information, she de-
mauded that the police arrest the brothers,
and, although the officials were reluctant
70 do this, the fear Of public opinion forced
them to make the capture. BY the arrest
Of these men the friends Of Crispi evident
" learned enough To convince them Of tie
guilt of Luigi Crispi. for offers were male
to the countess To pay her sum equiva-
lent 20 the value Of the Jewels II sire would
drop the matter But she refused.
A day or two later there was a dramafic
meeting in the house OF the countess.
The elder Crispi. the son Luigi. Deputy
Laurenzana. u friend a. the Crispis, aad
the countess were the Central figures The
countess openly accused Luigi OF cnusir z
the rubicry The elder Crispi produced a
revolver. which he handed 10 the Young
man. saying. III you are guilty. my son,
blow out your brains. v
The young man stoutly protested his In
nocencc and the visitors left the countess
That was the last sen III Luigi Crispi IN
Rome. He went tn Brazil, where he IL nj
the present time, and none Of his friends
ever expects to see him In Italy again.
Young Crispi, however. has not becn
officially charged with instigating tho
theft, owing tn the influence Of his fathrr
One Of the Malieris has been found guilty
Of having stolen go"ds In his possession
and has been sent 90 prison for one year.
The other Maifieri has escaped punish.
mcnt The jewels have not been rccuv.
cred, and the prevailing idea IL that the
gems were removed and sold separately.
The friends of the Crispis assert ths;
there was no robbery nc all; that the count
css gave some 81 the small gems tn Mai
ficri to sell and then trumpet up Tho
charge against Luigi Crispi Her ALLEGED
object was e. employ this as q lever
/ force the elder Crispi Ca use his inhucnc'
| with the government Co purchase some i'm,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11

Etruscan tombs on her estate. ard also 20
advance her position Mt court.
Many people profess to believe the Crispi
side Of the scandal, but the great majority
are ranked with the countess
The senior Crispi's heart history is n TO-
mautic one and has had n great influence
on his career. When he was i'm college. ms
married his landlords daughter, Ro,ina
Sciarra. Their life together was happy.
but short. for the child wife died two years
after the wedding.
The failure u Nnzzini's revolution In
Lombarsly left Crispi In prison. There he
fell in love with Rosalie Montmasson.
daughter Of the woman who washed for
the prisoners. When he was released. he
married her. In the coming years sosalie
was the ideal wife, accompanying hsr e.
lied husband all over the continent shar.
ing his struggle with poverty, and chccr-
ing him in his disappointment
When Crispi was allowed O. rcturn tr
Italy and began trcading the way tn power
and wealth, Rosalie's head became turned
She threw money right and left In her 81
forts TO play the part of n grand lady. Sbs
| spent more than Crispi could earn and
borrow and som Ind him deep In debt.
Eventually he was driven u choice he
tween sending away Rosaiic and deserving
her, as she not only squandcrcd his money
and ruined his home, hut also drvciorcsi
phenomenal jealousy. which rcpe1:edi'
led 70 violent scenes IN p-Dli-. lio gs>T'rs
her large income and sent her - IN,
county.
soon aiterw1rd he married the daugh.e'
OF the richest government otiicill In syria
cu-e- lis eneinie, accused MIN Of bigsmy
but a Judicial commission ~; Linn cut d
irorble by p-u1ouncinr h's marriage q
lsosalie null ard VOID because only u ~
iigious ceremony had been performed aDt
." civii o"nir5ct had been acspow 'esiged
Resale still lives on the money supplied q
her by trispi. and her suc-..-or rrigus o-e
THE ies, known silnr IN RoTs. FrF ;b
present Nine. crispi Is pot only Nous an,
charitable. but al-o rich. handsome, intel
tieent and entertaining
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
Ingenious rcrusisn ross.rscs.

a long. slim neck IL % distinguishing
feature of much of the Peruvian pot
terry, and nearly every vessel H. orna-
M, nted with figure Of some sort. b..v-
ing holes To represent eyes and other
opening. Inc .ftors, o lssss :. for the
AR forced ont ny the liquid when pour
ed into the vessel By an ingenious con.
trivance the air in escaping produces .
sound similar to the cry of the creature
represented. Thus q ufensil decorated
with two monkeys embracing each 9th.
CT, on having water poured into ar from
il, would give sound like the screecb-
ing Of those animals. One decorated
with bird would emit birdlike notes.
while mountain cat on oDe Jar would
NEW; snakes cooled around another
would hiss. The mort curious that we
have seen was the figure Of Am aect:
woman. When the jar was Ia use, her
soiis became audible. and tears trickled
down her cheeks. The manufacturer
seemed to have known all about asmos.
pberic pressure. DIR. L. Plongeop had
in his own collection a piece THAT dem.
onsirafcd this. II represented . dou.
BILE headed bird. The vessel had TO be
filed through hole in the bottom, and
yet i'm turning u over not q drop would
spill, hut the liquid would readily nov
out when the jar was simply inclined.
Popular Science Monthly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
BUSY CLIFF JEWELLERS.
The Pueblo womes Are Literally ts
presses os Their Homes.

The Pueblo womes Are Literally tas.
presses ~s Their ssems..
THE cliff people are . busy folk. %
writes Hamlin Garland in The Ladies
Home journal. in an article describing
the homes. home life and cusfoms az ih.
cliff dwell.s IL the sonihwssi-''tbo
mos. mysterious people In America. - ne
he designates them. THE women grind
meal and weave blankets aud baskets
and make very interesting and often
BEAUTIFUL pottery. The old men maxi.
moccasins very dcfily. while the young.
CT men 20 down from the ciif 60 the
fields 20 tend ib. growing crop. Go
watch the struggling corn as 10 hattie.
against drifting hot sand and against
sudden hoc-is-such are the extrmitie.
OF their climate. Zach morning while I
was in Hano heard the men nj early
dawn 60 singing down the steep trail
down into the purple plain. Their qua.
vering songs foafed up 60 me with q
strange heauiy. Earh morning. whils
10 was still dark. the women woke me
BY entering ib. roo N whsre ! lay q
grind corn. and each night went q
sleep to the regular rhythm of the meal
in, stone timed Ca the mystical reli
gious chant Of the toiling women.
LET il h. said that there 10 no won
-. sl.-y ~ among ihese r-fl. amy tsui'
than arui,r the Navajocs. Tho womct
arc chief property holder. Tho bouse Il
gcucrally the woman's. and Srsccn' Il
through her and not through the father
r4aa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
INDICATIONS or An OLD FISHERMAN.

feu waves. theEsh yes es=es b. ~ Zee; ,.ks
cssle.es 6: clay
1hocch ye, eiev. -. ysz clstes. ssa zoo
,Hrr. eao y0u csyt.
q The Juses shs: vcru warmer TIA, tssss src
TIE wares were mort cay.
When wss o boy. With never crack IN ny
heart.
The herring ere not IN the tsdes o. they were
Ny sorrow. Fer many eresk gave the ereel
IN the cart
That carried tho take 60 Sligo town 20 be .oid
when ] was . boy. with never . crack In my
heart
And. sh. you proud maiden. you are no, .,
fair when hi. car
Il heard on the water. as they were. Oh.
proud and apart.
Who paced N the eve by the nets on the pcis
bly, shore.
when ! was q boy. with never : crack IN ~,
heart
" n yeas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
ONIE'SCREAISCANDAL
The Son Of Signor Crispi Is In
Disgrace.
THE EXPERIMENTS LOVE AFFAIRS,
His Domestic Life Has Been Quite - Va.
Ried - His Public Ccrcer-The Culmi.
mating Scandal Of HI. Old Age Drives
His Son Into Exile.

The domestic life of Francesca Crispi
ltaly's grand old man and OK premier has
been rs full Of vicissit;It,e rs has bis palit-
ical career. lie has screEely outrisldcn the
storms of s,nte aud survived complex inat.
rimonial entiEglenents. and now in his
old age comes . scandal that affects the
honor of his son-a scandal about which
all Italy and half of Europe are talking.
The woman in this case is the Countess
Collere, one Of the Roman grandes danes,
q person OF prominence nj court and with
a family history ut least 1000 years old
Her ancestors helped to make the history
OF the Eternal City in all of its ages She
is q beautiful woman, but not as beautiful
as she was ten years ago. Sine is now in
the neighborhood of 40, and. like other
Roman INDEPENDENTLY Roman wild
ows-she has many cavaliers in attend
ance
She Is vain woman, but she has all
the courage which distinguished tie Ro-
mans of old in tie forum ard on the hat
tlefield. She has Just emerged triumph
ant from a struggle with the greatest
| forces, public and private, which Rome
could muster against her The battle has
not left her unsmirched, but her wounds
| are few in comparison with the number
| she administered to the other side The
| struggle is not through with yet, and all
| Of the minor workings Of the plot have
| not been exposed to the public eye. But
these will all come out in time. The
rountess is aroused, and she Is now truly
| terrible.
| The curtain went up on this social
drama, or tragedy, last April Luigi
Crispi, son of Francesca Crispi. ex-prims
minister Of Italy. was the favorite cavalier
in attendance upon the Countess Collerc
She may have admired him for himself, OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-11
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