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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07

Mrs. c. NJ. Gardner of Ionia is visit
ing her parents, Justice and Mrs Dun
ham.
A collection of beautifully variegated
and tinted peoples was left at this office
yesterday, by Prof a. w. Beclner.
The Misses Woodward are entertain
ing their cousins, Miss Pearl Hayes of
Plainwell, and Mamie and Blaine
Hayes of Stanton.
There will be a county mass meeting OF
prohibitionlsts at Newell Leonard Office
in st. Louis tomorrow afternoon, for
the purpose of deciding which nominal
ton whether the Prohibition or Ma
tional) shall be supported by the party
in this county, and also to discuss the
advisability Of placing a county ticket
in the field this fall.
A burglar, an amateur at that bust
ness, entered L. F. Caldwell's residence
last Monday night. Entrance was
gained by cutting the screen door, and
a skeleton key. Mr.. Caldwell's trousers
We're taken from his room, the pockets
rified Of their contents-a few dollars in
silver. Some money was also taken
from bureau drawer. There is no
clew to the burglar.
Harry Brown, young man twenty
OLE xxrhn r. 81
and one-half miles southeast of this
place, was killed by log rolling on him,
while helping load car near Coleman
last Saturday. The remains We're
brought to his parents home, and the
funeral was held Monday, conducted by
Rev. j. w. McAllister The remains
were buried in the Emerson cemetery.
A fellow named Will Timerson got a
wheel of J. NJ. Nichols Monday after
noon to ride to st. Louis, for the pur-
pose of trying the wheel, with view TO
purchasing. The fellow did not return,
and Tuesday morning Nichols began to
investigate, going as far as Corunna, but
the only trace of the fellow he could get
was that one answering his description
got on the Ann Arbor train going south,
at Ithaca. Officers are working on the
case.
Z. Switzer of Bloomfield, Prince
Edward County, Ontario, has been here
for few days. He came for the pur
pose of establishing cheese factory
here, if the prospects warranted, but
finding that the Alma creamery took the
milk from such a wide territory. ADAM
doned the plan. Mr. Switzer was SUR
prised at the extent of the business done
by the Alma creamery, and at the
amount of money expended for milk
He says that. in his Judgment, the pa
irons of the creamery are receiving good
prices for their milk, in fact more than
the demands oi the market will war
rant
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07

Miss Carrie Smith has made de-
cided Improvement in the interior of her
milliney store. 1t is light, bright and
pretty, with its dressing of paint and
draperies.
y rarely beautiful sight was witnessed
by a number of friends at the home of
Mrs Hulda Bogardus Tuesday evening,
III the unfolding of the blossoms of the
Night Blooming Ceres The blossoms be-
gan opening about four o'clock in the
afternoon, and about eleven in the even
ing We're unfolded in all their beauty.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07
Ed. KELLY
Wholesale
and Retail
Grocer
P6ACHGS

The peach season is just
here again. Next week will
bring to our doors the best
goods. We have made ar
rangements to have them
shipped to us direct from the
orchards and can assure you
of filling your order with the
fanciest goods, and our prices
will be right.
In General Groceries our prices
are away down.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07

For Saturday, August 9Th
We OFFER
Gran. Sugar per ID. ;. sc
(2l lbs $1.00)
G Sugar per 10. 4 &c
Morgan Pork per 10. &c
Pure Rio Coffee Greg. 25c
per lb). zoe
Whole Rice, Z lbs. .25c
Lenox Soap, 10 bars. :. .25c
Is lbs Rolled Oats. .25c
Battle AK Tobacco per ID. BE
Come and examine our big
stock. We will use you good
and send you away pleased.
Highest cash price
for farm produce.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
USE OF THE SENSES.
Habit and Experience Play Part in
Seeing aud Hearing.

Habit and Experience Play Part IN
Seeing aud Hearing.
If we ask ourselves just how it is
that we see, hear and receive impress
sions from the senses, we shall soon
discover two things. The first is that
the explanation we see with our eyes,
1--WE hear with our ears" ETC., is not
quite satisfactory It is easy enough
to explain how certain rays of light
impinge on the retina Of the eye, and
certain waves of air on the drum of the
ear; but how these purely physical
things are converted into purely psy-
chical things of sight and hearing no
one can explain.
Our second discovery will be that 1t
is not by the eye alone that we see, or
by the ear alone that we hear. Mem
ory, or. rather, experience or habit,
plays a great part in all sensations,
though we do not often notice it. unless
our attention is drawn to the fact by
some circumstance that puts experience
at fault, and thus produces a sense
illusion.
Have you ever noticed, for instance,
how experience helps you to recognize
the position of sounds? If one made a
noise at a little distance from you, you
could instantly tell from what direction
it came. because experience has taught
you to judge of this matter through the
very slight difference in the intensity
of sound in your two ears. An expert
ment will readily prove this.
Stop up the left ear firmly with cot
ton-wool, and go into a dark room with
someone else who carries bell. Let
the other person strike the bell in diff
ferent parts of the room, yourself re-
manning still. No matter where the
bell is, it will always seem to you to
sound on your right side, even though
it may actually be near the left ear.
Persons deaf in one ear can never tell
whence sound comes. 1t takes two
ears to do this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
3SSEE'S CENTENNIAL.


least four specially designed fountains.
There are at present over / 900 men en-
ployed on the grounds, and the sound
of the hammer and the saw resounds
from morning until night.
History of the State.
The progress made by this fair South
ern State has been rapid and worthy
of the pioneers who arid many perils
carved out her territory little over a
century ago. In 1896 the largest town
in Tennessee had only 100 log huts,
and perhaps in the entire State there
was not pane of window glass. Now
there are beautiful cities and towns on
every hand, and a general air of pros
perity, and progress rests over the COM
monwealth.
The name Tennessee is derived from
Tannassee, the Indian name of the Lit
tie Tennessee River. The first settle
ment in the State was attempted in
1854, but the settlers were wiped out
by tie Indians. Two years later an
other: settlement was made on the Ten
nessee River near Knoxville, and Fort
Loudon was built. In 1850 this place
was besieged by Indians and the
whites capitulated on the condition
that they would be allowed tesreturn
to North Carolina. The condition., how
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eat. nothin' to drink''-there the chain
of thought suddenly ceased-"nothin'
to drink! I'd be a statue myself if it
wasn't for that What a snap it would
be-"
And then speculation ripened into ac-
ton. John proceeded over to the base
of the pedestal. '1ll try it," he said.
'My other engagements can wait" A
fat broker hopping the perspiration
from his chubby cheeks hurried along
up Broadway. He glanced from right
to left and his eyes rested complacently
on the leafy greenery Of the park. Sud
denly he halted.
Shades OF ADe Lincoln he gasped,
aWe-stricken. On the bronze pedestal
whence Hale, the martyr, had looked
down over the passing show was perch
ed figure-a figure grotesque in it's
simplicity. Nothing more strange, in
deed, than poor, addle-headed John
Doe, his arms folded heroically across
his red undershirt. And yet, he was
attracting the rapt attention of a
throng. So he played the statue faith
fully. until park policeman yanked
him down by the foot and took him off
to the station.
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ton and State government were organ
lied. The State was named Franklin
in honor of Benjamin Franklin, and
John Sewer was elected Governor.
North CarOnna was not satisfied With
this arrangement. and it's Governor,
Richard CaswelI, Issued proclamation
declaring the new government to be
revolt and ordering it to be abandoned.
Violence followed the attempt to subdue
it, but the people Of Franklin were
forced to yield TO superior numbers.
Sewer was captured and imprisoned,
and Franklin was again ceded to the
United States Government under the
rule Of the territory south of the Ohio
River" In 1894 distinct territorial
government was given to Tennessee,
and in 1896 it was admitted to State
hood with John Sewer as its Governor.
He served until 1901, was elected three
times to Congress and died in 1915
while engaged in settling boundary
dispute between Georgia and the Creek
territory in Alabama.
Another distinguished Tennessean
was Andrew Jackson, soldier and
statesman. and one of the most pic
turesque characters in American his
tory. On the admission of Tennessee
as State Jackson was elected to Con-
gress, and 1897 was chosen United
States Senator. This position he re-
signed to accept seat on the bench of
the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Soon
afterward he retired from politics, TAX
ing up his residence on the plantation
known as the Hermitage, near Nash
vile. On the outbreak of the war with
Great Britain Jackson rendered his
services to the Government. and the
following year he performed distin-
guished service in the Greek war. His
successful defense of New Orleans
made him hero. and his fame was
increased by the Seminole war of 1917
Is. In 1898 he was elected President
Of the United States and was reelected.
In 1916 he died at the Hermitage.
Tennessee has had various seats of
government. Knoxville was the capital
from 1874 to 1911, with the exception
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to the first of June, 1894. Shortly after
that a company was organized and
chartered under the laws of the State
with an authorized capital Of $1,000
OO0. The first money paid on the stock
subscriptions was in the spring Of 1894,
and the balance of that. year was spent
in arranging for funds. In the spring
of 1895 the available capital had reach
ed 100000, and since then another
100000 has been added.
In July. 1895, the Centennial EXPOSE
ton Company leased an improved piece
of property of 200 acres, lying in the
western suburb of Nashville, which has
for years been the famous racing place
known as West Side Park, and in the
same month the, grading Of the grounds
fo- exposition purposes was com
mcnced. A lake of some twenty five
acres was eXcavated. and also a small
er one of about two. acres in extent. In
the center of the plan a high terrace
was built to represent the Acropolis at
Athens, and to form the foundation for
the contemplated reproduction Of the
Athenian Parthenon. The entire con-
tour of the earth was altered, but the
trees that were characteristic of old
West Side Park were allowed to stand
as they were. The first building to be
erected was constructed in the fall of
1895. This is the administra ton build
i'~ ND in it the director of works, the
-. wishing architects and their assist
ants have)their offices.
This Wds followed on Jan. /: 1896, by
the letting of the contracts for the Par
thenon. the commerce building. the
auditorium. the machinery building,
the transportation building, and the
womans building. Under the terms of
the CONTRACTS these buildings will cost
100000, and are to be covered on the
exterior with white staff. Tennessee
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ever. was not observed The whites on
their march back to Carolina were at
tackled, and those of them who were
not killed were reduced to slavery.
In 1869 James Robertson, hardy
Scotch Irish pioneer, led band of men
into the State, settling on the Watauga
and Holston rivers. This settlement
rapidly grew, and from 1869 to 1a77
the different settlements affected were
called the Wautaga Association. The
motto of Robertson was: eve are the
rear guard Of the revolution, the ad-
vance guard of civilization, and our
way is across the continent" Associ-
ated with him in the upbuilding of Ten
nessee was John Sewer, and later An
,drew Jackson, the seventh President of
the United States. These three were
men Of personal magnetism, statecraft
and military ability. All were Indian
fighters of the same caliber provoking
attacks and following them up, and SO
well did they do their work among the
Greeks and Cherokees that within
fifty wears Tennessee became as safe as
Massachusetts was after 20 years.
1t was an inopportune time for the
establishment of settlements. There
were $4,000 Indian savages in the re-
gion, hostile to the whites, and later
these were in alliance with England
during the revolutionary war For
forty years there is one unbrOken rec
ord of struggles with these savages.
and then when Sewer and Robertson
left off Andrew Jackson stepped in.
In ITO Robertson, leaving Sewer in
charge of Watauga settlements. eX-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
PHENOMENAL SPRINTER.
Hawkeye People Think Their Man
Rush Will Be Another Crum.

Rush Will Be Another Crum.
If the young Splinter from the Grin
nell College does not prove to be an
other John V. Crum in the athletic
world he will sadly disappoint an entire
State Iowans are sure the handsome
fellow who created such a sensation
before one of the biggest crowds ever
assembled in Marshalltown will prove
to be one of the fastest sprinters Amer
lea has ever produced. There seems
to be good ground for the confident ex
pectations reDOsed in the boy from
Waterloo. At the, State championship
meeting at Marshalltown he performed
with great credit to himself, winning
the four sprinting events handily in
time that stamps the new man as hav-
ing a brilliant future on the cinder
path. He ran fifty yards in O:O3 %.
100 IN 0:1O, 200 in O:2O So, 22O in
O:22 SO. and closed the day by romping
away from his field in the quarter mile
event in O:53. That is a days work
that even the wonderful Wefers might
well be proud Of. Rush has been in
training for running less than one year,
and the events mentioned were the first
big games he ever attended as a COM
petitor He is the son Of a prominent
travelling man of Waterloo, and is the
ideal athlete in appearance. He is 8
feet 10 inches tall and weighs about $50
pounds in good condition. He has
perfect style. which comes natural to
him. and in action on the track looks
like runner who has been in the sport
for years. This is all the more remark
able from the fact that he has never
had the advantage of being handled
by a trainer of experience, who could
advise the young man of his faults. He
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OF 1907, when the seat Of government
was at Kingston; Nashville was favor
ed from 1912 to 1915. In 1916 and from
1919 to 1926 Murfreesboro was the seat
of government, and in 1917 Knoxville
had that honor. In 1926 Nashville
again became tht capital and has re-
manned so since.
During the war Tennessee was the
scene of some of the bloodiest battles
in the great struggle, but with the close
of hostilities the people acknowledged
their allegiance to the Union. and the
commonwealth has since greatly pros
pered.
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are TO be covered with white staff also,
and they must be done by JAN l, 1881.
rhe four months after that date and
before May / will be devoted to finish
ing off every feature and detail OF the
exposition and the placing of exhibits.
so that when the opening takes place
on May 1 there will be no ragged edges
TO datract from the beauty of the expo
sition.
The features of the exposition prom
Use to be particularly attractive. There
viii no nm arch of Tennessee marble
sixty feet high. 4 statue OF Pahas
Athena forty three feet high. pyramid
of cotton bales 100 feet high, and at
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was admitted into the Union on June /.
1906 and in honor of the one hundredth
anniversary of that event the most
elaborate ceremonies that have ever
been seen in the South were held on
June /. 1896. when the formal opening
of the exposition, which is to really
exist during 1897, was made.
The agriculture building and the chill
dren's building are now under contract.
and during the summer the erection Of
the minerals building, the horticulture
building. the forestry building. the ne
gro building. and the live stock build
ing will be begun. All of these buildings
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
Sewer rendered most important sery-

Sewer rendered most important serT-
ice in numerous wars against the In
dams. In 1918, while living on the
Watauga, he took part in Lord Dun
mores war against the Shawnee and
other Indian tribes. AT the beginning
of the revolution he offered the services
of the Watauga Association to the colo
MES, and the whole of what is now
Tennessee was organized under the
name Of the Washington District, and
became a county of North Carolina. In
1910 Sewer engaged in a severe war
with the Indians, entered their terri
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plored the Cumberland region and emil
grated there with others. Nashville
was founded and the settlers organized
themselves into civil and military
body with Robertson at their head.
And then this handful of pioneers be-
gan a conflict with the Indians, who
outnumbered them 10 to 1. Within
sixty DAYS thirty-nine of the settlers
fell victims to the tomahawk of the
Cherokee, and in few months sixty
seven persisted. But through all this
adversely Robertson remained stead
fast. and until he ended his military
services in 1896 he was constantly per-
forming heroic deeds.
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tory and burned their towns. In 1850
he planned the battle Of Kings Noun
tain, and with force Of 4SO men,
which he had raised, and of which he
was the colonel, he achieved signal
victory, wrestling it from the midst of
impending defeat. In the following
year he conducted expeditions against
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
DEFENDER OF BULUWAYO.

Capt. John S. Nicholson Who Conn
mands the British Forces.
Capt. John Sanctuary Nicholson is the
officer now in command of the British
forces at Buluwayo, beleaguered by the
rebels He joined the Seventh Hussars
twelve years ago. and attained the rank
of captain in 1891. When Gen. Good
enough was the commander at the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
II e Tennessee

IL IL Tennessee
Centennial Expo
sition will open
May L, 1897, and
G o n. t itn,ue six
months, u N t il
Nov L. The origin
of the movement
to hold an elab-
crate industrial
e Y p O S ition in
c o. IN, nlemorat1On
OF the one nun
dredth anniyer-
sary of the adj
mission of Ten
nessee into the
Union dates back
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the Chickamauga towns, subdued some
of them and effected treaties very IA
vOrable to the whites.
AT this time and up to 1884 what is
now Tennessee formed part Of North
Carolina In that year the territory
was coded to the Federal Government,
but the people becoming dissatisfied a
convention was called. and constitu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25

Cape he appointed Nicholson successor
to Col. H. C. O. Plummer, the first
commissioner sent to take charge of the
forces of the Chartered Company. The
regiment in which Nicholson is an Off
Ger was formerly stationed in India.
The rising of the Matabeles has given
his position a gravity and responsibility
that were not anticipated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25

Lawyers are fond of shooting at each
other with verbal squibs. When two
or three spendthrift barristers. friends
of Chief Baron O'Grady, were made
Commissioners of Insolvent Debtors.
the facetious Judge said: Eat all events
the poor debtors can't complain of not
being tried by their peers"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
PLAYED HE WAS A STATUE.
Hungry John Doe Envied the Lot of
the Bronze Figure in the Park.

Poor, hungry John Doe sat on
bench in the New York City Hall park
Illuminating over the yicissitudes of
life. 1t was parching hot and John
had just removed his outer garments,
so that he sat in his red mldershirt and
trousers, gazing up yacantly at the
bronze statue of the martyr Nathan
Hale.
what soft snap that feller's got,
anyhow" he presently remarked,
''standin' there all day long, wild the
trees a shadin' him, nothin' to do. no
cop to make him move on, nothin' to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
Anxious to Know.

Doctor-Don't be alarmed. / was
sicker than you are year ago and with
the same trouble. To-day | am well
and hearty.
Patient (anxiously)-Oh Doctor, tell
me who was your physician.-Water-
bury American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25

No matter how much money a board
ing-house is making. the proprietor is
always willing to sell out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25

Gooseberry pie is good, but the real
food of the gods is currant pie.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
is exactly q years old, and what he
knows about sprinting he picked up by
seeing others perform.

Never say, THAT is one thing would
not stand' The people will laugh at
you when they see you standing it
few weeks later.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-04-04
THE MARKETS.

Blachoot, Idaho, April Sd, 1896.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-04-04
JUDGE SAMPLE ORR
Quietly and Peacefully Passes
Away.

Sample Orr, who died at BIS on the
afternoon OF April /, was born Novem-
Der 26, 1916, in Murray county, Ten
nessee. His first marriage was to Olivia
Houston, in l84l. Removing to Mis-
souri, in 1852, he engaged in farming
and the practice OF the law. Here, his
first wife dying, he married Emaline
Dollison. He went to the Missouri
State Convention in 1861, at st. Louis,
taking strong part against the seces-
sion effort. He, along with his COLA
borers, were successful in holding the
State to the Union. The same year he
ran independently as Union candidate
for governor of Missouri. This year he
was appointed land register for four
years. He was also elected a Belle
and Everett elector in 1880. In 1864 he
was sent as a delegate to the National
Convention at Chicago, which placed
Gen. Mcclellan in nomination for Pres
ident.
In 1866 he removed to Montana,
where he engaged in raising live stock,
and the practice of his profession.
Here he was elected member of the
council in the second legislature Of
Montana, and was sent TO the legisla-
ture several times after. In 1878 he
was candidate for delegate to Con-
gress. In the fall of 1880 he went to
California, where he stumped the State
for Gen. Hancock. He later Invested
in sheep, driving TO Idaho, finally lo-
eating at Blackfoot. He was a candi-
date for district attorney Of Bingham
county in 1888. In 1892 he made a
number of speeches for Gen. Weaver.
In 1894 he was sent to the Populist
State Convention. and at the time Of
his death was chairman Of the Bingham
county Populist central committee.
Judge Orr was strictly moral man.
He always contended for the right as
he saw the right, and worked early
and late for the betterment of his fell
low men. He was q great temperance
advocate, and even in his last years
worked and spoke for the cause of tem-
Iperance. At ripe old age he has
been gathered to his fathers, leaving
a wife and seven children. a host oi
friends and old-time acquaintances to
mourn his lost. His funeral services,
to be conducted by the Masons of whose
order he was long an honored member
will be held Sunday forenoon at ii
o'clock, at the Baptist Church, after
which his remains will be given to theil
final resting place.