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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
HIS VIGILANCE REWARDED.
The Story Of a Man Who Was Prepared
FOR Footpads.

There is a man IN Buena Park who
has always been afraid of being robbed
by footpads. A few weeks ago he decided
that he would prepare himself 10 defend
his property and person II attacked. 90
he purchased Tevolyer-nOt an ordl-
nary revolver, but long barreled one,
the sort the cowboys carry out west.
For several nights he carried the gun,
and the assurance with which he walked
no doubt frightened the footpads, for
they left him unmOlested. He was
pleased with rhe sense Of security he felt
from the humping of this weapon
against his leg and his fears were quiet
ed until one night not long ago.
The sidewalks were slippery, and he
was picking his way along toward his
home. when man bumped against him.
The offender was prOtnse III his apollo
gies as he struggled to regain his foot
hold.
cit was purely accidental, assure
you, sir, sald he. Certainly, certain
ly. replied the Buena Park man, mo
harm done, and they separated.
A moment later he felt for his watch,
it was gone Then he felt for his gun;
il was safe, and It's size and weight gave
him courage. He turned and started on
the run IN the direction the man had
taken, and before he had gone block
overlook him. He grabbed him by the
collar with his left hand, and, sticking
the pistol IL his face, commanded him
TO give up the watch
"All right, ali right; don't shoot,
said The ..embling man, as he handed
ont a watch and breaking away, ran
down the street as fast as his legs would
carry him.
"I'll teach You footpads thing or
two, shouted the Buena Park man, but
there was 10 response, and putting the
watch III his pocket he started toward
home At each step he grew more and
more indignant AT the state Of society
that permitted such criminals as pick
pockets and footpads. and when he
reached home he was very angry.
"What makes you look so ferocious?"
were his wife's first words
Been held up; fellow took my
watch, but | got it back again, " he said.
"What are yOa talking about: You
left your watch at home this morning
said She a. she took from his pocket the
watch that belonged 20 the other man.
The Buena Park man is still adver
Using for the owner Of that watch
Chicago Time, Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
IN A BALLOON.
The Sensations That Are Superindaced by
Its Rising and Falling.

A dim sunlight strikes us in the bal
loon. Suddenly we realize we are in
bright sunshine again, with fieecy W hite
clouds below us and a deep blue sky
above. Look at the shadow of the bal
loon on the clouds See the light pris-
matte colors like halo around the
shadow of tire car. Here we are all
alone in perfect silence, in the depths
Of great abyss-maSsive clouds tower
ing up on all sides, snowy white mass
below. But no sign of earth-no sign
of anything human. Not a sound, not a
sign of life What peace What bliss
Horrors! What S that report? The bal
loon must have burst. Oh. nonsense |
Keep still. It's only fold of the stuff
nipped by the netting being suddenly
released; that's all. -. ~ .s-,..s' '-"s-
Well, we are falling, for see the bits
of paper apparently ascending. And we
must take care, for the GOODNESS and
dampness of This cloud will cause the
gas To contract. and we shall fall rapid
ly. So get bag of ballast ready, for
we are already in the darkness of the
cloud. Now the gas bag shrinks and
writhes, and the loose folds rustic to-
gether, and it gets darker. You can feel
the breeze blowing upward against
your face or hand held over the edge Of
the car. Well, that's not to be wondered
at, for remember we are falling, say
1000 feet a minute, which is the same
thing as if we were going along ten
miles an hour sitting III a dogcart.
Not quite the same, You say-you'd
sooner be in the cart? Well, perhaps if
the horse were going straight at ii wall,
without the possibility of being able to
stop him, you would think otherwise.
But look There is the earth again; so
out with your ballast. Go on Pour out
plenty; there no good ecouomizing. -
Blackwood's Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
Usefulness Preferable to BriIliancy.

Dr. G. H. Parkhurst says that "A light
ming flash is brilliant 10 behold, but he
would rather have a candle to read by.
There are few lightning flashes and
many candles in the world A "bril-
liant Young man or woman isn't such
an acquisition as some people would
have US believe. The plodding habit Of
logged toll can accomplish more than
spasmodic freshets Of enthusiasm.
The work Of the world is done in its
workshops not its talking shows, con-
ventions and enthusiastic gatherings,
whose enthusiasm never, by any chance,
percolates into the adjoining street or
slum.
The girl who is plain in face and
homely Of figure, but kindly Of heart and
tender and true, is to be preferred by an
honest man for wifehood before her
dashing, laughing sisters, rare and hand
some, whose dainty fingers never baked
a pie, whose hearts never bore another
burden The light Of the home is gen
orally the quiet, humble, unobtrusive
sister or brother who is not cursed with
the waywardness OF genius.
Beauty and talent have unequaled OPP
portunities when combined with direct
ing character. But the plan of nature
never intended that the many should
trust TO them so they are given to the
few. The majority Of Us depend on our
power TO be useful-determin use
ful-for our LIES value. And the daily
effort thus 20 live has made this world
and our national heritage much what
they are and give TO us New York
LADDER
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
How Mines Are Bought Nowadays.

The time has passed when mine prop
critics are bought on assays. The higher
the ore goes the more suspicious the in
weston becomes. A mining proposition,
TO receive attention in these days, must
have a reasonable assay value, and must
stand the test of expert examination A
low grade camp. il Is said Is better in
the long run for the mine owner, and
infinitely better for community in
which such mines are situated, as more
men are employed and more money is
taken ont than III camps where the
mines are narrow and rich. This is
shown in the Cpur d 'Alenes, where
over 60, 600 tons of ore are mined
monthly TO produce TO- 600 tons Of con-
centrates. Every one is benefited where
such conditions prevail.
Mine investors have become suspicious
because III the past they have been most
numerically worked by INSCRIPTIONS
mining men and promoters. Mine ex-
porting has become Il science, and it is
a difficult thing 10 improve upon mine
expert Of national reputation, and only
men Of this character are employed to
pass upon mining proposition the pur-
chase of which involves the expenditure
of large sums of money. - Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
HER FAN.

.1utter OF feathers and perfume Of iaces,
Carved sticks of ivory, daintily white
Plump little Cupids, with mischievous faces
All, could but read your expression arighti
Say, do you know, are You wholly unfeeling,
As you pelt one another with roses SO SWEET
Do you not know that my heart she is stealing.
To trample il under her pearly shod feetf
Almost l think You exult in the chances
Your owner bestows when she seeks 10 en-.
slave.
Know You no cure for wounds from loves
lancesf
Have you no power her victims 10 saver
Swiftly she whirls in the maze of the dances:
slyly You laugh as you peep from each fold.
And thus one more victim of cOquetry's fancies
Questions in vain-his fate IL untold.
Lucy Mayo Warner in Boston Budget.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

We ought never 10 be willing to live
any year just as so lived the last one.
40 enc is striving after the best things
Who H. net intent on an upward and Il
fn movement continually. The cir
cular movement is essential, to6--the
going around and around in the old
grooves, daily tasks--yet even in this
uesdmillround there should bo constant
progress. We ought 20 do the same
things better each day Then in the
mi0st OF the outward rontiue our inner
life ought to be growing in earnestness,
in force, in dep d.. u. a. Miller.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
Wagner and schuinann.

Wagner, writing in ls4G, said of
Schumann He is highly gifted inu-
stefan, but an impossible man When
came from Paris, l went to see him.
told him Of my Partisan experiences,
spoke of the state Of music in France,
then Of that in Germany, spoke of liter
allure and politics, but he remained as
good as dumb.for nearly an hour. One
cannot 90 on talking quite alone. An
impossible man. Schumaun gave an
account Of this interview which practi
cally agrees with that of Wagner 81
have seldom met Wagner, he said,
"bdt hc is man Of education and spirit
He talks, however, increasingly. and that
one cannot endure for long together -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
SWEeTHEARTS ALWAYS.

II svcethearts were swecthearts always
Watcher n maid or wife,
No drop would be half as pleasant
Ia the mingled draft Of life.
But the sweetheart has smiles and bushes
When the wife has frOwns and signs
And the wifc's have "A wrathful glitter
For the glow OF the sweetheart : eyes.
II lovers were lovers always,
The same 20 sweetheart and wife,
Who would change for a future Of Eden
The joys Of this checkerod lief
But husbands grow grave and silent,
And care on the anxious brow
OFT replaces the sunshine that pcrished
With the words Of the marriage vow.
Happy is he whose sweetheart
j. wife and sweetheart still,
Whose voice, ~ OF old, can charm him
Whose kiss, as Of old, can thrill;
Who has plucked the rose 10 find ever
It, beauty and fragrance increase,
A. the II u Of passion is mellowed
IN love unmeasured peace;
Who sees in the step n lightness;
Who finds in the form "a grace;
Who reads an unaltered brightness
In the witchery of the face.
Undimmcd and unchanged. An, happy
j. he, crowned with such life
Who drinks the wife pledging the sweet
heart
And toaSts in the sweetheart the wife!
Daniel O'COnnell in Domestic Monthly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

The well known saying, First catch
yopr hare, is generally credited TO
Mis- Glass Cook Book, written by
DR.. John Hill in the eighteenth century.
But IN an early edition Of the book the
reading Of the sentence is. First case
lthat is, skim your hare
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
Eretful. a. Usual.

When the frightful dynamite explo.
sion at Romeo shook the ear and all
the buildings within 80 miles trembled
to their foundations, the sleeping COM
muter rolled over in his Auburn park
bed.
How many times" he mumbled.
" do you think you're entitled to collect
passengers fare on your old milk
trainf You punched my ticket half am
hour ago l'-Chlcago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
4 Napoleon Mot.

A new bon mot Of Napoleon III is
Just reported When Nicholas | Of Ru1-
STA congratulated him on coming to the
throne, he addressed him as my
friend" instead of my brother, - the
usual royal phrase This is most fiat
tering, SAID the emperor. I've choose
our friends. We cannot choose our rela-
tives "
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
The other side.

First Vestryman-It must make a
clergyman feel very unhappy to discover
that he has Outliycd his usefulness in a
parish
Second Vesryman-Not so unhappy
a. II makes the people when he dOesn't
discover it. New York Tribune
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

"How is il never see you killing
time asked an idle person.
Il can't find the time. said the busy
mau in perfect inU Jceuoe. indianapolis
Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

1t is vain thought to flee from the
work that God appoints Us Cor the sake
of finding IA greater blessing instead Of
seeking II where alone il is TO be found
LIN loving obedience. =George Blot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01
They VIII Out.

ooh, baroness, have you heard il
YETI
els it a secret, your eXcellency?'
Eyes.
''Then l have heard it already, -
Fliegende Blatter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

to say: "Thcrc's always somethin' the
matter fit isn't one thing its two The
most common trouble resulting from over
exortiou. either mentally OF physically, l.
constipation of the bowels, with all its At
tendaut horrors.
There il no human ailment that 30 saps
the energies, so dCadCus the ambitions. a.
that coming from the bowels forgetting
their vocation. or the liver only work
ing about eight hours ont Of the twenty
four
Dr. Picrce's Pleasant Pellets are the most
effectual remedy iu The market. They work
upon the system easily. naturally Their
is no unpleasant nausea after taking them
No gririnl-uo rd mo discomfort. They
are composed of materials that go through
the system gradually, collecting all iapur
ties and Ills 'uc good llttlt servants tia
they are, di-po-lng of them cliectually
MRs PosNvNA NJ PISS, of CoioHs, O5
urCo toltVn. .NcsD l0Jh. -uVs.
Il had suffered much ufh dizziness. some
times lintutss iflm too much mrulal WorA.
over eNertion ply ically used constipation 81
the bowels Ttred liver pills. They gave tea.
porarv relief Two wears ago began using Ut
Picrcc's ricasaut PELLETS ! have at interval,
used three bottles and am now enjoying uuin
terupted good health
Yours truly.
Ro,aLNH2 <:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

The salary Of the major general COM
mauding the army is $1,000
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-01

The general" Of our army has NO
duties prescribed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-10
SERIOUS CUTTING ARRAY.
Attacked in the Dark With a Knife and
An Artery Cut.

MARSHALL, Va, Nov. last night
about 8 o'clock there occurred here a
very serious cutting affray in which
NJ. II. Clay Utterback, a highly re-
spected and notoriouely ~peaceably dis.
posed resident of this village, received
a cut in the neck at the hands of a rel.
alive named Holmes.
During the morning Mr.. Utterback
asked OF Holmes the payment Of a dol,
lar and q half which he claimed was
due him for rent. The demand was
refused, and towards night Holmes ex-
pressed his intention of whipping Uster-
back for ''insulting' him by dunning
him, and it is said, provided himself
with two switches for the purpose.
At 8 o'clock U5terback went to the
postcmc9, and Holmes awaited him
outside in the dark, and as he went
home, attacked him with q knife, cut,
ting him just below the ear from the
back of the neck around to the cheek,
making a wound about four and a hall
inches long, and to the bone, from ar
inch to an inch and a half deep, sever
ing the temporal artery.
Had the wound been a half inch lower
it must have resulted fatally within 6
few minutes. AS it was, DIS. Frost
and S 3aiden, who dressed the wound
do not consider it necessarily fatal
though serious. The attack was en-
tirely unjust1f9d, and the entire com
munity is indignant and unstinted il
the censure of the assailant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-10
wAsHBURN ON The SITUATION.
He Says the Campaign of 1898 and 1000
Will Open To-Day.

CHICAGO, NV. 5 Chairman Wash
burn closed the Chicago Headquarters
Of the Peoples Party National Com
mittee to night, and will depart for his
home in Boston to morrow. In about
ten days he will go to Washington to
confer with Senators Jones and Butler
in regard to the future policy of the
allied silver forces. In this connec-
tion MIR. Washburn said to the repre-
sentative of the Southern Associated
Press:
LAS a result of the present cam
paign we find victory in defeat. The
fact that 50 much vas accomplished
in 80 short a time with the limited
means, inspires the belief that we can
win four years hence, We were con-
fr0nted with a united army and an un-
paralleled campaign fund, while our
own forces were divided, with secret
forces in our midst as well as fusion
difficulties, and the amalgamation of
opposing forces to contend with. Mr..
Bryan made the greatest campaign re.
corded in political history, and he stands
unrivalled as g leader. Revolutions
never go backward, and the momentum
Of this campaign will be continued by
the allied silver forces.
L believe this election will result in
separating the gold chaf from the ell
yer wheat, and force the traitors in the
silver ranks to unite with the R9publi-
cans, where they belong, It is worth
all out efforts to shake off these bar
nacles and start afresh with renewed
hope in order that all the elements
constituting the m0vement-the silver
Republicans, the Silver Democrats and
the Populists-may be satisfied, it may
become necessary TO merge all these
forces into n great army under a new
name. Il is rarely that a new great
issue succeeds under an old party
name.
"We begin the Congressional fight in
1898 and the Presidential fight of 1900
to, morrow. We shall have a confer
enc8 of our national leaders within a
short time, when the plans of the con-
test and the policy of the future may
be determined upon. Let no one be-
lieve that silver is defeated. The move.
ment is simply purified and regulated.
In a new form, with new hope and
vigor, and with the goldbug traitors
eliminated from the movement, we
emerge from this contest stronger than
ever, to march forward to victory
which awaits u.s."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-10
BALLOT MACHINES USED
In Rochester, New York, and Worcester,
Mass...-TheY Were Successful.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Nov. 3.-The
Myers ballot machine was used today
in each of the mill districts in this city.
The machines worked in q fairly salts
factory manner in a majority of in
stances, although numerous break
downs occurred during the day which
caused delay in voting of from one
minute to two hours.
The entire city vote was reported at
police headquarters within forty five
minutes after the polls closed. In one
district of the Fifteenth ward it is said
that the machine failed to register
about 200 Democratic votes. The mat
ter is being investigated. The failure
of the machine to register may give
rise to a contest in the Fourth Assem-
bly, district, which is estimated to be
close.
In another district a voter was i'm
prisoned in a machine for nearly an
hour before the door could be opened.
The ballot machine company officials
say that the trouble was due to the
machine having been set up on uneven
fooring.-New York Herald.
WORCESTER, Mass Nov. 3-The
voting in Worcester was conducted by
means of the Nc Camany voting ma
chimes, whose use was authorized by
the Legislature. Fifty of them were
purchased by the State and forty-eight
of them were brought to Worcester at
the req lest of the Aldermen
They worked we'll, there being less
delay than usual in the voting during
the rush hours. In no case did a ma
chine fail, though n was sent back
from one precinct, owing to the neglect
of the ward officers to brush away the
pieces Of paper clipped by the machine
punch.
Twomachines of fifty names capacity
were used in each precinct, one not be-
ing large enough to accommodate all
the names Toe vote of the First pre-
cinct reached the City Hall at 8 o'clock,
which is one hour and fifty minutes
earlier than the first precinct came in
under the Australian ballot law.
Half the city was in before 10 o'clock.
There was q good deal of opposition to
the adoption of the machine, but it is
generally considered to have been a
success.-NeW York Herald.
HUDSON, Mich, Nov. 4-The Abbott
voting machine was used at the cleo
ton The machine was legalized by
the last Michigan Legislature, and the
test it was put to in the Second ward
at the spring elections was in every de-
gree satisfactory. The machine is
simple in operation and az the differ
emit parties are designated by color as
we'll as In type the mostignorant voters
find little trouble in using it. Each
vote is registered az cast, and the total
is known as soon as the polls close.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-10

tenn. Every step taken by them should
be publicly considered by these silver
clubs, Our cause has prospeEed most
where the money Question has been
longest discussed among the people
During the next four years it will be
studied eli over this nation, ever more
than il has been studied,
The year 1900 is not far away. Be
fore that year arrives international bi-
metRllism will cease to deceive; before
that year arrives those who have called
themselves gold standard Democrats
will become bi metallists and be with
US or they will become Republicans
and thus open ensmies; before that
year arrives trusts will have convinced
still more people that q trust is a menace
TO private welfare aud to public safety {;
before that year arrives the evils Of a
gold standard will be even more evi
dent than they are now and the people
will then be ready to demand an Amer
lean financial policy for the American
people, and will join with us in the i'm
mediate restoration Of the free and IN
limited coinage Of gold and silver, at
the present legal ratio Of IL to 1, with.
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation.
"WM J BRYAN"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-10
HUNDRED MINUTES IN AN HOUR
New System Proposed in France FOL
Reckoning Time,

New System Proposed in France fol-
Reckoning Time,
Metienne, a member Of the French
Chamber of Deputies, has drafted q
bill, which he proposes to introduce in
the Chamber, providing for a decimal
system of reckoning the time, It is
proposed to divide the day into 10
hours of 100 minutes each, and each
minutes to be divided into 100 seconds
M. E5ienne's bill makes the decimal
hour and day official after a certain
date.
The opinion of w. Burpham, the
vel! known astronomer of this city,
was asked as to the desirability of such
a change. He suggested that it would
certainly simplify many calculations,
and that as a general proposition the
decimal method of mesuration, both
as to time, volume, area, and length, is
much preferable to the cumbersome
and varying methods now in use. Toe
difficulties in the way are such, how
ever, that many years must elapse be-
fore such a system could become gen
eral.
In order to make the system prac
tical the present method of calculating
longitude would have to be revolution
lied. Instead of having the globe
divided into 100 degrees, it would be
necessary to divide it into 100, and then
every ten degrees would represent an
hour of the day, making it possible to
read the degree of a place either in
hours or degrees.
The Latin races seem to be more
faciIe in accepting innovations OF this
character than those of Saxon origin.
Ga the continent decimal weights and
measures are universally accepted,
while in England and America, though
legal, they are very little used. Science
has accepted decimal mensuration, but
if a scientist, writing in English, wishes
to make himself popularity understood,
| that scientist must translate his meters
and liters and Kilograms into their old
fashioned yet familiar English equiva
Tents.
However, the French people have
accepted the idea of a decimal day and
hour with true Gallo enthusiasm, and
a Besancon clockmaker has begun the
manufacture of clocks and watches
showing ten hours to the day, 100 min
utes to the hour, aud 100 seconds to the
minute.-Chicago Times Herald.