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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
SHIFTING SANDS.

han9es in Real Estate in Gratiot County
G For the Week Ending Feb. /.
Charles T.. Henry to North American
Saving, Loan IL Building Co. lot
PAL, Ashley Observation-Disclosures. - 20
Phebe +. Byers to Tarissey Hiballen.
tuer lot aud sH of lot 3 blk ,
Knapp's add, st. Louis ........... 200 60
Matthias Strouse TO Larry X 1icker-
booker wa of ne acc > Newark. 2t00 90
j. Monroe Mckee to Ransom G.
Lake wa of NV sec u Newark 2j00 90
q. 5. Ward to Joseph Ray NV of ne
sec y Arcadia .................... 40 90
Clarence ~ Church to Joseph Ray
"a of sw sec % Arcadia ......... 525 90
John G. Hicks to Matthias Strouse
NV of nv sec 4 Newark .......... 400 90
Danl. ID. Frisbee to Anton Mich
enfelder W! of sw sec % Hamilton 800 90
Chas II, Elliott to j. Mills Ashley
pt sw of sw sec 81 Ithaca. ....... 900 90
Binnie NJ. Coffin 70 Chas W. Cole
man pit NV of NV sec 20 Emerson 425 90
Wm j. Waldrett to J Henrywood
pit Sc of ne sec Ithaca ...'...... 900
Albert Clark to John 4. Clark sc Of
NV sec 2 Bethlny ..... ........... 400 90
NJ T. Chafey, trustee to Standard
Oil Co, pit blk 26 Jefferey's I'd add
Ithaca ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IUO w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Marie (sadly)-Harry d.. longer loves
me
MaG0e-Why, hos simply hrvoted to-
night.
Marie--That's just It, ID as kind as
ever, although invited uil ', To he
here. Five weeks ago he nave been
hopping madl-Chicag> Trih
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
wourd Not ucip to Get Meals.

DR.. Mamie \. Stevens, physician OF
Kansas City, Mo, the other day brought
suit for divorce from Ralnh Stevens
a well-to-do Wichita farmer, charging,
among other things. that nc laid
around and would not help her get the
meals" The complainant was former
ly prominent member of the wom-
ms federation in Kansas
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
How 1t Is PronounceSf.

The .Iher day, In public place, two
suburban schoo-nistresses fell into con-
versation with precise and somewhat
airy lady, not from Boston, who aegean
to- criticise the attainments of Boston
teachers. ut is most extraordinary"
she said, what ignorant people they
employ to teach school in Boston. Such
English as they sometimes speak" The
two schoolmistresses ventured to ask
what unfortunate peculiarities she had
observed in the English of Boston
teachers. "Why, their pronunciation
is so bad" she answered. Just fancy
/ heard a Boston teacher the other day
say programme The two teachers
opened their eyes, wondering why peo-
pie shouldn't say programme. They
hardly dared to ask, but the lady en-
lghtcncd them. "Whcn anyone who
bad been TO school at all. She added,
should know that it should be pro
nounced 'progrumr"- Boston Tran
script.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
NEWARK

George Brown aud Miss Mary Venorman
ssfs joined IN matrimony recently. he
bsppy couple moved 10 Grand Rapids.
o. orge intends to work la a boiler shop.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
Western Farm Lands.

A pamphlet descriptive of Nebraska farm
lands will be sent free on application to the
undersigned. Send names and addresses Of
your friends, to p. s. Eustis, Gen'l Pass.
Agent, c., B. & @. r. r., Chicago, III.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
FITS AND NERVOUS DISEASES.

,When Henry VI. Hall VI D., late surgeon U. !
=. A., Department of Tennessee, returned from
the war he found a child afflicted with epilepsy.
Leading physicians were consulted, without
apparent benefit Noted specialists could give
but little 10 any relief. ToTcsCue his child from
a fate worse than death became the object OF
his life. For several years experiment followed
efforts. I'm lSs9 old age and infirmities in
duccd him To ilnpart the knowledge Of how 10
manufacture lt, under the agreement that a
bottle should Doe sent free Of all charges to any
one applying for 10, who was afflicted with cpl
lCI~y. since then over 10000 free bottles have
been sent 10 the afflicted Experience has
proved that IL cures Insomnia, s. Nitus' Dance,
AMI oil forms OF Nervous AfllictiOn If YOU
want 90 try this wonderful remedy free OF ali
charge. write stating your disease as plainly as
possible; give your age and post Office AddrpS.
The Hall Chemical Co., West PHILADELPHIA. Pa
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Why suffer from indigestion? BurdOck
Blood BItters cures Dyspepsia anu all dis
eases Of the stomach. liver and bowels.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children. she gave them CastoriA.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Dr. Miles Nerve rlasters for Rheumatism.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Stop suffering! Try DR.. Miles Pain Pills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

All pain banished by DR.. Miles Pain Pills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
Children CIV for
Pitchers CastoTia.

NEURALGIA cured by DR. Miles PAIN
Pills. One cent "A dose" At all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Dr. Miles Pain Pills stop Headache.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07

Subscribe for The National Bimetal-
list. 81 year, or IS cents for three
months. 134 Monroe street. Chicago.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
A DANGEROUS pRECEDENT.

The action Of the Board of Public
Education in refusing to accept the
resignation of Arthur w. Brierley, a
member from the Twelfth ward, has
more OF a sentimental than legal
look. We have the authority Of the
city solicitor that the member in ques-
tion was guilty Of an unlawful act
when he accepted sub-contract to
furnish materials used in the remod-
cling of Howard school We do not
say that the Twelfth ward should lose
the services of Mr. Brierley on the
board because he, in ignorance of the
scope of the law. did that which was
contrary to the law governing the ac-
tions of members of the board, but we
do say, and say it emphatically, that
and there that it would not in future
excuse such action. 1t has established
a bad precedent by failing to do 50
The members of a board having the
expenditure of such large sums OF
money belonging to the public should
be beyond even the shadow of suspic
ion of jobbery. By acting so lightly ir
this present instance the doors have
been thrown open to others who ma.
hope to privately profit by public worl
which they in their official capacit.
voted to have done at the public eX
pense In future the public will keel
its eye upon the contracts and sub
contracts incident to school work AM
see what other patriots are anxious &
cast a vote with one hand and make
grab with the other.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
A Winred Zoo of nual1s.

A bird that has gained for itself the fame
of being the most proficient game destroyer
in the northern part of Illinois Is the coop
er's hawk 1t Is especially destructive 60
auails. An old accusation Is brought
against the cooper's hawk. Il h alleged
that it rusbos at a bevy Of quaiis with such
ferceness that the scared birds leap into
the air and dash themselves against trees
or other objects. In this way the oooper's =
hawk is said to cause the death of a good
many moro quails than it actually kills
Breeding from Newfoundlandao % Mexico
and wintering south of Massachusetts,, as
it does, the cooper's hawk as species feegis
on a variety of kinds Of game-pOultry and
game birds, song birds and frogs, lizards
and insects besides sundry mammals and
an occasional snake. Once in awhile it
takes great risks to get its food. Cooper's
hawks, as we'll as other kinds, sometimes
capture the killed OF wounded victim Of a
gunner.-New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
MR.. HASTINGS CLUB.

There is a growing sentiment that
the Republicans will have to nominate
legislative tickets in both Kent and
Sussex counties for the benefit OF those
Republicans who viii not vote the
Union Republican ticket. Morning
News.
So this Is the club that the regulars
OF the Washington Hastings brand are
now holding over the heads OF the Ad-
dicksltes. Several weeks ago the pub
lie was given to understand by the
regulars themselves that full Ropubli-
can tickets would be put in the field
in both Kent and Sussex, in opposition
to the Addicks tickets already nomi
mated. Now we have the organ of
Washington Hastings limiting that Adj
dicks will be permitted to go scot free
In the counties In which he is strong
est if he will only meet the regulars
on the electoral Issue.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
Tho sneaI,inr Voice.

Nothing as quickly and unmistakably
distinguishes a well bred man or woman
from those Of plebeiRn birth OF education as
the speaking voice and the carriage, two
most essential points TO cultivate, and the
two which are almost universally neglect
ed by parents and masters IN this country.
1t is not so In England and France, where
even in humble life the voicesare not only
naturally more musical than those found
In America, but they are 80 in conse-
quence of past training and cultivation
One uses the speaking voice almost COD
tinuously, so why should IL not be trained
to be as musical as possible, since a sweet,
low voice Is considered power 80 much
time and attention are given tothe singing
voioe, which is used only upon occasions,
which, OF COURSE, IS to be encouraged and
commended, but II ono cannot cultivate
both let the preference always be given to
tho speaking voice, that ones enuDciation,
articulation and respiration, as we'll as the
proper pitch of the voice, may be regulated
and governed according TO the most ap-
proved methods. Then ones convictions
will be found to carry great weight
Vogue
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
A PRAcrIcAL REroRMER.

Boys will be boys. They ever hals
been and ever will be. Their minds
run in certain channels from which
weight OF years alone can divert them
It is as impossible to crush out the
spirit OF the right sort of boy as it is
to prevent the sea from encroachipg
upon the strand.
But we now have q boy reformer in
our midst If all reports be true, one of
the teachers OF No. public school has
devised a new system of preventing
talkative boys from conversing during
school hours. Her method IS to ras'e
plasters over their mouths The frs,
victim OF this new practice was e,,-
perimented on yesterday, being a Tai
nall street boy of tender years.
Such treatment may do for an ex
pertinent, and doubtless some parent
may be found who are willing to ha
their boys subjected to such practicl
correctional treatment. but when
general application is made the par
ents will do the boys talking for the.
and neither the teachers nor the Boa
of Public Education will find it pract
cable toendeavor TO plaster the mouth
of tho protestants
This is merely the latest Of a grea
many silly practices which have crep
into the administrative department.
OF our public schools.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

There is nothing W hich most Of the
silver states need more than Northern
and Eastern capital Without il they
are powerless for growth or progress
They are most foolish of fools to delib-
erately ruin their own credit BY all
means let the financial centres show
them that q cheap dollar is the dearest
bargain they can buy.-LowCn Courier.
Senator Vest has reason to be alarm
ed at the prcspec OF the next Mis-
souri, legislature being Republican.
Certain alleged Democrats are doing
their best TO bring the party to de-
struction.-kansas City Times.
In case Mckinley rea snes the White
House Mr.. Elatt will be sure to regret
all of those unkinG things he has been
saying Of Ohio men.-Naw York Jour
nal
Hear him talk about tho dollar ol
his forefathcis, when there wasn't one
Of them who had a cert He married
his money. - Detroit TilbSne.
lust as Dick Bland was about e
shove the crown down over his brow
a galoot fro,c Nebraska lassoeG it an(
carried It Off Wichita Eagle.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
Tho Originator Of "see.~

Il was Bartley Campbell, the journalist
and playwright, who was responsible for
the exclamation "See" Bartiey had long
bony fingers, and by tapping an auditor
on the breastbone with them and exclaim-
ing "Seep' he made many a man "see"
what It would have taken hundred words
TO elucidate. Dan O'Leary, the famous
old ball player, Is responsible for the habit
many people have of speaking of things
past In the present tense. 1t is very odd TO
hear Dan tell the story of some ball game
which occurred, as Mrs. Florence used to
say, "Yers and yers ago, " about like this;
"Were plRyin the Nonpareiis, an the score
is 10 TO agin us in the last innin. hev
every dollar 10 the world hev up on our
winnin, an the excitenent is trenjous
We Fetires the NOnpareils In one, two,
three order, an as I'm walkin IN from
she field guy IN the stand yells to me,
Dan, yeh old stuff I've got me las PUNK
er on yeh. RI yeh don't win, don't cot
fur month Seor" " OF course, thus alb
jured, Dan twins. AS he eloquently ex-
plains, Il had ter. New York Adver-
tiseP.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
oom Paul,s Parable,

A friend of mine tells me the following
story of President Kruger; In 1889 some
uitlanders went az a deputation TO him 20
explain that the price Of shares IN mines
was going down, and they hinted that he
was responsible for it. He replied: "Some
years ago ] had favorite monkey, for
which had a great affection. One day I
went out for an excursion into a wood with
my monkey. It was cold; so the monkey
and made fire. In that fire the monkey
burned his tail, on which he turned on me
and bit me, 1 said to him, My dear mon
hey, made fire with you TO warm us;
you burned your tail in it-that was your
fault, and 1 really do not see why you
should be angry with me. " Having re-
lated this fable, the president smoked his
pipe and left the deputation to draw the
moral London Truth.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
WILSON DENIES IT ALL


DECLARES THAT HE AND SHAW
PREPARED THEIR OWN AN
sWER TO sPRUANCE AND
HAYES.
d. Minlin Wilson denies the fake
dispatch published in the Morning
News which credits him with being
dissatisfied with the action of the Ad-
dicks State Central Committeein deal
ing with the peace oyertures of Messrs
Spruance and Hayes, and that Addicks
prepared the answer given by himself
and Mr.. Shaw.
I'VE prepared the paper ourselves" +"
he said, in answer to the inquiries of
an Evening Journal reporter, land
then presented it to the committee.
am in entire harmony with all that
has been done. Our people down there
are with us and perfectly satisfied"
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
A NATURAL SUPERSTITION.

We admire the enfrontery of the
Morning News in publishing what
William c. Spruance regards as a cor
rection OF an Evening Journal story
relative to a conversation between him
and J. Edward Addicks at the T., w
d B. station in Wilmington day befor
yesterday. The Morning News might
have supplemented the Spruance state
ment by declaring that 1t, too, erred in
the essential particular of stating that
both Messrs Spruance and Hayes wor
in Dover on the day Of the meeting Of
the Addicks State Central Committee.
We presume that our reporter who saw
Messrs. Spruance and Addicks together
in the waiting room Of the railroad
station took it for granted that Mr.
Spruance was not interested in gas and
that Mr.. Addicks was not interested
In crops, and, putting two and two to-
gether, came to the conclusion that the
subject of their conversation was the
Joint letter which Mr.. Spruance and
Mr.. Hayes had sent to the Addicks
electors the day before. 1t was not an
unnatural supposition. Neither was il
strange that he should attach some DO
litical Importance to the coincidence
OF Mr.. Spruance going down the Della
ware road on the same train with Mr.
Addicks and members OF the Addicks
State Central Committee.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
Tnmmed Finrera.

Few people have escaped jammed fin
gers, and as the pain caused when the fin
ger is JAM ed in n door is eIcruciating In
the extreme for the first few minutes IL Is
well to know of some means Of relief. The
finger should be plunged into water as hot
as can possibly be borne. This application
Of hot water causes the nail 10 expand and
soften, and the blood pouring out beneath
it has moro room 20 6ow. Thus the pain
is lessened. The finger should then be
wrapped in bread and water poultice. A
jammed finger should never be neglected,
as il may lead 70 modification Of the bone
II Il has been badly crushed and amputa-
tion Of the Singer must follow. Jammed
toes are usually caused through the falling
Of heavy weights and should be treated IN
tho same way as a jam,ned lnger.-NeW
York World.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
OLD WHISKY BETTER THAN NEW.
Fusei Oh and Its Poisonous Efects on the
Human system.

human system.
The commonly prevailing ideas as to the
chemistry Of whisky are evidently confus-
ed The public notion has always been
that crudo or freshly distilled whisky was
injurious and that It required the mellow
ing influence of age to make it fit for con-
sumption. In other words, new whisky
was held TO be deleterious because it con
talned iusei on and that the reason why
oiu WHISKY was more wholesome was be-
cause uhls iusel oil changed in course Of
tllle 10 the so called 9nanthic ether. To
pu1 IL cnenilcslly, the amyl alcohol (fusel
OH oAlui1es Slowly INTO nmyl ether, which
is not only thought to be innocnous bnt "a
improve the flavor. The derNtv rr,,,c,,,,I
Of the inland revenue branch of tbe ~,
ernment laboratory would remove tboso
notions at one sweep. Thus in replv To n
question before the liquor commission he
stated-and it was a repeated statement-
that 1t was a mistake to suppose that new
spirits contained more fusel oil and were
more unwholesome than old
With the former part of his statement
we will not now deal, but TO the latter we
distinctly demur. 1t cannot be supposed
that whisky merchants take the trouble
to store their whisky for years unless they
know that 1t is thereby improved from the
dietetic point Of view Again, Il Is well
known that so convinced are the authori-
ties of the Canadian government Of the
Embellishments OF new whisky that, we
believe. they have regulation In force
prohibiting the sale Of whisky that has
not been stored for certain number of
years. Fusel oil is admittedly injurious
indeed, Notwithstanding at least, to
the experiments Of several observers. In
one case, for example, 1 part Of amyl al
cohol in 500 parts Of water caused anes-
thesia in frogs in 90 minutes, the heart 3
action becoming slower, the skin dark,
death occurring in about two hours and
the cardiac pulsations gradually ceasing.
The common effect of fusel oil is TO pro-
duce intense headache, and it must he
borne in mind that In the case of whisky
the action OF alcohol must be added to
that Of the fusel oil The amount Of fusel
oil, we believe, in whisky averages about
0. 9 per cent. These observations hardly beaI
out the statements made before the COM
mission. incidentally we may add that Il
is exceedingly satisfactory TO find that the
consensus of opinion of the witnesses be-
fore this commission appears to be thai
there is a decrease in drunkenness in thf
metropolis, but this decrease, it is note
1 worthy is less among women than among
| men.-LOndOn Lancet
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
Aida the Roeuer.

''It is very kind Of the railway company
to put up those signs, Beware Of Pick
pookefsp If it wasn't for these notices,
we pickpockets would have TO go out OF
the business" said a thief to the detective
who had arrested him.
"The warnings are put up to spoil your
trade, replied the officer.
"But they don't, " said the pickpoolSet.
"They help US. As soon as n country
pumpkin reads the sign if he has any
money, he puts his hand on it. We follow
him up, and as coon as he takes his hand
out Of his pocket we put ours in. Fine
thing those signs Don't tell mo after thii
that Corporations have no consideration u
-Pearson,s Weekly
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
The Cradle of N1ankind.

The recent discovery OF flint implements
In Somaliland by Mr.. Seton-Karr is re-
gardod as an Important contribution TO tho
evidence by means Of which men Of science
hope eventually to be able TO locate the
cradle Of the human race. The implements
referred to are identical in form with those
found in northwestern Europe and IN In
dia, and this fact Is thought to be an in
dication that in the remote prehistoric
times call the paleolithic age the inhabit-
ants of Asia, Africa and Europe belonged
to single race. Youths Companion.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17

attending the session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge. ]. o. o. f.
James Kane, one of the foremen OF
the p, w. & B. railroad car shops, ia
in Chicago.
The Brandywine Club will tender it
fifth annual reception to its women
friends on September 25 at its club
house on the Brandywine.
Rev. A. II. Bowser. pastor OF th
First Unitarian Church. who with hi
family has been spending the summe
in Scotland, viii return nome this
week.
Ex-Governor James Ponder, of Mil
ton, was in Wilmington to-day.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
PROMPT ACTION NEEDED.

We do not believe that the Demo
cratic County Executive Committee
has relieved the situation by playing at
hide and seek with the issue raised by
the frauds perpetrated at the primarie
last Saturday. It's duty was to meet
the matter in a manly manner and no
to pursue a vacillating policy indica
tive Of weakness. 1t should do one
two things Immediately tn
nomination to the man having the lar
gest number of votes on the face OF
the returns, or throw out all returns
and order q new election.
II is the misfortune and not the
fault Of Mr.. Pyle and Mr. Stayton tha
certain OF their friends overstepped
the bounds Of law and deoency in thei
endeavors to promote their interests
Fraud having been practiced on bot
sides, there is no middle ground 70
the committee to stand upon. II fraud
IS to be placed against fraud in the
scales Of the county committee, we
doubt whether either OF the men claim
ing the nomination would have any
material advantage; but the party
good name and credit are at stake and
they should weigh at all times agains
fraud, no matter by whom or in th
interest OF whom it is perpetrated.
For the sake of the party standing
let US have a new election. To per
NIT the present one to stand after the
occurrences in the Second, Fourth and
Eleventh wards, to say nothing OF
smaller frauds in other parts Of this
city, would be to cover the county
ticket with shame.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
A MUSICAL ASSOCIATION.

An organization, to be known as the
Howard School Musical Association,
has been formed among the pupils Of
the above named school. Curtis A.
Ward was elected president; Dewitt c.
Dale, vice-president, and George f.
Rider, secretary. An orchestra will
be formed, and mandolin club organ
lied by the girls.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
a Eanolonn.n sohnmer.

Judlins-I learn through your agent
that you have bought the properties on
either side-Of your residence and got them
dirt cheap. how do you manage its
Foxley-Easy enough. My wife Is az
elocutionist, my daughter plays the piano
George plays a oornet, 1 play the violin
Bob plays banjo, Charley rattles the
bones and little Johnnie has drum -
Detroit Free Prsss.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17

We desire to give public notice 20
ell rural residents who are in the habit
of coming to Wilmington on tagging
expeditions, that there Is any number
OF wharves chat they can walk OF
drive of Of. but that the thing has be-
come SO common that they must not
expect to be made heroes OF by the
men who fisn them out. /. will soon
Evening journal., 1896-09-17
How 20 Got Ra,t.

1t is said that earthworms can be found
anywhere by simply voting the ground
with solution of cupric sulphate (bluo
vitriol) item grams to a quart of water
which will bring them out in surprising
numbers almost Immediately SoapsUds
have the same effect Answers.
Evening journal., 1896-09-17

be necessary for Chief Dolan to set a
net in the river for drulkards and
have It "fisned' at regular intervals
by the coast pat oil, or elre equip a
regular life-saving station at Market
street bridge.