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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Can it be possible that the "money
kings" of Europe are responsible for the
failure of the crops abroad and the adj
vance of wheat in the face Of falling
silver markett This is about as reason
able as the theory of last year that the
money kings We're the cause of the adop-
ton of the gold standard by all the great
nations Of the world.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
In Doubt.

and ! am fully able to support your
daughter, sir, said the young man in
conclusion.
81 dunno, | dunno, said the pork
. baron thoughtfully Her last threo
husbands all claimed she was insupport-
able "-1ndianapolis Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Reports from the farming regions con-
tinue to show that the farmers are
'educing their mortgages. This is hard
on the silver theorists but good for the
farmers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

The professional fault-finders are not
finding welcome ears that they did last
fall. People are too busy now to listen
TO complaints that they know are not
founded on fact, and they are suspicious
of men who offered them theory which
would not hold good even for one year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

There is still one class in the United
States who are out of employment.
This is the professional calamity shrek
ers. Probably they might find employ
ment in Mexico now, judging from the
doleful reports which have come from
there since the recent drop in the price
of sllYer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
I y "A on Pants Hats and Caps
~ UII Trunks, Valises, etc., etc.

Fine Worsted Pants, the
best there is
All-WoOl Dress Pants in
Cashmeres, Fancy Chew
lots, etc, etc.
Good wearing Pants, some
all wool, some part wool,
some cotton
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

In country turned down from the
gold to the silver standard as those
metals are related III the market, II
would require the raising of the wages
of a workingman earning one gold dollar
a day to two dollars and thirty five cents
"a day TO make him even. Has any man
heard of Mexican wages going up be-
cause silver went down? Because the
standard dollar of the land deprecated:
Who gets the advantage Of the cheaper
dollar? Labor? Never. The money
managers-the money power-get the
advantage every time there is wabble
in the currency in which wages are paid.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
J nff on Mems, Boys and Children's
U1I Suits and OvercOats.

200 Mems and Boys Suits, straight
and round cuts, honest goods
Fine Black MackintoSheS- the best
makes
CHlLDREN'S SUITS to IA years,
most of them bought this
season, comprising the latest
patterns in cheviots, WorstedS
and CaSSimereS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

F. E. Polasky's prices So, 81 and s.
selling out prices 81, S2.o7 and 1888
F. E. Polasky's prices 81, 50 and $3.50
selling out prices Sl.35, 81 and SIPS
F. E. Polasky's prices 75c, ST, $50 to
So
selling out from SOC, &c to SIPS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

The farmers who were persuaded last
year t. listen 10 the wheat and silver
huplbug are shudderiDg now to think
Tow near they came to being buncoed
by il
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

F. E. Pollasky's price SO and $S-
selling out price So and 81
F. {. Pollasky's price S.
selling out price $3.50
F. E. Pollasky's price 81, $3.50,
So, $3.50 to S.
selling out price
JUST HALF
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Elegant Black Getaway Suits and
Fancy WorStedS
Imported Clays and other high
grade Mems Suits
Fine all-wool Suits in Fancy Plaids
and Plain Cheviots and Cas-
SlmereS
Good, honest, all-Wool Suits, many
patterns and stylish
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

F. Z. Pollasky's price $40
selling out price $40
F. {. Pollasky's price SIS
selling out price $50
F. E. Pollasky's price SIP
selling out price SO
F. E. Pollasky's price $40
selling out price S.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Best soc OVerallS
Best SOC Working Shirts
Good 25c Working Shirts
Elegant 25c, 35c and SOC Neckwear
Good 25c Suspenders
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
GEN. LEE In BATTLE.
HE WAS COOL AND FREE FROM Ex-
CiTEMENT AT CRITICAL TIMES.

Regardless OF the Dangers OF His Position
at the Battle of Cold Harbor-Why He
Abandoned an Important Plan Before
Richmond.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
IA nH on all
~ UII Staple Goods.

Good CSC Overals
Best l0c SoX
Best soc Underwear, heavy or light
Good 25c Summer Underwear
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Best s. E5 50 quqy Of P 5 E Poaskys price s5o
broun tan atC ' selling price S
Best soc Wool Hats, Mems and Boys selling price
Best soc Caps, selling out price 35
25c Caps going for l5c to loc
Straw Hats at half price
Trunks and Vases 3 off
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

A commission of which ex-senator
Dawes is chairman has been for sew
cral years engaged, under the authority
of congress, in endeavoring to secure
the consent of the Indians of Indian
territory to the allotment of their lands
in severalty, or individual holdings So
far as two of the five tribes are con-
cerned, the Choctaws and Chickasaws.
the commission has been successful.
and an agreement has been concluded
and transmitted to congress. This
agreement, which covers more than H.
100000 acres of land and affects the
interests of $4,000 Indians and 100000
whites, is one of the most important
steps taken in making the Indians cit
liens by treating with them as indi-
viduals rather than as tribes.-Youth's
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
There Is Said to BE S5OO.OOO,OOO In
vested in This Country.

vested in This Country.
In the electric lighting field the total
capital invested in the United States
is given as over $5O0,O00.0O0 The num-
Der of plants, public and private, is
over 10000, says an exchange. The num-
Der of motors in use is estimated at
about 100000, and their value at about
$lOO,O0O.OOO. The electrical apparatus
used in mining is estimated at 500, OOO,-
coo, and the value of the electric cle-
yator industry will probably not fall
short of S15,O00,OO0.
The most important of all the elec-
tric industries however is that of cleo
tric railways. In this field the invest
mcnt is very great, and in the United
States is represented by a capitaliza-
ton Of over S1OO,OOO,OOO. The number
of trolley cars in use is now over 25 900,
aad these run over IL, 900 miles of track.
The electric railways represent more
than 80 per cent, of all the street and
suburban railroads of the country.
The aggregate Of all the capital in
vested in electric lighting, electric rail
ways and electric power is about ST.
100000. 600, 900. and this does not include
the value of establishments that man
uiacturc the machinery and apparatus.
As many of these are among the largest
industrial enterprises in the world, and
as nearly all are concerns of consider
able magnitude, it is evident that their
combined capital will run up into large
figures Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
THE SILENT MARCH.

When the march begins in the morning
And the heart and the foot are light,
When the flags are all a-1utter
And the world is gay and bright,
When the bugles lead the column
And the drums are proud in the van,
It's shoulder to shoulder. forward march
All! let him lag who can!
For it's easy to march to music
With your ccprades all in line,
And you don't get tired you feel inspired,
And life is a draught divine.
When the march drags on at evening
And the color bearers gone,
When the merry strains are silent
That piped so brave in the dawn,
When you miss the dear old fellows
Who started out with you,
When it's stubborn and sturdy, forward,
march
Though the ragged lines are few.
Then it's hard to march in silence,
And the road has lonesome grown,
And life is a bitter cup to drink:
But the soldier must not moan.
And this is the task before US,
A task we may never shirk
In the gay time and the sorrowful time
We must march and do our work
We must march when the music cheers us,
March when the strains are dumb,
Plucky and valiant, forward, march.
And smile, whatever may come
For, whether life's hard or easy,
The strong man keeps the pace,
For the desOlate march and the silent
The strong soul finds the grace.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Chicago In
terror.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
THE STURGEON.
Some of the Points of SinSuInrity
About the Fish.

The sturgeon is naturally an inhabi-
tant of the large rivers and brackish
water of the north temperate zone. more
particularly of Europe and America.
The Sacramento. the San Joaquin. Rus
sian river and the Columbia on the west
and the Hudson and Delaware on the
cast are very favorable to its produc-
ton in great quantities.
The Importance of the fishery to San
Francisco is shown by the amount
brought into the market. in the first
three months of last year. being 49,
761 pounds.
This interesting and curious fish has
many points of singularity. Its armed
exterior skeleton seems to point to its
being one of the few descendants of the
ganoid or armor-plated fishes of the pre-
historic ages. The position of the
mouth is much the same as in the shark
family, but its form and function is
rather that of the remora. or sucker
family. The flesh. too. is remarkable
as being a reddish and yellow and part
white. English tishmongers call it
beef and veal" In that country 1t
is usually cooked by baking with a
stutling of fine herbs.
There are several varieties of the
sturgeon family, the sturgeon proper
(accipenser sturio). the beluga and the
sterlet being the principal, the two lat
ter kinds belonging to the Russian
waters
Some % years ago there were mil
lions of surgeons in San Francisco bay
and tributary waters, principally in the
mouths of the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin rivers. where they lay on the mud
dy bottom feeding on CLAIMS and bottom
fishes. The Chinese. who have an in
ordinate fondness for gelatinous sub
stances, such as isinglass, sea swallow
nests, trepang, etc. imported from
China very deadly hook for capturing
the sturgeon. which they caught solely
for the marrow in its peculiar back
bone. They stripped out the backbone
and threw away the rest. Some of the
backbones We're sent to China. where
isinglass is made from them and also a
highly tenacious glue. The principal
use, however, is for making gelatinous
soup.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-He-'Why does Miss Van Peet have
an English footman?" She-"Oh, L
suppose she wants to learn the Ian
guage. truth.
What They Really Do.--He-"Why
do women misrepresent their age?"
She-"They don't. If they misrepre-
sent anything, it is their youth" =
Brooklyn Life.
y believe Goodlucl has got an in
crease of salary. What was it for
extra work?" eyes! He always lis
tens when the boss tells the smart
things his kid says. "-Tit-Bits.
I'VE rest" said the distinguished
lawyer for the defense. An such is
life" added Raggsy Rufus. recounting
the circumstance TO Flooding Pete;
1--WE rest and git the dog set on us. He
rests, and gifts paid fur dom on it,
Truth.
So IngeniOus.-"SimpleX answered
an advertisement in which somebody
offered to sell him the secret of pre-
venting trousers from getting fringes
around the bottom" what did they
tell him." ITO wear knickerbockers. -
cleveland Plain Dealer.
All the Conveniences.-To Tourist lin
a coal mine, after passing around Gig
ars) Everything seems to be wet
and damp. Where can l strike a
match?" Miner" Roight here. sir.
Dinnis. lift tn rubber cloth often tn
powder lleg,"-N. y. Weekly.
lis there any opening here for an
intellectual writer" asked a seedy,
red-nosed individual of the editor.
Yes, my friend" replied the man of
letters; "a considerato carpenter, fore
seeing your visit, left an opening for
you; turn the knob to the right
Tit-Rits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
Apple Snow.

Bake six tart apples, take out the
pulp, and strain through a sieve, then
add the whites of three eggs and beat
until very stiff, sweetening to taste.
Make a custard of the yolks of the
eggs and a pint of milk, sweeten and
flavor to taste, and when cold pour
around the snow. The apple may be
left unsweetened If SO preferred
Ladies' World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
| |.

Detective Hartly, prowling through
the East end in search of such thieves
and transgressors as he might with
dignity escort to the ''locB-up," was
turning corner, when he suddenly be-
came aware that on the opposite side
of the street a familiar and not exact
ly pleasing figure was ambling along at
rapid rate, with something peculiar
in the bulgy appearance of his coat
"There's that Crooked Jem again. -
said the detective, to himself. He cast
a suspicious eye at Jem's pockets, pulled
at his eycbrow-which was a way he
had-and then beckoned to a policeman
to follow him.
When he was within an inch or two
of the said pockets he suddenly clapped
the unsuspecting Jem on the shout
der-so suddenly that Jems jaw fell,
and he made an abrupt, half undecided
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
VIC LnuEh On Him.

They were talking about holidays and
the laws regarding them.
Il know" said Jack, you can be
punished for working on Sunday, but
if l want to cut hay or plant corn on
the Fourth of July or any other holiday,
| don't believe the law would inter-
fere."
Maybe not" replied Bill, but you're
not supposed to do either on Christ
mas"
"Why not?" queried Jack, 'if-"
And then he tumbled.-N. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

The best toothpicks made anywhere
in the world come from Portugal. They
are whitfield by hand from orangewood
spl'nts by peasant girls, the only tool
used being an ordinary iackkrife. These
picks are as smooth as ivory and will
not break into splinters. They are eX-
pensive. The girls who make the picks
receive less than ten cents a day. As
the duty on the foreign-made picks is
only 80 per cent. they can be sold here
for less than picks of similar quality
could be manufactured in this country.
despite the improved American ma
chinery and skilled labor. The profit
on American picks is almost exclusive
Y on the cheaper products. Some of
the Portuguese picks are highly orna-
mented with hand carving They are
too expensive for ordinary commerce.
Small quantities have been imported
into this country on rare occasions for
use at notable banquets, or as unique
specimens of handicraft.-N. Y Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

To-day Detective Hartly is not quite
such hard man as he was. He has a
great belief in the human nature, and
even in the tender-heartedness, of the
greatest criminals, and sometimes he
will cite the instance of a man whose
heart, cankered with evil and hedce6
in by vice, was reached only by the
small fingers of a child.-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

gether in drunken sleep.
When he awOIie a gray dawn was
peeping slowly in through the small
square of glass in the roof and every
thing in the dingy garnet appeared I'M
real and lifeless. The boy on the bed
seemed scarcely to breathe.
Jem raised himself on his elbow and
looked round. and some remembrance
of the last nights scene began to pass
through his mind. He looked. and it
seemed to him that John Endleton had
never moved. The moonlight had gone
from the boys face and the dawn had
come instead, but John Endleton was
still sitting there, huddled up on the
floor with his face buried in his Aauds.
Jem lifted himself slowly from his
mattress and stretched himself with a
big yawn. Then he looked again at the
two in the corner, and after a minute
got up and went towards them.
"Ain't the little 'un weIl?" he asked,
clumsily. "Wot's up with 'un?"
John Endleton stirred impatiently.
The sound of the eX-convict's vofta
seemed to rouse all his hatred and dis
gust. He looked round with repulsion
upon his face. and Jem. seeing it.
shrugged his shoulders and sneered.
"Oh, well, if ye're so mighty hinds-
pendent an aughty, why don't yer talk
lodgin's in tn Grand? A-cOurse if yer
don't want no 'elp don't care. Only |
thought he added, brutally, "as tn
chaps dyin' like, as yer might want
somethin' for i'm.
John Endleton started and looked
down at the boy, with his wan face,
with his thin hands and faltering
breath. For a moment ii seemed to his
excited imagination that the boy had
ceased to breathe. and he leant for
ward hurriedly and with trembling fin
gers pulled back the sheet.
Hes all right! He's not dying" he
exclaimed, eagerly. But at the same
time it was borne upon him that I'M
less he had nourishing things to eat, and
those quickly, there would be no hope of
ever pulling him round again. and the
thought stabbed his heart with sudden
bitterness.
He turned to the burglar. 1t was pos
Sibie that Jcm could help him. Jem
might know where to get help, or work,
or even charity; but EndIeton's pride
still stood up in arms. 2ad with de-
termination to have nothing &c do with
him he turned away.
Jem, with a fierce sheer on his lips
ard a burning hatred in his heart
against Endlcton, turned away. too.
Not finger would he lift-not an inch
would he stir-not if the boy was dying
fifty times over!
As he turned he caught sight of
Jackie's pallid face lying on the dirty
pillow.
"Oh Lor', wot little bloke it is" he
thought; and then he went out, stun
bling down the stairs, swearing 10 him
sclf-a man apparently without the
faintest hope of better life, without
knowledge of anything except things
evil, and yet with one clean spot in his
black heart
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

Mawson-That was funny about
Riley's dog. They say it committed sui
eide.
Muggs-Yes; it came into my yard
while | was sitting there with gun
in my hands. - Philadelphia North
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

'eWell, Whitley, did you find the divine
creature returned your love?' yes, Just
as soon as l offered it to her. Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

"What does that man Sticky do for liv.
ing?"
"For board and lodging he does the no.
tells, and for clothes he does his tailor. Out.
side of that he does the best he can."-De'
troit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

I have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine-F. r. Lott, 1905
Scott St, Covington, Ky, Oct. l, 1894.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

his sister in green fields under blue
skies. Something in the boys eyes re-
called his mother. Something. too, in
the droop Of the little lips reminded
him of her as he had seen them last.
when she had been dying with shame
for her son. And the big. gaunt man,
whose heart was black with crime, who
had resisted the overtures OF mission
aries and sneered at prison chaplains,
found himself suddenly overcome by
little ten-year-old boy who was dying
of starvation in miserable garnet. He
scotled and swore at himself as he did
it, but it became regular thing for him
TO bring oranges and sometimes grapes
on his return to the garnet at night.
And John Endleton hated it. He re
scented it fiercely and shrank back when
Jem Brooller approached the bed and
looked down at Jackie's face.
As the winter passed into the spring
Jackie seemed to grow weaker instead
of stronger. ard at last, with a solitary
shilling in his pocket. John Endleton
set off in desperation for a doctG&. If
anything happened to the boy he would
have nothing to live for. and the
thought seemed to choke him. But he
knocked at the doctors door without
success. The doctor was busy-tOo busy
to attend to him until night, and when
night came he had forgotten all about
it, and Jackie lay in half fever. moan
ing and tossing restlessly from side to
side, while Endleton sat over him with
rage at his heart.
When, towards morning. Jem mount
ed the crealling stairs in his usual half
drunken fashion and staggered into the
garnet, he found Endleton sitting by
the side of the mattress with his face in
his hands. \ pale moon sent a shaft of
light on to the boys sleeping face, and
it looked white and drawn and cold,
as if already the shadow of death lay
upon it.
Jem stopped in drunken surprise. A
stupid grin crossed his face He stared
and waved his arm wildly in the air
He tried to speak, but his voice was
hoarse with brandy, and the figures of
the boy and his father danced before his
eyes by the dozen.
He muttered some wordS-indstin-
guishable and meaningless; and. col
lapsirg suddenly, he tumbled down on
his mattress and huddlpd himself to-
gether in drunken sleep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

Vermuth is composed of white wine,
angelica, absinthe and aromatic herbs,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

A cold church can only be warmed by fire
that comes from Heaven.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
She Had SCrofuIa

Purified the Blood with Hoods.
81 was troubled with scrofula for eight
years, and l had as many as eight running
sores at one time. Nothing seemed to do
me any good until began taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. I continued using this medi-
cine until had taken six bottles, when the
sores on my side We're perfectly weu''
Mrs. A. G. HANCHER, Rolfe, Iowa.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the Best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29

AIlen's Foot Ease, powder Tor The teet
T. cures painful, swollen, smaTting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of c0rns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight. OF
new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet;
TRY it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.