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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
School Notes.

Miss Louise Myer has entered school.
Miss Smith has been nicely fitting up
her recitation room.
The literature class will soon COM
mence the reading of 1.-The Merchant of
Venice"
Some of the library books sent away
for rebinding are finished and have been
returned.
Messrs. Gargett, Walker and
Knoetzer were present at chapel exer-
cises Monday.
Fred Delavan and Pearl Fuller are at
work on some games to be used at the
Sophomores' reception.
Miss Burns history classes have been
doing u great deal OF reference work
during the last few weeks.
Murza Chaplin was at school on bust
ness Monday. During the afternoon u
number of Ithaca boys were over.
Current events were given Friday.
Lutte Bagley, Lena Eagon and Jessie
Thompson having the various parts.
Exercises were held in the primary
grades Oh the afternoon of the 22nd.
Quite a number of visitors were present.
Great excitement was caused i'll Miss
Burns room Tuesday, when Bert Fuller
missed his seat and came down on the
floor.
Rev. Jefferson was present and took
part in the Washington's birthday exer-
cises. Defamation by Eugene Tinker,
Essie Hooper and Alton Brock were also
given, and national songs were sung.
A reception will be given to the Soph-
omores of Ithaca and st. Louis by the
Alma Sophomore ON Friday the Goth.
Rumors are also heard of Freshmen
reception to be given in the near future
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26

NHANCERY NOTICE:-state Of Michigan. eotb
- Judicial circuit in Chanccry. Suit pending i'm
the circuit Court for the county Of Gratiot in
chahCcry, at Ithaca, on the 4th day OF February
lSh, LoNina Beckman, complainant, and William
&. Bcekman, defendant In this cause il ap
Peaiing that defendant, William j. G Beekman
l. not resident OF this state but j. resident Of
States IN that vicinity. Therefore on motion Of
Francis Palmer solicitor for complainant it il
ordered that defendant enter his appearance in
sad cause, on or before four months from the date
OF TINS order and that within twenty days the
complainant cause this order 10 be published i'm
me ALMA RECORD, said publication TO be contin.
ucd once in each week for six weeks i'm success ion
"1.oW ARCHIE MCCALL.
One Of the Circuit Count Commissioners for era.
tiOt county, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26

III oRTGAGE SALE - Default having been
vi made in the conditions OF mortgage
executed 10y Anna LentZ and Matthias Lent 10
Miner Is. Frink, dated September ~ 1892. and
recorded september 2G, 1892 i'm the office of the
hegister of Deeds for Gratiot county. i'm Mich-
ighn, IN hber 90 of mortgages on page 2.g: on
whchmortgage there is claimed to be due nj the
GATE OF this notice, thirteen hundred and thirty
dollars and three cents, besides an attorney fee
OF lhlrty dollars, stipulated in said mortgage
10 De PAID, should any proceedings be taken to
lorcclOse SAID mortgage: and no suit or pro
ceeulng AT Jaw or IN equity having been In
stltutcd 10 recoVcra any part OF the debt Sc
cured by SAID mortgage therefore by virture
or the power Oh sale in said mortgage con-
telncd' end OF the statute In such case made
ana provided notice is hereby given that on
March .. 1877. at one O'Clock ia the afternoon,
az the north front door of the Court House for
Grauot county, in Michigan in the village of
Ithaca, IN said county. there will be sold AT
puuic Vcndue TO the highest bidder. the
premises describe in SAID mortgage, viz:' The
east slNt5 acres OF the northwest quarter OF
section twenty'nlnc. in township twelve north
OF range three west, in Mich gan
Dated DcCem Der 81 1896
PERKINS X BALDWIN, MINER Il FRtNK
Attorneys for Mortgage. $50 l8w Mortgage.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Threw Away His Cane

Mr.. ID. Wiley, postmaster, Black
Greek, n. Y, was so badly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only able
to hobble around with canes, and even
then it caused him great pain. After
using Chamberlain Pain Balm he was
so much improved that he threw away
his canes. He says this lniment did
him more good than all other medicines
and treatment put together For sale
at 30 cents per bottle by g. L. Mahan,
druggist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the annual VII,
laRe election of the village of Alma. Mich., VIII
be held i'm the ANGEL building, on state street.
I'm said village on
Monday, March 8. 1897
at which time the following officers are
elected: one Village Pres dent, one Village
Jerk. one Treasurer, three Trustees for two
year $ and one Trustee for one year ana one
Assessor. The polls of said election will be
opened at seven o'clock a. W. or rs soon there
after as may be and will remain open until
FIVE o'clock OF said day
Dated this oath day OF February. A. u 1877
BY ORDER or ELECTION INSPECTORS OF SAID
VILLAGE.
SETH A. TcBBs, Clork,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
A Prominent LAWYER

of Greenville, H., Mr.. c. f. Cook,
writes, Il have been troubled with bill
liousness, sick headache sour stomach,
constipation, ETC., for several years. |
sought long and tried many remedies,
but was disappointed until | tried your
Syrup Pepsin. | can cheerfully recon-
mend it TO any suffering from above
complaints" b. S. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26

Our people are growing more and
more in the habit of looking to G. f..
Mahan for the latest and best of every
thing in the drug line. They sell Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, famous for its
cures of bad colds, Group and whooping
cough. When in need Of such a medi
cine give this remedy a trial and you
will be more than pleased with the re-
suit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Religious NJ oteS.
BAPTIST.

The pastor will preach Sunday morn
ing and evening The evangelistic
meetings will be continued next week.
All are cordially invited
PRESBYTERIAN.
Morning subject, Empty. In the
evening, the second Of the series en-
titled Life Lessons for Young Men and
Women will be given, subject, The
Young Woman's Ideal Young Man.
Everybody invited
METHODIST.
The pastor will preach morning and
evening. Subject for morning, How to
serve God, and the Reward of such
Service. Subject for evening The
Power of True Life. Epworth League
Tuesday evening. Prayer Meeting
Thursday evening. We purpose max
ing the Sunday evening service evan
gelistic. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
EPISCOPAL.
Quinquagesima Sunday, or Sunday
before Lent Sunday School 3 30 p. III.
Evening service Z 80 p. m. All invite =
Wednesday the 3rd of March is Ash
Wednesday. There will be service at
st. Johns church at 10 40 a. IN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Ills a Curse

Constipation is Il curse, and afflicts
too great proportion of the American
people. 1t robs men of their energy,
women of their beauty children Of their
life and playfulness. Do you want re-
lief: Then try DR.. Caldwells Syrup
as pleasant to take as pure maple syrup
and pleasing in its action. Ten doses,
l0c, (large sizes soc and Sl.00J of b. ).
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Dissolution Notice.

The firm of Russell Il Parker have this day
dissolved partnership, the business being con-
tinued by j. Is. Parker. All accounts due and
bills against the firm to be settled with Mr..
Parker.
Alma, Mich, February /, 1857.
j. b. PARKBR,
93b-3w ISAAC RUSSELL.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Registration Notice.

Notice Ia hereby given that the Board OF
Registration for the village OF Alma Will De IN
session at the Office OF village clerk In the
chamber of the Firemans hall on
Saturday, March o, 1897
from nine o o'clock a. m. until eight @ CLOCK y
m. BY ORDER OF COUNCIL.
SETH A. TUBBs, Clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
War

waged upon the lesser ills. We have
often prevented greater troubles. As a
weapon against Constipation, ndiges-
ton and Sickheadache. DR.. Caldwell
Syrup Pepsin leads i'll Importance 10
doses 10 cents. Regular sizes soc and
S100. OF b. S. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Village Council
ALMA, Mich. Feb. %. I

ALMA, Mich, Feb. %. 1897
Regular meeting of the Common ouncil of
the illage or Alma AT the council chamber on
above date,
There were present President Ely and
trustees Gargett, Tinker. Kelly. Baker and
Hannah Trustee Glass absent.
The minutes of the last regular meeting were
read and approved.
The following claims were presented and
upon motion allowed and the Clerk authorized
to draw orders for the same, provided that the
Mills claim be approved by rustee Glass:
Smith ~ tilnss Supnlies used In tlXinK up
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
FIy-TIme Strategy,

Nowadays people in civilized regions
endeavor to keep flies out of their
houses by having screens placed over
the doors and windows. This keeps
ont the greater number of the little
pests, but few always manage to find
an entrance through some crevice or
Granny, aud half dozen of those
enterprising insects can cause about
as much annoyance to a bald-headed
man during his after dinner nap as the
whole brood Of them could do if
turned loose in thero In order to
rid the house of the few flies who
straggle past the screens, Aytraps of
various sorts are frequently resorted
to; but it is now found that these are
not necessary. This secret, which is
bound to be boon to suffering hu-
manity, has been divulged by dealer
in hy-traps, who, when customer
called q day or two since, was out Of
traps. In this emergency he i'm
parted TO his would-be customer the
following recipe for keeping house
clear of flies:
Near the tops of the screen doors
aud window screens punch several
holes from the inside with some in
strument about the size Of lead
pencil, thus leaving slightly funnel
shaped apertures, having a rough,
jagged edge on the outside. This
renders it impossible for the flies to
c-t-c tl-JJSi tLese nolcl, whilo tle
flies which have strayed into the
house the first time they light on one
of the screens crawl to the upper
part, aud, seeing these holes, imagine
there is some place where they are
not wanted on the other side, and out
they go. "In this manner" said the
hytrap dealer, ga house can be kept
perfectly free from flies. Morning
Oregonian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
Liquor Retnrds Digestion.

Many physicians agree that heav,
thinkers eat but little. In those accus.
toned to the use Of fermented drinks d.
gestion is slower. II we habitually drink
water we are always hungry In three or four
hours after eating. Some reason from this
that alcoholic drinks are nourlshing, while
water Is not. The truth seems to be that
the system impregnated with alcohol is In
4 morbid condition. Obesity, gravel,
rheumatism and other ailments often re.
suit. Messrs. Chittenden and MendeI, OF
Yale University, have demonstrated by
.est tube experiments that fermented
drinks retard the chemical processes of d.
Sestion. Experiments have also conclu.
sively proved that in twenty days the same
number OF men can do much more work
when drinking water than when they drink
vine, beer and brandy. For the first six
lays they accomplish more with the strong
liquors, showing its stimulating first ef,
tects, but II has been concluslvely proved
that In the longer time the man fed with
water gives out more energy. Water is the
natural drink, while wines, under the ad.
vice OF competent physician, are very
valuable additions to the pharmacopela.-
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
Household Hints.

Vegetables growing above the
ground should be cooked in salted
water, those below, in fresh water.
Colors which have been changed by
the application of acids may be re-
stored by the application of chloro-
form.
When cooking onions, set tin cup
of vinegar ON the stove and let boil,
and no disagreeable odor will be in the
room.
Fruit stains, when fresh, may be
removed by pouring water through
the stained portion until the spot dis
appears.
Ink that is freely split upon carpet
should be covered with common or
coarse salt or Indian meal. If oil the
stain is not absorbed rub with lemon
juice.
Grass stains should be rubbed with
molasses thoroughly aud then washed
out as usual. Another treatment is
to rub with alcohol and then wash
in water.
Our fruit stains may be removed
vita oxalic acid; wash the stained por-
ton in the acid till clear; rinse at
once in rain water as the acid will at
tack the fabric if left upon it. Now
wet the spot in ammonia and give
final rinslng.
When potatoes are thoroughly baked,
burst the skin, aud you will have de-
licious, mealy potatoes that will be
eatable for an hour or more if kept in
warm place. If you are not in the
habit of doing this, you do not know
what an excellent thing a baked pota-
to really is.
Rust and ink stains should be
rubbed with juice of lemon and the
spot then covered with salt and the
cloth placed in the sun. If this treat
ment does not serve to remove the
stain, or if the fabric is colored and
80 cannot be treated with lemon
juice, oxalic acid may be used as for
old fruit stains.
Tea, coffee and undoubtedly cocoa
stains, even those which had been pre-
viously washed, may be rubbed in
iavelle water, if the fabric stained be
white, otherwise the color will be
bleached. Take a half-pint of the ja-
velle water to quart of clear water
and let the stained portion of the cloth
soak in it for several hours, then rinse
thoroughly in three waters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
The Growth of Towns.

. According to recent statistics con-
corning the population of towns from
1900 to 1890, it appears that during
that period the population has been
doubled at Amsterdam, Birmingham,
Brussels, Manchester and Rome. Ii
has increased three-fold at Copen.
hagen and Marseilles; four-fold at
Prague, Lyons, st. Petersburg, Paris
and London; fiye-fold at Dresden.
Cologne, Breslau, Hamburg and
Vienna; six-fold at Leeds, LIVERPOOL
0p9 Warsaw; seven-fold at Sheffield
and Glasgow; eight-fold at Munich:
nine-fold at Leipsic, Budapest and
Berlin, and ten-fold at Baltimore. But
all this is nothing compared 10 the
growth of New York and PHILADELPHIA.
which to-day have twenty-five times
the inhabitants they had at the begin.
ming of the century, or like Chicago.
which has grown 245-fold, aud Brook
lyn, where for every inhabitant in 1900
there are now 339l Where will il end?
--Westminster Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15


Do not keep ducks and chickens to-
gether; their nature and habits are
different.
Oats fed whole are a superior feed
for lambs in pasture after they have
been weaned.
Do not close setting hen in a dark
coop and starve her. Pen her up and
feed and water regularly.
The secret of large honey crops is
strong colonies aud plenty of room
for the bees to store honey.
Do not allow the young birds to be-
gin roosting in trees. 1t is very hard
to break them after the habit is
formed.
Market all the surplus cockerels dur
ing July. You will save the feed, and
the pullets will do much better with
| out them.
Feeding grain to fattening sheep
while in pasture is conducive to rapid
gain. A mixture of corn and peas is
one of the best
Hens that have passed their second
year, unless extra fine specimens,
should be sent to market before they
begin to moult.
Each frame of comb in hive should
occupy one and half inches of space,
and in spacing the frames it should be
run with exactness.
The average digestibility of the pro-
tein in the old process linseed meal as
determined by F. w. Woll, of Wiscon-
sin, is 94.3, while that in new process
is S41.
Beeswax is a valuable product, and
every particle of comb should be saved
and rendered into wax. The solar wax
extractor, which can be made very
cheaply, should stand in every apiary.
The average life of bees during the
working season is very short, and it
requires a good prolific queen to keep
up the force Of workers, so that de-
fective queens will not prove profit
able.
If two or more swarms cluster to-
gether, do not hive them thus, but
hunt out the queens and divide them,
especially if they are first swarms and
large ones. Valuable queens are
saved by SO doing.
Stiff quill feathers from the wings
of turkeys or geese make the best
brush to use for brushing bees from
the combs or the hives, or in any man.
ner brush may be used in connection
with them. Hair brushes are offensive
to bees.
Damping off of plants in green
houses is caused by minute fungus
disease. The affected plants must be
thrown away, and in serious cases,
the soil must be changed. This can
be sterilized by steam heating before
the seeds are sown.
Bees that lack stores for winter
should be fed in autumn, and the month
of September is the proper time to do
it. They should be fed while it is
warm, so that they can seal over their
stores. The best winter food for them
is thoroughly sealed honey of the best
class, and for feeding, the best of gran
ulated sugar should be used. 1t is O
mistake to undertake to feed bees dur
ing the winter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
Excellent Cucumber Pickle.

Make a ten-gallon keg of strong
brine on which an egg will float. Put
the cucumbers in a bag made of q
yard of sleezy white cotton, tie up its
mouth with string and place a clean
stone on it to keep it in place under
the brine, and every cucumber is safe
and sound until you wish to pickle
them. When that time comes, which
should not be for six weeks, soak
them in fresh water for twenty-four
hours. Then put them in a preserv-
ing kettle with enough vinegar to
cover them. Set them on the stove
and boil gently until straw can easily
pierce them. Have ready a iar that
will hold them. Remove from the
kettle and throw the vinegar away.
Put into the kettle nearly twice as
much vinegar as they were boiled in
and set on the stove to boil. Now
weigh the cucumbers, and allow a
quarter of pound of sugar to every
pound of cucumbers. In every ten
pounds of pickle allow three onions
and half an ounce of mace, cloves,
alspice, ginger and two three-inch
sticks of cinnamon, quarter of an
ounce each of tumeric, black pepper
and mixed mustard, one ounce of
white mustard seed and one ounce of
scraped horse radish Slice the
onions, crack the spices, mix the
mustard and tumeric together into a
smooth paste. Put all of the sugar
and half of the spices into the vinegar
that is in the kettle; sprinkle the rest
of the spice with the other ingredients
in alternate layers between the Gu
cumbers as you put them in the jar.
When the vinegar has been boiling
just ten minutes stir into it the mixed
mustard and tumeric and remove it
instantly from the fire and pour over
the pickles. Cover it up closely and
set it away. In few days it will be
ready for use. The traveller was not
far wrong when he pronounced it
glorious pickle. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
Temperance News and Notes.

When wine is in, wit is out
Pots of beer cost many u tear.
The more you think the less youn drink.
Cultivate your roses, but not your noses,
Those who are often drunk and seldom
sober fall like leaves in October.
Alcoholic drinks have no power to pre-
vent any disease, but they have the power
to cause many.
Through drink" said Father Mathew
81 have seen the stars Of heaven fall and
the cedars OF Lebanon brought low"
During Queen Vietoria's reign war has
cost $3.50, ,465, 1928. In one year drink and
its products cost almost double this sum.
1t isn't the drop In the wages that hurts n
man so much as the drop he takes after
getting his wages. That's what drops him.
Malt liquors render the blood shy and
unfit for circulation, hence proceed OBJ
struetions and infammations OF the lungs.
Men who habitually use Intoxicating
spirits are more difficult to cure, II bitten by
a mad dog, than temperate men.-The late
Nj. Pasteur.
You pay big money to insure your house
against the fire fend. Why not put a little
money In cause to insure your son against
the drink fiend?
whats whisky bringing2" inquired a
dealer In the vile stun. bringing men to
the gallows and women and children to
want, was the truthful reply.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
Grow Some Rye.

There are but few farmers who
would not find it profitable to raise
some rye. We have always main
tanned the above statement was true,
and its truthfulness was again pressed
home to us by just reading the follow
ing from the pen of George w. Frank
lin, the successful farmer of Atlantic,
Iowa, in the Wisconsin Farmer.
He says: ''Rye is not a general
crop on Western farms. This is not
because it is not cheaply or easily
grown, but largely because prices have
been influenced in such u manner as
to make it improbable to grow any
above the actual wants Of the farm. In
recent years the price of rye has been
but fraction less than that of wheat.
but there has not been the demand for
it there has been for wheat. 1t can
easily be grown on rather poor or thin
land, and is sometimes selected to
grow on such land that is to be seeded
to grass. 1t Is a very good crop with
which to grow grass seed, as it shades
less than some other grains and it is
also out of the way early the following
season when the grass needs all the
nourishment it can get. In some parts
OF Europe the peasantry use little else
for bread, although it forms but a
small proportion of the bread grain
consumed in this country.
MANY farmers grow it as food for
stock; it is also priced by many stock
men for early and late pasture. 1t is
sown in growing corn when laid by or
a little later, and permitted to grow
with the corn, then pastured in fall
and also in the spring, when it can be
plowed under and the ground put to
some other crop. In the West one
value Of this crop has not become
known, and that is the straw, which
brings a high price for bedding in the
stables of the East 1t is long, hard
and tough, aud will withstand several
times drying and using for bedding.
For this purpose it sells for as much
as hay
Many farmers are lamenting the
loss of slough grass with which to
cover stacks and old sheds, as MANY
sloughs have been reclaimed and are
now tillable and doing duty in the pro,
ductiOn of corn and other grains.
What farmers will have to do, who
have much use for slough hay. as
above noted, will be TO grow some rye
and in doing SO they can feed the grain
TO stock and at the same time have on,
OF the very best thatch materials fol
covering stacks and making roofs OF
sheds and other Outbuildings.
A great deal of hay that is stacked
out doors could be saved if plenty Of
good rye straw properly put on the
stacks is used at the time of stacking
Attachments are now made for con
Meeting to the rear end of the separator
when rye is being threshed and Tia,
straw bound in bundles as it comes
from the thresher. So far as we ar,
able to ascertain they are not muci
used except in the East To get th,
best results from this straw for roof,
ing it should be bound in bundles,
and when the straw is put on it should
be laid in layers with all the straw ex-
tending toward the caves. Not SO
much will be required to make a roof,