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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
STOP IT NOW !!
stop 1T Quickly, Just the Same as Did
Mr.. Charles II. Hoffman, Of 132
Ten Eyck Street, Jackson.

If you have pain in your back, stop it
\ lame back stop 1t An aching back.
stop it DO you want to know how Let
Us tell yOui In the first place, never try
10 rid yourself of pain without knowing
the cause If pain or ache exist there
is reason for it, Find out this reason
md get after it. Strike cause "A stiff
blow with the right weapon, and its allies.
pain and ache, will flee like chafT before
the wind. To get right down To it. back
ache is indicative of kidney disorders. a
spy placed there by nature; listen TO his
warnings and take up the weapon, strike
before disease is reinforced with allies
that can not be routed by hand of man
such rs Bright disease Let us introduce
To you this weapon! Let us prove its SUI
pcriority to al! others Here is "A blow it
struck:
Mr. Charles H. Hoffman is a fireman on
the NJ G. Il r., and resides at 1872 Ten
Eyck Street, jackson, Mich He says:
" have suffered for a long time from a
kidney and bladder disorder which has at
times rendered me incapable of work /:
have been at the hospital for my complaint
and discharged from there as cured. but
the old complaint has invariably come
back again. Some time ago | heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills, and began taking
them, with most gratifying results.
Urinary complaints which bothered me
greatly are very much improved. and the
pain | suffered in my back has entirely
left me, my general condition is much i'm
proved. | would not like to be without
Doans Kidney Pills, / think others should
know what valuable remedy it is. +"
For sale bv all dealers. price 80 cents
Mailed by Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo.
n Y. sole agents for the L. S Remem.
Del the name, D0aHs, and take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

The retirement from circulation of
United States notes is step to he taken
in our progress toward n safe and stable
currency which should be accepted as
the policy and duty of the government
and the interest and security of the peo-
ple.-President II. b. Hayes, in His An
nual Message to Congress December 6,
1850.
The several forms of our paper
money offer, in my judgment, con-
slant embarrassment to the govern
ment and TO a safe balance in the treas
ury. Therefore ! believe il necessary
to devise "A system which will
present remedy for those arrange
ments, which, temporary TO their nature.
mightwell in the years of our prosperity
have been displaced by wiser provisions
President William Mckinley, in His
Inaugural Address March 4, 1897.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
CASTo1IA.
The Fac II
a: =: ! &HzAZIzu G ~


In the haste in which the Democrats
at Chicago prepared their platform they
forgc< to include the plank declaring In
favor Of restoring the natural freezing
pOins Of zero. Mankind has suffsnsd and
shivered tremendously because 81 thts -
human standard Of temperature adopted
undoubtedly at the instigation of coal
barons and Quack doctors. Without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nstion let us proceed 10 lower the
freezing point and 10 reform our Climate
IN the interests of the masses
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
The Color ~ PLANES.

You have often uctlccd the many
tinted bars and lni is that rise in the
shape Cf 'forkCd ,IuGues Of fame
Fl. ~ wocd burning ~ the CRATE 1t IA
ten to one, however. that you never
have thought 10 figure on Tie cause Of
the variegated hues presented by flames
To bring the matter quickly TO the
point. we will say that the many colorS
are the result of combrStion among the
different elements Of She wood The
light blue is from the hydrogen and the
white from the carbOl, the violet is
from the manganese the red from the
nagnesia and the yellow from the soda
which are constituent pau'A of the wood
ST. Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
APRIL WISDOM.

BE sure that Your blood is pure,
your appetite god. your digestion
perfect. 70 purify your blood and
build up vous health, take Hoods
SarSaparIlla. This medicine has ac-
complShcd remarkable cures of all
blood diseases. II is the One True
Blood Purifier. Hoods Sarsaparilla
has power 10 make Won well by puri-
tying and enriching your blood, Civ
ing YOU an appetite. and nerve, metal
and digestive strength.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
A oman's Tenderness.

Though mothers love and IA wif0's An
different varieties of the same divine pror
erty, in the hearts evolution, the latter
should assimilatc the former. A wife's de
votion should possess maternal gentIencss.
and unsel1shness. Men art
but children grown" with just as hungry
hearts A genius is especially susceptible
20 "a woman's tenderness
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

A tired stomach is very much like a
SpIainad ankle. If YOU suffer from
any of the symptoms of dyspepsia.
your stomach j. tired 1t need .
crutch. We must relieve it of all
work for n time. or until il is restored
10 its natural strength. To do this
successfully, we must use food
which is already digcstcd outside of
the body, and which will aid the d.
gestion of other food, that may be
taken with it. Such a product is the
Shaker Digestive Cordial. The Shak-
crS nave utilized the digestive princi-
piles present i'm plants for the manu-
facture of this article, and its success
has been truly phenomenal. You can
try il for the nominal sum of 10 cents.
as sample bottles ara sold by all drug
gists at that price.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
: Except Sunday.
. Daily

Except Sunday
Daily
Eastbound Connection s-S:57 m train has
parlor car to Detroit. Extra charge, % cents
Pullman parlor car etroit 10 Toror to- connect
ing with sleeper for the east ard New York
Connects with G. n G.. T division ut Durand for
Chicago and Port Huron and with c. \ 4 NJ d.
vision TO- Saginaw and Bay City
600 p m train has parlor car TO Detroit. Extra
charge p cents, and Pullman sleeping car De
troit 20 Toronto. Suspension Bridge Buffalo
Philadelphia and New York. Connects at pu
rand with &. q. T. for ~. Huron and Battle
Creek and with c., S. q VI. division for Saginaw
and Bay city
8:2o am train has through day parlor and sleep.
ing cars Wingsor TO suspension Bridge, Buffalo.
New York and Boston
Nestbound-lO:10 m and 5.2b u m trains
have parlor cars to Grand Rapids. Extra charge
20 cents.
+. Il HUGHEs, BKN FrV7cBFB
a - /. a, Trav. Pass Agt
chicago III. Detroit Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09


Discussing the poor credit and bank
ing facilities of the west and south be-
fore the last meeting of the American
Economic association. Mr.. Thomas q.
Sherman said:
In the II southern states il is impos-
sible that one-tenth of the farmers
could have any bank accounts or could
ever draw checks in payment for their
retail transactions. In the recent cam
paign the successful candidate received
the votes of % states, the defeated can
didatc the votes Of -. The23 states hold
o. per cent of all bank deposits and de-
positors. Deducting from the other %
states the silver states and few large
cities, the remaining vast agricultural
section of the country, having 40 per
cent. of the population and IS per cent.
of the area, mas less than per cent. of
the bank deposits and depositors. This
suggests what was the real grievance of
this mass of voters although they did
not themselves understand it. Their
banking facilities are proportionately
only one-siXteenth of the rest of the
country.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

When the springtime comes, Gentle
Annie" like AL other sensible persons
uill cleans" the LIVER ana Tenonate the
system with Dewitt Little Early
Risers, famous llttle pills for the liver
and stomach all the year round.
w. II Kennels, St Louis; b. ) Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

When cold is contracted, cure il at
once. One Minute Cough Cure will set
you on the road to recovery in MN.
ute 1t will cure pneumonia, brOn
chitis. Group aud all forms of lung and
throat troubles
w. II, Kennels, st. Louis; b S.Webb,
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

PERSONAL The gentleman who an
pnyed tie congregation last SnLdry bl
ntinually coughing will bud ins AM
relief by using One Minute Cou9l, Cure
a speedy aud harmless remedy for
throat and lung troubles.
VIII. Kennels, st Louis; b. 5 Webb,
Alma,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

II waited ten minutes for a car to-
day." the landlady was saying, land
then it passed me without stopping"
1t was afterwards recalled that tbs
Habitually Silent Man had been hav-
ING unusual difficulty with his chops.
"Perhaps.' he remarked, 1.-the conduc-
tor didn't care to have YOU board his
car"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Unconditional surrender is the only
terms these ,mous little pills known
as DeWitt's Little Early Rlsers will
make with constipation, sick headache
and stomach troubles.
wa Kennels, st. Louis; b. 5. Webb,
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Group and who ping ugh ale child
hoods terrors; nut lie pneumonia
bronchitis ana Other throat and lung
troubles, can be q lckly cured by using
One Minute Cough Cure.
W II Rene Is, st Louis; b S.Wehb
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

In 1880 the value Of materials use
in the cotton mills of this country VIA
$102, 600, 900, while III 1890 the value
had risen to $3.50, 900, 900.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
Condenser Jnpnne.e History.

The japanese government has adopt.
ed the gold standard. The Japs are the
most progressive people of the east. All
progressive nations are on the gold
basis.-Pomeroy co. Leader.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Nearly ali civilized countries have
turned from silver TO gold standard
during the past century. None has
turned from gold to silver.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Hoods Sarsaparilla is known to be
an honest medicine. and il actually
cures when all others fail. Take it
now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

LaxOl is the hest medicine for child
ron. Doctors recommend it in place Of
Castor Oh.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

There is not a silver standard country
in which interest rates are not higher
than in gold countries.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

DETROIT Il MILWAUKEE DIV.
trivial ano Departure of Trans at Owosso Jet.
EASTBCUND
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
PROF. G. W. CUNNINGHAM,
Dept. a, 1914 s. ClInton-st.
Chicago. I'LL.

The following are some readings for this week.
Miss Marie Grand Rapids, Wis. According to data
furnished the sign Cancer which the Moon rules was
rising at your birth, therefore the Moon is your rub
ing planet or sgnificator. Venus is coruler.
You are medium height; plump figure, clear COM
plexion; medium to dark hair and eyesi IL you was
born few minutes earlier the eyes are very DARK
with a peculiar sparkle and sharp sight You are
quite, cheerful jovial kind and obliging; you very
much dislike storm and buster about anything you
are changeable in your nature and like to be on the
go you very fond of amusements. parties dances,
etc also art and art work. You are very intuitive
and naturally know many things without ever having
had to study to learn them You are very popular
with the gentlemen.
Miss NJ. E., Ottawa, Kansas. According to data
furnished the sign sagttarius which Jupiter rules
was rising at your birth. therefore Jupiter Is yoT
ruling planet signfcator. Venus and Mercury are
co-signifcators. -,
You are medium height above; plump iigurei
medium clear complexion; the hair near chestnut
color; the eyes medium 20 dark. You have happy,
cheerful generous and charitable disposition, are
gifted in the ne arts and lover of everything con-
nected with art music. poetry, etc. You are also
very fond of fine driving horse. You VIII make an
able writer almost any subject with when you are
familiar You have the same testimony as the lady
with the ohe. reading that is you are very popular
with the gentlemen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05

President Prescott Of the 1nterna-
tional Typographical union has this to
say in last Sundays Indianapolis Sen
tinel regarding the result OF the refer
endum vote on the propositions sub
mitted by the last conventions:
Hereafter the per capita tax will be
5 cents a month greater than it has
been. This extra revenue will go to
thes support of the home at Colorado
Springs and a $4,000 addition to the
home will also be erected. There will
be no more annual conventions, that
feature having been abolished. How
ever, a convention may be called at any
time by a majority of the members
Legislation will be effected by the in
itiative and referendum and the officers
will be required to submit proposed
amendments at least twice year. The
officers will be elected by popular
vote"
The vote also carried with 1t a
proposition to appoint committee OF
five to conduct a systematic agitation
in favor of a shorter work-day. The
power to appoint this committee was
vested in President Prescott, who says
that the personnel will be announced
the first of next month.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
Prof. Bemis on Corporation.

Prof. Bemis, late of the Chicago uni
versity, who is now in Michigan to ac-
quire a residence in order, 1t Is said,
that he may accept the post Of labor
commissioner at the hands of Gov.
| Pingree, has an article on cooperation
in the United States department OF la
Dor. He points out that many forms
of cooperation common in some Euro
pean countries do not exist in Amer
| lea, while other forms that have proven
| successful there have been partial or
| total failures here. There are no So
| cieties for the cooperative purchase OF
raw materials for small manufacture,
such as are common in Germany; no
! cooperative gangs or associations for
the taking of contracts for public and
private work. as in Russia and Italy;
while cooperative manufacturing is in
| significant compared with the begin
nings in Britain and France. -Four
cooper shops in Minneapolis, and these
only moderately successful, are the
only cooperative manufacturing estab-
lishments in the United States that Mi.
Bemis thinks worthy Of mention.
Even what may be called cooperative
distribution has not been by any means
$50 successful in America as in Europe.
The creameries, cheese factories and
some farmers insurance companies
and the measure of success which has
attended the mercantile ventures of the
grange and some other farmers organ
izations indicate that the farmers are
somewhat more successful as COOP
orators than are the people of the cities
and towns. What may be the underly-
ing cause of the comparative want of
success which has attended attempts at
cooperation in America it may be diff
| ficult to determine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
the statesman and the philanthropist to

the statesman and the philanthropist to
determine what to do for thousands
of women and girls in the Greater New
York who work and are willing
and anxious to work, and yet are not
receiving wages enough to enable
them to live as human beings should
live. The story told cannot be read
without reaching the conclusion that
many petty wrongs and frauds are
practiced upon these Woodworking
women and girls. 1t is a difficult thing
to point out an adequate remedy-in
fact, the nearest approach to one is,
it seems, the organization of unions
of these working people-for wage
workers who are members of unions
seem to receive better wages, better
protection, and to have better sur
roundings than those who are not con-
nected with labor organizations"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
Hints for Lettuce Growers.

In order to maintain regular sup
ply paintings should be made every
ten days or so. A temperature of from
40 to SO degrees at night suits lettuce,
and SO as to have good results the
plants should be grown on without q
check Solid beds sould no doubt pro-
duce the finest heads, but in private
establishments the crop is usually
grown on benches, which answers the
purpose sufficiently well. Green fly is
sometimes troublesome, and must be
checked before it gets any Roadway,
otherwise the crop will be destroyed;
either fumigate or lay tobacco leaves
between the plants. Journal of Agri-
culture
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
A Mayor on a Strike.
Bret Harte.

His honor, Mayor John c. Sullivan,
of Norway, Mich, is on strike. So
are several members of the town coun-
Gil. This fact is not due to any dis
satisfaction of the chief executive and
the solons with the duties or emolu-
ments of their municipal Office, nor to
a desire to displease their constituents.
But being Industrious men they all
have trades, hence their connection
with labor troubles. 1t is little over
a month ago that walking delegate
came into the mayors Office, which
at the time happened to be at the bot
tom of shaft in the Norway mine.
The mayor was working on an obsti-
nate piece of ore with pick and had
spit on his hands for hard blow,
when he saw the delegate.
What do you want, Ned?" demand
ed his honor, removing his dinner pail
from the ledge of rock that CONSTITUTE
ed the furniture of the office.
why, the boys are going on strike
and you are ordered out now," re-
plleu tne ueleSale. ha'e you youi
card?"
Eyes, here it is" and the mayor pro-
duced a card certifying to his good
standing in the Northern Mine Work.
ers' union.
So the mayor went on strike forth
with, and when he was drawn out of
the pit he found the members of the
town board were also on strike. The
difference between the mine owners
and the mine workers was over ques-
ton of wages. 1t has not been settled
yet, but the Norway workmen feel that
they cannot lose with the good will of
Mayor Sullivan wholly with them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
A Twenty-Five Million Steal.

The reported transfer to English
capitalists of an interest in the Erie
Canal Traction company has not yet
been completed, but it is admitted, as
stated in the World, that an offer has
been made of 100000 for control
ling interest in the stock of the COM
pany, and that the president and Sec
rotary of the company are now in Lon
don arranging the deal.
The Erie Canal Traction company Is
only one of the subsidiary corpora
lions created by the Cataract General
Electric company. The pending trans
fer is made on a valuation of $780,
900 for the franchise it carries. The
total value of the rights acquired by
the parent company, the Cataract Cen
eral Electric company, is now esti-
mated at the enormous figure of $685.
100000
Inasmuch as the company did not
pay a cent for these rights" the char
ter is called free gift from the state.
But there are some people who would
prefer to call it a straight steal.-N. Y.
World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05

Mixed farming as a principle has
been impressed on the people of Flori-
da by the freeze of two years ago.
If they take the lesson to heart, the
disaster will not have been in vain.
A correspondent Of Chicago paper,
writing from Florida, says: Thought
full people now agree that "the great
freeze of '95" was good thing for
Florida-a blessing in disguise. 1t was
a costly lesson, however A hundred
thousand citizens, more or less, paid
$4,000, 900 or 100000 to find out that
the frost line" that had been recog-
nized since the "cold winter Of '32" was
not permanent and was likely to be
changed, like railway timetables, with
out previous notice. They were taught
that it was not good policy to put all
their eggs in one basket, and that the
single-crop plan of farming was fail
ure. Many were discouraged and left
the state. Those who had more cour-
age and wisdom remained, and while
they we're resuscitating their frozen
groves they discovered they could make
money by truck farming-by raising
peas, beans, cabbages, caulifower, let
tuce, celery, onions, cucumbers, pota-
toes, strawberries and other fruits and
vegetables for the northern winter
markets. The demand for this sort
of produce during the winter months is
practically unlimited, and the prices
unnaturally large. 1t costs no more to
raise a bushel of potatoes in this warm,
sandy soil in December than in July.
The supply of unreasonable vegetables
formerly came from Bermuda and the
Bahamas. "The great freeze" taught
the farmers Of Florida that they could
have a monopoly from December to
March, when the early crops of south
ern Georgia are ready for market. So
the wise ones stopped boasting about
profits of $1,000 an acre from orange
groves. They stopped telling the ia
miliar story about 81 box for
oranges on the plantation, twenty-five
boxes to the tree and 100 trees to the
acre-all clear gain" and began to
plant and weed vegetables, which are
not so profitable as oranges, but are
reasonably certain of paying.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
IHE ASIRQI0GER'S CORNER,

Some slight changes necessitated using less space
for this department. Prof. Cunningham is daily re-
ceiving haterng testimonials of his genius and mar
velous power in reading the Language of tho siss and
planets His horoscope life readings with chart are
daily convincing people of the great and VALUABLE
INFORMATION to be had through his wonderful
knowledge of astrology. He receives letters from
every state and territory and his fame has extended
into foreign lands.
Under no circumstances will names OF correspond
ents be published but the following ex racts from
recent letters; al received my horoscope am much
pleased with It, 1t Is as right as is possibejto
make it." Another whites: II am surprised at its
correctness" .sLr
Prof. Cunningham proposes 10 tell yoHte rtttng
planet and send n test reading ABSOLUTELY FREE to
the applicants whose letters happen to be the First,
Third, Ninth and Twelfth opened from each days
mail. All aspirants Tor FREE READINGS must send;
Sex, race or nationality, place, year, MONTH date,
hour and minute OF birth, AN. or Pm. as nearly as
possible. Applicants entitled to FREE READINGS
will receive them by return mail with their "a cents
refunded less cents postage All applicants muss
send "a cents to pay for their reading In case they
not win FREE reading. DO NOT DELAY; send a.
oace you just as apt to win as anybody, and Il
you do you will receive valuable test by astroi
ogy for the small sum of "a cents. Those not know
ing their OF birth should send cents for further
lpet nctin
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
The Chewer's soliloquy.

To spit, or not. to spit-that is the
question;
Whether tits better in the mouth to
suffer
The pent-up tortures of o'er-fowing
glands,
Or behind molar ramparts to enfold
the quid,
Pour forth the willing and odoriferous
food
And let the world swim out as best H.
may. -Expectoratus.