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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

j. c. Berry, one of tie best known cit
liens of Spencer, Mo. testlfes that he
cured himself of the worst kind of piles by
using few boxes of DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve. He had beeh troubled with
piles FIR over thirty years and hAd.uscd
many different kinds of sO-called cures
but DeWitt's WAS the one that did the
work and he will verify tais statement if
any one wishes to write him For sale by
b =. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

J. NJ. Thirswend, of Grosbeck, Tex.
says that when he has spell of indigestion.
end feels bad and sluggish, he takes TWO of
DeWitra Little Farley Risers at night, and
he is all right The next morning. Many
thousands Of others do The same thing Do
YOU? For Sale by 3 $. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17
p lyric OF JOY.

Over the shoulders and slopes Of the dune
saw the white daisies go down 70 the seq,
A host in the sunshine, "A snowdrift in June,
The people God sends us TO set our hearts
free.
The bobolinks rallied them up from the 1ell,
The orioles whistlcd them out OF the wood,
And all of their singing was, Earth, ii IL
WELL"
And all Of their dancing was, Life, thoS
art good"'
Bliss Carman In Century
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17
Made Plain.

Teacher-Tommy, you may define ths
difference between while and time.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS paw says
be is going down town for while, nav
says she'll bet he Is going for d time
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17
On the Safe Side.

Student-Then how much does the sun
come TO for cashf
Tailor-Fifty marks.
Student-And If paid for by instalments,
Tailor--A hundred marks-only in that
case you will have 60 pay half on the nail
--L.nzgauer Bot"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

There is no need Of little children being
tortured by scali head eczema and skin
eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvc
gives instant relief and cures permanently.
For Sale by b 5. Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17
Catch Your Hare.

The we'll known saying, First catch
your hare, - is generally credited to
"Mrs Glass Cook Book, written by
DR.. John Hill III the eighteenth century.
Bat in an early edition of the book the
reading Of the sentence is, First case
lsssAt is, skim your hare. f"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

The rsiltoad earrings as published
in the New York Tribune or Dec, 4,
shows the Ann Arbor road to have
made handsome gain of $6 sol for
the fourth week of mo mNnts ~ No
.Rember 1897 over Il e same time in
1896 and from Jan. /. ~ y V 80
the figures we're for 1896 Sl,9 2 land
for 1887, 81 III 9S7 gain Ot $ll5 500
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17
ONE or TWO WAYS.

TN bladder was c~ealeG fox Ous
purpose namely. - receptacle for tn,
urine. aud as suCb is not sable to auy
TORN Ot disease except by one OF two
ways The first WAY 8 from impelfecs
action Of the kidneys The secOuD
way IS from careless local treatment o.
nf 49,, digauaay
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

Disagreement, for life by burns or scalds
may be avoided dy using DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve the great remedy for piles
and for all / inds Of sores aud skin troubles
For Sale by b. :. w BIB
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

WARNING:-P Persons who suffer from.
coughs and colds should heed the warning.
ot danger and save themselves suffering
and fatal results by using One Minute
Cough Cure 1t is an infalihle remedy for
coughs. colds, Group and all throat and
lung troubles. For Sale by b. > Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

TheAnn Arb0r II Il is TO have 400
new freight cars built by tie Pullman
Co., each to be supplied with autom ATTIC
couplers and air brakes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

You can't cure consumption hut you can
avoid ii and cure every other form Of
throat or lung trouble by the use Of One
Minute Cough Cure, For Sale by b. :.
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

Sinai pin ~ofr pin, b.s' pin DeWitts
Little Early Ri-,rs cure hiliouSncsS, con-
stioalion, sick headache. For Sale by b ;.
Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

You can't afford to risk your life by
Allowing a cold to develop into pneumonia
Dr. consumption. Instant relief and q GER
tain cure are afforded by One Minute
Cough Cur. For Sale by b. s. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

- IL Ly o miracle"
Or. Niles Remedies
arc sold by all drug
gists under % positive
guarantee. first bottle
)cre1ts or money re-
'uLded. Book on dis
aa-es Of the heart and
4ervcs free. Address,
~ NTIT MEnIrAl
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-17

s-~A 1T p. BAHCCCK, Of Avoca, r. Z, =,
So veteran of The 5rd T.. y. ArtiGery a9-
for Thirty years OF the Batccc,. 5
Hr1asl Carriage Co., of Auburn, sa. s: '.
s. re e. o".fcss ny gratitude fcrthc m.rac
iaus l-ucct received frorA Or. Nilca' lca-.
Gre. isoccrcd fcr gc-r7, Hs foea't esa-r-
r'a l.o.i .iat.ca which affected ny hec-.
H. no Wcrst form, my limbs sw.'leG 1.e-
-leGahlos up. biootcd uutl I },-3 .u-hl
20 button my clothiagi had shcrp pa
"noct thc heart smotHCr,ag spells -.
.Lortaoss Of breath. For three month F.
was Unable to lie down, and al the sleep
sot was in an arm chair J was treat F.,
the best doctors but gradually grew Co1
About q year ago commenced taE..5 Or
Miles New Heart Cure and il saved ny liz
The herald., 1897-10-03

emergency. Only once since the close
of the Civil war has the United States
Government felt the need of auxiliary
ships. That occasion arose in the Har-
rison administration while our little
quarrel with Chilli was on. The Secre-
tary Of the Navy promptly notified
a certain navigation company owning
auxiliary ships that one of them might
be wanted. She was offered at GER
tain valuation, which was accepted
with some notifications. Fortunately
the trouble blew over and the ship was
turned back to her owners, who re-
ceived proper compensation for the
time she was idle.
These facts were kept as quiet as
possible at the time, and few persons
knew that the government had gone so
far in the preparation for war. Ihis
little experience, of course, did not set
tie the question of the government
rights in the auxiliary cruisers anu
whether the Secretary of the navy
would negotiate for their purchase OF
for their rental, or would simply seize
them. is a matter to be determlneo
when the emergency arises.
1t would rot be difficult to man the
auxiliary ships quickly in case OF neeo'
in spite of the fact that the 1l,ooo en-
listed sailors now allowed by law are
insufficient for the ships of the regular
navy, some Of which are going out OF
commission for that reason. Tnere
would be officers enough to command
all the auxiliary. as we'll as the regular
ships, If those who are now doing cler-
ical duty in Washington and elsewhere
were put in active service. And as
The herald., 1897-10-03

In their ceaseless efforts to lessen the
labor required to transfer a letter from
the hands of the writer to the mail
bags of the postoffice, the Postal au-
thorities have devised plan, now in
the experimental stage in western
towns, which if successful will be in
troduced all over the United States.
This latest plan for improving the pos
tai service is to have letter boxes at
tached to street cars, so that passen-
gers can confide their missives to IN
Gle Sans charge while en- route for
business. on a shopping tour, or re-
turning home, and have the satisfac-
tion in many instances Of knowing
that they will be collected at point
that will bring the letter within a block
or two of the place of destination.
The letter boxes are to be conspic-
uously displayed on the cars, so that
any forgetful man who has left home
with batch of letters entrusted to
him by his trusting wife to mail in
the city will find a reminder of his
mission staring him in the face when
he steps aboard the car to go down
The herald., 1897-10-03
GOLF IS A JOLLY GAME FOR L00KERS-ON
Total Depravity Of the Ball and Difficulties That De-
mora|ize the Tyro When He Tries to Drive It.

With one swing you are going to drive
that miserable little thing half way
through eternity; and after the mud
and the sections of greensward have
settled down you see the thing sitting
where it was before you lunged at it
just as impudently as ever.
If you had not smiled so contemptu-
ously at the long beautiful drive Of
the man who brought you out to the
links to teach you the game. the ST.
lence which follows your delirious
swing would be easier to bear. No one
laughs; no one even smiles. They
just look at you as though you had
confessed to some great weakness
which they knew you had, but were
not going to tell you until you found
out yourself.
HAVING ANOTHER TRY.
Before you are permitted to attempt
the annihilation of the ball again, the
man who brought you out will draw
you aside and give you few instruc-
tions. There are about twelve things
including both arm and leg movements
| to forget in making a drive and about
four which it is quite essential should
be remembered. Grasp, balance, keep
The herald., 1897-10-03

are entered as auxiliary cruisers. Four
Of these belong to the American Line,
the New York" "Paris," "St. Louis"
and "St. Paul" If ever pressed into
the naval service, the Paris" will car
ry 12 six-inch rifles, machine guns,
and 6 six-pounders; the New York"
will carry IL six-inch rifles, 4 machine
guns. and 6 six-pounders: the "St.
Louis" and the "st. Paul" will carry,
each, s six-inch rifles. 4 machine guns,
and six-pounders.
The latest addition to the auxiliary
fleet is the Plant Line Steamship. LA
Grande Duchesse" which was launched
last year. She is 404 feet long over all,
and she has been built to answer the
government requirements as an auxil-
iary cruiser.
Other vessels in the auxiliary list on
the Atlantic coast include four belong
ing to the Pacific Mail Company, three
to the Red D line, and nine to the New
York and Cuba Mail line. On the Pa
cific coast there are nine, besides sew
eral on the great lakes. Although the
guns necessary to render these ships
effective are not now ready, they are
being manufactured in a leisurely sort
Of way at the Washington ordnance
shops AS fast as pieces are finished
they are to be stored at the Brooklyn,
Boston, Norfolk, San Francisco, and
other navy yards, ready to be mounted
on the auxiliary vessels at the shortest
notice.
IN CASE OF WAR.
1t 10 not at all clear Just what the de-
tails Of procedure would bs in case Of
The herald., 1897-10-03

Keeping your balance Is the hardest
and most trying thing-next to keeping
your temper-which the beginner has
to learn. In preparing to strike he
necessarily bends forward little, and
In drawing the club back he naturally
raises the toe of his right foot. But
that is all wrong, and even more glar-
ingly out of form than catching the
club with the right hand. He should
wind the toe of his left foot firmly in
to the weeds and let his right foot take
care of itself, so long as it does not
leave the ground.
To keep your eye on the ball sounds
too simple to be worth any serious at
tention. But it is no such easy mat
ter. The man who can execute half
turn with his body and still have both
eyes on the ball without acquiring
strabismus the first time he tries 1t
may hope to make successful golfer.
And it is not enough to keep your eye
on the ball and hit it with the proper
part of your club. If you draw in your
arms at the moment Of striking and do
not let the club fly freely out in the
direction you wish the ball to take, 1t
will not only lose direction, but force.
The golfers position before the drive
The herald., 1897-10-03

which during the Queens jubilee were
changed from merchant and passenger
ships to armed cruisers in surprising
ly short time, this new auxiliary Of the
German war fleet could be made avail
able for the home navy in from twen-
ty-four to thirty-six hours.
There is an astounding contrast be-
tween the situation with regard to the
auxiliary boats of the German and the
British navies and the auxiliaries Of
our own fighting fleet. Bearing in
mind the rapidity with which foreign
vessels can be changed over, the writ
er, a few days ago, asked Mr.. Clement
A. Griscom of the American Line, how
long it would take to convert one Of
the ships of his line into fighting
boat in case of need. Mr.. Griscom
thought a moment and then said,
"About two years!"
THE FAULT IS UNCLE SANS.
This is true of practically all the ves-
sells composing our auxiliary fleet, more
than a score and half in number;
and the fault lies, not with the mer-
chant and passenger lines to which the
steamers belong, but with the govern
ment itself. The fact is that while
each of the navigation companies In
question has done it's part. Uncle Sam
has neglected to provide the necessary
guns, and without these the auxiliary
vessels would be Of no value whatever
to the navy.
These ships, which are without ar
NOR and would have to remain thus un-
protected, would act as commerce de-
GtvoysrD in case Of war. They are all
The herald., 1897-10-03

Not until a man has tackled a golf
ball does he appreciate, in all it's Bit
terness, the total depravity of inani-
mate things. He may have chased the
deceitful and burrowing collar button
over miles of bedroom mating; and ne
may have wrestled with the perverse
baby perambulator at grade cross
ing; but until he has tried to coax
golf ball to vacate the small strip of
turf to which it is clinging with both
feet he has had no trials or tribulations
worth speaking about.
The first vicious quality which the
beginner will discover in that modest,
unassuming little sphere Of gutta per-
cha is its profound helplessness and
terrible inertia. In baseball or cricket,
or tennis, the ball shows some inclina-
ton and willingness to do its share Of
the work. 1t will come to you, possi-
bly,, with undue violence in the head or
the solar plexus, but at any rate it
shows some animation, and that is
just what the golf ball steadfastly and
stubbornly refuses to do.
MUST BE COAXED.
| It has to be addressed-that Is the
formal putting-green word for it, and
The herald., 1897-10-03
OCEANS BRINE
CONSUMES ALL.
Nothing Can Resist its Solvent
Power at Great Depths.

It has been definitely settled, accord
ing to those who have made a study of
the seas bottom, that the floor Of the
ocean in its deepest part is entirely free
Of foreign matter. OF all the vessels
lost in midocean, of all the human be-
ings that have been drowned, of all the
marine animals that have perished. of
all the clay, sand and gravel let fall by
dissolving icebergs, of all the various
substances drifted from every shore by
shifting currents-not a trace remains.
but in their place water from 1000 to
$500 fathoms in depth covers the uni
form deposi. Of thick, blush tenacious
slime called globigerina ooze.
A bit of this under powerful lens is
revelation of beauty not readily for
gotten. The ooze is composed almos
entirely of the daintest, most delicately
beautiful shells imaginable. At depths
greater than $500 fathoms the bottom
of the sea consists mainly of products
arising from exposure, for almost meal
culable periods, to the chemical action
Of sea water of pumice and other vol
canic matters. This finally results IN
the formation Of the red clay deposits
that are considered characteristic of
the profoundest depths of the ocean.
Carbonate of lime. which, in the form
| of the shell of foraminifera, make up so
large a part of the globigerina ooze, is
| here almost entirely absent.
| Sea water is very nearly a universal
solvent, and before any shell, large or
small. reaches the bottom of these tre-
mendous abysms it is chemically eaten
up, literally dissolved-a result which
the enormous pressure of the water
must materially hasten.
At 1000 fathoms the weight Of the
water pressing on all sides of an object
immersed to that depth is very nearly
one ton to the square inch or more than
one hundred times that sustained at the
sea level, and at the greatest depths the
pressure is so Increased that it would
seem nothing could withstand it-in
fact, heavy metal cylinders. let down
with the sounding apparatus are some
times, on being drawn up again to the
surface, found bent and collapsed;
strongly made glass vessels which the
metal inclosed are shattered into frag-
ments.
The herald., 1897-10-03

for seamen and other enlisted men.
there are several times II, 900 sailors in
the United States who have served
three years each in the Navy; and
there are also several thousand appren-
tices. well schooled in seamanship and
gunnery, from whose number, no doubt
there would be volunteers enough to
handle the guns on all the. auxiliary
ships If they were called into service.
Copyright. 1897. by Bachelor Syndicate.
Great Resort For Politicians.
The greatest resort for politicians in
New York is the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
1t Is the head centre of head centres
the headquarters Of Bitter Creek There
is a strong presumption that this Is so
because the newspaper reporters grow
in such luxuriant abundance there,
Anyhow the reporters are always there.
and the politicians are there to hear
from the gentlemen Of the press what
is going on in the political world.
Sometimes during a dull season there
are from ten to twenty reporters to one
politician. The latter then fairly wal
lows in notoriety. Not infrequently
such a lucky man gets columns where
his home paper gives him lines. That
is why politicians love the Fifth
Avenue.
There are nearly 100 names on the
list of the organizations charitable or
otherwise in Germany which are
named in honor Of the Empress Fred
erick of Germany, or show her name as
patroness. Berlin alone has about
dfty.
The herald., 1897-10-03
WEATHER NOTES BY CIPHER.

All reports, communications, and
matters pertaining to the weather bu-
reau are sent by wire in cipher. Econ
omy and not secrecy, however, is the
reason for it's use. Though very con-
else. the cipher is read at sight by any
observer in the land. A full report
from any station may be embodied in
five words. In general the first word
OF the cipher gives, reduced. the ba-
rometic pressure and the dry thermom-
eter; the second the wind direction.
the state of weather and the precipita-
ton; the third the velocity Of wind,
the maximum temperature in the even.
ing, the minimum temperature in the
morning; the fourth, the dew print, the.
local prediction, fair or foul; the nth.
the kind, amount, and direction of
clouds; the sixth, the maximum wind
velocity and direction. It can easily
be seen what saving the cipheg
makes.
The herald., 1897-10-03


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The herald., 1897-10-03
AMERICAS AUXILIARY SHIPS USELESS.
An Expert Declares That It Would Require Two Years to
Convert One Of Them Into An Armed Cruiser.
DONE IN ENGLAND in TWO DAYS.
Wholly Fault Of the CovermentNo Suitable Guns Prepared
Procedure in Case Of Emergency.

fast boats. and could easily overhaul
and destroy most merchant and pas
senger vessels now afloat. In case Of a
meeting between a hostile battle ship
and an American commerce destroyer,
the latter would very promptly show its
heels and would undoubtedly be able to
escape from nine-tenths of the real
lighting ships now in existence. With
out guns, however, it would be out OF
the question to call the auxiliaries into
service, and it behooves Uncle Sam to
hasten the construction of plenty OF
naval ordnance unless he feels certain
that there is no possibility of a rupture
with a great marine power.
THE AUXILIARY LIST.
There are thirty-two vessels which
The herald., 1897-10-03

town. After the reminder, instead of
having to walk several blocks out Of
his way to drop the letters in the
mailing box or at the postoffice, it will
only be necessary for him to step to
the end of the car and deposit them
in the receptacle placed there for his
convenience.
The scheme, as at present outlined,
is to have at regular intervals along
the line of travel of the various street
cars in cities special stations for the
reception of the mail collected on the
cars. At these stations collectors are
to be on duty, whose business it will
be to board the cars as they bowl past
the doors, and collect the contents Of
the mail box. The letters will then be
taken to the sub-station, where they
will be quickly sorted and transmitted
to their destination in the usual way.
The postal authorities hope that 1t
will be possible, at any rate with pas
sengers who are capable of being ed
ucated to follow the workings Of a
system, to have letters mailed on the
car which goes in the direction in
The herald., 1897-10-03

to land in close proximity to the ball.
The first thing you will do will be
to grasp the club wrong. Since the
simplest and the most natural way to
swing club is with the right hand,
it goes without saying that it is wrong
In making full drive, the club, when
brought back, must be held firmly with
the left hand and loosely. like billiard
cue, with the right. While this is go
ing on you should be facing the ball
sideways and in an attitude of an ex-
aggerated parade rest.
JUST HOW TO DO 1T.
The herald., 1897-10-03

Emperor william Of Germany IL un-
Gerstood to regard the "Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse" the great new steam
ship that has just gone into commits
sion on the trans Atlantic route, with
great enthusiasm. This Is partly due
to the fact that the vessel has been
named for his grandfather. and partly
because 1t is a credit to Germany that
the biggest passenger boat afloat
should be built at a German yard and
sailed by a German line; but more than
all 1t Is because, in case Of the break
Ing out Of a maritime war in which
Germany should be involved, the big
ship would at once become an integral
part Of the German navy. Like the
auxiliary ships of the British navy,
The herald., 1897-10-03
Royal Ladies and Cigars.

The Princess Bernadotte, Crown
Princess Of Sweden, who as an intrigu-
ing maid Of honor captivated the heir
to the throne, is almost intemperately
addicted to the delights of full-fiedg-
ed cigar, a penchant which is said to
be shared by the Queen of Saxony and
the Grand Duchess of Baden.
The herald., 1897-10-03
CAUGHT SMUGGLING PEPPER IN THE TIRES Of BICYCLES.

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The herald., 1897-10-03

depends a great deal on the length Of
his club. The longer 1t is the more
awkward his position-for the ball
should be so far away that, when one
end of the club is touching it. the 9TH
er is at the players left knee. The
longer. the club the further he has to
bend over. His feet should be, accord
ing to all rules. foot and half apart.
but If he finds any difficulty in
keeping his balance he can extend
them another foot.
With all these minute instructions,
the beginner should have no difficulty
The herald., 1897-10-03

which the letter is destined to travel
for delivery,-a letter addressed to
down town man on a car that travels
down town, ETC., thus saving a great
deal of time and trouble. By this
means. if the new idea is found to work
smoothly, it will be possible to mail
a letter on street car, and have 1t
delivered at its destination with the
celerity only obtained in the present
state Of affairs by affixing special de-
livery stamp to the envelope at an ex-
ira cost of ten cents.
The letter boxes used in the expert
ments are painted red, and SO labelled
that there can be no mistaking the
purpose for which they are intended.
Only a person in an advanced stage Of
intoxication could make the mistake
that one man made when these street
car letter boxes were first introduced
in his town. This man deposited his
fare in the letter box, under the Inn
preston that it was one Of the recep-
tacles for cash in use on bob-tailed
cars.
(Copyright, etc. by Bachelor Syndicate).