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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
DIRECTED HER LETTER TO HEAVEN.
Pathetic Little Story Of "a Childs Epistis
To Her Dead Mother.


At recent wedding the bride had
retired 10 her dressing room to don her
travelling gown. Her mother had been
dead year or more, and she had had
the constant care and companionship Of
her little sister ever since their afflic-
ton. The 7-year-old entered the room
and went to her sisters chair very
thoughtfully. Drawing u letter from
the little pocket, she said:
Alice here is letter to mamma.
have just written, telling her ali about
the wedding. Will you send it to her?"
The elder sister, little shocked. re-
piled as gently as possible that She
couldn't send letter 10 mother.
Then the little one, looking quite
bright, said promptly:
"Oh, yes, you can, because now you
are married, you will be getting little
girl, and when you send Tor her. just
give the doctor this letter, and he can
take it to mamma when he goes for the
baby"
And there on the envelope was the
address, printed as best she could: "To
Mamma, In Heaven. Kindness Of the
Doctor.
She took the letter, and Rugged the
little one to hide the tear which was
rubbed off on the curly, brown head. -
Washington Star.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

y
A horse can be ridden to death II Is easy
to do it if you don't feed him and if you
work him when he is sick. A man may ride
himself TO death in the same way. Hard
work is a good thing for a man whose daily
nutrition repairs the daily waste. When he
begins TO run down hill he had better look
out. When he begins TO lose flesh, he will
begin 10 lose vitality. He will have to spur
himself more and more TO keep himself
going Spurs are bad things to use on either
horses or men. The man who is drawing
out strength and vitality faster than he il
putting il into his body needs DR. PierCe's
Golden Medical Discovery. This is the
greatest blood maker and flesh builder in
the world. II is a stimulating, purifying
tonic II fills the blood full of richness and
helps all the digestive organs to do their
work II brings a good appetite, sound
sleep solid muscle. 1t does not-like cod
liver oil-produce only flabby, useless fat
Corpulent people may take ii without be
coming more fleshy. The man who is not
eating well, or working well. or sleeping
we'll, or resting we'll frequently needs moth
ing else. He can get II at drug stores. He
should not let the druggist persuade him TO
try something else which is better for the
druggists profit.
THE CAUSE or SICKNESS. When the doctor ~
called TO a man, woman or child his first
question is about the condition of the bowels. II
they have not been freely open, he is sure to pre-
scribe something to open them. He may do other
things but this one thing he will do snyeiy. He
knows better than any one else that nine-tenths
of all human ailments come from the one cause
constipation He may know but ne will not
tell YOU, that DR.. Perce's Pleasant Pellets the
best and most successful cure for constipation
lie will not tell you because his prescription
hrings him s. co. aud the " Pleasant Pellets " will
you for twenty-five cents. Forty little " Pei
let's w in little vial One, gentle laxative;
two mild cathartic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
The Nine In the Calendar.

The figure 0, which came into the calens
dar on Jan. /, 1889, will stay with us III
years from that date, or until Dec. 81,
1899. No other figure has ever had such
a long consecutive run, and the 8 itself
has only once before been in race which
lasted over n century-that In which 10
continuously figured from Jan. /, $50, I'M
til Dec. 81, 900, period of III years.
The figures 3 and occasionally fall into
odd combinations, but neither OF them has
ever yet served for longer period than 100
consecutive years in our calendar since the
present mode of calculating time was 49,
tabished. 1t is also clear that from their
relative positions among the numerals 10
II an impossibility for either of them to
appear in date reckonings continuously
for longer period than century.-St.
Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
Biographies TO Blame.

Ask any hundred English men, won.
en- or children what is the name of tbs
capital Of Russia, and every one Of
them will reply, "St. Petersburg " 1t
may be small matter, but in point
of fact the proper name is Peters
burg " The English are the only folk
who insist upon the saint. " The city
was founded 10y Peter the Great, and is
named after him. IL is quite true that
Peter was one Of the most extraordinary
men that ever filed throne, but no
one would have been more astoundcd
than himself at being dubbed saint.
He neither lived nor died in the Cd n of
sanctity, and il IS hard TO find ont how
it became the English fash on to rnis.
call the splendid town be founded
little Folks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Temperance people have a new foe
to fight. Some genius has invented II
small tablet which when dissolved in
glass of water makes liquor that
can intoxicate in ten minutes. Pres
cnt laws are powerless TO touch il, as
the drink thus made is neither fer
mented, vinous or spiriluous. "The
way of the transgessur is hard" but
the path OF the transformer is also a
little lumpy when such things as
these crop up to dodge the law and
defy the gospel. Perhaps smelling
BOTTLES with drunk IN each Whit
will be the next thing on the market.
The world is smart enough for any
thing now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
fHACkEdAY WAS ANGRY.
I'll, Sailor. Who Intended to Play Tricl
Changed Their Minds.


O.Ice upon time the daughters a
T.ackeray saw shat good man thorough.
ly and heartily angry-angry to the
point of profanity 1t was during THEN
Italian journey. when they were re-
turning to the ship in Genoa harbor aft
or "a day ON the shore.
1--WE had to be on board at a certain
time" Mrs. Richie says III her Mac.
milan paper, $50 that we engaged Q
carriage and drove quickly to the quay,
where the convicts, clanking III then
chains, were still at work. A boat was
found, rowed by some sailors, who GER.
tainly did not wear chains, but VIII"
were otherwise not very unlike those
industrious convicts i'll appearance. Tit
bargain was made, we all five entered
the boat, and as we were getting III we
could see our great ship in the twilight
looking bigger than ever, and one rock.
ct and then another going Oft toward
the dawning stars
They are signaling for us, saiu
one of our companions We shall sooD
be on board
1--WE had pulled some 90 strokes from
the shore by this time when suddenly
the boatmen left off rowing. They put
down their oars. and one of them began
talking volubly. though | could not un.
derstand what he said. What's TO be
done?' said one Of the young men to my
father. They say they won't 90 on un.
less we give them 30 francs more, and
he began shaking his head and remon.
strating in broken Italian The boat
men paid no attention, Struggling their
shoulders and waiting rs If they were
determined never TO row another stroke,
Then the steamer sent up two more
rockets, which rose through the twi
light, bidding us hurry, and then sud.
denly my father rose up in the stern OF
the boat where he was sitting, and,
standing tall and erect and in an angei
such as | had never seen him in before
or after in all my life, he shouted on.
in loud and impatient English, D.
you 60 ont simple malediction which
carried more force than all the Italian
poly,yllahles and expostulations of on,
companions. To our surprise and great
relief, the men seemed frightened; they
took 10 their oars again and began to
row, grumbling and muttering. When
we got on board the ship, they told US
u was we'll known trick the GenOese
boatmen we're in the habit Of playing
upon travellers and that they would have
cent boat for IN if we had delayed any
longer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

II appears that in olden times the
president used to give his dinner par
ties at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The
grandfather of Representative Acheson
of Pennsylvania once dined with George
Washington. and his family have pre-
served the invitation. 1t is written in a
business hand on fourth page Of Ia
sheet Of ordinary note paper, with the
lines running lengthwise across the
sheet, and reads as follows:
Mr.. Acheson Is requested to dine with the
president on Thursday, the 23d inst. at
o'clock precisely.
Feb IA, 1897.
-ChicaDo Record
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
w. c. T. u. COLUMN.
EDITED BY MRS. MARY K. oLMsTEAD.

What are the claims of the organi-
cation upon the Philanthropist, especi-
ally in the field of missions? Nowhere
can money be invested with hope of
larger return in the coin of the King
dom of Heaven. Our efforts have al
ways been sadly crippled for lack of
means. Nothing is more needed in
our work than missionary fund to
carry the gospel of temperance to the
for although w. G. T. u. organizations
have been formed in all the Territories,
yet there are large sections of the
country which must take some time to
come be missionary ground What is
true of the Territories Is equally true OF
the colored people. The National w.
&. L. u. has not neglected these fields,
though not penny of missionary
money, as such, has ever been received.
The needs are not only imperative, but
! immediate. Pleas for help constantly
come to us, but thus far we have been
unable to render any adequate assist
ance and must depend upon our friends
for aid.
What are the present pressing needs?
Money to carry forward the work along
all its varied lines aud ranks. When
every Christian woman shall wear a
white ribbon, the day of victory will be
at hand To this end we plead with
all good women throughout Christen-
dom to join with us heart and hand in
the holy endeavor to project and sanct-
fly the Home as that temple of the Holy
Spirit which, next to the human body
itself. is dearest of all to our Creator;
that womanhood and manhood in equal
purity, equal personal and political
liberty and peace, may climb to those
blest heights where there shall be no
more curse" We ask all women like
|
cause, to wear the white ribbon as the
pledge of loyalty; to lift up their hearts
with us to God at the noontide hour of
prayer: to take as their motto, For
| God and Home and Every Land, and
to unite with us in allegiance to our
Declaration of Principles and to the
summary of our plans and purposes, as
herein embodied.
What is the proper legal form of be-
quest? | give, devise and bequeath to
the (NationaD Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of the United States,
incorporated in the District of Columbia
with Frances +. Willard and twelve
other trustees, the sum ot-dollars, to
be used by said corporation in accord
ance with its declared objects"
The payment OF one hundred dollars
at one time, constitutes the donor Life
Patron of the National w. G. T. l.. or
of twenty-five dollars at one time Life
Member of the same.
10 whom should moneys be sent and
applications for informotion mades
| To Mrs. Helen NJ Barker, Treasurer.
aud TO Mrs Katharine Lente Stevenson,
Corresponding Secretary. The Temple,
Chicago, Illinois.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

aracteristic instance was given At

A characteristic instance was given ~
. dinner party lately Of the present day
tendency for children to patronize their
parents. At preparatory school the
children were told to write down what
they thought to be the object Of educa.
ton. One small boy wrote, 1.-The object
of education is to be able to talk for
your father and mother when you go
abroad, " and another boy, doubtless re-
mem ering the oft repeated reflection at
home, when he had fallen into some
scrape. that "the holidays would soon
be over and he would be safely back at
school, wrote, with unconscious Gym
cism, 1.-THE object Of education is to get
you out Of your parents way Cen.
flew oman
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
A Peculiar Accident

DR.. w. A. Wall, well-known physf
walking down one OF the streets OF Crab
Orchard Springs, KY, was run into BY
James Jones, "a citizen Of that place. A
pistol fell from Jones pocket and was
discharged by contact with the side
walk. The ball entered the lower part
of DR.. Walls body, penetrating the
heart and causing instant death
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
State News.

The wheelmcn of Manceloa and
Kalkaska will unite in the construc-
ton of cinder path between the two
towns.
Farmers in the western and south.
ern tier of Michigan counties are MAX
ing preparations to experiment with
Klflir corn his season.
The Michigan survivors of the fam
Gus Berdan'S sharpshooters of the
civil war will hold their annual reun-
ion at 81. Louis on June l6, Z and Is.
The special mail service from lIol-
land TO Ottawa Beach has been discOn-
linued. The base of supply from
Holland To Macatawa has been
changed TO Ottawa Beach.
An obnoX ious spectator in the Cir
cult Court AT Lansing was brought
before the bar and sentenced 10 pay
- Tor contempt. The fellow threw
the money down SO angrily that Judge
Peterson sent him to Jail for twenty
four hours. The man was drunk.
John Truan. who has small force
of men engaged in exploring tor gold
Just north OF Teal lake, has been re-
warded by finding very good quartz
specimens which show large amount
of free gold. Others encouraged by
the find are stalking out claims in that
vicinity expecting To strike it rich.
At MenOminee an unknown Poland
er, about twenty years old, was run
over by freight train on the Metro.
politan branch of the Chicago Il
Northwestern railroad and instantly
killed. The man lay across the track
in a drunken condition.
A young lady at st. Joseph heard a
military band approaching, and so
anxious was she to see ii before II
passed, that she ran TO window and
stuck her head out without stopping
to see whether the sash was up or
not. 1t was not and her head went
through the glass and was somewhat
cut by tie falling pieces.
Detective Smith of Muskegon is at
Hart on the Munson shooting case and
has brought to light letter which
bears the date of March 26 and in it
the writer threatens Mr. Munson's
life if he doesn't Withdraw his name
from The democratic ticket. Every
available clue is being followed, but
nothing has turned up except the
letter.
The sheriff at Port Huron placed All
attachment for 81 600 upon the bag
gage and scenery OF the Brian Boru
onora compouV The pprformaucp
was not interiercd with. The pl9int-
i'll was Eugene Clifford Porterof New
York and a. III. Moore was sole de-
PENDANT. The name OF Manager Fred
&. Whitney did not appear. Whit
ney SAID Moore was no longer part
ner in the company. Whitney settled
the matter SO the company left for
London, Ont, this morning.
Two miners, Eric Nelmv and John
Taloinsari, met a terrible death in the
Calumet mine Friday night. They
were preparing blast 5000 feet be-
Meath the surface in No. shaft, when
all the dynamite they carried eXplod-
ed, blowing them to atoms. The men
had done all the drilling and had a
lot OF giant powder TO fill the holes
with. No one knows how the acci-
dent happened. All the other minors
heard were two loud reports. Only
small pieces of the remains have SO
far been found.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
A Risky Feat.

The Northwest Magazine says that
In running a steamboat from Rainy
Lake river to Rainy Lake, in northern
Minnesota, the craft was compelled 10
plunge over falls ten feet high. With
the force of the current and the full
head of steam the steamboat shot out OF
the water full length, exposing the
whole boat bottom, keel, wheel and
rudder, and then dropped into the boil
ing, swirling water below the falls.
The current was swift, strong and
tortuous, but, luckily, the captain
guided his craft safely into quiet water.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
A Gigantic Gasosn~ser.

The largest and most costly gasometer
In the world stands in the London suburb
of East Greenwich. When full, it contains
IL, 600, 600 cubic feet of gas 1t is $50 feet
high 300 feet in diameter and weighs
something like over 9, 200 tons. Its cost,
exclusive of excavation, was sum equal
to $500, 600 in United States money Elk
pertinent has proven that 1t takes about
1900 tons of the best gas coal To fill this
immense tank with gas.-St Louis Re-
public.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

"You don't have mice here. do you
asked a man going INTO large green
house the other day, and discovering
mouse traps every here and there.
Eyes indeed we do" answered the
proprietor. 1--WE were ovcrrun with
them last month. We have great
many carnations i'm bud and the mice
nippcd OIL the buds ana took them
away with them. didn't know that
there was anything about the buds
that they considered good as an arti-
Gle of diet, but thew evidently like
them.-New York Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Take dollar bill and fold il sever
times each way. Then unfold 1t and
you find ii in creases. Keep the in
crease but send the original bill To
the printer who put YOU onto the
scheme. Then take n silver dollar and
drop it on the counter and notice the
ring 1t makes. Send the ring To your
best girl and the dollar to the printer
and everybody will be happy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
His Fountain of Youth.

An anecdote OF the historian Michelet
newly told but good enough to be old, con-
Grns q friend who said to him How
young you keep, in spite of your gray
hairs For "A reply the old author, whom
30 years Of literary work had not exhaust.
ed, turned to his writing table and point
Ing To the inkstand exclaimed, There Is
my fountain of YOUTH
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
Record.


1t is recorded Of Andrew Johnson
that when, senator or president, he was
invited to dinner party, he was accus-
toned TO ask if any lawyer was to be
among the guests. For, said he, law
yers always lubricate things He took q
greater fancy to William Nj. Evarts, his
attorney general, because of his post
prandial fame than because of his emf
nent legal attaiuments. Green Bag.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

"The female SEX" said the man at
the club lately, is the most illogical
in the world" Nv hat new proof have
men to the canons OF logic?' he was
asked. "Whv. take my wife," he an
swcred. 81 had all the trouble in the
world to get her TO enter her thirties
and now, "A dozen years later, | find
it's quite impossible to get her out of
them.-Elgin Courant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
Heroism.

The heroes OF today are the men and tho
women who do their duty faithfully, as
they find it laid out for them, caring for
family and home and doing what they can
for their neighbors. We have our oppor-
tunities in the daily walks OF life. Men
are growing better every day; more ohival-
rous than before. The race is falling
up, 4" and thousands OF unsung heroes all
around us are enlisted in the work. Rev.
George l.. Perrin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
Goes "A Long Way.

Borax-My wife makes little mon
ey go long way these times.
Henpekt-Su does mine unfortunate
ly. She's always subscribing for mis-
sions in Africa and Polynesia. Pear
son 8 Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Glass bricks are made extensively
in Germany. They are blown with II
hollow center, containing raretied arr.
and they are said to be as strong and
durable as clay bricks. They freely
admit light. SO far, the glass brick
has only been used in the cOnstruc-
ton Of conSorvatories, and has been
voted a success.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Not only acute lung troubles. which
may prove fatal in "A few DAYS but old
chronic coughs and throat tro ubles may
receive immediate relief and be perma-
nently cured by One Min ute Cough
Cure
WE Kennels, St. Louis; b S. Webb
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

1t should be made a matter of public
knowledge that OrWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will speedily cure piles of the
longest Standing. 1t is the household
favorite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises
and sores Of all kinds.
w h. Kennels, st. Louis; b. S Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Thirty years is "A long im- Ia lilht SO
painful a trouble az ul 5 hui Jacob
Minchell of UnlouviI'", Pa. Struggled
that log before h- Ir'"d DrWltt's
Witch III vel 5 hve. which quickly and
permanently cured him ] is equally
effective in eczema and al skin atfvc
tlOns
w. Fl Kennels, -. Louie; b. 5. Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Shun no toll 10 make yourself re-
markable by some one talent. Yet do
not devote yourself to one branch ex-
clusively. Strive to get clear notions
about all. Give up no science entirely,
for all science is one. Seneca.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

1t is vain thought to flee from the
work that God appoints us Cor the sake
Of finding a greater blessing instead of
seeking il where alone it is TO be found
LIN loving obedience -Georpe Blot
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Whatever may be the cause of
blanching. the hair may be restored
to its original color by the use OF that
potent remedy Halls Vegetable Sicil-
ian Hair Remover.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

There are thousands Of bushels OF
potatoes buried in Dayton township,
Tuscola county. Farmers are digging
them from the pits and feeding them
to their stock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Pleasant to take, positive and IN
slant in its results. in fact, the best
cough medicine in the world, DR..
W ood's Norway Pine Syrup.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

In some southern localities the colored
people believe that il crow croaks an odd
number Of times foul weather will follow
II even, the day will be fine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
An Execution

al hardly know whether to marry her
or not, " said the count. Her father Is In
the clothing trade.
"There is money in clothes, said ths
duke.
"There isn't any in mine" said the
count. indianapolis Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

X. G.. Joiner, Allen +. O., Hillsdale
Co., Mich, says: Nothing gave my
rheumatism such quick relief as DR..
Thomas Eclcctric Oil"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Every one Of us, whatever our specula-
tive opinions knows better chan he prao-
tees and recognizes better law than he
obeys. --Froude.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

The President of the GeImania In
surancG Bank of Louisville died some
binatiOn To the reserve vault, which
contained the bands $4,000 gold re-
serve. The efforts OF the bank officials
and experts were frultleSs. and ii was
finally necessary, after 10 hours work,
10 bore into the lock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09

Trust him little who praises all; him
less who censures all, and him Least whc v
indifferent e.. oil --Iavater
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
IiOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward 70,
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F j. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, o.
We the eisigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their firm
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN 4 MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-09
vIeriit
intrinsic value OF r. XS
Hoods Sarsaparilla. u ~ y w.

Merit in medicine means the power 10
cure. Hood ! Sarsaparilia possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according
TO directions, TO purify your blood, or
cure any OF the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain TO receive benefit.
The power 10 cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. IT will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs OF disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the " hole system.