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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Muscular King.

A king with a strong arm Is King
Carlos of Portugal. Once upon a time
in the not long ago he went out hunt
ing. His horse took fright and rushed
headlong down the mountain. down
toward n fTightful precipice. A few
yards more and horse and rider would
be dashed TO pieces. But up rose the
King In his stirrups and brought his
iron fists down on the poor beasts head
with-well-witha whack. The horse
dropped as il stvuct by lightning and
tho rtS4r was s.fe
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

II have never had a day sickness
in my lie" said mddlc-aged mar
the other day. What "a comfort il
would be" sigh, some poor invalid,
"to bee in hi, place for year or two
Yet half of the invalid- w see might
be just a. healthya, hc, if they would
only take proper care OF themselves,
eat proper food-and digger it. It's
so strange that such simple things are
overlooked by those who want health.
Food makes health. 1t makes
strcngth--and strength wards of sick
ness. The man who had never bccK
sick was strong because he Away di-
9cstcd his food, and YOU could become
the same by helping your stomach 10
work n well IL his. Shaker Di4cs i've
Cordial will help your stomach and
will make you strong and healthy by
making the food you eat make YOU
fat
Druggists sell il. Trial bottle 70
cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
4 BOTTLE Cannon.

Take thick empty bottle-a champagne
quart bottle will do-and pour water into
It until ii is one-third full. In the water
dissolve one of the powders-bicarbona
Of soda, that druggists sell to make settlers
water.
Put the contents of the other package,
tartaric acid, in playing card rolled up
into "A tube and tied around with a thread,
one end Of the tube being sealed or plugged
with two pellets Of blotting paper.
suspend this miniature cartridge from
the cork by means of n piece of thread at
tachcd by a tin tack. The open end Of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

because the weather happens
to be warm. If you have a
weak throat, a slight hacking
cough, or some trouble with
the bronchial tubes, summer is
the best time to get rid of it.
If you are losing flesh there is
all the more need OF attention.
Weakness about the chest and
thinness should never 60 to-
gether. One greatly increases
the danger Of the other. Heal
the throat, cure the cough, and
strengthen the whole system
now. Keep taking SCOTS
Emulsion all summer.
For sale by all druggists at soc and sr.oa
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

There are thousands of cases ON re-
cord where persons suffering from
consumption have been completely
cured by the Use of Aunt RachacP>
lIorchound Herb, Elecampanc Root,
and Spcel', Grape Juice, and persons
are willing to-day TO testify 10 the
miraculous cures wrought for them
by this pleasant and most effective
remedy Used by public speakers.
For sale by druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
A BACK BLOW.
The Weapon Small - but None More
Certain or Effective.

In these times when backs are lame
rnnn almost every other one we meet has
.uw and then, or all the time, a back tha
hes or pains Ia weak back. 80 d" a baG
ack. back that makes their life mi.
ny to bear - and still they go on day b
lay in pain and suffering Now lis ill.,
ascst thing in the world to give til
1aycd out back "A blow that will sctti.
r. and put in its place new one equal
any It's just like this hit at the cau-
most backachcs come from kidney di-ol
,crs Reach the kidneys. start the.
cloggcdup fihrcs i'm operation; when thi-
is done YOU can say good bye 10 backaChc
Here is "a case from Battle Creek: Mr
Josiah W. Shoup lives mo > Broad Street
he was a member OF the Battle Creek pc
lice force for many years rs member
of the force he served the city well. but
thc rough weather hc was often subjected
fo laid the foundation of kidney disorder.
which has troubled him very much Here
D. what hc says about it:
About three years ago. while ON the
police force. ! contracted from exposure a
kidney trouble. which has since given me
no end of trouble. The pain was right
through my kidneys and across the small
If my back if sitting down and ! wanted
to stand up, | had To arise very slowly and
gently to avoid increasing the pain; had
such tired.out feelings all the time and |
was steadily getting worse About Two
months ago, hearing of Doan's Kidney
Pills. got a box Their action and cil,e
was most complete, they removed the old
aching pains for good. can now get
around rs quickly as anybody. Doau S
Kidney Pills are certainly as represented "
For sale bv all dealers. Price 30 cents
Mailed by Foster NIlburn Co. Buffalo,
y. Y. sole agents for the t. : Remember
the name, Dodn's and take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS.
LAonsss Who Nursed Puppy-The Cat
and Her Chickens.

Animate form very strong and very
strange friendships, says the New York
Journal. Thus, for instance, lioness
from Somaliland has recently taken un-
der her most tender protection youth
full buli-terrier, which she treats AS well
rs if he were her own son and heir. Curl
ouslN enough, she will have nothing
whatever 20 do with her young friends
affectionate brothers and sisters, and
while the fayOrite reposes securely un-
der her protecting paw, she has nothing
but IL very suggestive snsrl for all the
rest.
Again, there is young Maltese cat,
which, on finding out in some mysteri-
oIs manner that nestful of tiny chick
ems were left motherless, took the or
phaned family at once i'm hand (or,
rather paw and the fluffy party made
Themselves Immediately at home in the
warm fur coat Of the strange foster
mother. If, we are told. one Of the bac
bies ever happens 20 stray too far afield,
the furry fOstcrmother recalls it at
once with plaintiff new.
An equally curious case is told by
NJ. Belief of a terrier and a cat, both
ef whom were the mothers of happy
families in the same stables, eXchang-
ing their progeny and nursing and
tending their adopted children with the
utmost care. At the Jardin DIES Plantes.
in Paris, lionesS and hound live in
the same cage in perfect peace and
friendship, and in n corner in north
Germany gamekeeper has recently
reared a mixed litter of pups and fox
cubs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
TIE First Inquest.

The nearest approach To the holding Of
judicial inquiry into the cause OF death
In England occurred as long ago as the
year 1900 when, according 70 an old wri.
ter ON the subject, six and twenty veneer
aGle persons were summoned together q
hear I'D consider the testimony OF any
who could speak with authority regarding
the death OF digger in the fields named
Martin BU'.ovcr
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Easily Decided.

Mother, said Johnnie after deep
thought, suppose | should knock this
vase OF the table and catch it. Then 1
wouldn catch it, would II
MIME, | suppose not, " his mother
slowly a,,cntcd
"But, 90 continued Johnnie, still toying
with the vase, If | should knock il of
and not catch IT, then | would catch it.
wouldn't IL
"Ycs, you would, his mother grimly
returned this time with quick decision
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

~ was completely covered witt
sores. Every muscle in my body
ached. lad been sick for five wears
Doctors could do me no good. Mos,
Of my time WAS spent in bed; was e
complete wreck. Burdock Blood Bit.
terS have completely cured me i'm three
months Mrs Annie /oepcn. Crooks
town. NJ inn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Everybody SAYS So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing 20 the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels
cleansing the entire system, dispel coius,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousuess. Please buy and try box
of G.. G.. G. to-day; 10, -. 80 cents. Sold ana
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
4 Mistake.

a bright little 4-ycar-old boy was lying
In the grass and looking into the shy whom
he spicd the moon. He was astonishod to
see IL In the daytime. Suddenly jump
ing up, hc rushed into the house and cried,
"Oh, mamma, God forgot TO take his
moon in last night. '-ExchaGge
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Il crave but one Nluute. said th'
pubic speaker in HUSKY voice and
then he took a dose OF one Minute
Cough Gre, and proceeded WIN hl,
oratOry one Minute Cough cure Is
unequalled for throst and lung troubles.
W. II Kennels, - Louis; Is ; Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Kitty understand MIR. Softeigh fet
of the dock and it was 10 minutes befors
he was f~hcd out
Jane-How did nc keep his head sbo~
water so longs
Kitty-It was the lightest part pro
sumo Detroit Frte PreAA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Charity is a universal duty, which il
is III every mans power sometimes t.
practice, since every degree Of assistance
given TO another, upon proper Inotlves,
is an act Of charity, and there is scarce
ly any man i'll such a state Of imbecility
rs that he may not, on some occasions,
benefit his neighbor. johnson
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

your dealer tells You that some
thing else i ''ju>t rs good" as Doan'.
Ointment for Lives, Pm Worms. Itch
INC Piles, or other itchiness of the
skin, tell him you want the original
1t is safe; never failing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

With the early penmakers the problem
of point was the most serious, and .
long time elapsed before it was dsdnite
iy solved.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Vim, vigor and victory: ihes'
are the characteristics of Dewitt =,
Little Early r sers the famous lttle
pills for constipation, hiliOuSness anc
all stomach and liver troubles
WI Kennels, 81 Louis; b. : Webb
4 ma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Though Kerosene j. frequently used A.
laundry work and in scrubbing the kitch
en- sink, il j. not generally known that II
can bee successfully used 10 remove grease
from china silk Of even delicate shades 4
dress. part of which was covered with
axle grease, was washed in kerosene,
which took out all the black grease. The
cleansing was finished by putting the
brcadths through SudS made from soaI
and hot water and rinsing thoroughly
Kerosene is useful also in cleaning wrought
Iron and in removing rust from steel.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

For any of those unexpected meg.
gourioS common To children in The
summer, DR.. Fowler, Eat. of Wild
Straw berry is am mtiIin4 cure Il
is na'urc'~ specific tor summer COM
pluiul m an d.. forms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Discerning.

better began.
himself
"Of all " she said softly to herself
"Thcn there are otheys. '-Indianapoh
Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Freezes Water In n Kite.

A Yankee farmer in Brazil who lOnged
for ice water has utilized a kite for the
purpose Of obtaining ice. BE fills tin
can with water and sends 1t TO the
height Of three miles, where IL is prompt
ly frozen. After ii sufficient interval the
kite is rapidly hauled in and the cake Of
ice secured. The inventor is so pleased
with his toy that II is said he now pro
poses to send up a kite $50 feet long by
a steel wire cable. Under the kite will
be suspended pulley, over which runs
an endless chain bearing cans attached
10 hooks. The cans Will be filled with
water ana the speed Of the belt upon
which they will run will be regulated
so that the topmost cans will he con
yerted into ice sufficiently hard to wits
stand the downward journey.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
MARVELLOUS FLoRlzeL REUTER-.
A Little Boy who Has Musical Talent and
Whose General knowledge l. Wonderful

A pair Of dimpied baby lands graspins
violin bow, u rosy check pressed against
an Instrument many times too large for
him, a soul full Of music-this was the
picture that attracted Max Bcndix % the
wonderful little boy, Florizcl Reuter- He
needs no higher Endorsement I'm the music
al world than the fact that Max Bcndix
has taken him in charge and predicts for
him brilliant future.
Florizcl Reuter- is boy ~ years old,
yellow haired, blue eyed, with a sunny
face full Of intelligence and rs handsome
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
vi q {! :

That is just The truth about Hoods Sar
saparilla. We know it possesses merit
because it cures, not once or twice or
hundred times, but la thousands and
thousands of cases. We know it cures,
absolutely, permanently, when all Others
fail TO do any good whatever. We repeat
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

be man who keeps up
with the procession
nowadays must be
strong enough TO
stand long, forced
marches. This is a
busy world we live
in, buster than il
ever was before, in
any other age, and
this is the busiest
country in the world.
The country is full
of ambitious, encr-
getic, strong, brainy
men, each Of whom
i trying 20 lead his
= own particular pro-
>cession. II his body
fails, or his brain
fails the man must
fall out Of the ranks
must lose his posi-
ton must, perhaps,
make the rest Of the
journey in an am
bulance.
The road 20 sue
cess is full of strag-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Chicago has bird hospital, the onl,
one of its kind, it is said, in this country
Here sick and wounded birds are receivet
and cared for
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

There is time for everything; and
the time 10 attend 10 cold is when il
starts Don't wait till YOU have con
sumption bur drevent it by using one
Minute Cough Cure, the great remedy
for coughs, colds croup. bronchitis and
all throat and lung troubles,
w. II Kennels, ST. Louis; b ). Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

The reason why so few people are
agreeable in conversation is that each is
thinking more of what he is intending
TO say than Of what others are saying.
and we never listen when we are plan.
ming to speak. -Rochefoucauld.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weas
men strong, blood pure. soc 81 d "a ururg SIS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Tricks In All Trades.

This man robbed me, judge"
"How did he do ity'
~ went to him with the toothache, Anc
instead of pulling the aching tooth he
pulled one with so gold Grown Oh IL i"
Chicago Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
vi Yiit

Made and Merit Maintains heconiidenct
of the people in Hoods Sarsaparilla. liza
medicine cures you when sick; If 1t makes
wonderful cures everywhere, then beyond
all question that medicine possesses merlt
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-30
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Vespucci himself must not be held re-
sponsible for the usurpation. The I'M
conscious criminal was certain Martin
Waldseemueller of Fribourg, an eminent
cosmographer patronized by Rene, Duke
of Lorraine. THE Duke probably showed
letter of Vespucci's to his geographical
friend, who incorporated its contents
with the treatises which he was issuing
under the assumed name of 'Hylacomy
las and, as these publications had a
wide circulation, the use of the name
America thus became propagated through
out the world.-From John Cabot, by
the Marquis of Dufferin, in the July
Scribners.
For many years in Calcutta Grain
gambling has fourished, and now it has
reached point that the Bengal council is
to grapple with it. At some seasons of
the year when rain is expected the streets
are blocked by excited betters, and the
bookmakers have shallow tanks on their
house roofs, the betters laying odds on
whether the tanks will overflow at given
moment.
I: If outstanding armies--of Europe were
marched in rows of five and at the rate of
three miles an hour it would take nine
and one half days before every man could
have passed a given point.
In Mexico the bananas that are consid-
cred best by many are only about two
inches long.
There is now in the British museum a
nickel in the slot machine which dates
from period long before the birth of
Christ. 1t is combination of Jug and
II. a1Ds e., -
holy water. A coin of the value of 5
drachmas dropped into the slot opened q
valve which allowed a few drops Of the
liquid to escape
The system of woodworking known as
the "built up method, and now coming
more and more into vogue, is said to be
employed advantageously in the manu-
facture of doors, the claim being that by
thus cementing together thin boards or
veneers of different woods transversely
with the grain greater strength, fexi-
bility and durability are obtained than
exists in an equal sized piece of any of
the woods individually.
French. bicyclists have chafed under the
tax of ten francs per machine. An amend
ment has been proposed by which this tax
is to be reduced to five francs for the null
tiple machine. Under the new regulation,
the custom dues on all machines and
parts brought into France will be
doubled.
Some architects are still afraid of the
Chicago method, as the steel cage con-
struction is called, and lean heavily when
they can on their masonry, but for the
lofty tower on small base the steel gage
is inevitable. No one can tell how long
it will stand the test of time. There are
1850 tons of steel in building $40 feet
high, which weighs in all IS, 900 tons, and
the metal will surely corrode; but how
long before its sustaining strength will
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-30

be vitiated to the danger point is a ques
ton that no one can answer empirically,
and the present generation of builders is
not likely to know how we'll or how bad
ly it has builded From The Modern
Business Building, by J. Lincoln Steff-
ems, in the July Scribner.
Many English manufacturers agitate for
a revision of the law providing
that foreign goods must be
marked in plain letters showing the
country of their origin. This has not
decreased, but rather advertised the in
dustries of some countries. 1t is now
proposed that all goods imported into
England should be marked foreign
made" only, without reference to the
country in which they are manufactured.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-30

Ex-Gov, Boies thinks free silver at the
ratio Of 16 to one was killed in the last
campaign, and that it will be no use to
attempt to revive it. That is not William
~. Rryan's opinion, nor is it the opinion
apparently of the majority of the Demo-
cratic party. If there were national
campaign tomorrow the Democratic party
would make the principal issue of it free
coinage at the ratio of 16 to one. Events
| move rapidly in this country, however,
new issues are constantly coming to the
front and he would be a rash man who
would predict today what the principal
issue will be in a campaign yet three
years away. Six months before the last
election it seemed practically certain that
protection and free trade would be the
chief issue in that campaign, yet as mat
ter of fact that question was hardly heard
of after the campaign opened. The cur
| rency question obscured every other.
| Whether the currency question will
i figure as prominently in the campaign of
1900 depends chiefly upon the industrial
and business conditions which prevail at
| that time. Free coinage had big run
year ago, not because the people had
studied it and made up their minds that
it was sound theory, but because they
/ were si3k, and free coinage was offered as
a panacea which would cure all their ills.
They took it, just as men physically sick,
take quaek nostrums, because the proprie-
tors of it said it would cure. Whether
4 they will take 1T again in 1900 depends
| largely upon whether at that time the
majority of the people are sick or are
well. If business is good, if factories are
running, if labor is generally employed
at good wages there will be no demand
for quack nostrums, and free silver coin
age cannot. be made to go. But if, on the
other hand, business and industry are in
the condition of year ago undoubtedly
free silver will be more popular even
than it was a year ago. 1t will be then
about the only remedy for hard times
which the people have not tried, and the
disposition to experiment with it will be
strong. The free silver apostle will be in
a position to go before the country and
say 'you have tried the gold standard
and still business and industry languish !;
you have tried tariff made by the
friends of protection and still labor is
unemployed and wages are tending to de-
cline" Such cry will undoubtedly
prove exceedingly effective. The argu-
ment on it's merits is overwhelmingly
against free coinage at 16 to one, but ar
guments avail little with men out of sorts
when matched against loud promises of
relief Good times will sound the death
knell of the free silver agitation; but con-
tinued business depression is almost GER
tain to give it additional force and effect.
| The free silver apostle understands this
perfectly, and that is the reason why he is a
bear in the prosperity market. Like the
vender of nostrumlfor disease he sshas a
strong motive for not wanting the COM
munity to be abnormally healthy.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-30
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Steps are being taken to establish
twenty thousand French colonists in Mex
leo. The colonists will be brought from
the southern part of France and will pay
a nominal price for the land. The Mexi-
can government favors the scheme as it
will give an impetus to the settling up of
that part of Mexico which at present is a
comparatively wild region. The coffee
raised there is said to be the best in
Mexico and commands high. price in the
markets of the world.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-30

Though they may not be entirely recon-
ciled to duty on hides the New England
Senators decided that they must
niide by the decree of the caucus and so
tae vote of no one of them.was recorded
opposition to that duty when it was
yot d on in the Senate Monday. 1t was
largely the opposition of New England
That kept a similar duty out of the Nc
kinley law, but since that time western
strength in the Senate has become great
err, and New England has to give way to in
sure harmony before duty it successfully
fought six years ago. 1t has been urged
against this duty that the farmer would
not be benefited Eby.it, but that the profit
of it, if any, would go into the hands of
the Cattle Trust. But an equally good