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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
GRAND MAS TEA, only 10 cents, it
don't cost fortune TO give it trial.
Communicated. q.

EDITOR OF RECORD AS to the article
in the RECORD headed, Taken In, or
something similar, would say: admit
l was taken in" as to putting some
in a swindler, the like of
whom with such a scheme, never before
me, or to my knowledge,
any other lawyer. Feeling somewhat
cheap, purposed to keep it to myself.
But the newspaper reporters got hold of
il and bored me until gave them some
thing A publication followed which
needs explanation. l did not take $40
check for retainer / took an order on
the Ann Arbor r. h. Co. TO collect
and for nothing else, and paid nothing
for it. The man had another much
larger and more important claim OF
$4,000 for damages, in settlement of
which he said the r. r. Co. had offered
81, 800 might compromise at 81, 500 or
SO, 900, otherwise sue, He would give
me large per cent for collecting He
then wanted 81 90 for expenses until the
next day when he would be back here
and complete arrangements for going to
work declined to advance it. But
l did advance something the man got
80. 90, but was out by that days trans
action, just sl.OO and no more, without
further explanation. / feel a little
relieved at not being alone. Watching
the papers for week, L traced the same
man working upon lawyers of this state
in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Jackson,
etc., succeeding with some and fail
ing with others, taking $500 out of a
Judge in Kalamazoo. He had the same
general plan or scheme for all. He offered
them big case and wanted little
money for immediate expenses which he
would refund.
FRANCIS PALMER.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
interesting to Teachers.

There has recently come to the atten-
tion of the RECORD some information
relative to the new Michigan Normal
school located at Mt. Pleasant which
will be of interest to many of our read
ers. The aim of the new Normal is to
prepare teachers for the district schools
and the grades of the graded schools
Like the State Normal at Ypsilanti it
grants certificates which exempt the
holders from the endless bother and ex
pense of yearly examinations
The Central Normal offers two courses
one is a short course designed to prepare
teachers for district schools and can be
finished by good students in about year.
1t leads to four years certificate valid
throughout the state.
The other course is longer and pre-
pares teachers for graded school work.
High School graduates can finish the
course in one year. The certificate is
valid throughout the state for six years
if the holder teaches with success.
The yearly expenses Of students are re-
markably low. No young person Of
pluck need lack good preparation for
teaching when the state so generously
offers such opportunities at a nominal
price. The demand for Normal trained
teachers is growing and some school
boards refuse to hire teachers who have
not had Normal instruction.
The school opens Sept I. Inform
alton may be had by addressing the
Principal,
CHAs. MCKENNY,
962-1w Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
M ore Light.

At the regular meeting Of the council
last Tuesday night the location of the
electric lights were determined.
There will be sixteen in number AS
follows:
Corner Maple and Superior.
Corner Center and Grant,
Corner Wright and Superior.
Corner Center and Forest.
Corner Superior and Church.
Corner State and Superior.
North of railroad tracks on South
State street
North of railroad tracks on South
Woodwork
South Woodwork, south of bridge
State street at entrance Of Park.
Corner State and Walnut.
Corner Woodwork and Superior.
Corner Woodwork and Hastings
Corner Superior and Water.
Corner Water and Walnut.
Corner Superior and River.
The locations are good ones and give
entire satisfaction The work of setting
the poles will be commenced at once.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Geographical Study in Drugs

Geo. Sharrar is again distinguishing
himself by an original and instructive
show window display.
In the front window at Webb's may
be seen samples of drugs and drugstore
articles, everything in fact from the
beautiful fine indigo to the biting red
peppers. Strings are so arranged that
they lead the eye from the various art
icles on the sloping window-hoor, to a
large map of the world which serves
for back ground to the collection.
Each acticle is thus connected by a
string to the place on the map where
the article is produced 1t reads like an
open book.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Horse Races at ST. Louis.

An association has been formed in st.
Louis under the auspices of which two
days Race Meet will be held at the St.
Louis driving park on Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. Is and 10th. There are
i'll training in this and adjoining counties
a large number of gamey race horses,
and these together with large number
of outside horses which are to be present,
will insure two-day program OF run
ming, trotting and pacing performances
never excelled in the county. Assur-
ances are already in hand to guarantee
that the three classes for each day will
be filled and the fields evenly matched.
WEDNESDAY AUG. 18th.
year-old. or under trot or pace
2:3O trot or pace,
y mile run.
THURSDAY AUG. 10th.
open trot or pace.
3l5 trot or pace.
a mile run.
In addition to these, special classes
will be formed TO accommodate horses
present. Exhibitions of fast bicycle
riding will be given by the crack riders
of the state. Admission 20 cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Banner erInstitute of Gratiot Co.

Banner Institute of Gratiot Co.
This week the largest institute in the
history of Gratiot Co, is in progress at
Ithaca. Monday morning at 10 o'clock
l64 teachers and would be teachers pres
ented themselves for registration which
number was increased before the day
was over to 1877. Even this was not the
end and Wednesday night the number
was 205. The conductor. Supt. j. w.
Simmons of Owosso, is ably assisted by
Supt. Monroe of st. Johns and Supt.
Cook of Ithaca. The work is divided
into two classes to meet the requirements
of the different grades of teachers Supts.
Cook and Monroe having the classes one
hour and both meeting for the general
exercise in the high school room with
Supt. Simmons the next. The principle
features of the work SO far is the able
and most intensely interesting talks of
Supt. Simmons upon reading, pedagogy,
AMI school management, the work of
Supt. Monroe in history, and that of
Supt. Cook in grammar and mental
arithmetic. Last but by no means least
is the music which is conducted by Mr..
Beckner of Alma College. The words of
commentator which one hears from the
teachers show how much pleasure and
profit this feature adds to the work of
the institute. The management is to be
congratulated upon securing the services
Of so able a man for this work and the
more so because it is new feature. 1t
is to be hoped that this will be continued
| in the future Next week resume of
the work will be given when we will
enter more fully into detail.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

To give you an opportunity of testing
the great merit of Elys Cream Balm,
the most reliable cure for catarrh and
cold in the head, a generous 10 cent trial
size can be had of your druggist or we
mail IL for 10 cents. Full size 90 cents.
ELY BROS, 56 Warren St, n Y. City.
IL is the medicine above all others for
catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold.
| can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety
and it does all that is claimed for it.-B.
w Sperry, HARTFORD, Conn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
GRAND MAS TEA Ioc. all druggist:
Farmers Picnic.

A picnic under the joint management
of Gratiot Co. Grange and the Emerson
and Lafayette Farmers club will be
held in Thos. Growers woods, near
Alma, Friday, Aug 27. Mrs. Mayo,
conductor of the womah's section of the
Farmers Institute, will speak in the
afternoon at 80. Everybody invited.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Notice

All those who have rooms they will
rent TO students please report to me as
soon as convenient Give location of
residence, kind and price of rooms.
J. w EWING,
Sec'y Alma College.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Religious Notes.
METHODIST.

Preaching next Sunday both morning
and evening in the NJ. f. church by the
pastor. Ep. League Tuesday evening.
PRESBYTERIAN
The pastor will preach both morning
and evening. Everybody cordially in
vited.
BAPTIST.
Preaching Sunday morning and eve
ming by the pastor. All are cordially in
vited.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
PRESBYTERIAN.
BAPTIST
German Lessons.

Parties wishing private lessons in Ger
man will do well 10 see me. | will also
start class for children aud will make
the extreme low price of 80 cents per
month.
962-4w. PAUL ENGIEMAN
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhTa Remedy always affords prompt
relief. For sale by Bivins q Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
A Popular Wedding Trip is TO Take
a -. a. G. Steamer to MaCklnaC
IaIand

If you want delightful wedding trip
where you are not likely to meet ac-
quaintances, take one of the new ID. &.
q. steel steamers 20 the island of cool
breezes. Staterooms and parlor reser-
we'd 30 days in advance. Send cents
for illustrated pamphlet. Address
A. A, SCHANTZ, G.. p. A.
Detroit, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

GRAND MAS TEA, 10 cents, cures
stomach, kidney and liver diseases.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
For Sale.
School Boards,

For teachers contracts and notices of
annual meetings, call at this office
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

GRAND MAS TEA Ioc cures bilious
ness, constipation and sick headache.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

Buy your milk of G. A. Kipp and get
good milk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

/ OST:-A ladies' silk collar. red and green
! changeable colors, Finder leave at this
Office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

TWO harness a new lignt double and a second
hand single IN good shape
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

4 DESIRABLE eight room house and one and
"A one half lot with well. cstern. woodhouse
good location, cheap and on easy terms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

4 y eleven room house and excellent lot for
y sale House in good condition. on stone
wall good cellar well and cistern, water works
connection. Good location. viii sell cheap
for part payment cash
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13
Bargain Column.

| HAVE a new top carriage. n platform spring
Il wagon, second hand. and road cart, all in
good shape
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

DOR SALE CHEAP. Bedstead. springs and
Il mattress. Mrs. KITS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

4 TWENTY acre farm lls miles from post
n office. Alma Is acres cleared. Good
house and grainery. tHir barn. house on stone
wall, good cellar, well and cistern. Good orch
ard and lots of small fruit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

DOR SALE rst-class water tlter and cooler
Il combined with separate compartment for
ice. Makes cistern or river water safe to
drink Inquire OF L. II. HAYT. 96l If
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

on acres, well improved. fair buildings. will
OO sell sheap and on time, or e1 1chaDge for
stock OF goods
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-13

EOR sae;-Top buggy for sale or will trade for
Il grain. GEO EMERICK.
The Press., 1897-10-14
Do Metals Become Tired9

Various instances are on record where metals, while not showing any appre- ciable wear. have literally fallen to pieces, and that without any assigned cause. On one occasion a steel rail, after 22 years continuous service on the Great Northern railway, in Eng land, actually disintegrated under the wheels of a passing train, So complete was the breaking up that scientists thought it worthy of investigation, dur ing which it was determined that the metal had become exhausted and had broken down, just as an overstrained animal might be expected to do This has led to further inquiry, and scien- lists are satisfied that metals do become tired out Fine cracks often appear in steel rails, and it has been supposed that they aIe caused ty the continuous con cussion of railway wheels This, how ever, seems to be Contradicttd by the examination of newly made rails, in which similar tiue lines occur The idea that etals become weary. while not altogether a new one, is to an ex tent a plausible one and under the care tul scrutiny of scientific societies will probably be satisfactorily explained and settled. New York Ledger
The Press., 1897-10-14
Spiders as Weather Prophets.

One of the best of weather prophets is the spider If there happens to be a web in the secluded corner of the porch, watch it carefully for few days or weeks, and the spider will unfailingly predict the coming of storms.
 When a high wind or heavy rain threatens, the spider may be seen talk ing in sail with great energy-that is, shortening the rope filaments that sus- tain the web structure If the storm is to be unusually severe or of long dura- tion, the ropes are strengthened as we'll as shortened, the better to resist the on set of the elements, Not until pleasant weather is again close at hand will the ropes be heightened as before On the contrary, when you see the spider run ming out the slender filaments it is cer- tain that calm, fine weather has set in, whose duration may be measured by their elongation.
 Every 24 hours the spider makes some alteration i'll its web to suit the weather If these changes are made toward even ing, just before sunset, a fine. clear night may be safely counted upon When the spider sits quiet and dull in the middle of its web. rain is not far off. If it be active, however, and con- tinues so during a shower, then it will be of brief duration, and sunshine will follow. w.-Chicago Record
The Press., 1897-10-14
Hamerton's Marriage.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton heartily dis approved marriage made in the French manner. And yet one morning." he says in his autobiography, "when was writing on my desk Ga tall oak desk that used to stand up to) the idea sud denly came, as if somebody had uttered these words in my ear: Why should you remain lonely all your daysr Eu- genie Gindriez would be an affectionate and faithful wife to you. She is not rich, but you would work and fight your way
 ''I pushed aside the sheet of manu- script and took sheet of notepaper in- stead. I then wrote in French letter to a lady in Paris who knew the Gin driez family and asked her if Mile. Eugenie was engaged to be married. The answer came that she was well and that there had been no engagement. Soon afterward was in Paris.
 "I called on M. Gindriez, but his daughter was not at home. asked per- mission to call in the evening, and she was out again. This was repeated two or three times, and my wife told me afterward that these absences were not accidental. At last we met, and there was nothing in her manner but cer- tain gravity, as if serious resolutions were impending. Her sister showed no such reserve, but greeted me gayly and frankly. After few days was accept ed on the condition of an annual visit to France.
 From a worldly point of view this engagement was what is called in French une folie, on my part, and hard ly less so on the part of the young lady We had, however, kind of inward as surance that in spite of the difference of nationality and other differences we were, in truth, nearer to each other than most people who contract matrimonial engagements. The electric affinities act in spite of all appearances and of many realities "
The Press., 1897-10-14
Men With Mem ories.

The advantages of good memory to the historian are obvious, and we find it said of Gibbon that when he had once read book it was of no further use to him; 1t was as a sucked orange and could be thrown away. Carlyle like wise had a prodigiously retentive mind, while of Macaulay's prowess in this line there are many stories told. He could read a book in the time it would take another man to cut the leaves, and, notwithstanding this lightning rapidity. he knew it all perfectly. Once, when crossing the Irish channel, he re- peated to himself the whole of "Para- disc Lost, '' and it was said that if all Milton's works were lost Macaulay could have restored them from memory. While waiting in a Cambridge coffee house for post chaise he picked up a country newspaper containing two po- litical pieces, which he read once through and never thought of again for 40 years, when he was able to repeat them without the change of a single word. Words.
The Press., 1897-10-14
me RookkeepeFJ. Bete Noirs.

Ask a bonkkeeper what his "bldck beast is, and he will tell you the monthly trial balance St of you know what that is. Of course. but the majority of you perhaps do not, Let us explain briefly In double entry bookkeeping, the only kind that de- serves the name of bookkeeping, every debit must have its credit-that is to say, every item that is carried to the debit of one account must be carried tc the credit of another.
 Say, for example, you buy bill of goods from a merchant. He enters the amount to your debit on his books and at the. same time credits an account called "me rchandise, this account be- ing debited with all tie goods brought into the stock and credited with all the goods sold from it When you pay the bill, you are credited with the amount, and an account called leash" is debit ed, because it receives the money.
 This will explain to the uninitiated the meaning of the term double en- try" and it will also explain why, after the entries have all been carried to the ledger and balances have been struck thereon, the debits and the cred its will agree if the books have been correctly kept To test the correctness of his work the bookkeeper takes of every month a trial balance, which consists simply of the debit balances in one column and the credit balances in another If they foot up the same, the work has been correctly done If they vary, he must look for and find the CT TOT or errors before the next month $ business is entered on the ledger
 . You can readily understand, there fore, why the trial balance is the book keeper black beast. We have known cases in which trif1ing errors have elud- ed the most caresul search for several days and nights and even for weeks, torturing the soul of the bookkeepel almost past endurance But he has tc stand it, for the error must be found. Philadelphia Times
The Press., 1897-10-14
The Future ,f the Red Man.

Having briefly reviewed some of our past history, the fact must be admitted that when the white men first visited our shores we were kind and confiding, standing before them like a block of marble before the sculptor, ready to be shaped into noble manhood. Instead of this, we were oftener hacked to pieces and destroyed.
 It is useless to deny the charge that at times we have been goaded to vim dictive and cruel acts Some of my own tribe, however, were soldiers in the northern army during the civil war Some of them were taken and held pris- oners in the rebel prisons, and the cruelty which, according to the tales they tell, was witnessed there was never outdone in border warfare with the scalping knife and tomahawk, and yet I believe that had the northern people been placed in the south under like cir cumstances their prisoners of war would have been treated with similar cruelty It was the result of a desperate effort to save an expiring cause. 1 be- lieve there is no reasonable person, well grounded i'll United States history, who will not admit that there were ten times as many who Herlshed miserably ill southern prisons us have been killed by our people since t:oe discovery of America recall tljt~e facts not to censure, but to show tlat cruelty and revenge are the of spring of war. not of race. aud that nntu1c has placed no inn passable gulf between us and civiliza- tion.
 While l most heartily indorse the present policy of the government in dealing with our people, l must admit, to be true 10 Fly tNu convictions. that l an worried. Cvtl the ration sys- tenn. under which so many of our people are being fed on the reservations. greatly fear it may eventually vaga- bondize many of them beyond redemp- tion. It permits the gathering of lazy. immoral white mon of the worst stamp, who spend their time ill idleness and in corrupting Indian morality. Simon Pokagon in Forum
The Press., 1897-10-14
RicheIieu as an Editor.

The first reporter of France was Louis XIII. The National library possesses the manusEripts of 36 articles written by that king. Almost all are accounts of his military operations. These arti- cles were published in the Gazette de France. The "copy." however, did Tot go directly to the printer. Louis XIII wrote abominablo French, and he had vague notions of photography. His ar ticles were corrected and often entirely rearranged by a secretary named Lucas, who copied them, sending to Richelieu the new manuscript. Richelieu exam. ined it in his turn and often introduced additional corrections. At the siege of Corbie the king wrote few lines eulo- gistic of the cardinal, but afterward crossed them out of his article Riche- lieu wrote them in again, and so they appeared in the Gazette de France Revue de Paris.
The Press., 1897-10-14
The Short Stops of the Train.

Sustained journey speed, from end to end of a run, is not merely a matter of high speed between statIons It involves also makire the station stops short, The more stops here are the more i'm portant is IromptEess at stations, The observant Il an who travels much can- not fail to Lotice the effect on trainmen, on station n: en and even on passengers of habitual fast running. All hands get trained to alertnees and precision ot movement. It is d fine thing to watch the handling of a ,t?y sr train at g statiCn. 1t Is iLt:1lc;:,.Lg u see the speed without haste of the inspectors and the baggaeemen, the quick and smooth change of engines and the cut ting off of the dining car. I have seen the other extreme on a Southern rail road, where the easy going conductor ran past flag station and tEcn backed down a mile to let of CnC LasSeuger His serene indifference to time did not make me feel any safer cn lis train, - Engineering Magazine
The Press., 1897-10-14
Unfortunate Omission.

One of the most singular instances o1 punishment for an oversight was that shown by the commitment of an alma mao maker to the Bastille in 1717
 It was made out by order of the Duke of Orleans, regent during the minority of Louis V of France, and read as fol lows:
 Laurence d'Henry. for disrespeot te King George in not mentioning him in his almanac as king of Great Brit. ain.
 How long this unlucky almanac mak- CT remained in prison is unknown, The register of the Bastille. examined at the time of the revolution, failed to throw any light on the subject Youth < I,omnanion
The Press., 1897-10-14
The Human Electric Battery.

The superstition that human beings should sleep with their heads to the north is believed by the French to have for its foundation a scientific fact. They affirm that each human system is ill it. self all electric battery, the head being one of the electrodes, the feet the other Their proof was disc overed from expert ments which the Academy of Sciences was allowed to make on the body of 8 man who was gnillotined.
 This was taken the instant it fell and placed upon a pivot free to move as it might. The head part, after a little vacillation, turned to the north, and the body then remained stationary. It was turned half way round by one of the professors, and again the head end of the trunk moved slowly to the cardinal point due north, the same results being repeated until the final arrestation of organic movement