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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14
CANNED WITH THE TOMATOES
Factory Girl Loses Watch In This
Manner

Factory Girl Loses Watch In This
Manner
The finding of a gold watch and chain
in can of tomatoes by an Indianapo-
lis woman brings out remarkable
story, says the indianapolis News. The
find was reported aud the circumstance
noted in the News. and the next day
a young woman who is employed in a
cannery appeared at the Office and iden-
titled the watch and chain.
She lost them, she said. two years ago,
and while employed at the factory. She
did not know how she lost them, and adj
vertised in the News at the time for
several days. She says this would have
discovered her property if it had not
been sealed in can in a storehouse.
She had long ago bought a new one.
The lost one was dearcr TO her, however,
both because it was prettier and be-
cause it was given TO her. Her theory
is that the watch and pendant chain
dropped from her belt into one of the
elevator buckets OF tomatoes, was car
fied to the filler, and went through the
fller TO the can. The bow. or ring,
which connects watch and chain, was
not found, and il is believed that this
part was not solid gold, and was, there
fore, eaten by the acid Of the tomatoes.
The handspring was broken, but every
thing else kept intact during the two
years handling Of the can, and the
watch is again as good as new and is
keeping good time. The foreman OF
the factory says that another watch
was lost by one of the girls last year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

The perpendicularity Of monument
a visbly affected by the rays Of the sun.
On every sunny day a tail monument
has regular lean from the sun. This
phenomenon is due 10 the greater OK
pansion of the side on which the rays
of the sun fall.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14
Westminster Han.

Westminster hall has been closed 10
the public, except when under suryeils
lance, since the dynamite explosions
II years ago. The st. James Gazette
suggests that II is time 10 take away
the policemen and to let Visitors enter
the hall freely.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hive, in
fact. any of various torturidg, itchy
diseases of the skin. Doan's Ointment
Is an instant and positive remedy
Get it from your dealer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

When man is going to make an
investment hl- wilcalways says. Now
are YOU very sure YOU OughI l. do
that - 50 il il turns orr wrong she
can say she advised him against it
y. Y. Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

Halls Hair Remover enjoys the con-
iidencc and patronage OF people all
over the civilized world. who use it
to restore and keep the halr a natural
color.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

II burned my finger very badly.
The pain was intense. DIR. Thomas
Eclcctric Oil brought relief i'm three
minutes. 1t was almost magicl.
never saw any thing like it," Amelia
Swords, Sauudersvillc, ..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

The man who hoped TO marry an
ideal ought to be satisfied IT lac dis
covers. after the honeymoon, that he
has won true wOman.-Boston Home
Journal,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

Little Sister-W What's the difference
tween Electricity and lightnin'? Lit
tie Brother-You don't have to pay
hothin' fur lightnin'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

The neglect of "a cold j. often fatal.
DR.. Wood, Norway Pine syrup con-
tains all the soothing virtues OF the
pine. Never fails to cure.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

Don't YOU think your son little
fast, Mrs. Swcctly? Far from il. He
is SO slow that we can never get him
TO breakfast before noon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

While little learning is a danger
Gus thing it sometimes makes one
happier than "A good deal OF it.-Dai-
las News.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

When a man
gets his blood
and nerves in
perfect order,
he $ huts the
door again st
disc ase and
death. Germs
have no effect
on a perfectly
healthy body.
II is when the
body is weak
and the blood
impure that dis
t ase germ s
lodge and de
velop. A man
may get well
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14

Children al hate To take Castor Oil
but not LaXol, which j. palatablc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-14
Wanted-An Idea

Protect your IDEAS they may bring you wealth
write JOHN wEDDERBCRN 4 CO, Patent Altos
seys Washington. ID. g., for their Gl,sO prize one
and list OF two hundred inventions wanted.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
To Double up Counties.

Abilene, Kan. Jan. 17.-One of the
bills that will be introduced early in
the coming session of the Legislature
is OF great interest to the people of the
state. and especially those who are out
on the frontier. 1t Is In the hands of
Representative l. n. TRY Of Bourbon
county, and provides that thirty-nine
counties on the western side OF the
state, and comprising 5000 square
miles, shall be dlsorganized, and out
of the territory be made four large
counties. with provisions that will
conduce to the business OF cattle rails
ing and such other interests as are
adapted to the territory. Only two of
ihhfs hfffs aHa ma55Ty h55f Ho5f fem have
less than so.
Most of these counties were laid out
in the boom times. and they embrace
more than a third of the states area.
but less than one-sixth of Its popula-
tion. They are losing populati ton all
the time. Fully 1900 people went
out of them last year, and there Is but
one way for the remainder to AFFORD
to stay. and that is by getting into a
kind of business that the country can
make profitable. That Is probably cat
tie production.
1t is asserted that the burdens of in
debtedness are too great for the in
habitants. and that II they cannot
have relief 1t will be but short time
when this part of the state will be
rented territory owned by. the East.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
CHEAP MONEY in NEW YORK.
Banks PIiinK up DeposIts and Not InereAs-
Ing Loans,

New York, ian. 1.-THE Finanfier
OF yesterday says:
New York is now the cheapest non
ey center in the world, and the State
ment made by the clearing house
banks for the week ending January
49, showing further increase In sur
plus reserves of SS,lS1 .U75, is an tndi-
cation that 1t will remain so for al in-
definite period.
Up to the first of the present lear
the New York banks reported ste4dy
expansion in loans. the Increase fpm
November TO January having f4en
less than $49,Oo0.0O0. Since Jant9ry
2, however, the loans of the ba3ks
have increased only $4,000, or pritti-
cally nothing, while deposits in the
two weeks have expanded to the elbr
nous sum of $26,GO0,0O0. This ad{u-
mutation has been of no use to ehe
banks and shows why the loan nAr-
ket has fallen of so rapidly. Siee
January the cash holdings of he
banks have risen S25.536, 600. In Ah-
er words, the deposits remain i13c-
| tive in the bank.
In view of these facts the efforts te-
ing made by a number of New Y%k
banks to maintain Il minimum inter}st
| rate OF per cent, appears to be $e-
less, although the slight change inthe
loan item is evidence that they kye
not abandoned the agreement wtch.
| it is asserted. some of them hye
made. The statement is interesting,
, especially rs relating to purchased OF
sterling bills. The advance in stetng
lis narrowing the profit to smalltdg-
ure, and while the low money ratd or
themselves favor an advance, the
heavy foreign trade balances repoked
for the month and the year do nojen-
courage the belief that exchange Will
rise to gold exporting point. Thatn-
vestments made In foreign bills, We
carrying of which In really lendAg
money TO Europe. stand to lose thef-
fore quite Ms much as to gain
In the meantime what to do WITH
the heavy surplus carried by the Nv
York banks is serious problem. Sr-
face Indications now favor an adyare
In stock prices. as low money viii
stimulate buying and industry in en-
eral, and 1t is not unreasonable to sv
that the heavy surplus Will be h.
sorbed to large extent in dome,ic
expansion. If this proves true. be
United States will enter upon an -
OF prosperity during the comao
spring which has not been eonnsd
| since. the early '9Oe.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
WOLCOTT's MISSION.
BUSY INTERVIEWING RiMErAL.
LISTS.
London Financi-r. Int-rsstsd-Prssahdt,
of the lndiau Mlnta Bvtns RsoPeasA.

Denver. ian. 1S.-The Republican
prints a special from New York ~ fol
lows:
A cablegram from london says: len
atOr Wolcott has not considered 1t his
mission to en.ighten the minds OF
newspaper reporters on the subject OF
bimetallism. lie has not taken the
London press into his cOnfidence. but
has kept his own counsel and acted
with great discretion. IT would be
mistake to assume he has passed an
idle week; he has been studying the
ground. has made the acquaintance OF
Hon. Arthur J. Balfour and other
members of the government, ana has
been brought into personal reiAtieps,
not only with the bimetallist lead9s-
but also with eminent financiers, lie
Lord Roihschild and Indian admtais-
traitors like Lord Lansdowne. Ger
talnly he has secured access to the
best sources of Information on &be
monetary question. He will remain
In London for the next ten days, Spd
Will have the best possible opp0rtupi-
ty for exchanging views with acnd4n-
ic bimetallists and practical dnin-
ciers.
While the press has had nothing no
say about his self-imposed miSsionIbe-
yond recording the lists Of guesti at
private dinners given for him, he
financiers in the city are Interested in
his visit and are talking freely about
it, They would not do this II the
finances of India We're not dl<orderel
and II some pretext were not eagerly
desired for the resumption of the coin
age of silver in that vast country.
asked an experienced banker yes
terday what would be the result II the
Indian mints were reopened. Ee was
strong monometallist. but an.wered
'decislvely: IAN advance of or 5
pence in the price of silver. 1t twould
be great thing for silver. Besiles, If
the mints were once reopened, they
would not he closed again.
"Whether an international confer
ence be held, with or without the par
ticipation of England, the reope1in-
of the Indian mints would be consid-
cred by London finaciers n great con
cession to all the countries producing
that metal. 1t may be the only con
cession which can be obtained from
England, except the coinage of 5000
600 of silver outright and the increase
OF the silver reserves in the Bank OF
England. but 1t will do something to
stifren the price Of silver and to infiu-
ence European opinion in favor Of in
ternational action. What English
moralists do not like to face Is the re-
proach Of leaving India under the
pressure of financial stringency with
money commanding exorbitant rates
and exchange very high. when mil
lions of natives are confronted with
the horrors of starvation and the
black plague. The resumption OF sill
yer coinage would be genuine relief
measure at this critical period"
London, Jan. 1I.-United States Sen
ator Edward o. Wolcott is the guest
of Baron Rothschild at his country
house at Tring Park, Hertfordshlre.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Assessing of Railways.

Denver. Jan, 1S.-Judse Johnson of the
District court this morning handed down
decision to the dispute of the State
Board of Equalization and Assessor Ames
rs to with whom lies the authority to as
sess the valuation of the railway proper
ty in the state. Judge Johnson decided it
lies with the board OF equalization, the
Legislative act of 1891 conferring that au-
thority upon the board i Constitutional
The attorneys for the county will an,
peal to thc Supreme Court, which will
be asked TO render a decision In haste so
that the Legislature may act on the
grievances. knowing where 1t lies.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
ON AN ICE FLoE.

FiaAsRAsA - 0feeA DAE IAk~l1 - HssAsh.
Menominee. Mich, Jan. 15.-This after
noon at 2 O'Clock a strip of Ice about ten
miles long. extending south from the
mouth Of the Menominee river, broke
from the west shore and was carried
away rapidly toward the east shore of
Green Bay, in the direction OF Deaths
Door
When the ice foe left its anchorage IL
fishermen from Mepekaunee were on the
ice tending their nets, but were 50 far
away from the crack that By the time
an alarm had been given the crack was
so wide that they could not escape to the
shore. Signals Of distress were dis
played. but 1t was some time before they
were discovered and meantime the ice
had swept well toward the middle of the
bay. Two yawls were manned and four
men were brought to the shore, but the
others, fearing that help would not reach
them from MonlstlQue or Menominee, had
rushed to the eastern side of the ice, evi.
denty intending to attempt to escape
to Green Island and thus reach Chambers
Island or Door Bluff on the east shore of
Green bay.
1t Is feared that the nine men will per.
ish before morning as 1t is very cold.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
sherman,s AdmIsslon.

Canton, Ohio, Jan. 15.-"I have ac.
cepted the state PORTFOLIO" said Sena-
tor John Sherman to the Associated
Press at the Fort Wayne depot a few
minutes before the senator left for
Washington this afternoon. The sena
tor had but few moments before left
the presence OF the president-elect,M Nc
Kinley. Concerning other ma tiers con
nected with the incoming administra-
ton the senator was very redcent.
Asked as to whether Mr.. Hanna would
be appointed senator. the senator re-
plied that he did not know; that that
was the affair entirely Of Mr.. Hanna
and Mr.. Mckinley, and that he had no
desire to interfere with anybody's pri-
~nte matters. Mr.. Sherman was asked
,f any other Cabinet officials had been
settled upon by Major Mckinley and
replied that he did not know Of any
ethers.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

The people of Illinois will be glad
to know that the Univerity OF Illinois
has taken advanced ground in favor
OF clean athletics. The Illinois repre-
sentative at recent conference Of the
chief universities of the Northwest took
the lead in securing the adoption Of a
stringent set of rules intending to
close all loop-holes for professional
ism. These rules have since been Sc
riously modified and weakened by the
action of other college authorities. The
State University will hold to these
rules. because they seem, on the whole,
the best means of checking the great
evil of professionalism in college ath-
letics. In one or two recent cases ad-
herence to this high standard has
meant a real sacrifice by the athletic
team concerned. The faculty and stu
dents of the University Of Illinois be-
lievs in intercollegiate athletics as an
aid to sound physical development. as
a means OF recreation for genuine stu
dents, not as the business of those who
are professionally athletes and Incl
dentally students.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Nehraskn SiIxsr Man

Hastings. Neb., Jan. 16.-About 200 sill.
yer men met here this afternoon in pur.
suance to a call which invited "all who
are opposed to the destruction of silver
as money. but who are In favor of its be.
ing restored to the place from which /,
was cast down by the law of 1873" The
meeting was big thing, and for the pur.
pose Of organizing bimetallic league
resaruiess of party affiliations A bimc
tallic league was formed with John n,
Lyman president and Lloyd Lynn secre-
tary. 1t is the purpose OF the league ia
get the silver men thoroughly organized
at once and continue right along in the
interest of silver. :
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Maid of Erin Pumps.

Leadville, Colo, Jan. 16.-For the
first ime in fifteen years the great
pumping plant at the once celebrated
Maid of Erin is silent. The last pump
was stopped this morning ,and by to-
night. fourteen hours after the wheels
stopped moving. it is learned from
very good authority that the water has
already risen seventeen feet.
For several days past pumpmen
have been at work in the Maid proper
ty removing the smaller pumps, but
not until this morning did operations
cease entirely. Now, however, the
fires are out and not a drop of water
ls being pumped in the Maid ground.
The pump has been handling during
all these years from I, 800 to 600 gal
Ions OF water every minute. This i'm
mense flow has been pumped out by
the big Maid pump and 1t can be read.
ny imagined from the rise already
made to-day in the Maid shaft what nm
enormous flow OF water Is now pour
ing through the lower levels of that.
property.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
SIXTEEN DEAD.
Children in an orphanars Ar. crem.,.

Children in OrphanaRs Are Crematea.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. 1G.-Sixteen little
girls and boys are dead as a result OF
last nights fire at the Buckner Or
phan Home, and nine others are seri-
Ously burned and crushed. Three of
the injured, it is thought, cannot re-
cover. The awfulness of the holocaust
was not fully realized till today. The
fire. which commenced about 10 o'clock
Friday night and ragged until the boys
dormitOry was destroyed. did not cool
enough for search for bodies in the
ashes until early this morning. At
that time 1t was thought only five
children had been burned to death
When the ashes had cooled enough to
admit OF a search, scores of sympa-
thizing friends and neighbors began
the sad task of finding the bodies of
the five, whom 1t was known had per-
isheC. The search had hardly been in
stituted when the terrible truth that
there were more than five bodies in
ashes appeared. The search contin-
ued until dawn, when fifteen bodies
had been found.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
THAT Nay Ne nsAs - the
Next Century.

DSvpasposats THAT Nay Ne AeAs - The
Next Century.
F1ying u solved. Ths principle =
known. A mechanical expedient = ~
that Il now needed to make II successful
Practical flight Il to-day not more than
five or ten years o6.
A glow worm makes uSht with aboue
1900 part Of the force used In ordinary
artificial light. When men know how
homes VIII b a. light a. Day fur mEs
fraction Of what light now costa This
Il near. Vacuum Illumination without
incandescence y already In full opera
tion, and In 4 year OF two should cut
down the price Of light 10 . sixth Of Its
current cost, and in five OF ten years
light may be, Like water, turned on In
every house At WILL
Compressed air has long been known
to be the best way. theoretically. to
store force fer use in transportation.
There Il no waste and no deterioration.
The need is cheap and efficient motor
to apply compressed air to city uanspor-
tation. II this can be done, first the troll
ley poles and wires will come down. next
the horseless, compreseed-air motor car
riaga will do all the work Of city delivery.
When these come the only use for gas
will be for cooking-if this is not done by
electricity. Factories, also, before many
years, win be run by transmitted cleo
tric power This has begun to be known
and In five or ten years will be COM
pleted and the factory fire and boiler
will be a thing Of the past.
The city of the future and no very
distant future, will have no trolley poles
or wires and no horses All movements
will be on rail by silent air motors or
by honseless carriages equally silent All
pavements will be asphalt. Unlimited
light will be as cheap as unlimited water
ia to-day. No coal will be delivered at
private houses and no ashes taken from
them. With no horses, no coal and no
ashes, street dust and dirt will be re-
duced to a minimum. With no factory
fires and no kitchen or furnace fires, the
air will be as pure in the city as In the
country. Trees will have chance.
Houses be warmed and lighted as easily
and cheaply as they are now supplied
with water.
A city will be a pretty nice place to
live In when the first years Of the twen-
tieth century are passed.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

The energy OF English patriotism
shows itself in all classes of English
people, from the peer to the criminal.
An Incident Of the Crimean war. men,
toned by Mr. Hawthorne In a letter to
his family, illustrates this fact. We
quote from Some Memories of Haw-
thorne." published in the Atlantic
Monthly: No act of the British people
in behalf of the soldiers has struck me
as SO noble and touching as that of
the reformed criminals at an institu-
tion in London. They wished to con-
tribute something to the Patriotic Fund
The only way they could do 1t was by
fasting. So from Sunday night till
Tuesday morning they ate nothing.
and the money saved-three pounds and
oyer-was sent to the Fund. Precious
money is this" American patriotism
is not SO strong as the English brand,
and some say 1t is dying. Everything
should be done to ineulcate the spirit OF
American patriotism into young and
old. This hands across the sea" busi-
ness should stop. England's hands
will never stretch across the sea until
John Bull sees chance to grab Uncle
Sam by the neck and choke the life out
Of him.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
HE WORE A BLACK MASK.
One Man Holds mp Five In = Teilurids sa'
loon.

LOOM
Telluride, Colo, Jan. 15.-At II 30
O'Clock last nigt man with a black
mask over his face entered the rear
door of John,P. Olsen's saloon, opposite
the American house, and with cooked
revolver in hand ordered the hye peo-
pie present to throw up their hands.
They obeyed the command and re-
mained inactive until the bandit de-
parted. The holdup no doubt imagin-
ed that he would catch the roulette
wheel for several hundred dollars, but
owing to light play the bank roll of
between five and six hundred dollars
had not been taken from the safe. Not
dismayed by disappointment he went
to the cash register and took $22 80
from 1t and backed out through the
rear door. The front door in the
meanwhile was securely bolted by
passing a scantling of wood through
the handhold Of the doorlock, thereby
prohibiting exit from the front en-
trance. 1t is believed that there are
more than one party involved and
Marshal Oscar Moore has suspected
parties under surveillance.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
At the annual dinner of the Eng

At the annual dinner OF the Eng
lish electrical engineers the president
said that the commercial supremacy Of
the British empire was initiated by our
being the first to employ, on a large
scale, the coal at our disposal. II coal
ceased to be necessary for ourindustries
he doubted whether the empire would
maintain Its commercial supremacy. In
the falls OF Niagara there was waste
Of more power than could be derived
from all the coal that could be raised
throughout the world. and there were
many other falls than Niagara 1t
would be the work of the engineer to
utilize those falls, and then we should
either have to live on our accumula-
tions or we would have to fight. The
commercial supremacy Of Great Britain
would have gone"
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
E....rn MN. Shut Down.

North Bellingham. Mass, Jan. TO-
The satinet mill here shut down for an
indefinite period, and It Is understood
that two other mills owned by the
Ray company will shut down this
week. About $50 hands were em.
ployed in the satinet mill.
Woonsocket, Il. l., Jan. 16.-The
Woonsocket Machine and Press com.
pany has announced a reduction in
he running time Of its factory here
to thirty-two hours q week. beginning
Ionday next. This will be accompan
ed by a reduction Of 10 per cent. In
wages. The action caused . great
surprise. as the plant has been run.
nirg night and day for the last sixteen
months. Forr hundred persons are
affected.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
George Taylor a Bandit.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. IA party of
emigrants en- route from Missouri to Ok.
lahoma by wagon were held up and rob.
bed Of all money and valuables, in the
mountainous country on the western line
of Greek reservation. The robbers secured
about 81 900. There were six bandits I'M.
der the leadership Of man whom one of
the Mlssourians recognized as George
Taylor, the escaped murderer Of the Meek
family. This Is the same section in which
q travelling man recognized Taylor a
month ago. and Is rough mountainous
district where the Dalton, Cook and
Doolin gangs formerly held their rendex-
v0us.