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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11
Religious Notes.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
Third Sunday in Lent.

ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
Third Sunday in Lent
Services at usual hour
Lenten services. Friday, March 18th,
at 40 p. IN. and Wednesday, March
10th, at 10 a. m.
METHODIST.
BY request of the local auxiliary of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety the pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will speak on Sunday
morning of woman's work for Christ
from the theme, Mother Love, the
Mightiest Thing in the World"
Union Temperance service at this
church in the evening under the auspices
of the Young Peoples Societies of the
churches.
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Rev. Edward X. Strong, pastor
Of the Westminster Presbyterian church
in West Bay City will preach in the
morning, and will also address a union
meeting of the Young Peoples Societies
OF the churches and college, in the
college chapel The services will begin
at . 100 o'clock p. m. standard time. All
the young people of the community are
invited
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11
M any People Cam OF Drink

coffee at night 1t spoils their sleep.
You can drink Grain o when you please
and sleep like top For Grain-O does
not stimulate it nourishes, cheers and
feeds Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, you ng
people and children Grain-O is the per-
feet drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day.
Try it in place of coffee. 10 and 25c.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11
Age md Crime.

Twice as many crimes are commit
red in Paris by those between the ages
of 10 aud 20 as by those between po
,fand 40.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11
Registration Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Board OF
Registration for the Village of Alma will be IN
session nj the office OF the Village Clerk, in the
chamber OF Firemens Hall, on Saturday,
March II, 1898 from nine O'Clock a. IN. until
eight o'clock p. m.
by Order OF Council.
EARL g. TORREY Clerk,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11
Going Down Hill

People
Suffering
from Kid
ney Diseases
feel gradual
but steady loss of
strength and vital.
ity. They should
lose no time in trying
Foley's Kidney Cure,
Guaranteed Preparation.
BIvINS & RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-11

Coupons given on cash sales only.
ASK FOR COUPONS.
The herald., 1898-02-23
NOTES OF THE DAY

The duke of SaXe-Coburg-Gotha duke
of Edinburgh) has just given el40O for a
Stradivarius The best known. according
to Italian connoisseurs. belongs to Sir
Charles Halle, and is said to be worth
s2000
New York Typographical union No. is
planning to buy a great tract of land, or
which to colonize those of its members
who cannot secure employment at Their
trade
So rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English of today
bears no more resemblance to the English
of 1000 years ago than it does to German
Berlin's servant girls are losing the
steady habits of the German "Dienstmad-
chem their average time of service in one
place is only nine and a half months
A New York woman has designed skirt
supporter composed of double strap to go
around the shoulders and down the back
ending in two securing devices.
Lately an olive tree was carelessly de-
stroyed near Nice, which had a positive
record of five centuries and measured &c
feet in circumference
During the hot months in Venezuela ex-
posure of the bare head to the sun for half
an hour means certain fever and almost
certain death.
wealthy merchant of Mexico says that
the linen industry of that country now sur
passes that of Ireland in it's palmiest days.
The herald., 1898-02-23
San piego,s Wants

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald'
What is the matter with San DiegoY II
appears to want but little here below, but
1t wants that little very long, and then 1t
wants a little more little longer.
| San Diego wanted a railroad to go with
its harbor. She got the railroad. She then
wanted rates to interior points so low that
she could compete with other sections in
| furnishing lumber ETC., to the citizens OF
Riverside and San Bernardino counties In
competition with San Pedro and Redondo.
| She got these low rates, so that lumber
| is hauled from San Diego. up through San
Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino coun-
ties to the Los Angeles county line for the
| same rate as is charged for much shorter
haul from San Pedro or Redondo to the
same points.
San Diego not only wanted Its great bay
with its great climate, but she wanted 1t
fenced in with big guns. planted at the ex-
pense of Uncle Sam. She got 1t fenced In.
Then San Diego wanted more water. Mr..
Babcock, who went down to the city by the
bay few years since for his health, said
that for a consideration the water would
be provided. The people voted a million
and half of bonds. notwithstanding the
fact that some engineers of the state de-
cared against the feasibility of the pro-
ject. The superior court declared the bonds
Illegal but Babcock, having faith in the
enterprise went ahead with the work. In
the meantime the supreme court may rat
ify the opinion of the superior court Some-
thing must be done. Therefore Mr.. Bab-
cock and his paper, the Union, want
more benefits for the dear people whom he
may soon ask again for favors if the SUI
preme court does not see things through
his spectacles. Now the people of San
Diego represented In the senate and as
sembly by Mr.. Babcock and the Union. ask
more railroad favors. Notwithstanding the
favors mentioned above and the further
fact that people and oranges can go east
from San Diego just as cheaply as from any
point in Southern California
They also want a harbor monopoly. Great
is San Diego, and-Babcock is its profit"
Los Angeles must not have harbor at San
Pedro. 1t is a waste of public money and
against the interests of San Diego and
Babcock.
If Mr.. Babcock sees anything that he
doesn't want just let him mention that fact
The people of Los Angeles and the Santa
Fe railroad are at his command. and Hunt
lngton will probably build railroad down
there If he says So
Wonder if the people of San Diego are
blind? A FORMER SAN DIEGAN.
The herald., 1898-02-23
NOTHING TO DO BUT WAIT

Captain Sampson, chief of the naval
board charged with the investigation ol
the cause of the disaster to the Maine
says to the American people, through
the medium of the Associated Press
that no part of the evidence adduced
at the quest will be made public until
the investigation is completed, and the
board has had opportunity to calmly
consider it and make up its findings;
and he adds that any information pur-
porting to come from him or the board
may be set down as fictitious and un-
trustworthy.
The wisdom of this policy is so OBJ
vious as to require no defense. The
people will everywhere recognize the
importance Of guarding the develop
ments from day to day as the only way
to prevent premature and unwarranted
conclusions, based upon partial state
ments of facts.
The situation is sufficiently strained,
If it has not reached the critical stage,
without the addition of any more ex-
traneous elements. There is naught to
do now but to await the final outcome
of the expert investigation, and this the
people will be disposed to do, with what
ever of patience and composure they
are able to command.
The herald., 1898-02-23
WITH Barred HEAD

1t was an inspiring sight to see twelve
down the broad avenues of the Angel
city yesterday morning, keeping step to
the strains of Marching Through
Georgia" 1t was poor American cit
izen indeed who, watching these old
soldiers as they passed by, lacking
sadly the firm step and correct align
ment of the regulars and the militia of
today. did not feel the responsive chord
Of patriotism touched within him; who
did not have a lump in his throat, aye,
and tear in his eye. of which he was
not ashamed. because these were men
who staked their lives for the preserva-
tion of the union.
There was another phase of yester-
days celebration that would have been
impossible a few years ago-a COM
pany of confederate veterans joining
together with their old-time foes in
commemorating the deeds of valor, and
pledging themselves. the blue and the
gray alike, to the perpetuation of the
republic, the preservation of the union.
and to Old Glory forever! And we may
take moment from the living to pay
a tribute to the dead:
mo more shall the war-cry sever;
Or the winding river be red
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our
dead.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Love and tears for the blue,
Tears and love for the gray
The herald., 1898-02-23
sENSATIoNALIsM RUN MAD

The San Francisco Call is accused by
one of it's contemporaries with having
paid one hundred dollars to a dissolute
and discouraged young man to take his
own life, the poor wretch first writing
the emotions experienced as the hour
for the tragedy approached in narrative
form, for publication in the Call.
The offending journal denies knowl-
edge of the nature of the story which
it bought of the poor fool claiming that
ne deceived its manager as to its i'm
port.
There were but two witnesses to the
transaction, the living editor and the
dead writer hence the truth may never
be known, for the dead tell no tales,
and a living sensationalist is generally
not to be beievd on oath.
He traffics in lies, redecorates them
every morning, and feeds them to the
morbid people who buy his tainted
sheet-why should he be presumed to
be acquainted with truths, why should
his testimony be admitted? His call
ing makes his guilt presumptive.
The widow and the sister of the sui
eide scorn the gold rendered in salts
faction of the compact, and charge di-
rectly that the Call bargained for the
blood of the loved one.
At all events the Call secured and
published the coveted story, paid moth
ing for it, and is welcome to the usufruct
What should it be? We greatly fear
there is no punishment to fit the crime
The statute books designate no penalty
for such atrocious abuse of press priv
ilege. Public sentiment alone is capable
of administering an adequate rebuke
and public sentiment, all too often
stands in awe of the mighty and audac-
ious offender-fearful of his money, his
influence, his pull" his power.
Inveigh as we may against the growth
of yellow journalism, it seems ever tc
flourish and grow tall, as the rank weed
in the margin of the filthy, miasmatiC
pool.
1t will have its day, and this may moi
be shortened by any protest which the
more thoughtful among us are impelled
by contemplation Of the consequences
to enter from time to time. 1t will
sooner or later destroy itself by it's own
excesses, for business necessity that
stops not at the destruction of human
life, that is not restrained by pity for
the Widows weeds or the sisters grief
will in time o'erleap all bounds. The
popular conscience will then revolt, and
there will be an end to the perversion of
the legitimate uses Of a great and use
full and powerful instrumentality to
base ends and ignoble objects.
The herald., 1898-02-23
PEOPLE TO HAVE AN INNING

In an interview published in this
journal yesterday Senator White said
he did not think there was fair-minded
Republican who does not believe his
party will be defeated in the November
elections.
This is doubtless true reflex of the
prevailing impression at the national
capital at this time. 1t is not an idle
partisan boast, for no opponent of the
administration has yet attempted to
vie with Senator Chandler in vehement
declaration of the fact that Republican
ascendency is doomed. The utter failure
of it's boasted revenue measure to meet
the requirements of the government,
upon the one hand, or to open mills or
factories on the other, to say nothing
of the confusion into which our foreign
trade has been thrown by its unreas-
enable and illogical exactions, coupled
with the failure of the administration
to carry out pledges of the platform re-
garding the independence of Cuba, and
it's base betrayal of the bimetallist ele-
ment in the party, by its open espousal
of the cause of gold monometallism, are
sufficient in themselves to justify the
popular estimate of the proba able out
come of the forthcoming congressional
elections, as stated by Senator White.
But one thing now stands in the way
of an overwhelming popular triumph
next fall-the failure of the opposing ele-
ments to get together and work in har-
mony-and that failure is a very remote
possibility.
The herald., 1898-02-23
DESTINED TO MISCARRY

The ultimate success of the admins
tration in securing the annexation of
Hawaii, and at the present session, has
scarcely been questioned in any quarter
since the suggestion was sometime ago
thrown out that, in the event of the
failure of the treaty in the senate, the
same result could and would be Sc
cured by a joint resolution, the one re-
quiring a two-thirds and the other only
{. bare majority of the votes in either
house. The ease and facility with which
this might be done, in the face of the
known fact that majority in the senate
and house favor annexation, was not
questioned until Senator White, in an
interview with a reporter of The Her
aid, published in cur last issue, declared
The herald., 1898-02-23
Odd Items From Everywhere

The eight women colonies of the German
army, who draw swords only occasionally
and their salaries regularly are: The en-
press of Germany, the dowager empress
wife of the late Frederick Ill; Princess
Frederick Charles of Prussia the queen
egent, Sophia, and Queen Wilhelmina of
the Netherlands, the duchess of Con-
naught the duchess of Edinburgh, sister
of the emperor of Russia, and Queen Vic
toria.
Mrs. Willard Brown of West Kennebunk
Me-, opened can of pumpkin last week
that was % years old. 1t was sweet and
apparently all right, so Biddeford paper
says.
Chinese brides, when putting on their
stand in round, shallow baskets during
their lengthy toilets. This is supposed
to insure them placid and well-rounded
lives in their new homes.
Coins of low denominations circulate very
rapidly. Thus it is calculated that every
penny i'll circulation changes hands a
dozen times a week.
The duchess of Northumberland owns q
shawl which formerly belonged to Charles
x of France, and was manufactured from
the fur Of Persian cats. Many thousands
of cats skins were utilized, and the weav-
ing occupied some years. The shawl meas
ureS eight yards square, but 1t is so fine
that it can be compressed into the space
of large coffee cup.
In home in Warrenton, VT, is hung the
large mirror before which George Wash
ington made his daily toilet. The mirror
was bought at a sale of the personal effects
of Lawrence Washington, great nephew
of the first president, and has hung in its
present place for 35 years.
Raphael Tuck, the well-known Christmas
card man, says some of the designers re-
ccive very large sums OF money for theii
work. He says the earnings Of one lady
Is 5000, another $4,000, while copyists re
ceive at least SIS per week.
A South Gardiner (Me) cat that ring
the front door bell when II wants to com,
The herald., 1898-02-23
"La Femme Roentgen"

Latest among marvellous discoveries is
La Femme Roentgen." a woman who Is
described as being able to read with ease
through opaque bodies. Such, at least. is
the story. We are told that DIR. Ferroul
of Narbonne has found and has introduced
this phenomenal lady to his colleagues at
the medical faculty at Montpelier. "All
this is quite impossible" exclaimed DR..
Grasset, when he was informed of the new
wonder. We'll, you will secs" was the re-
ply. Then the demonstration was made.
The woman succeeded in reading at dis
tance a letter the envelope of which had
been covered with seals and also posted, as
an additional precaution, and so DR.. Gras-
set was converted. Some skepticism on
the subject is still permissible, neverthe-
less; yet what vista of queer possibii-
ties does not this open out, even If La
Femme Roentgen" possesses only a mod
crate share of the extraordinary qualities
thus attributed TO her.-Parisian
The herald., 1898-02-23

under our system have the right. t
watch. to criticise and to differ witt
courts.
John Sherman in his memoirs ex
presses the opinion that the suprem,
court was wrong in it's decision in th'
income tax case. Lawyers differ will
judges every day, and judges frequently
reverse themselves, and those who never
do are the poorest and are unfit to veal
the ermine.
1t does not lie in the mouths of Re-
publicans to complain Of attacks upon
the supreme court, for. after the de-
cision in the Dred Scott case the ma
jority judges were by them mercilessly
assailed with epithet and ridicule, and
threats of reconstruction OF the court
were freely made. The platform thus
far quoted is not amenable even to a
charge of the mildest form of adverse
criticism.
The remaining plank on this subject is
in the following language:
We denounce the arbitrary interfer-
ence by federal authorities in local af-
fairs as violation of the Constitution
of the United States and a crime
against free government and we espe-
cially object to government interfer-
ence by injunction as new and highly
dangerous form of oppression, by which
federal judges in contempt of the laws
of states and the rights of citizens,
of iSl
executioners; and we approve the bill
passed at the last session of the United
States senate, and now pending in the
house, relative to contempt in federal
courts, and providing for trials by jury
in certain cases of contempt.
Here is no expression of opposition to
other than arbitrary interference, no
questioning of the right of the general
government to protect the mails, the
public property or interstate commerce,
but there is an assertion that the local
or state laws shall not be impaired in
will say that state laws shall not be
respected by federal authorities when
they do not conflict with the constitution
and laws of the United States? That
there has been abuse of the injunctive
power will not be denied by any who
have respect for the liberties and rights
of American citizens. All the platform
proposes is that in certain cases alleged
offenders shall be tried by juries of their
peers. Those are cases of contempt not
in the presence of the court or so near
as to interrupt it's proceedings. This is
the purport of the bill referred to in
the platform as having passed the SEN
ate. Contempts committed in presence
of the court are taken judicial notice of,
and are properly tried summarily be-
fore the judge.
1t is not only pardonable but highly
for political parties in
their conventions to call attention to
and denounce wrongs, and demand that
they shall cease. Unless this is done in
some manner abuses will become riveted
upon the people. Arbitrary action, if
not checked at its inception, will be-
come fastened upon the body polite like
a chronic disease upon an individual
The herald., 1898-02-23
EACH IN HIS OWN NAME

A fire mist and planet,
A crystal and cell;
A jellyfish and a saurian,
And caves where the cave-men dwell;
Then a sense of law and beauty
And a face turned from the clod-
Some call 1t Evolution,
And others call 1t God.
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky:
The ripe rich tints of the cornfieids,
And the wild geese sailing high;
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the. goldenrod-
Some of us call it Autumn,
And others call it God.
Like tides on crescent sea beach,
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings
Come yelling and surging in
Come from the mystic ocean
Whose rim no foot has trod-
Some of us call it Longing,
And others call it God.
A picket frozen on duty.
a mother starved for her brood
Socrates drinking the hemlock
And Jesus on the rood:
The million who. humble and nameless,
The straight, hard pathway trod-
Some call 1t Consecra ton,
And others call 1t God.
w. H. Carruth in Boston Christian Regis
ter
The herald., 1898-02-23
The Plundering Pool

The Los Angeles Herald of yesterday
contained another chapter of its expose of
the Santa Fe-Southern Pacific pool. That
paper is rendering a substantial service to
all Southern California by its disclosures
regarding as nefarious a combination as
ever plundered a community. The Her.
AIDS efforts, too, promise tangible results
The people of Los Angeles propose to test
the question of the power of two railroads
to defy the law. There is trouble brew
ing for the pool.-San Diego Union.
The herald., 1898-02-23
Dressed as a White Hen

One of the prettiest figures at a children S
fancy dress ball recently given was that OF
little girl about 6 years old, dressed as a
white hen. The bodice, in white material
was cut low, entirely sewn over with white
feathers; imitation wings were made in the
same manner, only stiffened, and attached
TO the shoulders and hips. The skirt was
red liberty satin plsse, red shoes, stock
lngs and gloves, white satin sash, and red
ribbon round the throat the head dress
imitation hens head Go fit like cap), with
red comb. This charming little costume
was completed by basket of eggs, and a
necklace also of eggs.
The herald., 1898-02-23
PLATFORM

Tho Herald believes that the city OF
Los Angeles should own and control a
complete system of waterworks.
The Herald believes that the city
should acquire such a system at the
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageous terms possible, consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
Tho Herald believes that the con-
tract with the Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to the let
ter, and that, at the conclusion of the
pending lease, tho plant should be takcn
ever In accordance with the provisions
Of that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-23
THE TIME TO CoMMENCE WORK

Within the next four or five months
conventions of the several political
parties will be held in this state, and
state and congressional tickets will be
put into the field. Elections this year,
especially for members of the National
house of representatives, will be prelim-
mary to the decisive battle that is to be
fought two years hence.
1t is not too early to commence clear
ing the atmosphere of the "smudge''
with which it was loaded in the last cam
paign. 1t is doubtful if previously there
ever was so much Misrepresentation and
mendacity. No inconsiderable number
of timid men were frightened by the
charge of anarchy and confusion which,
1t was alleged, would result from the
election of Bryan.
1t was asserted that the Chicago con-
vention proposed to defy the authority
of the supreme court and even threaten
it's very existence. This course was per-
sisted in to the last, on the maxim that
"a lie we'll stuck to is as good as the
truth" Apprehending that such an i'm
preston may still linger in the minds
of good men, it is not inopportune to
examine the ground upon which such
charges rest, as at the present time
the people are not under the influence of
heated campaign, and the public mind
is in a condition to consider facts dis
passionately. What the Chicago plat
form said is as follows:
There would be no deficit in the rev.
enue but for the amendment by the
supreme court of laws passed by a Dem
ocratic congress, in strict pursuance
of the uniform decisions of that court
for nearly 100 years, that court having
sustained objections to its enactment
which had been overruled by the ablest
judges who ever sat on that bench. We
declare that it is the duty of congress
to use all the constitutional power
which remains after this decision. and
which may come from its reversal nv
the court as it may hereafter be con-
stituted, so that the burdens of taxa
ton may be equal and impartial. to the
end that wealth may bear it's due pro.
poitiOH ol the expenses OF the govern
ment.
There is no defiance of the authority
of the court or disrespect, and no threat
to reconstruct it. The plank simply al
ludes as to what the court may do as
constituted in the future. The court is
reconstructed, or reconstructed, every
time judge dies, resigns or is retired.
and when that happens previous hold
ings may DE modified or reversed. This
is no new thing, and 70 speak Of what
may happen does not look like anarchy.
nor forbode revolutionary or irregular
proceedings.
There is no such maxim in this country
that "the king can Go no wrong" or
chat judges can do no wrong. Araeri-
cans do not recognize infallibility in
any public officer, whether legislative,
administrative or judicial. The people