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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
A5STAiNS AND WINS $1,000.
Congressman southwick Makes "A NoVas
Wager and Comes out Ahead.

George y. Southwick, member Of
congress from the Albany (N. " dis
trict. has just won a wager of S.. 900 10y
sustaining from liquor for one year.
Mr. Southwick was warned by Anthony
n. Brady one of the wealthiest citizens
Of Albany, on November .G, 1895, that
the alluremcnts of Washington life
might prove too strong for him 10 resist,
particularly in the matter of indul-
gence in strong drink. Banter and re.
partee among several gentlemen pres
ent led TO declaration by the represent
tatiye that it would not he a particle o!
trouble for him to never drink another
drop. Mr.. Brady promptly offered to
bet him $4,000 he could not abstain for
one year.
The wager was taken, and i'm addition
several side wagers werc made by Mr..
Southwick'S friends both for AID
against us chances of success. Ono OF
these was laid by Mr. Brady with
Eugene ID. Wood, the amount ba.ur
$1,000 to $1,000 that the representative
would Gail. Although the temptations
have ben nanny. Ar. Southviclt comes
ou v'ar., T.. $1,000 and Mr. Wood by
$50
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
4 VIE ROMANCG.
~ End-of-the- Century Idyi for tbs A-s
Woman

- tnu-of-the century Idyl for tho 80
Woman.
The world has laughed this long Tins
o'e, suits for breach OF promise Jfmos
riage, says an exchange. Ia a volume
~ English law reports hero is recorded
II case Neil-nlgh as amu ing, whose oo
casion was NOT the breach, bat the keep
ing OF % promise not 10 marry The
parties to itWcrc rich, elderly woman
snd the nephew WHOM she meant 10
make her heir. lie, it appears. fell vio-
emily in love with fascinating young
widow, and might have married her
but that his aunt interviewed. She did
not try threat diplomacy or detect
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Too Mnch storaee Room.

One Of the things which did, which
may have bad consequences, was TO give
TOO much room for tfle storage of sur.
plus honey. 1t did not seem to be too
much at the time, but storing having
ceased, or nearly 50, am likely to have
"A great lot of unfinished sections. lam
reducing the number OF suPers to one
ON a hive as fast as possible, but it looks
now as if these viii not be filed, and so
there is small chance that the sections
that am now taking OFT viii get q, v
thing more put into them this season.
= this condition is general. the >eason
may turn out TO be an Improbable oae
after all the promise of middle and la er
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
NOVEL ADVERTISING DEVICE.
f"candescent Globes Used for Ewes In
stuffed state street Animals.

stuffed state street Animals.
State street fur dealer has evolved
a striking novelty for advertising both
his goods and his place. lie has NUM-
Der OF stuffed animals which he has
mounted himself in various portions Of
the shop. = w.tite polar bear, lion,
two leoFaris and orher smaller animals
are seen in various positions. I'm the
show window are two lynNes and u
Rocky mountain Lion. says the Chicago
Chronicle
Every night at dusk when the store
Is lit us each OF these animals is seen
looking at YOU with blazing eyes. The
lions yellow cyeaalls literally glow
with fire. Crowds invariably stop in
front Of the shop 90 looi, az the lynNes'
sparkling emerald eyes. and as that por-
zion of the show window is Invariably
kept darker than the rest of the store
the effect from the outside looks pc
culiWiy weird and odd.
"There is no secret about H." said
be the other day TO an inquisitiyc cali
er. "lusuuted wires have been run up
through tlc creatures frames and the
.}ebails of .tGereut colors that YOU see
are simply small ucaudcsccnt gIobee
that | had made 10 order The wires are
connected with thc service in the store
and when the current is turned ou, why,
they tco are lit. So, Gle idea. is not
original With me While in London
iast summer ] saw the thing done in
rical.Iv shop thought il was
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

4 young woman in Nos York wrors
tpl.r' .hst.h edolcl fanny ou., "a
for tic lan0r Us ,eohl.os II was a
oricf si,itof about 80 lines, but the hard
hearted editors failed to sec the humor
in it and kept a.Gng IL back To her
Finally the young woman lost heart
completely. when her brother took pity
Il her and said: Here, give me that
stuff. ! win got It puLlished or know
the reason why A wcCk or two lat5r
the alleged humor appeared IN funny
paper and the young contributor u1Dy.
ed the delights of authorship. The cuno
tribution did not occupy Il promiupHt
place 1t was among tLc adyorti-, mrut5.
but she was too content TO see her WORT
IL TYPO 10 iuqu rc further. The only
thing that bothered herNgas the twinkle
IN her bro,hcr's csc, which she could
not understand re had paid full ad
vcrtising RACES to insert her story a 30
cents line, single column, one iuscr-
titn. New York Correspondent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Turkish War Indemnity to Russia.

Russia has again allowed the sultan
20 scale down the annual payment OF
The Turkish war indemnity. In 1873 il
vas contracted that Turkey should pay
E5@0.OOO year for 100 years. in 1S92
Russia agreed TO accept c 100000. and
now. on the principle of take what you
can get, she agrees to accept 25 per
cent. of the whole indemnity, and ex-
tends the payment over 400 years. OF
course, no Russian minister expects
Turkey to last four centuries more. but
that does not trouble the car. When
the day Of final liquidation comes to the
Ottoman empire Russia will be there
with long standing claim.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
woodcock Eggs In Sweden.

Owing to the inhabitants Of Sweden
oeing very partial TO the eggs of tho
"oodcock IL is more than probable that
The breed will be greatly diminished. IL
not at last totally extirpated. The eggs
Of the above species are to be seen for
sale in large numbers in the markets in
Stockholm.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
TRAINED FOR COONS.
Whore Everything Depends on the Vel.
low Cur.

low Cur.
"Iiardsome is that handsome does"
whether in one form Of life or another.
observes the Lewiston MeD journal
at amt mouse trvjn' TO get a coon at an
unless you've got a coon dog" saws a
ar ~. woodsu-- "Tou can tab .
n!..N -s'-'es t'o~ - Scrns =ancr br-e-S.
an bring him up as careful n YOU
please. an the chances are that he won't
be no more use for huntn' coon than
he would II You set him ag'n' wild ele-
plants. Or mcbbe q measley, mongrel.
yellow cur that nobody knows where he
come from that looks rs n he crowed
from burdock root will be a REGULAR
cyclone when he gets after a pair Of
coons. It's a curious thing, too, that
coon dog amt good for nothin' else
For ten months Of the year he'll hang
around, gettin' licked by all the other
dogs, an gettin' clicked from here to
vonder by everybody. but when the mid.
Gle of September comes he perks right
UP, an for couple O. months he's the
biggest toad in the puddle. He realizes
his own Importance then and he's right
about il, for a good coon dog is the
hardest kind to get. 1t must DO born In
tim or he won't be good at catchin'
co0ns.' Must be born i'm him! Wen
that applies to other ltnacl,s besides
TINT for the successful pursuit Of coon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Eyerxbo,Iy Saya Go.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery OF the age. pleas
aut and refreshing to The taste, act gently
aud positively OH kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and bliousncss. Please buy and try box
OF &. &. &. to-day; 10, -, 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Her SERIOUS DIsndyantage.

Barkdale-I don't see how an I'M
married woman ever-makes uphermind
about buying anything.
Parlldale-No?
Barkdale-No; you see she can't find
out what her husband doesn't want
Chicago Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Bell In the Contributio, po,

Alice Morse Earle tells in the Atlantic
Of one church where the contribution
box used contained a small bell con.
sealed in itwhich would ring only when
contribution was made. The colleo-
ton was usually taken during the ser.
mon, and no stingy church-goer could
tail detection.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
An AIN In 0uIcInue

Mr.. OHara-Maggie, pfwhat do yez
wear yer gloves for pfwhin yez are
playing the pianner?
Mrs. O'EIara-'Sh! the baby's shlap-
ing, an Oh don't want to make so much
noise.-Judge.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Conanmptlon Among Nerroe..

a medical paper prints statistics
moving that in eight OF our largest
southern cities the proportion OF deaths
from consumption among the colorcd
race, ms compared with the total NOR
Utility. is more than 80 per cent. creates
1nu that az The w ite pnnulatiay
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life AWAY.

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic. fun OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To.
Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
tecd Booklet and sample free. Add -ess
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

j. q Berry. one of t1c best known cit
liens of ~rci Ger Mo. .csuGcs that hc
clrcH Lims. e Of the worst Kind Of pile, by
using few boxes of Dew int - itch
Haze Salyt. IT, had hcch troubled witt
piles for over lnrA years ana had u,cd
n'o' lI"eut kinds of Sa-oull,d cures:
uW DeNiu'~ WIS the one iht dld the
WORK aud hcwHi vc,ify lh's statement if
any one wishes to write him For Sale by
= s. WClh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

y "A Tmr>wend, of Grosbeck. Tex.
says ha' when hc hasaspelI Of indigestion
"rd feel. bod and sluggish. hemkes Two Of
pfNitIa IMl' Farley l}isers at night, ana
hc rs all rgi' 'he next morning Many
thousands 7i others do me mo thing. DO
your Eos sac hr B. : Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
No Possible Danger.

What do you consider the most alb
solute certain way TO distinguish toad
stools from mushrooms?"
Cook them, get some other man to
eat them, and then watch the SYM
toms. Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

Their Is NO .ocd of ittle chl, rem being
tortured by So head ,czcma and skin
'rup,iors DrWiu's Wucn Hazel SaNe
tiNr- .uo'Hut hef Hua cures permanently
Fo~ ~str by 3 : Wcob
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

during T. 'qst - ans he IN rican
pc p hav imp RED $3.50 0aO 0OwouL
Of p rci, Us stui es.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

Small pill. safe pill best PM DeWtrts
Little Early Ristrs cure hiiiouSness. con-
Situation sick headache. For Sale Toy b :.
Wehh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
SarSdDariiIia
Sense

{ Any sarsaPoriila IS sarsapa-
r:lla. Tue. 50 any tea is tea.
SO anyGourisfour. Dutgradcs
I d;@er. ion ayaafule 5ssh Is
SO with aaraparilla. There are
{ grades. You want the best. If
5 you understood sarsapari,la as
wei as YOU DO tea ana -four it
woalI La easy to determine.
But YOU don't. How should
; you? When you are going to
buy a commodity whose value
} you don't know, you pick out
an old established house to
trade with, and trust their cx-
} Perience and reputation. DO so
when buying sarsaparilIa.
Ayers Sarsaparilla has been
{ on the market 90 years. Your
grandfather used Ayers. L is
a reputable medicine. There
are many SGrsa 2ariHas -
} bit only one Ayers. 1t
cures.
y----,s.. - -. -. -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Proof.

The Senior Member-By George!
Clarksou, You seem to think you're the
boss here!
Clarkson-Not at all, sir.
The Senior Member Well, why do
you talk so blamed stupid, then ?-N.
Y. Truth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

~ A. BAGLhN. Physician ANA SURGEON
~. Oncr opera House Block. once hours g0
10 g anrrd los p. M Disease of thcrycaud car
% speciality.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

Office: Po husky Block Hour' =: % 3 ODp Iu
Residence one biock mort Of A,ha Roller Mills.
Alma. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

The big Is i.co.nc IA Germany is hat
IF ,c e knapp L- cAnrou IN ker
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

WAENING'-'c'-. WHO suffer from
cous. and colds .houId heed the warnings
of danger eu1 ~a-. themselves uTerrg
and fatal rfsul'. by us ne one N.uuje
Cough Cnrr J. is au iufalHl remedy far
caug. .'ir. coup and all lb,ost and
lung Troubles. For : lchv b. : Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

In q mo London hotels the wal ers re-
ceNc as a:g' "a s., 800 year ~ tips.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

F.,UlDAN. 81 j. physicisr and SURGEON
y. Once tTo-iic church bIocb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

EABL c. TORREN, Attorney al uu. Special
T. rltrul ru given collections. Ama ,iioh.
Office Ely building.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21

nR cEo " pRlNGLE
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
A SUCCESSOR ID GORMAN Judge McComos Chosen on the
 Eighth Ballot. 1T WAS A HUGE SURPRISE Caucus Was Held the Night Before and Dead lock Was Anticipated -Recalcitrants
 Fell in Line One by One.

Annapolis Md, Jan. 25.-Judge Lewis E. McComas was today elected United States senator to succeer Arthur P German. The ballot on which he was elected, the first of today, was the eighth sinoe the con- test began, resulting in his getting sixty three votes to four for Alexander Shaw, of Baltimore, the only other republican who remained in the race.
 Senator German got forty-seven votes, the full democratic strength in both houses. The break to McComas came as the re- suit of last nights caucus at which fifty three members were in attendance and at wh&sh Judge McComas was practically unan mously nominated Ten republican deleg1'es from the Baltimore city and Senate Westcott, of Kent county, how ever. rA -sed to take any part in the cau- GUS or t consider themselves bound by it and up ts the hour of noon today, when their counsels knew how they meant to would stick to Shaw to the end, thereby creating a deadlock.
 It was therefore with the utmost inter- est that the ballotlng was watched, and when he name of Senator Westcott was reported and he, after brief speech, changed his vote from Shaw to McComas, every one knew the end was near and the cheering was tremendous. Speaker Shaefer was the next of the recalcitrants to come into line. Then one by one five of his as sociates in the "bolt' against the rule of the majority, followed his example, Ex- Congressman Findlay's only remaining supporter did likewise and the votes stood 62 for McComas to for Shaw
 Then Delegate Jacobs changed his vote but four others, Messrs. Quasi, Baldwin, Short and Delacour, all of Baltimore City, stuck to the Baltimore city candidate to the last and went down with flying colors.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
WIND STORM DEALS DEATH Two Killed and One Injured in
 St. Louis. AT A VELOCITY OF 66 MILES The Wind Blew Fourteen Miles Less Than the Tornado That Wrecked the
 City in May, 1896.

St. Louis, Jan. 25.-A gale of wind that reached the highest velocity of any experi- es,ced here since the tornado of May 27 1896. when the destruction of life and prop erty was so great, prevailed here today. It's velocity was 66 miles an hour, 14 miles less than during the tornado Two deaths, one fatal injury and several minor casual ties were reported, as we'll as considerable destruction of property. The dead are:
 AUGUST w MEYER, aged 37, carpen- ter, who was blown from the roof of the Shields school. He lived about ten minutes after being taken to the city hospital
 THOMAS JOSEPH PETERSON, 4 years old. blown from the roof of a porch and killed.
 Injured: MRS. SARAH LoRIN, injury by blowing down of fence; may die.
 A Terrific Thunder storm
 Shortly after 8 o'clock a. m. terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a heavy fall of hail and rain, struck the city. By 1O:45 o'clock the wind was blowing at the rate of sixty-three miles an hour, but seventeen miles less than the recorded velocity during the tornado of May, 1896. It was 0 straight blow from the southwest, and the residents of the city, especially in the tornado-stricken portion, were seized with consternation. expecting another visitation. Soon reports began to come in from all sections of the city indicating that there had been considerable destruc- tion of property. Swinging signs were blown down, window panes broken, out houses demolished, fences leveled, tele- graph poles and wires broken and in some instances the roofs were taken off,
 Ravenwood Distillery.
 The east wall of the ruins of the Raven- wood distillery at Madison and Twenty third streets was blown over. A street car narrowly escaped being caught and buried beneath the wall. At Nineteenth and Market streets the roof of a two story building was blown down. There were several thrilling escapes, but so far as can be learned no one was injured at the place.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
OPEN THE PORT OF "A LIEN WAN.
This Is the Only Thing That Will Appease Great
 Britain.

Pekin, Jan. 25-Another loan conference with the Tsung u Yamen has taken place, the latter receiving the Russian rep- resentative in the morning and the Brit ish minister in the afternoon.
 It Is believed the British minister, Sir Claude Mcdonald, insists upon the open ing of the port of Ia Lien Wan and that Great Britain will not recede from that demand. Whether Great Britain or Rus sia secures the loan depends on which ex- erts the greatest pressure. If Great Brit ain undertakes to protect China against Russias displeasure, it is believed, the loan will be concluded on terms proposed by Sir Claude McDonald.
 Germany's lease of Kiao Chau has finally been fixed at ninety-nine years. The Chi- ness emperor is greatly displeased.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26

but gave only short notice to the sub ject of the Cuban situation and that was confined closely to expressions of satis- faction at the manner in which the Ameri- can press and people had received the ac- tion of the administration.
 The procedure to be allowed to the Maine upon her arrival off Havana is laid down at the navy department as follows:
 Being daylight (for no craft is permitted to enter the harbor during darkness) at the entrance to the harbor, the Maine win begin to fire salute of twenty-one guns. As soon as the last gun has been fired the guns on Moro castle will begin return salute of the same number of guns. Then, if there is Spanish admiral in the harbor, salute must be fired by the Maine in his honor This will be fifteen guns, if he be a vice amiral, and thirteen guns If @ rear, admiral. This salute wia be returned in kind and probably the Spanish admiral will send staff officer aboard the Maine to greet Captain Sigsbee. This call must be returned, and then there may be visa tation from port officials, health officers and others. Meanwhile presuming that Consul General Lee has not appeared, Captain Sigsbee will send one of his officers ashore to the United States consulate-gen- eral with message to General Lee, stat ing that the Maine is awaiting his order and intimating that he would be pleased to receive the consul-gensral aboard or to call upon him ashore at his pleasure.
 Reception to the Captain General
 These calls having been exchanged, the next thing in order will be a reception to the acting captafn-general, for it is re- ported that Captain-General Blanco has gone eastward from Havana as far as Batabano
 With this call the ceremonies will con- clude so far as custom preacribes, though there may be some entertainment extended to the Maine's officers by officials in Ha- vana. It is likely that the Maine's crslw will be kept aboard ship. In this way the probabilities of an unfriendly encounter between a convivial party of sailors and rowdies will be reduced. Moreover, the confinement is believed to be necessary as a means of preserving tine ship com pany from tine danger of contracting vel low fever which it is understood is now in evidence at Havana.
 Spanish Warships to Visit America.
 Madrid, Jan. 25.-The newspapers gener- ally comment upon Secretary Long's ex- planation of the visit of the United States battleship Maine to Havana, agree in ex- pressing the opinion that her visit is "in- opportune and calculated to encourage the insurgents"
 It is announced that following Wash ington's example, the Spanish govern ment will instruct Spanish warships to visit a few American ports.
 Admiral Chason, the admiral of the fleet arrived here today and had long con- ference with Adrniral Bermejo, the min ister of marine. He asserted that evoiu- tionshad demonstrated the perfect condi- tion of the fleet.
 The next cabinet council will decide which American ports the Spanish men of war are to visit.
 In official circles, the tendency is to &C., cept the argument ant the United States is ~~----------------->------
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
Must Have Paper


 ''We must have paper currency. I be- lieve the country at large without regard to party, agrees to this proposition. We must have a paper currency, and of suf- ficient volume for the needs of great and prosperous people, with many and va- ried interests. Those who believe in the princlplec indorsed at the polls in 1896, to- gether with those who accept the yer dict then rendered as of binding force, agree that every dollar of paper currency must be redeemable, directly or indirectly, exchangeable or convertible, at par for gold. The value of every dollar of the United States money, whether of coin or paper currency, must be the equivalent of 25.S grains of standard gold. The gold coin must be the touch stone the test, the measure of value of every dollar, by whomsoever issued howsoever express ed. This paper currency, the volume of which must be co-extensive with the needs of the country, should all be issued by the government of by the banks. The time has passed by when the government should issue a part of the paper currency (other than coin certificates) and the banks @ part.
 ''This currency must be elastic. There will be no more half bushels needed in the south on threshing day than will be need ed seeding day The same thing is true of the east and the west and the Pacific slope. The monetary system that shall stand the test of all time must be auto matic in its operations. Wherever the demand exists there the currency must spring up in volume sufficient to meet the requirements of trade and commerce. This can be accomplished only by clothing the banks with power to issue Then small tax should be levied upon the circulation to protect against dangerous imitation be- yond the needs of the country, and to in- sure contraction when the demand ceases.
 "The government cannot provide any such automatic safety valves to regulate it's own issue. Every financial-political agitation engenders a mania on the part of the people for hoarding and every mani- festation of g disposition to hoard pro- duces political agitation along financial lines. Every such agitation in turn para lyzes commerce and trade to throw the balance of trade against us. This, in turn, depletes our stock of gold, and this again intensifies all other evils. All these ten- dences are likely to become epidemic and seldom understood or attributed to the melting cause. The most unfortunate phase of it all is the fact that the gov ernment is powerless to relieve. It can not repenish its treasury, as we have seen except by loan and an incmrease of the interest-bearing debt. The government is like the individual. It canot raise money except on assets, and, having none on hand it issues bonds extending over a long period of years, and thus imposes new bur dens on the people. This is given widest publicity and intensifies the evils, render ing the expedient necessary"