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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
ACsrd.

We. the undersigned. do hereby agree
to refund the money on 30 cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if
it fails TO cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle 60 prove
satisfactory OF money refunded.
BIvINs a. RHODES
Alma, Mich.
FBEp HUDSON,
lOvNcmo. Rdvsriale, Niob
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
Gbiue.A EN.~

In China. where most eyes are mar
row and long, a small. round eye is
considered an extraordinary beauty.
China girls pluck their eyebrows 10
make them very fine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
Remedy for Thumps.

When thumps appear in pigs, give
Jaw linseed oil in quantities large
enough TO move the bowels Give d..
rect TO the patient, not to the SOW, IN.
less more than Que Is attacked.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
Swallows In Palestine.

In Palestine the swallows are al
lowed not only the freedom Of the
houses and living rooms, but OF the
mosques and tombs. where they bpild
their nests and rear their young.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
Advertising Rates-Net.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1899.

Republican County Convention for the
County OF Gratiot. will b. held al the Court
House in the Village Of Ithaca on Friday. Fen
ruary oath 1899 AT II O'Clock a. m. for the pur
pose of nominating "A candidate for the ONCE OIL
County Commissioner of Schools for electing l.
delegates To attend the State Convention 10 DE
held in the city Of Jackson, March LIST 1857 lor
the purpose Of electing - delegates 10 attend
the Judicial Convention Tor the 2ith Juulchi
Circuit 10 he called later and Tor the purpose
of transactng such other business as may prov
erly co me before H. The several townships and
wards are entitled 10 representation as follows;
Arcadia - II New Haven o.. ........4
Bethany ... ......... North Star ........ >
Eliza ................. North shade ......t =
Emerson ............ 5 Pine River. ..... .......4
Fulton ... ; Seville ......... ..... !
Hamilton. .......... sumner ........ ..''o
Ithaca ......... Wa hington, ....-l
LAFAYETTE ..... .... hecler. ............ 20
Newark. ..............
CITY of st Louis AZ large.
First Ward ........i Third Ward 90.
Second Ward - / Fourth Ward, ......-.3
BY order of Republican County CommNtee.
A. Il. DARRAGH Chairman,
F. W. BLAIR, secretary
Dated January 30, 1899.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
The COIoRed Race.

Prof. Hamy estimates that the black
race embraces about one-tenth OF the
inhabitants OF the globe. or 10000
900 persons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
Japanese Wedding Customs.

\ Japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parent, a. some slight
reeompense for theik trouble in rearing
her
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
For Sale or Rent.

Twenty acre farm, modern new house.
large new barn and other buildings one
block from Beet Sugar Factory and three
blocks from Union School. Alma. In.
quire of +. 4. PoLLAsKY.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10

The average weight OF brain Is
greater in China than in any European
country, excepting Scotland.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
S. S. CONVENTION.

The following is the program of The
Gratiot county Sunday School conven-
ton to be held III the Presbyterian
church, Alma, on Wednesday and
Thursday of next week:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10

The average amount OF sickness In
human life Is zine days out az the
peAS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
As They are Drawn.

The following is the list of petit Jurors
drawn for the March term of circuit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
TOO MUCH MARRIED.
a Wellknown st. Louis Caterer Who
Had Two Family Establishments.

ST. Louis, March 6.-Information has
just reached ST. Louis of the death last
month of Mrs. Rosamond NJ. Thatcher,
one of the wives of the late Don c.
Thatcher. Mrs. Thatcher died at the
home of her brother, Henry Bogardus,
in Noble, Mich. She had been in bad
health for several years. She was about
As years old.
Mrs. Rosamond Thatcher proved her
claim to be considered Don c. Thatch-
er's legal widow. When the true story
of Don Thatcher's matrimonial VEN
lures became known, Mrs. Alberta
Thatcher, the wife with whom he was
living at the time of his death, grace
fully withdrew her rights as widow, al
though she had been regularly married
to Thatcher in London.
Mrs. Rosamond Thatcher's life was
most eventful. Her husbands easy
going views on the divorce question and
his rather remarkable ability to keep
a secret caused her many an experience
that was stranger than fiction. She
and her husband were married in New
York. They came to ST. Louis where
Mr.. Thatcher started a restaurant. He
was shrewd business man with an ap-
titude for catering and he rapidly made
money. Mr.. and Mrs. Thatcher were
said to have lived an unpleasant do
nestle life, and upon one occasion, it is
alleged, she horse-whipped him on the
street after detecting him in some
Lothario-like transactions. The up
shot of it all was that Mrs. Thatcher
went back to New York alone.
Mr.. Thatcher stayed in st. Louis and
continued to make money. He was in
the habit of running over to Europe
when he felt like taking a. little Vaca-
ton. On one of these European tours
he was introduced to the handsome
and intellectual daughter of an English
lawyer. He was SO impressed with her
that he Travelled with her and her chap
eron all over the continent. He told
her that he had been divorced from his
first wife in Switzerland, and asked
that she marry him She accepted, and
Mr. Thatcher calmly came back to
seemed deeply attached to her. A son,
who was named for the father, was
born to them. All the time that Mr.
Thatcher was living with wife No. g
special license, he was sending money
regularly to wife No. 1, who knew her
husband had filled her place, but made
no fuss about it till after his demise.
Mr.. Thatcher died in 1896. Death re-
suited from an accidental fall into the
basement of the Century theater which
was then being constructed. The an
nouncement that Don c. Thatcher was
dead brought Mrs. Rosamond Thatcher
from the east. Mrs. Rosamond and
Mrs. Alberta and their respective at
torneys had several consultations. They
wrote to the little canton in Switzer-
land where Mr.. Thatcher said he had
been divorced. Reply came back that
no divorce had ever been granted in
Switzerland to Don c. Thatcher. Then
Mrs. Alberta deferred to Mrs. Rosa
mond, surrendering her right to sue, as
the widow, for damages for Thatcher'S
death.
Mrs. Rosamond Thatcher left st.
Louis about year ago to make her
home in Michigan. Mrs. Alberta
Thatcher is still conducting a restau-
rant in ST. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
OWNS POPOCATEPETL.
Gen. Ochoa Wants to Sell the Biggest
Mountain in Mexico.

City of Mexico, March 6.-The owner
of Mount PopOcatepetI, Gen. GaSpar
Sanchez OchOa, is negotiating with
leading English sulphur firm, through
Henry E Taylor of London, for the
sale of the mountain for $50, 900. Mean
while Gen. OchOa is planning a scheme,
which, at cost of $500, 900 Mexican sill
YER will greatly simplify and cheaper
the extraction of sulphur. The plan
summit to the top of the sulphur de-
posts; a cable line from the tunnel to
the reduction works at Tlamacas, halt
way down the mountain, and a cog rail-
way thence to the tracks of the Inter
oceanic railway. The cable line itself
will have to be $4,000 feet long, making
st the longest aerial line in the world
A rope of crucible steel wire one inch
in diameter and enduring a tensile
strain of zoe. 900 pounds to the square
inch will be used. The buckets are to
weigh seventy pounds, with capacity
of 200 pounds. Thus 120 tons OF sulphur
ore will be deliVera BILE daily
The Mexican official figures made in
1857 esta blish the height of Mount Popo-
catepetl as 1856 feet above sea level.
The crater bed is $500 feet above the
City of Mexico. COrteZ, in 1928, first
extracted sulphur from this mountain
for use in making powder The sui
phur is found pure, without adm1xture
of iron or arsenic. Forty years ago
Ochoa acquired the mountain and be-
ent he is not operating his reduction
works, but in one year he extracted
1000, 600 pounds. The worlds consump-
ton of sulphur last year was 100000
pounds, and the market price is now
from $35 to $40 a ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
AARON BURR'S KIN.
A Grandniece in New York in Need
of Charity.

New York, March 6-NTrs. Hannah
Christian, a granddaughter of David
Burr, the brother of Aaron Burr, was
awaiting the aid of the Charity Organ
ization society today in her two small
rooms in the rear of 213 West Fortieth
street. Packing boxes and barrels sur
rounded her.
The house in which Mrs. Christian
has lived two years is to be torn down
this month by its owner. When a no
tice to that effect was received by her
she found herself unable to pay the ex-
penses of moving.
A series of misfortuneS had reduced
her to want for the first time in the 70
years of her life, sickness and accident
having prevented her from following
her livelihood at sewing carpets.
She had sent to a friend French coin
of the year 1920, which she said had
been given to her grandfather by
George Washington before the battle of
Princeton.
She had asked this friend to sell the
coin and the friend had reported Mrs.
Christians condition to the Charity Or
ganization society. Mrs. Christian said
her only hope was in the promise Of the
society to help her. She wanted to sell
the coin, as it would lessen to some de-
gree her need of charitable aid.
She was one of the ten children born
to John Riker and Sarah Burr, who
were married in Warwick, Orange coun-
ty, N. Y, in 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
TO SHELVE BRYAN.
Democratic Com Animation Formed to
Head OFF the Nebraskan.

Louisville, KY, March "a special
from Washington says a scheme, ma
tional in it's scope and which will have
an important bearing on the Democrat
ic nomination for president, has become
public property and Democrats are al
ready discussing it and waiting for the
conference that will put the movement
under Roadway. The plan is to side
track Bryan in his race for the presi-
dental nomination.
The story goes that a conference has
been arranged to be held in New York
by German, Whitney. Croker Carter
Harrison, Flower and Davis of West
Virginia Grover Cleveland will be with
them in spirit-perhaps personally.
1t is calculated that the combinati
can control in the next national conven-
ton all the eastern states and PennSyl-
vania, West Virginia and Illinois, and it
counts with confidence on controlling
the majority of delegates.
The scheme is to bring forward some
candidates for presidTnt who will re-
ceive all the blame for dumping Bryan
and then drop him before the conVen-
ton is held. German is being brought
in the front. German is said to be Gro
ker's favorite, and is said to have made
peace with his Democratic enemies in
Maryland
Bryan is to be blamed for favoring
the treaty with Spain. The platform of
the combination is to be anti-expansion,
antitrust, and, as a bluff, if necessary,
for silver legislation, although it is we'll
known that the political complexion of
the senate makes the passage of silver
bills impossible for six years.
A Democrat who has been in the
councils of both Democratic factions
says Chairman Jones will agree to the
shelving of Bryan, being convinced that
he is unavailable. He faVors Stone of
Missouri, but is said to be favorable to
Harrison as a second choice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06

came from San Antonio, Tex. in a
special car, while the rest of the train
went on to Chicago. The trip lasted 81
days. The train is probably the most
magnificent that ever passed over the
railroad systems of Mexico 1t as COM
posed of sleeping, dining, commissary
and observation cars, and equipped with
bath rooms, barber shop and all the
conveniences to be had on the eastern
limited trains.
Every point of interest in Old Mexico
was visited and some places out of the
track of the ordinary tourist. Mr. Fisher
in speaking of the trip said he could
not conceive why Americans should care
to take European trip with such
magnificent country as Mexico in close
proximity.
ANCIENT RUINS OF Militia.
THE trip was a revelation to me-" he
continued, land our party enjoyed it to
the utmost. One of the grandest and
most notable points of interest was our
visit to Militia, a prehistoric ruin. When
the ancient Aztecs settled in Mexico
they found the ruins almost as they are
today and no man knows the age of
the place, nor can any accurate con-
ception of 1t be formed by the ordinary
observer. There is absolutely no record
of it's origin.
MEXICO GROWS MODERN.
'Oaxaca itself is a beautiful place.
We spent few delightful days there
basking beneath the shade of banana
trees, while you people in Colorado were
suffering with intense cold. The climate
come to the city in search of health.
OF the larger cities we visited we
found Mexico and Guadalajara surpris-
fngly modern. The streets are we'll
paved and many of the buildings are
handsome and modern in every respect
There are many Americans and English
in these cities, of course, and in Guada-
lajara we even found a brewery-some-
thing of a novelty in Mexico. We spent
week in Mexico City on the way south
and two weeks on the return trip. What
to me as the most enjoyable portion of
the trip was the time we spent at Ia
Bara, where we were three days. La
Bara lies on the gulf six miles below
Tampico. We had the privilege of surf
bathing here. Two days were spent at
Aguas Calientes, famed for drawn
work, and here the ladies of our party
INDUCED their tastes for fancy work
to their hearts content. Another point
of interest was Queretaro, where opals
of all kinds abound
They are to be had here all the way
from cents a quart to $500 for single
opal, according to the quality. Here our
party had the honor of meeting Gov.
Garcia, who entertained us at his palace
during our stay of two days"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
MAKING A SLEIGH ROAD.
Is Resorted to by Snow Imprisoned
Colorado People.

Breckenridge, Col, March 6.-This
morning rs men and six teams started
the work of opening sleigh road to the
top of the range at BoreaS. More men
and teams will be put on when there is
more room for them to work. The road
is following the saw mill road and it is
necessary to shovel off from two to four
feet of snow SO that the leading team
can wallow through, then the other
teams follow, pulling the front bobsleds
only. After a mile two of road has
been opened in this manner heavy logs
and tree tops will be drawn over it to
pack the snow so that it will get a bot
tom and freeze hard at night.
At noon the road had been opened
past Rocky Point. From the saw mill
to within three-fourths of a mile of
the top there is a road made by hauling
saw logs, which will be utilized. The
remaining distance 20 the top will have
to be shoveled. Como people have been
notified to start work on the road from
the Fortune placer, to which place it is
already broken, and to meet the Brock
enridge men. Summit county proposes
to help herself without figuring on
"Manana" promises. An express and
passenger sleigh service will be put on
within a day or two after it is opened.
The weather today has been mixed, be-
ing about three-fourths storm to one
fourth sunshine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
BIG SALES OF ORE.
The Record Was Broken in the Joplin
Mining District Last Week.

Joplin, Mo-, March 6.-The week just
closed was the most remarka BILE in the
history of the district. The total sales
of ore broke all previous records by
nearly $4,000. The figures were as fol-
lows: 10, 139, 440 pounds of zinc ore; l.
056, 49O pounds of lead ore; value, $216,-
6S5. The top price paid for zinc ore was
SAB, at which price only one lot was sold
Five cars sold at $42, but the great bulk
of the ore went at prices from $35 to
$39. Lead sold at SIG until Thursday
when the price went off to $25.
The comparisons are interesting. AS
compared with the previous week the
week just closed shows an increase all
around of 1,7S9, $40 pounds of zinc ore;
AGO, $40 pounds of lead ore, and $45, 40S in
value.
AS compared with the corresponding
week of 1898 the week just closed shows
an increase in the sales of zinc ore of
44S, 100 pounds; a falling off in the sales
of lead to the extent of 2S7 400 pounds
an increase in the value of $50, 315.
AS compared with the corresponding
period of 1898 the first nine weeks of
this year show an increase in the sales
of zinc ore of 4,523, $50 pounds; a de-
crease in the sales of lead of 1926, $40
pounds; an increase in the value Of
$500. 949
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
CARTER DENIES A RUMOR.
Canal and Dock Company, He Says,
is Not to Buy Pullman Town.

Chicago, March 6.-LesIie Carter presi-
dent of the Calumet and Chicago Canal
and Dock company, has returned from
New York and has denied the report that
the company is planning for the taking
over of the model town of Pullman.
Ever since the officials of the palace car
company announced their intention to
abide by the decree of the supreme court
and dispose of their holdings comprised
in the town rU1mors have been persistent
ly current that the Canal and Dock COM
pany would assume the custody of the
interests in the town. When Mr.. Carter
ditional rumor was circulated that his
trip had as its chief object the negotiation
of the transfer.
In. his general denial Mr.. Carter was
THE Pullman Palace Car company has
not asked US to buy the town of Pullman.
In the second place, / do not think that
We would do so if the offer were made, al
right to do so. But the Canal and Dock
company is a seller and not a holder of
realty. If took the town of Pullman
we should be compelled to act rent
policy of the management of our bust
ness. I think that 1t can safely be said,
without any danger of future actions be-
Icing the statement, that the Calumet and
never, not even by nominal transfer,
possess the town of Pullman"
When questioned in regard to the real
object of his trip to New York, Mr.. Carter
met district had been considered. He said
that eastern investors are greatly inter
ested in the future of the region about
Calumet river and was confident that the
mentS in docks and manufacturing and
warehouse buildings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
sun BATHS FOR WAITS.
Solarium Added to the Bellevue
Buildings. New York.

New York, March 6.-Bellevue hos
pital, on the advice of Commissioner
John w. Keller of the charitable de-
partment, has added to its many build
ings a babies solarium. The addition
is sort of extension pavilion, added to
the children's ward, which is known as
81.
The solarium is a pavilion which re-
sembles garden lighthouses, and is used
for giving sun baths. The sun may
shine on all the little cots in the solar
ium, and this, according to medical
science, proves a remarkable factor for
the recovery Of invalids.
The solarium is about twenty-four
feet square, with a polished floor, and
has accommodations for holding about
thirty babies. The roof is covered with
thick glass, and the east, west and
north sides also are of glass. The glass
is held in place by steel tiers. Long
green shades are placed on the roof,
also, for use when the sun becomes too
hot.
In the summer the roof can be open
ed, and the air may come in on all sides
of the BUILDING. Superintendent
O'Rourke is pleased with the addition,
and said that 1t cost Little.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
RATS IN WHITE HOUSE.
How Mrs Mckinley squelched
Steward Sinclair.

Washington, March civilian Sinclair,
the colored steward at the White House,
is a man of some Importance in the coun-
ellis of state, but he is match for the
first lady of the land. Sinclair has been
in the White House for nearly 10 years,
and he considers himself the dean of the
corps He obtained his lofty position I'M
der Cleveland during his first term, and
throughout the succeeding adminiStra tons
he has kept his grasp on the management
of the material comforts of presidents.
Sinclair was made much of by Mrs.
Cleveland and by Mrs. Harrison, and he
likes to call attention to his responsible
position. Not long ago he asked to see
Mrs Mckinley on very urgent business
aud after being admitted to her sitting
room he told a narrowing tale of the rats
which were taking possession of the
White House cellars.
They were swarning there in such num-
bers that really the situation was getting
serious. Rough on Rats" and other ia
miliar remedies awaited not. Now could
Madam (such is the title given Mrs. Nc
kinley by all the White House employes)
suggest anything? The mistress of the
White House made a perfectly natural
gesture of repugnance at hearing this un-
canny story and after moments re-
Election she said slowly:
i though you We're paid a large salary
to keep such unpleasant things from my
knowledge 1 hope hereafter that you
will strive more diligently to earn that
salary. Now you may 60"
Sinclair since that time is being con-
stantly asked what Mrs. Mckinley rec
commended as being sure cure for killing
rats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
JOHN SHERMAN TO CUBA.
Goes to Prove Natives Were Not
Worth Fighting For.

tary John Sherman is going to Cuba and
Porto Rico to see for himself the eondi-
tons down there The venerable states
man has just about finished his book of
memoirs, in which he explains the fact
forced out of President McKinley's cabi-
net in consequence of that fact and not,
as he says, because of his physical disa-
bility.
He therefore proposes to go to Cuba and
Porto Rico to get material to back up his
original declaration that the people of
those islands were not worth lighting for
and certainly were not capable OF self
government
Some Of the ex-secretary's friends are
much excited over this new plan of his,
as they believe if he does go to the West
Indies just at the opening Of the rainy
season he will be certain to contract ma
larial fever, which, in his enfeeblsd condt-
ton, would be almost certain to terminate
fatally. -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
MAY TAKE CURZON HOUSE.
Ambassador Choate Spends His First
Week in London in Seeking
Home.

London, March 6.-Ambassador Choate
spent his first week in London house
hunting Claridges hotel where he is
atty and encourages of foreign ambassa-
doris. Mr.. Choate left there shortly after
10 O'Clock today and went directly to the
embassy in Victoria street. He found
many letters awaiting him. After a short
conference with the charge d affaireS, Mr..
Henry NJ. White, and Secretary Carter he
went house hunting. He looked at the
house in Carlton Place Terrace formerly
occupied by Lord Curzon. This place will
cost something like 81. 900 a year, is fur
nished and handsome in interior arrange
ments, although severe in outer appear
ance. The ambassador will proba bly, take
this place. Mrs Choate accompanied him
on the trip.