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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21
ing one person severely
The court

ing one person severely. The court
was thrown into n great panic. The
emperor has removed To- the newly
built library, but the Russian and
AmerIt an Legation : are closely guard
ed. SOM 30 persons acre arrested.
They are suspected vi being connected
with conspnat"rs IN Japan.
The Chinese minister at Berlin Ia,
been instructed To contract win the
Vulcan works AZ Slettin, Germany,
fcr ;he construction of two armOr-
clads of about 5000 tons and six pro
iectcd fast cruisers Of $500 tons to he
completed within 30 months. for l0,-
600 900 tacls. An order for so quick
firing field guns viii allo be placed in
Germany.
a telegram from Chemulpo June 10
SAYS two captains IN the Korean army
and two other perso ms nave been APP
pretended on ~ ehorge pi plotting to
put 70 dca,h he presept emperor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21

San iago DE Cuba, july l4.-lht
snict enforcement Of Gen. Woo
quarantine and sanitary order SCI, ms
to he REFRESHING the yellow fever out
break One death and three new
casts were oil tally reported today,
bat there have been no new cases
among the Uni Il States troops.
Many American and Ja.naican va
grants have been arrested and taken
10 the detention camp.
DR. Childs an American physician,
"as arrested, subjected to the tumiga-
lion process aud locked up for conceal
iog case of the fever at his own resi-
dence. This patient, an English en-
ploye of the North American Trust Co.,
died today.
The troops at Songo and headquar-
tiers at Cristo are comfortable and gen
orally IN good health.
The weather is extremely hot and
dry, but the city is in good sanitary
condition.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21

Seattle, july 1.-THE steamer AL
lance arrived this morning from St.
Michaels, Alaska, with advises from
the newly.discovered gold fields of
Cape Nome. Colors were found al
most everywhere throughout the zone,
which is 80 miles square, and nearly
all available ground has been staked.
-Four men shoveling eight days took
out $4,000. The gold is different
from that Of the Yukon in that 1t is
quite black, due to iron. 1t runs
about SlS to the ounce There was a
great rush of men from ST. Mchaels
into the district Town lots are selling
rs high as 81, 900.
The Alliance brings news OF the
deaths of SIX miners near Cape Nome:
Joe Fountain, Messrs. Maynard, Gro.
teau and Carr, DR.. Brigham, Jack
Burke. Ali save Burke were from
Holyoke, Mass. Carr and Burke froze
to death. Out of a party of 100 miners
at Cape Nome, Is severe cases of
scurvy have developed during the win
ter. The stricken men were mostly
loaded on sleds and hauled over the
ice to st. Michaels for medical treat
ment
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21

remedy on earth, cures cold in one
day if taken in time. IS and 5octs-
For Sale by SHARRAR & MULHOLLAND
uccessors 10 Il. s. Webb
The Farmers rIutuaI Fire Insurance
Company of Clinton and Ora
tiot Counties.

During the month Of July added So new
members and made AN increase of $52j65
to the amount increased. 1t now has over
400 members and over 100000 of pro-
perry insured. It's home company, has
no old Indebtedness, and furnishes the best,
cheapest and most reliable Insurance for
the farmer. CHAs CfrpEIs. Sec.
l0S9t2 rok. Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21

Hoods Pills give strength even Will
their caihartic qualities are at work
Eas, ~ Jake.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21
K. K. Figures.
Statistics of Interstate Commerce
Commission.

Washington, July 1.-THE report OF
railway statistics for the year 1898,
compiled by the interstate commerce
commission and m de public today,
shows that roads went into the hands
OF receivers against ID taken out, while
the mileage of receivership roads was
reduced by GIG miles operated and
5,133 miles owned.
There was decrease in the capital
stock of the roads in receivers, hands
of 1927, 239 The aggregate mile
age OF railways on June 30, 1898, was
2i6 1872, an increase of 4,0SS miles.
The total number of ailway corpor-
ations in the United States was 2.O47.
The total number of locomotives in
service was 1884, an increase of 24s
over the previous pear. The total of
railway employees was 1853, an in
crease of 81 ,OS2.
An interesting feature is wage
summary compiled from over 80 per
cent of the tota employees. There was
paid in wages s495, 055, els, an in
crease for the year of $29, 454,9S7
This sum represents 60 32 per cent of
the total operating expenses.
The total amount of railway capital
outstanding on June 30, 1898, not in
Guiding current liabilities, was 3d.
S18,554,03l. Of the outstanding stock
66.26 per cent paid no dividends.
STOCK DIVIDENDS.
On the stock-paying dividends 6.53
per cent paid from 1 to per cent.
There vo7 4 81 per cent of the dividend
pryin5 stocA that paid from to 8 per
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21
Tells What Troubled Him.

II have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla
for rheumatism and kidney troubles.
1t has done me more good than any
other medicine. My kidney trouble
has entirely left me and am not both
cred with rheumatism. Hoods Sar-
saparilla has cured me- JOHN +.
MoNTEATH, 1914 Monroe street, Sag
NAV, w. S Michigan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

mile race track which has been built
on the north tract and where races will
be run at night. This is to be one Of
the novel features OF the exposition.
Enough to say that the experience
of last year has been utilized to the
full, that the dark places have been
touched a with the wand of a wiz
ard, and that Electrical Superintend-
emit Rustin has prepared a fairy scene
brilliant and gorgeous beyond compar-
ison.
In the mater of exhibits the First
Greater America Colonial Exposition
has been most fortunate. When the
exposition was first talked Of some
doubt was expressed as to the POSSIBLE
ity of securing a sufficient number of
attractive exhibits to fill the immense
buildings, but that doubt has been OBJ
scured by the necessity of economizing
space in order that all who applied
might be accommodated. The United
States government building contains
a special exhibit. The untire contents
of the famous Libby Prison War Mu-
scum are displayed. 1t is composed Of
the relics of the wars of this nation,
and Is of great historical Importance
and value. In n part of the building
will be shown an immense collection
Of the relics and trophies of the late
war with Spain; the campaign in Gu
ba and Porto Rico. Frola the Philip
pine islands will come four car loads
of curious and interesting exhibits;
relics Of Dewey's famous victory, tro-
phies of the war in and about Manila,
and interesting objects collected from
various parts Of the islands. In addi-
ton to all this will be the regular gov
eminent exhibit of ~life-saving appara-
tus, etc., and in a corner of the build
ing the fisheries exhibit will be shown.
The display in all the principal
buildings gives promise of far surpass-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

arranged, and that has ueen vastly i'm
proved upon. The exposition is grand
and beautiful by day, but when dark
ness spreads it's sable wings then a
fairy city springs into existence, each
outline defined, each tower and min
aret clear cut and brilliant with my
Rad flashing stars of changing CHM
mering lights. Last year 30, cleo
trio lights were used in the illumina-
ton Of the court Of honor; this sum
mer 5,400 lights flash and CLEAN from
cornice and from arch, from balus-
trade to lofty spire, from pillared col
onnade to guided dome reared high in
air.
The splendid electrical fountain at
the western end of the lagoon is a YER
table rainbow Of changing lights, now
clearest green, and then from sprays
and showers of crimson to all the col
ors of the rainbow mingled, shifting,
changing, a dream OF fleeting meaUty:
Around the court, gardens CT tropical
plants bloom by day and blossom yet
more brilliant hues by night. Over
5000 lights clustered and colored to
represent the full-bloom flowers, lights
the foliage and gives the effect Of fairy
gardens the like of which has never
been equaled or approached. Conceal
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
WONDERFUL
Some of the Great Features Of the First
Greater America Exposition.
TIE SUPERB ELECTRICAL DISPLAY
From July 1 to November 1 the City of
Omaha VIII Welcome Visitors to q
Magnificent Exhibition.

Since the institution of the first
primitive fair for the exchange of
wares among ancient tradesmen, it
has been grander and more interesting
than its immediate predecessors. The
Greater America Exposition will be no
exception to this rule. In the variety
and novelty of its educational and
amusement features it will without
question surpass the exposition of 1898.
It's exhibits are not only more numer-
ous, but more novel and instructive
than were those of a year ago. The
amusement concessions, also more nu-
merous, present many novelties and
all are grander in design and proper
tons than those of any former exposi-
ton. The Examinations and pyrotech-
nical displays will be upon a scale of
magniicence heretofore not attempted,
and a line of special features and days
Is contemplated Of almost sensational
interest.
One of the browning features of
the exposition is the electrical illumi-
nation. The display of last year was
conceded to be the most effective eve.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

ing that of the Trans-Mississippi Rx.
position. Manufactures building Is
filled with a ~bewilderlng display, and
there is demand for more space than
can be found. In the way Of live ex-
hibits-that is, machinery in operation
it is probable that this exposition
will surpass, in extent and variety, all
previous efforts. Machinery Hall will
be filed with this exhibit. Silk weav-
ing from the beginning with the raw
silk to the completion of the cloth;
the manufacture of hats, from the raw
material to the finished article; in
short, a hundred different articles Of
commerce being made At the same
time, and under one roof. In the cleo
tricity building will be seen all that
is latest and most interesting in eiec-
trical apparatus and appliances; dyna-
mos, telephone exchanges. exhibitions
of lighting, heating and cooking. In
brief, score of interesting and curious
things such as can only he found in a
display of this kind, and which must
be seen to be appreciated
The colonial exhibit will consist of
many interesting articles of commerce.,
industry, and manufacture, from our
foreign possessions. Implements of ag-
culture, arms, vehicles, native dress
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
Fancy Belts.

Some extremely smart leather belts,
which threaten the immediate retire
ment of last seasons assortment, have
made their appearance. They are not
particularly novel in the materials of
which they are made, nor are the
buckles especially unusual. The novel
ty is in the pretty little woven leather
edge. The belt, of kid. patent leather
or plain grain leather, Is made quite
narrow, and a very narrow strip of
the same leather is knotted in a sort
of crochet stitch all along each edge.
This finish makes a variety in the
leather belts, in black, white or brown,
not spelling the severe tailor finish of
the costume, but adding to it a new
touch Of character.
For use with ribbon belts there is a
new style Of belt pin with jewels to
match the cuff links and studs. These
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

A delightful carriage gown, and, in
deed, n that would do honor to any
occasion, is portrayed in the accom-
panying illustration. It is developed
in black silk net over a lining of white
taffeta.
The costume consists of a double
skirt with close-ftting hips and a full
ness around the foot that falls in reg
ular folds. The top skirt is trimmed
with bands of black insertion arranged
in Dewey ruf1e effect and the lower
skirt is treated in the same way with
the difference that the bands are set
on plain.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
AdIeu to the Pun.

The bandeau style of wearing the
hair is coming in again, and a parting
or at least a separation Of the hair in
the center of the front threatens to
usurp the place of the pompadour puff.
The potent reason some women give
for deserving the pompadour is that
men do not like it. "They like sleek,
shining Madonna bands, as fiat as
their own pates," say one woman.
mo, they don't" says another. "They
like bangs, curly and ringletty." But
the average man smiles benignly,
and when the happy medium between
the puff and the bandeau appears he
gazes in deep admiration. Mrs. Ken
dal wears her hair in the a most
men like it; so do Jane Hading and
Maude Adams and sweet Annie Rus
sell. All of these actresses have In
usually fine hair, heavy, long and
thick, and they also have good fore
heads; but the parting, with ripples
on either side and a big, soft knot
in the back, cannot be called a trying
style, as none of these actresses, with
the exception of Nine. Jane Had
ing, is noted for her beauty.
The chignon, when worn now, is
placed on the top of the head in the
form Of soft loops or fluffy curls. The
nape of the neck is left uncovered.
Combs are used more than ever, and
the broad shell ones are particularly
pretty. A new and becoming a of
dressing the hair is to have two ban
deaux descending rather low upon the
forehead, with the hair turned up in
wavy curls at the sides. The Golf
fure is round at the back. On the top
of the head the hair is rolled with
two waved marteaux separated from
the front hair by a band of velvet or
satin, on which are fixed two gar
denia blossoms.
When the hair is worn low two tor
toise she'll pins, with ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ed heads inserted on either side, serve
the double purpose of security and of
adornmGnt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

sign in stationery has been introduced,
which, unlike most novelties, is so
dainty it has met with considerable
favor from ladies who usually ''steer
clear" of anything so distinctive in
letter paper. The paper itself is a
W~edgewood blue, bordered narrowly
with white, envelopes matching. Of
course it will have but a short vogue,
and those who use but little stationery
and do not care to use something de-
cidedly passe as soon as the novelty
of it has passed, and cannot afford to
throw away fashions left-overs, will
do well to continue to buy a plain (of
course unruled) linen paper, rough or
smooth as they prefer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
are clasp pins, strong enough to hold
skirt and waist together.


One of the hardest things in a room
to arrange artistically is the piano,
now that fashion has degreed that it
shall be dragged away from the wall.
Many an otherwise perfect apartment
has been spoiled by the inartistic ar
rangement of the piano back. A great
aid in overcoming this is a mirror,
made the exact width of the piano, and
placed fiat against its back. On each
side narrow curtains may be placed,
and the mirror used either as a re-
Hector or with painting on the frame
and glass. Palms may be prettily ar
ranged at the foot, to- be repeated in
the glass surface, or a tiny seat placed
there, with cushions of quaint shape
and material.
With the mirror as a starting point
one may have endless varieties of dec
Grafton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

The bodice has a full front upon
which the lace trimming is repeated
in simple though bewitching fashion.
Small puffs. apparently gathered upon
a band Of insertion, top the sleeves,
and the stock and belt are made OF
pistachio green satin ribbon.
A pistachio green leghorn hat
trimmed with black and white ribbon
and green silk roses forms an import
ant part Of the toilet. The brim is fin
ished with a border of fine immacu-
late white straw.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
Smart Bodies.

Some Of the most stylish of the fancy
waists of the season are of all black
or all white silk, or of white taffeta
or faille barred, dotted or striped in
black satin. There is an immense
range of garnitures appropriate for
these waists, but there are few trim
mings nor eff ective or becoming than
black velvet ribbon of narrow Or me-
dunn widths. with a scarf Of rich white
lace at the throat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

When the young poet wrought 30 UNI
From the purest Parian, washed by
Grecian seas,
And stained to amber softness by the
breeze
OF Attic shores, his Urn, antiquely fair
And brimmed it at the sacred fountain.
where
The draught he drew were sweet as
Castaly's-
Had he foreseen what souls would there
appease
Their purer thirsts, he had not known
despair!
About 1t long professions move and wind,
Held by its grace-a chalice choicely fit
For Truths and Beauty's perfect inter-
fuse,
Whose effiuence the exhaling years shall
find
Unwasted; for the poets name is writ
(Ffrmer than marble) in Olympian
dews!
Margaret ]. Preston.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

ed lights throw into bold relief each
group and figure Of statuary upon the
buildings.
The bluff tract has 5000 more lights
than last year and the horticultural
building stands out in a blaze of ra-
diant beauty. One hundred and eigh-
ty-seven9 additional arc lights nave
been placed about the grounds, some
eighty OF these around the new half
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

Generally speaking, novelties in sta
tionery are not in good form. They
come and go, while aristocratic women
continue to use either white or a most
d~elicately tinted gray-blue paper,
which bears their address stamped
from an engraved die in gray or silver,
gold, blue or red, the preference now
being for gray.
Recently, however, a Wedgewood de-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

and ornaments, products, plants and
fruits, are a few Of the many interest
ing things now on the way from Gu
ba, Porto Rico, Hawaiian islands, and
the far of Philippines. A large num-
Der Of the natives Of these several Is
lands Of the seas will be at the exposi-
ton, and will doubtless make ono Of
the most interesting features OF the
great exhibition.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

A ton of flea water is supposed to
contain about IA grains Of gold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.

Adieu to the Pun-The Style
of Arranging the Hair-A Carriage
Toilet-Fancy Belts for the Season
Stationery Novelties.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
European Hints

Elegant afternoon toilet, by Rob-
ertS. The tan cloth of this simple cos
tune Is decorated with straps and
Shtchings. The collar and revere are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-22
LIQUID OR SOLID7
Upon This Question Regarding AS
Dhait n Trial In a Trinidad
Court Hinged.

Down in Trinidad, where most of the
asphalt used in paving the streets of
Chicago is produced, opinion is divided
as TO whether the substance may be
classed as liquid or a solid. Upon this
issue, says the Chicago Chronicle,
recent trial in Trinidad turned.
The stratum of pitch in that island is
usually from four TO seven feet below
the surface, and, when cut through,
the pitch melts and oozes out. So, ii
a man dug down near his neighbours
lot, he would be able to collect pitch
coming from under his neighbours
land. The plan was described by one
of the witnesses as ''the plan adopted
when you want to dig your neighbours
pitch" 1t "bulges out" he explained,
"nnd you shave 1t off each morning."
But snit was brought by one outraged
neighbor whose pitch had thus been
shaved off in adjoining land. The de-
tense was that an underground stratum
of pitch was like so much water, no
mans property until appropriated.
But the court held that pitch was a
mineral. and that you had no more
right to abstract il from a neighbor
by the oozing process than you would
have to tap his deposit of iron or silver.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-22
HOW TO WALK UP STAIRS.
When an Equal Distribution of the
Body's Weight Is Secured It's
an Easy Task.

A physician who declared that few
people know how to walk upstairs
properly was asked to describe how it
should be done. He said: Usually
person will tread on the ball of his foot
in taking each step. This is very tire
some and wearing on the muscles, as it
throws the entire suspended weight of
the body on the muscles of the legs and
feet. You should, in walking or climb
ling stairs, seek for the most equal dis
tribution of the body's weight possible.
I'm walking upstairs your feet should
be placed squarely down on the step,
heel and all, and then the work should
be performed slowly and deliberately.
In this way there is no strain upon any
particular muscle, but each one is doing
Its duty in natural manner. The
woaian who goes upstairs with spring
is no philosopher, or at least she is not
making n proper use of her reasoning
faculties. The habit, too, of bending
over half double when ascending q
flight of stairs is exceedingly repre-
hensible. In any eXertion of this kind,
when the heart is naturally excited to n
more rapid action, it Is desirable that
the lungs should have full play The
@rouching position interferes with their
notion, the blood is imperfectly aereat-
cd. and there is trouble at once. Give
the lungs chance to do their work
everywhere and at all times"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-22
WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
In Europe Many of Them Arc Consid-
cred Delicacics and Used as
Rare FIavOrinEs.

Go out on any farm and see the farm
er hoeing away at the weeds that
threaten to choke his crop. You may
hear him say things that wouldn't
sound nice about the weeds.
The dandelion isn't the only weed
eaten by people who know what's good
to eat. Take wild cherry, the plague
of the farmer. 1t makes one of the fin
est salads served, piquant, tender and
wholesome. Charlock, or wild mustard,
is another bane of the farmer. lie
doesn't know that as pot herb it can
give soup a delightful flavor. The
dockweeds-ho annoying the whole
family are! Yet the broad leaf variety
and the curly leaf are used all over Eu-
rope as table vegetables.
There's pokeweeds, commonest Of
them all. In France it is cultivated. 1t
takes its place with sage, thyme, pars-
ley and bay leaves as n flavoring for
soup.
Everybody in America hates nettre
and can't see what use it is. In Scot
land, Poland and Germany tender
young nettle leaves are used as greens.
The Germans boil it with other vege-
tables to give them piquant flavor.
Purslane is another weed that can be
treated the same way.
Most people think milkweed poison
Gus. 1t is medicinal vegetable with n
delightful flavor all its own. The young
leaves, when they are in just the right
condition, are n cross between spinach
and asparagus, and in salad are de-
1icious.
Sorrel, fictitious and chevriI are
looked on as field pests by ninety-nine
ont of every hundred farmers. The
hundredth one picks the choicest leaves
from these weeds and sends them to
market, where they find ready sale for
salads to be eaten with game and for
1iavoring herbs-for herbs they are and
not weeds N V. World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-22

With the most careful calculation,
says Mrs Lincoln, there is frequently
coffee left over; not enough, perhaps,
for another serving as a beverage, but
too much to be wasted. Do not leave
1t in the pot with the grounds, but pour
1t off or strain it carefully, and if it be
used again hot lee it just come to the
boiling point. This will be much nicer
than to reheat it with the grounds.
1t may be used TO dilute the egg for
the next mornings coffee, or as flavor
Ing in custards, creams and ices; or as
the liquid in place of or with milk in
gingerbread, cookies. cakes, ETC., or,
when there Is sufficient quantity, 1t
can be made into jelly.