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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

residence without forSwearing ale
glance to his native country.
At present the only citizens entitled
to vote for president Of the Boer re-
public are those who were residents
Of the Transvaal previous to 1876 or
who carried arms for the government
in any of the various wars Of indie
pendence. OF course this applies only
to white males. Voters Of these quail
fications are known as first class
burghers, and, so far as numbers go,
they are in a ridiculous minority.
Should the request for a five year
franchise be granted the Beers would
find themselves speedily legislated out
of existence. Such a concession would
hand over the control Of the govern
ment to the uitlanders. Do you won
der they object?
Still, there remain the grievances of
the uitlanders. Some Of them deserve
to be classed as outlaws, it is true, for
blacklegs from the four quarters Of the
earth can be found in the streets of
johannesburg. Yet the majority are
not of this description.
The first hordes of immigrants were
naturally enough composed in part of
gamblers ana aOVenIurerS, Out IneSe
were soon succeeded by earnest, prac
teal workers, by men of Drawn and
brains. They worked the mineral
wealth of the country; they spent their
savings in opening out mines, in put
ting up the finest machinery, in costly
experiments Of every kind; they col
lected the cleverest engineers and man.
ayers, assayers and chemists from all
the mining centers Of the world; they
redeemed the land from desolation;
they built the towns; they constructed
the railroads; they established the COM
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

there has been
SO much exag-
geratfon that it
is hard to say
W b a t is the
truth and what
is m e re rO-
mancing. But
even the Eng
ish admit that
q Boer with a
rifle is a dan
gerOuS custom
er, even at a
d i s t a n &c Of
1000 var d s,
and Tommy At
kinS must be
m u C b nearer
than that to do
effective work.
The best de-
Tense against
an invading ar
my, however,
is found in the
character Of the
TranSvaal bor-
der. Shut in on
ranges, the BoeI
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
PRESIDENT KRUGER.

question the savage African tribes
whom they subdued. Their ancestors
went to South Africa from Holland
Boer is Dutch for farmer. That is
what the word means, and that is what
they are.
The first Beers settled in Cape Colo
ny. Trouble with the English led
them to move farther inland and
farther north. They would build their
.kraals in one place and stay there I'm.
til the encroachments of the English
made it necessary for them to fight
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

sent the number of ablebodied Beers
who can bear arms.
The real army is the nation in arms.
1t is impossible to give exact figures
concerning it's strength. A German
army officer who recently made a re-
port on the Boer fighting strength says
he asked men and boys of all ages in
all stations of life in all parts of the
Transvaal whether they would go to
war, if it came to war, without ever
receiving a negative or even a doubt
full answer. Even the Oldest men he
met thought they would be good for
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

vided into two parties, one OF which
founded the Orange Free State. The
other, continuing farther eastward,
founded Natal. Both states were con-
quered by the English. A majority of
the Beers, once more fleeing from Brit
ish thraldom, crossed the river Vaal
and intrenched themselves in their
present position in the TransvaaL
Here four rival sovereignties were
established whose internecine feuds
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

The quarrel between the British and
the Beers has its complications, but
even at this distance it is possible to
distinguish the main points of the con-
troversy.
1t is not the whole truth to say that
this is merely another case Of British
land grabbing. Neither is it entirely
fair to charge the blame wholly to
Boer stubbornness. There are two
sides to this as to every other Ques-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

ICommander IN CHIEF OF The Boer forcesI
merce; they fought in the wars against
the savage native tribes, who, despite
all the courage and fortitude of the
Beers, must finally have triumphed
over them if they had been left single
handed.
And they paid and have paid and are
paying practically all the taxes. 1t is
estimated that 90 per cent of all the
magnificent revenues that flow yearly
into the Golfers Of the Boer government
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14


yeast that has been leavening the
Dutch lump of that distraught repub-
lie.
ing the Netherlands railroad forms an
other grievance. The charges for car
rying passengers and freight are right
ly complained of as eXorbitant. The
average charge for freight in the Unit
ed States is half a cent per mile. In
England it is three-fourths of a cent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
DATES OF FAIRS, 1899.
County and Local Fairs in Michigan

Allegan county fair, Allegan, Oct. SO.
Armada fair, Armada, Macomb Co, Oct. b-7
Bancroft fair, Bancroft, Shiawassee Co, Sept
Do
Berrien county fair, Berrien Springs, Sept
1890
Brighton market fair, Brighton, Livingston
Co, Oct. 1913.
Calhoun county fair. Albion, Sept. 1922
Caledonia union fair, Caledonia Oct 35.
Clinton county fair, 1T. Johns, Sept 70 %
Charlevoix county fair, CharlevoX, Sept - 2
Eaton county fair, Charlotte, Oct. 80.
Fowlervile fair, Fowerville, Livingston Co.
Oct. 3-G.
Gratiot county fair. Ithaca oct. SO
Hillsdale county fair, Iillsdale, Oct. SO
Huron county fair Bad Axe sept. 20 2s
Hadley district fair Hadley, Lapeer Co., Sept
2J-2e
Ionia district fair Ionia Oct 80
Isabella county fair. Mt. Pleasant, Sept $50
Inlay City fair, Inlay City, Lapeer Co, Oct
4.6
Marquette county fair, Marquette. Sept. %, %
Manlstee county fair, Oneikema, sept 26-2S.
Milford fair, Milford, Oakland Co sept 20 90
Sept. 27-29.
Oakland county fair, Pontiac, Oct. St.
Ocena county fair, Hart, Sept. l2-l5.
ottawa and West Kent fair. Berlin, Oct. Sc
Plymouth fair, Plymouth, Wayne county, Sept
1929
Saginaw county holds no fair this year.
81 Joseph county fair, Centervile. Sept 20 20
Stockbrdge union fair, Stockbridge, lnghan
Co, sept. 272g.
Tuscola county fair Vassar. Oct. sc
Tuscola county farmers fair, Caro-, Sept. q 80
Tri County fair, Reed City, Sept. 1921
Western district fair Manistee, Sept. IS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
We. I. U. COLUMN.
WATCHFULNESS A DUTY
of WatchfuIness Against Moral
Perils of the Summer Season.

Watchfulness the duty of the Christian
was the theme of DR.. Benjamin F. De-
Costa at the Church of ST. John the
Evangelist, in New York, last Sunday.
He took his text from Proverb Y, s.:
He that gathereth n summer : a wise
CON-
Special duties arise out of special
conditions" said he, land the conditions
OF summer are different from those Of
the other parts of the year. Heat and
cold produce different conditions, ply.
sicial, mental, and moral. To DENY
that heat and cold affect us morally Is
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Sumner
Has i. been hot enough for you?

Sumner
Has i: been hot enough for you?
Repairs are being made on the school
house and everything is being got ready
for the fall term.
Mr.. Petit was in ST. Louis Friday 10
visit his son-in-law jim Crawford.
Mrs. Fluch, who used to live here, has
gone to Alma to be doctored.
There is talk of organizing a stock com
pany here and building an elevator.
Property is already advancing in town.
J.. F. Tucker was in Ithaca Wednesday.
Ii is said that the NJ. & n. L. r. r. de-
pot will be northeast Of the schoolhouse.
Three Sumner boys had the circus fever
and went to join Sells Bros. It's about
time for them to be back.
Saturday was great day here with the
races and other sports.
Jim McGreanor has bought his wife a
new piano.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

came 10 Saginaw, after residing there for
over year he moved to Elm Hall, where
he resided until Mrs. Noes death, about
16 years ago. Mrs. Sylvia Moe sleeps in
the Utica cemetery and Mr.. Moe will
rest by her side. Since Mrs Noes de-
cease he has spent the winter months with
his son Fred at Detroit returning to Elm
Hall in April and spending the spring and
summer months with his adopted SOD,
Lafayette Stevens. Mr.. and Mrs. Moe
will be remembered as the friends Of
everyone, especially the little children.
The Hillsdale County Association of
Gratot county will hold their annual pic
mic in Princes grove. one-half mile south
of Elm Hall, Thursday, August Il. A
cordial invitation is extended to all former
residents of Hillsdale county.
The Gratiot county Sunday school con-
vention will be held in the Sumner grove
August %.
The Epworth League will give Fe,ti-
val of Months Saturday evening,
August ~, in the NJ. +. church.
Miss Menier OF Lakeyiew spent last
week with her cousins, Grace and Logan
Sly.
Miss Nellie Stoughton spen. part OF
last week with Miss Prudie Server of st.
! Louis
John Ronk Of Lakeview spent last week
with Orlando Sly.
The Lyon g. Shaeffer mill closed We'd
nesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

silly. Morality is unfortunately one
thing at the pole and quite another at
the equator.
1T is the duty of the Christian to
watch and warn against the special
mora dangers of the hot weather. 1t
would be fortunate if the summers
dangers were confined 10 the body. But
they threaten the soul. Men and
women take liberties with the moral
law during the summer that they would
not think of doing in winter Some
people go off to the seashore, and there
present themselves in such curious fash
ions that one daily newspaper has sent
staff of preachers down to the shore
to take note of them and give their
opinion.
"Men consider themselves as alb
solved from the duty of attending
church and seem to think their first du-
ty is to have good time.
The Christians special duty now is
watchfuness. The temptations of the
hot weather are SO great that even the
church-goers are apt 10 forget the day
after thev leave church on Sunday.
They rush off to spend the day IN peas
ure and forget IN the week the lessons
they have been told In fact it some
times seem useless to preach at all.
The temptations of this season are
strong. Take the clear summer even
ing, with its beautiful sky and silyery
moon. The mass of the people rush
away from their homes to spend it in
the low theatre, the roof garden, or the
cheap and vulgar resorts down by the
sea, with their atmosphere of tobacco,
profanity, and beer. They remain ill
midnight, and in frequent cases the ris-
ing sun comes TO remind one that the
days of innocence and virtue are for
ever lost
80, the orgies, the dark descents and
falls of these beautiful summer nights
You know how loose the ties OF society
are, how families are broken up at this
season. Parents forget the restraints
they throw around their sons and
daughters at other seasons OF the year.
and allow them to 60 away by themsel-
YES TO meet with temptation.
Go out on the street at midnight and
hear at the street corners the frequent
foolish, wanton laugh of some young
women who ought to be at home under
the protection of their mothers. The
attitude OF men and women now is that
of men and women off their guard.
They neglect to watch, and how often
when they wake up to find trouble come
upon them they complain that it was all
unexpected. 1t is as if one should
throw lighted match into a powder
magazine and then blame the sudden
result as unexpected. The carelessness
that prevails among parents often in
vites the unexpected to step into the
the family circle and fill 1t with shame
and disgrace"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Elm Hall
(Too late for last week.

NlOO lale lot lhet Ntth'J
The sad news was brought to town
early Saturday morning that Elum Moe,
an old resident of this place. had passed
quietly away during the early hours of
the morning. 1t was sudden blow, as
the day previous he had been well and
was romplng on the lawn with his grand
children, with whom he was particular
favorite AT their usual breakfast hour,
six o'clock, his grandson Ray, who slept
beside him, came down stairs saying
he could not wake grandpa. Mr.. Stevens,
upon going up stairs, found that he had
passed away about an hour previously,
apoplexy being the eau e. Mr.. Moe was
loved by all who knew him, and besides a
host of friends he leaves one son, Fred
Moe, OF Detroit, and an adopted son,
Lafayette Stevens, Of this place. Mr..
Moe has one brother, VIM. Moe of Utica,
Mich. Mr.. Stevens telegraphed to Fred
Moe and wife, who were spending their
vacation at Wolcutville, an Indiana sum.
mer resort They failed to receive the
telegram until Saturday evening at seven
A telephone message was sent Sunday
morning telling Mr.. Stevens to bring the
deceased to Utica, Mich.n where they
would meet them. A prayer service was
held at the home Monday, Rev. Hazel
dine officiating. The funeral was held In
Utica, Tuesday afternoon, August 8
Mr.. Moe was 7s years, month and q
days old. Elum Noes former home was
at Utica, Mich, where he married Mrs
Sylvia Moe. lie was a miller by vocation
and worked at that trade over 20 wears
During the civil war he was In the gov
erpment employ as a miller About Is
vears az, ar retired from business and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Forest Hill


Too late for last week.
NJ. Perrigo has taken possession of his
blacksmith shop and is now ready 10 serve
the people.
Mr.. Stratton of Grand Rapids was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Silas Randolph has returned home.
Shippers from this point will now find
the large scales at the depot reftted with
new wall and foundation and in fine
condition.
Our road district has purchased a new
scraper.
c. 8. Shue is building new porch IN
otherwise improving his building.
Mr.. scringer of Detroit has been visit
ing here.
Tunis Creech, Bert Dickerson, j.. f..
Csmheld and Roe Huffman visited Frank
for. this week
Mrs. Hooper is quite sick.
Your informant to the Republican Lead.
er last week regarding Homer Harps,
was slightly misnformed. He was racing
with another young man when he ran in
the buggy. DR.. Dawson of this place Is
attending him instead of Shepherd doc
tor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
IN OLDEN TINES.
MANY THINGS WERE DIFFERENT-Now
A-DAYs THE PUBLIC PROFIT BY
EXPERIENCE.


When the striped pole or sign which
now indicates barber snop was en-
ployed to let the public know where cup
ping or blood letting was professionally
performed, close shaves were Of daily
occurrence, not the easy removal of ih .
hirsute OF hairy adOrnment of the head
and face, but close shaves from entcrin q
eternity. More than one unfortunat...
entered the barber surgeons doorway In
leave it n corpse or SO weak that week !
were required to get the victim OF ma r.
practice on MS feet. BloOd-letting Wa
used for everything from heartacbe 20
a corn, and pain in the loins was inva ,.
iablv treated with two inclsions, one o.
each side Of the spine. Like plas,ers an 4
libiments, these helped from the coupte
irritation they created, and we may pre-.
prletor OF the Leading shaving parlOr Of
Niles, Mich. lived in the time of Geoge
Ill. of England, in place of taking the
course he did short time ago with his
back, blood-letting would have been re-
sorted 10. Read how he treated bis
trouble; Mr.. Wilson says: my occupa-
ton has very likely, much TO do with the
cause of my backache from which have
Suffered considerably for a number of
years. Standing on ones feet some days
Is hours is hard on the best of backs, but
when you have dash across the loins, with
lameness and soreness, eAery time you
move the muscles of the arm, long, before
your daily task is over you often wish you
could go TO sleep. tried everything TO
better my condition but was unsuccessful
until used three boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills. The telief they brought to a man
who has worked hard all his life and is
now past the three score ard ten is much
easier to appreciate than to describe In
words. Doan's Kidney Pills perform
what they promise"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 80 cents. Mailed by
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y. sole
agents for the u. S. Remember the name
Doan's and take no substitute
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Northwest Emerson

NJ. and Mrs. Wiser returned bone
Monday from l}ridgeville where they have
been visiting II. the home of Mrs. Cru.
baugh.
Mrs. Clifford Compton and son Ray re,
turned home from Clare and Mt. Pleasant
where they have been visiting for the past
few weeks.
Mrs. VIM. Sherwo ID and son Clarence
were visiting friends in this place over
Sunday.
Mr. Oakley and family were the guests
at Mr.. Wiser's last Sunday.
friends at Vestaburg Wednesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Riverdale-

Riverdale-
Work on the new schoolhouse has be-
gun.
Miss Mayfeld OF Alma is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Miner, of this place.
We are glad to again see the smiling
countenance of Wilmot Langin on the
streets.
Work has begun on the new cemetery,
One-half mile north OF here.
Mrs. Fred Hudson and daughter Rosa
of this place spent Wednesday with her
sister, Mrs. Rosecrans, of Elm Hall, who
s quite sick.
The old mill sheds Of Gardner, Peter
man & co. are about all torn down, that
being all that is left Of the mill.
Il. s. Talon has given his store fresh
coat Of paint.
Henry Tucker gave q banquet TO a few
Of his gentlemen friends in the parlors
back of his store Friday night.
Lee Houck and wife spent Sunday at
their farm south OF town.
Last Saturday news was received of the
death of Mrs. Fleming Of Alma. a former
resident of this place. The family has a
host of friends who deeply syDpathize
with them.
Fred Hte Is adding a fresh coat Of
paint 10 his new house.
Ladies Of the NJ. f. church gave an ice
cream social Saturday evening for the
benefit of their pastor. W. E. Wyley.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
North West Emerson

Mr.. Worden and family were the guests
Of Lewis Wiser Sunday.
Miss Bessie Clark is very i'll.
Clifford Wiser entertained his cousin,
Ray Compton, of St. Louis last week.
Mr.. Clarence Sherwood visited at l..
Wiser's Sunday.
Mr.. Worden met with an accident one
day last week, bis team became frightened
and ran away and Mr. W. escaped with
slight bruises.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
North Wheeler

The medicine company, which has been
here for the past two weeks, left for Mer-
rill Tuesday morning
Daniel Flowers has returned home
from near Shepherd, where be has been
working this summer.
The Newcom Concert company is billed
for this place Tuesday evening.
Sam Rouse has returned home from near
Bay City, where he has been at work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Three spectres that threaten baby's life.
Cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhGa
DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry
never fails TO conquer them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Itching hemorrhoids were the plague
Of my HE Was almost wild Doan 3
Ointment cured me quickly and perma-
nently, after doctors had failed" G. F..
Cornwell, Valley Street, Saugerties, n
Y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

gro. DEHAvKS, GenI. Pass'r AGENT,
Grand Rayids Mich
II. j. WISCHELL. Agent, Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Quite a number from here took IN the
show at Alma Saturday.
Arthur Shue and lady visited at c. s
Shue's Sunday.
Jacob Bauer is putting a stone wall un-
der his house and also building an addi-
tion TO II.
Leslie Wood and wife visited relatives
near Alma Saturday and Sunday.
Kate Uptagraft CT St. Louis is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Will Bower.
Bert Hamilton and family visited in
Coe Sunday.
Mrs D. Fraster Of Elsie is visiting
friends and relatives here.
Belle Garfield returned Tuesday night
from benton Harbor where she has been
visiting for the past two months.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Miss Belle Huffman returned Tuesday
from her two weeks visit at Frankfort
and Petoskey.
Bert Hamilton is putting wall under
his house.
Miss Lily Sandal is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Dolph, of Temple.
S. Cooley of St. Louis is shipping hay
from here this week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
TOLEDO, SAGINAW & MUsKEG ON R'Y

Lv Ashley for Detroit
at 1910 p. IN.
Close connections are
made at Owosso Junct'n
with all trains OF D., g.
II. & NJ. R'y.
BEN. FLETCHER, T. p. A.
y Detroit. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
WESTBOUND.

DETROIT Il MILWAUKEE DIV.
Arrival and Departure of Trans at Owosso Jet.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Leave Ashley.
$3.50 a. m. for Muskegon
1850 p. m. for Muskegon
JSo. w. LORD,
Traffic Manager,
Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
Grand JrunkH'y System

TOLEDO SAGINAW &MUSRT Con DIV.
In effect APRIL 10. 1899.
EASTBOUND.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-23
The Matrimonial Cross.

Woman often makes. her own matri-
monial cross. And note how cheerful
ly she goes about it, She cannot drive
the nails fast enough some times. The
vast sea Of incompatibility that so
often surrounds the state matrimonial,
q sea fed by woman's futile and willing
tears, would come to gradually melt
dry their eyes and look squarely in the
face the reason of her weeping. An eff
fort spent to cultivate the gentle art of
being agreeable as against time wasted
In disagreeing is one way to clear sun
dry matrimonial skies of many do
nestle clouds. This hint to the men
as well-it is not bad habit to con-
tract, this habit of first being agree
able in your family The habit once
formed Is found to be the best pro-
moter of smooth matrimonial running
known. And now why does the woman
who has a nervous and irritable spouse
take time to cultivate a manner and
way of speaking that she is clever
enough in the first years Of marriage
to discover disconcerts him and fans
the flame of his irritation? Thus CIV
ing up willfully happiness she Graves.
Or why does the woman with a selfish
husband cater to that selfishness, until
she finds herself entirely out of the
scheme of such husbands life and her
happiness as ashes in her mouth? Why
does the woman whose husband is easy
going and thoughtless of her wishes
get into a state of constant faultfnd-
ing, approving of nothing that he does,
becoming an irritant to his existence,
until she drives him-and her happiness
in consequence-from her? Again, why
does the woman with a jealous hus-
band-that affront to womanhood-in
untold cases seem needless of his
shortcomings or put up with the misery
that is the outcome of his suspicious
nature? A thorough understanding be-
tween such a husband and his wife
cannot come too soon, says writer
in the Detroit Free Press. And why
does the wife who has a shiftless and
lazy husband, in nine cases out of ten,
put willing shoulder to the wage
earning wheel and hope in this way to
hold together the foundations of her
home? To find that she has the rather
wrecked 1t by taking upon herself the
wrong part of the domestic partner
ship. Need I cite more? Let us look
over the field and pick our way intelli-
gently among the many stumbling
blocks which have the appearance OF
y
bling around for nails, give up cross
building Love is all too vital mat
ter to be trifled with, and time is all
too short to be wasted in such employ
melt
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-23

New York, Oct. 22.-Through wild
and boary seas, in a breeze that ap-
preached the dignity of gale, the
gallant sloop Columbia for the Third
successive time vanquished the British
challenger Shamrock, by six minutes
and eighteen seconds, thus completing
the series for the Americas cup with a
magnificent rough-weather duel and a
glorious Yankee victory.
For the eleventh time the attempt of
a foreigner to wrest from America the
yachting supremacy of the world has
failed. The trophy won by the old
schooner America forty-eight years ago
is still ours, monument to the superb
ority of American seamanship and
American naval architecture, and a
standing challenge to the yachtsmen
of all nations.
The intrinsic value of the reward for
which hundreds of thousands of dollars