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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
Merrill.

School has closed with appropriate
exercises and the children are happy.
Mrs Alex. Sell entertained a niece
from Ithaca last week.
The Catholic church will serve re-
freshments al the home OF Dr. Keno
the 4th. Quite a program has been
arranged and Fir. Troy will speak.
NJ. B. King, who runs book bind
cry shop in some printing Office at
Alma, was in the village last week try.
ing to work up business.
Wheat is going to be a poor crop in
the vicinity OF Meren, bur oats and
grass promise well.
T. NJ. Worthmgton Of Vincennes.
Ind, was IN the village this week 1t
is said that he is talking of putting in a
wooden mill. We all hope that he will
put one here for it would help the VII
lage as nothing else would.
j. NJ. Saunders Of ST. Johns was
visiting in this vicinity the first Of the
week
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
TOLEDO. SAGINAW 4 HUsNgG oNIY

& NJEKEG CN ] y
Ly Ashn1 for Detroit
ct lHlO D. m.
elise connection arc
Uldeat CWCe Janct'n
with all trains of b.. @
II. s VI. R'y.
BEN. FLETCHER. r.. PA
Detroit, Mich,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

complexion, from Tho eyes Of tAe
world with the veil of the OriSnt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
EXCURSION NOTICE
DIT. CD. RAPIDS & WEST'N
GRAND RAPIDS.

GRAND RAPIDS
Sunday, July 2. rreiu will leaye St.
Louis n SID Il. nm Leave Grand
Rapids GOO p. IN. Rate 500. y
Tickets viii be sold at all stations as
follows:
BAY VIEW, MICH.
Camp Meeting. Onc fare rate Sell
July 10 to 20 Return August 20.
BOSTON. MASS
l.. 4. W. Meet One fare rate. Sell
August II u u. Retucn August ~ to
3lst.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
WHO is
TO
BLAME.

-INTN TT It-II TII'Nl w
have a sample b title by mail free, also pamph
let telling all about il.
Address. Dr. Kilmer a Co, Bughampton, y. Y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
TOxsia'yhf

If your liver is out of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose Of
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
CHARLEVOIX MICH.
Same n for Bay View Meeting.
CINCINNATI, ONO

CildIti-IN Via Mill,
Same n, for Bay View Meeting.
CINCINNATI, ONO
National Saen9crio,t one fare rate.
Sell June p to 80. Return July ).
COLUMBUS OHIO.
American Science Assn. One fare
rate, Sell August IS to p Return
August 2S to Sep. -
DETROIT, MICH.
G. f.. l.. Convention. One fare rate.
Sell July + to s. Return July - to
August -.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Epworth League Convention. One
fare rate. Sell July 10 10 q. Return
july u to August 20
Los ANGELES, CAL.
~ i. a. Convention. One fare rate.
(plus 5000. Sell June p to July I.
Return Sept ).
MONTREAL, QUE.
Worlds Bicycle Meet. One fare
rate. Sell August / and ;. Return
August ID
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y.
Special low rates. August 3rd
Return August Il. Ask agents.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
G.. a. Il. Encampment One cent
per mile each way. September.
later.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Y. p. G. L. One way fare. Sell
August / to ). Return August 10 to
81.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

Porter
Thing. are rather quiet just at pres
ent.
Misses Cara Norlhrup and Nina
Bush's school, were closed for vacation.
VIM. Bishop was entertained at the
home OF Mr.. Bush Sunday.
Mr.. Clemens Is building a new house.
NIr. and Mrs Ha,kins were in St.
Louis Sunday.
Chas. Dickson is in at this writing.
Frank Clemens, along with several
others, are smiling over their new
babies.
The glorious fourth viii be cele-
brated at North Wheeler. Races will
take place on jefferson street.
Miss Cleo sutphin is at work for
Mrs. Jas. Brunn.
Several from this vicinity attended
confirmation services at the Catholic
church Tuesday.
Homer Hazard anticipates q trip to
Crystal the lth.
Ethel 81. Johns IS working Tor Mrs.
a. {. Wyant.
Listen The wedding bells win
ring IN the near future
Sarah St. Johns is home at this writ
ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

Women as well a. men are
made miserable by kidney
and bladder trouble DR.
Kilmer's SNamp-Root the
great kidney remedy
promptly cures. At drug
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

TOLEDO. SAGlNA "a
Ledsc Asiury
$50 a. IN. FOR nluskcgOn
$3.50 p. IN for Nuskegou
JSo. ". LoED.
Traffic Manager.
Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30
Gr0nd rand W'y System

TOLEDCSAGINAW &MCsKFGON DIV.
In effect APRIL 10. ls'4.
EASTBOUND.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

DETROIT 4 NILWAt KEE DIV.
Arrival ano Departure Of Trans at Owosso Jet.
EASTBCUND.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30

Y. u. G. L. One way fare. Sell
August to ). Return August ID to
81.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Sir Julian Pauncefote's Title.

Sir Julian Pauncefote's title in the peerage will be Baron Pauncefote of Preston, in the county of Gloucester, England. His father was Robert Pauneefote of Preston Court. The name was originally Pauncefort, and is still so spelt by another branch of the family, of whom Sir Everard adnce- fort -Duncombe of Great Briekhill Manor, Blatehley, is the present repre- sentative An ancestor Of both fam flies was Sir Grimbald Pauncefort of Hasfeld An earlier ancestor, Richard Pauncefort. according to Camden, built a fair house at this Hasfeld called Pauneefort Court, and his an- eestors were possessed of fair lands there in the Conqueror's time" The name comes from the French Penses- fort. In Crickhowell Church is a re- eumbent statue of Sir 6rimwald Pauncefort and his wife, dated 1903, and a notice that the church was built and the eff1gies put up by Lady Sybil Pauneefort, in memory of her husband, Sir Grimwald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Odd -Coinei0enees.

Winfield (N. J.1 Special Brooklyn Times: Homer F. Candee, the new postmaster at this place. has a remark able family history. To begin with, his father fought in#the revolutionary war, enlisting when he was q years old from Connecticut in 1783, six months before the war closed After the war he was granted a pension. lie had three wives. He lived sixteen years with his first wife when she died, Sixteen years with the second, when she passed away, and sixteen years with the third when he departed. The third wife married again and lived six teen years with her second husband, when he died and she survived him ex, actiy sixteen years. Postmaster Candee was born in 1928.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
 Where Livingston Isied.

Some time ago the Royal Geograph- ical Society decided to mask the spot in Africa where Dr. Livingston died by a substantial cairn with a bronze plate bearing suitable inscription. Now it is stated that circular has been is saed by MT. H. NJ Stanley, asking for contributions toward fund for much more elaborate memorial. Mir Stanley is anxious to raise e5,000 to provide a substantial monument in bsonze.-New York Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Had an Unpleasant Experiences.

Henry Fredenburgh, while fishing at CatskilI recently, had rather unpleas- ant experience A monster sturgeon caught It's head in the meshes of a net handled by Fredenburgh. and while he was striving to fasten rope about his gills, the boat lurched and the fisherman tumbed into the net. After fiourdering there some lime with the sturgeon Fredenburgh succeeded in grasping rowlock, but was unable to free himself from the net The big fish, still entangled, made dash for liberty and for ten minutes dragged net, boat and fisherman about the river Then Jacomb Conine, a partner of Fredenburgh, came in a boat. cut the net released the sturgeon and as- sisted F'redenburgh into the boat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
For Poor Children.

Richard Smith and his wife, of Phil- adelphia, will erect q building in that city designed to furnish shelter and play-rooms e'for such children as may be brought there seeking recreation, by parents, guardians and other caretak- CTS" The building is to be seventy-six by ffty-two feet, and is to contain play-room for bad weather, reception and toilet rooms. room with cots for tired or sick children, a dispensary with a trained nurse, diet kitchen and room with mattresses on the floor for babies to tumble about in.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Sure of a Place.

IA gentleman Of decided and highly cultivated musical tastes, wishing to change his residence, advertised for rooms in "a private family fond of music. The next mail brought him the following reply: Dear Sir-I think We could accommodate you with rooms, and as for music, one of my .saauglsters plays the parlor organ and guitar, another one plays the accor- de0n and banjo; play cornet and fiddle; my wife plays the harmonica, and my son the flute We all sing. and sf you are good at tenner singing. you would it right in when we get to singing gospel hymns evenings, for none of us sing tenner; or if you play the base vial, we have one right in the house If you want music as well as board. we could accommodate you, and there would be no extra charge for it. ' -Harper's Bazar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
.spectacieds Animals.

Birds are furnished with a peculiar membrane, which in a state of repose lies in the inner angle of the eye, but is movable by two distinct muscles, which draw it over the cornea. It is, to certain extent. transparent. for, ac- cording to CuVier, birds can look through it, as the eagle does when looking at the sun. This membrane forms pair of spectacles, or, at least, answers the same purpose This mem brane is called the third eye1id One Of the most comical and grotesque an- imals is the 'spectacled bear" Orsus ornatus), which derives it's chief at- traction from the light-eolored rings around it's eyes. These-the greater part of the face being, like the body black-have exactly the appearance of pair of common goggles" through which the beast seems to look with an air of mingled wisdom and imbecility. The spectacled bear is only found in the mountainous regions of Chilli, South America
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
A oRAvEDioeERs. PHILOSOPHY
Queer Traits of Character Analyzed by
 the Cemeterx Worker.


 The grayediggers in the different burying grounds have their own phi losophy of life. One of them who has been in the business nearly 25 years, and who takes an exceedingly cheerful view of life notwithstanding his occupation, said that when he first went into it he felt kind of shaky, }. but that now he would as soon dig a grave as do anything else, says the Baltimore Sun. i've seen some mighty queer things in my time" he said. I've seer people-mourners mean catch sight of name on the card tied on to some flower piece and then they have gone straight to work to tear up the who'll thing. I'll tell you another thing I've noticed When woman comes along and makes a big fuss at her husbands funeral and says, I can't live without him,' I know that in few weeks time I'll see her out here leaning on some young fellows arm. It's never failed. It's happened every time But the people-women and men too-who don't take on a lot, but just keep still and sometimes don t even shed tear, that's the kind that grieves. You don't see that kind mar rying again so soon.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
PREcAuTIoN IN POWDER MILLS
PocketIess Clothing for Employees and Trousers Must Not Be Turned Up.

PocketIess Clothing for Employees and
 Trousers Must Not Be Turned Up.
 The danger buildings of a powder mill are themselves so constructed that
 not a nail head or iron in any shape
 is exposed. and the roofs are made
 slight, so as to give easy vent to ex- plosions. The garments of the work
 CTS are pocketless, so that they cannot
 carry knives or matches, or, indeed, anything. and are made Of non-infiam-
 mable material. Even the buttons
 must not be made of metal No one is allowed to go about with trousers turned Up at the bottom, because grit is collected in that wa, and the mer- est hard speck of foreign matter in charge of gunpowder is fraught with danger. The entrances to danger buildings are protected by boards placed edgewise, so that when the door ds open nothing in the shape of dirt can work in. This also serves as check to any one who might thought lessly enter without having first re- moved his boots and put on the over alls that are kept just inside the door. Doors are made to opf outward, so as to enable them to escape the more readily, and on the approach of thun- derstorm the works are stopped and Hhe operatives repair to the different watchhouses scattered over the 300 acres covered by these extensive works Every week the machinery is inspected and the reports as to it's condition are printed and filed. In the case of dan ger building needing to be repaired it must first be washed out before a hammer Or other iron tool is admitted t8ff : When artificial light Is required, as. when working at night or i'll dull weather, the lights are kept outside, ibeing placed on the window lodges. In 4he case of the works magazine, which is surrounded with water, no light of any kind is ever permitted near it. These are only few Of the precau- tions against accidents at the works. They are sufficient, however, to show hoW lively must be the sense of dan- ger Men in powder houses usually baye an arranged plan Of escape in their minds and at the least unex- pected noise have not aesitated to plunge into the canal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
4 PARIS EXPOSITION NOVELTY
The Imitation Voyage Which May be
 Taken on the Grounds.

Possibly the most striking of the many novelties which will be offered to the visitors at the coming Paris ex- position will be the "Mareorama." as 1t is called. This is a great mock ocean steamer. It is arranged pre- cisely like one Of the transatlantic ves- sels, has a crew and captain, and even ile motion of a ship speeding through
 sa waves. 1t does not move from the spot on which it is erected, but to those on board the illusion promises to be perfect. The passengers are sup posed to be on journey from Mar seilles to Constantinople, and as the last bell sounds "all ashore the harbor of Marseilles seems to recede from the vision, the vessel passes out to sea, and all of the scenery of the coast passes in view. This is done by a large number of paintings which unroH in panorama fashion, and are so re- alistie that the observers, if not over critical, may really imagine that they are taking the sail. The vessel rocks and throbs as if it were really on the UGSdI, duQ Illl5 IS biOuSuI dDOuk Dy the machinery which gives the vessel the required motion. Meals are served and if you are not careful you will find your soup in your lap. Genuine sea- sickness will be the portion of all pre- disposed to that ailment, and it will be almost as if the actual voyage were taken, except that it will last but a short time The coast of A1giers, Tunis, and much of the Mediterranean sea will pass before the eyes of the passengers, and at last, the Golden Horn, the por of Constantinop1e will be entered. The paint.ng of the pan- orama has been entrusted to Hugo d'Alexis, graphic artist who has de- picted the scenes in all their natural beauty It will be a cheap and speedy method of making the journey, not to mention the novelty of experiencing all of the pleasures and some of the qualms of a long sea voyage, without the least danger of shipYreek.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
To Pension Its Old Employees.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, through it's board Of directors, is formulating | plan for pensioning it's old men and retiring them to that rest which they have earned by long and faithful service. The pension plan is now III the hands of committee. and will be perfected and submitted to the board of directors at the October meeting for adoption. It will involve the expenditure of S3oo,0 or more each year by the company, and it's immediate effect will be to retire a hundred or more employees who have passed the allotted three score and ten years of life, or who, by reason of sickness or accident, have become dis abled or incapaeitated for active duty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Family Driven Mad.

An extraordinary case of madness, in which all members of family, con sisting of father, mother and four chil- dren, were simultaneously afflicted, has occurred at Stayelot. A party of stroll ing gypsies, who undertook to tell the fathers fortune by means of cards, declared that he would be killed while serving in the army, and this predie- tion so impressed him and his family that in the course of the same day they all developed signs of wavering reason, and before long had to be put under restraint. The gypsies, who were the source of the trouble. were arrested by the German police while crossing the frontier from Belgium.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Like the Money Question.

A story is told of a young man in England, a great chess enthusiast, who was so annoyed at his failure to solve an apparently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut himself up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciated and out of his mind. He spent year in a lunatic asylum as the result of his rash vow, and the problem remains unsolved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Much Sickness Prevented by It's Sub
 stitutIon for Gas.

There are no stronger advocates for electric lighting in houses than medical men, who say that an immense amount l of sickness has been saved since the electric light took the place of gas in modern houses. There can be no doubt that in the matter of maintaining the purity of air during incandescence, electricity stands without a rival. Air is composed of four parts of nitrogen combined with one part of oxygen. The nitrogen, in a sense, modifies the too active powers of oxygen, which. if undiluted. would make every one in- haling it so excessively energetic that the human framework would speedily be raeked to pieces. When combus- tion takes place oxygen is absorbed, and carbon dioxide Ga poisonous gas) is given off. The act of breathing pro- duces similar effect, and thus resem- bles the burning of a lamp o' candle. Air containing as little as cent of carbon dioxide is difficult eathe in, and when it is considered that a medium gas burner produces as much of this gas as eight or nine men (about six feet per hour) it naturally follows that air in a room so lighted soon be- comes dangerous. Besides carbon di- oxide. there are other impurities in gas, such as sulphurous acid, ammonia. sulphuretted hydrogen, etc, which vary in quantity according to the purity Of the gas. Each has it's own deleterious effect on the air and surroundings. and most of them cause flame to be less luminous. With an electric incandes- cent lamp there is no combustion. The filament merely becomes incandescent by reason of it's resistance to the pas sage of the current, which is compelled to exert a certain amount Of energy in travelling through it. This energy is given back by the filament in the form of light, but the whole being hermetie= ally sealed in vacuo, there is no ex- halation from the process of incan- descenee, and the outside air remains nnvitiated by it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
SIx-YEAhAOLD.
air, swims a Mile in Remarkably Fast

Time.
 Chicago Chronicle: Little six-year- old Nav Huhn proved herself one of inc greatest juvenile swimmers ip4the world at the north side natatoffum. She swan mile in 1:07:1735. The girl made worlds record, for no child has ever accomplished the feat before in such a short time. The child IS not large for her age, nor does she seem to have muscles developed to much greater extent than other girls as young as she, but it is the opinion of all that if she keeps at the game she will in time be one of the greatest fe- male swimmers in the world. George Gaidzik lowered another worlds mark for boys under It years old when he swan two miles in 1:12:15. The record was formerly held by Ralph Uhlendorf, who made the same dis tance in 1:14:29 3-5. Other good per-s formanees by juveniles were as follows: Walter Horn, 12 years old, two miles in1: :25:54; Lottie Mayer, F years old, two miles in 1:40; Charles Arens, Il years old, one and a half miles in 1:13:54; Arthur Gaidzik, 12 years old, one and half miles in 1:15, and Rob- ert Arens, 3 years old, one and < hat miles in 1;335.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
The Worlds Coal Supply.

Of the 65O,o0o ,o0O tons of coal which constitutes the entire worlds supply, one third is taken from the coal mines of the United States. The British Isles produce 21s,000,O00 tons, Germany 124, ,0O0, ,00O, and the other European ra- tions make up, in a few million tons each the rest. Spain contributes 20,'- 000,000 to the sum total, which amount is not sufficient for even home con- sumption. China, though rich ip nat ural deposits, mines but little of her coal because of her use lof primitive methods. I5is pr,pphesied that the in- troduetir 4sh mechanical appli- vsecA ae bsS ass Ter s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
Remarkable Loss of Memory.

A remarkable case Of loss of mem ory occurred in London, England, re- gently. It appears that an old genS tleman. we'll dressed and apparently well to do, was found by the police wandering in Moorfields. He was taken to the nearest police station, but, be- ing unable to give any satisfactory &C., count of himself, he was conveyed to Guys hospital. There it was found that he was suffering from loss of memory, and despite every device adopted nothing could be gleaned as to his identity. Upon his clothes be- ing searched an address, Spring Bank, Hull" was found upon him, and as the result of telegram dispatched by the police to that address it was ascer- tained that the old gentleman was Mr. George Patchett, who lived at the ad- dress given. He had been missed from Hull for some days, but how and when he got to London neither his friends nor MT. Patchett could say.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
 4 Costly Droug Int.

The drought of the last few years has cost New South Wales an enorm- ous sum of money. The ffocks of the colony have shrunk from 66,000, 900 to dG,000,00o, representing a loss of 20,- 000.000 sheep. If to this is added the loss Of the natural increase, the shrink age amounts to 50,000,000 sheep; enongh, that is. to equip a consider able-sized colony. Tn addition there has been a loss of nearly BOG, ,00o horses and 150. .oG9 cattle That the colony has been able to survive these terrific losses is a striking proof of energy and resource. Translated into money the colony has suffered q loss. due to inad- equate rainfall of from s60, ,000, 900 to $1o0.000, ,0oO.
 German Jury Laws.
 In GefJnany when the vote of the jury stands six against six. al prisoner is acquit z vote of sevaa against five la4 e HE ~-xshe court, E asss ;1is 2
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
ARMY HORSES HARD TO GET.
Purchasing Department Finds Difficulty
 in Meeting the Requirements.

Purchasing Department Finds Difficulty
 in Meeting the Requirements.
 The entire northwest is being ran- sacked by agents of the war depart ment in quest of horses suitable for the cavalry and artillery of the army. The horses procured are for the most part brought to Chicago where they are inspected, and then distributed wherever there is need of then Among the requirements are the ce4e animal, it's weight and it's helg-
 owner must stand the expense of h-S- ing the two front shoes removed, fu : nish halter and have the animal weighed. Tt would require the ani- mals to be -ao1ded." said horse trader at the stockyards. 'As yet there are few horses that we have received that come up to the requirements of the or der, and an owner having horse that would answer the style that is wanted by the army demands a larger price than the government offers to pay" The local horsemen state that the goy- ernment will have to make some allow ance on the order or 1t will not get the requisite number from this territory, Horses are being secured that will come up to the requirements in many respects, but it is feaTed that they will be turned down by the government buyer the same as they were last year. --Chicago Chronicle.