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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01
Sophomore Exhibition.

Last Friday night occurred the annual
sophomore exhibition. The class Is so
large that only about half of its number
could appear Oh the program, but those
who took part did honor 10 themselves
and to their class.
The first essay was given by Miss
FitzPatrlck, subject, True Educa-
ton She emphasized the fact that
true education does not consist in cram
ing the mind with facts but in the de-
velopment of character-tbe education
of head heart aud hand. This essay was
an excellent literary composition. and
was delivered with ease and force. Miss
Alice Thompson followed with an essay
on "Disfranchisement of the Negro, IN
which she showed how the negro was
educated and uplifted by the right Of
suffrage, and what harm was being
done now by depriving him OF that
right Mr. Ray Baker gave an excel
lent GRAFTON on Spain ana her early
relations with America" Mr. McEwen
delivered an Grafton on The Volunteer
Soldier The volunteer soldier he
said. fought not for hire, but Tor his
country, and he would be great factor
toward universal peace. Miss Essie
Hooper read an essay on Thorean, III
which she gave an interesting ana IN
structiye sketch of the life of that great
naturalist. MIR. Sinners Grafton on
Wendell Phillips was excellent and was
well delivered. IL dealt with Mr.. Phll-
lips efforts in the antl-slavery cause.
MIR Wallace WebbeI closed the program
with an interesting Grafton Of John
Sherman, the Statesman
The music OF the program was excel.
lent. 1t consisted OF solos by Misses
Hooper and How ard, and instrumental
by Misses Messenger, Sharp, Deering
and Couant
After the program was finished the
class of '03 was entertained by the fresh
men at the Ladies Hall.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01
NOTICE

We, the uuderlgued ice dealers OF
Alma, wish 20 state to- our patrons that
during the ensuing year ice viii be
furnished TO private families by the
100 pounds as follows: Ice washed of
and placed in refrigerators at % cents
per hundred pounds; left at the door
or we'll curb az 20 cents per 100 pounds.
A liberal discount Will be- made to
hotels, restaurants and public places.
The cause for this departure Is the
growing disposition ON the part of some
parties 10 demand more ice for the
money. when furnished by the week or
month. than we can afford 10 supply,
aud if patrons buy by the 100 pounds
they will get what they pay for and
we will get pay for what we sell.
+. n. CHADWICK,
1871 +. A. LEONARD.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01
Sure Cures for Smallpox.

Since the recent smallpox scare III
Alma we have been presented with
several recipes for the cure of the disease,
not because We are supposed to be any
more liable To eaten II han anyone else
but because II We should tine general
public could not 90 without US and then,
too, il was vita the charitable idea that
we would publish the recipes for the
benefit OF our readers ana wlu their ever
lasting gratitude Below we publish two
recipes:
Il am willing 10 risk my reputation as
IA public man, wrote Edward HIne TO
the Liverpool Mercury, II the worst
case of smallpox c.,nuct be cured IN three
days simply by the use oi cream OF tar
tar. An ounce OF cream Of tartar dis
solved Ia plnt of cold water and drank
at intervals after COOLING, Is q certain,
never failing remedy. IL has cured
thousands, never leaves a pit, never
causes blindness ana does aHay with
tedious lingering.
Asthe prevention or cure Of TINS dis
ease IS question that concerns every
person, we take the following from the
New York journal OF Commerce. one II
the most CONSERVATIVE ana reliable DALI
les published III the country
a lady, the nothor OF SIX children,
had often sought relief for pam IN the
back by taxing saItpeJer &.d bIaucy.
She Was exposed 20 the smallpox and
contracted tne disease. The Fremont
tory symptoms were vio.eutleyeI, severe
pain IN tive mead and ,xcruciatug pam
III the region OF the Hdurys. 4 physi-
clan oas called during the night, out IN
doubt as 10 the nature 81 the disease,
though susDecuuE IT 90 be case Of
smallpox, he mdue no prescription,
promising T. return early neAt morning.
The iev,f aud pain increasing, she beg
ged her husband 20 prepare for Ler the
old prescription OF saltperer and brandy.
The brandy was not To be had, but he
crushed piece of saltpeter a. large as "A
common white bean This She took IN q
tea spoonful of cold water. Feeling bet
ter the dose was once or twice repeated.
Pam soon subsidized ana she slept well
during the remainder Of the night ana
awakened telling perfectly well She
had 60 well defined pu-tules in her face,
but they were slightly lnti lmed and not
at all painful, The developments Of
smallpox on the entire person were IN
number and appearance In keeping with
those on her face In due time all her
chilcren and her husband were affected,
as she had been, by fever and pam IN the
head aud back They received the same
treatment with the same favorable re-
suit. Several families caught the disease
used the same remedy, and IN every case
the result was favorable.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01
IS / SMALLPOX?
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ITS
BEING CHICKENPOX.

Considerable excitement was caused
last Saturday by the report that a man
stopping at the Milliken House had come
down with the smallpox ltseems that
the fellow came here from Temple last
Friday and put up at this hotel. The
following day he felt i'll and went to DR.
Lamb who after an examination pro-
nounced II case If smallpox DR. Suy-
dam was called in and he agreed with
the diagnosis. Arrangements were at
once made for quarantining the patient,
a small house on the outskirts of town
in the southwest part being selected for
that purpose, and DR. Lamb volunteered
10 take charge OF him The following
day the Mllliken was also closed and the
boarders quarautned il the hotel. There
is a possibility still that il is nothing more
than chickenpox, but every precaution
has been taken TO guard against the
spread If the disease, whichever {
should be The health officer has given
orders that the schools ana college shall
be closed on Monday next for one week
aud that no services be held IN the
churches on Sunday, and also that 10
public gatherings or entertainments lie
held during the week This Is done
merely as "A precaution. not that is decuI-
ed an absolute necessity The stranger
pbo has beeu ouarautiued Is Young
man named Reuben Griffith and his
home is in Vestaburg A companion
by the name of Winn came down with
him. went to Stanton and he was at
once quarantined at that place. Grit.
dth's mother was here Tuesday and
made the statement that her .ou had
been boarding with his brother in McBmn
and that the whole family there had the
chickenpox 30 there is the possibility that
this is d case of the same disease.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01
Card of Thanks.

We wish TO thank the friends and
neighbors, also Rev w. h Spencer
who so kindly assisted Us and Whose
sympathy was ours during the sickness
and death of our loved one.
WM f. BEVERLY.
MIS- Iva lBI-H
Miss OLA llu~H
NIX. AND Mrs GEO w IRISH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-02-01

Reliable man for manager OF branch
office we wish TO open in this vicinity.
II your record is .. X here is an oppor.
tunity Kindly give good reference
when writing. The A L. Morris Whole
sale House, Cincinnati, Ohio. Illustrated
oatalooue cts. stamps. 1889 3mo
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

least, as they were familiar with his
skill with the sword. When quite q
small boy Mr. Gearheart became ac-
quaintea with a French maitre darmes
named Paul Desculine. a teacher of the
sword in a French regiment Mr.. Gear
heart took the weapon and practiced
for years with the rapier and broad
sword as a form OF exercise and
amusement He never thought he
would have use for his accomplish
ment but his interest in the weapon
led him into the National Guard OF
Pennsylvania, and when the Spanish
war broke out he was commissioned
captain. with Representative Polk as
itst lieutenant In the Twelfth Penn
sylvAa.a Volunteer Infantry The regi-
nent reycr went beyond the boundary
OF ~ United States. but the expo
rience In camp at Chickamauga was
almost as much as on battle field.
The members of the Twelfth Penn
sylvania. especially Representative
Polk. tell many stories of Mai. Gear
hearts skill with the sword and rapier
in camp. Maj. Gearheart had a set OF
rapers of the most exquisitely tenn
pered steel One night when the boys
had been talking about his skill with
that weapon he was requested to give
an exhibition. He at first declined to
do so. but when some doubt was ez-
pressed as to his familiarity with the
raplcr he took the button from the
point Of one of the set. lie then took
a dime and fastened IT against board
Standing at guard he drove the
Jagged point of the rapier through the
dime Again he took coin and again
he perforated II at the fist stroke. This
was repeated time and time again,
until all the small coins in the peck
cts Of members Of the party had been
utilized. On the siXty-seventh coin he
missed the stroke, and Mr. Polk says
he was SO chagrined that he broke the
rapier in pieces. Baltimore sun.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

On the afternoon of New Years day,
1901, Judge J. w. knowltou of Liberty,
Me. rode down to the postofiice for his
mail and met Tolman Young. vet
eran of the civil war who had been
confined to his nous" with dgopsy.
They fell to conversing about old
times. and discovered that both were
born in 1907 and were In their ninety
fourth year. After some bantering az
to what they were tn do In the line OF
physical endcavor. the judge remarked
that he was glad to say that he was
still vigorous and likely to live for
some years, at the some time express
ing sorrow that the aged soldier was
so feeble. Bet YOU $40 that I'll out
live you" cried Young and we'll put
up the money now. the one who lives
the longer to have n $50 wreath on his
coffin at his funeral as the result OF
this wager" The bet was accepted
and the money put in the hands OF
trader II was the last time Young
ever went outdoors alive. As the win
ter moved along he grew worse. and
his doctor said that death could be ex-
peCted ut any time. In March, after
his pension money arrived, he sent
word to his friend the judge. that he
was willing To double the bet, but tina
condition was so hopeless that no at
tcntion was paid to the communica-
ton. Judge Know'tun continued hale
and active until March 10, when ha
was stricken down in his yard with
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

refused to give her chance Your
snobbery has lost us the cup" The
New York Yacht Club could neither
deny nor evade that accusation.
The Americas cup became the abso-
lutte property of its winners at CoweS.
They could have sold II as old silver
had they desired rs surviving owner,
rightly thinking that trophy so won
should be preserved as perpetual
emblem of the highest skill in ship
building and sailing for speed, en-
deavored SO to provide. He selected
the New York Yacht Club as his trrs-
tee and drew up deed OF gift provid-
ing: Any yacht of foreign country,
etc, shall always he entitled To the
right of sailing a match for the cup
against any one yacht or vessel con
structed in the country holding the
cup"
Mr. Schuylers intention evidently
was, since he offered the cup as a
prize to be sought by ANY yacht Of a
foreign country" that its possession
should be defended by the best yacht
the country holding it could produce.
He wanted to bring together the very
best vessels of the two countries He
was a real sportsman, but his trustees
have shown most lamentable lack OF
his spirit Because she is not owned
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

The cities ~ the country are provid-
ed for rs follows IN the matter OF hiv-
Ing United States vessels named after
them Albany, Annapolis, Atlanta.
Baltimore Bennington, Boston Brook
Ign Buffalo CaSiiue. Charleston, Gin
cinnatI. Chattanooga Chicago, Cleve,
land Columbia Concord Denver. De
troit Dos Moin's. Galveston. GIOuces-
ter, Hartford. Helena. jamestown, Lam
caster. Michao. Marhlehcad. Marietta.
Milwaukee, Minneapolis Monterey.
Montgomery Nashville. Newark. New
Orleans, Newport Omaha Olympia.
PaWturkci Pensacola, Peoria, Phila-
d"lphia PiSuatdqua, Pontiac, Ports
mouth Princeton, Raleigh. Richmond,
St Louis IN san Francisco. Saratoga.
Tacoma Topeka Nicksburg Wheeling,
Wilmington. lankiuu aud Yorktown.
II is total ~ hfty-eight towns and
cities for which the vessels Of the navy
hav" been named Chicago News.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30
brock SAIL PREVIOUS TO DIsMAsT1NG ACCIDENT

The New York Yacht Club has re
fused TO permit l.awson's Independ
ence to contest for the honor of de-
Tending the Americas cup The point
at issue between the Boston man and
the New York Yacht Club is not clear
but 1t is supposed TO in some way re-
late to personal advertising 1t is be-
lieved that the objections may be ELI
minated, especially as Sir Thomas Lip
ton, the Irish challenger. is not COM
ing over on the shamrock for his
health 1t is being asserted by the par
tisans of Mr.. lawson that the Irish
mans tea trade has almost doubled
since he became a contestant for the
Americas cup three years ago. Now
ii the International race pays Upton
for his outlay in Advertising. why de-
ny Lawson the same privilege? The
New York Yacht Club should change
its tactics Suppose it persists in barr
ing Lawson and the Shamrock should
win? What would all American
yachtsmen and the American peOp'e
generally say to the New York Yacht
Club? They would say, in effect:
Your attempt to monopolize the
credit of possible victory has sub
iected your country to defeat. The
Independence might have beaten the
Shamrock. You. in your selfish greed,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

by one of their own number, they re-
fuse to permit the cup to be defended
by what might prove the best yacht
The inSinuations that Mr.. Lawson
built the Independence for adyertis-
ing purposes" etc. simply demonstrate
the snobbishness of those making
them. They are unspOrtsmanly, un-
gentlemanly. and un-American. They
invite the inference that the New
York Yacht Club is dominated by a
set Of Cads. They indicate that that
organization is thinking Of petty per
sOnal glory rather than of its cuun.
try's honor. They exhibit that hog
Gish spirit, that dogiu-the manager
policy which has made 50 many New
Workers the objects Of derision and
contempt in other parts of the nation.
If the New York Yacht Club shall
persist in its course if II shall insist
upon excluding what might easily be
the best yacht. and thus sacrifice vic
tory to its own selfish desire for PER
sunal renown, its name will rightly be-
come a by-word and "A soothing. The
American people demand that our very
best yacht be put forward to meet the
British challenger. and If the Sham.
rock wins they will never be con.
WINGED that victory was not thrown
away by the New York club.-EX.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30
Ideal Political CourfeSy.

The forward movement in courtesy
which began in journalism has spread
into politics, and, if the case of Becker
VS.. Becker may be taken as a sample,
with results that will inevitably be
productive OF universal brotherhood.
The facts brought out in this case are
well worthy Of the attention of all
those who believe that harmony should
take the place of disCOrd in all the
relations of life John Becker and
William Becker, neighbors, though un-
related, We're opposing candidates for
highway commissioner of Sugar Loaf,
st. Clair county, ILL.,, at a recent e!ec-
ton. Neither had sought the office,
and each accepted the nomination as
a public duty, but proceeded at once
to do campaign work for the other.
On election day each stood at the polls
and urged voters TO cast their ballots
for his opponent. Each received 1872
votes. with one ballot doubtful. A
lawsuit was the result. each of the con-
teStants filing a petition for re-
count. in the hope that the other would
DO declared elected. Contrary to the
prevailing method each endeavored to
make the contest as agreeable and in
expensive as possible to the other.
John Becker going so far as to serve
the papers personally upon VIII am,
while William served them upon John.
This cut off the bllitfs fees, and
William treated John to dinner from
his savings, while John set up for
William the choicest refreshments to
be had In Sugar Loaf township. When
all the testimony was heard the doubt
full ballot was given to John, which
broke the tie, and he was declared le-
gally elected, much to his disappoint-
ment and the JOY of William. The lat
ter insisted on paying half the costs Of
the case, and also the railroad fare of
John to and from the county seat. 1t
developed in the trial that each had
employed a lawyer to show that the
other had been elected. journalism
has not as yet reached this point in
it's advance toward the Ideals OF cour-
tesy. but it is certain that the polite
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

Major C. + GrdThcaI Of Danyll!e
Pa, an officer In the prlusyl yauIa Ma
tional Guard noted a. the most noted
swords Il in the Pennsylvania mill
tia, dniIug the inaugural parade at
Washington performed u number Of
foats calculated to sustain his rrpu-
tation. Many Of the Pennsylvania
members OF congress. including Rep
rcsentatIyes POLK. Green. Packer and
others ar" familiar with Major Gear
hearts history and his experience as
a manipulation Of the sword aud rapicr.
and vas prepared to put his SKIN 10
the tost In the parade Messrs Green
and Polk invited Il number Of friends
10 witness the parade from their rooms
a. the DrIscOu The company wa. an
primod for the occasion. Hud when the
Twelfth PeunsylyIuia. with Mr.. Gear
heart a. major. cam" by the major
riding a fine bay horse the visitors
were ready 10 lombard him \ long
cheer attracted his - "ut,ou. ana ho
looked MP TO the Windows Down canc
an Ura0"" flung hy Representative
Polk with a sweep of his sword Ma.
ior Grarhoar' severed IN" orange in
two parts. Another followed thrown
by Representative Green Again the
orange vas rw I'm half HIS crown
ing feat however. WIS when Miss
Green, one of Mr. Greens sisters
threw banana. which royo'yod end
over end. He cauFht It on the point
of his sword, and, as the regiment
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30


Brave causes numberless has time af-
furded.
And drawer fights on many battle
field,
Where bravcst men and heroes unre-
corded.
Have dared their lives to yield.
In every age the willing crowds have
parted.
And strong their cry goes to cleac
the way,
When giants. stout OF limb, and stout
or hearted
Have won the vlctor's bay.
But heed ye we'll, o far-dsccrning
sages.
That earnest youth In kn!ghtly,
brave array.
Who. with the strength and purpose
OF the ages.
Goes forth to meet today.
Frank Walcutt HUT in the Boston
Transcript
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

and painful, Then, too. If the fingers
alone are used the stem is liable 10 be
come detached close to the fruit. which
damages the keeping qualities of the
latter. The majority Of the cutters pro-
yided to sever the stems are somewhat
about as much as though no cutter
were used. The cut shows a new fruit
and flower picker patented by Eustace
Bevan of Indiana. which seems cap
able OF doing this work without inter-
.ring with the freedom Of the fingers
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30
CuSfomary IN England.

William Barrow, timekeeper at Gill
lows cabinet works, Lancaster, Eng
land. has been in the employ of the
firm for forty-siX years, Although
over so years OF age, he Is still ac-
tive. being invariably the first on the
premises every morning and the last
to leave at night. His father held the
keys before him, having Joined the
house OF Gillow's in 1901, so that the
present year crowns "a century Of
service" by father and sen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30

iNIsN. I'm, + II. " t-lDp
trustees of the Hartford Th,o,oeiual
Seminary and men,Ser of the pNecu-
tive committee of the Congregational
Home Missionary Society Dr. Webb
was born in Newcastle. Me. in 1922.
His father was farmer. and the fu-
ture missionary lahored as farm
boy and afterward as a helper in a
country store His tastes were intel
lectual however. and he passed
through Lincoln Academy and Bow
doin College. from which last named
institution he was graduated with
degree in lS46. In 1917 he entered
Bangor Seminary and was called to a
pasturate before his graduation He
insisted, however, on a few months
study at Princeton, and thence went
to Augusta, Me- to begin his ministry.
He was called by congregation in
Boston in 1860, and became pastor Of
Shawmut Church in 1868. In that
year he was elected a member OF the
executive committee of the Mas,achu-
sets Home Missionary Society. post
which he held until his death. In 1876
1T. NtoD uS'luih'SS Ill Iu' htNSlvH-
airy field took on wide expansion.
He had already visited Egypt Pales-
tine. Syria, Asia Minor and other bib
liCal lands, and he entered into his
larger labOrs with spirit and devotion.
DR. Webb, in his prime. was an elo-
quent and a powerful preacher. His
sermons were always interesting. His
flock loved him in all of his capaci-
ties, and when he resigned from his
pulpit in 1855 he was made pastor
emeritus He was clever and Wig
orous writer. although never contro-
versialst, and he was tolerant and
gentle in his doctrines and his life.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-05-30
lie Knew Not the Entnre.

II IL tnt nlbnt Oh the 81 OF April,
1865 Sunday ulght-in the confederate
army. General Robert T. Lee is even
more thoughtful than it is his habit
To be. lie has determined upon last
desperate resort tn save the remnants
OF his army from the union troops.
His plan involves the abandonment OF
Richmond and Petersburg forced
marching to the south, the junction
with Johnstons force. the whipping OF
sherman and the maintenance of the
illstarred ConfederaCy for year or
two longer. As he thinks of these
things his weary mind takes in a
broader scope of subjects. lie sees him
self again a colonel in the United
States army-serving on the staff of
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
whose favorite he is. Surprising that
he had not resigned He might have
been in command OF the union troops;
his Virginia birth would not have stood
in his way, as is shown in the case Of
George H. Thomas. But did Ie have
any choice? Nay, for his first duty.
as he saw IT, was to his stare. His
place OF Washington could le forsake
her in time Of trouble? Could he, for
the sake of food and clothing and
money and rank, have proved false to
the old dominion? Nay, Lieutenant
General Grant is in command of the
northern forces. Lee remembers him
way back in Mexico where his
no AfH IN Of I'm,
sam" Grant. He was II lieutenant
then. and Lee was major Who would
have supposed that nineteen years
could have wrought such changes As
General Lee thus muses. he sees the
whole heavens lighted up with a great
blaze. The cannon are discharging
around him; the musketry II rattling
But the blaze is distinct from either
OF these and II indicates the burning
OF such records as the confedcrates
cannot take with them. This day he
has communicated to President Davis
his intention to depart. And the home
of the executive In Richmond has been
scene Of wild confusion ever since
jefferson Davis received Lees dis
patch. In Richmond. too. confusion
worse COMPOUNDED ro.Ens The citizens
there are ptuic-strIrk"n. Their capt
tai to bee abandoned. which they have
held though four years. gui to Lin
coins hIrcliug~. ~ last General le'.
having directed the muy ,mrnt II hi,
shattered. starving so,1icr-. mounts
his horse and rides SOW ont of Pc
trrsLuIg toward tho south Even vet