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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

Self-reliance is the way conceit looks
from the inside.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
Woodvyorkers to Go out.

St. Louis, May Ely the unani-
nous vote Of woodworkers employed
in ST. Louis planning mills. it has been
decided to call general strike UNI
less the unions demand for nine
hour working day is complied with
before Wednesday morning. Should
the strike be declared, it would in
volve between 1920 and 400 work
men and would be one of the most
serious conflicts of labor and en-
ployers in the recent history Of st.
Louis and would affect n number of
interests not directly concerned in
the controversy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
FIRMS MAKE CONCESSIONS
Reported That About a Hundred
More Sign Agreement of Strik-
ing Machinists.
ESTIMATED THAT $4,000 MEN ARE OUT.
Reports on the situation Are All
Favorable, Says President o'Con-
nell, of the National Associntion-
Woodworkcrs AT -. Louis tn De-
mand Nine-HOur Day.

Washington, May 21.-The storm
centers Of the general strike Of the
machinists throughout the country
on Tuesday were in the vicinity
of Cincinnati and the Pacific coast.
The number Of firms that have
signed the agreement was aug
mented on Tuesday by about
100, which brings the aggregate
of the establishments making con-
cessions TO 1000 in round num-
bers during the past three or four
DAYS. Save in one or two instances,
as at Scranton. Pa, the allied trades
have not yet been affected. 1t is
claimed at the general headquarters
of the machinists, however, that
where agreements are not Effected
by Tuesday afternoon or Thursday
morning many of the men in the al
lied trades will 90 out in the indl-
vidual shops where machinlsts are al
ready out. The estimate of President
O'Connel. Of the National Ass ocia-
ton of Machinists, as 10 the number
of strikers Tuesday remains at 10000
approximately the same figure as
given Monday. The executive board
of the association is in session here
watching the progress of the strike.
Reports Everything Favorable.
President O'Connell Tuesday morn
ing said:
"The reports from all sections are very
favorable. The indications are that the
great majority OF firms will have reached
agreements with the men Tuesday or
Wednesday. The dispatches coming IN
from various cities indicate that coster-
ences will be held Tuesday with large
number of firms. Many men who were
working Monday went out Tuesday. The
additions made Monday night and Tuesday
morning 10 the list of strikers and tho
number that Will return 10 work Tuesday
morning with their demands granted Will
about balance each other"
Tuesdays reports show that only
three railroads in the United States
are now affected 10y the strike, name
". the Central Vermont, Lehigh Val
ley and Delaware, Lackawanna d
Western.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

Not all reyerent men are wise, but
every wise man is reverent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin aids di-
gestion. Sold by Sharrar & Mulholland.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
At Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, May 21.-About 200 ma
chinists who left their shops Monday
have returned 10 work Tuesday in
the smaller shops. which have agreed
20 the demands of the men. In few
of the shops, which had signed the
agreement, as it is called, the men are
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
anndrcnninI stnte EIectinn.

Kansas this year will try for law
making all state elections come every
four years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

Deeds are the only measure OF our
days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

Leave Ashley.
$50 n. m. for Muskegon
? 80 p. m. for Muskegou
JNo. W. LORD.
Traffic Manager,
Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
EX-CONGRESSMAN CHARLES A.
BOUTELLE.

asylum, Waverly, Mass. Mr.. Boutelle
had been at the institution for many
months for treatment on account Of
brain trouble.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
WESTBOC
: Except Sunday
EASTBOUND

Except Sunday.
A. Il. COVEY, Agent.
Owosso, Mich.
PICTURESQUE PAN-AMERicAN
ROUTE TO BUFFALO,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
situation mt New York.

New York. May 21.-At the head
quarters of District 10, international
Association of MachinistS. il was said
Tuesday that only two firms of any
Importance in this city have refused
to grant the request of the machine
lists for nine-hour day. The two
firms are the Il. Hoe Printing Press
company, employing 200 machinists,
and the Garvin Machine company,
where 500 men went on strike Mon
day.
Lockport, y. Y, May 21.-The Holly
shop machinists, numbering 1872, are
out on strike for increased wages
and shorter hours.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
At san Francisco.

San Francisco May 21.-The strike
situation in this city is unchanged.
Both sides remain firm. The number
of strikers is not officially known,
but at labor headquarters it is said
that nearly 1000 men are out.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
Men Go out at Dunkirk. y. y

Dunkirk, y. Y, May 21.-Seven hum
dred machinists employed i'm the
Brookes locomotive works struck
Tuesday for nine-hour day and 1879
per cent. increase in pay. All other
departments of the shop are running.
but the strike of machinists will
close the works if an agreement is
not soon reached.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24
At Toledo.

Toledo, o., May 21.-The number Of
machinistson strike here was reduced
Tuesday about 100. Seven factories
which had previously held out against
the unions demands conceded all
that was asked. Indications are that
there will be more concessions before
the day is over, and that all the men
will Ice at work by Thursday next.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-24

still out because the employers in
sisted on conditions not recognized by
the machinists. There are now - or
16 shops where machinists are at work,
and two more shops signed the agree
ment Tuesday. The machinists who
have struck are rapidly organizing
their fellow workmen who strucl, with
them into the various unions 10 which
they are eligible. The leaders are still
satisfied with the outlook. \ mass
meeting was held Tuesday forenoon
at Workmen's hall, where speeches Of
encouragement were made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12

Of it with the correspondence that
morning.
Miss Hammond is a girl whose fam
lily used to be rich. They were close
friends with the Stones. Old General
Stone and Miss Hammond's father used
to own a big steam yacht together, and
they made a long voyage in her with
their families. That was when our Mr..
Stone was Il and Grace Hammond was
about or 6. The old people are dead
now. The families long since drifted
apart, and the Hammond money van
ished in some sort Of business crash in
1893. when Grace was at college The
yacht, reftted and brought UP 10 date,
belongs to our Mr.. Stone. and the little
girl that sailed in her Is years ago is
earning SIS a week writing letters for
the boy that was her messmate. so TO
speak. in those old days
Somehow the thing never struck me
as right, and when I first heard the sto-
Miss Hammond that Mr.. Stone wasn't
behaving in a way that would entitle
him TO a monument after he was dead.
She gave me one of those quiet talks
that remind me of my mothers mus
tard plasters that she used to put on to
me when I was younger-the longer it
staid the warmer ii grew. ] perceived
before Aiiss Hammond got through
with me that I had maddled with some
thing that I ought 10 have let alone.
She said incidentally that AIr. Stone
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dry. I viii bring my microscope out
there, and you can better examine their
starry crowns and feecy white robes"
When Aunt Elise was ready. she
found Clarence eagerly awaiting her.
She had a soft piece of black wooden
cloth, and she held this out in the snow
until it was partially covered, and then
they carried it into the laundry, where
il was cold and the flakes would not so
soon melt.
When Clarence peeped through the
microscope. he uttered an exclamation
Of astonishment, for sparkling on the
cloth We're the most beautiful shapes
outlined in white. There were six
pointed stars and beautiful branching
figures. Every conceivable design was
there. yet all laid out in lines of six.
THE uniformity in the arrangement
is due to a law of nature" said Aunt
Elise. The tiny particles which form
the snow crystals (for so the snow fig
ures you see on the cloth are calIed) are
grouped in freezing by the cold. The
particles always arrange themselves in
the six sided or six pointed shape, ae-
cording to a law of Capitalization.
Snowhakes are all snow crystals. When
the snow is soft and it is not very cold,
sometimes several crystals in falling
meet and. clinging together until they
reach the earth, form one big fake
The air bubbles which in freezing be-
come entangled in the ice particles
give the sparkle and peculiar hghtness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12
he sPRANG FORWARD AND
CAUGHT GRACE.
Uoped 1or his hat which was lying Or
his desk

CROPPED for his hat. which was lying or
his desk
I'm forgetting that appointment
with Allen" he said i must hurry
along But-but there's something in
what you saw Miss Hammond. You 70
quite philosopher" He smiled sud-
denly and Ga a different way from wte
had ever known him 70 DO quite IKE
a boy, AMI he looked very handsome
il tell my Aunt Ann uhat You say.
II was she that made me take nay mus
lache OF. and row she's telling ne for
the love ~ mercy ~ let f. grow again
The next instant be srranE forward
and caught Grace - the arm end
shoulder Just as she vas falling out ~
her chair She vas herself again li-
most Immediately. and BE- stepped back
80 be saw thai she bad rEa+ne1 ter
p0ise. TheT looked AZ each other .n
perfect silence for as mich as min
ate. and yeu should have sesn bis face
j changed and grew - KIND and gen
fle that honesty tfse tear cane i-l1
my eyes 7 lcut knew -hT. 1iT
D. turned ana hurried oet - ne rgauls
and she Wenf 81 RE Hla1cw ana sf1o-i
there quite long time. ieaul1E eEa-rsi
the e5Ee ~ tEe moi5inE
Nr Sroue dl1r cerae hack Crfli fre
next -ar- he VAS very mach the sane
man. except that DE- sald gq1 r1crninz
81 M Em-orI ara ~ u Fv
euff c1 8aE tt
M zt rHe neEf taaett tu boxing
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81 QUEER thing happened to my en-
n ployer. Mr.. Stone. The first that 7
knew of it was one morning when
man walked up to the private office
and laid his hand upon the little gate
that we have there in hot weather so
that the door can be left open for the
sake Of the air The man was coming
right in when I stopped him
/ have a table and chair just inside
the gate. and the best part of my Job is
keeping people out. If anybody gets by
me without Mr.. stones invitation, it's
the same as my resignation. TIE got
his word for that
on this particular morning there was
nobody in the room except Miss Ham
mond ana myself but the orders are
the same whether Mr.. Stone is in or out
Whom do you want TO see2" said J.
taking hold of the gate
Tho man had a package of papers in
his left hand and he let it fall on the
floor when I spoke to him. IL made a
loud noise and Miss Hammond who
was giving her typewriter a little
warming up. just to take the stiffness
OUT of It's joints. turned around TO see
WHAT was the matter.
Wen said TO the man at the gate.
who is IT that YOU want2"
THE deviii" said he staring ar me
Then il struck me that + would be
FUNNY
You've got the wrong address, said
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face was covered IN that way, I knew
him. He was 8Ir. stone
Honestly. the strength went out of
my less SO that 7 had to hang on TO the
gate TO keep from falling on the floor.
He opened it and pushed me aside.
dropped into my chair with q groan.
Miss Hammond was sitting with her
back against the typewriter as if she
had been trying to push it through the
wall and herself after 1t. She was look
ing at Mr. Stone with a frozen stare,
and yet there was a queer expression
in her eyes. as if she saw something
made clear that had always puzzled
her.
There was nothing the matter with
Mr.. Stone except that he had shaved OF
his mustache. lie had always worn q
heavy one that dropped over his mouth.
and the change in his looks with the
loss OF it was something that / never
saw oQualed I had read in stories
about detectives DISCUSSES. bat I never
took any stock in these yarns before.
Don't like It. Ell said ne TO Miss
Hammond. and then he turned TO me
with q sort Of fierce grin such as / new
CT saw or anybody S face before.
yes. II think I shall-shau Ike It
much better When-when 7 ser used TO
it," stammered Miss Hammond
Mr.. stone uttered a strange growi-
that is. II sounded strange. bus really it
was the same old groWI only Be seemed
entirely different when i could see his
lips move. He HAD rather thiu lips.
ANA they looked So hard that Z had a
feeling Of surprise because -hey didn't
make q clicking sound when he shut his
mouth. had never noticed anything
peculiar about them before.
The fact IS that ar. stone IS q hand
some man. He has a high. broad fore
head and the finest eyes Z ever saw
wide open. bold blue eyes. but not at all
hard or unkind- His nose ana chin are
well shaped and regular He has a
srrong. straight figure and is very
graceful and quick in his movements. 7
used 70 waste a good deal OF time just
watching him. ana 90 this nrst morn
ing after the transformation couldn't
take my eyes on him.
After Miss Hammon5's effort 70 say
something agreeable he waited about
zen seconds Tor ue. u WAS my move.
bat didn't have ans checkers. they q
an been jumped clean or the heard.
BIr Stone turned to bis desk
Where's thar ho-ta of uueiisre z
told sou q sex Yesterday he aia n
that tone which always nlate r'a Jump.
had never understood before wler
he rot that voice. ll WAS hama ANA
ca'5 and hsd the singular gualltE q
taking the seif respect oar 81 an
o. whom Il was addressed Ihc
explained e. zee he'i taem 50 close
Etasr heu 1e talke5 trlt h
i
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u yen ere ore ~ those uho freoucns
the police courts you have ~ aoatf
often heard csc victims 81 area9ita De-
clare fhat tarir araa liarfa tlf fhsm ro
bard that it mace fheu ~aee stars
.tn4. irffea ere sfnsaflon which goa
experience from e vioterf blow ca fh-
hrli reasra1ieE very murh fhe rEhs ~
rfarr
TIRE fact O. there ls ph1f1aofeeeer
reeer ia me eye eh,eh ehoas isee.f
-ter fhe bead iH afrlcx violently aag p
offea perceived even in fss arf of s1rrr
lnr TIE Jar - fhe sFsfen1 ealsel -
fha bow produces pressure ~ fhr
blood vessels Igaa fae fefina raur.r~
esfher trtai fsnfss ~ falaf tlaf
rnr Ehcn rosfs aeferr ere eyr anf -
nhirh lhe lraTrafn Discovers thc1
ran's ~ faulastle fEarsa iha ual1-ltg
% sh.ch reserrete sfafe
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mond after that as If she were a mem
Der Of his family. They got a habit OF
talking together. standing by the win
dow. just where she had stood after
finding out that the woman he cared for
was his aunt and fainting away with
JOY because OF IT,
This didn't last very long. for one
day Aunt Ann appeared IN the Office
just before lunch and surprised me
very much by kissing Grace in sol
eml and anectionate manner. I learn
cd from the subsequent conversation
that Grace was 20 live with Aunt Ann
for awhile and get a good rest
That afternoon Our bookkeePer, who
knows everything told me that Mr..
Stone had lost his wits with his mus
tache and was going 10 marry Miss
Hammond.
Not that I've got anything against
her" he added, but matrimony"-
He finished the sentence by waving
his arms around his head hopeiessly.
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with a weak and irresolute chin wears
a fierce, bristling beard, and it helps
him to forget that irresoiution is his
besetting sin. Another may hide be-
hind a rule Of life in the same way He
may set up a business principle and
forget that unadulterated selfshness is
behind it. And the chin under the
beard viii grow weaker and weaker;
the man behind the business rule grow
more and more heartless. Yet If these
men were obliged to see themselves daily
as they are. II they met without dis
guise the judgments of their fellows.
they would be much the better for it..
believe me"
Stone covered his mouth suddenly with
his right hand, and with his left he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12
APoTHECARIEs OF OLD.

The onenses Of apothecaries IN the
middle ages were numerous and the
punishment IN some cases whipping
The worst was the improper sale o.
poisons-that Is 20 say. except when NOT
duly prescribed by q known physician
q reputation. and even them not o.
put down in q register the name Of the
doctor and person 20 whom scch pre-
scription containing poison was dciiv-
cred. was punishable likewise The sale
Of poison for drugginE FISH was pr0hib
tied. and also that of inferior drugs POS
any apothecary. To prescribe himssh
(unIess a doctor coald not be- fogn4
was an oTense punishable by a whip
ping. and all preparations sold by him
had 20 be made up IN the presence a.
the doctor or Of another apothccary.
A barber-ssreeon might only pre-
scribe FOR exterior applications accord
ing 20 surgery" but We are not toig
what was tho penalty Ia such "a case.
Upon fhe question ~ remuneration o. 81
hard ~ speak with precision. 80 ice
relative value OF money then and now
is so very difficult % TX. and the Hol
Morlaes was worth shree times tne sai
Tournois- Anyhow. the doctor gqf ere
statutory zee ~ sois Moriaar and hls
expenses q day when b. had 60 ieasr
hia town and z sol aenirrs for each
vlaft in town. aiao { aol denlers Cor
prescription In Navarro she Zee asa
haif franc viait fra town. al3
francs Gay 0ut Etery member ~ fhe
profession waE 81 privileged creditor
when death euagef a. sgeh billie a.
fhelrg formed part ~ the funeral eE-
panees ard even fha sacred aof ~
wife could 81 deIiefe1 to rag them to
an extent not eEeeefizg fzad amount
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when he would come back, forgetting
something, I have seen her look at him
in way that fairly begged him to be
kind, and she was so disappointed and
SO brave afterward that I would in
vent work for the sake of staying 70
watch her and to keep her company.
Stone had d hard time of it the first
day or two after he shaved off his mus
tache Business acquaintance would
come to the gate and see him sitting al
his own desk and yet not know who he
was. When they found out that ii was
he, they would look at him with that
vague and curious horror which you
see in the peoples faces as they watch
some poor fellow being carried off 10
the station house by a policeman.
could see that this made him rage
inside. but he would shut those cold
and sneering lips of his together and
pretend 10 be as calm as a statue. Be
fore very long. however. 1 noticed that
he had a habit of taking something out
of his pocket after one Of these inter-
views and looking at It cautiously. ]
discovered that it was a small. round
mirror and that he was studying his
own face Now. there was no vanity in
est sign of it. though. of course. he
couldn't help knowing that he was
handsome. He did not look at the mir
ror TO admire his own beauty, which
was spoiled anyhow. but with a studi-
Gus. half frightened air. felt that if
ne caught me watching him there
wouldn't be a whole bone left in my
body. for he had the look at such times
Of one who IS holding a private CONVEX
sation with his own soul
One day he said 20 Miss Hammond, Il
believe III let this thing grow again"
lie was caressing his upper lip, which
hadn't been shaved for about IS hours.
II there'd been any chance for II,
think Grace would have turned pale.
but hard work in this hot weather had
taken al the color out Of her face.
Please cont" she said
She was in earnest and he knew it.
He wheeled his chair around suddenly
20 face her.
Why note" be demanded.
she didn't want 10 tell him, and he
had a hard time persuading her. II
was the first time 10 my knowledge that
they had ever had what you might cali
q social conversati zion. the first time he
had ever treated her as II she were an
acquaintance Of his and not a machine
TO write mis- letters Understand me-.
don't mean that be had ever been
rough or brutal with her or me or any
body I never heard him say anything
that wasn't polite enough he had
merely feen perfectlys hard and cold
But This time he talked as = he really
were alive
Finally she said that II he'd tell her
why ~ had taken Il of she would tell
him why she wanted him 70 let his face
remain as il was
That's an easy question Re said
7 did II because q woman asked ne
to-
some one you care about7 she ask
ed In strange. still voice that really
dHinf eerrl to make any noise ~ OH
ana set fled the room wlth Lt-ie trern-
h-ins waves
yes he said. with e smile
she took 8 sus5en brel-h. and could
see haF band quisering ~ re edge -
her desk
u axe sou as yor
cause Il IS honest
Tr D.
Yes she a
r5e from olEeF
themselves fEtrl tle
ofr -ra lel er-
Eas AMI Erz-a e1
fr- 80 eurcrss III dl-eut1 IA
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NATURG STORIES.
THE LITTLE SNOW CHILDREN,
Copyright 1900 by EIiabetl Iangdort
- - - /. - /. =. :. - : =. /. =.

in the country longer than they had in
tended to stay. The doctor had said
that if the little boy was good and the
day did not prove to be a stormy one
Aunt Elise might take him driving.
When Clarence had risen in the morn
ing. the sky was overcast and the snow
beginning to fall, while the wind blew
furiously through the tree tops.
i am afraid, Clarence, you had bet
ter give up all idea Of going out today,
his mother had said. And grandma and
Aunt Elise had agreed with her. After
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to the crystal. AS air is a bad con-
ductor of heat or cold, it protects the
earth from the frost in the atmosphere
and keeps the latent heat in the earth
from escaping. Thus the snow forms a
warm blanket for the little seeds that
are tucked away in the earth awaiting
the return of spring
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12

When Tom. Dick or Harry IS ieavins
his teens. he has 20 think very serl
ously Of what ne Is going 90 be. IN
most cases he turns from the learned
professions because. he says. they are
already overstocked. A youug lawyer
once made this complaint about the law
TO Daniel Webster. the famous Amori
can statesman. Webster's reply was
short and sharp. NY friend quots
he, there is plenty OF room az the TOP.
This is true OF every career. We have
only 20 aim nigh enough.
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n VERY cross little boy looked out
of the window. The snow was
coming down in a heavy fall. the great
flakes pelting over one another in their
hurry to reach the earth. Clarence had
been nl and the snowstorm interfered
with his arst drive after several weeks
in the house. He had come with his
mamma to spend the holidays in the
country with his aunt and his grandma,
and a severe attack of the measles had
spoiled his Christmas and New Years
and kept both Clarence and his mamma