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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
BANNISTER

Rena Willcs is spending the holi.
days at home
Charles Parks was in Fowler, Fri
day, on business.
Alta Matteson, who has been sick
is reported some better.
Jesse Parkes was in Shepardsville
last Friday on business.
Joe Keener went 10 ShepardSvile
on business last Saturday.
Dewey Smith is home from Ann Ar
Dor, 10 spend the holidays
Frank Moulten returned home from
Mt Pleasant to spend the holidays
VIM, Sharp and three sons will spend
the holidays with relatives at Linden.
Ella Davidson, Of OwosSo. visited
her mother, Mrs Rachael Davidson.
Saturday.
Lyman Dickerson and son. OF Glad
win, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Anna
Dickerson.
Geo. Streeter and family moved
onto their farm northeast OF town
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Menter Of st.
Charles, visited their brother, s. and
j. MeDter, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William MARI returned
TO their home at Howell after a few
weeks visit with relatives.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
DRESSING THE TREE
How Il Way lie Done TO Secure thr
Best Enrcts.

The Moman's Home companion
gives some hints ON decorating q
christmas tree safely IL is well
known that when tapers are fixed
o. the ladca branches. after tine
gifts are taken OIL the lghteued
houghs spring up and often set each
other ou ire. The mode Indicated
here avoids all that.
First says the Companion, Tim
cut the branches sufficiently to al.
low the gifts 20 show to good adj
vantage. Then with an augcr bore
holes in a spiral row about four
OF five inches apart the Whole length
of the trunk. Have some fiat sticks
prepared. an inch wide and half an
inch thick, and of varying lengths.
sharpen one end, and insert them
according 90 their graduated lengths.
giving each blow cor Two with a
hammer io insure it's being firmly
fixed. Paint them green. At the
outer end the candle holder IS firmly
tXed.
TO the topmost branch before the
tree j, nut lp, ailix the "Chr.st-child"
tine winged doh. secured by slight
rubber bands under the wings Gilt
paper stars and crcscents are pref
~. affixed here and there 10 the
houghs. Cay silk and arleton bags
isu of nut. and candy. oranges and
.pples bundles on stick candy Z ed
with ribbons. little baskets and
c"ruucopias of figs and rais,ns. gid
CO walnuts. popcorn balls string, of
popcorn and crauuerric>, cardy
canes, paper chains AN these and
other things they VIII suggest viii
decorate tree SO prettily that the
children for whose pleasure it is con-
structed will forget, in their delight,
that it is not weighted down with
costly gifts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
PERRlNTON.

Miss Emma Altenberg is in Bidding
this week.
Delbert Smith is visiting relatives
in Shanuonyi lie, Canada.
Miss May Daniels, OF PoIt and is
visiting her aunt, Mrs c. Hardy.
Dr. Ktlbourne will spend Christmas
with his parents at Kingston Canada.
Mr.. Willet and wife, of FairplainS.
visited Mr. and Ms. j. c. Carnes last
week
). G. Clark and wife are spending
Christmas With their daughter, Mrs
J Morrow
Miss Florence Lane, Of Cipac, Mich
igan, visited her COUSINS. Ford aud
Ethel Chidister, last week.
Clinton kellogg ard wife are visit
ing his parents He will return 20
Npsilanti after the holidays
Mr.. Games was called 10 Miller.
Michigan, last Saturday on account OF
the serious ilness OF his nephew, Nj
Myers, who died Sunday evening
Miss Clara Schultz. who has been
teaching school at st Joseph the past
year, isspending the holidays with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs & Schultz
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
SHUTS OUT THE FIGHT.


Lansing. Dec. 22 Cow A. H. Bliss
Will not permit the NcGoyeru-Co,-
bets fight which was To have bcOn
held i'm Detroit next month before
the Metropolitan Athletic club. as
had been planned. He wrote Friday
afternoon TO sheriff Dickson. III
Wayne county. calling his attention
TO the law ON the subject and telling
him that ne expected him 3D., sheriff
TO see that the fight was not held n
Detroit In the letter the governor
calls the sheriff attention to the
decisions of the supreme court
against fights i'm Michigan and tells
him that if he needs assistance TO
prevent the fight it will be given him.
Detroit. Dec. 22-At noon Satur-
day Sheriff Henry \. Dickson. OF
Wayne county, announced that he
would not allow the Corbett-McGov-
ern fight 10 be pulled off in Detroit or
Wayne county, that Gov. Bliss had
instructed him TO stop the fight, and
that he had been advised by an at
torney that the only thing for him TO
DO was TO stop it,.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
THE MAN WHO SWORE OFF.
; He Is Deserving of Respect and Ems
couragement.

The world, if it knows its business,
will doff it's hat TO the man who
swore of New Years day. Notwith-
standing the outlaws of the crowd
at the bar when they hear about il,
that man, says the Chicago Daily
News, is worthy of respect and en-
oouragement. Having the desire to
mend his ways, he has braved the
jests of his associates, the sneers of
those whose unworthy methods he
hopes TO forsake, and the curious
glances of casual acquaintance, in
order TO exercise his will in resist
ing evil habits. His militant man
hood is worthy of praise. So, for
your own sake as we'll as for his.
do not laugh or sheer at him or
take patronizing attitude toward
him because of your well-known and
unassailable virtue. Express conf
dence in him and help him to stick
TO his good intentions.
Why should not one resolve TO for
sake ones bad habits on the first
day of the year? Why should not
one resolve To forsake them on any
other day? Having made the resolve
and entered upon the effort neces-
sary 10 carry il out, why should one
be the subject of iests. since there is
nothing foolish nor dishonorable in
trying TO improve ones methods OF
life? If the school of experience
teaches valuable lessons. as every
one knows it does, why should not
one profit by these lessons? Habit
is mainly a relic of youth and ig-
norance, so far as it is not formed
on good models or by the firm ha
Of wise elders. TO improve ones hub-
its from year to year is the valuable
privilege Of the man or the woman
who has been learning lessons in the
worlds academy of hard knocks. To
take no advantage of those lessons
is to write ones self down fool.
Pity. therefore. the man or the won.
an who never swears off.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
CIRCUIT COURT NEWS.

Testimony was offered in case Of
Amar d + + Ster vs.. Ge). FoS'er.
May Cross va, gran'eia decree ot
divorce from j lmtS II. Or, s..
VIII NanNakenbu'g who recently
ran away from the home fortht fe b.c
minded a. Lapeer WIS b-outnr before
the court AMI cent n,sd t. the state
prison az Jackson for three years.
Case OF Harry l. uck, yS Daniel
II rigan was aoj burned uuta ths Jan
uary =.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

Those lie Received Were Always %
the Useful hind


The following short .torv say.
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th.r.. Observation-Disclosures
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papa "n0 ] give NM
mat ls because YOU know what
pleases him best said Mrs DiIling-
nam
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tienee with the toys that his Uncle
Henry and ms Aunt Polly bring
why mott
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Now that French clock on the mantel
there has given me more satisfaction
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
BOUGHT STEEL ABROAD.
ala mazoo Concern Receives Com
alignment of BiIIetA Purchased
i'm Germany.

Kalamazoo, Dec. 22.-The an
nouncement made that the Harrow
Spring company has received ship
ment of 35 car loads of steel billets
from Germany discloses an interest
ing situation in the steel industry Of
the United States. The order was
placed in Antwerp in September and
was the result of the difficulty in Sc
curing steel in this coun.ry owing to
the great demands made on the steel
manufacturing plants. The IS car
loads amount to 1000 tons. This
great mass of metal is said TO he the
largest shipment of ore from Europe
ever received in kalamazoo. and prob
ably in the state of Michigan. Ger
man workmen do not receive the
high wages that are paid TO Amer
lean workmen in the steel mills and
consequently at this time the Ger
man mills are able TO compete with
American mills in furnishing steel.
Big Order for Cars.
Sault Ste. Marie. Dee. 22.-There is
the greatest activity about the works
of the Consolidated Lake Superior
company here. Mr.. Clergue, the gen
eral manager received a rush order
from the Canadian Pacific railroad for
500 freight cars. aud shifts of men
were at once set at work 10 prepare
the shops for the work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
s. w. HAMILTON

A family has moved onto Mr.. Short S
farm.
Mr.. Forest. OF Alma, is visiting B.
Hinkles at present.
The recent cold snap made good
sport on the big ditch for skaters.
4. Stevens is building a barn. w.
Ackles is overseeing the carpenter
work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
I" - q ~ ~ iNiAAilE
Big Order for Cars.


Meadowbrook--How fine this world
would be if we should all keep the
good resolutions we make on New
Years day, instead of breaking them
all within a week.
Hempstead-Yes! guess the few
days after New Years, each year.
will be about as near as we will
ever get TO the millennium Brook
lyn Eagle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
as Furnished by RegisterfA. X Lowry

simeon Sanders 10 Roy Wisner land i'm
fnltrSoh ...- see. -..-....... zee. ......- d.
A Townsend 10 Allen Giles, DIT lot . blk
D knapp's add. st. Louis. ............. 100
VIM. Smillie To G.. W. Anderson. ell of
swa sec 10, Wheeler. .................., eo25
G.. w. Bansil 10 u. G.. shafTer land i'm
Sumner. ...,............ ............ 800. $50
". Carter 10 Geo. Wheeler lot Il. blk
Lancashire add. Alma. ........... 200
John Willis To c. Il. Densmore land i'm
Hamilton ................ $3.50. p. co.. 800
Mrs. +, Hutchinson TO G. Mcnamara. sw
a OF ne =. sec "a, sumner. ..."... ESQ
Esther Norris To Maria Chappcu, lot ~.
blk A. Newton add. 81. Louis .. 40
NJ. Casteli TO Jokn BeLille. land i'm sc
WHO ss..s....... ........ ....... 800
G.. l.. Timers TO A. :. McIntyre. lot
Dix ~, Timers add. ST. Louis. .... go
Leah Thomas 10 Frank Cook. pt eik OF
sc 4. sec II. Seville &C.,. ......'........, len
Samantha Houck To VIM. Houck. of Ell
nofnwA. sec 3, Newark ............'....... 600
Jemima Snyder et al 20 Lewis Barber
lond In Washington ...................... 700
Harriet Beemer To Jas. MoleI pt ne a OF
ne q, sec z Elba.............. ........ 900
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

No holuay joy can be complete to
those who have not tried TO make
other hearts happier. This is Christ
mas iquette.--Ladies' Home Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

Kalamazoo, Dee. 22.-Eugene Haz-
ard was attacked by vicious
horse, which picked him up in it's
teeth, shook him furiously, and tore
one arm from his body. Hazard will
probably recover.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
Life Made MiserabIe.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 20.-Nonunion
men, some of their relatives and 9TH
ers to the number of 30, appeared be-
fore the coal strike commission and
told their stories of alleged boycotts,
intimidations, dynamiting and vio-
lence in various forms, during the late
strike. Each witness called was a
sufferer in one form or another at the
hands, they alleged, of union men.
-Four witnesses said attempts were
made to blow up their houses, one
house was badly damaged, many of
the witnesses were threatened with
bodily harm; several were beaten, one
was shot in the leg, every one stoned,
boycotted or hung in efiigy. One
school teacher testified having lost his
position because his father did not
strike. One man was asked 10 resign
from a Catholic temperance society.
and another witness was expelled
from a local lodge of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians. after a membership
of PC or 2s years, because they were
ClaSSed as unfair WOrkmen
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
Takes Holiday Recess.

Scranton, Pa. Dec. 22.-The anthra-
cite coal strike commission held its
last session of the year Saturday ard
adjourned TO meet in Philadelphia on
Tuesday. January 6.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

Her. T M,cInty ST. Paul. Mimi, who
has been troubled with a disordered
stomach, says" n amberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets do me more good
than anything ] have ever taken. :"
Fors ale by Bivin's * Rhodes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

CUPEkIOR REBEKAH LOl GE, No. lol. !. q.
- o. + Regular meetings Friday nights
MARY THOMAS, y. G..
LUCIA BoGABT, X.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

EPI COPAL CHI RCH Evening service A.
u 200 O'Clock. standard time. sunday school
al ~ 30 A. no. j ~ ECHBOUHN Rector
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

I F.SUYDAM. NJ. D., Physician and Surgon
y. ONCE opposite Church biock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

DIRE RNTERIAN CHURCH-Mornine service
4 1910. sunday school 1900. Evening service
30 =. m. HLv. ". X SPENCER Pastor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
SOCIETIES 6.

L e. Morning services 1880
L sunday School 1890 Evening services
30 = q BOWMAN. Pastor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

A LIMA ENCAMPMENT. No. 81, l. O. o. P.
n meet every alternate Wednesday.
j. w. DEAN. chief Patriarch.
W. :. BOGART, Scribe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

A Ina LODGE No 23s !. O. o. +. meets every
a Monday evening
J ;. FINK. n. G..
W. 5. BoGARTt, r. s.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26
ALMA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PROBE SSIONAL

" A. BAGLEY, Physician and Surgeon
IL. once. Opera House Block ONCE hours 20
5 80 aud tos y. N. Diseases Of thu eye and ear
specially.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

A LIMA CAMP sac NJ. w A.-Meet in X. OF
- + hall every alternate Tuesday night.
|. :. FINK. v. &.
W. T. DAVIES. Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

pATHBONE SISTERS, ROYAL Temple No.
IL 10, meets every alternate Wedne sday
uiHht in h. OF u. Hall.
HENRIETTA MILLER, VI. + G.
MINNIE SMITH NJ of c.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

q. T - Alma Hive No. 81. Meets alter.
u. nate Friday afternoons O'Clock X OF =.
nall. Visitors always wecor red
Mrs. MATTE r. OPDYRE, L G.
Mrs. ADA CREIG X. X
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

I O. +. Court Alma.No. as. holds it, Tegu.
< ar meetings In the W n. G.. Han. Nermeulin
Block, on the second Thursday Ina each month al
NR m. local time Visitors welcome.
CBAs. MoRDEN. G. X. CLARK BEEBE. r. =.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

tNM. MOYER RELIEF CORPS. No. lS3. meet
w every second and fourth "Wednesday iu the
month.
MRS. ADA GREIG President
Mrs. MAHTbA FRAZER Secretary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-26

y a. R.-William Meyer Post. 80. 1872 Depart.
VI. ment OF Michigan. G.. a. H., meet on 1d Sat
1rday OF each month az E 900 p. M. and on the A.
saturday Of each month at $500 p. ~.
LAFAYETTE : CIV - Commander
joins GREIG, Adjutant.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-02
SOME PosTseRlPTs.

The wrought iron gates of the palace at Sunbuy w
by Henry VIII for Anne Boeyn for sale in London
There are few phlanthropists in Kansas MADAME Nor
IDEAS recent gift $500 TO Bethany college in that Stat
while on her Western tour should win her double WELDON,
the next time she sings to a Kansas audience, 80
Henry Leitner, aged 60 who lives on the State border
between Fairfield and Richland N. C., has bale Of eton
gnned before the rebellion He has refused rich Offers M
1t as he prefers to keep it memento of old days.
SO great was the demand upon members Of cong,a
tor tickets OF admission to the Mckinley memorial serYei
that the members themselves paying Ss5 each Tor ~
coveted pasteboards. Congressman Sibey promised ~.
OF hrs constituents that he would get them tickets aHa
It cost him just SIPS to keep his word ,,g
Up to some time ago the Norwegian army was peihf'
the only one in Europe in which shoes were u's1
any extent After several years of extensive trials hoss
the Austrian minister of has equipped several ~;
taons of the imperial Austrian army with shoes p,
ing the maneuvers carried this year in the Austrian A
the shoes proved to be of immense advantage to the n
equipped with them. .a
a new ncandescent electric lamp has recently nsI
brought ont which makes electric headlights for city wv
suburban cars possibility The lamp is known a y
stereopticon, and consists of famen in the form .
compact conical helix, with maximum diameter OF Pel
one-halt an inch, making it possible to focus the lamp .
headlight One of these lamps of thry-two candle p',s
capable of lighting up straight stretch OF track 20
lance OF 600 feet a clear dark night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-02
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Dr. Leonidas H. Laidley, of St Louis gfaGa'a' 4
Jefferson Medical college has been appointed meu'" '
rector of the St. Louis Worlds Fair ..a
he name Of Lieutenant Charles Carroll WOOD g ps.
nephew OF Jefferson Davis and great-grandson o. i ~
dent Zachary Taylor appears the first on the i0
ored dead Canadas memorial statue to her s0g I;,
tell IN the Boer war, and which will be erected N a,
Dr. James NJ. Ludlow, pastor OF the MUM U, ~ isr
Presbyterian church of East Orange, N j. received [
Roosevelt on confession of faith into the Coles Ne,
Dutch church at Forty-eighth street and fIitn as.
Miss Maud Dennson Of Chicago is said to, be TIE ~. enj
woman harnessmaker in the United States Shs Nc, os
the United Brotherhood of Harness Workers on
ana IS the only in the union, which mas = ais
OF 10000. Miss Dennison is 2s years old was OOfp
vile and has worked at the trade four years s,us
Mrs Henrietta A. Kelly of South Caroilns = n, b
school principal of that State, who has been aoos car
's six years studying science in the uniyefs <ooty
bridge Paris Brussels and Geneva, reached IMP BE-
sunday and will go South at to try 10 mAf
scientific culture OF silk in that section
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-02

,,.. r. -, o.o,i, among whom he stationed and to
me Local antbi,ie he Is tho impersonaon Of his govern
men He should be man Of dignity OF eii'possess,Gn
good address and bearing OF tact and disorehon o
and officials and who should be honored even oy ms
ing countrymeu These qualifications can not pc
by civil service examination. but they are ,at
bo,tJ rerc cssfi consideration Hence the president
must be allowed some discretion making selection IRON
among those whose names presented to him by the ooau
of examiners
When Prince Cortchako was the head OF the Russian
foreign Office the candidates for the diplomatic service l'e
passing the examination always granted an audience
with his excelency who then made final decision o oo
serving the manner in which they entered the room the way
in which they addressed him. and their genera experiment
during the interview A consul may know an ABOUT iEo'
rude undignfed If he lack sayo iaire and SAVIOR WIRE
he could country better advantage ~ nat obscure
region known the classic shades OF private me
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-02
Looking Toward the Morning
Nashville American.

NashviIIe American.
Hon. II Kirby OF TeNas delivered an ADDRESS oeo'e
the New Orleans Progressive Union Jew days ago wnicn
feicous and hopeful, optimistic ana prsetlod'
He gave advice which the whole South should heed among
other things he said IF glad that the southern peope
have the belief that nothing IS SO honofaoie as
work; that there is greater distinction III being aoorei
han in being gentleman We have determined 10 MAKE
the South the seat of busy industry well the home OF
the ovable hospitality that exists IN the woria we
only going be planters and merchants nut we are
going be makers Of all the products that come from our
natural resources In concluding his most sensible pa
otto and practical address Mr. Kirby SAID
II wish to make prophecy ask you 10 marx MY
words for there those within the sound OF my voice 10
night who will live the triumph OF human effort IN
which will build up the Gulf Of Mexico civilization
such has not heretofore marked the worlds progress
There is popular movement now going on IN the south
10 restrict the ballot and give the intelligence OF the country
dominion and in governmental affairs The effect OF
this restricted ballot will be 70 build up great conservative
rr, here with which the conservative element the North
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-02
THE CASE OF COMMISSIONER EVANS.

Hon Henry Clay Evans has been the hest commits
sioner OF pensions the republicans had He has
fulfilled the duties OF his office and observed the law
No charge is made against him, but President Roose
welt calls for his resignation,
Why?
Not for Just cause because the president seeking
TO find new place for him. The dispatches from
Washington say that Evans may he sent to Madrid or
Japan the president would have sent him to
South American country but Mr.. Evans objected. It
settled that the eN-commissiouer of pensions will be
appointed ambassador minister TO foreign
country
Why, then, is Mr.. Evans to be removed from the
Office of pension commissioner? There is no secret
to the for his removal, For his enforcement
of the law he has long been dstastefu to the pension
grabbers who numerous and who have consider.
able political influence. President Roosevelt is mind
FIJI of the republican nominating convention in 1904.
II will be remembered that the same attack was
made on Commissioner Evans by the pension grabbers
more than once during President McKnleys admins.
traton, but President Mckinley refused to be turned
aside from the straight and narrow path Of his duty
President Roosevelt is civil service reformer par
excellence He is the advocate of the merit sys-
tenn. Besides, he is specially pledged to carry out
President McKpleys policies.
When a private person in an obscure station is a
hypocre he is despicabe enough but the effects of the
evil example limited, What is to be said of the
harm that is done and of the character of hypocrite
in the highest place of a president who is pharsse
conscience conjwer, and a charlatan. who
holds his right hand to heaven with protesatons of
purity while with his left he performs deed of the
rankest political cowardiceo
It is impossible for apooglst for the president to
clear him upon the excuse Of weakness II he yields
to the clamors OF the pension grabbers because of
weakness, he is the less hypocrlte protesting
purity and reform What is to be said of president
who is weak in matter involving moral principle?
The other horn of the dilemma upon which Presi-
dent Roosevelt not escape implement is that he
removed Commissioner Evans help in securing for
himself the nomination in 1904 Il would rather be
right than president" said Henry Clay. would rath.
err be president" says Theodore Roosevelt