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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-01-24

/ have the following pieces for sale
If IA need OF "a farm or house and lot,
let Us know your wants:
No. TO acres. Bothquy towu.hi :4mies from
~ Louis. o acres improved. rev house.
new uar4:l acre orcha g.; O WHY well.
csN and RraNr.iN l1Hm; hHrRHlt.
No = -GI acres 800 -ec. g. Lafayette township.
acre, timapr. balutrC improved; urW
huIf-r: Irw barn. excellent sold. we d
dr tiuri; 3tl miles from breckenridge.
Price. $500.
NO. go acre.. miles from Wheeler village,
81 acres c.eared; lug hou.e fuim ad
dluOu: uew .tame barn. b. a.; So. 81
drained ;ft1rly well fenced good orchard.
go trees; soil black loam. Price. 500
No 40 uCre-: % acres imprutt a; small
frame house and barn. splendid SOILS D
mie-tO hre.pr village. Price, >l3.J
No. 5-I-J acres ull cleared, new house.
ira Ue barn. orchard. wei Wutgrcd;
splendid soil: miles from 81. Louls.
Price 5000
No. 6-l2J ucr,s, 900 acres improved; 20 % .rrs
OF timber; arse new house new barn,
flowing we'll; good orchard. sp'endId
sou;f mites from 81. Louis. Puce.
No. $50 acre, Is improved small frame house
aul stable, miles from Wheeler, a so.
I soil Price slsOi.
No. S-lGO acres. 100 acres improved. good
buildings ". lAfcucrd: exc lrnt fui. l1
high state OF cuHfvHtlou, 8 miles from
hDeltr Price. sisHu
No. go ncr sdmr,.~ rrrm Forest Hi,ll miles
itum Shepherd good house;uew hnru.
aIl CIcIre .pNCellcut suII Price, 4 fl.
No 10 House and tot boo NINA. well located
10 ruom-, @ud house n.rth Of Cuglu
house. puce. go half cash, balance
time.
No. live have some excellent improved
lands located from sto lO M les from ~.
Loui-. auf from Co = miles from sheu.
herd easily improved which we vii.
sell a. slU.f per acre. small pa. meut-
down, balance on long time IL Fix per
cent. inter, 81. These lands viii hc
double In price within three years. CAL
on or address,
ALDRICH & SMITH.
ST. Louis, Mich.
q Al nRICA SMIT -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-01-24
WATCH DOGS

Ever on the Alert-AliVe to
Every Form OF Oppression
Kept on the Edge-Surdened
Beyond observation-disclosures
Give Out.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-01-24
l. state
FOR SALE.

have the following pieces for sale
If Ia need OF farm or house and lot
let us know your wants:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
Freaks In Hunting.

The biggest authenticated bag Sc
cured at one shot of which / have ever
heard consisted of one rabbit the
cause of the shot, one beater, one on
locker "a French cook, a boy and a
dog. l once shot nine snipe at a shot,
but this was in South America. They
were on the ground, and they were
shot for the pot. I have read of a
sportsman mot Baron Munchausen)
who shot bumblebee and a butterfly
right and left, and indeed sometimes a
large bumblebee does for an instan-
taneous second look uncommonly like
distant advancing grouse, just us,
when on the alert for cartridges. the
fieldfares breasting the hedge oiten
cause nervous twitch of the gun.
Curious circumstances sometimes &C.
cur out shooting. A friend walking in
line down turnip field saw a startled
hare running fast and straight toward
him up furrow. He stood still, wait
ing for her to turn, but the hare with
her peculiar vision did not see him and
ran her head plump against his shin,
killing herself and very seriously bruis-
ing his eg.-Fortnightly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
BILL HOOPER'S
LEGAL LONE
BY George F. CAMS
Copyright, 1901, by G. F. CAMS.

Lawyers had poor picking in Dead
wood in the hurrah days Of the camp.
Somehow the motley crowd there got
into the habit of settling disputes out
Of court-mostly with six shooters and
Winchesters. Homicides were of fire.
quent occurrence-in fact, the man
for breakfast" schedule was observed.
But vigilantes often interfered and per-
sisted in dropping the killer, even
though discussion Of the incident was
continued. Then, too, when shot was
taken at claim jumper, that was con-
sidered privileged communication, ac-
sording to the unwritten law. Except
for the fashion and common practice
Of the camp all the lawyers in it-and
there were lots of them-would have
had case apiece and at short inter-
vals. AS matters stood, however, it
wasn't often that any one of them was
able even to arrange for fee.
When Bill Hooper took ease for
s25, his law partner seriously objected,
though it was the first either had had
In weeks. Bill said he did it to en-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
Polling the Common Enemy,

The widow Of an English army Off
Ger was visiting me with her son, a
charming little fellow about five years
old. The mother told me with pride
how honorable he was, how high
minded, and that she had never for an
instant seen in him indications of any
traits that were low or base.
The child was put to bed every night
at 6. We dined at Z. 1 was sitting in
the drawing room one evening before
dinner. The room was dark, the doors
open, and my seat commanded a view
of both the stairway and the dining
room. The table was set, and in the
center was dish of tempting peaches.
Presently there came to my ears the
patter of little bare feet, and child
ish figure clad in nightgown stole
down the stairs, through the hall, into
the dining room, up to the table. Small
fingers seized the topmost peach from
the dish, and the little fellow turned
and trotted away up stairs again.
AS sat in the dark in an agony Of
apprehension there came again the
patter, patter of little feet, and white
clad figure stole down the stairs,
through the hall, into the dining room,
up to the table. Small fingers replaced
the stolen peach just where it had
been, and stubborn little voice NUT
tered, Done again, old devil!'-Har-
rnr'c
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
Poison of the Centiped.

The centiped is popularity supposed
to carry a sting on each foot, but 1
have several times handled them, after
their heads were removed, without the
claws producing any result. It is the
first pair Of claws only that are ven
omous, being hollow and provided with
poison bags like a snakes fang. The
largest / ever saw was eleven inches
in length, grewsome creature. A bite
from one Of this size would most likely
have been fatal to a man in weak
health.
The tarantula, though his powers of
offense are nothing like those Of the
scorpion or centiped, is, however, a
more unpopular character than either.
The horror Of these large spiders enter
tanned by many people is curious and
unacc0untable. I have seen Australian
bushmen, who in everyday life scarce
ly seemed to understand danger, turn
white as a sheet at the sight of a
small "triantelope," as they called it,
Chambers Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13

piles of men in iris camp what knows
more law than YOU"
Bill waited till the justice exhausted
himself and sank back in his chair.
Putting away. at his cigar so he
wouldn't have to waste more time and
matches on it when ready to resume
his smoking, he exclaimed:
you see it was this way: Jim come
to me and wanted me to take this case.
l told him | didn't want to take his
money for nothing, but just to humor
him said he could give me hundred
If l got him off. / knew there was no
use trying case before this court and
didn't fool away my time fixing for 1t.
It's just like l told Jim-a man can't
get justice in this camp till we're rid
of the duffer what thinks he knows
law and don't know little bit"
"You did, did you? howled the JUS
tice.
"That's what 1 did," blandly remark
ed Bill.
$50 you go round telling the boys
don't know nothing bout law, do your
The crowd guffawed in chorus, either
because Bills estimate was common
property or the expression of it by the
justice himself gave them chance to
concur Herewith. Here the temper of
the justice boiled over. He thumped
his desk and yelled out, did you tell
this prisoner he couldn't get justice in
this court?'
"4'his is no court" was the comment.
Without seeming to notice the sar-
casm or implied insult, the justice re-
peated his question. 1t called forth
this response: Eyes, L said just that
and, what's more, l believe it, too, and
so does everybody in this camp. A
man can't get justice while
Gasping with rage, the justice threw
himself on top Of the desk, whacking it
with his fists till the boards cracked
and delivered this decision: ''I'll show
you, you clubfoot duffer, that man
can get justice in this court I'll show
this camp what liar you are, Bill
Hooper-the prisoners discharged"
Outside the Office the man who was
released from custody paid Bill 500,
as he had promised, and then took the
next stage out of Deadwood, for he was
afraid of vigilantes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13

courage trade. That was no excuse,
for while human anatomy might be
carved with impunity or any sharp in
strument, prices couldn't be cut. Bill
expressed the opinion that his client
was fool for employing lawyer any
way, for he didn't have ghost of a
show of winning his case. and to take
his gold was just like finding it. These
were also trivial matters, he was in
formed. AS for finding gold, wasn't
that what brought them all to the
camp? No one expected to work for it.
Bill wanted to stand well with his
partner, who had kith or kin some
where from whom he thought he could
borrow money if it came to the pinch.
Bill was lame. AS the roads to Chey-
enne and Sidney were both long and
dusty, he preferred to ride on stage
rather than walk out of camp. From
the looks of things, unless business
picked up one means or the other
would have to be resorted to before
long. 1t was policy for Bill to humor
his partner. He went to the saloon
keeper who had mashed the head of a
man with a bottle and told him he
would have to charge him 500 instead
Of $25 to take charge Of his case. When
the client remarked something about
1t being a holdup game and declined
to be robbed, the lawyer told him there
was no defense, for the assault had
been unprovoked and 500 would be
dirt cheap to get him off. Bill pointed
out that the victim was likely to die,
in which event the place to which the
ginmill man would go was not noted
for laying up treasures. Finally bar
gain was made. with the understand
ing that a hundred dollar fee would be
paid if the case was dismissed or the
accused went free; otherwise no charge
was to be made by Bill.
The trial was held in the office of the
justice of the peace, and the room was
packed. Preliminaries over, the JUS
tice asked who appeared for the de-
Tense. No one answered. Everybody
looked at Bill, who was standing in the
doorway. He continued smoking, but
made no other sign. When questioned,
the prisoner said Bill was his counsel.
"Do you appear for the defense,
Counselor Hooper," asked the justice.
"Nop."
'The prisoner says you agreed to-"
"He's mistaken"
"Do you intend to take part in this
caseY
mop"
'Do you refuse to appear in this
case?"
"Yep"
"What do you mean, Counselor Hoop
er, by taking mans money and then
refusing to do your duty to your eli
entY'
Didn't see the color of, his money"
was the only comment of Bill. He and
the Justice were ancient enemies. The
latter thought he saw a chance to put
the lawyer In "a hole He conferred
with the prisoner and thesA fairly roar
ed: Hooper. you ought to be turned
OUT or court and out of, camp The
prisoner says he hired you to defend
him and took you for a man OF your
word and depended on you and COM
suited, nobody but you when there are
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
MIXED FEEDING STUFFS.
Farmers Can Educate Their Eyes to
Detect Inferior Mixtures.

Farmers Can Educate Their Eyes to
Detect Inferior Mixtures.
Conn., e!.,.:, Ion a class of feeding
stuffs bearing such brand names as
''chop feed" corn and oat feed"
"miXed feed" etc. which lead the pur-
chaser to conclude that the mixtures
are made up of corn and oats, Messrs.
Jordan and Jenter of the Geneva On.
" station say:
They have the appearance of being
corn and oats because cornmeal or
hominy feed and oat hulls are present.
The prominence Of oat bulls in some
of these mixtures is seen in the large
proportion of fiber which they carry.
The only grain product which supplies
fiber generously is oat hulls, and when
a mixture containing considerable
proportion of cornmeal or hominy feed
shows II per cent of fiber and upward
it is safe to conclude that oat bulls
have been introduced. The same is
true often when the fiber is less than
u per cent.
Many genuine mixtures Of corn and
oats are sold. These seem to be more
abundant-that is, they constitute a
larger proportion Of the "chop feeds"
found in the market than was the case
when the station first began to collect
samples of this class Of goods The
genuineness Of these mixtures is seen
in part in the low proportion Of fiber.
which ranges between 3 and z per
cent, and in part in their general APP
pearance. 81
The presence Of ground oats bulls is
made evident by characteristic me-
chanical condition and negatively by
the absence Of the crushed oat grains.
It would not be difficult for farmers to
so educate their eyes as to easily de-
tect inferior oat hull mixtures.
Cornmeal and hominy mixtures are
lighter In color than pure yellow corn
meal. Proof that this lighter color IL
not caused by grinding in white corn
IL difficult because chemically ana mi
croscopically hominy feed is very Sim
liar to the maize grain Of which It was
once part S.,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
Favorable Point.

s"Will there be any honor for the man
who discovers the north poleY'
Z certainly. He will be great life
saver" 81
"a life saver?"
"Yes. Explorers will cease going
then." Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
FOUND NO TREASURE.
Gold Finding Instruments a
Failure on COcOs Island.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. S-The elaborate
ly QUILTED expedition which set sail
from here early in January on the
brigantine Blakeley to search for the
mythical treasure on Cocos Island, has
returned, like other expeditions which
have visited the island, without having
seen a sight of treasure of any kind.
The expedition was an utter failure. The
instruments which were to locate the
supposed buried treasure failed in all
except giving the members a lot of
work digging in different parts of the
island. Captains Hackett and Whidden.
commander and mate of the brigarl-
tine, who have the maps said to have
been drawn by a Nova ScOtian miner,
who is said to have buried some treas
ure there, are Disguised with the gold
finding instruments, which Justin Gill
bert, former court stenogra pher of this
city, and Enyeart, prospector, took
down on the vessel. The Blakeley was
1O1 days reaching the island from Vic
toria, getting taste of heavy weather
which prevailed at that time, arriving
at the island on April It. After a days
rconnOitering the instrument was
brought out and the men started work
ing at a point to which it pointed. After
sinking a shaft twenty feet another
trial was made with the so-called gold
finder, and it pointed in another direc-
ton, in fact every time it was brought
out it pointed in different direction.
Finally getting Disguised with it, Cap
tains Whidden and Hackett decided to
H.
1t failed to find the coin and then a
search for the treasure was made indie
pendent of it, Holes were sunk where
the crew of H. M. s. Imperiuse and the
schooner Aurora had searched without
any better result. Provisions getting
bad, it was determined to make start
for home and after loading with coral
and turtle shells the vessel was turned
| northward. This was on May H. only
"a days having been spent on the island
Captains Whidden and Hackett still
believe the treasure is there, but have
no confidence in the instruments of
Messrs. Gilbert and Enyeart.
There is likely to be some trouble be-
fore the business of the expedition is
settled. The head man of the company.
H H. Jones, is charged by the captains
with having acted in his own behalf
and not in the interest Of the other
members of the company. The cap
tains left behind some 300 shares in the
company which were to have been sold
for them. After they left Jones is al
legged to have made the statement that
their shares were valueless and that
prevented the sale of them. He on the
other hand, is alleged to have disposed
of all the shares he had in the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08

head and a medley of strongly con-
trasted colors on the fronts OF the
buildings on each side. Red poles ana
many-colored streamers are continued
through Clubland and Whitehall to the
timber yard surrounding the Abbey.
Pail Mall is lavishly but not artisticai-
ly decorated, heavy masses OF CONNECT
ing color killing one another. The war
office is ingeniously and tastefuily
trimmed, but several club houses are
most wantonly disfigured at high ex-
pense. The stands remain in Waterloo
Place and Trafalgar Square but there
is little decoration. Whitehall. below
the Horse Guards old banqueting hall.
is af1ame with red and the Duke OF
Buccleuch's stand and other platforms
above Whitehall Gardens are decorated
in blue and gold. The Canadian arch
is the best decorative feature of the
route and with it's new French trim
ming and the use of a fresh supply of
grains it is handsome and highly efec-
tive The coronation decorations would
be commonplace without these monu-
mentS of enterprise and good taste.
There was marked increase of ami
nation in the streets on Thursday al
though the day was showery. Pressure
for seats in the Abbey is tremendous
but the earl marshal and other officials
are so cautious in alloting them that
probably there will be vacant places.
Civil service officials are profting by
personal friendship and obtaining en-
trance in large number. Americans are
less fortunate, but seats have been pro-
cured for Justice Brown of the United
States supreme court and ex-Attorney
General Griggs- ]. Pierpont Morgan
also has obtained seats, although it was
brusquely intimated in June that no
foreign millionaire could enter and that
no Americans unconnected with one or
the other embassies could get in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
MORE SICKNESS.
Health of Troops in the Philippines
Is Not So Good.

Washington, Aug. 8.-Surgeon Gen
eral Forwood today received a report
from Lieutenant Colonel Harvey, chief
surgeon of the division of the Philip
pines giving a detailed account of the
health of the troops in those islands for
the month ended June Is last.
The report shows a considerable in
crease in percentage of sick as COM
pared with the previous months. In
south Philippines sickness has increased
in quarters, station hospital and de-
partment hospital, but the report says
the reason for this cannot be indicated
at this time.
Cholera has attacked two officers. and
sixty-two American and one native
soldiers. Most of those cases occurred
at Laguna and Batangas The cause
in the majority of instances has been
the drinking of infected water, and a
few cases were due to food, contain
mated either by handling or by flies.
In Samar and Leyte, some cases are re-
ported but the disease has not spread
widely. In the CarmarineS the epidemic
seems to have been stamped out, but in
Laguna and Batangas and the adjacent
parts of the province of Tayabas,
cholera has spread in virulent epidemic
form, many cases having occurred
without report.
Outside of Manila a total of 5,967
cases have been reported with 1920
deaths. In the city there have been
1850 cases with LOO deaths. Colonel
Harvey says that the additional demand
upon medical officers has been met in
the most satisfactory manner. The re-
port says the people in the small towns
are very ignorant. They consider
cholera a visitation of Providence and
cannot be induced to take proper pre-
cautionary measures.
During the month covered by the re-
port the total sick was 2,265, being per
cent of the command present, 1850.
and during the same period there were
70 deaths, including 81 from cholera and
one killed in action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
LOST FOR 80 YEARS
DeWindt Tells of the Town That II
Farthest North

san francisco, Cal. Aug s.-"The peo-
PIE SIMPLY exist they do not live" de-
clared Henry DeWindt, explorer, in speak,
ing Of an isolated village which he found
in the northern part of Siberia Stedni
Kolynsk is the name of the place.
This town." says DeWindt 'is the
1arthest north of any village in the world,
and is just on the edge of the Arctic cir
cle. 1t is four months from St. Peters,
burg. Something of its isolation may be
guessed when tell you that until we ar
rived there Sredni-Kolynsk had not been
visited by any one from the wide world
for 20 years.
Think of it. Nearly half lifetime
years in which no knowledge of the out
side world. no dispatches, nothing, ever
reached the inhabitants. The people well
coined us with open arms for we brought
them news. Life with them is simply
existence 1t is too cold to do anything
but try to keep warm They have no
course, that they have to obtain food for
themselves.
Speaking of food" and DeWindt did
not look as though the memory were
pleasant, Il have had walrus and seal oil
SO much that 1 have not yet lost the
taste. The hardships we endured were
bad enough, but the food was worse.
How we Ionged for a taste of bread when
our flour ran out"
DeWindt will remain in San Francisco
q few days before leaving for Denver.
He started out to demonstrate the FEAST
bility of travelling around the world by a
new route. Hammerfest is tn town
furthest north in Europe, and DeWindt
says that Sredni-K olynski is still farther
north than that place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
BoNDs-Governmen bonds steady. To-
New York Stock.

Wall Street. New York. Aug. S.-STOCKS
Opening prices showed some striking adj
vances in continuation of the rise which
was in progress when the market closed
last night A few important stocks sagged
slightly. but without affecting the gener-
ally strong tone Missouri Pacific rallied
rs points from yesterdays depression,
point and Nashville Chattanooga and St.
Louis a large fraction The market was
active and dealings were widely ditribu-
uted.
The market developed strength at new
points notably in Amalgamated Copper
and the coa1ers- A number of less proni-
ment stocks also advanced strongly. New
York Air Brake and Fort Worth and Den
yer city stamped rose a1z points each
Illinois Central rallied to ~ points over
last night. In Amalgamated Copper the
Fries, Reading. Colorado and Southern
stocks. ST. Paul Minneapolis and Sault
Ste Marie preferred, C. c. c. and St L.
preferred and Corn Products gains ran
from / to az points. The Hooking Valley
stocks continued reactionary, the common
losing points in all and the preferred ~
points. Canada Southern lost * points
and North American ~ points
Bonds were rather duh and Irregular
There was buoyant upshot in the
southern group of railroads which carried
Louisville up ~ points, Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and St Louis IL points. Illinois