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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
EXAMINED FOR ANNAPOLIS.
Nine Applicants for the Appointment
Were Before Congressman Darragh
Tuesday.

Congressman Darragh conducted an
examination in the Wright House parlors
at this place, on Tuesday of this week,
for candidates for appoin tment to naval
cadetship at Annapolis. There was
vacancy in this district on account of
Mr.. Nelson being obliged to resign last
year, and the examination was for the
purpose of selecting someone to fill the
vacancy, although the present congress
has increased the number of appoint
ments to be made by the congressman
by adding one for each district during
the next two years and it is highly prob.
able that the candidate standing second
at this examination will receive the
appointment to enter the class of 1904
Those who constituted the examining
board, under Congressman Darragh,
were Prof. Mitchell, of Alma college,
Prof. Keeler, of the Mt. Pleasant Normal
and J. N. Mccall, of Ithaca. The ex.
amining physicians, were DIR. Wheeler,
of st. Louis, and DR.. Krotzer, of Edmore.
The following is the list of the nine
applicants and the counties where they
reside Albert +. Lorraine, Charlevoix;
Claude w. Pound, Grand Traverse;
Floyd A. NJ. Taylor, Isabella; Stacy
Fisher, Montcalm; Stiles o. Kennedy,
Gratiot; J. L. Hanelsman, Mecosta; F.C.
Morris, Mecosta; Baxter II. Bruce,
Osceola; Paul 7. Delavan, Gratiot.
Congressman Darragh is withholding
his decision for few days until he can
thoroughly examine the work of the
different candidates
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
master

The last figures are for only eleven
months and as the month of March is
usually large month at the postotfice
the amount for the year will easily reach
the 50 900 mark The year from April
l, 1901 to April |, 1902, shows the largest,
increase OF any one year, and it was at
this time the office was put in the second
class with an increase in clerk hire 70
$1,000. Mr.. Brown has recently received
notice TO! the effect that this amount
year, TO 81, 100.
The amount Of money order business
during the last year has been nearly
$4,000, $40, 600 of the an cunt being for
orders sold at this office and $50 600 for
orders paid.
There are three rural route running
out of Alma at present, and these three
routes. during the last three months
have delivered and collected over 100000
pieces of mail Some time ago petition
was sent in TO the department for fourth
IOult, anu luhl lS uON III lut uduus VI
of the superintendent of rural free
delivery where it is filed with the
thousands OF others from all over the
United States. There are now ninety
Applicant )ns on file from this district for
new routes. and when the file number
of Alma route No is reached, it will
no octad upon hut 1nrinu tho IN pa ntirna
it will remain with the eighty nine
others on file.
During the last five years the interior
size of the postoffice has been increased
twice and new lock boxes added, besides
many other improvements made, and we
are informed that il has become neces
sary 70 enlarge again in order TO provide
more Accommodations for the patrons, an
Improvement that will be arranged for
in short time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
WILL BUILD NEW HOUSES.

Judging from present indications and
what information has been given The
Record, there will be considerable
residence building in Alma this season.
There is certainly demand for suitable
dwelling houses, as has been pointed
out in these columns before, and we
have several enterprising men in our
midst who will not be slow to take
advantage of it. Clark Decker is now
making arrangements 10 build two new
houses for himself in the Ward & Hall
addition, " lille Sharrar & Hall will start
the construction of five on their property
sonth of the sugar factory as soon as the
ground is in condition. Mr.. Decker
has also contracted to build house for
his sister and one for E. Sprague.
G.. S. Young has started the founda-
ton for handsome residence just east
of the Advent church, and is also recon. d.
structing the third story of the opera
house block for thlee flat living apart.
ment. Besides these, there are several
others who are &C 1templating the
erection of one or mora dwellings, but
have not completed arrangements as get.
Sharrar q Hall have about sixty lots
within one block from the sugar factory
that they are offering TO sale.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20

Just Issued. The Veterinary ObstercaI Compendium. The
Greatest Money Maker for the Agent of the 10th
Century Rapid and Easy Seller.
WHY?

FIRST is BOOK Of the kind in the market.
whether residing
the city, is interested shown the illustrations
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
BUSINESS HAS
NEARLY DOUBLED
In Five Years the Receipts Of the
Alma PostoIfice Show that
Increase.
EXCELLENT ASSURANCE OF
OUR RAPID GROWTH.
The Receipts This Year will Reach
over $4,000, Nearly Twice the
Amount of Five Years Ago.

The business of the postoffice can
usually be taken as an indication of the
growth or decline of village or city.
and such being the case, certainly Alma
Is to be congratulated, for during the
past five years the receipts of the Alma
office have nearly doubled and today it
is the only second. class office in the
county. The more business that is con-
Quoted in town, the larger the mail
sent and received in proportion, and the
larger the amount of money order bust
ness transacted. Since Mr.. Brown took
possession of the office five years ago
there has been a steady increase from
year TO year, as will be seen by the
following figures, the first figures being
the last year that Mr.. Bahlke was post.
xt1a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
A SITE SELECTED.

The site for the Alma Manufactur.
ing company's plant has been de.
cided upon and surveyed out ready
for the constructors to commence
work. The location is directly
east Of where the cold storage plant
will be located, on the north side Of
the road east Of town. leading towards
st Louis. Mr.. Young informs us that
he has purchased the brick and that
everything is ready to commence work
as soon as the ground is in condition.
The Pere Marquette surveyors were at
work Thursday surveying for the side
tracks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
Keen LIN a Brisk .AttaoL

upon that bad cold and do not wait foI
it to wear itself out" Perry Davis
Painkiller is a powerful lilly. Use il
internally, with warm, sweetened
water. Rub it we'll into the inflamed
throat and sore chest, anc when ths
foe has taken flight you will under
stand why time and spasmodic compe
tition make no difference In the popu
larty of the one Painldller-Perry
Davis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
The Following is What the
OHIO FARMER

SAYS of n Fam Journal OF Feb. 5th, page6:
BOOK notice the Veterinary OBJ
Wayne Ind book
exclusively the delivery OF
eril
and femal
of delivery with
successful of all
the mentioned the
A Abookt tha is
lvestoc Remedy
handsomely bound
good but language
the exceedingly low price
ofs FARMER
other periodicals. but
highly praised
by
leading
VETERINARY COMPENDIUM
scientific practical
foruati for the breeder o.
We wantan Gaot If
is Immediately
this book
will rebate the
half
books. Address all communications
Wales E. vanAme,
of The Live Stock Proprietary Remedy Co"
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
We Take the Chances.

If you have neuralgia of the stom.
ach, gastritis, nausea, furred tongue,
or a constant pain in the stomach, try
Majors Neutral Pills. We guarantee
and recommend them. Bivins &
Rhodes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

Lord Raglan says: mot only did
the. lieutenant general Gord Lucan)
misconceive the written instructions
that we sent to him; but there was
nothing in that instruction which call
ed upon him to attack at all hazards,
or to undertake the operation which
led to such a brilliant displayRof gal
lantry on the part ofthe Light Brigade.
and, unhappily, at the same time oc-
casloned such lamentable casualties in
every regiment composing it,
Morley, in an account published in
a pamphlet, charged Lucan with de-
1berately lying in stating to Lord
Cardigan that the Light Brigade had
been ordered to charge by the COM
mander-in-chie
Some of Them FIOgEed.
Many of the men, after the terrible
Balaclava affair, swore that they would
never serve under British officers
again, and some of them deserted.
They were not pardoned until Jubilee
year.
Some of the other men who had not
deserted were employed in other regi-
ments, and for petty offenses were
actually logged. Col. Benson. who
had some Light Brigade men under
him. logged three at once at Isrnid,
in the Crimea. An eyewitness SAID:
L saw Benson fog three men at
Isnid. These men had ridden in the
charge of the '600.' One of them hal
seventeen wounds on his back. all
bleeding, through the lashes of the cat
o-mine tails. l saw tears running
down their cheeks
Honor the Light Brigade; honor the
charge they made; Noble six hundred!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

men-and, as some of the men are mar
ried and have children-the youngest
child born to survivor. being but 4
years old-the gentle reader can fig
ure out whether these men are living
in aff1uence or not.
Out of this $1.25 per week, the men
have to feed and clothe themselves,
and to pay rent. How they manage it
is one of those mysteries of finance
which the poor guard so carefully.
Last year, Queen Alexandra sent $50
towards the fund raised by Mr.. Rob
ertS, and there was a sort of half
promise on the Queens part that the
donation would become annual.
AS the family of the Queen gets
about $5,000,00 per annum out of the
government, it is doubted If the $50
will be greatly missed by her majesty.
1t might help to keep up the esprit de
corps of the present British army. The
army needs it badly just now. Last
year the spectacle of starving Reserv-
ists-soldiers back from South Africa
wandering through Iondons streets
was a sight for the gods.
Some of these men showed the shock
ing bad taste by committing suicide in
the public parks without first consult
ing their superior officers.
England'S treatment of the Reserv-
is not likely to make a deep impress
sion on those who owe the country
their allegiance.
AS to the actual charge itself, its
main features are more or less back
history. There are some points,
however, which are wholly unknown.
1t took place during the Crimean
War, in 1854, when the British, French
and Turkish armies were fighting the
Russians. BalaclaVa harbor was the
base of supplies for the allied army
engaged in the siege of Sebastopol.
The Commander Was Asleep.
The commander Of the Light Briglde
Lord Cardigan, on the morning of the
battle, was quietly sleeping seven miles
| away from his command, on his pri-
waite yacht in Balaclava harbor. Dur
| ing his absence, and when the Rus-
slams were actually found to be APP
preaching in force, Lord Cardigan
| command was taken charge of by Lord
Paget.
After Lord Cardigan came on the
scene, the Heavy Brigade succeeded
in dispensing some Russian troops, and
! Lord Cardigan and Lord Paget went
off to take some light refreshments
while they congratulated the officers
of the Heavy Brigade in the work.
The light refreshment" seems to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

Trumpeter Perkins had managed to
make a living on his return from the
front; but on his death he had not
saved even the $25 necessary to defray
the expenses of the cheapest kind of
funeral. His wounds had taken him
to his grave unmourned save by the
aged mother who survived him.
Those Buried BY Charity.
Another survivor of the charge, w.
Pitt, and his wife, died on March 2,
1901, both being buried by charity.
Other survivors buried by charity
We're the following: R. Palframan of
the Eighth Hussars, died March, 1900;
NJ Hackett, same company, died Jan.
II. 1899; w. Sheppard, same company,
died July. 1900; r. Briggs, Eleventh
Hussars, died Dec. IS. 1901 j. Glannis-
ter, same company, died March "a, 901 /;
c. Cork, died Jan. 90 1900; J. Swiney,
died October. 1899, Seventeenth Lem
GERS; T. Mullins, same company, died
July %. 1899; ]. Smith, Seventeenth
Lancers, died Jan. 2S, 1899, and Trum-
peter Perkins, above referred to.
All these men died in the most abb
ject poverty. and their bodies would
have been shunted into Potter's Field
by the wealthiest nation in the world
had it not ben for the timely help of
private charity.
Most of the present survivors are in
capable of making their own living,
both through age and from wounds.
The charge took place on Oct. 25, 1854
forty-nine years ago, and, as the ever
age age of the men composing the Light
Brigade was about 26 years, the aver
age of the survivors to-day is about
rs years. Men at that age are not sup
posed to be very strenuous, even un-
der the most propitious circumstances
Out of go men all told, who went
into that valley of DEATH" only 1876
returned mounted. OF those 1893 men,
all had been through a rain of shot
and shell. and there was but one man
unwounded. One man, Private Weight
man, was wounded in thirteen places
and each wound was serious Still
he recovered and lived to learn That
military glory means when rewarded
by a grateful country.
Wife Takes in washing.
Corpl. N. w. Eastover the youngest
man in the charge-he was 1S-to-da ~
lives in great poverty. and his wife
manages to help support him by taking
in washing.
Most of the present survivors are
kept alive by the fund raised by Mr.
Roberts. He sends these men each
Friday a postal order for $125 or 81. sc
according to the necessities of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

and this kind the British government
has ever denied.
The writer not long ago asked a
British officer of high rank how it was
that the men never received any pen
sion, or were left to shirk for them
selves after they came back from the
war, some of them so badly wounded
as to be wholly incapacitated from
making a living.
Red Tape in the Way.
Here is the stenographic reply, de-
livered with an embarrassed twirl of
the moustache:
'Well. really, you see these men
had never served their full term of
military service.
I'm order to obtain a pension, a
man must serve his fun twenty-one,
or twenty-five years. Many of the Bal
aclava men had only been in service
fifteen years; hence they could not
get a pension"
Red tape and officialism has forever
stood in the way of recognizing the
men who took part in the charge; while
the notorious incompetence of a Brit
ish titled officer-who did not even
know how to issue orders. and after
wards lied to save himself-was the
cause of the total wreck of one of the
finest army corps in the world.
Were it not for the private charity
of one man, T. H. Roberts. of 1853 Fleet
street, London. who a few years ago
began to investigate the condition of
! the Light Brigade survivors, the small
est remnant of the company still in
existence would be negligible quantities
on the earth's surface.
Mr.. Roberts during Jubilee year. is
sued an invitation to the existing Light
Brigade veterans TO come to an enter
t1fnnnanf raRniNrincr
sponses, he began Investigations.
In consequence of my invitation"
he recently said, Ito all survivors of
the Charge of the Light Brigade to
be my guests in Fleet street during
Jubilee year, il was discovered that
some of these men were in the work
house" (the English poorhouse). Three
of them, through coming to Fleet
street. obtained employment, and did
not return to the workhouse, but there
are still others, who. though not actual
ly in the house, are, so to speak, at
its portals. Many of them are very
fine old men. indeed and it is looked
upon as a national disgrace that they
should need food-as some of them
actually have done"
When some of the men heard that
Mr.. Roberts was getting up fund,
they actually walked two hundred miles
from the little English towns. where
they had found refuge among friends.
and a few of them. on reaching the
Fleet street office. tainted from STAR
walton and fatigue.
When Trumpet Sergeant Perkins of
the Seventeenth Lancers-the van of
the great charge-died on July 10. 1902
his mother, who was IS years old, had
to beg for money to bury her gallant
son, who, during his life, had been too
proud to ask for aid
The lips that had blown breath into
the trumpet that had sounded that
famous charge were too proud to shape
themselves into a request for bread.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05
BY w. B. NORTHROP.

"Half-a-league, half-a-league, half-a-
league; onward!
Into. the valley of death, rode the six
hundred
Every American schoolboy has re-
cited those stirring lines. Nearly every
body knows them by heart.
But nearly everybody does not know
that the men who led that famous
charge are to-day starving to death.
Literally starving.
The breath of life is kept in a few
survivors by pitiful donations of $1.25
and $3.50 per week, raised by private
subscription, while others have already
sought rest in paupers' graves. Scat
tered about England, in various poor
houses, a few of these men, whose
fame once shook the world. daily long
for the death that passed them by on
the field of battle.
1.-THE Charge of the Light Brigade
Tennyson's immortal poem-has made
the general aspects of the battle of
Balaclava familiar to the world
With the details of the particular in
cident, or just who it was that blum
dered" in giving the order which ami
hilated the brigade, very few are ac-
quainted.
Most persons imagine that the sur
vivors of the wonderfully daring ad-
venture are to-day enjoying comfort
able pensions in some old soldiers
home. 1t is generally supposed that
their breasts proudly bear the deco
rations for gallantry, of which Eng
land is so profuse when young Lord
Nobody or the Viscount de Bragalony,
exposes his delicate cuticle to the sun
in some land-grabbing war against
unarned natives.
Denied the Victoria Cross.
AS a matter of fact-and to Eng
lands disgrace, be it said-the Bala-
efava veterans received practically 70
Substantial recognition of their brave
&aed. Many of them were even perse-
Gnted for daring 10 infer that the Off
Ger who gave the fool order might
nave been mistaken. The Victoria
Cross was even denied the very man
who organized the survivors and led
them back from the jaws of death
Whenever there is procession of
any importance in London. one may
see a handful of very old men, with
a few medals on their coats, standing
somewhere along the line of route.
Their shoulders are stopped; they are
dressed in motley garb; their faces
are pale and marked with care and
privation.
Perhaps. as the King or Queen pass
ed by, their august majesties will bow
slightly, or smile woodenly, and pass
on.
The crowd will cheer at the very
idea Of the King or Queen giving these
men so much as a bow.
But men cannot live on a smile
even when IL emanates from the SOW
ereign. The only sovereign that would
do the Balaclava veterans any good
~ tina kind that has 70 sbillinRs Ia 1t;
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-01-28
Valuable Flinfs.

Cyrus Van Dolah, of Oak Dale, is
the possessor of number of fints
that were. used to equip the ancient
hint-lock guns. These flints are skill
fully dressed, the work of slave
named Jack, who was owned by Mr.
Van Dolah's great grandfather, Gar
ret Van Dolah. Mr.. V still owns the
gun for which these fints were dress
ed so long ago and which was brought
from Holland by his great great-grand-
father, HendrIck Van Dolah, who set-
tied in 1926 on the farm now owned by
Mr., Van Dolah. Jack always had free
use of this old gun, for which he took
pride in having good supply of fints
ON hand, sharpened to a thin edge and
ready for use at any time. He was q
crack shot in his day and brought
down many OF the black, motif and
cat h, adj squirrels which then abound
ed in the woods about "Bul's Cor
ner," now Sandy Ridge. Jack died
at an advanced age, April 80, 1912, and
was buried on knoll adjoining the
Barber Cemetery, at Oak Dale, where
many Of the Van Dolahs are buried.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-01-28
Kicks.

/ am newspaper publisher and it
makes me mad every time think Of
The man who changes his ad. once
q year and then tells me, every time
he gets me in a crowd, that my paper
is no good and advertising doesn't pay.
The man who runs four-inch ad. a
couple Of weeks before Christmas and
expects it to keep his store full all the
next Summer.
The man who won't and never did
advertise and then "hollers " long
and loud when / advertise an alleged
sheriff s sale for an itinerant, fy-by-
night clothing concern.
The man who runs his ad. upside
down, $50 it will attract attention"
The man who expects full half col.
umn reading notice with a two-inch
display (He's the fellow who weighs
the wrapping paper with the goods
when you buy Of him.
The man who always wants for his
ad. the position he knows is taken.
The man who wants to trade out -
the price, because advertising don't
pay, nohow."
The man -
Well, there are others. I'll mention
them some other time.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-01-28
Teachers Retirement Fund Benefit.

On Friday evening last about eight
hundred people were entertained in
the auditorium of the State Schools at
Trenton by Mr.. w. B. Page, Master
Mechanic of the Penna. r, r. shops
in this city.
Mr.. Page kindly and generously
gave his entertainment in magic art
in aid of the Teachers Retirement
Fund. 1t is needless to say that his
audience was delighted with his pro-
ficiency in legerdemoin. Many COM
parsons we've made with well-known
PROFESSIONALISM in Mr.. Pages favor.
The teachers feel greatly indebted to
Mr.. Page and his efficient assistant.
They appreciate not only his services
on that evening, but his preparation
and the use of tho delicate and expen-
sive apparatus which he brought.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-01-28

The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Murphy II year ago to draft Il
bill for a primary election law to be
submitted to the present Legislature
has completed its work The bill as
drawn provides for the conducting of
primaries at public expense by the
regular election officers on the first
registry da, Official ballots are to be
Il, ed, to be prepared by municipal
clerks Names are to be arranged
upon the ba lots in alphabetical order.
Any persons name may be placed
upon such ballots, either as n candi-
date or for delegate to convention,
on petition of ten persons. Persons
deciding to vote in such primary cleo
tons shall declare their politics to the
election board and may swear their
vote in whenever it is challenged.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-01-28

A correspondent says that from
youth to manhood he has had all conf
dence in everything claimed for the
ru ing power of the moon. He has
planted onions when the moon "p'int-
ed down, beans when it printed y
up, pulled turnips in the old of the
moon, gathered pumpkins in the new
of the moon, looked for dry weather
when the moon lay on its back and
wet weather when it rested on one
foot. He has had his hair cut in the
new of the moon to free his scalp from
dandruff, spanked the baby in the
moons second quarter to cure the
sprew, "ringed " his pigs in the third
quarter to prevent roofing, and cut
his corns in the old of tho moon to
prevent them from growing.