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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19
yist states, what is termed the colon

ogist states, what is termed the colon
bacillus.
There is no doubt in the minds of the
local health board that the foundation
for nearly all of the typhoid fever in
Alma during the past six months has at
last been located.
1t is no more.than justice to the owner
of the dairy to state that since the visit
Of the village officers to the farm, every
thing has been cleaned mp and put in q
sanitary condition as far as possible, and
Furthermore the cows are now all In the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19
a DENIAL.

1t has come to our notice that certain
solicitors for new telephone and mes.
senger company" have been represent.
ing to the citizens Of Alma that the in.
terests of A. w. Wright are subscribers
thereto and using this as leverage to
secure other subscribers. Said repre-.
sentations are not true. We are
pleased with the present service rem
dered by the Union Telephone 90. and
believe it would be a disadvantage and
unnecessary expense to install another
system in this village.
Dated Alma, June 1S, 1908.
1266-w l.. A. SHARP.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19
BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE.

G. f. Brown has purchased the VIM.
Brewer farm Of 620 acres just west Of
town. 1t is one of the best farms in this
section Of the state and Mr.. Brown can
be congratulated upon securing it. II
is now Farmer Brown as well as Post.
master Brown.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19

pasture where the conditions are much
improved.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19

PACAl BALM 01Fss agsossa S"5rrre q Wen, EEsps
- tbruEsiara foru. OF pile Troubla
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19

The sixteenth annual commencement
Of Alma college began at 7:30 O'Clock
last Sunday evening in the auditorium
OF the Presbyterian church. The church
was appropriately decorated for the oc-
casion, and when the time came for the
dignified seniors attired in their solemn
gowns and mortar. boards" TO file in TO
the seats reserved for them, every other
corner Of the church was filed with ex-
pectant listeners, who have learned that
DR.. Bruske's bacoalaureate sermons are
too good to miss, and we do not believe
that anyone went away disappoin ted
Sunday evening. The pastors Of all the
Alma churches sat on the platform and
the opening reading and prayer were
conducted by Revs. Ramsey and Stew
art of the Episcopal and U. B. churches,
respectively.
Special music was provided by large
choir under the direction Of Mrs. st.
John. Mr.. j. L. McBride's solo was es.
pecially fine.
Pres Bruske began by complimenting
the audience upon their spirit of loyalty
to the institution of which he is the
head. He spoke OF the Mckinley oak,
which was planted on Arbor Day, 1902,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19
WILL PAY THE PENALTY
The Alma Elopers Pleaded Guilty and
are Now Serving Time.

When the "Rev" 1. +. Wright and
Mrs. Emma Howes, the Alma elopers,
were arranged for trial, they both plead
ed guilty, Wright being sentenced to
Ionia for two and one half-years and
the woman to the Detroit house OF cor
rection for year and three months.
Certainly the way of the transgaessor 10
hard.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-06-19
ALMA COLLEGE SIXTEENTH
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.
A Fitting Ending to Busy and Prosperous
College Year.
EIGHTEEN GRADUATES
RECEIVED DIPLOMAS.
Resume Of the Exercises Of the Week in Detail as
Gathered by Special Correspondent.

The Alma College sixteenth annual commencement just closed,
the best in the history of that institution More returned alumni
years. the
without exception of high order The graduating class
forty.ve largest out from Alma OF these
eighteen degrees eleven finish the Kindergarten
academy five the commercial department
Miss Maybele Howard, the prescribed course in music.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
(To be continued.)
BIBLICAL YALE OF POWER.
"Jezebel," by Miss Lafayette Nc
Laws, Has Won Favor.

"JezebeI," by Miss Lafayette Nc
Laws, Has Won Favor.
Miss Lafayette McLaw's When
the Land Was Young" instantly
sprang into popular favor. and for
first book was a pronounced sue.
cess. The promise in her first book
has been more than realized in "Jez-
ebel." work of singular power and
insight. 1t is Biblical tale of the
days when Omri and Ahab were
kings Of Israel and Elijah was
prophet of Jehovah. Ahab, the Is
raelite, takes to wife Jezebel, the
worshiper of Baal. When Ahab.
comes to the throne and Jezebel sets
up the worship of Baal, the prophets
and believers of Israel are incensed
against the queen, and Jezebel be.
gins a fierce persecution of her enc.
mics. This contest is the chief mo.
tive Of the story.
Miss McLaws has endeavored to
throw new light upon the character
Of Jezebel, and, while she does not
depart from the Biblical account, she
surely presents this strong -willed,
beautiful queen in a somewhat novel
and striking manner We get
slimpses of Jezebel the woman as
well as Jezebel the queen, and 1t is
as a woman with warm passions and
jealous instincts that JeZeba is
most and best portrayed.
The book is replete with dramatic
CT t,,o thp o,t;, t.
stirring, and the denoument is orig.
inal and startling. Altogether 1t is
one of the books of the day and
distinct contribution to the novel
literature of Biblical days.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Feeding Fowls by the Thousands.

There are here and there in Michi-
gan, Iowa and Missouri, places where
as high as 10000 birds are being
housed and fed. These are owned and
handled by the great packers that
nave added poultry dressing establish.
ments to their other meat packing in.
dustries. We have it from one of our
leading poultry fanciers that this hous.
ing OF so many fowls in one place is
proving perfectly feasible, in spite of
the common American impression that
large flocks, at least, focks of thou.
SANDS, do not do well. The loss from
birds dying is said to be small. How.
ever, we doubt If most of our readers
would care to take the same methods
OF preventing loss that are reported
TO be In vogue in these large estab.
ishments. One of the managers was
asked, What Is your percentage of
'oss? He replied, nothing" When
we see a bird begin to droop we kill
1t to save its life. The bird is dressed
and goes in with the rest"
These immense establishments are
already affecting the poultry trade of
the great breeding and fattening es-
adjustments Of Great Britain. One
OF the greatest and best known breed.
ers OF Great Britain has been wont
TO put on the market every week
10000 pounds of poultry meat. On
account Of the invasion of the En-.
ghsh market by these large poultry
packing establishments of the United
States his output has declined to l2,.
600 pounds of dressed poultry per
week.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

was closely followed by the hermit
whc seemed to possess the wonderful
faculty of moving without noise.
The sentry stirred in his sleep
when Paul was within ten or fifteen
PAGES of him. The determined youth
seized stone and leaped toward him.
Ned Padgett suddenly started up with
a yell and had half raised his rife,
when the stone, hurled with great pre-
cision and force. struck him on the
shoulder. Down he went under the
blow, dropping the rifle at Pauls feet.
To seize the gun and turn at hay
on the others was the work of ~ in
stant. They were starting up from
their sleep and Ben Allen shouted
THE prisoners! They are making
their escape!'
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Points on Starters,

Prof. G. l.. Mckay: A pure culture
properly cared for should be carried
forward month. We found at our
school. when isolating different spe-
cies of acid-producing germs from milk
that they would work vigorously for
three or four weeks when extra care
was observed in carrying them for
ward, but after that they seemed to
lose their power Of producing acid,
then we would have to GO back to the
wild state again ana isolate from the
milk. do not wish to say anything
that will injure the business of the
men who are putting the pure cultures
on the market, as | believe they are
doing good work for the dairy busi-
ness of our country. Still, think
the good intelligent maker should be
able to carry his culture four weeks
if necessary care has been used re.
ilization Of everything that comes in
contact with use OF cultures or start
ers. Also care should be taken that
starter does not get over-ripe. AS
soon as starter begins to coagulate
1t is In the best condition to use, but
If the maker Is not ready to use 1t at
that time, 1t should be Immediately
cooled down to low enough tempera-
ture to practically check fermentation
until it is used. This can usually be
accomplished by placing the can in
refrigerator or in ice and water. A
mistake some of my pure-cul:ure
friends make is in advertising to sell
to small creamery bottle con tain
ing half the amount of culture they
sell to large creamery, at a red lced
rate. # tAe right species Of bacteria
is present in the culture, the intelli-
gent maker can pasteurize a pint or
quart of good milk and inoculate it
with this small starter on the same
principle that any starter Is carried
forward, and have enough starter for
a creamery of any size.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
No HorseIess Age Yet.

There is no danger of horseless
age at this time nor in the near fu-
ture If it ever comes it will be when
conditions are far different from those
existing at the present time. There
are thousands of uses to which the
horse is put where no form of me-
chanical force can be substituted. No
machine can think. and this Is very
necessary in some forms OF force IS
used on the farm and in the channel
or commerce. The carriage horse drags
the carriage through the snow, up the
hlilsides where the footing is bad,
picking his way with keen intelli-
gence. When the mud is deep and
sticky he pulls the wagon laden with
produce from the farm. The mechani-
cal force would be at standstill in
situations that are not needed by the
horse. Even through the soft sand the
horse picks his way with his rider. II
need be the horse can create energy
out of the grass that grows by the
wayside, and he can do it TOR a week,
a month or a year. He can carry his
master thousands Of miles with this as
the only source of force supply. The
machine is helpless as soon as the
supply of high-class, artificial energy.
producing material gives out. There
was furry few years ago among
the buyers and sellers of carriage
horses because some one had started
the theory that the horse was about to
be discarded by man for a power that
could live on coal and OIL Home farm.
ers even listened to this rumor and
stopped breeding horses. only to find
in a few years that horses were com.
manding high price and they had
none to sell. The wise farmer will 90
right on breeding fine carriage horses
and the best quality of drafts.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Ripeninq Cream.

In ripeninS cream, care must pc Ia
ken to reach the right degree OF acid
ity. says Oscar Err. of the Illinois
Agricultural College. This can be de-
termined with Mann's acid test or with
the Harrington alkaline tablets. II
the ripening is carried on too far the
bacteria are apt to attack the albumen
or the fat of the cream, forming a new
product which will give butter dis
agreeable flavor. The over-ripening
or cream affects to a large extent the
keeping quality of butter. An expert
ment will probably best illustrate this
point. Samples OF butter were ana
lyzed. In the first sample the butter
churned from over-ripe cream con-
tanned 1.16 per cent casein, while IN
the second sample butter churned
from mildly ripened cream contained
only O.8 per cent. AS the keeping
quality oil butter is decreased when
its proportion of casein is increased.
1t will readily be seen that under equal
conditions the over-ripe sample would
become "off-favored" more rapidly
than the other.
To produce uniform flavor in but
ter, the degree of acidity must be con-
sidered in relation to the thickness OF
the cream. In the making of high
Favored butter, the cream must be
thin rather than thick, In order to
furnish more milk serum for the
development of more acid. Thick
cream should not be ripened to SO
high degree of acidity as thin cream,
for the reason that the flavor Of the
butter is endangered on account of the
lack of food supply for germ growth
for the production of more acid. The
following standard we have adopted:
For cream containing 20 per cent OF
butterfat ripening should proceed un-
til about 0.6 per cent of acid develops,
as determined by means of Earring
tons tablets; and for every 10 per
cent increase of fat in cream there
should be decrease of 1 of per cent
OF acid. as the proper stage for check
ing the fermentation.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
CHAPTER xi.
The Dog Courier

Paul Miller drew his rife to his
shoulder and let drive two or three
shots in quick succession. sending
their late captors flying heller skelter
to the rear Of the cavern. Whether
any OF them were wounded by his
bullets or not he did not stop to
learn. He then seized the rifles.
blankets and caps and the two men
fastened away from the cavern, taxi
the rifles, but three pistols and all the
belts of cartridges they could find.
Both Of them had filled their capa-
cious pockets with dried moose meat
until they stuck out like stuffed tur-
keys.
They broke two of the rifles because
they could not carry them and
Long they travelled in a western d.
rection, guided by the stars. They
had given up all hope Of finding their
Metlakahlan friends, who no doubt
supposing them lost. had returned to
their home on the island. After wan
dering three or four hours into the
forest and being completely ex-
hansted, the two fugitives rolled
themselves in their blankets and
slept. They dared not build a fire.
for it might attract the attention OF
their pursuers.
When day dawned they made a
breakfast on some of the dried moose
they had brought with them and pre-
pared to resume their journey. They
discovered that they were gradually
ascending a mountain side. On all
sides of them were forests of scraggy
spruce, the trees seldom being over
rive or six inches in diameter, and
ferns and other forms of plant life
were occasionally noted.
At last they came to great cleft
between gigantic snow-robed noun
tains.
The first night after they began
their ascent they camped on the
mountain side near spring and
spread their blankets under the lee of
large bowlder.
Hope had been revived in the breast
of Paul Miller, but his companion, who
had been deceived and cheated so
often by outrageous fortune, evinced
little or none of his spirits.
We are long way from civiliza-
ton yet" he said to one of Paul's
remarks about their being safe. so
often, my friend. have had my hopes
raised only to be blighted that l al
low myself to believe nothing good
can come to me. A terrible fate
seems to have taken possession of my
being-I seem doomed" The old gray
head was bent on his hands, and he
was silent, while darkness came over
the scene.
The next days travel over this un.
known region was but repetition OF
the experiences of the day before
Higher they climbed, up. up and up
approaching on the mountain side the
line of eternal snow. A few hundred
yards more of climbing brought them
to the summit of the divide, where
there was pile of stones which
seemed to have been placed there by
human hands. No life of any kind
was visible, unless that white speck
on the distant ledge be a dog or a
goat.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Suggestions to Milk Producers.

The dairy commissioner of Iowa
says: Don't buy can that has any
seams in it, or if you must do so,
nave timer fill the seams with sol.
DER SO that there can be no place
wnere cream or sour milk may es-
cape the washing Use a brush in
stead of cloth to wash the cans, and
rinse them with boiling water. A few
statesmen of hand separators have as
sured their purchasers that one or
TWO Washings of the separator in a
week is sufficient, and that weekly
or semi-weekly delivery of cream is
all that is necessary. Both statements
are equally incorrect. The law pro-
vides penalty for the delivery OF
'unclean, impure, and unwholesome"
milk or cream to a creamery. Such
milk Is worth less, and brings less
when converted into butter, than that
which is clean. Il will pay to keep
the milk and cream in the best posi-.
Bile condition, so that the buttermaker
can make the highest grade of butter
out of it. The separator must be
washed after each time it is used, and
the cream should be delivered eyery
day. Warm cream should not be
mixed with cold cream. Patronize a
creamery that is near you. Shipping
milk or cream long distances lowers
the value of the cream for butter
making. Sell your product to some
one that you can deal with in person
and then il there is an error Of any
kind you can compel a proper correc.
tion.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Illinois Corn Breeders.

At the recent convention Of corn
breeders at Urbana the following of.
6cers were chosen for the ensuing
year: President, ]. H. Coolidge; sec
retary. John A. Clisby. Arcola. Mem
bers reported the seed corn trade to
be in very healthy condition.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

Cream Peppermints.-Put a pound
of Eranulated sugar and gill of cold
water into saucepan and let boil
until they hair. Remove from the ne,
flavor with essence Of peppermint tex.
act quantity cannot be given, as it de-
pends on the strength Of the essests).
stir until white and creamy. DHu
nnnn waxed paper.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

Potassium, the basis OF potash com.
pounds, is Indispensable to the growth
of all our cultivated plants
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

When the first snow remains on the
ground some time in places not ex-
posed to the sun, expect a hard win
ter.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
Eeenness of Elephants sc.nt

An elephants sense of smell Is 30
delicate that the animal can AGENT
a human being at distance of 1000
yards.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06
The k|01dyke Gold Mystery.
Ey JOHN z. MUSIck.

Aathes Of 'Mystsrious Mr.. Howard" "Thl
Dark Stranger" Charlie AIIendaIe's
Deubls," Etc.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

sweeping glance. There was a fire
burning in the center which threw out
a dull, ruddy glow, dimly lighting the
scene. Where the fire had been built
the cavern was wide, and from the
lofty ceiling ages ago great fragments
OF stone had been torn loose and lay
in heap on the floor, little to one
side of the fire, leaving a dark path
in the shadow. Paul could also see
that their captors had placed their
rifles in corner farthest from them.
The three men sleeping on the straw
were between The prisoners and the
rifles, which were on the right Of the
sleeping sentry. All the advantages
and disadvantages Of the position
were taken into consideration at a
glance. Paul's companion arose and
gave their surroundings quick sur
vey, and then they exchanged glances.
The look was sufficient. They under
stood each other as well as If they
after the guard and the captain to
seize the rifles. The young man
nodded assent to the request ex-
pressed by the captains eyes, and be-
gan to act. They rolled up the blank
cts and left them on the straw, with
their caps stuck over them, giving
them, in the uncertain light. the ap-
pearance Of two sleeping men. Paul
went first on hands and knees. creep
ing around the little mound Of stone
and earth and over the loose stones
with all the caution possible. He
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-21
GROWTH OF NEGRoPHoBIsM.
Rev. P. s. Moxom Says Emigration
 Scheme is Impracticable.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 2o.-The sessions of the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Missionary Association began here today, President Washington Glad den. D. D., presiding.
 The principal feature of the evening session was the sermon by Rev. P. s. Moxom. D. D., of Springfield. Mass. who spoke on 'Our Problem With the Negro in America" He made the recent mur- der of Prof. Leforest A. Planving of the Point Coupee Industrial and High School in Louisiana the immediate occasion Of his theme. He said that the very rise of the negro had seemed to stimulate the antipathy to him.
 There is a curious recrudescence of ne- grophobism. No scheme of wholesale em- igration is practicable. A general depor- tation of the blacks, even if 1t were pos sible, would paralyze the industries of the Southern States and destroy their growing material prosperity. There is a great multitude of whites that need ed- ucation and Christianizing.
 "The evil of the negro problem does not belong to the South alone; 1t affects all the country
 President Gladden. of Columbus, Onto. in responding to the address of welcome, said among other things:
 There are many questions before the people of Ohio in this campaign but none of them compares for a moment with that tremendous question which will be be- fore us here every day: What is the na- tion going to do with the black man?' :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-21
RECORD IS MAINTAINED
Many New Cases of Yellow Fever at
 Laredo.

Laredo. Tex. Oct. 2O.-The total of new cases of yellow fever here to-day was but one less than yesterday. which was the largest for any single day since the outbreak of the epidemic. The official bull letin issued tonight is as follows:
 New cases 35; deaths 2; total number of cases to date, All; total deaths S
 One of the victims who died to-day was an American, a lawyer named George B. Hayford. MT. Hayford was also a tele- graph operator. He has held several po- sitions as train dispatcher.
 Word was received in this city yester- day to the effect that there are two cases of yellow fever in San Antonio, Tex The report has not been confirmed, but the Frio county authorities have es- tablished a strict quarantine against that city and prohibited the running of trains through their county to the border.
 Dr. Murray. the Florida yellow fever expert left for San Antonio to-day to make an investigation.
 No bulletin was issued to-day regard ing the condition of affairs in Nuevo Laredo. Word from Monterey states that there were six deaths, six new cases and twelve suspicious cases in that city up to Saturday last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-21
SUIT FOR $l,9OO, ,OOO
TROUBLES OF THE STAR PETRo-
 LEUM COMPANY.
Stockholders Allege Extravaganza and Misuse of Funds and Also a Scheme to Obtain Control
 of the Business.

Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 20.-A suit in which judgment is asked in the sum of $l S0O.O0O was begun in the district court of Hennepin County today by c. W. Lit tie. T. W. Peterson, L. M. Crafts of this city and w. J. Johnson of Sibley, Ia, all stockholders in the Star Petroleum Com pany, to restrain the officers of the com pany from removing the books of the con- cern to Texas at the behest of w. E.. Brice of Mason City, Ia.
 The suit is to compel the officers to &C., count for their actions and it is alleged that the defendants. who are W. F. Bramhall of St. Paul, W. l. McAllister of Minneapolis, lately of New York; Fred W. Browne of Chicago and several others are about to come into possession of $25,- 900. the proceeds of a sale. and that this sum Is in danger of being wrOngfully con- verted It Is further alleged that Presi- dent Price devised a scheme to organize ten distinct oil companies and work up big local business in each and then combine them by exchanging for the stock of these ten companies the stock of one centralized company.
 They claim that this scheme was car ried out and in such way as to give Rrice and his friends absolute control of the companys business. They allege that the Star Petroleum Company was lncor- porated as this combined organization. and that 1t issued 100000 shares Of stock. They claim that September 15 the com pary owned a plant at Beaumont, Tex. worth $900,O and worth in profits $31co0 d month. At meeting held in Chicago 1t Is claimed that Brice startled the stock holders by claiming that the company was in debt almost $30O,O00, and must sell out or be wound up. and that he induced the stockholders to vote to sell the assets for $302, 800. Extravagance and misuse or funds Is charged.