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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
AUGUST LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE

So inviting Is the table of comforts
presented i'm the August number Of
Lipinnoott'- Magazine tha; u ,enPts
even the jaded appettes of tired readers
who have decided Just TO loaf" during
the warm season. The magazines lead
ing feature is an always-frst-clasS novel
cite This possesses all Of novels best
points so condensed a. to omit tiresome
explanations and descriptions, leaving "a
well-covered kernel TO delight the palate
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
Bride -: Groom IS.

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 26.-
When John w Funk applied for q
marriage license Tuesday Deputy
County Clerk Mosher was somewhat
surprised when he gave the age OF The
bride-to-be rs 10 years. Funk has lit.
tie 10 say concerning himself mis-
bride or the marriage The bride was
Mary NJ. Autz OF Joliet. H., and Mr.
Funk comes from Plainheld. III. He
Is IS years old 1t was a runaway
match.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
University school OF Music. Ann Arbor
Michigan.

Offers thorough. systematic and com
plete courses in all branches of music
Choral Union 300 voices, Symphony
Orchestra 30 pieces.
For announcement of Concert Bureau
illustrated calendar Of School or detailed
information, address,
20tS CHARLES a SINK, \. b. Secretary
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28

No legacy is so rich as honesty
Shakespeare.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
FLYING DIRT

Celia Dean To Porter A. Gilleo, lot IS
and pit lot 81, Ashley .,... I
Miles w. Bullock to 7. A. Gilleo. pit
lot 224. Ashley .............
Solomon Campbell to Porter Gilleo,
lot 223, Ashley ..-,.. ........
Geo. II. Carl 20 S. T. Sprague, lot IS
Wood wards add, Alma
Jennie A. Soule to Jno. 5. Caple, pit
me- of sw4 sec 81, Pine River,
and lot Q, Woodward add, Alma !
Jno. 5. Caple to Jennie A. Soule, NV
= OF mel sec 81 Sumner, D.
Amanda {. Eldredge to Alexander
Alfred, n1s of swi4 of sw4 sec
y, Sumner .....
Brazillai NJ Earl TO Henry w san
dali, lot 80, Park place east, Alma,
and pit nc4 of swi sec 81. Pine
River n
JOS. Pingel to Thos. J Blair, nwL
of nwi of sec S, Sumner u
JOS Langham to Wilma b. Allen. els
of VIZ of sw = sec p, Washing
ton
Vim { Larkins to Wilma b Allen.
~wi of NV sec 10. Elba
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
Mayor Sweet investigating.

Grand Rapids. Mich., July 26.-Sey-
eral startling developments in thu
Kriebel affair, duplicating the Anne i
can Book Co.'S agent, William White
and perhaps several former trustees
of the school board, are expected BE-
fore the end OF The week. In order
10 be able to make a report 10 the
school board at its regular meeting
Tuesday evening. Aug. /, Mayor
Sweets investigating committee will
have at least one. and perhaps more
sessions this week The findings Of
this committee, from evidence now in
hand and other evidence that is ac-
cumulating. will probably bear out the
mayor in his statements al the last
meeting and attach the blame TO Nj.
White. besides bringing in tht names
OF local parties
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
HEAVES.

The new discovery called HEvR.O for Heaves
Dfstemper and coughs IL a big success II you
have occasion 10 use preparation OF that kind
do not neglect getting HENEO The new dis
coverv IL ONLY FoR HsAvEs COUGHS AND DIS
TEMPER Its remarkable results have prevent
its superiority. Price 80 cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
Niagara Pals Excursion, Thursday,
Aug. 18th.

The Ann Arbor r. II. will run its
Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls, To
ronto. Montreal, and Alexander Bay,
Thursday, Aug 18th.
Special train will leave Alma at $3.50
p. m. Fare for round trip to Niagara
Falls 1925 To Toronto the fare will be
81 so higher, to Alexandria BAY 600
higher and to Montreal fl0.56 higher
than to Niagara Falls.
Special train will run through the Falls
without change. 2lt6
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28
Hsnued FOR Murder.

Towanda. Pa. July 26.-Bigler John
con was hanged here Tuesday for the
murder OF his wife. Margaret johnson,
from whom he had separated, and hcr
Niece. Annie Bsnjanan. sssd 10 years
On Sept 10, 1894
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-07-28

Nell-Love doesn't seem TO agree
with Maud. She Is thinner by twenty
pounds than she used TO be. Belle
She has loved and lost. ehi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
WHISTLER'S MONOGRAM.
Other Artists Have Adopted Queer
Devices For Signatures.

The mystic emblem or device Of a
sort of Whistlerized butterfly was
adopted in tie sixties by the eccentric
genius. James Abbott Whistler, who,
without any known reason, changed
his name later to James MacNeill
Whistler
Close study Will reveal that this pc
culiar scroll is really monogram OF
J. ". The earliest Of the etchngs to
bear the butterfly is Chelsea Wharf
nSG3). but many paintings and etch-
iugs after that date are signed whist
ler"
Artists have sometimes signed their
pictures I'm some distinct form In
stead Of their names. 1t generally was
done when the name might suggest
some emblem or symbol.
Thus Hieronymus Cock demarked
two lighting cocks OH his panels;
MariOtto Albertnelli signed q cross
with two interlaccd rings. referring to
the sacerdotal duties to which at one
time Of his life he devoted himself;
Martin ROta. Il wheel; Pieter de Ryng,
a ring with diamond; Giovanni Dos
81, bone; Del MaZo Martinez, q ham
mer: LiOnello Spada, Il sword.
Sometimes caprice dictated the selec-
ton. as when Jacopo de Barberl used
the caduceus, or Mercury rod; Hendrix
de Bles. an owl; Lucas Cranach, q
crowned serpent Cornelius Engel-
brechtSen, a peculiar device resem-
bling weather vane, and Hans Hol-
bein, a skull.-COllector and Art Critic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
The Presidents salute.

The presidents salute consists oi
twenty-one guns, and why this particu
lar number was hit upon has been the
cause OF much speculation. One solu
ton. more clever than probable, Is that
when the Revolution took place the ma
ton was considered able to shift for It
self. hence twcnty-One. Another Is tha'
the figures Of the year Of the Declaration
II independence. 17T6 when added 10
cefher make n total Of twcnty-one. The
royal salute in England Il also twenty
one guns. having been originally seven
which number fred three times for th'
three political divisions makes the TO
toi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
A HINDU WIZARD.
His Trick That Puzzled m Occiden-
tai Master OF Magic.

Some of the tricks Of the Hindu wiz
ards are past understanding. according
10 an occidental master of magic who
was speaking of MS oriental rivals.
This is what he says he saw a Hindu
wizard DO in club in Lucknow:
'He took board and placed it on
four glass gOblels. thus elevating II
from the floor A youngster sitting on
the board was requested to place his
hands together, palms up. Then the
juggler took Il glass Of water ana pour
ed il into the outStrctchcd hands of the
boy. In the meantime the boy had been
mesmcrZcd. and his attention was fix
ell on a point indicated by the magi-
elan. Gradually the water turned green
In color and then developed into jelly
which Increased in density until ii be-
came as solid as stone. out of the
center Of this appeared the head Of Il
snake. which gradually developed I'M
Ill in the place of the water there ap-
peared Il Kissing reptile. | was amazed,
I can assure YOU. but the trick was not
yet completed. Hitting the reptile upon
the head with his wand. the iuggler
took it up carefully and placed it back
in the glass. rs We looked il became
transformed into jelly. which In turn
melted into Il greenish cOlOrcd water
Clearer and clearer became the fluid
until it was Of its original color. and
then the jugglcr placed 1t 10 his lips
and drank the entire contents. This
was the most wonderful trick | ever
saw performed. and it is az mysterious
TO me today as il was then"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA.
AIDING THE MEMORY.

Maemonic Systems Have Been In Use
From Time ImmemorfaL
The art of rendering artificial aid to
the memory by associatinG in the mlhd
things difficult TO remember with those
which are easy of recollection Is said 10
have originated with the Egyptians.
The first person TO reduce It TO system
was. according to Cicero, the poet 81
monides. who lived 500 b. c. His plan
is known as the topical or locaiity
nlan and was In substance as follows:
Choose n large house with number o.
differently furnished apartments IN II.
Impress upon the mind carefully all
that is noticeable in the house so that
the mind can readily go over the parts
Then place series Of ideas In the
house-the first in the hall, the next III
tbe sitting room, and 50 on with the
rest. Now. when one wishes to recall
these ideas in their proper succession
commence going through the house. ana
the idea placed in each department VIII
be found to readily recur TO the mlnd
In connection with II.
1t is related that this mnemonic plan
was first suggested to the poet by q
tragic occurrence. Having been called
from a banquet just before the roof OF
the house fell and crushed all the rest
of the company, he found on returning
that the bodies were SO mutilated that
no individual could be recognized, Du'
by remembering the places which they
had severally occupied at the table nc
was able to identify them He was
TINS led TO notice that the order OF
places may by association suggest tht
order Of things.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
LEGENDARY DEVICES.
How Strange Anima<s Appeared In
IIeraIdr, In Old Days.

Early writers on natural history sub
jects make mention Of many strange
creatures that never could have exist
p1 save in the superstitious mind OF
tie age in which they wrote, and Of
Tie many that did exist the accounts
of their structure and habits are so
ludicrOus that one may really wonder
II it WAS possible. even In the middle
ages that people could be SO credulous.
Many of these strangely garbled rec
c.ls Of the animal world were. no
doubt. due 10 travellers tales and prob
ably had n certain foundation In fact,
but II IS difficult indeed To account for
the creation Of such things as the phOe-
nix. the cOckatricc. the wyvem, the
griffin and the dragon. The belief in
the existence of the unicorn may Nave
originated from the fact of some of the
early African travellers meeting with
certain autelOpcs that had lost horn.
for it is Il peculiarity with most ante
lopes that their horns ar, never shed
ana II lhJuIcb vi biOhcH HSN'A eiO"
again.
Tho horn. growing out Of the fore
head. bctwiXt the eyelIds, Is neither
light nor hollow nor yet smooth like
other horns. but hard rs iron. rough as
any file, reyolved into many plights;
sharper than any dart, straight and
not crooked ana everywhere black, ex-
ccpt at the pont.
Bartholomew asserted that there
were many varieties Of unicorn, and
this would lee feasible if this creature
had been created from those horned
beasts that had accidentally lost one
Of the horns.
How the phoenix was called into be-
ing il would be impossible to hazard
guess. Il was popularity supposed that
there was only one such creature exist
Ing in the whole universe and that
there was only one tree In which it
built its nest. We find mention Of the
phoeniX rs far back as Pliny, who
saws. "Howbelt. | cannot tell what 10
make OF him: and. first Of ALL whether
II be a tale or no. that is never but one
of them in the whole world. and the
same not commonly seen
In the ffteel e., century we find Bar
tholomew writing OF this imaginary
bird:
phoenix IS a large bird, and there Is
but one that kind in all the wide world.
therefore lewd men wonder thereon.
Phoenix is Il bird without make matel
and Hveth BOO or 800 years. When
the which years he passed she feeleth
. her default and feeb,eness ana maketh
4 nest Of sweet smelling sticks that be
/ full dry. and In summer when the
western wind bOweth the sticks and
the nest be set on fire with burning
heat of the sun an buyneth strongly.
The bird then allows itself 10 be r
/ duccd to ashes in this tire-on this
point all the writer's ag.ce-and in due
course rises again from the ashes In
the full glory If renewed youth and Is
the most falrcSt bird t.at is most !. q
to the peacock in feathers. ana love b
wilderness an gatAereth his meat Of
clean green's and fruits.
The basiii.k. or cOckatricc. was re
puted 10 be some strange mixture or a
bird AMI Scrp Mt. abe To 81 : with his
breath and his sight, which power was
accredited by some to dragons.-West-
Minister Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
THE POWER TO PLEASE.
A Potent Factor For Success In Any
Career You May Adopt.

The power TO please Is tremendous
asset What can be more valuable
than a personality which always at
tracts. never repelsf Ii Is not only
valuable in business, but also In every
field OF life. Ii makes statesmen ana
polIticians: IL brings clients TO the law
YER and patients to the physician; it Is
worth everything to the clergyman. NO
matter what career you enter, you can
not overestimate the importance OF cul-
tivating that charm Of manner. those
personal qualities, which attract people
10 YOU. They will take the place OF
capital or influence; they are OFTEN
substitute for a large amount Of hard
work
Some men attract business, custom
ers. clients. patients, as naturally as
magnets attract particles of steel. Ev-
erything seems to point their way, for
the same reason that the steel particles
noint toward the magnet-because they
are attracted.
Such men are business magnets.
Business moves toward them even
when they do not apparently make hair
so much effort to get IL as the less sue
cessful. Their friends call them lucky
dogs" But If we analyze these men
closely we find that they have attrac-
five qualities. There is usually some
charm of personality about them thar
wins all hearts.-Success.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

A great love is the next best thing 10
n great faith Ellen Glasgow.
The centenarian is man who has
mistaken quantity for quality.-Barry
Pain.
Probably woman expects less OF liic
and I'm that sense may be said 10 be
more fortunate.-La Lady Violet Greville.
1t is a defect of our educational sys-
TEN that we are not started In liIe
with the habit of happiness.-Sarah
Grand
Life is very scrappy. Look how our
meals break up the day. Why can we
not eat for three hours and be done
with it for n week Mrs. Humphry.
Numbers Of people smile without be-
ing amused. TO smile broad
Iy is their notion of gentlemanly be
havior and good breeding-Rober'
Hichens.
Poets naturally sing, like birds, in
the springtme OF their lives; the cares
of this world silence them or make Us
rather anxious that they should be 81
lent.-Andrew Lang.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
BISMARCK CONSENTED.
He Was the Final Arblter of an Eng
lfsh Love Match.


When the third son OF the Duke or
Argyle bestowed his affections upon
an untitled woman he felt bound u
ask the old gentleman's consent Inc
duke answered that personally he had
no objections TO the match, but In view
Of the fact that his eldest son had es-
housed a daughter OF the queen he
thought II right to inquire her ma)eS-
rvs pleasure on the subject before ex-
pressing his formal approval
Her majesty, thus appealed to, Oh
served that since the death or the
prince consort she had been in the
habit OF consulting the Duke of SAKE
Coburg on all family affairs.
The matter was therefore referred Z
Duke Ernest. who replied that since
the unifcatiOn OF Germany he mao
made il a rule to ask the emperor
opinion on all important questions
The case now came before the kaiser
who decided that, as a constitutions
sovereign. he was bound to ascertain
the views Of his prime minister.
Happily for the now anxious pair ol
lovers the Iron Chancellor" who was
then in office. had no wish TO consult
ANYBODY and decided that the marriage
might take place. and it did.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
Mathematical PrOdiEtes.

1t Is related that Jedediah Buxton,
the English mathematical prodigy. was
the son Of Il schoolmaster, but remain
ed throughout life farm laborer, be
cause of incapacity to acquire an edu-
cation. his mind being occupied by an
absorbing passion for mental calcula-
tions. Being asked How many GU
blcal eighths Of an inch there are In a
body whose three sides are %, 14o. ISo
yards, 1,G42,732 yards and N,9oJ
yards?" he replied correctly without
setting down Il figure. Zerah Colburn
was an American prodigy. When ask
ed the square root Of 106.929 and the
cube root of 2Gs ,330,125. he answered
correctly before the audience set the
figures down
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
uot Cross Bun Memorial.

At Bromley -by-Bow is public house
with the sign Of The Widows Son.
ana there curious Old custom Is
maintained. once the tavern was kept
by widow with an only son. lie
started on a sea voyage on Good Fri
day and promised that he would oe
back by that day in the following
year He did not come, but Tor years
the mother kept her promise TO prepare
a hot cross bun for his return. Each
year she lived the anxious mother oO'
served the custom. which has been
maintained by successive hosts anu
hostesses Of the inn ever since. Now
AZ for long time past, within its guest
chamber may be seen old oaken raj
ters with buns hung up between. -
London Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
..o1x and Her Criminals.

In Italy whenever famous criminal
trial is on the newspapers take sides
violently. search for evidence and as
sumo all the prerogatives Of the court.
That they are even more sensational
than the American press in this regard
Is indicated by the fact that Italians
reading accounts of great cases IN the
American papers are always struck
with the moderation Of tone shown ana
wonder how il is that Americans take
so little interest in what concerns The
whole world. The Americans are q
great people" say the Italians, but
cold: they don't even warm TO theii
own criminalsr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16

Pocketknife blades are very unevenly
tempered. Even in so called standard
cutlery some blades are hard and some
are soft. For the latter there Is no
remedy. but the temper Of hard blades
can easily be drawn slightly. Take d
kitchen poker and heat IL red hot, have
the blade that is TO be drawn bright
and hold It on the poker for a moment
When the color runs down to violet
blue. stick the blade into piece OF tai
low or beef suet until cold.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
A WOMAN'S VIII.
II Served Her Well when the Stage
cnnch NOIhnp tnmc,


coach IIoIdup Came.
4 good illustration Of the quick wit
of Il woman appears in the following
incident of the old coaching days of the
far west. The man OF the tale does not
show of in the best of lights and did
not deserve his reward The coach
was on its way over lonely road and
carried among It's passengers lady
going to join her husband and Il man
travelling by himself.
Il have $1,000 in my porkcthook,
confded the lone traveller to the lady.
and ! feel very uneasy. Would You
mind conccaling It in your dress: II
we are held up they are less likely u
search YOU
Tie lady consented ana hid the roll
IF bills. Toward evening the shout oi
Throw mp your hands, brought The
coach 10 "a SundStili. and four mcn.
masked ANA ON horseback, demanded
M the point of the pistol that all money
should be- Immediately given up Tie
lone lTNNfl'I l'i~N''l '''i '''' ''''' 90
manning cash. consisting ~ "a few dol-
lars. and WIS concentrating himself
on his escape when, 10 his horror he
heard the lady say:
IL have a thousand dollars here. but
I suppose | must give it up And
without further hesitation she handed
over the precious pile Of grcenbackS.
The robbers rode off in high good hu-
NOR. but as soon as they were gone the
traveller let loose his wrath. He abused
the lady In no measured terms AMI
hardly stopped short of calling her a
coward The accused said little, but
when the end of the journey was reach
ed she invited the angry man to her
| house.
Il shall have to accept" he said sui
kily. Il haven't cent in the world
through your stupidity"
As he was dressing for dinner that
night his host came To his room.
Here il the thousand dollars he
said. (Which my wife venturcd to Dor
row. You see, she had $4,000 hid IN
her gown. ana she thought if she gave
up your thousand it would save further
search. Thank you for the loan, which
saved me heavy loss"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
Advertising Rates
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
SThe Men Threw Themselves on the
RnNnnnIs nf tn. I-L..l.l -

DuyOHets u thc
1t is Il phrase merely % taosr Of Us
who Go not know war at Grs, hand,
Then the men threw themselves on
the bayonets Of tic enemy" II sounds
desperate and dramatic. but this ac-
count "a BlackWOOd's Magazine by
naval 5ubIicIienant at Port Arthur
shows what 1t really means:
For thirty long minutes hand 10
hand struggle had continued. Men
threw grenades in each others faces
Half dcmented samurai hung them
selves upon the bayoncts Of the dozen
MuscOvtes that held the traverse in
the trench. Who shall say that the day
Of the bayonet IS past? Although there
was not a breech that had not its car
fridge IN the chamber, yet men reused
10 the limit OF their animal fury over
look the mechanical appliances that
make war easy They thirsted 10 come
to grips, and to grips they came.
But 1t had 10 end. The Old colonel
had fought mis- way through his own
men to the very point OF the struggle.
He stood Oh the parapet. and his rich
voice for second curbed the fury OF
the wild creatures struggling beside
him.
Throw yourselves on their bayonets.
honorable comrades be shouted.
Those who come behind will do the
rest"'
His men heard him; his officers heard
him. Eight stalwarts dropped their
rifles, held their hands above their
heads and flung themselves against the
traverse, Before the Russian defend
ers could extricate the bayonets from
their bodies the whole pack Of the war
dogs had surged over them. The trench
was won.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-06-16
Sir walter Scott's Funeral.

That IS a touching story told OF the
funeral Of Sir Walter Scott: The road
by which the procession took its way
wound over hill. whence can be seen
one Of the most beautiful OF land
scapes. 1t was his habit TO pause there
TO gaze upon the scene. and when tax
ing a friend out 10 drive he never fail
ed TO stop there and call the attention
of his companion to the most beauu
ful points OF the view. Few could re
frain from tears when. carrying then
master on his last journey. the horses
stopped at the old familiar spot as Il
were for him TO give last look at the
scene he had loved 50 well.