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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
THE QUACK DOCTOR.

One OF the meanest swindles perpe-
trated on country folk is worked by the
travelling quack doctor. Nearly all
country communities are worked by
him 10 his profit. His method is some
thing like this: He first goes 10 the
local bank and gets list of names of
farmers who are rated good and whose
paper he can readily dispose Of. Then
he inaugurates a still hunt for all cases
Of sickness of long standing and chronic
cases which no doctor on earth could
| cure. These are approached by his rep
resentative, usually slick looking and "A
smooth talker, and the wonderful heal
Ing power OF the doctor IS enlarged on
and mass of manufactured certificates
OF his great success exhibited. As is
natural, people Of this class and their
friends also are peculiarly susceptible
when any definite prospect of relief is
held out and are only too willing TO
experiment IN any manner and try any
new treatment. Later the doctor him
self calls, and he is usually got up TO
still further impress the family and the
patient that he is able 10 bring about
the much desired restoration To health.
y deal is made. Sometimes it is a note
given, obscurely drawn, mo cure no
pay contract which is still easily
negotiable at the bank Some medicine
Is sent and the so called treatment be-
gins, only TO be shortly abandoned as
utterly worthless. The note. however.
is realized on. and the doctor can't be
found, his great hospital in the city be-
ing pure myth. We have known of
dozens OF cases of this sort and many
Others where the scheme was a month
~ payment for absent treatment.
equally worthless Usually the opinion
of the family physician in all such
cases is well worth needing. and no I'M
known stranger should be patronized
save with his approval. 1t is bad
enough to be bunkoed by a lightning
rod fakir, a cloth peddler patent
right shark or a map vender. but TO be
done up by quack doctor through the
love and regard one has for his family
Is the worst of all. The safe way IS
70 pay no attention to his specious ad-
vertisements, and should he call per
sonally have the interview terminate
with the doctors coat tails flying down
the road with the dog after him.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Catherine Alden. aged SO years said
TO be seventh in line OF ,lrect des
cent from John and Priscilla Alden
is dead at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
VIM. Cowper Prime, at one time ed.
itor-in-chief of the New York Journal
OF Commerce. and for many years pro-
lessor OF the history OF art in P-irce.
ton university. is dead in New York.
The Isthmian canal commission re.
ceived a cablegram frosm Gov. Davis
or the Panama canal zone, anrounc-
Ing there had been no deaths during
the past month among the employees
from the u. 8.
Capt. Christian Cold. OF Copenhagen.
Denmark. has been appointed COVER.
nor-seneral OF the Danish West Indies
IL Is understood that the change vas
necessitated by 4 disagreement be-
tween the high civil officers and the
present governor genarl
Treasurer Milton Y. Allies. OF the in.
bugurs1 committee at WstshDngton,
stated that tickets for the inaugural
ball to be held on the night Of March
4 are being sold at a rapid rate. and
he expects the aggregate sale, TO
break al records.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Alma College

The Phi Phi Alphas are expecting
new society pins.
The Science Club met i'll the biological
laboratory last Saturday evening.
DR. Bruske occupied the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church at Caro- Sunday.
DR.. Alexander Urquhart, of Caro-
gave talk at the chapel Monday morn
ing.
Miss Emma Butler is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Dora Boiteu, of Bay City,
this week.
Miss Iva Reardon of Midland, is re-
newing acquaintance at the college for
few days.
\ regular monthly meeting of the
Classical Club will occur in Wright
Hall Saturday evening.
An account of the Phi Phi Alpha
Society's Lincoln's Birthday banquet
will be found in another column.
The date for the joint indoor meet
with NJ. A. G. is set for February "a. and
will probably be held in the Opera House.
Invitations are ont announcing the
wedding of Ray Bangs, 04, TO Miss Mary
Lake on February 22 The couple will
make their home in Coffeyville, Kanlas
The following men are attending the
\. NJ. G. a. state convention in Battle
Greek this week: VIII Cooper Paul
Allured. Francis Cobb and Stanley
Johnson.
The local indoor meet will be held
this Friday evening in the gymnasium.
The WrestleS in the various weights
will be pulled off and exhibitions in bar
work, club swinging and other work
will be given.
Zeta Signals annual stag function
will take place at Alma Springs SAM
tarium next Wednesday evening. A. J.
Helmer, 03, of ST. Johns, will act as
POSTMASTER and il is expected that a
number Of other alumni will be present,
among them Rev. w H. Long 9s, of
Ludington; Rev Louis Brooke, 90, of
Howell; Paul II. Eruske, '9S, of Detroit |
Henry r. Bush, '0l, of Caro-; Wallace
+. Weber, '03, and William Winton,
'04, Of Ithaca. Dr. h. n. Transeau will
be the guest of the society and will give !
toast.
The second semester reception given
by the Y NJ. and Y. w c. A. took |
place i'll Wright Hall last Friday even
ing. Nearly two hundred students and |
friends of the college were in attendance |
and the occasion proved very enjoy
able one. The reception rooms were
very prettily decorated with ornaments
of valentine nature. An unusual
treat was given in the way of music by
Miss Gertrude Messenger, Of Stanton,
on the harp, and violin selections by Mr..
Samuel Gusinoff who recently entered
college. Refreshments were served and
an auction of valentine posters, the
work of Miss Ada Means and Paul
ADured, took place, the proceeds of
which went to the Christian Association.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
REACHING THE SPOT.
1t Can be Done, so Scores of
Alma Citizens Say.

To cure an aching back,
The pains of rheumatism.
The tlred-out feelings.
You must reach the spot-get the cause.
In most cases It's the kidney.
Doan' Kidney Pills are for the kidneys.
Ira Robinson, of Grant, SAYS: II had
slight attacks of kidney trouble for three
or four years. really did not know
whether the pain in my back was caused
from kidney complaint or rheumatism
until trouble with the secretions set in.
They were discolored and looked more
like milky water than anything I can
compare them to; and they acted mnch
too frequent, especially if | caught the
least cold. My daughter was visiting US
this last summer from Vassar, and as |
was complaining of backache and feeling
miserable all the time, she said TO me:
Why don't you get Doan's Kidney Pills.
It's your kidneys that cause all the
trouble. She said she knew of several
parties living in Nassar who had been
cured by their use, and was so determined
that | should try them she got me a box.
began to improve from the start and
continued to do so. Now feel stronger
than have for long time The credit
is all due to Doan's Kidney Pills, and |
am glad to recommend them to all suffer
ers of kidney trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name--Doan's--
take no other. sS-SA-ss
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Fuel BECOMING Scarce

Des Moines, Ia. Feb. 15.-The de
mand for fuel has become so urgent
In many places I'm Iowa that the rail
roads announced last night that coal
trains will be given preference over
all other traffic. Owing TO the heavy
snow fall. freight traffic has been vir.
tually annulled for the past four days
on nearly every railroad in the state
and the results are manifesting than.
selves in a coal famine in a score OF
larger towns and cities and food fam.
ines In other places. At Indianola lack
OF fuel is serious and Simpson college
has Closed. AT Waterloo and Fort
Dodge factories have closed down. In
Marshalltown the soldiers home faces
serious situation as does the Boys In.
dustrisl school at Eldora and the Girls
Industrial School at Mitchelville.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

Ninety-eight per cent of the people
need a hair tonic. Don't take our
word for it, but make test for your
self - test that you can see and under
stand. Pull hair from your head, if the
bulb is white and shrunken the hair is
diseased; if the bulb is pink and full, it's
healthy Even if you have the most lux
uriant head of hair you must want to know
whether it is in an unhealthy condition or
not. Don't wait until it begins to fall out
or turn gray before you heed the warning
that white bulb gives If the bulb is
white the hair needs nourishment at once.
Rexall "o3" Hair Tonic was designed to
destroy the germs that cause the shrunken
bulbs; it not only does this but it tones up
the sebaoeous glands and gives the hair
gloss that has never been equalled IL
controls dandruf, and keeps the hair
bright and clean.
In buying Rexall "o3" Hair Tome you
take no chances. If, after trial, you are
not more than satisfied we will cheerfully
refund you the fifty cents you pay for a
bottle
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Foresaw Railroad Disaster.

Peru. Ind. February IA peculiar
feature it developed characterized the
Lake Erie Western wreck near Argos,
Ind, in which sixteen workmen were
injured Monday night The train dis
patcher foresaw the disaster and or
dered out wrccking crew in advance.
IN addition before the collision occur
red, physicians were summoned by the
dispatcher IRON Plymouth, Argos AMI
Peru. The wrecking train, however.
did not reach the place of tho ac-
cident until late today, owing to snow
drifts and two stalled trains had 10
be pushed out Of the way None OF
the injured will die The wreck which
was a head on collision between a
work train and a freight, was caused
by mistake in orders
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
HN Dir

Nature but rarely goes into the hy-
0rid business when left alone by man.
Her laws governing the reproduction
of the different species of natural life.
both animal and vegetable. are very
rigid and only in the rarest of cases
ever transgressed While she provides
in most wonderful manner for the
cross fertilization among the members
OF every given species and always ar
bitrarily for the survival Of the fittest
as progenitors, the most complete or
der prevails as to the intermingling OF
species. For an English sparrow to
take song sparrow for q mate. for a
robin TO mate with a thrush, or for
the wood thrush TO take mate I'm the
brown thrush, or for any OF the score
or more OF the warbler family, some so
nearly alike that the color of a feather
or two alone gives the family identi-
~, 10 mate outside family lines would
be almost as great a wonder as for the
sun or the moon TO become erratic in
Its movements. This unerring fideD
ity TO the law governing natural re-
production is one OF the most wonder.
ful 10 be seen in nature Man, how
ever, steps In and arbitrarily sets aside
this law and secures many types OF
hybrids, some useful and some merely
curiosities. His greatest success in
this line has been with the mule. and
now he Is crossing the zebra and the
horse, with some prospect Of success.
He has crossed the lion and the tiger
and many other animals which are, so
TO speak, first cousins TO each other.
but that this work is contrary 10 nat
ural law is amply proved by the fact
that all these hybrid productions are
sterile and totally incapable OF repro
ducing their kind. At best the hybrid
business is rarely success and is as
little so with regard to man himself
as with the lower forms OF life. The
very worst types OF the human race
are the mixed bloods wherever found.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
SHIFTING SANDS.

5 Waters to d wooley lots 10 and IL.
blk s. Bannister SIC
Aaron Raynor TO VIM Marshall nwI.
OF swa sec IS Wheeler - :
Geo : Aldrich ct al 10 Jas " Fuller nwL
OF seq sec y, Bethany II
Bertha A Broadbeck TO Albert Payne nwil
OF nw1s of seq sec q, New Haven 4
Albert Payne to Bertha A Broadbeck. lot 4.
blk IS Bannister 4
Chas n Robbenolt ct al to Walter Robben-
olt, pit neK of swK sec IS, Pine River
Isaac hewitt TO Geo Crismore, M of nwA
OF seq sec IS, North Shade. ~ S
Arthur Newton TO Thos Talon. blks 10
and Ia Riverdaie a
Cora NJ Nevins, to Alexander Mcdonald
neH OF nwH sec -, Emerson $1,000. IS
Chas Lamphear TO Frank Bring. 81 of M
and - of nj of sIz of seq sec a., L.afay-
Alma Building and Loan Association to
Jennie Soule, lot :, Park place east
Alma %
Gaylord Brimmer to Jno Gibson, lots l.
4 and 10 blk !, r W Smiths add st Louis 5,
Sarah Il Fishbeck to Howard Martin ut lot
g. blk ), Elyton. Alma -,
Alex Johnston to Felix o Melia. lot 10 blk
80, ST Louis, . IS,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Hmcn9 Our neigbborS

the track and il took his friends half an
hour to dig him out. The last summer
he nearly cut his throat on a wire clothes
line while scorching on his bicycle, and
to top these off he took a liberal dose OF
mixed carbolic acid and formaldahyde
for his cold yesterday.
He spit out the acid, but not before his
mouth had been severely burned.
O o q
Inga Hanson, the Salvation Army girl
who for five years has been involved in
sensational litigation with the Chicago
City Railway Company, was today found
guilty of perjury.
She sued the railway company for
damages on account of injuries received
by her i'll street railway accident which,
She alleged, deprived her of speech.
sight, hearing and the power of locomo-
ton. She eventually lost the suit and
claimed to have been restored to health
by miracle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
WILL FEED THE BIRDS,
Illinois Adopted Novel Plan 70 Pre-.
serve Its Game.

Springfield, H.. Feb. 15.-This state
Is about TO try an experiment that is
almost literally throwing money 10
the birds At an expense OF over
$1,000 the game birds Of Illinois are
10 be fed 10y the state during the con
tinuance of the extreme cold. Heavy
snow and extreme cold have played
havoc with the birds, according TO
State Game Warden Wheeler. who
says thousands of quail and prairie
chickens have died for lack Of food.
In order to preserve the life OF the
birds Il novel plan has been adopted
Warden Wheeler has sent out cur
cular letter TO ali Of the deputies n
structing them TO buy grain from the
farmers and scatter the kernels where
the quail and prairie chickens feed
The deputies are authorized 10 spend
500 in each county AS there are 1O2
counties in the state that means an
expediture OF $500.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
CAUGHT IN Los ANGELES.
Owen Kelly, Embezxler OF $50, 200
Tired OF BEING Eualtlve.

Tired OF Being Fugitive.
Los Angeles, Gal, Feb. 15.-Owen
Kelly, former wealthy grocer OF
Philadelphia, now wanted there for the
alleged embezzlement OF n sum said 70
exceed $4,000, is under arrest In this
city. Kelly was arrested on one OF
the main streets by Chief OF Police
Hammil and Chief OF Detectives Brad
ish, who recognized him from n print
ed likeness sent out at the time OF
disappearance.
Kelly left Boston last October "
steamer for Europe. His destination
was unknown, but he was followed
across the Atlantic, thence across Eu-
rope, where trace OF him was lost
He finally returned TO this country,
landing at San Francisco His pres
ence IN California became Known
through information from the east.
Kelly talked freely of his alleged lie,
falcations and admitted that he owed
probably $4,000 to Philadelphia rela-
tives and friends. which sum he said
he lost In speculation after having
spent his own fortune in the same
way. He offered no resistance 10 the
officers and expressed himself as glad
that he was no longer n fugitive. He
stated that he would return TO Phila.
delphia without requisitlon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

An exchange says: Limburger cheese
laid away in cupboards will drive away
ants" Verify | say unto you, it will
drive dogs out of a lanyard; il will drive
buzzards away from carcass; it will
drive a herd of buffalo through a barbed
wire fence; it will drive men crazy if
compelled to stay in twenty feet OF its
polluted presence; indeed il will drive
away ants-and uncles too, and mothers
and fathers, brothers, sisters and grand
mothers, even to the seventh generation;
still some there are who claim 10 like
Limburger.
q y u
Fay Halstead, a barber of Stanton,
seems to be the victim of bad luck. Last
winter he had never seen a snow pillow
work, so when he heard that one of the
big ones on the Pere Marquette railroad
was coming he made up his mind to see
il.
The result was that he got too close To
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Negro Replaces Forelaner.

taking the place of foreign white la
borers in the steel plants and other
big factories in and around South hCi.
cagO. While the negroes may not
work cheaper. II is said they will les
sen the number Of accidents about the
plants. The theory is that the negroes
can be made to understand the in
structions Of foremen more easily than
the foreigners w. w. Kla, genera !
superintendent Of the South Deering
plant OF the international Harvester
Co. said we are gradually replac
Ing the foreign laborers by negroes
the work Of the negroes being more
satisfactory
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Mitchell Once More IndIe,.s.

Portland. Ore. February 1.-THE u
e. grand jury late Monday returned
an indictment charging U s Sena.
tor Mitchell. Congressman Jno. ".
Williamson and Binger Hermann and
others with having conspired 20 have
created the Blue Mountain forest re.
serve in eastern Orego? with the in.
tent OF defrauding the government Of
public lands and also OF co aspirin 2
e obtain possession OF more than 200.
600 acres Of public and school lands
situated in several states of the vel.
ue of more than $4,000 200.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

Not long since we saw the wife OF a
pretty well fixed farmer dragging a
heavy sack and hunting around the
place for fuel with which to cook the
evening meal, and as she found some
cobs or some sticks or some pieces Of
board she would put them into the
sack. Seeing this woman thus working,
we wondered II her husband thought
as much OF her as he did OF his cows,
horses or hogs. Now. you men who
read this. see here. Don't you secure at
once for your own comfort and conven-
fence each and all OF the improved de
vices for doing your farm work? And
don't you know that you often go into
debt for them at that? The use OF
these improved appliances has made
your work vastly easier and taken from
the farm very much OF its old time
slavery and toll. Now. what have you
done I'm this line for your good wivesl
Practically nothing at all-no soft wa
ter save as you can catch some In a
leaking barrel. no woodhouse. no wood
pile, no conveniently arranged kitchen
ana modern cooking utensils, no paint
ed floor, no washing machine, none Of
the hundred and one little inventions
which so tighten the housekeepers toll.
And the wife, partly because you al
ways preach that you are hard up
and partly because OF her ignorance
that such labor saving devices exist.
goes on urco,nplainingly. There was @
time when poverty excused to some ex.
tent this neglect and selhshness. but
that day has passed. and any man
worth 5000 who will compel his wife
to work in The old poverty rut needs
attending to. In all fairness a man
should provide his wife with the same
improved facilities for doing her work
which he secures for himself, and II
We won't do II he is an old brute.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

1t is stated that there are some indi
cations that fishes possess a sixth
sense, the organs Of which are the
pores of the head and Of the lateral
band. This band is row Of little en-
nails connected with the ssst-nal world
~ holes through the scales. In these
cavities. under which runs a large
nerve. are found nerve heads or tern,i-
nations like those OF other sense or.
gans. The use OF this apparatus is IN
known.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Our Schools

The first grade have concluded theil
study of the Eskimo.
The third grade are studying the life
of Lincoln.
v NJ. Wilson visited school last week
Mabel Struble and Lillian Wilcox
have entered the sixth grade after q
long absence.
Several pupils of the third grade have
returned 10 school
Miss Clark and Miss McDaniels are
sick this week and Mr.. Butler from
Alma College is substituting for Miss
Clark and Miss Lauderbach for Miss
McDaniels.
The first week Of our last semester
has started out with very cold weather
The sixth, seventh and eighth grade
rooms are so cold that the students have
been distributed through the furnace
room, the reception rooms and other
places.
The half-holiday contest between the
grades is going TO be very close this
month.
\ class of twenty-six has been formed
in the ninth grade in civics.
There are twenty pupils in the phvsi-
ology class and thirty-fve in the algebra
class
The examinations for the first semes-
ter were completed last Friday and now
the pupils are ambitiously beginning on
their second semester's work.
Monday morning the high school
students were given quite musical
treat. Miss Sandie sang "Oleander"
and Miss Sharp played an instrumental
solo. Miss loft read an excellent essay
on Rudyard Kipling.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Perhaps You Wonder

If the tormenting cold that made last
winter one long misery will be as bad
this year. Certainly not, if YOU take
Aliens Lung Balsam when tickling and
rawness III the throat announce the
presence of the old enemy. Do not ex-
pect the cold to wear itself out Take
the right remedy i'll time. Aliens Lung
Balsam is free from opium.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
a THRILLING Fact.

Suppose" said the wise orator-"thoush
tbs thought stupendous-
suppose baby one year old with arms of
the tremendous
Length OF ninety-three odd million miles
Should. In a freak OF fun.
Reach up and touch the sum
That child would be
Two hundred and ffty-three
Years old.
I'm told.
Before IL learned
fts hand was burnsdr' st Nicholas
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

We are told by the bug men that
there are 100000 different kinds OF in
sects We believe IL. We are inclined
to think that we had 147 1000 Of them
around our garden, orchard and farm
last summer. Not a plant tree or
shrub but seems TO have its special in
sect parasite This manifold insect
life has its mission, partly for one kind
to prey on another, partly as food for
birds and an equally useful mission in
the mystery OF fertilization of all plant
life. Again, others serve as sections,
undertakers and garbage destroyers.
The wonderful economy OF all plant,
vegetable. insect and bird life is so
closely interviewer and so delicately
and marvelously adjusted that when
man rudely and arbitrarily interferes
with these laws he always suffers the
penalty. Thus in wantonly destroying
the birds he has thrown the machine
out OF gear and disturbed the nice bal
ance OF the species. the birds being one
Of the most reliable agencies for linn
ting the overpropagation OF insect
life. The motto Spare the Birds"
should have a place In every home In
the land.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
Perfectly Correct.
The deacon was hard to convin

The deacon was hard to convince.
NO." declared he, 'I'll have no such
contraption In my house. Planners are
things Of evil"
"Oh, but. pa" protested his lovely
daughter. this is an upright pianor'-
Plttsburg Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

The promoter may always be found
doing business just as soon as there is
any new invention made Within a
year or two it has been found that a
very cheap and indestructible fence
post can be made on any farm with ce-
ment, and our promoter is already out
selling rights 10 manufacture the same.
Pass him
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

A friend told us a curious fact re-
Gently. He said a farmer up in the
Assiniboia country sowed a field OF
winter wheat in August, 1903. The
wheat lived through the winter, and 1t
took il until September. 1904, TO get
ripe enough to harvest when it gave
good crop. This is the first time we
ever heard of wheat requiring thirteen
months TO make a crop.