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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
London's Peril.

To elderly timid people London is
10 longer a pleasant place of resi-
dence. The streets have become
labyrinth of horror and difficulty, a.
region of hideous sounds and foul
smells. With motor buses topping
over on the sidewalk, and private mo-
tors knocking down lamp posts, and
impinging on the shelters, the unfor-
tunate citizen knows not whittier to
wend his trembling steps.-Lady Vio-
let Greville, in London Graphic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Heredity.

Fond Mamma Ca little anxiously)-
Don't you think the baby is a trife-
well, high-colored?
Tactful Family Friend inspecting
the lobster-tinted ipfanD-Oh, he's
only what one ought to expect from
the offspring of such literary man as
his father.
Fond Mamma (brightening) -
What's that?
Tactful Family Friend-He's just
we'll red.-Baltimore American.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
His Mistake.

"He hasn't succeeded in his politi-
cal ambitions"
NO; the trouble with him is that
he apes the swell people"
That's not the trouble. He might
ape the swell people all he pleased
IL he didn't afterward monkey with
the plain peoplel"-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

Johnny-Can / go to the circus,
pa?
Father-No, indeed. wouldn't
think of letting you see such degrad-
ing exhibition.
Johnny-Then won't you please
take me TO the menagerie? Teacher
says we ought to see the animals.
Father-Whati Pay full price to see
only half of the show? / guess not
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

Jim Tompkins, the Mount Hood
woodsman whose predictions last fall
of a hard winter was verified, is again
out with a pronunciamento TO the ef-
feet that the coming winter will dis
count that of last year and will in eff
feet be peeler.' Mr.. Tompkins
again bases his prediction on the hab-
its of the bears, which he states are
more numerous i'm the lower valley
than last year and are foraging almost
in the dooryards of ranchers to fatten
up for a powerful spell of KILN
weather"
Them snowstorms we had last win
ter" says Mr.. Tompkins. won't be
a marker to what well ketch this
winter. Every sign known to natur is
hollerin IL loud, and the bears comm
i'm close TO town is a sure sign. Anoth-
er is the bark on the trees. Whenever
Il gifts as thick as IL is now look out
Git plenty of wood, friends" conclud-
ed the woodsman, "and git IL quick,
fer you'll have use fer IL mighty sud-
den."-Hand River correspondence
Portland Orgeonian.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
SvnDtOpns.

Maybe that boy of yours will be
famous some day" said the friend.
Il shouldn't be surprised" answered
Farmer Corntossel; he does like &c
wear curious clothes an say things
that sound more surprisin' than sen.
sible. "-Washington Star.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Kansas woman,s DARING.

With reckless disregard for the
shortage In the supply of cooks.
Kansas City woman has discharged
one from her employ for no other rea-
son than that he threw an oyster
bowl at her and struck her in the
face.-Kansas City Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Mo Hnne Of a Chance.

Mrs. wickwire-If you go first. you
will wait for me on the other shore.
won't you, dear?
Mr.. wiswire-I suppose so. never
went anywhere yet without having to
wait for you.--Illustrated Bits
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

This is a great country with grea'
diversity of soil and climate. but each
section has one or more species OF
nut trees adapted to the local condt
tons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Iaroe Sum for Amusement

An English statistician has Just
demonstrated that England expends
annually on theaters and music halls
almost $3S,500,0
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Wine Sold on Time IImIt.

In the south of France wine is now
sold by the half-hour. On payment OF
two cents one can 90 into wine eel.
lar and stay there for half an hour.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Wooden soldiers Found in Eovp,.

Among the objects found in recent
excavations in Egypt was a whole
company of wooden soldiers fifteen
inches high.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

| thought she was all right; she seem
ed SO pretty appearin', an felt real
sorry for her. You see, there's a rich
girl there in Bloxamboro that's been
playin' the mischief with her pros.
poets, gittin' her music scholars away
from hef--or no, not gittin' 'em away
xactly, cause she said she didn't
blieye She had anything to do about
It, only they thought twas tonier TO
take lessons o. ithis big bug that had
been to Europe an had got all the
new tangled notions in singin. An,
she said she spent most all her moth
er's money learnn' how to sing, an
now it want goin to be worth much
TO her after all. She cried when she
was tellin' me, an l felt awful sorry
for her. Oh an she said she had
good place in the church choir, an she
was took down with typhoid fever just
before this rich I-for-get-her-name come
home, an'-as luck would have it-her
time run out before she got well
enough to sing, an the other girl got
married, an so they up an hired this
rich girl-they'd got 90 have some
body, you see. an she was all ready
an waitin'l But she said she could
"a stood that If she could "a KEEP her
scholars; but all her best ones went
over to the other one. 1t does seem
as If anybody't had plenty o. money
wouldn't do such things. don't it? But,
there, p'rhaps you know that rich girl,
too-my, hope she amt no friend o.
yours! / never thought"
How Helen Sargent managed to re-
assure her garrulous companion she
hardly knew; but that the mind Of the
little woman was relieved of all fears
was evident from the unsuspecting
way in which she continued her limo
cent chatter about herself, her rela-
tives, Mile Crawford and the things
that made up the daily routine of her
own uneventful life.
AS for Helen, her brain whirled, her
heart beat wildly, she felt suffocated
This, then, was the explanation OF
Miles trouble, of Mabels strange
conduct--and she was the cause of
It ALL
Helen was glad when she babe the
well-meaning little woman good-by
and she was once more left to herself
After attending TO her grandmother
business she had expected to spend a
few hours in shopping and paying two
or three visits, but her interest in new
gowns and her Boston friends was
gone, and she took an early train for
home.
In her own room she first dared to
look at the matter squarely. 1t was
all plain enough now, this trouble of
Miles. Mrs. Crawford was in poor
health, probably not well enough to
be left alone-that was why Mile had
been looking for rooms in Boston. She
recollected hearing Mile once say
that she believed ii would break her
mothers heart if she should ever have
to leave her own little home where
she had gone as a bride, and which
she loved so dearly.
Helen's form shook with suppressed
sobs. She prayed and prayed for light
and strength.
At last, the struggle was ended;
Helen grew calm. She rose and made
preparations for going down to tea
When she looked into the mirror to
see If she could discover any traces OF
her recent tears, il was not an un.
happy face that greeted her.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
Glasses Cure stammerIna.

Cases of stammering are reported
by English opticians TO have been
cured by fitting glasses to correct de-
fects Of the eyes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

bly, down. take care not to be seen
there again. otherwise you can no
longer appear as gentleman in so
ciety"-London Sketch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

Two years afterwards she was re-
turning home from Boston late one
afternoon when she caught the earn.
est gaze of a woman across the aisle.
The face had a familiar aspect, but
before she could recollect where she
had seen it the woman came toward
her with outstretched hand.
Il do knows you know me. but |
hain't forgot you-oh, now you remem-
bert" pleased at Helen's smile of rec
ognition. wal, I've looked for you
ever since. Do you know, that Miss
Crawford didn't come after all, an
never knew why till little while ago.
| met her an she told me all about It..
That rich girl went off travelin', an
so she got her place in the choir back
again an her scholars an ev'rything.
Wasn't that nice? An that rich girl
why, she's turned out most an an
gell She's got piles o. money of
course, but faint everybody II do
things for nothin If they have. She's
givin lessons all the time to poor girls
that want to learn to sing an can't
afford to. an she sings in. prisons an
hospitals an awful old tenement
houses, an they say she does sing
beautiful. I'd just like to see her an
hear her sing; I'd walk five miles any
time to do It! oh, dear. here's Shirl.
ton, and I've got to go! Won't you
come an see me sometime? I'm in
the same old place. Queer, how things
turn out, amt it? Do come see met"
And Helen promised. Then the train
stopped. and the nodding. smiling lit.
tie woman disappeared in the crowd.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

Not FattenIno.
Jealousy 10 poor food for love.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

the milking of cows by nachiu-
cry. We also believe that the
mechanical difficulties will all be
overcome and that eventually
we shall have milking machines
on all farms where ten or more
cows are kept. Whether or not
we have reached perfection in
the mechanical milking of cows,
who can saw
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

ttcally 50, while the water rate
from Memphis to New Orleans,
ia miles by water, is SO cents
per bale and from New Orleans
to Cincin natl. 1900 miles bv
water, it IS but ST. per bale
No more striking illustrations
OF the disadvantages under
which producer and manufactur-
er labor could be furnished than
ia the vast difference between
the rates OF transportation for
cotton and for coal. The one is
\ product of the North and the
other is a product OF the South.
but all sections labor under like
disadvantages which a be
renedicd only by adequate i'm
provemeut OF the inland water
ways and the harbors OF the
Unlted States. There is much
disc ission Of how railroads
should be controlled, some OF i,
wise and some otherwise: but
such regulation as good water
ways would give could not be
objected TO and is eminently
practical. Voters A exercise
4 good influence by asking their
congressman to favor such
measures as will give the needed
low water freight rates.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01
GARDENERS
MANUAL

The Gazette can now, for the
first time, offer a very helpful
guide for Southern gardeners, in
the new work OF Prof. J. S.
Newman. He has long taught
this branch and prac.iced it, and
his book IS the only practical
one OF the kind in print for
Southern conditions. Very help
tut infor nation is given on all
kinds OF vegetables and small
fruits, including Instructions on
com batting parasite and insect
pests, on what, when and how to
plant. II it's instructions are
followed it will save labor. in
crease yields, give a variety of
wholesome food, make gardening
4 pleasure. and supply fresh
succu!ent food /, months in the
year. The price OF the book is
81, and orders can be sent d.
rect to the Gazette; or IS cents
can be added TO what is RENTED
for the Gazette, and the book
will be sent to ubscribers.
Both those who have aud those
who have not had wide expert
ence with vegetables and small
fruits will certainly be aided by
the book. The Gazette could
not afford TO make these state
ments without good reasons,
and hopes its subscribers will
benefit by this arrangement to
give them a reduced price on
the book. 1t is not large, but is
pointed. 1t is not wild theoriz-
ing, but j statement of how good
work has been done with ease
and profit by 4 practical man.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

II B. T. c~al:pcr,. Ma.
EprTox GAZETTE:
In your August, issue, page
IS, | notice 4 letter from 4 party
desiring 10 rid 4 farm OF noles.
| An no farmer and | do no: care
10 have nv name mentioned, bot
have ! sure remedy which will
rid \ place OF moics. Il IS this.
Ge.a sufficient mum Der o, cas-
tor beans and force them down
into the burrow 4. intervals
where the mole has gone. l do
not know whether i, eats the
beans. but i, disappears very
fas, after this is doue. The
works fine in small
lawns and gardens, and | think
should apply ~ well on Il farm
If the requisite number OF beans
was used.
Com ncnt by editor: This
seems TO be on a a
with gro wing castor beans to
keep lies and mosquitoes away
from u place, a plan many stout
ly advocate. Ia my experience
1t has been \ failure. should
the remedy given by the
prcscnt correspondent for moles.
the gentleman giving it did
uot inspire confidence.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01
Freight on Cotton

Ane value OF any article OF
com merce depends on the ia
cities for transportation 10 a
market, aud i, is probable there
are no two articles of commerce
more widely apart Ia all natural
elements than the coal from the
mines and the cotton from the
aelds. Yet they are a. one in
their Illustration OF the necessi-
~ for the i'm provemen. of the
inland waterways aud harbors
of the Cnited States not Only as
4 means OF carriage to 4 market.
but a. a freight rate regulator
At once fair, reasonable and au-
tomato. Ia Al address deliver.
ed IT Minneapolis October, TOGO,
the Hon. J. r.. RansdelI. mem
Der OF Congress from Louisiana,
said:
"Pit,xourg sends a 10, of coal
out to this country. II i. ship
ped from Pittshurg to Conneau,
and Ashtabula, on Lake Erie
/. is shipped is miles by rail a,
10 cents per ,on, that being the
standard rate. When it reaches
the steamers they charge IS
cents per ton to carry il TO Chi
cago. Milwaukee or Duluth. The
rail rate is 10 cents per ,oa for
lj5 miles and the water rate IS
cents per ton for 1000 miles.
The railroad rate il exac,ly
1000 per cent. higher"
The edec. of the 1000 per
cen. higher rate Do the manu-
featuring interests Of the North
ives, and of the entire country
demonstrates Itself. So does
the effect of the railroad rate.
A. compared with the water
rate. demonstrate itself 10 the cot.
ton producer and the cotton goods
manufacturer. In his speech
in the House, on the Rivers and
Harbors bill. Hon. D. w. Shack
leford, of Missouri. said;
To illustrate the economic
disad vantages Of the high rates
under which the Cotton States
laoor, | need but to say that the
railway rate on cotton per bale
for a. average haul OF I65 miles
frcn Houston Teas, Is, prac.l
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

Our second experience was in
the Thistle" milking machine
which also operated on the sue
ton principle but combined a
double action, viz, sucking aud
squeezing of the .eat. In other
words this machine aimed TO
ubIne the motion of calf suck
ilg and hand milking. For a
time we got very good results
and II seemed as If the problem
had been solved. However,
when hot weather ca me we found
and odor in the milk which faint
ed il so badly that we were
forced to give it up. By some
means or other milk was drawn
into the vacuum pipes and when
this began to decay the odor was
terrific. As there was no way
OF cleaning these, except by
taking the pipes down each time
which was not practical, we gave
up the Thistle" and laid il on
the scrap heap. Another seri-
U objection to this machine
vas the large amount O: power
required to operate il.
There vas a lull 10 milking
machines At our station for
nearly ten years, 1875 to 1905.
This was partially filled in with
4 hand mixer which MIXED four
.eass at once by pressing the
.eass against 4 rubber surface
by means of revolving rollers
covered with rubber. Tbs was
iupracticable because al cows
,ea,x were no, OF the "A n size.
nor do they hang perpendicular
ly and evenly from the udder.
Win a perfectly shaped ucder
and teais, the machine might
work. This too was laid on the
scrap heap.
In Deem Der 1905, We INSTALL
ed 4 Burrell- Lawrence-kennedy
eigh, cow mixer, and At the
present time have been using il
about seven months. Or all the
machines which we have tried
this has been the most s~a,isfac-
tory. There have been Ii III ul-
ties, especially with some of the
older cows because they do not
seem to ''ict their milk down"
properly At all times, bu, we
have faith that with the younger
cows, and by starting them off
at once with this machine, we
shall soon have a herd that will
milk satisfactorily with the ma
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

DDirforr Pa ps from the
great bitch Peggy
Paris, Is and s.. i their value.
D. II. SMITH. Lake, Miss
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01
killing Moles

II. b.. T. sa!tpcr,. Ms.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
A SAC. .oco TREASURY ROBBERY.
Clever Work Of Detective Revealed
 the Thief.

The robbery of the sub-treasury in Chicago recalls the fact that the treasury department in Washington was the victim of s40.00e theft about 30 years ago. At first, although no reasonable explanation of how the thing could have been done by an out slider could be given. 1t was assumed that 1t was the work of some one un- connected with the office in which the robbery occurred. 1t was not long. however, before clever detective became acquainted with the fact that one of the clerks who might have had access to the bundle of bills WAS ac- quainted with a professional gambler of shady antecedents. That discovery solved the problem. A little patient watching resulted in catching the gambler with the stolen notes. and the rest was easy. The clerk was ar rested. and, while in confinement, was given to understand that he was be- trayed. whereupon he confessed the robbery. which was accomplished by showing the package Of notes. all of large denominations. into position where they could be 'snaked up with cane provided with hook.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
SoIdierIno In China,

Corporal Frank Hayden, of the army recruiting station. who spent a year Of army service in China, says 1t $ good country to soldier" in.
 The worst thing about China and the islands" he said. lis that there no one to associate with except the natives. Otherwise they're good places. China especially. to do mill. tary service. Food of good quality Is very cheap. We could buy 175 eggs there for 50 cents American money or one dollar Mex Ten cents would buy asfine fat chicken and 50 cents a good sheep. The Chinese are good cooks anG we could employ one for a very little money over his board"- Kansas City Times.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Maine Woman Has Pet Deer.

Mrs Nellie Smito, of Sebec. Ma. has tame deer which is nearly tive years old now, but sbsh she has raised like a cosset famb. feeding it from bottle at inst and making a great pet of it. IL was given 10 her by a lumberman. who overlook it in the deep snow and caught it in his arms when 1t was 10 larger than a cat, except for its legs It has always been perfectly tame and domesticated never having known anything of the wild lifS of its kind. but runs about the premises unrestrained, having it's place in tue stable on cold nights. The deer are numerous around Sebec. and it Is a question whether as Mrs. Smiths pet grows older. it will not answer to the call of the wild and join its comrades in the forest.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Rich Prize for Historical Work.

One million five hundred thousand dollars is offered as q prize for a liter ary composition, the biggest prize of it's kind on record. The award will be Taade at St. Petersburg on December l. 1925. 10 the writer of the best his. tory of Alexander l. of Russia. Arakt- cheief, founder of the military colo nies of Novgorod, left a fortune Of 50.oo0 gold rubles (s25,75O) to provide for this unique prize. The prize giving day is the centenary of the Czar Alex. ander's death. by which time the money will, it is estimated. have in. creased to $2000.00O One-fourth of it will be used to defray the cost of publishing the work which wins the nrize
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Vale Now Free from Debt.

Yale university is free from debt, and has a balance of s62.000, after paying a floating debt of s456. .S04. The university has recently invested more than Sl,000000 in New York real estate, producing 41a per cent. and has bond investments worth s3.307.. 9Il.15 and stocks worth s5004 48232 At least a quarter million more could be realized on the bonds and stocks. The treasurer, Mir. Lee McClung, an nounces that the funds of the uniyer. sity reach ss,2254.492.45.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Old Wall Street Character Dead.

Van Schaick X Co, one of the old est stock brokerage houses in New York. have just lost their oldest and most famous customer Almost up to the time of his death few days ago he would drop in occasionally to ask MT. Gorham. Derby Crandall or Col Handy how the market was going. He kept in touch with the market not. withstandins his great age-95. Rus. sell Sage was one of his chums, and he used to make all manner of fun of the miser, who was nearly six years his junior. batting him on lhe back and calling him kid" little boy" ct.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Encourage ssvlnc.

The wise father and mother will never discourage the faneies Of their children for accommodating things. It is natural instinct. inborn in the most of people. and given a little thought and care by the older heads may be turned 10 good account. If the child begins to collect pretty" pebbles or shells al the sesshore don't throw them out-but jet them form the basis Of little geological col lection. and with proper guidance the youngster will soon se looking upon sticks and stones" with an interested and educated eye.
The Monticellonian., 1907-04-18
Town Belle Criticised.

A town belle got off the train at a small town between Atehison and To. peka last night, says Ed Howe. She shook hands with her left hand. wore a larger hat than the girls who met her, wore pretty loud clothes, chewed gum and when she hit the cinder plat form of her home town a lot of people grinned at her and said: Hello, there,' This town belle was not bad looking. but she couldn't keep her mouth closed even when she was not alking-Kansas City Journal