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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

It may be that some wiser man than he
Was left uncailed while Lincoln rose
20 lead.
Some other may have hao the wish to be
The glorious doer Of the splendid deed.
But lincoln faced the danger bore The
rtrc.
Nor was IL chance that raised him to
his heikit.
Because hts heart was dauntiess he was
there
And ready. when the morcnt came, 70
smite. % E. Kiscn
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
VIII Visit Mt. Pleasant.

On February 22nd the members of
the Art club and Womans club of this
city. will be the guests of the Woman's
club of Mt Pleasant The Mt. Pleas,
ant ladies are making plans for a royal
meeting and the Alma ladies are look
ing forward to tine event with a great
deal Of pleasure.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
Had a Merry Time.

notwithstanding the storm, the social
session which followed the regular
meeting OF Aims Chapter. @. f. S. last
Friday night was a pleasant success and
those who braved the elements had
merry time. Games were played and a
bountitul supper was served at small
tables. IL was nearly midnight when
goodbyes were said and the guests took
their departure
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11

II may be that some other in his place
Might have accomplished all ne did or
more.
Some other might with aii his strength
and grace
Have borne the mighty cares he brave
iy bore
Perhaps II chance Sad doomed him to re-
main
In deep obscurty through all his days
Some other might have had the heart 10
gain
A nations gratitude, a peoples praise.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
ENJOYABLE Reunion
Children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred San
derhOff Gather at Their Home.
IN THE CITY OF OWOss0
To Observe Formers Birthday Anniversary
Both Parents Are 80 Years Old.

Ore of the bappisst family gather
ings ever held in Owosso was enjoyed
Yesterday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Sanderhoff at their home,
5l4 North Dewey street. Today is
Mr.. SanderhoH's eightieth birthday
anniversary. Mrs Sanderhoff is a
few months past the eighty mile
stone. 1t is remarkable fact that
both are hale, bright. and hearty and
enjoy the use of all of their faculties
The reunion wass arranged ingen-
iouslv as surprise on Mr.. sander
hoff in honor of his birthday. All Of
his children with one exception. an,
their families began gathering Satur.
day at the home of L. A. Sander
Yesterday morning the happy ~ :"
over 15 in number. swoorSss
upon the old folks effecting Ss enough II
as complete as il was hap a.e. SCI
delightful dinner and sure
ed. a large portion of II
ing been prepared at the ,~EO
A. Ssnderhoff En-
The table was prettil
with flowers. and a purse
presented by their children
Mrs. Sanderhoff
Those present at the i'er
l.. A. Sanderhotf, and Ed
derhoh and ther families OF
Ernest Sanderhcff and family us1 -
inaw. Mrs. Harry Baughman and her
husbad of Albion, and Otto Sanderhoff
OF Alma. r. G.. Sanderhof of Cali
fornia. was the only missing member
of this family which has never been
broken by death in the immediate cir
Gle
Mr. and Mrs Fred SanderhoH have
made exemplary citizens in the twenty
wears they have resided in Owosso.
They came to this city from their
farm north of the city. in which
neighborhood they were also highly
esteemed. and where they had resided
for two decades or more. Both were
born and educated in = Germany. =
Oowsso Daily Argus. February sth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
The Annual KeelIna.

The annual meeting of the Alma
hoard Of Trade will be held on Tuesday
evening, February %. 1909. at 500
IN the city hall, Alma, Mich, for rho
purpose Of electing a board Of n
directors and the transaction Of such
other, business As may pf1perly come
before the meeting
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
The Boston Store.

M. Blumrosen has moved his stock
of merchandise from the Vermeuln
block to the store across the street. FOR
merly occupied by NJ. A. Medler The
stock is being arranged and when the
doors are thrown open to the public the
Boston Store will present al attractive
appearance.
The opening will occur on Satur-
day, February 18th, aud the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11

After listening to a ringing political
speech by Esquire Beasley of Ithaca,
the convention adjourned.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11

The following DELEGATES were pres-
ont from the several townships and
wards of the county:
Arcada-John Rush. Melvin Sharrsr
Alma-Thos. J. Clark. John Spin-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11

HIS is the one hun
dredth anniversary
OF the birth Of
Abraham Lincoln.
IL is A years since
the death Of Lin
coin. The men OF
his day and genera
ton have large
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
State Finances.

Birmingham Ledger
 few days since The Ledger wrote an article on state finances and alluded to the charge that the Hoke Smith administration had left a deficit in the Georgia treasury Since then The Dedger has received two well-written letters defending Governor Smith. and one of them asserts that he left more money in the treasury than his prede- cessor and other governors.
 The points The Ledger was making were not personal, but purely financial and moral It has become so customary to exploit the treasuries of states and cities that It has come to the point where officials take per sonal offense if public attention is called to an empty treasury.
 There is no need to use names or person alities. Wherever there Is an empty treas ury n is somebody's fault. Somebody has violated an oath of office when a deficit is made. Every official sweaFs to perform his duties honestly and faithfully. Right at this point The Ledger will not discuss the non esty of official who permits the expend- iture of more money than state has when he could prevent 1t by vote or a veto
 The point The Ledger makes Is that the public money is a public trust. man can not vote 1t away. either to make votes or tG pay real expenses, and then go further and spend more than the state has and keeI faith with that state, whether It be Georgia or Alabama. A deficit Is a crime. dis. tinct crime. that could not be created if all the officials observed their oath to dis charge their duties not only honestly, but in good faith, or faithfully, as the Ala bama oath Is worded.
 The same Is true of cities Officials whc cd not keep faith are guilty of violating their paths of office, Deficits do not come faithful. If they are faithful there would be no deficit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
THE EMPIRE OF INDIA XIII MANY GODS AND MANY cREEDS
Hr Fssdsrie J. Lia.Isp.

loyalty to the English during the mutiny, although they had been con-
 quered but few years befoTe, they
 have been rewarded by brevet appoint- ment as the police force of the Britt
 ish dominions of the Fact. They
 may be seen all over India end the East, wearing proud uniforms and ter- rfiying the petty offender. Their rec ligton Is practically the worship of the holy books of their founder. In theory they believe in one God. condemn idol htry. have no caste system. and pro- hibft *he use of tobacco and the out. ting of hair or beard. In practice, most of them adopt caste, claiming rank with the Brahmans. and consider themselves sect of the Hindus.
 The fAnimtsts are the aboriginal in- habitants of India who have lived in the jungies and wild places in the heart of the country for 5000 years without being swallowed up in the general Hindu system. Their religion is primitive, it conceives of man as passing through life surrounded by . ghostly company of powers, elements, and shapeless phantoms of which no Image can be made and no definite idea can be formed. It Is in reality noth- ing more than a dsmonology. and its worship is the propitiation of evil spir- It's by offering of bloody sacrifices. by making hideous noises and performing wild dances. Temples and priests have little share in their devotions. The Christian missionaries have made more headway among these people than any others in India.
 Hinduism, of course. is the dominant religion of the country. and 1t has col- ored and influenced all other faiths. The horrors of the Hindu practice have been ameliorated by British rule; wid- ows are no longer permitted to burn themselves alive on their husbands' pyres, mothers no longer throw their baby girls in the Ganges to feed the sacred crocodiles, and fanatics have no opportunity to sacrifice themselves under the wh cells of thet car of Jugger. naut. But for all that and despite the beautiful Theistic philosophy of the Brahmo Samaj and educated Hindus, the Hindu religion as practiced among the millions has no moral excuse for being, no redeerning feature-it Is un- speakably vile.
 Tpmorrow--The Empire of India. xIv--Tyranny of the Caste system. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Ensiishmen feel fessonabfx ssse. rhsv know that the Germans are tco unsportS. mennke % atrtke on q clear day.
 Let no one ssk such foolish question as s,,y wny include the army corps when the fio- ouehiyi The more thrills the better An sussestions for the destruction of the Brit ,sn empire overnight are welcome. A farm nand who fmagfnes he sees . dirigible is sood TOT columns without any editorial in- aS'ry aS ss so nov much bitter ale he consum-
 IL is easy for the outsider to take this tns humorous and satirical view: and it is ditncuit Tor him to adapt his imagination to suen staggering possibility as war between tnese two great natons The trade relations stock exchange would be given to powers oi uestruetion. The naval struggle on the North Sea would eclipse the battle of the sea or Japan as Trafalgar eciipsed the duel or the two buccaneerfng frisates.
 safe to say that every human being his daily life If Germany won, 400, 900, 900 people might change their sovereignty.
 india and all other great colonies might pc lost to England which would be plum ged a,no.s ,n nsnt . and reduced to the rank q Italy ny would lose her trade, and her people, so aependent upon exports would suffer dire Sounding opinions as you travel in Eng land and on the continent. you find few pie sooner or later. No rules except those of force will apply to such mighty disputants, you are told. England stands at the gate of her possessions and Germany advances The two peoples are being set against each other like terriers for mill; and 1t Is the respon- peting the alarms which the music halls ana the newspapers echo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Thls b My 44th Birthday
Uiy.se. 0. B. Pierce.

Rev. Dr. c. B. Pierce. who has been chosen as the new chaplain of the United States Senate, succeeding the and received his early education in the public schools of hls native city. Lat CT he attended Hillsdale College and then completed his collegiate eduea- tion at Harvard University. After leaving the university he entered the Unitarian ministry, and for several years he was the pastor of churches in Southern California. Two years ago he was called to the pastorate of the First Unitarian church in washington. of which President Taft Is a member. While the appointment of Dr. Pierce ns chaplain of the Senate Is only tenn" porary, 1t will probably be made per manent when Congress meets in reg ular- session next fall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1900.


 We are paIned to be informed that Houston, (Texas). needs hotel. We know 1t because The Post says so. and if The Post doesn't know. who does? Answer that. if you can. We don't know whether visitors to the little town put up at the car-shed or bunk with the citizens. but we do know that The Post says they need hotel. and it ss to be hoped that some venturesome capitalist will go over there and sup ply the need. He might perhaps safe Iy invest several thousand dollars in such an enterprise if he has 1t to spare and is willing to take some risks. We are bound to infer from the fact that they are in need of a hotel that the home people who have money do not care to invest 4n that way. else The Post would not be calling on some- body to come to the relief of the town We respectfully suggest to our contem- porary that they get up an organiza- tfon of live men. if they have such and let the watchword be: Houston Needs Hotel"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
A GREAT SCIENTIST GONE.

Among the many Americans who have attained eminence and honor In the broad fields of science but few. and very few. have reached more deserV- edly high place than Professor simon Newcomb who died in Washington last Sunday in the 75th year of his age. For Professor Newcomb was in its broad est sense what we call American" although his birthplace was Nova Sco- tia. where he was born in March, 1S35' but he came to the United States when but eighteen years old and from that period he was in all respects one of our people.
 Like many others who have sue ceeded in life. his success was large W due to his own exertions His fla ther was poor schoolteacher who was unable to give the boy any of inc advantages of scholastic life' except merest rudimentary education. As hoy he worked on farm, and always admitted that he made a poor job Of if. for he had neither taste nor talent for the work. Later he was appren- ticed to a doctor "hoHi H0 iS' as a charlatan. and evidently the po- sition was not congenial, for when only IS years of age he ran away and came to this country, where he taught school a year or two. In the meantime he was fortunate enough to attract the atten- ton of Professor Joseph Henry. Secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institute, and one of the best informed men of this or any other country.
 It was the mathematical talents of young Newcomb that first attracted Professor Henry, and he gave the boy place as "computor" on the United States National Almanac, which was then being published at Cambridge. Here the young man worked, and af- ter a time was enabled to enter the Scientific Department of the Lawrence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
GREENWOOD

Heard on a street car: Havs leu
 Is s1 see the srs ths things--of course I wouldn't firt for the
 worid--(or The Journal either. for
 that matter)--but me and Ella was
 and two of the cutest boys was on the third seat back and--weH, you
 know how 1t is--we tried not to notice 'em but they kept singing songs and he had such beautifui eyes--I seen a 1 cute one in the ten cent store yester- day--have you been to the Majestic l this week--yes-no--of course-who they nsvsr viii catch Leon Ling--them Chinese Masons has him hid out some where--all Chinamen look alike to me well, the papers Is still printing Thaw--ioofs iRUSt ike they % Would get tired sometimes, don't it--I wonder who got that suit case--well. the Legislature will meet now in few days-are you Ing me the cutest waist--hope to have down from Birmingham-what are we waiting on--I hate for car to stop hu1ry~I q feel ike ike suing suing the company you going to the dance tonight--oh. I could 5es die waltzing-honey. got a corn that is giving me heil--oh. I hOP0 thdb CJHuuJtOI uiuH hCdE ttS- he's nice looking, ain't he--weil the nerve of that woman--asking that con- ductor not to charge anything for that boyEwhy he's got mustache--and years--umph-oh. the mischief--I can't sS ss a it. thing with my hair since ! wash Tsetse fly Is that 1t looks like cross between a typographical error and a speeze.
 Where, oh where is that suit case? And where Is Leon Ling? Maybe sometime--say Judgment Day
 Wen know the truth. by jing. Pin your faith to 15 cent cotton next fall. oh farmers And may your faith
 Standard oil has pepared q butter
 which 1t guarantees not to become rancid. We have our doubts. however; honorable order of Show Mes" from the State of Missouri. ~ Roosevelt expects to capture what Is known as a dig-dig antelope. Oh Teddy will dance a jig. jig, jig. Unles he makes that dig dig dig. + !.
 Now If cotton will only rise as high as Wright aeroplane. the farmers will be satisfied.
 Revision upward or
 Revision down.
 The public still
 | Will prove the clown.  One thousand saloons have gone out of business in Texas. But think of | the vast number that are still left? Man deferred suicide the other day until after he had eaten a liberal por- | tion of fried chicken. If 1t was the
 kind of fried chicken the saintiy board ing houses of MagniA"-" itgomery place before = and con- te-, +f hHa -u-.s oia'Le him.
 al. rom the
 r- ae and yet
 -+rs . ..~ - fs 4..4 T., IS.
 ...
 -,ar' 4' s0 .tt fay. But wpn CT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
EnElnnd,s BoGle.

Frederick Palmer in Golfers.
 Who ever heard of a wiry, exeitable Ital- ian having nervous prostration? The worst kind of a case is that of a reserved, calm man. He lacks the salty valve of ges- ticulatory expression. He explodes.
 For centuries the British have enjoyed 2 reputation for phlegm. They are supposed never to get excited except in telling other peoples how to keep cool. Even now It ooet not occur to them that they are hysterlcaI Haven't they been living in a state or siege and supense for six months? They thenk oi themselves as exhibiting stony stolclsm Tn the face of conditions which would make the mercurial Frenchman. the vociferous German and the emotional American col lapse.
 Every foggy morning. with face blanched but sternly set the commuter starts for London which he knows may sink oetore his eyes under a shower of dynamite from an aerial flotilla secretly made in Germany Every foggy morning. undaunted. the milk men enter the streets of Dover expecting to encounter a dozen German army corps land ed overnight. When the weather Is tair'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17

Another fool law against personal he- erty has been knocked out. this time In the State of Washington. We have heretofore alluded to the law against cigarettes enacted by the Legislature Of that State not long ago. It was one of the most drastic efforts at regula- ton ever attempted by any State, so far as we have knowledge. It not only prohiblted the manufacture and sale or cigarettes but any man caught smoking one. or even having them in his posses sion, was liable to arrest and punish ment. The Supreme Court has de- clared the law unconstitutional. as 1t plainly ought to have done. Pity they could not also decide that those who enacted the law were @ set of lunatics. That might have had good enect on ..refawm" cranks in other States who think law can regulate and control everything and everybody. Such les sons as the Washington court deliV- cred are salutary and needfuI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Absent-Minded. is He,

SOtumpia Breeze.
 Our esteemed fellow citizen. Col. P. c. Thompson. like. great many other smart men. is somewhat absent minded. A short while ago he volunteered to take young Prof. Smith to Camp Springs where he was to teach school. After they had been travelling long enough to reach their desti- nation, they came to a number of houses and Prof. Smith asked the Colonel If that was Camp Springs The oClonel looked around and said no, they were entering some distance further off. Some one was telling that on the Colonel and this joke called to mind the time when he went to dress. He put on his dress shirt first and his undershirt on top of that and then he looked all over the house for his shirt and finally went into the drawer for another one. These seemed bad enough, but he said one time he went a long trip into the country in his road cart and on his way got out to get a drink of water. he carefully put his umbrella away and after he had quench- ed his thirst he got in the cart and went onh Is way rejoicing.
 After travelling several miles he happened to think about his umbrella and commenced looking for 1t. Searching the road cart thor oushly and not finding 1t, decided he had left 1t at the spring. He retraced his steps and when he was getting out to make . thorough search he discovered the umbrella in his hand raised, where it had been ever since he got back in the cart after setting hts water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
The Garden of Eden in The Light of
 The New Physics.

current l@lteTaluTe.
 Of all the results of the physical in- vestigations and radioactive discoveries of recent years, none is more remark able, according to the distinguished Professor Frederick Soddy. lecturer in physical chemistry and radtoactivity at the University of Glasgow. than the new aspect imparted to the story of the fall of man and the garden of Eden. It Is difficult to resist the in- ference that the Biblical account of Adam and Eve rests upon a foundation far more scientific than has hitherto been suspected. this idea being sup ported more and more. as Professor Soddy believes. by the widening appli- cations of tne latest interpretation of radium. It Is true, adds Professor Soddy, that some of the beliefs and legends which have come down to us from antiquity are universal and deep-rooted that we are accustomed to consider them almost as old as the race itself One Is tempted today, on the other hand. to inquire how far the unsupported aptness of some of these beliefs and savings to the point of view so recently disclosed in physics Is the result of mere chance or coinci- dence and how far 1t may be evidence of a wholly unknown and unsuspected ancient civilization of which all other relic has disappear'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Hours Romance Annulled.

A romance of less than an hours duration, into which brief space of time were crammed the wooing. the marriage, the inheritance of $3.500 worth of property. and a separation. and in which record-breaking trans action Miss Lucinda Bush of Chicago and a Kaukaura man figured as prin- cipals. cams to light Saturday. al. though 1t transpired here fourteen years ago on April last Upon the application of Miss Bush, Judge Good land this afternoon annulled her mar riage to John Russell, which name the groom assumed at the time of the marriage.
 The couple separated immediately after the marriage and neither had since seen the other until they met In the court room here today.
 According to the story as related in court, Miss Bush. in order to receive s3.500 worth of property, which she was promised as soon as she became a bride, stopped the man on street in Appleton and asked him to marry her He did, but under the assumed name of John Russell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
POLITICAL.

According to The New Haven Jour nal-Courier (Ind. Rep.) Connecticut may be counted on to cast her vote against an amendment to the ConstE- tuition looking to the establishment of Federal income tax.
 A petition is in circulation In Hav- erhiii, Mas, for the recall of the Mayor and several other officials. The reason assigned is that the officers in question have not kept their promise to bar politics from the municipal adminis- tration.
 views as unfair the proposed tax on corporation earnings. and would pre- fer an income measure. It says: An individual makes money in his busi- ness. yet is not to be taxed on his profits. A .partnership makes money in its busirfess and obtains large div idends from the earnings, yet is not ness conducted in the name of a cor poration is to pay the tax"
 Commenting on President Taft's dec- laration at Yale That if the Republic can Party failed f8 live up to It's prom ises 1t would be9.relegated to TO- sition like that oE his Majesty's Oppo- says: This Is true. Defeat will come to any party which does not keep in administration and legislation the promises of platform and campaign. The Republican Party faces a respon- sibility more direct and immediate than CT. President Taft himself did much to create this direct responsibility. He was explicit in his promises, and out- spoken in his pledges"