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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
"I MUCH PREFER THAT YOU KEEP THEM
ON ME-"

IT MUCH PREFER THAT YOU KEEP THEM
ON Me-
not TO be- The excitement Of this in
terview"-
Madeleine said musingly:
at was exciting, wasn't it-trying to
remember all the things you told me?"
Aunt Marguerite shook her head
little obviously.
"He was very daring" she COM
mented. THE next interview must be
less agitating."
Madeleine had sunk back among the
cushions. She said at length thought
fully and a bit sleepily:
81 think Cousin Raoul is very nice
and interesting. But I'm not agitat-
ed, Aunt Marguerite l think / shall
like him very much. Perhaps 1 shall
like him sometime next to my father
and you and Father O'Mara and old
Louise ] suppose l ought TO after
awhile. He was very interesting when
he spoke Of that She turned on
her elbow and looked at her aunt
"Aunt Marguerite, did you ever feel
that way he said?"
"Such topics" returned Aunt Mar
guerite shortly, "are not for the young"
"But NJ. Raoul isn't young"
at was indicate of him to mention
it."
Madeleine was silent for a moment.
At length she said slowly, drowsily:
"He is quite an old gentleman. isn't
he:"
Her aunt went to her, bending over
and smoothing her tumbled hair.
Child" she said gently, ''you are
tired. You walked too far"
Madeleine de Valette stretched her
slender limbs out upon the great seat.
One delicate little arm was thrown
above her head. She yawned. She
said sleepily:
IN. Raoul de valette is quite an old
gentleman'-she yawned again-''isn't
he?"
And by and by she slept.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
How to Cure Eczema, PimpleS, and
Ddndfuff

We desire to say that when we took
the agency for ZEMO, we were convinc-
ed that it was valuable remedy for
Eczemo, pimples, and dandruff. Yet
We must frankly admit that Zemo has
far exceeded our expectations as a treat
ment for skin diseases. We are pleased
to state that we shall continue the
agency as ZEMO has given splendid
results wherever recommended. Our
customers like ZENIG too, because it is
a clean vegetable liquid for external
use.
ZEMO effects its cures by drawing to
the surface OF the skin and destroying
the germ life that causes the disease.
leaving the skin clear and healthy. It
does not soil the clothing or linen and
can be used freely on infants.
With every purchase we give booklet
on skin diseases explaining in simple
words how any person can be cured at
home of any form of skin or scalp
diseases by this clean. scientific remedy.
Grover Bros, Druggist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21

She nodded. "Just q little while
ago." she replied.
"Wlll you give me one?" he asked.
a bit diflident.y.
She replied, in emphasis rs his own:
81 should say l would"
She plucked from the mass upon the
table q rose. rendering it to him.
after you've seen my father, will
you have to go home?" she asked.
Eyes" he answered. I'll have to
take the answer to n letter."
"But you'll come back again?"
"Yes, / will"
"Can you come back this very day."
.NaS"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21

seriously, thoughtfully, "before you'll
be quite an old gentleman, won't it."
He said boyishly:
"Why, no. I'm twenty already"
you're twenty years old" she
repeated, marveling.
"And," he went on, "I'll be twenty
one in less than year."
But" she protested, you're only
twenty now. I'll be twenty in less
than three years."
"Then," he said impressively, 81 am
just three years older than you Well,
i think a man ought to be three years
older than q woman"
She asked, little troubled:
Every much olderY'
"well," he returned judicially, "eh
three or four years"
She turned toward the window.
isn't it lovely out In the sun
foday?" she asked.
IL came pretty fast" he said. 81
Ialloped all the way"
Ibid you?" she cried ooh, what
color is your horse?"
''Come look at It,"
"Oh," she cried eagerly, "some time
will you let me ride it?''
81 should say wodldv' he assented
emphatically. There were flowers on
the table. He stopped suddenly. see
ing them.
Ibid you pick these fowersT he
said
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
Worse Than Bullets

Bullets have often caused less suffer.
ing to soldiers than the eczema l.. w.
Hartman, Burlington, Me-, got in the
army, and suffered with forty years.
But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me
when all else failed" he writes.
Greatest healer of sores, ulcers, boils
burns, cuts, woudds bruises and piles.
25c at Wheaton q Sons. IN
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21

"And tomorrow. too|' she persisted.
evil you come tomorrow, too, per-
haps?"
Tomorrow" he repeated; then.
with sudden gloom. "No, can't come
tomorrow"
"Why?" she queried.
He said slowly:
Its a secret"
"But." she cried brightly, "you can
come the day after"
For q moment he was silent Then
he said abruptly:
"Do you always wear white dress
like that?"
She asked wistfully:
"Do you like it,"
cts wonderful" he cried. "I think
all women in the world ought to wear
white dresses: And you always wear
q white dress-like that?"
She said lightly:
"Well, until after I'm married to
Raoul."
He started back from her, eyes wide,
lips apart. He said slowly, almost
dazedly:
r-you're-married"
She nodded. Yes" she replied
casually She was not looking at him
now. you see, I'm to be married to
my cousin"
"You mean it," he asked. He could
not quite believe.
She responded cheerfully.
'Its all arranged. NJ. Raoul IS quite
an old gentleman. | have just met
him. He is very pleasant"
you're promised?"
"Why, yesr She spoke with faint
surprise. To her it was quite matter
of course. She was very young-she
did not know.
He looked at her for long moment.
eyes fixed upon her. At length he
said, in the bitter resignation that is
of youth:
"That's all. then"
She asked apprehensively:
"All what?'
He said slowly-very slowly:
"All of everything"
"You don't mean she began quick
ly.
He swung around sharply.
''Its the last time shall come here"
he declared.
"But why?' she asked.
81 said that 1t was secret why /
couldn't come tomorrow" he returned
bitterly. "But now can tell you. It's
because I'm going TO the war"
An involuntary little cry left her
quivering lips.
"Our company marches tonight"
"You mustn't go!' she exclaimed
tensely. Il dent want you to gov'
"And now l hope that | won't come
back He turned away.
She cried strickenly:
you're angry with mev'
"No, I'm not"
eyes, you are" she asserted, Tor you
wouldn't go away. You wouldn't even
say that you were going. You're an
cry. What have / done? 1t was all
I'm n breath-swift, broken.
He cried with bitterness, turning on
her:
"Do you think want to come back
TO find you married.
"But how can | help that" she
asked TREMENDOUSLY. 81 must be obedi-
snt. always have been obedient."
She was before him. eager, agonized,
protesting. But he was obdurate. The
iron had bitten deep. He said slowly:
81 can't even see you again-never"
A daadlxy no11nr h..
girls face. The words of her new
found friend and admirer came to her
as a distinct shock
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
He cried breathlessIy:
"Oh. pardon. pardonw

He cried breathlessIy:
"Oh. pardon. pardon"
She said IN hushed voice Of great
wonder:
81 thought you were in my dreams"
He took step back. embarrassed,
fingers clutching his hat.
Ell came to see Mr.. de Valette,"
he said awkwardly. Il am Mr.. Roder-
lex Steele's son, Gilbert Steele. My
father has written to Mr.. de Valette.
IL am here by appointment"
"Your name is Gilbert?" she asked.
Eyes"
She said gravely as she rose and
faced him:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
D. Chapter W
sGzi y w

all the 1ullneSS OF lie at ltS IulI
III in the utter joy of life that
I'LL comes to boys Of twenty newly
freed from that eXacting task
mistress education, Gilbert Steele
threw loose the reins upon the with
Ier;s of his mount and let the dainty
bay have her will. She shook her
head, curvetting, making great pretense
of fear at blowing leaf or swinging
moss. And he laughed in sympathy
with her mood, riding erect, 1.-THE, his
well set up body swaying to her every
move.
Down the old road they Sped His
eyes caught frequent vista of bayou
and marsh and meadow and some
times the spreading sweep of the river
beyond. Now and again he bent to
avoid swaying branch or dead gray
cluster of Spanish moss.
At length he came TO the head of
the old live oak avenue that led to the
great house that was his destination.
He swung his mare around the huge
old post and sped forward. At length
he could see the house.
He dismounted. There was no one
about, so he tied his horse and mount
ed the crumbling steps.
Coming to the door, he knocked.
There was no answer. He knocked
again and again and again. 1t was an
important mission that he was on.
Surely some one must be about He
hesitated for q moment, then, thrust
ing the door open, entered.
1t was an old room and very somber
He could see no one in it,
He called:
"Mr. de Valette. Mr. de valette!
Mr.. de Valettev' No one answered.
Then suddenly he saw asleep ,on a
mahogany sofa by the fireplace a girl
He turned to tiptoe from the room.
But then he had never seen before a
girl quite like her-so delicate, so
fragile Of such perfect beauty. There
was within him something that made
him stop. He stopped. There was
something within him that babe him
go very silently to her and to look at
her more closely-she, so wonderful.
And he went to her silently, obeying
that within him, and looked, bending
over the high back Of the great seat.
Yes, she was beautiful-very-and more
Wonderful far than he had thought
The lips half parted--red lips-and be-
-
tween them teeth of perfect whiteness.
Her hair was of brown gold, and the
sun was in II. And her cheek was
like the pink of seashell. He looked,
wondering, deep in the depth Of adj
miration that comes of that wonder
ment.
She stirred a little. He knew that
ne should go. But there was within
him something that would not let him,
10 he stayed At length she stirred;
wonderful eyes of violet opened. They
looked at him. a tiny white hand
rose. fluttered. then went toward him.
touching his coat
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
POSTMATER EXAMINA.
ton
Saturday April %. 1910.

Saturday April 23. 1910.
The United States civil service COM
mission announces that on the date
named above an examination will be
held ut Alma. Michigan. as result
of which it IN expected to make certi-
ication TO fill a contemplated vacancy
in the position Of fourth class post
master at Riverdsle. Michigan. and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21

TFT7'
"o1sul Norton of Chemnitz, Ger.
", says that public recognition of
anto is steadily advancing in
many; general attention is awak-
1ol 10 its trade value; great weight
Icing laid on its use by the blind,
ut the number Of publications
~ able for their use can be notably
oreased and that a million or more
sople are using the language. The
csi master-general of the United King
ON has admitted Esperanto on the
ame footing as modern European Ian
r7ges for use In telegraphing and the
apsnese minister of foreign affairs
has advised his countrymen to master
he language
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
Financial Problem.

Make your outgo At your income"
said the millionaire. But If you have
so arranged matters that my income
has been diverted to YOURSELF" con.
tinued the anxious inquirer. How.
ever the millionaire had no more ac
vice to give.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
SQUATTER RIGHTS

Squater rights on national forests
recognized. Not to bs released until
Thursday. March "a.
Secretary Wilson has Just issued an
order providing for more liberal
treatment of bona fide squatters upon
unsurveryed land which has been in
cluded within National forests since
the time of actual occupancy of the
land by the squatter.
Under the homestead law it is i'm
possible for any one to secure legal
little to unsureveyed public land. but
occupancy pending survey is recognized
as giving a prior claim to the land
after survey. under what is known as
squatter S right. A squatter who had.
in good faith taken possession of
piece of national forest land before the
national forests were created is not
dispossessed of his claim by the. forest
service. and if he lives upon it and
cultivates it until the land has been
surveyed. he ia able to get his home
stead just as though he had settled on
any part of the :. unsurveyed public
domain. But since the passage of
Act of June II. 1906, which permits
the secretary of agriculture to list for
settlement laid which he finds chiefly
valuable for agriculture. it has. been
possible for squatters to, applv for the
of Lo. To, oot
and thus to obtain title prior TO the
government survey The object of the
new order of the secretary is, to pro-
vide for the listing of the foil amount
of land which the occupant would
receive if he exercised his option of
awaiting the government survey.
irrespective of whether or not the en-
tire area is cultivated. provided the
claim is bona fed and the land is lot
more valuable for its timber than for
agriculture.
:. Secretary Wilson'S order is as fol-
lows: - $780,.
"a person. who has settled upon and
continuously occupied uusurveyed
lands within national forest before its
creation and is at the present time
occupying such lands in good faith
and is in all respects complying with
the homestead law. has the right to
include with the lines of his home
stead 100 aces after the land is sur
viewed. Therefore, if the land is
occupied for agricultural purposes and
is not more valuable for its tim BEL
than for such purposes, and there are
no circumstances which would in the
opinion of the district forester tend to
discredit the bona tides of the claimant
tion for the patenting of such lands
under the act of June IL. 1906. and the
examination for listing should be made
with a view of listing 100 acres where
possible. The tracts as listed should
conform as practicable TO the form Of
public land SURVEYS The listing of
lands as above should not in any way
govern the determination of the total
area or amount of non-cultivatable
and listed for applicants under the
Act of June IL. 1906. who were not
residing upon the land before the crea-
tion of the forest
sin cases where less than 100 acres
has been listed to person who settled
upon the land prior to the creation of
the forest. an additional area sufficient
to complete the homestead entry may
be allowed uron proper application.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
The Bamboo for Poppy Growers.

1t is proposed that the punishment
for those who cultivate poppy without
license will be between light and
heavy bamboo and Punishment in &C.
cordance with the area of the ground
OF cultivatiop.-Shanghai Mercury.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
Ian Nature,s Weaknesse,

IL don't mind Mrs. Gigshaw MAKING
fun of the way talk" said Mrs. Lap
sling, forg' yingIy. 'Jt's only her way.
We've ali got our little peculiarities
and idionockrasies." - Chicago Tri.
hume.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
LOCAL MARKETS

The following market quotations ere
corrected every Thursday morning:
GRAIN.
Wheat-No. white, 81 90; No red
$l.O0.
Oats--3Sc
Shelled corn-60c.
Beans-Hand picked, nAr bu. Sl.75.
Rye-70c.
Buckwheat-$l.2 20 per 100 lbs.
HAY.
No. Timothy-s12. 90.
Mixed-$11. 90.
Clover-No. l, $1,000 per ton
Straw-s5.0O
GLOVER SEED.
June-$5.00 TO $5.50 per bushel.
Alsyke-$6.0O to $3.50 per bushel.
Mammoth-S5.O0 to $50 per bushel.
Timothy-l.75 per bushel.
LIVE STOCK.
Eogs-$9.00 per cwt
BeefCattle-S4 TO 5000 per cwt.
Sheep-S4.00 per cwt.
Lambs-$7 per cwt.
Veal Calves-6
DRESSED MEATS.
Beef-l0c @ l2c per pound.
Hogs-1l.90 per cwt.
Mutton-9c per pound.
Veal Calves - &c per pound
POULTRY, HIDES, ETC.
Young Chickens, large-12 Lee.
Hens, large fat-llc per pound.
Ducks, young-10c per pound.
Geese, alive-I1 per pound.
Fat Turkeys, alive-lSc per ID
Beef Hides-7c per pound,
Horse Hides-S2 a. 3 90.
Deacon Skins-25c.
Calf Skins-9c per pound.
Tallow-5c TO DC per pound.
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC
Potatoes-l5c and 20c per bushel.
PRODUCE.
Butter-2S per pound.
Eggs-l9c per dozen.
Lard-1Sc per pound.
Honey-13c per pound.
The next Gratiot County Pomona will
be held with Star grange May 2lst. Z.
w. Oviatt, an up-to-date farmer near
Raw Civ will give the addresS in the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21
Burden the Farmer Bears

According to a Cornell university
professor. insect pests cost the farm
ers of the country over 100000 900 q
year
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-21

The next Gratiot County Pomona will
be held with Star grange May 2lst. l..
w. Oviatt, an up-to-date farmer near
Bay City will give the address in the
afternoon. Every one cordially invited
to attend. Watch for the program.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-30

% DESCRIPTIONS:
Republican, one year, in advance 800.
On Time. 15O
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-30

know who he was and why he had been
selected to champion MIR. Stuart as the
friend of the laboring man. Yates had
given glowing accounts of how Mr..
Stuart had slways treated the men who
worked for him. If this constituted an
issue in the campaign, it was made one
by your Democratic friend, Mr.. Yates
and your Democratic newspapers that
gave his letter such prominence.
You and yours. Mr.. Roanoke Times.
are the ones who have been springing
the sensations in this campaign. The
Republicans have been sticking to facts;
and you are persistently trying to be-
cloud those facts by blurring the vision
of your readers.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-30
WHISPERS AND SHOUTS.

The Roanoke Times is apparently
very much disappointed at not being
able to formulate plans of campaign for
the Republicans of the Ninth. After
vainly trying to saddle upon us plans
that were evolved from its own vivid
imagination, such as restoration of
negro supremacy, THE Great Trunk
Issue" and others of Democratic crea-
ton, it now tries to insinuate that the
Republicans are conducting a campaign
of whispers, while the Democrats are
shouting. This is about as far removed
from fact as the other plans which our
, Roanoke contemporary labored SO in
dustriously to fasten upon US.
The Republicans have boldly but not
shoutingly presented their objections to
Mr.. Stuart as public man; and it is
untrue that they are trying to defeat
him by whispers of falsehood. Upon
the other hand the Democrats are trv.
ing to draw attention from his objec-
tionable record by shouting falsehood
that the Republicans are attacking
Stuart for helping to destroy the negro
as dangerous power in politics. This
shout Is doubiy false in that Mr.. Stuart
has not done what the Democrats claim
he did. He did help to destroy the vot-
ing power of the negroes, but he helped
to transfer the most important power
of the negroes, the representation pow
er, to the Democratic oligarchy which
the Times so faithfully serves
The Republicans are defantly stand
ing by the record of their party, as
made by the present administration
and by the representative record of Mr..
Slemp. The Times says that honesty
and courage do not go about in gum
shoes" And we say that honesty and
courage are not evidenced by shouts
and professions. Your Virginia Demo-
Gratis were shouting their honesty and
courage when they were bribing scoun-
drels and thugs to steal ballots, forge
returns and bulldoze the weak and help
less. Loud professions of honesty and
courage are always the most unreliable.
Just keep on shouting if you want to.
The sturdy people of the Ninth District
know how to value your shouts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-30
THE ADMINISTRATION VICTORIOUS.

Only few weeks ago the opposition
press was direfully predicting that Pres
ident Taft would be defeated in his eff
forts ID secure from Congress such
legislation as was needed and had been
promised by the Republicans. Now
the press reports unite in declaring that
Congress has adjourned with a record
for useful legislation that seldom if
ever has been equaled. In the list for
which the administration contended and
which have been passed by Congress
are the following:
striking revision of the railroad
laws, including the creation of a Com
merce Court.
Admitting Arizona and New Mexico
as separate States.
Authorizing the establishment of nos
tai savings banks.
Giving to the President unlimited
authority to withdraw public lands for
SVhoe1NaSiOn purposes.
Providing for publicity of campaign
contributions.
Authorizing the issue of $40, 900. 900
In certificates of indebtedness to COM
plete reclamation projects.
Creating bureau of mines.
Extending the activities of the tariff
board and appropriating $3.50, 900 for its
use.
Looking to the suppression of traffic
in white slaves
Authorizing the entry of the surface
of coal lands.
creating commission to consider
economics in the administration of the
Federal government.
Providing a new tariff system for the
Philippine Islands.
Legislation which ultimately is ex.
pccted to give practical prohibition tc
the Hawaiian islands"
Only very small number of meas.
ures which had the sympathy of the ad.
ministration failed of passage. So, the
Democrats are again disappointed, and
the Republican administration emerges
from the battle victorious over political
enemies and recalcitrant friends.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-06-30

the open avowal that it was done to
take it from the Republicans, and in vio-
lation Of the very constitution they pro-
feSsed to have made for the purpose of
freeing themselves from dishonest prac-
tees. Our Roanoke contemporary has
not yet been able to so shape its consci-
ence as to defend this last mentioned
crime of the Virginia Democracy.
1t would be well for our Roanoke con-
temporary to remove the beam that
fills the eye of its own party in Virginia
before raising such an outcry abo1t the
mote it claims to have discovered in the
eye Of the Republican party in West
Virginia. And we would suggest to the
Times that before further pointing to
West Virginia to warn the electorate of
the Ninth district, it should direct atten-
ton to two other States, Kentucky and
Tennessee, that also border on the Ninth
District, as a warning. Tell the peo-
pie, dear friend, what the Goebel De-
mocracy and Patterson Democracy have
done in those two States to purify cleo
tons. And tell US why it is that such
staunch Democratic newspapers in Vir-
GINA as the Richmond Times Dispatch
and the Bristol Herald Courier are
clamoring for the overthrow of the
Regular Democracy" in Tennessee.
And why are you not uniting with them
in this laudable clamor?