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Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
Do Ghosts Haunt Swamps?

No. Never. It's foolish to fear fancied evil. when there are real and deadly perils to guard against in swamps and marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These are the malaria germs that cause ague, chills and fever, weakness, aches in the bones and muscles and may induce deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters destroys and casts out those vicious germs from the blood. Three bottles drove all the malaria from my system" wrote wm. FreIwell, of Lucama, N. C., "and I've had fine health ever since" Use this safe, sure remedy only. soc at all druggists.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
TO ATTEND CLUB.

A number of Mesa ladies motored over to Phoenix yesterday to attend a meeting of the Woman's Club. The party consisted of Mesdames w. s. Dorman, Jesse F. Kelly, George Scott. E. w. Hanna and J. G. Spangler. They went over in the Dorman car with Mrs. Dorman at the wheel
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
One Conductor Helped Back to Work.

MT. Milford Adams is his name, and he writes: T was confined to my bed with chronic rheumatism and used two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy with good effect. The third bottle put me on my feet and I resumed work as con- ductor on the Lexington, Ky. Street Railway. It will do all you claim in cases Of rheumatism" It clears the blood of uric acid. Elvey & Hulett, quality druggists.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
WILL VISIT IN TUCSON.

Mrs. w. J. Kingsbury IS planning to leave in a day or two for Tucson for a visit of a couple of weeks with her sister During her absence. her place in the Farmers and Merchants bank will be filled by l.. M. Henderson, who made Tempe his home during a part of last winter and has since been in Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
GONE TO IOWA.

w D. Avery and daughter. Mrs Minnie Paschal. left yesterday for their old home in Iowa. The remains of Mrs. Avery, who died a few weeks ago, will be shipped back to the old home for interment.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
HIGH SCHOOL MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of the union high school board, was held Mon day evening. Aside from the auditing and paying of the regular monthly bills and the transaction of routine business little of interest was done
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
RETURNS FROM SCHOOL.

Roy Buck, who has been attending school in Kansas City the past winter, returned to Tempe the first of the week and will remain here during the sum- mer, returning to school again in the early fall
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
EAST FOR SUMMER.

Elihu Rowand and family left last evening for Aurora, Mo, where they will spend the summer, returning to Tempe in the early fall. Mrs. Rowand has been in rather i'll health lately and the change is being made in the hope that she will benefit by it.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12

Foley Kidney Pills contain in con- 'centrated form ingredients of estab- lished therapeutic value for the relief and cure of all kidney and bladder ail- ments. Foley Kidney Pills are anti septic, tonic and restorative. Refuse substitutes. Elvey & Hulett, quality druggists.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
MESA
DR. WILBUR ILL

Dr E. w Wilbur. president of the Wilbur Realty Co. and one of the board of governors of the Water Users association, is confined to his home on account of illness.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
HOGHE IN MESA,

l.. NJ Hoghe, chairman of the
 board of supervisors. came over from Phoenix yesterday and spent quiet day visiting with friends in Mesa.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
TRACK MEET SATURDAY.

The next track meet to be held in
 Tempe will take place next Saturday i on the high school grounds between
 the high school of this place and the Indian school
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12

will tell the truth about the pole" Following Dr. Cooks lecture will come Ash Davis, sketch artist and entertainer, the Star Male quartet, Carter's Jubilee singers. and Lou J. Beauchamp. the humorous philosopher on the 24th. 26th. 2Sth and 29th. All
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
THE WEATHER.

The report of the weather cbserva- tions taken by Superintendent Sim mons of the date orchard for the week ending April 9th. is as follows:
 TDr,,nnra tl,ra- CEaracter
Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
LATEST LOCAL POST CARD
 VIEWS

Also Roosevelt Dam-One cent each Watch our north window for further reduction in prices on many novelties
 GooDWINs NOVELTY STORE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
Service every Sabbath at 1880 a. m
sabbath school at 1890 a. m.
DANIEL WOOD, Elder.

The Record is again compelled to
call the attention of its friends to the
fact that we cannot use anonymous
communications The Record like all
other newsp .pers welcomes tie opin-
ions of its readers and only asks that
the writer sign his or her name to
the communication. The Record
will not publish the authors name UNI
less so desired but we must know
who our correspondent is. We were
compelled last week 10 omit a strong
communication bearing on the recent
school bonding proposition. We
should have been only too glad to
have used the article had we known
the author. To refuse to publish COM
munications unless signed by the wri-
ter is an imperative rule iE all news
paper Offices. Send us your commu-
nications, but sign them with your
own name, and the same will be used
and your name withheld if desired.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

q. NJ. Jones and VT To b. John
son, lot l and pit 2, blk TO-
Sumner ................... 900
O. f. Mey and wi to J. s.
Beery and VT, lots and s, blk
5, Smith add, ST Louis -. 400
b. +. Smith to c. H. Miller,
Il Of NV 2S, Elba. 57S5
{. IL. Apple and wi 10 g. A.
Mead, ne of sc and pit sc OF
sc 10, Fulton. ............... 6lOO
Nj. Smith to ]. s. Beery and WI,
pit / % blk 8, pit 10, blk 3,
Smith add, St. Louis ......... 1900
w. +. Townsend and VT to II.
+. Willie and VT, lot 3, blk Is,
Middleton ................... $50
G. Hoyt and WI to r. G. Wright
and WI, pit sw Is, Pine River. 1925
+. A. Benham to +. b. Street,
lots s, o, and 10, blk B, n. f.
Ithaca ................... 225
c, G. Willoughby ct al to c.
Markham and WI, lot 80, Pom
pen observation-disclosures. 500
NJ. Hopkins and WI to A. J.
Slaughter and WI, pit Sc of sc
10. Wheeler .............. $50
O. c. Andrews ct al to NJ: J
McVeigh, pit NV 30, Sumner. 700
+. II. Weston and WI to J
Weldner, lots and ,, blk /.
Sutin add Bannister. ........ 100
c. A. Crane to G. +. Bassett
and WI, ne of ne and pit Sc OF
ne 81. Lafayette ............ 5000
J. Hopkins and WI 10 c. w. Brad
ford and WI pit ne of ne 20,
Wheeler ................... S25
c. Mittelstadt and WI to w
Purdy, pit sw % and pit Sc %.
Wheeler Observation-Disclosures. 1900
A. y. Montgomery to x. /. Ran
dali and WI, lot I. blk rs, Mid
dlcton ................... 400
J. \. Brodcbeck ct al TO W. Zim-
norman and VT, pit lots / and
=. blk /, n. L. Ithaca. 1900
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
The C0urtship Of
Miles StQ11diSh
With illustrations by
Howard Chandler ChriSty

bs-MerrM Company
The pillow look BACKWARD;
Though the plowshare cut through
the flowers OF life to It's fountains,
Though 1t pass DER the graves OF the
dead and the hearths Of the living.
II is the will of the Lord; and His
mercy endureth for ever!"
SO he entered the house: and the
hum Of the wheel and the singing
Suddenly ceased; for Priscilla. aroused
by his step on the threshold.
Rose az he entered, and gave him her
hand In signal OF welcome,
Saying, II knew 1t was you, when
heard your step in the passage;
For / was thinking of you, as | sat
there singing and spinning"
Awkward and dumb with delight, that
thought of him had been mingled
Thus in the sacred psalm, that came
from the heart OF the maiden.
Silent before her he stood, and gave
her the flowers for an answer,
Finding no words for his thought. He
remembered that day in the
winter,
After the first great snow, when he
broke a path from the village,
Feeling and plunging along through
ne drifts that encountered the
doorway,
Stamping the snow from his feet as
he entered the house, and Priscilla
Laughed at his snowy locks, and gave
him a seat by the fireside,
Grateful and pleased to know he had
thought Of her in the snowstorm.
Had he but spoken then, perhaps not
in vain had he spoken
Now II was all too late; the golden mo-
ment had vanished!
So he stood there abashed, and gave
her the flowers for an answer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
gently me PnfIran- rnuusu.

gently me Puritan rnuusn,
Dreaming all night, and thinking all
day, OF the hedgsrows of Hng-
land
They are In blossom DOW, and the
country Is all like . garden;
Thinking Of lanes and fields. and tho
song OF the lark and the innet,
Seeing the village street. and familiar
faces of neighbors
Going about as of old. and stopping
And. at the end of the street, the vii
to gossip together.
lage church, with the ivy
Climbing the old gray tower. and The
quiet graves in the oharohyard.
Kind are the people live with. and
dear to me my religion:
Still my heart is SO sad. that I wish
myself back In Old England.
You will say It Is wrong. but can not
help IL: l almost
Wish myself back In Old England.
feel SO lonely and wretohed."
ITO be continued
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

out UoW " "
Full Of the breath Of the Lord, con.
sol1nS and comforting many.
Then. as he opened the door. he BE-
held the form Of the maiden
Seated beside her wheel. and the
carded wool like q snow-drift
Piled at her knee. her white hands
feeding the ravenous spindle,
While With her foot on the treadls
she guided the wheel In It's motion.
Open wide on her lap lay the well.
worn psalm book Of Ainsworth.
Printed In Amsterdam. the words and
music together,
Rough-hewn, angular notes, like stones
IN the wall OF . churchyard,
Darksnsd and ovsrhung by the run
ming vine of the verses.
Such was the book from whose pages
she sang the old Puritan anthem.
she, the Puritan girl, in the solitude
Of the forest.
Making the humble house and the
modest apparel Of homespun
Beautiful with her beauty. and rich
with the wealth OF her being
Over him rushed, like a wind that is
keen and cold and relentless,
Thoughts of what might have been,
and the weight and woe Of his err
rand;
All the dreams that had faded, and
all the hopes that had vanished,
All his life henceforth a dreary and
tenantless mansion,
Haunted by vain regrets, and pallid.
sorrowful faces
Still he said TO himself, and almost
hercely he said IL:
Let not him that putteth his hand TO
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
]. E. SUYDAM, N. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONII
Office on Woodwork Ave, Al MA
near corner of Superior st.

ORDER FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
HEARING CLAIMS BEFORE COURT
State of Michigan, the Probate Court for the
county of Gratot
In the matter of the estate of VIM. H. Sloan,
late of Alma, Michigan deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four months from
the 18th day of November A. ID. 1871 have been al
lowed for creditors to present their claims
against said deceased to said court for exam
NATION and adjustment, and that all creditors
of said deceased are required to present their
claims to said court at the probate Office, in the
village of Ithaca in said county, or before the
18th day of March A. ID. 1912 and that said
claims will be heard by said court on Monday
the 18th day of March A. ID. 1912, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon.
Dated November 18th, "A. ID. 1911.
IA true copyl ISAAC 5. SEAvER.
[Seal1 Judge of Probate
i707t4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION-FINAI. AID
MINISTRATIoN ACCOUNT

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION-FINAI. AID
MINISTRATION ACCOUNT
State of Michigan.
The Probate Court for the county of Gratiot.
At a session of said court, held at the Probate
Office in the village of Ithaca in said county, on
the 22nd day of November, A. ID. 1911.
Present: Hon. Isaac s. Seaver, Judge Of Pro-
bate
Oswald deceased.
Elmer c. Oswald having filed in said court
his final administration account, and his petition
praying for the allowance thereof and for the
assignment and distribution of the residue of
said estate.
1T Is ORDERED, That the 2srd day of Decent
Der, A. ID 1911, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon,
IT said probate Office, be andis hereby appointed
for hearing said petition.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That public
rotice thereof be given by publication of copy
OF this order for three successive weeks previous
to said day of hearing in the Alma Record a
newspaper printed and circulated in said county
Seal ISAAC 5. SEAVER.
A true copy Judge of Probate.
BELLE JENNIE, Clerk of Probate l7O7tl
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

Continued from last week.
comfortless breath Of the east
wind;
Saw the new-built house, and people
at work In a meadow:
Heard, as he drew near the door, the
musical voice of Priscilla
Singing the hundredth Psalm, tho
grand old Puritan anthem,
Music that Luther sang to the sacred
words OF the Psalmist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
Sweet Things OF Life.

LIES sweet, brother-there's day
and night. brother. both sweet things;
sun, moon and stars all sweet things;
there's likewise a wind on the heath.
George Borrow In Lavengro.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

a. m. and p. m. Bible school 1850
a. m. Young People 6 pm. Mid
week meeting for conference and
prayer, Thursday. tbs pm. Rev.
H. L. Grain, Minister. The Manse,
528 State street.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
FREE METHODIST CHURCH

Regular services of worship at 1O:45
a. m. and 1880 p. M. Sundays. Sunday
school $50 a. m. Midweek prayermeet-
ing Wednesday evening at 7;30. Church
on corner of w. Center and Cedar street.
G.. w. Kiffer, Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
CHURCH Announcements

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST
Services every Sunday at I0l5 a. m
in the Knights Of Pythias hail Wednes-
day evening services at 7:30. Reading
room open Saturday afternoon from two
to four O'Clock same place.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
Baptist Church.

Baptist Church.
]. w. Priest, Pastor.
Morning service, 1000.
Sunday school, 1870.
Junior B. Y. p. u, $3.50.
B. Y. P. u. meeting, 600.
Evening service, 700.
Thursday night prayer meeting
at 7:15.
All are invited to these services.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
St. Johns Church, Sunday

Morning Prayer and Sermon. 10 100
Sunday School. ...11:30
Evening Prayer and Sermon. 700
Litany Service Friday at 1880
]. Frank Jackson. Rector
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

NJ. f. CHURCH
Morning service at 1000; Sunday
School at 1890; Junior League at 300 p.
NJ; Epworth League at 600 p. m. Even
ing service at 100. Mid-week service at
7:l5 Thursday evening in lecture room
of church.
REV. W. T.. DoTY, Pastor
724 State Street
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
Over Half-Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 80
years. Medical Book sent free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
CHURCH OF CHRIST.

Regular service Sunday at 1000
o'clock q. m. Sunday school / 100 a. III.
Evening service 700 O. f. Society
at $3.50 Wednesday evening service at
7;30 Prayer service Thursday evening
at 7:15 p. m.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

10. ron Price
4 Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, Innammatious. ......aJ
8 Worms. Worm Fever. or Worm Disease. .25
) Collie. Crying and wakefulness OF Infants IS
4 Diarrhea. OF Children and Adults. ........25
= Coughs. Colds. Bronchitis ....................15
Q Toothache. Faceache, Neuralgia. ...........25
. Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. ........95
10 Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach. ...25
H Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis ........".25
IA Salt Rheum. Eruptons Erysipelas. ........25
rs Rheumat ism. or Rheumatic Pains ......... 10
10 Fever and Ague. Malaria. ..................33
H Piles. Blind Bleeding, External. Internal rs
10 CAtarrh. Influenza, Cold In Head ........... 20
20 Whooping Cough. Spasmodic Cough. ...."25
~ Asthma. Oppressed, Dficult Breathing. .....2o
~ Kidney Disease. $1,000 -------.........".95
% Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness loo
10 Urinary Incontinence. " citing Bod. ......15
"a Sore Throat. Quinsy --- ----.---........35
~ Grip, Hay Fever and Summer Colds. rs
Sold by druggists, sent receipt of price.
HUMPHREYS HoMRo. MEDICINE CO., Corner
William aud Ann Streets. New York.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
German Lutheran.

Service at the u. B. church next
Sunday (Nov. 49, at ? o'clock p. m,
standard time Sermon by the pastor,
Adolf Sauer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Alma, Mich, Nov. 27, 1911.
Advertised list for the week ending
Nov. 25th, 1911.
Miss A. w. Bates.
Benz. Delos Chester
Albert Del1art
Mr.. J. A. Hagerman.
Mr.. w. s. Harvey.
Mr. James Smith
Fred StOddard.
The above if not called for will be
sent to the Dead Letter office, Dec
18th, 1911.
c. +. BROWN, P. NJ.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Services of worship Sunday at 10
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-07

PACAL BALM Cures seor GatrrTn Of W S@as
Nv druggists form of Pile Trouble.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Origin of Common Sayings

particularly cheeky thing, or else fails to do
something, it is said Of him sarcastically that
he takes the cake.
Everything is lovely and the goose hangs
high" is phrase that has had several inter
pretations put upon it, The most plausible
is that the word ''hangs" should be "honks"
the cry of the wild goose when it is flying.
On clear days wild geese fly high. and,
therefore, "honk" high, so that the phrase
means Everything is lovely and the weather
is fair"
Il acknowledge the corn" means 81 take
it all back" II admit that / was wrong. :"
1t is said to have had its origin in this
wise. In 1923, Mr.. Stewart, a member Of
Congress from Ohio, made speech in the
House OF Representatives, in which he said
that Kentucky Ohio and Indiana sent their
corn6elds and haystacks TO New York and
Philadelphia for market.
Wickcliffe, of Kentucky, questioned the cor
rectness of the statement.
"Why," said Stewart, "they send horses,
mules, cattle and hogs, and what makes
these animals if it is not hay and corn? You
feed 500 worth of hay into horse; then
you Just get on top of your animated haystack
and ride off to market! How is it with
your cattle? You make one of them carry
$50 worth of hay and grass to the Eastern
market: How much corn does it take to fat.
ten hog. Why, thirty bushels. Then YOU
put thirty bushels in the shape of a hog and
make it walk off to the Eastern market"
Il acknowledge the corn!" shouted the
member from Kentucky.
There are many other everyday savipos
the tracing of which is very interGsfino
study, as showing how our speech has ber5
enriched and made expressive by the most
ordinary happenings.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
An Adventure With
Wildcats
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -FOUR

TO be attached to my head and held me down,
whiie one arm was useless. For few mo-
ments lay still, trying to account for my
strange condition.
The real state of affairs became clear by
degrees, and, when l fully realized what had
happened, the thought that l might still be
IN danger caused me to make violent effort
TO get upon my feet. This sent such an ex-
cruclating pain through my neck and head
that l fell back in kind of stupor, from
winch did not arouse until long after day.
light.
From then up to the time you found me,
lay too sick and weak to know or care
what became OF me-not in actual pain, but
drowsy and numb. l had barely strength
enough left to reach my revolver, where it
had fallen, and answer your signal
But how did that cat get stuck on the
tree trunk asked Tom, when Alf finished.
All looked at him with a puzzled express
sion.
II don't remember anything about that
he finally answered.
Perhaps l can explain the circumstance
l said. When you fell backward you must
have fallen on top of the cat on your back,
also striking your head. on the tree, knocking
you senseless, and killing the cat by forcing
broken limb into its body. | examined the
impaled wildcat before we brought you away,
ant found that limb three inches long, with
a Jagged point. had entered it between the
shoulders breaking Its back and penetrating
to the breast bone. The shortness of the
limb prevented any injury to you. The cat
yo,. shot with your revolver probably crawled
OF! in the bushes ana died.
This was received by my companions as a
plausible explanation of a most peculiar and
lucky accident.
"A week later, with ALI made as comfort
able as possible and fast recovering from his
serious injuries, we were on our way up the
Arkansas, headed for big timber where we
could find something more fierce and danger
GUS than the 'cowardly' wildcats"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13


SJ In some cases the expressions do not
seem to have any meaning and we
are at loss to understand what connection
they have with the subject under discussion.
Take, for example, the saying, "Dead as
a door-nail." Now, no nail has any life in
it, and why, therefore, should door-nail be
deader than any other?
In olden times the plate on the door upon
which the "knocker" struck was called the
door-nail. This plate was struck oftener than
any other nail, and SO 1t was supposed that
the constant knocking had made it deader
than a nail, which was only hammered when
it was driven into the wood.
We often hear it said of some one that he
is "as mad as halter" meaning that he is
very angry. Now, a halter may get mad
once in while. but why should he be used
as an illustration any more than the butcher,
the baker or the candlestck maker?
The mystery is, however, cleared up when
we learn that the original phrase was mad
as an after" the last word being the Saxon
for "adder," an ill-tempered serpent which
is always ready to sting.
ga little bird told me" is an adage which
is based on the idea that birds find out secret
things and carry the news long distances.
This belief is thousands of years old, for in
Ecclesiastes we read that "the bird of the cir
will carry the voice and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter"
"To take the cake" is founded on the
cake-walks popular amongst colored people,
in which the prize for the most graceful
walking is cake. If any person does a
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
The Pterodactyl

@F ALL the strange creatures that
JnI have ever appeared in the world per
haps the strangest was the Pterodac-
MI tyl, or wing g-fngered" reptile. 1t
" was not of the colossal size of the
gigantic reptiles of the early ages,
being usually not more than foot in length,
though some appear to have been larger.
The remains of one have been found whose
wings had spread Of twenty-seven feet, thus
exceeding in size the largest condor Of the
Andes But it could fly in the air or walk
on the ground, climb trees and rocks by
means of its strong claws, and most likely
it could swim In the water. Its wings con-
sisted of membrane extending from what we
must call its fingers, all along the body to the
hindmost limbs, and from the size and form of
these latter it is evident that it must have
walked or perched in the manner Of bird,
to which its long neck also gave it some re-
semblance. But it was flying dragon, and
had jaws like a crocodle's, armed with sharp
pointed teeth, and its eyes were very large
probably adapted for seeing at night From
its remains being found together with those
OF dragon flies and beetles, it appears to
have lived mostly on insects, while the larger
Kind are supposed to have eaten fish, which
they may have seized like the sea gull whilst
flying over the water.
The ,Pterodactyl has utterly passed away
with the age in which it lived, and there is
nothing like it now in nature.
In its time, it seems to have filled the
same place In the natural economy that bats
do now. But the Pterodactyl was a reptile,
flying lizard, while the bats belong to quite
different order OF animals.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

! HERE are many expressions used by
people when they want to, illustrate
what they are talking about, the
origin of which they are ignorant Of.
In some cases the expressions do not
seem to have any meaning and we