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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
TAXPAYERS, ATTENTION

will be at the following places to col
lect taxes on the dates given:
Pollywog School Dist. No. Z Dec. l6
Townsed School Dist. No. 8 " Dec. %
Elm Hall, Delbert Hicks Store Dec. 30
Ny residence, Sumner, Friday each week
o. w. DUFFIELD,
Treasurer Sumner Township.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
squivoeaI.

my good man, are you impressed
with this talk about effects of whis-
ky?"
Yes, sir. just drink it in"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
Care Of onlnns

Onions should remain in The sun
until thoroughly cured and the tons
so dry that they will not add uc.s.ure
to the mass when they are put nndor
cover.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

If you would Like "A Servant in
the House - accomplishing
ways ready for work-a money
time---worry and labor-saver, at
a cost SO little it will surprise you
get a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

W y ARFARE, both revolutionary
MAJ and for conquest, marked
W1 by scenes of massacre and
rapine which have made
thn niuilinnd wnrld hlnSh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.
y. w. ADAMS.
City Clerk.

For the Christmas Holidays the Ann
Arbor Railroad will sell round trip ex-
cursiou tickets Dec. 23rd. gath and 25th
good for return until Jan. 2nd, 1912.
170St3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

Their back than the indubitable fact
that the one line of division which
marked the massacre was the line
of religion. 1t was Islam raising the
sword against Christianity. The
Sheriat was the bond that held to-
gether the murderers' legions. The
power of the hodjas and mollahs was
the machinery chiefly used in organ
izing the massacres. The one great
weapon left in Abdul Hands hands
was his Office as Caliph, "the Com
mander of the Faithful" So, to con-
found the plans of the Young Turks,
and to invoke foreign Intervention, he
gave the command to strike. Only
the power of the Young Turks pre-
vented similar massacres in many
places. This Is chapter mostly un-
written. Sometimes II was force
full governor who prevented the full
fillment of orders from Constantine
pie. In one case it was Young Turk
military officer, who, upon receiving
news of the plan, went into the pres
ence of the Governor and said i
want you to understand that If there
is to be a massacre here, ii will begin
with you"
In Adana, strangely enough, most Of
the Christians still blame the Young
Turks for at least a measure of re-
sponsibility. They say that the Young
Turks wanted to give a lesson to the
turbulent Armenians and Macedo-
mans. They point out that the worst
massacre occurred nine days after the
first, the Christians having been dis
armed in the interval. The Salonica
soldiers they charge with participant
ing in the Staying of the Christians.
There are some things that cannot
easily be explained about the massa-
ere, IL the New Regime Is to be ac-
quilted of all responsibility, yet there
Is no doubt, whatever agencies con-
tributed, the real power of the mas
sacre lay In the ineradicable hatred
for Christians on the part of the fol-
lowers of the Prophet.
viii There Be Another7
When l asked the Minister of the
Interior in Constantinople, Talaat
Bey, If there could be another massa-
ere, he lifted up his hands and cried,
God forbid" The Sheikh ul Islam
assured me positively, and he was
speaking as the religious head of
Islam in the Turkish government,
that such a thing could not occur
again. The enlightened and strong
handed governor of this province,
DENIAL Bey, gave me his word that
there would be no more massacres
In the region of which he has since
taken charge. No assurance could be
more positive than these l have had
from the highest quarters.
None the less. in the interior of the
country the people feel otherwise.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

The Christian community, which rep
resents many denominations of the
older churches, stand solidly together
In a conviction of a possible repeu-
ton of the massacres. At Adana l
had an interview with the leaders OF
the orthodox Greek church. the Greek
Catholic church, the Armenian Cath
Ollie church, the Gregorian Armenian
church and the old Syriac church, and
they were q unit in declaring that the
attitude of Islam toward Christians
has not changed, and that the worst
is still possible, although they have
confidence in the good Intentions or
the present Governor. Even the Rev.
w. N. Chambers, the American Board
missionary, who has been the FORE
most figure in events subsequent to
the massacres, and is easily the lead
er of the community, is under the
same cloud of depression. Small won
der, when he recalls the murdered
friends who died is his arms, and the
bodies which he rescued from mutila-
ton.
The argument for the possibility
of another massacre lies in the fact
that there has been no change in the
minds of the people. The Moslems
have not been made over by the pun
ishment of an inconspicuous few Of
their number. They still look upon
the Christians with antipathy. The
village Moslem children cry at their
Christian playmates: Il am going to
get that dress when we kill you"
A Crop of Orphans.
The aftermath of the massacres Is
the multitude of orphans, each with a
story as individual and as tragic as If
his were the only story Of sorrow in
the land. have met many at Tarsus,
where 5000 Armenians refugeed in
the American school, so that only two
hundred were slain. l saw a little
boy Of or 8, whose father and broth
ers had been killed before his eyes.
/ asked how he escaped With sig
nificant gesture he answered: 81 lay
among the dead; that is, he had
fallen down as if slain and had wait
ed until the murderers left.
The mission schools are over
whelmed with these orphans. In Adana
they are so thick in one of the
schools, which the missionaries hope
may one day be made larger, that
they sleep on the floor so closely that
the teachers must pick their way
among their bodies in order to reach
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
Barney Won,

Henri Gressit, the Savage advance
man, who, 1t Is claimed, is the per-
feet sartorial gem Of his profession,
sailed yesterday the Cretic for
Mediterranean points on five weeks
pleasure trip. At o'clock yesterday
morning Barney Reilly decided to o
along. They had to hurry, but they
caught the ship. Quite pompously
Henri went abroad. Barney followed
him in anything but pompous man.
ner.
A few moments before the moorings
were cast off Henri, talking to an
other passenger, said:
MY man and / had to hurry to
get here in time"
Barney heard him. He knew he
was that man." and he wasn't ex-
actly pleased. Stepping up to Henri
he asked:
where did you tell me you're to be
head waiter when you return to New
York;"
Henri turned away, drew pink silk
handkerchief from his sleeve and
mopped his brow.-New York Tele-
graph.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

lens, is a temptation that provokes
the massacres This would make the
end chiefly sought not vengeance but
simply loot Certainly, in addition to
the massacres, the houses and stores
Of the Christians were completely gut
ted. l saw whole lines of shops that
had been stripped bare by the Turks.
The latter are no better for all their
plumber, for "Come easy, go easy"
Most of it has been spent in dissipa-
ton and gambling The latter vice
sits heavily upon Adana.
Another reason, greater than the
loot, was the carrying off OF Christian
girls and women to Turkish harems.
This is a phase OF the massacre which
naturally cannot be written about in
detail. 1t was no case Of haphazard
plumber, such as that in which the
Sabines used to figure; it was rather
Turks making choice of the daugh-
tiers of neighbors with whose un-
yelled faces they were familiar. Each
man had his prize marked before the
signal was given. And this applied
also to loot as we'll as to lust.
One typical instance was recalled to
me, as / met a woman who had lost
in the massacre every member of her
own and her husbands family. Her
daughter, / was informed. was one of
the twenty-seven Armenian girls who
braided their hair together and per-
ished in a burning house, taking this
means of making sure that none OF
them in an agony Of pain would es-
cape from the fiery prison, which was
really a deliverance from the fate
they most dreaded.
1t is undoubtedly true that some of
the Armenians had been indiscreet in
the use they made of the liberties
granted by the constitution, they talk
ing patriotism and possible renewal
of the ancient Armenian kingdom.
They followed the general custom OF
carrying firearms and they openly
practiced with them. They were
flamboyant and injudicious, and gave
this slight pretext for the awful
crimes which followed.
The Holy Law Of Blood.
The fundamental cause must be
sought deeper than any Of the consid-
erations named. The reason lying
at the bottom Of the massacres may
not be doubted 1t is clear to who
ever would look. 1t was the appeal
of Abdul Hamid to the holy law of
the Sheriat. One need not go far
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
Railway Yard Plants.

II has been noticed that many plants
not natives of the locality, are to be
found growing in the neighberhood OF
great railroad yards. Sometimes the
seeds of these plants have been
brought thousands of mites from their
natural habitat. Often they flourish
amid their new surroundings and grad.
ually spread over the surrounding
country Thus the trains carry un-
suspected emigrants, which travel to
and from every point of the compass.
In the Missouri valley are to be found
plants which within few years past
have thus been brought together:
some from the Atlantic seaboard, some
from the gulf region and some from
the other side of the Rocky mountains
-Harper's Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

their own rooms. Pathetic tales OF
the murders are legion. Here is one,
for instance, of widow who has to
support a swarm Of little children, an
aged mother, and an idiot sister, and
who herself has no training for earn
ing a livelihood. The missionaries
have started industrial work among
the Armenians, and they have also
established an international hospital,
which is to be a permanent memorial
Of the Adana massacre.
Surveying the Situation.
It seems to me as II Remember
Adana" should be written on the mind
Of the Young Turk party when 1t Is
tempted to boast; and also before
the eyes of all the statesmen and pub
licists who have anything at all to do
with affairs In the Turkish empire.
There are some reasons why this
massacre may not easily be repeated,
but there are greater reasons why a
duplicate of 1t may burst upon the
world at almost any time. For the
mind of Islam has not changed.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph b. Bowles)
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
MAKING WORK EFFECTIVE.

In this day OF specialists and spe-
cializing we hear so much OF making
everything count. There is no work,
profession or business where this is
more important than in home-making.
How necessary it is that the house
keeper should be trained to make
every move count In order to save
strength and temper. ITO make her
head save her heels" as our grand
mothers would say.
The trained woman, one who loves
her work, does her task as perfectly
as she knows how to do. There is no
slipshod work; things sometimes must
be left undone because of circum-
stances, but the machinery of her
home moves noiselessly because it is
oiled with brains. A great painter
was once asked with what do you
mix your colors?" He replied: With
brains"
The woman with trained mind be-
gins with her appearance, wearing
garments suitable TO her station and
work, knowing that she must be neat
first and always. Because a dress is
made for work dress does not mean
that it need be unattractive, for the
simple little one-piece gowns with
cuffs and turnover collar Of contrast
ing material are most becoming. If
one has work to de that will soil
gown, have the big-sleeved apron to
slip on, and when called away it may
be quickly slipped off, and one need
never be- ashamed of ones appear
ance.
The trained woman wastes no time.
She rises early, while it is yet night
(for many, and giveth the meat to
her household and a portion to her
maidens."
1t is wonderful what may be accom-
plished by systematic regular applica-
ton. Have book or paper at hand
when resting; read the article or joke
or lecture that will refresh the mind
and improve it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

HAT time is it?
Time to do well,
Time to live better,
Give up that grudge,
Answer that letter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
PRESERVES AND PICKLES.

One of the finest of preserves are
those made from the yellow pear to-
mato. Wipe the tomatoes, cover with
boiling water and let stand until the
skins are easily removed Measure
pound for pound of sugar and fruit;
cover and let stand over night In the
morning pour off the strip and boil
until quite thick; skim, then add the
tomatoes, two ounces of preserved
ginger and two lemons which have
been sliced with the seeds removed
Cook until the tomatoes have a trans
parent appearance.
Damson Preserves.-Wipe the plums
with cloth wrung out of cold water
and prick each one five or six times
with a darning needle; then weigh.
Make a strip by boiling three-fourths
their weight in sugar with water, al
lowing a cup to each pound of sugar.
Cook until soft A good plan is to use
two kettles that the work may be
more quickly done, and the strip need
not cook too long. Put into stone or
glass jars.
Sweet Picked Peaches.-Boil to-
gether a pint of vinegar, two pounds
of brown sugar and an ounce of stick
cinnamon for twenty minutes. Dip
half peck of peaches into boiling
water, then rub off the fuzz with
towel Stick four cloves in each
peach and drop them into the hot
strip, using few at a time. When
soft and we'll scalded, put into the jar
and pour over the boiling hot strip.
Cover and put in cool place. This
strip is great Improvement to mince
pies If a little is added to each pie,
or to mincemeat when making it.
Pears, apples and other fruits are
picked, using the above proportions.
Ounce Honey.-Pare and core
ounces, chop fine; allow an equal
measure of sugar to the fruit; add
half cup of water to a pound of the
sugar, and cook until thick and honey
like. Put into glasses and cover, as
for jelly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
Some Uses for Antiquities.

Old parchments on which state doc
uments were written have been sold
in England for various purposes. Fish
mongers and tobacco dealers made use
of many tons of them, gold beater
bought large quantities to be sold to
boys to be used in whipping tops, and
some were turned over to pastry
cook, who intended to make jelly out
Of them, but found them too poor for
the purpose.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
Waterproof Glue,

To make an impermeable glue. soak
ordinary glue in water until 1t softens
and remove it before It has lost its
primitive form. After this dissolve
IL in linseed oil over a slow fire until
It is brought to the consistence Of a
Jelly This glue may be used for join.
ing any kind of material. In addition
to strength and hardness, 1t has the
advantage of resisting the action OF
water.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
IZneKFFGHEN
I2oeEEGlABENET

II AUGH and the world laughs
.h<z8 with you,
weep, and you weep alone.
This grave old earth has need OF your
mirth,
1t has troubles enough of its own
e. w. Wilcox.
People and flowers just naturally turn
TO the sunshine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14

Consulted.

Does your boss ever consult you on
matters of business?"
YES. he consulted me on a matter
of business only today"
That's fine! What was it,"
He asked me what in thunder I
thought he was paying me for?"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-14
In the Same Boat.

Diliy-"Tm lost when my wife is
away" Dally--"I can never find my
v home, either. Town Topics
The oasis., 1911-07-22
in gold to the ton.

Mohave Miner: This week the Tom Reed shipped to the mint, through the Kingmon office of Wells, Fargo & Company, two bars ofgold valued at 60,000$, the clean up of twenty-two days work of the twenty stamps of the mill that are now being operated. Owing to many things the mill could not be operated more than twenty-two days, but it is expected that the water problem and other things that enter into the failure to work the full complement of stamps will soon be remedied, and that the mill will be outputting more than lO0,O0OS per month in gold.
 Tucson Citizen: After thoroughly testing the Greaterville placers with a dry washing machine. Clarence Loring, who left here for Greater vile about two weeks ago, has re- turned and gone on to his home in Benson. It is his opinion that the placer ground cannot be treated by the dry washer because of the cement gravel formation in which the gold occurs. He found, how ever, that the cement would dis solve readily in water and that the ground could be utilized for dredging purposes by pumping water for the dredge. A reservoir has been built and as soon as the summer rains fill it with water. MT. Loring will commence getting the gold with hydraulic machine. He believes that gold values run 70 cents per yard
The oasis., 1911-07-22
MINING NEWS.
A Collection of Short Newsy Items From Among the Mines of Arizona.

Tombstone Prospector: D. c. lacking, general manager of the Ray Consolidated Copper company at Ray and Hayden says that somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 men are now employed in the mines at Ray and the concen- trator at Hayden.
 Tombstone Prospector: The Arizona Mine Supply Company this week shipped hoisting plant to the Silver Chord properties on Turkey Creek; also a large boiler and other machinery for use on the Lake Superior and Nevada mine near Grown King.
 Mohave Miner: The Ruth this week shipped to the mint its first bar of bullion, weighing about A pounds, the result of the test run of the new mill. The new system of gold saving is found to have worked out splendidly, the saving being far above ninety per cent.
 Mohave Miner: Clack Brothers yesterday morning received re- turns from the five ton shipment of ore from the Rico mine, made to the Needles shelter. The ore averaged 57$ per ton in gold, the silver first appearing in the surface ore having apparently disappeared from the ore in the shaft. The boys are going back to the mine with the intention of opening it up in big shape and mill the ore on the ground. The surface ore is free milling and should work up close by amalgamation.
 Prescott Joural- Miner. What is considered one of the most inn portant mineral finds of the pres ent year in the Big Bug district was made last Monday in the prop. erty of the Humboldt Consolidated Mines Company where a body of ore eighteen inches in thickness was uncovered at depth of one hun dred and fifty feet in a drift. Samples of six inch veinlet of the ore, assayed here yesterday, gave returns of five hundred ounces in silver, fifty per cent lead and $2.60
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07

We have just renovated the four brick flats known the French Flats at Nos. 29 and Pleasant St These Flats contain each and bath have all modern improvements including furnace heat. They ideally located within three blocks of the heart of Hot Springs Just two blocks from City Hall, Postoffce Rock Island Depot We will give lease right parties from month to month at S25 per month"; TheY be duplicated in Hot Springs No fare unnecessary expense Call and we will show you
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
NO JURISDICTION
 OVER TELEGRAPH
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM. MISSION HANDS DOWN IM-
 PoRTANT DECISION.
Long and Short Haul Provision Does Not Apply to Shipments
 To Foreign Countries

Washington, July 6.-An important informal ruling announced today by the Interstate Commerce Commission includes the following:
 The commission has no jurisdiction over claims for damages due to all Ieged errors in the transmission of telegraphic messages.
 The long and short haul provisions of the law doee not apply when the more distant point and the interme- diate point are in foreign country nor when the point ot origin and the point of destination both are in the United States, ana the intermediate point is in foreign country. A carrier may not lawfully issue free interstate transportation to one not otherwise entitled to it in order to en- able him as a witness to attend a proceedings in court, unless the car rier is party thereto, or has a di- rect legal interest in the result.
 Mileage books issued for intrastate use in exchange for advertising may not be used upon any part of an m terstate journey.
 Interstate lines may carry free or at reduced rates property for county authorities.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
GUESS WE DRINK SOME.

New York, July 6.-No less than |63.000,000 barrels of beer were sod
 lin the United States during the 12
 months ending June 30. last, an in- crease of the previous twelve months of 6.21 per cent according to the annual report of the United States Brewers Association. Notwithstand- ing the increase. which the report contends indicates prosperity, the spread of prohibition has affected the trade considerably it is declared.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
sHERlFF's PROCLAMATION.

Notice is hereby given that pur~ suant to the order of the Garland County Court, made ant entered of record the third (S) day of July, 1911. there will be special election held in Hot Springs Township, Gar isiiiii County, Arkansas, oH the the nineteenth (19) of July, 1911, at the regular voting precincts, for the purpose of electing Constable for Hot Springs Township
 Given under my hand this third (3) day of July, 1911.
 CHARLES c. WEBB.
 Sheriff. E. R. vANIIANDTNGHAM, Deputy.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
AMERICAN ATHLETE HURT.

Brighton, Eng, July G.. The Har- vard- Yale athletic team met with a misfortune today. H. w. Kelley, of Harvard, the Americans best quarter miller. fell on the stairs in the dress
 ing quarters at Peston Pax and sprained his ankle seriously. It is stated that he will not be able to compete the Intercollegiate meet at the Queen Club grounds July Ii and his loss will be severe blow to the visitors.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
THIRD CHOLERA VICTIM.

New York, July 6.-Another case of cholera brought into the port on an ocean liner was discovered today. The victim was a steer age passenger on the steamer HMfoiitttsv which which arrived yesterday from Geona, Naples and Pslermo, and was Getained at quar- antine pending investigation of a suspicious case ,s illness. The cabin pssse ngers and crew will be detain- led fer further obseryatien.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
BE AN ARTIST AND
ILLUSTRATOR

An unusual opportunity for begin ners. Do it now" For 50 days will send postpaid Five lessons in drawing for & %, or 25 for five (s5), Teehpique pen and pencil linear perspective, light and shade, wash drawing and waters colors, oil colors. Just think, Harrison Fisher got $50,000 for drawing 90 pretty faces. Artists get from $40 per week up. to exceed the Presidents salary. Address c. H. Howard. Nc. 122 Olive street, room No. |. 7-6-1m.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
YOUNG MEN TOURISTS.
Are Travelling Over State on Motor cycles, and Find Roads Very
 Rough.

John Thomas and Will Jennings, two young Monticellonians, arrived In the city yesterday entour of the state On motor cycles. They came here from Monticello, and left in the after noon for Texarkana, from which point they will start north to Fort Smith, and then east along the north tiers of counties. The young men found the roads very rough in spots but made very good time.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
JOBS FOR AMERICANS.

Teheran, Persia, July 6.-The ma tional council has adopted the pro- posal of the treasury general, w. Morgan Shuster, for the engagement of three additional financial assist ants. Of these. two are to be Amer icans The third will be an Euro pean who is to organize the treasury
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07
E. R. vANLANDINGHAM, Deputy

For summur diarrhoea in child ren always give Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme- dy and castor oil, and a speedy cure is certain. For sale by all dealers.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-07

ALLEN HoTcHKIss, Sec.