Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-27
FACT AND FANCY.

organized at San Diego, Cal.
The freshmen class at Yale college
this year numbers nearly l7O.
Lightning struck California pNr
tree and cooked the fruit brown.
The colored people of Mississippi.
will hold state fair at jackson Oh
Oct. 20.
William Keanns. "A VirginianTA,cent
~ deceased. was the father OF twenty
/ six children.
The weight OF 900, 900 dollar-bills
in green-backs is within fraction or
2,S4l pounds.
a bridge 2, 100 feet long is to be
built ACROSS the Russian RIVER near
Geyserville. Cal.
An unused chimney Mt Lake Massa-
bessie, n. H.. was found to contain 1870
+ pounds OF honey.
White bears about the size OF shep-
herd dog and very ferocious have been
/ found on Mount Shasta
"A toad,lool lfty-Gve inches in cir.
cumferenCe and weighing seventeen
pounds was found recently in Rutland.
1 Vt.
i Philadelphia bibliomaniac has 4
collection of nearly seven tons of news
paper clippings on nearly every sos.
sect
Mrs. Betsey Brace and Mrs. Cath.
crime Rider are twin sisters living in
Schoharie county, New York, aged 81
years.
a dentist advertises: Teeth irsert.
ed without pain This shows one
marked difference between dentist
and dog.
Among the Indian tribes one in four
die OF consumption, which is larger
proportion than among the white or
colOred races.
a farmer in lnyo county, California,
has planted eight thousand forest
trees, believing that there can be no
moie profitable crop for his farnL
a dashy girl at one of the Saratoga
hotels wore a white silk ball dress in
the folds OF which were hand pai1Nei
scenes from our country seat in Cali
fornla.
The opinion now held by physicians
that raw cows milk is better for chill
dren than boiled is very gratifying as
a raw COW gives much more milk than
boiled one.
The United States frigate Pensacola.
the vessel that sunk the historicafHla.
BAN, Is now at southampton, England.
undergoing a thorough oyerhauling
and repairing.
There are 10, 42S pupils registered in
the public schools of Albany this fall,
an increase of 22j over last yer. The
high school has an attendance of go.
an increase of 30.
During the first six months of this
year u, 100000 pounds of green fruit
were shipped from California, as
against $1,000, 900 pounds shipped dur
ing the whole year of 1884
The Indians of New Mexico are said
TO be doing thriving business in maH
ufactunng ancient pottery. which
they sell to credulous tourists as relics
from the prehistoric mounds.
The cake ordered for an October
wedding in New York is to be sur
mounted by tower of candy in which
will be live birds The bride is to break
the artificial cage with a tiny hammer
and liberate the birds.
TO drink lemonade scientifically, use
two strawS side by side, and keep one
about an eighth of an inch in advance
Of the other. 1t will thusdra w up the
loose particles of pulp, while the other
will remain unclogged.
a niece OF Congressman Boutelle, of
Maine, has become q chorus girl in the
Corinne Merrie-Makers company, at
Sli a week. She is heiress TO $780,
900, and ran away from her home in
Bangor Me-, to get on the stage.
a woman recently entered a store
and sat down in front of an iron safe
to warm herfeet After sitting some
twenty or thirty minutes she remark.
ed thus: II never did like them kind
OF stoves. They don't throw ont
scarcely any heat, those gas-burners
don't
a new sugar is now obtained from
the seeds OF Laurus perSea, tree grow
ing in the tropics. This sugar has.
on previous occasions, been noticed
by chemists, but was supposed by
them to be mannite. 1t is extracted
by boiling alcohol, from which it
crystallizes on cooling.
The meanest practical Joker lives N
Derby, Mass. Being on visit to a
neighboring city he spotted his face
all over with red paint, and suddenly
made his appearance at the annual
meeting of the Anti-Naccination so.
ciety. The members nearly broke
their necks getting ont of the windoys
A California capitalist who visited
Skagg's Springs disputed the bill for
cigars. The clerk produced his books
The capitalist then went him one bet.
ter by producing package, VIII ch be-
ing unrolled. was found full of cigar
stumps. There my account" said
the capitalist. They were counted and
the bill corrected accordingly.
In one Of the new novels appealing
10 intelligent readers the hero rescues
the heroine five times from imminent
deadly peril. and then fights with.
wounds. and puts to flight three or
four burglars In another novel of
recent date one of the heroines is told
by her physician that she has but
year TO live. Determining upona bril-
liant exit. she embarks on sumptu-
ously fitted yacht and is heard ot no
more.
An organized effort between nan
and nature seems to be in existence in
Georgia TO suppress Sam Jones. the
revivalist. Recently an attempt was
made TO blow the divine up by dynam-
ate. but only the loss of a house and
stable was the result. Since then the
elements have undertaken to do the