Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-21
FACT AND FANCY.


flee.
About a dozen English spsrtows
have taken up their abode IN fickens,
s. &.
Twenty ounces of gold dust were
the result of a months work fer Oao
man in the Hassavampa p!acers. pe"f
Prescott, Arizona.
The love OF notoriety Is illustrated
il l. Gilmer county, Georgian, man
who claims to have haudled rails that
Abraham Lincoln split.
The LeesJurg (Va.) Washingtonian
has been published seventy-nine years.
and its present editor has been on duty
as such for thlrty-five years.
In the course OF recent Montana
cattle case "A cowboy testified that "a
maverick is somebody else's calf
that yon get your brand on first.
An effort WILDE made to secure a stat
ne Of ex President Pierce. to be placed
in the capitol park at Concord, n. H..
as companion to that of Daniel Web
ster.
A farmer in Marion county, Florida,
has l65 acres planted in waite rmelons.
which he expects will yield 448,800
melons, at the rate of three melons To
vine.
California has produced $3.50 000,-
600 IN gold out of total of 1867
600, 900 worth OF gold deposited in the
minis for coming since their organ
ization in 1898.
Fish are dying in large numbers in
Suffer lake, near Sacramento, Cal,
and their death is attributed to an over
supply of food furnished in the shape
of grasshoppers.
Secret-society skeletons. that will
stand the racket of the goats attacks
as well as any, cost about $50 each.
They are nearly all imported from
foreign catacombs.
The Californians are patriotic peo-
pie. Four hundred dollars has al
ready been subscribed ut tho little
town of Bonneville toward the Fourth
of July celebrate on.
An express train recently made the
run from Yuma to Tucson, Arizona
PAS miles, six hours and twenty
five minutes, beating al, previous rec
ords over that line.
The Union Leauge club of New York
city has contributed $1,000 to the
Bartholdi statute pedestal fund, and
promises to double the amount. The
grand total is now over 500, 1000.
Complaint of the pollution of the
national capital water is still being
made. The Washington star AYERS
that the water drawn from any spigot
or hydrant IN that city has an offensive
smell.
Snapping-turtles are contrary crea-
lures. When in captivity they are so
delicate that they are liable to die at
at any time. But if their heads are
cut oil they will live for an incredibly
long time.
The san Francisco board of educa-
ton asks for an appropriation Of about
$1,000 900 for the year beginning July
]. and Of that sum less than $40, 900 is
for teachers salaries, while over $43,
OOe is for janitors' salaries.
Suppose" said an examiner to =
student in engineering. ''you had bolt
an engine yourself, performed every
part of the work without assistance.
and knew that it was in complete
order, but, when put on the road, the
pump would not draw water, what
would YOU do?' Il should look into
the tank and ascertain if there was
any water to draw replied the stu
dent.
Two of the bidders for the govern
ment envelope contract, on their way
from Holyoke to Washington, were
talking over the situation with much
assumed candor. 1t was readily agreed
that, as the bids had been registered.
there could be no risk in comparing
notes; so each promised to mark his
bid on paper and pass it over. Both
scratched away, the papers were ex-
changed, and both were blank! Each
weasel counted on the somnolent con-
dition of the other.
A socialistc society called the Har-
monists, at Economy, Pa, near Pitts
burgh, which once numbered thirteen
hundred members, has dwindled to
thirty. The survivors are all ages. and
none of them will probably be alive
ten years hence. The property of the
society is estimated at fully $1,000, 900
for each member. and what will be the
final disposition of it is known only to
a small circle. 1t is said that many OF
the members have not handled penny
in their lives, and would not know a
piece of money if they saw it,"
They get ready for camp-meetings
in businesslike way down in Texas.
1t will be noticed that in the following
extract from The BaStrop advertiser
nothing is said about the preaching,
but this was probably an oversight:
Immense preparations are being made
for Maj. Penn's camp-meeting, which
begins in HIS prairie on the 1st of
July. August Albrecht will run
restaurant, ice-cream, lemonade, and
soda-fountain on the grounds-a build
ing now being erected for that purpose
forty feet in width by seventy in
depth.
OF one of the navy chaplains The
CHRISTIAN -AdrOcdte relates that he has
been on leave now for something more
than two years. For the past six
months he has regularly supplied
pulpit in n certain church, and has re-
Gently accepted call from that church
for one year. He makes no secret of
his distaste for work in the navy, and
has often said that he only wishes to
keep along for eight or nine years
more, when he hopes to be retired,
and to be able, in the meantime, to
draw his pay without the liability to
be called on duty. According to his
own account he has not been at sea
for four wears. and has been on leave