Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-05
HERE AND THERE


The school for scandal has many pupils.
Iaress is the new rival town to Kissimmcc.
Arailway ticket man is the modern road
agent
"The whiky trust"--cetting drink put on
the slate.
There are not more uan 10000 Quake
I'm America.
1t is said that there are IL, 600 Smiths in
Philadelphia.
This 10 the Yankee Doodle country, but
Canada Is the Yankee Doodle country.
A lover differs from photographer. The
more negatives the latter gets the better lie
likes IL.
States and million dollars q day Is spent
for amusements
A Buff 10 statistican has fyur ed out that
the women OF this country pay SS,0O0O00 per
year for busiles.
According to Boston statistican 'the
cost Of the fences In The United States Is
more than the national debt"
There arc about 2, 600, 900 hog raIsers In the
country and the AZ, 900, 600 hogs raised are es-
tlmated TO be worth sl9j 900, U0l
jay Gould SAYS his insomnia wouldn't
bother him II lie could get good nights
Sleep That's what troubles him.
1t is said that the telephone sharpens the
hearing. man has got TO sharpen up his
hearing, or he will find little use for teIe-
phone.
Edison's electric locomotives are attracting
great attention In England. Six OF them have
been running on short line, and favorable
comments are being made
type writing girl worked of 40 words In
Eve minutes without a single mistake. 1t is
more creditable to her than II she could play
the most difficult sonata Oh the piano
At Bergen, Norway, q church edifce Is be-
ing constructed Of paper, in papier-macae
form 1t is intended TO accommodate one
thousand persons and vii! be handson,
structure when completed.
Two thousand SEQ Oh crofters have com.
menced the determination OF the deer on the
Isle of Lowes They claim to be starving
while the ground, on which they could pro-
cure living, is given up to the deer
The cult .vaton Of the cInchona tree from
which Quinne is made is being extensively
carried on In India. Wood from which the
bark Is produced is taken every six or seven
years, the new growth starting from the
stump.
Not long since q new petroleum spring
burst forth In the region OF Baker, Russia,
rising In the air to the height OF 45o feet and
flooding the country round about People
were deferred from lighting fires by fears OF
burning up the town
Among the new companies lately formed
! I'm London Is one entitled the Amer can Dem
tai Institute. Capital, 1000, In shares Of FL
each. Object, 10 promote the adoption OF
advanced American anu other scientific
methods OF dental surgery.
! Last years output OF books fell short o.
that Of 1886, which was the largest in tie
annals Of literature. The number for 1856
was 4,676: for 1887, Az, oil which 1,O-2
were works OF fiction, 4S7 juvsuile books. 43'
on law, and 3j3 on theology.
Newfoundland has taken to agriculture.
/ 1t has produced this year hay aud potatoes
to the value OF SoSS. oO0, AMI butter to the
value Of $50, 0JO. The hing Industry is very
Irecarious, and the resort to agriculture
seems to be the only hope for the colon.
King Ja-Ja, OF Opobo, the deposed West
African sovereign whom England exiled to
the West Indies, is being somewhat feted at
at St. Vincent. He Is invited 10 lawn tennis
parties and various social functions, where
he struts about IN All admirals uniform aud
kid gloves, bearing himself with kingly d.gn-
! itv.