Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-11-16
HERE AND THERE.

Bv 80 CONSTR utlon OF kentucky tne -
rOwip. power OF the state is limited at Sou
( 900
! At Los Angeles the mercury has registereA
! % IN the shade aud at Baltimore, 02 this sss
sou.
| Beautiful works In wood. ivory, and sheb
are being made H. Mexico for the Paris exPe
/ sltion.
The new high license law has closed cos
saloons in Pittsburgh out OF total Of IA u
operation year ago.
/ Hats should be cheap this year. All The
markets are overstocked and 1000 matters a.
Danbury, Conn, are idle on account Of duh
trade.
The excise board OF New York city issuc6
9,60S licenses of all grades during the fiscal
year just closed. receiving the sum Of 81, 372.
Gao from the liquor -dealera
An oil distributing device has been invent
ed and recently patented for seagoing yes
sells, whereby the waves may be Quieted
with the pouring of oil on the troubled waters
BY the constitution OF Pennsylvania tina
debt Of the large cities is limited TO Z per cent
of their assessments. BY special act OF the
legislature this limit may be raised TO 10 pts
cent.
Works VIII be commenced In FL Paso, TexaA
In short time for federal building for
postotlice and custom house, for which an ap
propriatiou Of sl5o000 has been made By cor
gress
There yet remain to DO filed 1000 OF tn.
$500 square fset of space allotted West Wiz
gnla in the Centennial Exposition OF the
Ohio Valley and Central States, TO be held ~
Cincinnati.
According 10 The 4msr'cda ReyieU, It 10
little known fact that hard friction can do
velop sufficient heat to iu6ame beuzne vspon
especially II the surface rubbed be vanished
with shellac
Boston is criticised because OF a sign which
reads, LAWN Mowers Mended In the Rear
Since the death Of Emerson, 1t must be al
milted. the Bostonlans have become trim
careless with their English.
-Four states Of the Mexican republic have
abolished bullfghting and some action was
looked for from the federal congress, but no
member has been found who has sufficient
nerve to propose the innovation.
II gelatiuc be suspended in ordinary alco
hol It will absorb the water; but as It Is In.
soluble in alcohol that substance will remain
behind, and thus nearly absolute alcohol may
be obtained without distillation.
Railroad earnings In April made better
showing than they did In March. o. seven
ty-nine roads there was an increase In tho
third week OF April, as compared with the
corresponding week last year, or l01S pc,
cent
The English government can get horses
suitable for cavalry service In Canada for Esd,
aud has to pay ga for the came animals
raised in England. An attempt is being
made TO turn the mind Of English farmers
toward horse-raising.
The judgment of the United States In ex.
gliding Chinese immgr alton is approved and
initiated elsewhere Australia aud New
South Wales ADM tied over m lion of them,
and they would soon have overrun those
countries but for prohibitory laws recently
enacted.
The 1ower-growers and perlumedistillers OF
southern France have no fear OF competition.
They think that because they inherited this
industry from their ancestors and because no
other country has taken IL up successfully no
other people ever can or will.
The New York legislature has pissed a bill
providing for the appointment of matrons for
ever, police station In the cities OF the state.
The petition was carried through by the Wo.
mans Prison association and the Wonan's
Christian Temperance Union.
The Reading railroad has arranged Q new
plan for fixing the wages OF coal train conduc
tors Those only one year In the service are
to receive 81 40 per trip; two years $3.50, aud
three years $500 per trip. Overtime will be
allowed If delays be considered unavoidable
The high license law which went in to opera.
tion in New Jersey last week provides for q
License fee Of 500 in all towns which have
not more than 5000 inhabitants, $50 in
towns which have a population Of from 3, 0JJ
" ~, oO0 and $3.50 in towns with population
OF more than 1000.
y. Biunzer, prominent fockman of Nueces
county, Texas, is the owner OF 6year-old
Durham COW that has eighteen horus, four on
each loot and two on the head. The horn
are fully developed, Md are about fourteen
inches long. The COW has IA one-yesr old
hefer that has the same number OF horns
Inc people OF the United States have not
begun to appreciate the magnihceuce of this
boon Of nature, says Tie Lolssvtls Courier.
JoayWd- which every year reappears with .
srDplg of the world's best cotton for q, Oo0 {.
90 people, equal to double the supply allotted
the 100000, 900 Of people Of other nations
The firm Of Barbour Brothers, thread and
twine manufacturers. Of Paterson, n. j..
employ LOO workers 10 that city, and 9, go
IN Belfast. Ireland, the work performed be ng
the same In both CITIES. The monthly pay
roll for the l,40O in Paterson amounts TO
within $500 as much as the payroll for the
( 1910 In Belfast
/ Electricians are Just now focking to Spain,
} for the government has decreed that all the
! theaters in the kingdom shall adopt the cleo
! tric light within six months Experts cay
that danger Is in this Wholesale edict, for
there are not men and material in the country
to do the work in the required time, and II
there should be a general influx Of electro
clans, the work is likely to be too hastily done
to be- safe.
The pineapple season has begun in New
York. Merchants there are receiving $500
b rrels week, and by the middle OF May
when the season is at its height the guam tity