Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-28
HERE AND THERE.

Curious, but when the season 70 at its
''height" corssges are generally at their low
est.
1t is reported that 1900, 900 cottonwood
trees have been planted In southwest Kansas
this year.
Mrs Garfield, widow Of the President, has
Wichita, Ka..
The agitation against sdultcrated lard
still goes on In England, and there Is good
demand for pure lard.
Ashland contains the guilty man. lie saws
he caught a sturgeon seven and one-hslf feet
long, weighing AL pounds.
The total number OF hogs slaughtered at
Bos ION for the week ending July % WAS about
20, 500; previous week, Is, 700; same week last
year, $1,000
The invention OF the game OF chess Is at
trlbuted to Palamedes, $50 b. c. BY some
authorities the origin Of the game is referred
TO the Hindoos
The caliper compass, whereby the bore OF
cannon, small arms, etc, Is measured, Is said
to have been invented by an artificer of
Nuremburg In I4o.
The Niagara Falls hackmen are about to
form protectivs association. No steps have
vet been taken In that direction by the bur-
glars OF the country.
Miss Harriet Hosmer Ia paying visit TO
this country from Italy. Thirty five years
ago she sought in vain for an opportunity to
study anatomy here.
Government aid has been invoked and will
be granted, to stamp out yellow fever at
IIu tan IA
to become epidemic.
II the tunnel does not flush the river, the
sulphurous imprecations OF the didn't told
you 500 crowd may counterfeit the summer
odor Of the big open sewer.
Brussels, once capital OF Austrian Brabant,
now OF Belgium, was founded by st. Gerry OF
CambTay, In the seventh century. IL was
made capital of the low countries In 1917.
Life has discovered that Cain killed Abel
because lie propounded to him the question
rs 1t hot enough for your This may ac-
count for many mysterious dsappearancea
Mrs. Cleveland seals her envelopes with
white wax marked with her initials "F. f..
c." while her note paper has ''whlte house"
or executive mansion" stamped In blue,
gold or silver.
Miss Alice Louisa Pond, the daughter Of a
New York editor, is the first woman gradu-
ate OF Columbia College. She studied at
home, but passed her examination with the
other students
Farmers are cautioned TO see that the
labels left on the newy planted fruit trees
are not too tight, the wire cutting into the
wood making it liable to break and stopping
the TOW of cap.
The professor OF mathematics at Cornell
doubted the possibility OF womau's com
pretending mathematics until Miss Mary NJ.
Wardel, OF Buffalo, who took fellowship,
convinced him to the contrary.
Very poor catches Of mackerel are reported
from Gloucester, Mass, this season. The
total seasons catch to 2Sth ult. was 1905
barrels against %, ll5 barrels to same time
1887, is. 100 In 1865 and IL, S4 In 1885.
Miss Beatrice Potter testified before a COM
mittee of the House OF Lords that she dis
guised herself and obta ned work in a tailor
Ing establishment in order TO obtain informa.
ton In regard TO the sweating stem.
The widow Of Emery 4. Stoors left prop
erty valued at about $4,000 At her hus-
bands death she was said TO have been left
penniess ami her accumulation of money
since speaks well for her business ability
The California State Board OF Horticulture
offers prizes for essays on the best methods
of crvstaliz ng fruits. The insipid flavor Of
most crystal zed fruit is the objection to It,.
When this is overcome, the sale will largely
increase.
The police authorities say the avarago
woman, or rather the woman little below
the average are inclined to be auarrelsome In
hot weather. There may be method in her
madness. After quarrel there is always q
GOODNESS.
| California now ranks sixteenth in the list
OF States arranged from q point OF railway
mileage. Illinois leads with 9, 00) miles OF
road, followed closely by Iowa, Texas aud
Kansas while California ranks sixteenth
with 3,611.
! Good authorities saws the Mexican horse is
a servlceable animal, good for long journeys,
easy In a csnter, intelligent full OF fun a,
times but rarely vicious and could he be do
mcsticated In the United States would be
very popular.
The New York Nal and Express asks
"W here are the husbands OF the women
whose surf bathing is daily sensation al
/ Narragansettp You wouldn't have them
with their wives, would youi Think how peo
! pie would Talk.
The macSerel fishery 10 almost dead In
dustry In the State OF Maine this season, and
the vessels have all returned home reporting
no catches OF any account. The cod fishing
vessels have done better, but are by no means
up to the average
The recent action OF congress In reducing
the rate OF postage on seeds, cuttings, plants,
bulbs, etc, to one ce3t FOR two ounces or
fraction thereof will probably be followed by