Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-10
CURRENT EVENTS.


The Austrian delegate at Pesth has adopt
ed an army credit OF A. 900 900 forms
-Four japanese students graduated at Yals
college tbs year They were apt students
Dartmouth college has received $40, 600
from the estate Of the late Judge Downer. OF
Milwaukee.
Two immense forests In Sweden have been
DESTROYED by fire. The estimated loss Is about
81, 900
IL 10 declared by expert electricians that
there are II, 900 miles OF dead wires Ia
New York city.
To say bandanna handkerchief b to use
tautology. Americans have not time for
double naming.
The prison jute mill at San Quentin, Cal,
turns out Il 00s sacks day aud Us nen are
employed In tbs sssh and door factory.
The new wire gun at shoeburyRe ss has
thrown O 500 pound shell distance OF twelve
miles, the greatest distance ever covered by
q cannon-balL
A recent English invention relates TO cast
Ing packing rings ready for use without Dor
ing or turning. The rings are east In chill
mold around a metallic core.
Germany's official newspaper calls upon DR..
Mackenzie to explain why he withheld in
formation regarding the generous nature OF
the late emperor's disease
Admiral IIornby says that England would
require at least Isl cruisers to protect her
merchant vessels from the enemy's cruisers,
and that she has but forty-two
Dr. Henocque, OF Paris, has invented a new
spectroscope for investigating the changes in
,he blood II Is expected 10 prove OF i'm
portance In studying nutrition.
a sugar-refinpg company with 5000 900
capital has been started 10 use Henry Friends
new method Of refining by electricity. The
cost will be about - cents a ton.
French copper syndicate has bought for
three years the output OF two of the lead ng
copper Of Japan, amounting 10 seven
eigbths Of the tstal japanese output.
Times are tough on the poor Of Ru sla-
They have butltte to sell. They are heavi-
ly taxed, and The London Meas SAYS they are
actually starving to death In great numbers.
Dealers in hard y God furnishings say that
sycamore wood Is rapidly coming into use.
Il works" well, makes AZ excellent finish,
and is much cheaper than birch, maple, or
oak.
The mystery regarding the whites OF eggs
after the ice-cyean factories have used up
their yoIks Is explained by statement that
they are used ~ make albumenizod paper for
photography.
The louges, flight OF homng pigeon In
this country was that Of hen named Alaba-
ina, which, In 1855, made the l,04O miles from
Montgomery, Ala, to Fall RIVER, Mass, be-
tween Aug. II and Sept. Il.
The Introduction of American watches IN
10 England has reduced the number OF gold
cases marked at the London ASSAY Office from
81 oi4 in 1876 10 -, 4lG in lSSG, aud OF silver
cases from ll9 39i IN 1876 10 80, ~, in 1856.
Charley Waters, a fisherman Of Helena,
Ark, caught and landed one OF the largest
fishes ever seen 10 this part OF the country.
1t was a channel catfish. weighed over 2o1
pounds, aud was caught In the -. Francois
river.
The new reign In Germany Is evidently
not 10 be distinguished by Jefcrsonian sim
plcty. The spleudor and pomp that has
surrounded the recent state performances OF
the new emperor indicate return to a sor,
Of renaissance IN royaty.
An authorized representative OF the duke
OF SAKE Meinngen expects 10 be IN New York
in the course OF a month FOR the purpose OF
making arrangements for an American sea.
son OF the dukes famous theatrical company
next autumn AMI winter
Isaiah V. Williamson, Of Phnadcphla. Is
reported 20 be The wealthirst bachelor ia the
United States. lie has fortune " S2l,001,-
900 and gives large portion of 1t annually in
charities. lie is plainly dressed old gentle
man, very modes, aud retiring in his ways.
In the Paris prison OF detention recently
person committed as man, a years old,
after benig locked W Was found TO be wo-
man. II was found that she had put on
male clothes twenty years before, and had
worn them ever since without being discover
ed.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood who has been nom-
uated for the presidency on the ticket OF the
equal rights party, "a, according to official re-
port s. years OF age. She began school
teaching when she was Il and studied law
and was admitted 70 The bar when she Was
AZ
Tho question having arisen "a To whv the
fallen branches O! trees, at certain stages
OF decay, are more or less colored through
their tissues with various shades OF green,
II is alleged that chemical analysts shows
the lht5t nee OF iOa Euc Dasc OI the Lre5u
coloriug matter.
Among the beauties OF the Pacific
coast Mime. Clsroysky, wife of the Russian
consul takes high rank. Sue is a tall, slender
blonde and her features are delicate and re.
6ne,l. She has a slender white throat sup
porting head Of exquisite proportions aud
Der taste IN dress Is pronounced perfect.
The beautiful young Hessiau princess who
has just been iuarried 10 Prince Henry OF
Prussia Is known here aud In England
Princess Irene, but in Germany she is always
called Princess Ella. She Is The most popu.
lar member Of rather unpopular family, but
her personal charms and worth would make
her an Idol anywhere.
One of the attractions Of the Paris exit
billion next year Is 10 be an immense model
Of the terrestrial globe In the Champ lie Mars.
1t will rotate on an axis, and will give
some idea OF the real dimensions as well as
be accurately constructed on scale OF one
mIlionth. Several able scientists have
ha n - pnustrupffnn