Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-02
HERE AND THt.

lie BrhZLa, the African fAplolcif S"t" 49,
upper Congo teens with ivory. lie fouho
large quantities Of tusks In some OF the
villages, which were offered for small guam
titles OF beads.
Mrs. Lydia Watson, OF Leicester, Mass.
whose one hundred and first birthday has
Just been celebrated. Is in excellent health.
Her form is erect aud she has u fine appetite
and digestion.
The German Crown Prince II very popular.
The other day 10000 people Of Aachen formed
a procession and marched TO the pilgrimage
resort OF Moneuret, where prayers were offered
up for his cure.
or the twelve men, including William Lloyd
Garrison, who met In Boston on Jan. o, fifty.
six years ago, and signed the constitution OF
the Anti-slavery Society, only one Oliver
Johnson survives.
There Is a woman living at Hannibal, Mo-,
who is SO heavy that che can't walk, and 10
wheeled about In a cart by All able bodied at
tendant. She weighs 40 pounds, and other
wise is in good health.
Talking OF encyclopedias, the academy at
Pekin has got up one of those treasures OF
human knowledge which leaves the Britain
hica far behind so far as bulk is concerned,
being In 100, 900 volumes.
Mr.. aud Mrs. james Goldsbury, Of War
wick, Mass. have recently celebrated the
sirty-Grst anniversary of their marriage. Mr..
Goldsbury, though ninety-one, goas to the
barn daily and takes care OF the stock.
The thermometer has ranged pretty low Ia
Montana thus far this winter, but probably
the coolest day ever known in the territory
was New Years Day. 1855. when the mercury
at Poplar River fell to CT degrees below zero
The Minister Of Mines in Victoria, Austria
liza, Mr.. G lies, has calculated that Australian
gold to the value Of e, 1908 was mined
last year, at an expense OF S2,3So,6SO The
profit In gold mining is as small as the prons
in other things.
William Clark, a veteran OF the Mexican
war, who is living at Sharon, Pa, at the age
OF ninety-four years, knew Daniel Boon aud
General Harrison well In his youth, and was
on intimate terms Of friendship with Henry
Clay and General Scott.
A few days ago q man stood In the street at
Ruby City, w. T., and killed two deer. The
people in the several mining camps are killing
about one hundred a day. When they are
sid at all a large one will bring $3.50, aud
sometimes one cannot give them away.
MIS-. L ATdu GAfNfnHs NAO OWN7 az Va
Hotel. in New York, was in her %girlhOod a
walter girl in a Lowell restaurant, while her
husband began life as a stable boy. She is
now worth s6,OOO,OJ0, and her hotel IS
Headquarters for the English aristocracy In
this country.
81. Petersburg has only one steam fire en-
CINE, and the same precautions against fire
are taken there and at Moscow as were In use
a century ago. Watchmcn are stationed on
towers - or 100 feet high, aud when a fire Is
discovered a signal is given and the fire de-
partment turns out.
The making of thread spools is a thriving
industry I'm a number OF Maine villages. The
most novel feature about the business Is tha
way the spools are polished. They are simply
placed in barrels, which are kept revolving nv
machinery until the spools have the required
smoothness.
The coolest place In the West Is said to be
the little town OF Halleck, on the Central Pa
cifc RAILWAY. 1t is built at the very bottom
of a valley that extends due north nearly 10
the Arctic circle, aud railroad men say that
this valley acts as a great national wind pipe
which brings the coolest blasts OF the North
Pole straight down to the unlucky village.
An Englishman named Huges, rendered
splenetic By unrequited love, committed SUI
eide al Bologna In a most determined man
ner. He drank a small bottle OF whisky mix
ed with strychuine, then locked the doors and
windows, made a hre OF charcoal, and finally
cut the artery Of his left wrist. A loaded re-
volver which had been lying on the table
became superhous after that
Eel Bahia. the last OF the Janissaries, died
recently In Seraiawo at the age OF one hun
dred and two. When the Janissaries were
in 1926, by order Of the Sultan
Mahmoui H., Zell Baba alone escaped and
fled 70 Russia. lie subsequently returned TO
where he earned a living as a
schoolmsster. He was the author OF a book
of Persian poems, which is much read In the
East.
The diamond mining companies OF South
Africa which number about ninety, propose
to form a gigantic combination that will con-
the whole diamond territory. The object
course. is TO increase the price, which has
been reduced BY the orm production OF
that region. 1t is estimated that there are
about 81, 900, O00. 900 worth Of diamonds now
In use. one-half of which came from the Afri-
can fields.
Robbers entered the house OF Henry tackle.
man, an old miser lying near farls, Ark, re-
and, binding him to a chair, began to
shoot to see which Of the party could come
the nearest to his ears without hitting bis
le,d. After having both ears pierced by bull
the old man begge so piteously for mer-
~ that he was released. The robbers secured
2O from him, all OF the money there wash
the house.
Now that Daniel Pratt is dead, Frank Vim
,ent. Jr. the author Of the Land OF the
White Elephant" may very properly be called
The great American traveller. Within the last
eleven years he has travelled 265, 800 miles, and
he records Of his outings are contained In a
dozen pleasant books OF adventure and discov-
ery. Mr.. Vincent passed through New Orleans
On bis way TO New York from Guatemala q
days ago.
The vanilla bean Is the ~costliest bean on
Earth. II fourishes In Mexico, chiefly In Pa
plntla aud INSANITY. 1t grows wild, and Is
and marketed by the natives. Just
as they come from the forest the beans sell at
$40 or Sl2 per loo. After the beans are