Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-04
HERE AND THERE.

:. Harvard College In 1893.
lr IL Is estimated that there are 1000, 0O
g. acres In Colorado that may be irrigated
IL Ia estimated that l000,O boxes O
% raisins Will be produced at Fresno, Cal, thl
; season.
At Toxic last year 1920 persons were
e cremated. Only SCI had died from Infection:
i diseases.
The largest fish market In the world is Bill.
8 iingsgste London, where 1872, 900 tons OF fish
: are sold year.
An experienced Adirondack guide estimates
j. mat there are now in the AdIrondacks %, 900
y deer and 1000 bears
The snow on the hill tops in the vicinity OF
lshpeming, Mich, is five feet deep. Its depth
In valleys nobody knows.
Norway has a battalion OF armed skaters,
who maneuver readily on the fee or snow.
Their skates are six inches wide and nine
long.
Natural gas at Pittsburg has displaced the
use OF g. 100000 tons Of coal a year One-hal
the houses there use natural gas for fue. and
light
lhey say IT Is fact that Mr. and Mrs
lurAhel age eighty and sixtY-fve years re-
spectiyely, OF Cisco, Tex, have recently be.
come the parents of a fine boy
Some OF the huge apartment houses In New
YORK have proved bad speculations. The Os-
borne, which cost Sl,2J9, 900 In 1882 has re-
Gently been sold at auction for 500 00O less
The wealthiest woman In the Northwest Is
probably Mrs. Sarah A Davidson, OF St Paul.
the widow Of Commodore W. +. Davidson.
She 10 estimated to be worth about 81. 500. 600.
The Canadian Government has determined
10 grant no further aid to immigrants
New Orleans has decided to celebrate Mardi
Gras this year with more enthusiasm than
ever before.
The old Hohepzolern curse, that no king
was to be succeeded by his eldest son and the
heir was TO have some malformation or dam
aged limb, has been broken, and even the
most superstitous have begun to doubt the
spell.
Perhaps the richest colored woman IN the
South Is Mrs Amanda Ewlambs, of Atlanta,
ia, whose fortune Is estimated at $500, 900.
Mrs H. White, OF Mobile, a colored woman is
worth $4,000, and there are several other rich
colored women In the South.
The names for money in the language OF the
ogailalia Sioux are interesting. Gold Is
mases-ska-zi, literally yellow white from"
silver Is masses ska-ska, or white iron," and
greenbaeks are minne-hurpimases-s ska, or
paper that talks white iron"
1t is a curious fact that while Queen Veto
ria speaks German In her home circle, the
present German Empress disregsrds IL In hers
and uses English as much as possible. En-
glish is the firesde tongue OF the Greek, Dan.
ish and Russian royal families
Prince William, eldest son of Crown Prince
William Of Germany, will be seven years Of
age next May On his last birthday he was
with a cake, upon which six candles
we're burning and a commission, with the uni
form OF lieutenant in the Prussan army.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is going to form a great COL
ection OF articles of bric-a-brac. He has Sc
'ured the services Of an experienced instructor
o aid him In judging what TO purchase, and il
aid that he has already expended upwards Of
lalf million dollars on his new collection.
Bronson Alcott was a vegetarian, and often
ritcised meat eaters harshly To one Of them
e declared one day that the eater of mutton
ecomes sheep, the eater of pork becomes
og, etc. "And 1t Is also true" interposed the
Their, that eaters OF vegetables become small
otatoesf
General Lew Wallace, the author OF ben
Iur," is said to be distressingly absent mind
i. lie has been known when at breakfast to
ut two heaping teaspoonfuls Of sugar on
DIT boiled egg and then, almost before the
ughter had died away, TO salt his coffee with
rest deliberation.
Whenever Emperor William went TO his
udy window to acknowledge a military salute
c invariably buttoned his coat. To Gener-
who asked him why he was so ceremonious
: said: The soldiers have never seen me
it'll my coat unbottoned, and they never
all. 1t is the one button left unbuttoned
at is the ruin of the army"
very large share of the wheat imported
to Great Britain Is from Russia, the largest
mpetitot OF the United States. The annual
erage OF the wheat crop Of the United States
several years past has been 436, 900, 600
shels, and the export 1873, 0OO, 000 The aver
crop OF Russia for the same period has
en- 227, 100000 bushels and the export TO-
200.
Few York woman, who lost her scalp by
ing struck by a railroad train, sued the
npany for damages. The case was tried
lr times In the first trial the case was dis
ssed. In the second trial she was awarded
1000 damages, In the third trial the jury
We her $4,000 and finally a verdict for
600 was reached. Juries seem to disagree
to the value Of scalpes.
lady living at Findlay, Ohio threw out in
yard quantity OF canned pears which
ferment ted and flock OF chickens help
themselves and soon after became intoxi-
ed Their antics were ridiculous in the
RENE. The rooster had naturally mbbed
most, and had three fights and got used
He and one OF the hens became so
pefed that they became helpless.
Chinaman in San Francisco, during q
,ute with man of his own race, drew a
Diver and fired several shots. The man at
ied didn't seem TO mind being shot at In
least, and was entirely uninjured. He
arrested and searched. and found to have
hrt Of papler mache Of such consistency
when worn under a thick padded tunic IL
Id be impossible for a bullet or knife
Ist TO penetrate it.
ne Of the queer uses to which some fash
BILE women put District Telegraph mes