Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-15
FACT AND FANCY.

or Charies DUKE Is going on tour IN
Afghanstan.
Capt. Mayne ReId's widow is engaged on a
sketch of his life.
Marion Crawford, the novelist 10 athletic
and over six feet
Mrs. Daniel Bandmann will shortly play
LADY Macbeth"
Mrs. Lille Devereaux Blake thinks women
would make good soldiers.
C. Z. Huntington owns more miles OF rail-
road than any other man In America
Ftz Greene Haleck's poem, "Marco Boz
zaris," has been suppressed In Turkey.
Miss Rose Coghlan has the smallest foot
for her size OF any woman on the stage.
Gladstone plays the violin, but he does 1t US
he chops down trees, by main strength.
Cardinal Manning is preparing magazine
article on ''Darwin's Life and Letters"
An autographs manuscript of Burns poems
was sold recently at Sothebys for 1905.
Each Of Worth's employees is allowed one
dress year made up to suit themselves.
Bclva Lockwood has a great admiration for
''the brave, honest, moral and frugal Nor
mons"
Z AuuIeW Lang uhs Dteu CHOstu icttuicl
on Natural Theology at St. Andrews Uni
versty.
I. {. Burnand, OF london Punch, has de-
cded not to come TO this country on lect-
ure tour.
There's no mystery about the Farmers
Trust. The farmers trust is In summer
boarders
! Rev. Dr. W. DeLoss Love, OF Hartford,
Conn, is collecting material for history OF
the Love family
'Ouida." who is sixty years Of age, wears
her yellow hair flying loose, and light-colored
dccollete dresses.
The Prince Of Wales has charge OF mon
umcnt fund to erect memorial to the late
Col. Valentine Baker
Grace Hawthorne sends from London an
explicit denial Of the story that she had mar
RED the manager, w. W. Kelly.
Miss Mollie Garfield is said to be an excep-
tionally well informed girl, and takes an es-
pecial interest in scientific matters.
"Whars an amatoor, Helenr' asked Rob-
bic OF his elder sister. ~ think it's person
who isn't very mature" was the wise reply.
Horace Davis, the new Presid rt OF the
California State University, is an enthusiastic
advocate OF the higher education Of women.
A Denver man bad been arrested for steal
ing three boxes Of cigars Of the value OF
eighty three cents box. The defense will be
insanity.
what made the tower of Pisa lean'"
because of the famine in the land" said
boy who got the tower confused with Joseph's
brethren.
w. O. Stoddard has added to his series OF
'Ltves OF the Presidents" a volume contain.
ing biographies OF Andrew Jackson and Mar
tn Van Buren,.
Cant some little bow tell me what animals
lie in wait for their foodl" said the teacher,
and little Johnny Binks piped out: "PIease.
teacher, the coal dealers"
A memorial OF the late Daniel Manning has
been placed by his widow in St. Paul's Church,
Albany. IT is large Latin Cross Of polished
BRASS appropr ately inscribed.
Thomas Mast, the cartoonist, has gone into
retirement in a cottage about five miles from
Los Angeles Cal He can afford TO sit under
his own orange and fg trees there.
Murphy, molght OF AK yez whudder It's
natheral er artificial fu vez to be dat bow
lcggedw artificial Moise: oil rode up IN a
bloom wan tonne an walked back"
Woman (who has given something to eat
10 a tramp -"You have a very awkward way
Of eating, man" Tramp-"Yes, ms'am, ]
guess It's cause I'm out of practice"
Acernon-"Whv, Charley, you seem to
have a good appetite this morning. Been
taking any exercised" Charley-'Yaz, dean
,,,-fa1 IL
ing"
Mrs Bascom-'Thcy say that Jim Simp-
kins lost all his money in Pharaoh Bank IN
New York. tell YOU them Egyptians air
graspin' lot. The children Of Israel found
ihat out.
Clinton Scallard, the archnologist, has fin
ished his studies in the land OF the Pharaohs
and will shortly return TO this country. He
viii, In all probability, embody the result OF
his Investigations in book.
A window from Munich has been placed IN
Christ Church, Georgetown, ID. c., as q
memorial to Francis Scott Key, author OF
'The Star Spangled Banner" who was one
Of the original ten incorporates of the
church.
The Emperor William during his lifetime
saw disappear from tne scene SIX ropes, clEhl
Nmperors, fftv;wo Kings, six S'iltans, aud
wcnty-one Presidents. -Four OF these are
still alive, but the remaining elgtty-nine are
dead.
Life Insurance Agent-''Mndam our com
PAW has never failed to paw q single claim.
and when you cons der that one.sixth of our
holders die every year, you" Madam-"So
many dill Really can't think of taking
poilc,; ! don't think it would be safe"
Among the cattlemen who after 'ded the re
cent convention in Denver OF the 1nternation-
al Range Association was ex-senator stephen
W. Dorsey, who is one OF the largest cattle
owners In New Mexico. His holdings OF
ranch lands at one TIM aggre gated 10000
acres.
Webster Appleton E6 gar, sor Of Mrs Jer-
ONE Napoleon BonapArte bv her first mar
riage, aud greatgrsnd son OF Daniel Webster
is about to marry greatgrandianghIe OF
Benjamin Franklin. The Young lady's
mother widow, is a clerk In the Quarter
master Generals Office,