Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-11-09
HERE AND THERE

ss,tle.s In some portions OF Indian Ter
rtory are said 10 be IN starving condition
owing to the dcpredatons OF thieves, who
have driven of their stock.
A strike, participated In by about $50 boys.
has been the cause OF closing two OF the
largest glass factor es IN Maryland and throw
Ing 90 men out VI employment.
A correspondent OF The liverpool Mercury
says that he heard some cornet playing from
q phonograph which had been repeated more
,han a thousand times, aud all the not:s were
rs clear and distinct as ever.
English physicians condemn cigarette
smoking because n produces throat diseases
Even the best cigarettes are dangerous
They cause more consumption OF nicotine
than either the cigar or the pipe.
San Antonis, out IN California, boasts the
iittlest bpby ever born. 1t Is the son OF Alfred
Mcguire, q railroad brakeman, and when
boru 1t weighed only sixteen ounc,s pint
cup covered II. The father aud mother are
both well inexperienced
Some folks claim that advertising does not
pay. few nights ago a thief entered a
house In Chicago and ransac<ed drawer In
which he overlooked $50 The daily pap'rs
returned that night and got the sS) and q
Iut OF clothes
The safety insured by interlocSlng signal
apparatus may be shown by the fact that
about 100000 trains have passed over the
Chatham square crossing OF the New York
elevated railway with but one pll'sIon, which
Was owing to the engine driver passing the
danger signal.
A man who has been in the habit OF lying
awake nights has discovered a remedy for
ileeplessnesh He throws aside the pillow
Ind adopts the practice OF sleeN!ug with the
head aud bolY nearly on the same level
Only men, among the animals, seem to re-
qulre pillow.
The cranberry p'ckers are out IN full force
down on the Cape boys preparing TO gather In
The harvest A great many families are
enabled to lay by from 500 to 500 every
season as the reward OF their industry Ia the
cranberry fields, which keeps the winter fires
going aud drives want from the door.
Como sseurs in the art OF slow torture say
there is nothing | Ike the nocturnal tic-tac TO
ttlr the blood and madd n the brain The
tic-tac is n bullet on a string, b. means Of
which, and with the help OF Satan, small
boys mysterlously rap melancholy moao-
tone on the window pane aud Danish sleep
from the inmate Of the haunted chamber as
tfTectually as If he were OF the rack.
According to careful calculations made Us
a British Clergyman OF note and just pub
lished Professionals have increased during the
last hundred years from $1,000 600 10 l3i,-
90, 600, or nearly fourfoli. Roman CItho-
lies during the same period have increased
from sO,0.00J0 to $1,000, 900, or twofoll.
The Greek church during the century has ia
creased from 10000, OOJ to 5000 COZ, also
twofod
The fact that Emperor william OF Germany
refuses to permit bills OF fare to retain their
French no nenclature in his huu 3ehold is a
straw VIII CHI shows that the wind Is bowing
in the direction of a European war. Tue road
to mans heart is said TO be through his
stomach. a1d when a sovereign ord aims that
the seat OF his nff ctions shall not be ar-
preached By means OF a foreign language his
patriotism must be OF an explosive charac-
ter.