Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-04
CURRENT EVENTS.
Louisiana has a dwarf cantaloupe called
the smell melon.

y the recent excitement printed 900, 900 copie
q Nineteen thousand more Irshmen left the
! native land last year than In the year b.
/ fore.
Electricity has been found to travel 2ss .OC
K miles per second, under favorable cIrcum
stances
c Col Cash, of South Carolina, wanted 10 liy
a 70 work of about five more duels but deaf
was relentless.
lhe prospect for an immense crop Of peache
In the Michigan fruit belt this year Is consId
cred excellent
Spring has so far advanced I'm Southern In
, diana that bare-footed woman is occasional,
TO be met with.
Bears are playing sad havoc with the Cana.
dian Pacific telegraph lines at Griffin Lake
and Reyelstoke Quebec.
Chicago artist has painted cat which an
pears so life-ke that a saucer OF milk left In
the room soon disappears.
The decrease OF salmon In the Columbia
River is causing ifs hermen to change their
base OF operations to Alaska
British Columbsns are agltating for mint.
Inc Dominion has no gold coins, and its sill
yer and copper currency 10 made IN England
Lake Huron is lower than the Oldest resi-
dents ever saw It. The water Is two feet be-
low the lowest point OF year and a half ago.
Scientific tests in Hungary show that corn
VIII produce the largest yield OF milk. while
sorghum produces milk Of the richest quail
ity.
Inc wool clip OF southern Utah this year
Will exceed that Of last season by 500. 900
pounds, aud will probably reach 600 900
pounds.
recent very severe frost at Jefferson Tex.
the greatfruit-growing section OF the state,
nave greatly Injured the fruit buds, and. II Is
feared, nearly destroyed the crop.
The Department OF Agriculture at Wash
ington, In recent report on the stock In the
country, estimates the number of horses in
Kentucky at 300, 900, valued at So. OOO 900
A Pittsburg man has invented cigarhold-
er "hich permits man to smoke five cigars
al one time. As an Offset some one should
invent mouth 10 hold five guilds OF tobacco
The gentleman In an Illinois town who n
charged with stealing a well. the only one In
the vicinity that never falls, seems to have
caught the spirit OF the age. He will be or
ganizng water trust presently.
II requires 1000 barrels Of potatoes every |
day to supply the New York city market at
this season. Last year at this time potatoes
sold, wholesale, at $3.50 to s16O. This year
they are quoted at 81. II to $3.50
There Is movement In Mexico 10 encour
age the immigration OF Garman farmers, and
10 Increase the production OF cotton In the
northeastern part OF that republic. 1t is
stated that the soil is as well adapted to the
growth OF cotton as Is that of Texas
There is now a post Office for every |. 900
men, women and children in the United
States. II the expenses Of carving the
nails were paid direct from the pockets Of the
'eople pro rata, each citizen would paw an
verage Of So cents year for having his
nail carried.
Edwin ID. Hilton, Paterson machiuest,
as completed silk loom which occupies less {
pace than type writer, and wesves silk t
andkerchiefs OF pretty pattern, four inches s
quare. child can operate IT, silk manu- b
acturers OF Paterson say It Is the smallest
'orking loom ever made. q
Illinois has never had a Speaker OF the b
louise or President OF the Senate. and no b
peaker has ever lived west OF the Mlsslssippi. b
hode Island and Delaware, among the East o
m states. have never been honored With the p
and neither Louisiana nor Ala
anna has ever had Speaker. II
There is agitation In New England for sep E,
ate sleeping cars for women; and upon sew p
al grounds such cars are very desirable. 81
hat is more needed, however is a separate Ia
llet room for the woman who locks the door gl
Id spends an hour In deliberately doing I'D
n hair while score Of her sisters are waiting g,
Itside -
The cattle trust al Denver, Col. has lust al
osed contract with the French Govern n,
ent to supply the French army with 100 900 W
ad OF beef cattle annually. The cattle will sh
be range stock. The shipments will be IA
ide TO Chicago, where the cattle will be
The price to be paid has not t.
EN- made public. :"
A 12-pound cannon shot was found imbel- ov
1 seventeen inches deep in an oak tree in 70,
suburbs OF Franklin, Tenn. 1t was evl- I'm
ntly fired from Federal cannon during the ae
ody battle twenty-three years ago, as 1t en- be
Ell the tree on the side next 10 town The IN,
res OF oak are still attached 70 the ball
are nearly as hard as the iron itself.
You attend Sunday School, do youi" asked 90,
Rev. Mr.. Smith OF Nellie. Then Won a.,
st know good deal about the billet Now mi
us something nice THAT'S in the bible e,q
c, can youp "Yeth thur; sis hath some GO,
ed leaves in 1t, a peith Of aunt James az
idln' dreth, peith Of my dreth when | ~
J baby, thome hair and sis's fellows
ure."
n experiment is being made on the Call. .ne
ala coast to test the utility OF ocean wave ''"O
e. At an opening In some cliffs great GU
; are suspended, and their movement at ea.
ebb and flow Of the waves is so geared as eAU
york immense pumps which are designed 'ne
II large reservoirs on elevations, these be- Up
used to supply water power TO manufac- SUI
es of various kinds A
he rite OF burning the body after death Is uisi
In high veneration by the Buddhlsts, as rev
believe by this process its material parts 'acf
TO the higher elements Whereas the
al, or the abandonment Of the body 10 WAS
and vultures, inspires a peculiar horror. 81
e, according to their belief. the BODY must 'ha'
return 10 the earth and pass through won
ltless forms OF the lower orders OF crea- 'nru
before 1t can again be fitted for the occu- Oh
On OF a human soul iona