Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-04
TIDAL RiPPLETS.

Blind Tom plays by ear. He could not
play at sight if he could see
II young man is successful he Is well
spoken of. II he fails his name is Dennis.
A man accused Of murder, wishing To
prove himself insane, should conduct his
own case.
An eccentric Burlington man has built a
house ON wheels, where he resides with his
wife and children.
Lightning struck pine tree on the farm
OF w. +. Spann of Webster county, Ga,
and killed twenty hogs that had taken shell
ter under il.
A temple nc Hakodate, Japan, which had
been many years building, and was within
ten days OF completion, was burnt July 10.
Some of the wood carvings were magnificent
and the editice cost an enormous sum OF
money.
A resident Of Sioux City, Ia, who for thir-
ty years or more grudgingly paid taxes on
twenty very poor Jersey acres, has just sold
them for above S37 900, in consequence of the
discovery thereon Of a bed of fine clay for
tile, brick and pottery making.
Guide boards have been growing numer-
Gus in the country towns of New England
for few years past In some sections OF
Massachusetts at every corne. are set solid
granite posts ten feet high TO which are
bolted iron sign boards with raised letters.
Early in the present century there were
about 100 professed florists in the United
States, and their combined greenhouses COW
cred 10000 square feet of glass There are
now over 10000 florists, occupying 5O,WO,OOO
feet Of glass, or about 900 acres of green
houses
A novel electric railway has been compiet-
ed. running from the shore of Lake Lucerne
over a bed cut in the solid rock to the sum
nit of the Burgenstock, $3.50 feet up. 1t has
gradient Of from 39 to IS per cent. The
electricity is generated by water wheel in
! the River Aar.
Coughing and sncezing can be stopped by
pressing on the nerves Of the lips in the
neighborhood Of the nose. Pressing in the
neiChborhood Of the ear, or pressing very
hard on the top e the mouth, inside, is also
means of stopping coughing. The will has
! immense power, also.
There is now postoflice for every 1000
men, women and children in the United
States. II the expenses Of carrying the
mails were paid direct from the pockets Of
the people, pro rata, each citizen would pay
an average Of eighty five cents year for
having his mail carried.
A Dutch missionary in Africa bought a
negro boy years old, who was deaf and
dumb, for six pounds Of salt On account of
his infrmity but for the interposition of
this missionary, the child would have been
put to death He is now pupil in the insti-
tuition for deaf mutes AT Maestrict.
! While searching through his fathers eff
fects Ticket Agent Moffett, Of Knoxville,
Tenn, found gourd over Que hundred
years old 1t contained many Old papers,
among them note from Dayy Crockett
payable to William Moffett, for | shilling
and three pence for a barrel Of whisky and
IA kcg Of cider.
a certain leans Of stopping dog fight, oil
loosenng vicious dogs hold upon anything
is showor.ng something over the animals
that viii produce sneezing. BE his will
power ever so strong, the motion Of sneezing
involuntarily opens dogs jaws Pepper
answers very well, but snuff is the best, as
II can be used without limit
To pcrforate glass an exchange gives the
following directions Stick piece Of stiff
clay or putty on the part where you wish tC
make the hole Make Il hole in tho putty the
size you want the hole, reaching the glass, OF
course. Into this hole pour little molter
lead, when, unless il is very thick glass, the
piece will Immediately drop out
In 1899 will end the term Of 100 years dur
ing which the cities of Boston and Phila
dclphia have each enjoyed the revenue from
q bcquest Of 5000 made by Bcniamir
/ Franklin. The mouay "as 10 Be loaned %
young married art.f crs ana the trus ha:
boon executed, although the lapse of tho
century requires a new disposition of the
funds. II il significant that while in Boston
the -, 900 have become only $1,000, and that
in both cases the amount is less than Frank
lin estimated il would be.
People generally havc little idea of IN,
significance Of our Alaskan possg ssions
The coast line of Alaska, 1921 miles is
nearly twice the combined Atlantic anC
Pacific coast lines Of the United States
The market value of Alaska fisheries fol
last year is estimated at S3,oo0.000. A thou
sand salmon, averaging ten pounds each
have been taken in Sitkl Bay in single
haul The seal fisheries yield to the gov
ernment 1917, 800 annually, or enough TO pay
per cent. on the amount paid Russia fol
country. a single island is said TO be prac
tically a mountain of ore and to contain min
eral wealth enough to pay of the whole O
our national debt
An English sea captain writes to the LiN er
pool Mercury that during voyage arounC
Cape Horn he measured the height OF th'
wave coming up astern in a line of sight from
! the mast TO the horizon at the back. The
| reason he selected the mainmast was this
that as a rule il is nearly ainidships anC
when the ship is running the sea ahead ant
from aft lifts the two ends, forming
hollow amidships (the actual foot of tn,
wave below the mean draught, eqnal to tn,
slight elevation, the observer necessarily j!
above the true height. 1t was a Difficult
operation, but he obtained some good obser
vations, marking the height of the waves OF
tho mast On measuring the distance iron
these TO the mean draught he found them I,
be as follows: sixty-four, sixty one, fifty
O ght and sixty-fve feet respectively, vary
ing in length from 100 feet 10 500 feet.
The ground on which Philadelphia il
built il claimed TO be one of the richest gol,
folds in the world. The only difficulty il
that the field cannot be worked. Nearly thu
whole city is underlaycd with clay to tn,