Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-30
HONOR BELONGED TO CEN. GRANT
Colonel Says He Was seen by More Per-
sons than Amy other Man.

The military gentlemen who occupy
the seats around the billiard room AT
Wizards discuss everything available
for conversational purposes. but some
times they get out of a topic. This hap
pened to IA Colonel and Major OF
something more than local reputation
last night. while a young Treasury
clerk was playing with his member of
Congress for 81 supper after the the
alter.
The Colonel stuck his knobby cane
up under his grizzled mustache and
bent his watery orbs on the table. The
Major reversed his toothpick and null
tiplied the Colonels silence by two.
They sat this way for fifteen minutes,
when the Colonel suddenly slapped the
Majors knee. and introduced what a
man standing by has since regarded as
an absolutely new proposition.
"Majah. there are a good many fell
lers looking at this game and that boy
there is the center OF observation"
very manifestly, sab, assented the
other.
We'll, now, this suggests to me to
ask you very interesting question.
sah.'
"All right, Cunnel. let's have it."
"Um-m-m! Tell me. if you can, what
man in all history was seen by the
greatest number of human beings from
first to last during the course of his
natural life.
Gee whiz! Cunnel let me of Tha.'s
too much! Why don't you 90 down and
tell that to Teddy Roosevelt for the
Civil Service Commission?"
We'll, its a fair. bony fidy real live
question and there's an answer to it,
that you and l. as Kentuckians, never
liked so powerful much but it's true
answer as sure as your Twin, an kin
prove it, too"
well, Cunnel if you'll just spin
ahead and answer the hing yerself I'll
give up. My ntellectuals need scrap
ing little tonight; they're kind o.
gummed-up like"
"Gin'ral Grant"
"Gin'ral Grant?"
"Yes, Gin'ral Grant"
"Ye don't say-jiin'ral Grant! I'd
never a thought he was the man."
"Well, he was. More people laid Their
eyes on that man than any other man
since time began way back among the
star dust.
well, come to say so an think so,
perhaps, begosh, it is So"
Yer bet, Majah First he was seen
with that everlasting cig-yar o. his in
the Western army and in the Army of
Virginia. Then he was President. In
these twelve years he was seen by at
least ID, 600, 900 people. They say on
an average 800, 900 people visit Wash
ington every year, counting in inaugu-
rations and big blowouts. Then think
of his travels away from Washington.
Why, | was m Philadelphia when
George w. Childs gave him that recep-
ton before he sailed down the Delaware
to 60 around the world. The people
just seemed like the sands of the sea-
shore and the leaves of the forest Just
think of that journey round the world
first to England, then France and
Spain, and Scotland, and Germany, and
Turkey, and Egypt and all through
India, Siam, China Japan, and then
that tremendous welcome in California.
Think of the big cities that turned out
to see him. Why, the Car had Grant
review his whole army. reckon not
less than 200, 600, 900 people saw Grant
first to last Alexander the Great,
Napoleon, Bismarck, Queen Victoria
well, what's the use of talking? They
weren't in il with Grant. - WdShingtoii
star.