Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26


ONE of the things which the stu
dent of American life will soon have
to reckon with, If indeed it is not al
ready one Of the important factors in
the production of rural discomfort, is
the stocking of village libraries with
the light fiction which the summer
visitor has skinned through and cast
aside. To the accustomed reader
these things are good or bad, as the
case may be, but of no real import
ance unless they are the work of
writer's who have a real and strong
hold upon life and truth. The coun-
try reader, laboriOusly progressing
through the pages is sure TO take
them as of far more weight than they
really are. The crudities and all
those faults at which the more ex-
perienced reader smiles, are for him
true. His views of life become dis
torted accordingly, and i'm the end he
is left prey to that discomfort which
is the inevitable accompaniment of
false ideals. 1t is, of course, from
motives of the purest charity that the
summer bOarder bestOws upon the vii
lage library the books with which he
is done, and which it is bother to
take home again. 1t is often pleas
ure and an advantage to the village
to have these books, but it does seem
that there should be a little discre-
tion exercised in accepting these
lightly given gifts. Because some
body has bought paper-covered book
on the train, and is done with ii, is
hardly sufficient reason why IL
should be put upon the shelves of
country tfbrury for general eircuh-
ton.
SOME German. physician who is evil
IDENTIFY an old and weakened person is
responsible for again bringing to no
tice the theory that kissing is dan
gerous practice. After several years.
study of bacteria he is convinced that
OSCILLATION is a prolific factor OF
disease: that all sorts of troubles are
conveyed through this enjoyable per-
Torrance, and that the rapturous
quarter of an hour in which a young
man delays his fond adieus to his
sweetheart Is full Of appalling posi-
bilities which menace the happiness
OF the human race. 1t is strongly
suspected that the German doctor is
croaking over sour grapes. He is
probably too distempered, too old and
hoary too uncomely and bald ever to
be kissed by any one OF the fair
daughters of Eve; and, like the tail
less fox who wanted all the other
foxes TO amputate their tails, too, he
would deprive his fellow men OF a de-
light in which he cannot participate.
If this Is not the reason OF his an
tipathy to kissing it will be charita-
BILE to suppose him insane on the sub
ject of microbes. Look at the amount
of kissing done by the Caucasian race
and its proportionate relation to the
state Of the Caucasian race'yhealth!
There are probably about one billion
times as many kisses exchanged every
week as there are people sick in the
same time. The only people not given
over to this gently intoxicating habit
are those who are compelled by cir
cumstances to refrain. 1t is pleasant
to reflect that this soured Teuton has
nothing to do with the ruling of crea-
ton. His wrinkled, unkissed lips
may go on lecturing for another fifty
years or more and all the men and
women and boys and girls in Christen-
dom will still be punctuating his
learned speeches with CHEEKY, musical