Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-08

ONE Of the largest ranches in the
| world Is owned by woman, Mrs.
Richard King. 1t lies about forty-fve
| miles south OF Corpus Christi, Texas,
and contains 200, 900 acres.
AMONG the prisoners now in jail In the
United States under the charge Of homi-
eide there are 10 clergymen, Is physi-
clans, 8 dentists, 2 lawyers, 20 teachers,
2 planters, 10 stock raisers, 10 cattle
traders, 81 INGREDIENTS, contractors, IS
druggists, grOcers, 4 real estate brokers,
livery stable keepers, ~ millers, 9
brewers, 10 hotel keepers, % saloon
keepers. OF the entire number nearly q
third were foreign born or Of foreign
parentage.
The extent to which civilization has
been carried into Africa is indicated by
the fact that the Zulu singers who are
now interesting London have seventy
seven English songs in their repertoire
and are particularly fond of rendering
IBID Me Discourse" and "Annie Laurie"
1t may be, however, that like the wild
men from Borneo and Circassian girls of
the dime museums these dark-skinned
artists are native products of Great
| brltaln or Ireland.
KANSAS is now the only k-producing
state in the union. Some other states
grow cocoons, but Kansas alone unwinds
the fiber. The government stations at
Philadelphia and Washington, having
received no appropriation from congress,
have closed for the present, whereas the
Kansas fiiature at Peabody received from
the state legislature last year an appro-
priation of $7,200-just enough to keep
IL going. Silk, like tea culture, appears
to be petering out in the United States.
UNDER law passed in 1902, j. B.
Osborn, a reputable business man Of
Bridgeport, Conn, has been arrested by
the authorities of Fairfield for riding
through the town on Sunday. The COM
plant charges that SIN the town Of
Fairfield, the day being July II, 1892,
the Sabbath or Lords Day, said Jere-
miah b. Osborne, between sunrise and
sunset engaged in vain sport and re-
creation by then and there riding about
said town upon q certain vehicle known
as bicycle, to the great disturbance of
the good people of the State, and against
the peace and contrary to the form Of
statute in such cases made and provided"
J On the United States side of the line
at Nogales, Ari., eggs have been rendered
dear by the new tariff upon them, mas
: much as the hens of that region are
} chiefly owned on the Mexican side and
fed with cheap Mexican grain. A shrewd
Yankee recently arrived there, and he
was convinced that his opportunity lay
in the high price of eggs so he erected
| large henhouse exactly across the
: boundary line. At the United States
I end he provided nests and at the other
end he fed his hens with low-priced
7 Mexican grain. The hens ate the grain
2 in Mexico, and then walked across the
G line into the United States to lay their
c eggs. The transaction was perfectly
D honest, for the Yankee Struggled neither
4 grain nor eggs. He is making money
fest.
3 In the matter of hospitality we might
! learn many fine points from the Corcans,
who appear, from the following story, to
: keep alive the ancient notion that nothing
should be too good for the stranger with
!, in their gates. When Admiral Shufeldt
6 went to the hermit nation to arrange for
= a treaty Miss Shufeldt missed q valuable
bracelet, the theft of which was duly re-
ported to the proper authorities. Sus-
picion rested on two natives, who were
: taken before the tribunal and subjected
to rigorous examination. The officials
: found that no discriminating evidence
!, could be obtained against the suspected
. culprits and informed Miss Shufeldt of
4 the fact. but added, in a spirit Of
= courtesy, that eff madam wishes, how
e ever, we will at once cut off the heads OF
= both men,"
n THE objects of historical value and
interest which will be shown at the
Worlds Fair will be legion. 1t is safe
to say that the collection will be ten
times as numerous as has ever been wit
messed in one place before. The Colum-
u bus relics alone will be very great IN
y number, and will include the majority
= of the important portable reminders OF
Is the famous explorer. They will be
y brought from Spain, Italy, Rome, the
y West Indies, and other widely separated
parts of the earth. Every department
y almost of the great Exposition will have
l. its relics on view-old records, portraits,
= machines, models, inventions, etc., each
u having historical interest, or marking q
j stage OF progress in its own line. Par
ticularly numerous will be these histor-
~ ical exhibits from the United States.
le 'Tr costs just 20 cents to stop q
n train" says conductor in the Cincin-
'. natl Times-Star. 'And for that reason
is the average commuter train does not
d pay running expenses. Take our line
le out as far as Sharon, for instance. 1t il
W Just about sixteen miles from the city
d and is the sixteenth stop for a commuter
IS train. That makes the cost OF stopping
d trains 20 cents mile. The average COM
er muter rate is two-thirds of cent mile.
D. So you see to pay the cost of stopping
{. trains alone we must carry about 100
re passengers over every mile Then there
he are the other regular running expenses.
ne The engine consumes an extra half-ton
er of coal every time we stop at Gano OF
is the grade above Sharon. l tell you,
when figure up the running expenses
of one OF these trains cUngr~t~lafs
myself that am on q salary and do not
own railroad"
If France were only able to allow on.
n half of her aonual military appropriation
st to reach the worlxmen by devoting it Il
a public improvements she could build ,
G, canal from the Bay of Biscay to thu
III Mediterranean, thus making Toulouse Z
n, seaport. Paris very easily could receiv,
ed the great ocean steamers, and that with
In n small expense. comparatively speaking