Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-15
MISSING LINKS.

try are reared in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. nta-
MORE than 1900, 900 copies OF 10
las novels, exclusive of translations,
have been sold.
THE first folio 1923 edition of Shak-
speare is under process of reproduc-
ton by means OF photography.
DURING the last financial year the
German Government paid away s1,-
900, 900 in pensions to naval and mil
itary officers.
OUT OF fifty-two artists who have
been singing this season at Coyent
Garden Nondon) Italian opera only
four are genuine Italians.
The religious fatalism in the Hin
docs life extends also to their intel
lectual state. In grammar, as in
faith, kismet rules supreme.
The great cantilever bridge at Nj
agara Falls is entirely composed OF
steel. 1t is $40 feet in length, weighs
5000 tons and cost $900,00
In England they do not chew gum,
looking at the habit as vulgar and
low, but the Australians have already
taken kindly to it and are iDdulging
| freely.
THE Military Weekly of Berlin says
that there have been 194 ministers of
war in Spain during the century, the
average time of service being six
months.
A DEXTER woman became so in
fatuated with the Christian scientist
theory that she laid away her false
teeth, thinking that her natural ones
would grow again.
OUT of total of 1904 paupers in
| almshouses in the United States in
the year covered by the eleventh CEN
sus Oils per cent. were white and
1855 per cent. were colored.
In China they tie red cord around
a baby's wrists, so that it may grow
up quiet and obedient. Should a
child turn out bad, they say: "His
parents forgot to bind his wrists"
SAN FRANCISCO boasts of having
hotel which is practically earthquake
proof 1t is questionable il the men
| who imbibe too much Of its whisky
are constructed on the same principle.
If the earth should cease to revolve
altogether, the oceans Of the equator
would forsake their beds and hasten
toward the poles. Probably the en-
| tire globe north of Boston would be
submerged.
THE drivers of the work teams in
Paris can beat the crackers" Of Flor
ida at cracking their whips. This is
saying much, for the latter got their
peculiar designation from their skill
in that direction.
| LORD SPENCER's library, which is
said to be unrivaled among the pri-
vate collections of books in England,
and which contains matchless set
of Caxton publications, is to be sold
at auction next year.
THERE is no color line over in Ger
many, apparently. A colored man
| who went over there from Boston and
got naturalized some time ago is now
on the roll of pensioners Of the state
insurance for the aged.
THE Servians have curious Gus
tom Of giving parting kiss to their
deceased friends before final burial,
and the observance of it has caused a
| serious epluemIC Ur uIpIU1Ierra. Tnv
custom has now been forbidden.
SURELY the s'silly season" may be
regarded as fairly upon us when
American papers will print as a
special cable an account of the plenti-
tude of meals and drinks and the
paucity of sleep enjoyed bya cheap
American comedian during brief
visit to London.
PRIZE FIGHTER SLADE eloped with
the daughter OF mormon bishop.
The enraged father pursued the pair
for twenty miles, but the speed with
which they fled would have aroused
the admiration OF the Hon. Charles
Mitchell himself. So they were mar
ried, and Cupid gets the credit for
another Knockout. p t
A GERMAN writer who doesn't
know much about what he is discuss
ing is the latest writer about Ameri-
can women. Among other uncompli-
mentary things, he gives our girls
the credit for the invention Of that
supreme device of the devil-firting.
1t may go by another and more ap-
propriate name In other parts Of the
world, but its inventor was unques-
tionably Mother Eve.
MONSIEUR WILSON, the famous, or
infamous son-in-law of the late Pres
ident Grevy OF France, has again
brought himself into disgraceful no
toriety. Not content with running
Crews career and fastening his
death, he has been found guilty Of
corruption in securing his election as
Mayor of small French town and
fined 5000. This is the way French
people treat scoundrel. In this
country such man could never be
elected to any Office, but If elected he
could never be convicted of anything.
The Prices of Elephants.
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