Crawford avalanche., 1893-03-09

that the only uulhcutiC copJ ~ e.4c ~~
of-arms Of the State Of Pennsylvania had
disappeared from the walls OF lndepend-
encs Hall. An investigation was made,
and then il came out, although no one
hal noticed the omission, that the copy
he'd been missing for several years from
among the shields Of the various States
that may be seen hanging side by side.
Capt. Hanson, a member of the Penn
sylyania Board of Worlds Fair Managers,
who wanted to have a duplicate made
;or use at Chicago, can explain the dis
appearance only in this way: 'In 1874
or thereabouts the Legislature appro-
priated 5000 for the express purpose OF
correcting certain defects which were
said to exist in the coat-of-arms used on
official seals. To accomplish this work
a committee, consisting of the Governor,
Attorney General, and Secretary OF State,
was appointed and empowered to act.
So far as I know or can discover this
committee has never reported. 1t is pos
sible that the Committee appointed by
the Legislature removed 1t in 1870 to
have copies made, and that 1t now lies
hidden in some painters shop or in some
ones attic or cellar"
ACCORDING to a Belgian gentleman
now in this country, the territory Oh
Moresnet, lying between Belgium and
Germany, is the smallest Government in
the world. 1t has population OF nearly
1900. The people are devoted entirely
to the tin mining industry. There is 70
military service, and election days are
things they never hear of There is a
Cs. 4 loa
by the Mayor. He gets place by being
appointed by two delegates, one from
Germany and one from Belgium. The
police force consists of one man. lie Is
paid out of the annual revenue, which Is
about 200 francs; this also pays Tor
the maintenance of the roads and the
schools. The territory was made inde-
pendent in 1915. to settle a dispute.
Germany and Belgium both wanted 1t
on account of its tin mines, but neither
of them got il. The territory contains
trifie over two square miles OF ground.
THERE are twenty well-built towns in
Kansas without single inhabltant 10
waken the echoes of their deserted
streets. Saratoga had $50, 600 opera
| house, large brick hotel, $50, 600
school house, yet there is nobody even
| to claim place to sleep. At Fargo a
| 500, 900 school-housc stands on the side
| of the hill, a monument to the bond
voting craze. A herder and his family
constitute the sole population Of what
was once an incorporated city. This is
sad commentary on unhealthy booms.
| Those Kansas towns, like Wichita, adver-
tised themselves as phenomenal boom
cities. For awhile everything was
lovely" but at last dry rot took hold OF
the boom towns and killed them.
THE rural prophets say that the yield
of maple-syrup will be unusually good
this spring. According to one OF them
at is well known to those engaged IL
the business of sugar-making that good
season always follows severe winter.
The maple-sap then furnishes larger
percentape of sugar. Not only that, bu
the trees yield larger quantity OF saT
then than they do after winter OF fIe
ouent thaws. The snow in the interior
counties is very deep, and unless remark
able warm weather should come 1T vii
be on the ground until well along il
April. Sugar making will not commenc
until late in the season, but when we ge
| at il we shall make more of the tooth
some sweet than we have made before II
years"
TIE experience of the man who re
Gently sold his interest in large manu-
featuring concern near Boston for over
million of dollars, large part If not tn
whole of which he invested In Wester
lands and Nova Scotia gold mines, AM
who a few days ago found himself
much impoverished by his transaction
that he was unable TO meet a note 10
$7O2. and had to go to Jail, should be
warning TO other men who are not salts
fed with the constant and legitlmat
profits of a good business, but VINO WIS
to wake up Goulds or Vandcrbilts aft'
the sleep of q single night.
THE cold has been excessive in 5
Petersburg, and for weeks wood hr'
have been burned in the squares an
streets of the city in an effort to max
\ necessary outdoor business endurabl
!. The streets have. however, been pract
! callv deserted. The double windows
the stores and houses are mostly Ice
over. and frozen up. From north an
central Russia q temperature oil thirty
J thirty-nine degrees below zero is 7
!. porteds which is twcntyseven degre
] below the average. In Siberia 1t II
! ] fallen to forty-fve degrees below zero.
n THE severity of British justice W
$ we'll illustrated at Northampton recentl
i where n trial for murder was in progre'
e The Jury having been permitted to pa
take of q lunch in their room, one OF the
8 number profited by the opportunity
o step out of doors and post letter. L
g Judge TO whom this act was reporte
e promptly gave the offending Juror sha
g lecture and fined him $3.50. He d
; missed the jury and new one was Il
8 paneled.
m THE Refuse Disposal Company, Lo
y don. has lately published pamph
- on the question rs to the practical mea
: bv which the dust refuse of towns
be utilized for electric lighting purpos
The company claim that 20, GOO tons
house dust, IL treated as they sugge
and burnt in suitable boilers, might
made TO produce as much as 5.6OO,
:. indicated horse power working for a, 2
~ hours, for electric lighting.
he Presidents seem to be born Nimro'
lis Harrison has relieved the tedium
w official duties by knocking down sar
~ snipe and canvasbacks, while Clevela
~I.nwa