Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

next i've years than In any other sec.
ton of the globe.
The Mayor OF Chicago has deteriniIi-
ed to stop railroad companies laying
tracks In the streets OH Sundays. Tie
roads choose that day, because the
citizens cannot get an injunction then.
Berlin threatens to eclipse Paris. 1t
now has population of 1,736, 739, and
the early annexation Of some surburbs
will increase this to 1,9S0,O00. Vienna
is not far behind, having 1.500,OO0 In
habitants.
Common scolds' are now declared TO
be suffering from a disease, and litter
for the hospital than the Jail. 1t Is to
be hoped that some bacteriologist will
speedily discover the proper virus
with which TO inoculate and cure them.
The City Council ofAtchison, Kan.
has passed an ordinance making II un-
lawful for children to play around the
tracks of the street railways or elmo
upon the platforms Of the cars. Par
ents will be held responsible for tile
acts OF their children.
Cranks who think they are inventors
are paying great deal OF attention TO
trolley car tenders. The Philadelphia
Record tells of one of them who nns
designed fender with powerful
srring that would throw full-grown
man distance Of thirty feet.
1t appears from the recent English
agricultural returns that there is SEN
sible increase in the use of land for
market gardening and orchard cultiya-
ton. The acreage Of orchards in Eng
land, Wales and Scotland is now more
than 21S,OOO. Last year 1t was only Il
little less than $4,000. The market
gardens cover now 92,S73 acres, rs
compared with SS,210 last year.
The Congregation of Sacred Rites. in
Rome, was recently asked to decide
whether electric lights could be used
"fOr dissipating darkness and for in
creasing the exterior attractiveness Of
churches" Its answer was as fol
lows: For worship, no. But for dis
pelling darkness and illuminating
churches more brilliantly, yes; with
caution, however. so that the manner
may not produce the appearance Of a
theater."
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph" quotes
J. Il. Shepard, prominent citizen O:
Nameless, Ca, as explaining how the
place came by It's title. Mr.. Shepard
said that originally various names were
suggested to the postoffice department.
but objection was made on one ground
and another. He added: AT last sat
down and wrote out a list of several
hundred names, and told them IL they
could not find one on the list to suit
them the office would remain nameless
for had suggested every name / had
ever heard of. In due time the answer
came back, Let it remain Nameicss.
and ever since that time it has had that
name, which, while little odd, is not
such bad name after ALL"
For the last three years Mrs. Joshua
Biles, of Southington, Conn, has been
making n unique bed-quilt The ma
terial is twilled cotton, and it is made
in forty-One squares, seven inches each
way, except the inner square, which
takes up the space Of nine Of the ordin-
airy ones. On this are inscribed In
blue stitching, which is readily deciph-
cred, the names of all the soldiers who
went to the Civil War from Southing
tor, together with n picture of the sol
diers' monument. On the other squares
are the pictures of places and persons
OF local note, such as the pastors Of the
chuI ches, the postmasters of the three
villages, the assessors, the contractors
and builders, merchants, ETC., the
names OF the various manufacturing
firms, with the lists of officers, pic
lures Of various historic buildings AMI
names of secret societies represented
in the town i'm 1892. Mrs. Biles mas
been untiring in her efforts to finish
this remarkable work, and it is now
stI etched upon frame.
The heroic life savers did more work
in the last fiscal year along our coasts
than i'm any previous equal perio |.
They rescued 1882 persons FROM
drOwning--a colossal achievement
which furnishes high testimonial to
the heroism of the men attached to
the service. Ten millions of dollars
worth of property was imperilled dun
the year on the great lakes and along
our stormy Atlantic coasts, and rhc
greater quantity of it was saved. The
work of the service Is constantly IL
cIeasing, and the nation should PRO-
vide amply for 1t. No class OF men who
come into contact with the ravages Of
the sea are Drawer or more deserving
than the men who man the life-saving
stations. Many scores Of shipwreckcd
sailors who have been succOred ut
these stations would join their voices
to any general demand for better pay
and larger honors for the worthy corps.
Austria proposes to deal with persis-
tent drunkards by treating them rs
mentally incapable, and OBTAINING them
IN special retreats for term Of two
years. They may go in of their own
accord or on compulsfon, but cannon
leave at will until their term has ev-
PRED, except i'm certain cases on pro-
baton. Persons may be sent to the re-
treat either by order of the magistrate
or on the petition of the parents or
children or of the husband or wife, or
trustee, or OF the chief of lunatic asv-
lum in which drunkard may be de-
tanned. Inebriates may further I've
assigned to retreats by the action of the
public prosecutor, or by the mayor Of
.ne town or village In which the habit
ual drunkard resides In all cases the