Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-05
NOTES AND COMMENTS

DIStrlct OF COluinDM 10 uHu u INV ioT
the better observance OF Sunday; and
II such law cannot be found II will
agitate for the passage Of law ON the
subject.
There are seven surnames In Asian
tee corresponding TO the days or the
week, as follows: Kwasie indicates q
man born on Sunday. Kudjoe on Mon
day, Kwabina on Tuesday, Kwaku ON
Wednesday, Yao OH Thursday. kom
on Friday, and Kwamina on Saturday.
These are all accented on the final
syllable.
BY the promotion of Thomas 0.
Selfridge to a Rear-Admii'alship 1t
happens for the first time in American
history that father and his son are
both on the navy lists at the same time
as rear admirals. The father, APP
pointed a midshipman In 1918. is
hale and hearty veteran OF ninety
four years, while the son was gradual
ted from the Naval Academy In 1853.
He was i'm command of the gun-deck
battery of the old Cumberland when
the Merrimac sunk her in 1862.
In n recent article Carol Norton
gives some statistics showing the re-
markab BILE growth of the cult known as
Christian science. 1t was founded in
Boston in 1866 by DR.. Mary Baker
Eddy, and now has 200 incorporated
churches in the United States, besides
others I'm which less formal services
are held. Their textbook, Science
and Health" first published by Mrs.
Eddy in 1875, is now in its ninety-sev-
enth edition, and the Massachusetts
Metaphysical College where she taught
has graduated 1000 students.
The exhibit Of the Carlisle, Penn,
Indian School ut the Atlanta ExpOsit-
ion is especially fine, and shows how
thorough and practical is the train
ing given to Indian boys and girls at
that excellent school. Over the ex-
hibit floats the Carlisle banner, with
it's motto. Into Civilization and Cit
izenship. This motto has really been
the fundamental principle of the
school. and n large proportion Of its
graduates have been living examples
of it. Fifteen other Indian schools also
have interesting exhibits ut the expos
ition.
Previous to the breaking out Of
the war in Cuba New York sent about
fifteen steamers month to the ports
of the sever faithful isle. Since the
trouble began six or seven Of these
steamers have been taken off and sent
elsewhere or laid up, with the result
that the trade of the port has suffered
loss Of more than 81 900, 900 month.
1t would take long time to get this
trade back again, even IL the war
should stop within short time, and
the longer the fight is Kept up the more
the trade between the island and this
country will suffer.
Germany is proud of her canal con-
Meeting the North Sea and the Baltic
which was dedicated with so much
pOmp last summer. But that Is Il
small affair. compared with the great
canal by which Russia has determined
to connect the Baltic with the Black
Sea, starting ut Riga, and ending at
Kherson. This will be almost one tho
usand miles long. and will enable the
Tsar to move his war-ships from one
sea to the other at pleasure. 1t will
require five years, and will cost one
hundred and forty million dollars to
construct it, The course of the rivers
Dwina, Beresina. and Dnieper will be
followed as far as possible.
Edward Atkinson recently told the
following anecdote, as Illustrating
human failing very frequently to be
seen:"When cotton seed oil was under
the bane Of popular prejudice and the
law rs well, Chicago lard-maker
shipped some lard 'adulterated with
cotton seed oil to Europe. 1t was
pronounced excellent lard. 1t was
liked so well thai he received great
order for 10000 tierces. But at this
juncture he could get no oil,and was
forced to ship the pure lard. The con-
signee pronounced il off sample,
wouldn't have it. and the unfortunate
Chicago man lost large sum of
money" The lard dealer was rendered
powerless because he had bitten off
more adulteration than his factory
could chew.
The enormous territorial area Of Can
ada is made strikingly manifest by
the recent action of the Dominion
Government in setting apart the unor-
ganizcd and unnamed portion of the
Dominion into provisional districts.
The territory east Of Hudson Bay hav-
ing the province of Quebec on the south
and the Atlantic on the east Is to be
hereafter known as Ungava. The ter
ritory embraced i'm the islands Of the
Arctic Sea is to be known as Franklin.
the Mackenzie River region is to he
known as Mackenzie, and the Pacific
coast territory lying north Of British
Columbia and west of Mackenzie Is
to be known as Yukon. The extent of
Ungava and Franklin Is underlined.
Ma ckenzie covers 53S. 600 square miles,
and Yukon covers 225.OOO square miles,
in addition to 43,500square miles ad-
ded to Athabasca and 100000 to Kee-
watin. The total area of the Dominion
Is estimated at 3,456,3S3 square miles.
The Philadelphia Record says that
an item I'm the salaries of Pennsylvania
Railroad engineers and firemen, which
is not generally known to the public
is n sO-called premium on coal. On all
the runs generous allowance for coal
per mile is made by the company. and
whatever the firemen and engineers
save on this allowance results In