Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

subsection . nation Of 400. 600, 600.
Il IL interesting and profitable to con-
sider the causes that led to this re-.
markable achievement, remarks the
New York Journal. A good deal OF
the mystery IL cleared away when We
assert that the Japanese are both
patriotic and self sacrificing. The
Chinese, on the other hand, are sell
indulgent and have little or no love
OF country. From the outset OF the
struggle, civilized nations extended
their sympathy to Japan. 1t seemed
plain that any improvement in
China's status must be brought
about by heroic treatment. Even
Ii Hung Chang realized this, and
now acknowledges that the higher
interests OF civilization have been
subseryed by his country's defeat.
The influence of japan on China Is
sure to be beneficial. The Chinese
are q clever and in many respects an
admirable people, but they have been
held back by narrowness OF view
and retroactive disposition that Is
bound to disappear under Japan's
progressive treatment.
SPEAKING OF Mrs. Hetty Green, the
richest woman In the United States
Cher fortune is estimated at $50, 00O,-
OOO), the New York Journal says:
Hetty Green is said to be rich wom-
an-so rich that her personal tax is
fixed at $4,000. Yet Hetty, with
all this money, has no home. She
asks the people she meets to tell her
of some place where she can sleep.
She never sees on the walls around
her any little embroidered legend,
''God Bless Our Home" nor does she
see the associated objurgation about
Our Cook" She cannot let herself
live in ordinary comfort, believing,
apparently, that IL she has no home
she will not have to pay the taxes.
1t is therefore hardly worth while to
be so rich in purse il you are 80 abb
jectly poor in soul. II you have to
sneak through life living always on
the sly, lodging from house to house,
and making your dinner on five cents
worth Of crackers bought at gro
Gerry, what is the use OF money?
There are hundreds OF thousands OF
poor women in the tenement houses
in this city with just enough to live
on who may, perhaps, envy Hetty
her millions. but who are far hap
pier than she is.
AN official of the Agricultural De-
partment, discussing the recent in
crease in the price of cattle, which is
said to be the primary cause for the
increase in the price OF beef in the
country, says that it may be occa-
stoned by the decrease in the corn
crop Of the past few years. The last
great crop OF the country was THAT
grown in 1891 and available in 1892.
1t amounted to 1000. 600, 900 BUSH
els. The crop of 1892 was 1,630.-
900, 600 bushels; that of 1898, 1920
900, 600 bushels, and the crop Of
1894 less than l. 200, 600, 600 bushels.
Corn is the principal food of beef
cattle. 1t is true that the farmers
have used wheat for cattle food dur
ing the depression of price Of this
cereal, but the falling of Of the corn
crop, in the opinion Of the official,
may have had more to do with the
rise than anything else. Lack Of the
principal food for cattle may have
induced stock raisers to put upon
the market more cattle than for
merly. Another reason for the de-
crease in the number of cattle is
given in the fencing in and closing up
of many OF the stock ranges and
ranches. The settlement OF the
Western States by small farmers has
made stock raising in great herds less
profitable. and it is said that the in
crease in cattle has not nearly kept
pace with the increase in population
of the country.