Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-26
worxs AND CONSENTS.

cussion on 10th sides Of the sea. "A
London correspondent OF New York
paper says that the women Of England
are mudh perturbed over 1t. and arc
asking why all the young noblen'cn
are marrying Americans instead OF
English girls. The explanation In a
very prosaic one. 1t Is this: Many
old English families have become poor
of late years Land has gone down
tremendously In value. and very few
noblemen can live on the reduced re-
venues from their estates. The poor
young n0blemen are therefore forced to
marry rich American girls. az there are
very few great heiresses In England,
where the eldest son generally inherits
nearly all OF the property. England is
full OF poor girls OF noble birth. There
are hundreds of peers daughters " no
have not income enough to keep them
well supplied with gloves and boots.
III there were as many heiresses In
England as in America there IL no
doubt that the English noblemen would
marry girls OF their own nation. There
are only two great heiresses in Eng.
land. One Is the daughter of Sir JoiIn
Bundell Maple, n rich vulgarian, who
made fortune in the upholstery bust
ness and was knighted. He Is enor
mously wealthy, and has an only
daughter who will inherit all his
wealth. The other great heiress Is
Lady Mary Hamilton, the only daugh-
ter OF the late duke. She has an in
come of about six hundred thousand
dollars a year, but is as yet very young.
being under sixteen. There are. OF
course, some other heiresses, but they
are scarce.
Sir Henry Tyler, the well-known
English railway expert, writes a letter
to the London Times from Panama OH
the subject of the renewal of work on
the Panama Canal. This letter, con.
trary to the prevailing opinion in Eng
land and the United States, and con-
trary to the precOnceived opinions OF
the writer himself, expresses the be-
lief that canal OH the plan now pro-
posed, beginning where the Lesseps
company left off, can be completed for
sum not exceeding $1OO,OOO,OOO. Not
only so, but he believes that the money
will actually be found by the Frcn6 b
investors, who already have so much
Of their capital in the work that they
cannot afford to let it lapse. Sir Henry
found ] 800 men actually Mt work. and
800 more under contract to begin as
soon us they can be brought from ia
maica and other West Indian islands
He was informed that the number
wou.u be increased TO 1000 as soon as
the right kind Of labOrers could be
found. 1t is to be hoped that Sir
Henry's conclusions are well founded
The only object of canal is to piss
loaded ships through the Isthmus.
The French people, who have already
spent $290,00O,O0O. according to the
official report of the liquidators, are
willing to spend $10O,OOO,OOO more.
Ever since August there has been a
heavy demand Of the United States
Treasury for one-cent pieces. The de-
mand, which comes from all parts Of
the country, is attributed to the
growing custom in various retail bus
mess houses of marking down prices
from round figures to odd figures. The
especially heavy calls for pennies
within the last few weeks from Chi
cago and st. Louis is explained by
the theory that cent pieces are want
ed for the purchase of the one-cent pa
pers. The Washington Star says that
the Treasury Department is doing its
best to meet the demand, and for the
last two months the mint at Philadel-
phia has kept three presses constantly
In operation for the exclusive coinage
Of one-cent pieces. The daily output
has been $50, 900 pieces of the value Of
$1,000. The Government apparenr-
" derives a profit of $1,000 day on
its coinage, it's seigniOrage being ut
the rate of nearly so per cent. of the
face value of the coins. This profit
disappears, of course, when the coins
are redeemed. 1t is estimated that
there are 7SOOOO,OOO one-cent pieces
outstanding.
With the one exception of the Goblin
moth, insect pests have ceased to be- q
menace to the fruit interests of Cali
fornia. This fact was stated ut a
meeting of the State Association Of
Horticultural Commissioners held in
Sacramento few days ago, and II
is attributed to the entire success of
the scheme Of fighting insects with
parasites that are their natural Toes.
All the insect pests that one time al.
most threatened the existence of the
fruit industry in the State are rapid
ly disappearing, with the one exccp-
ton Of the Goblin moth. This insect
Is very destructive, and so far no eff
ectual remedy has been found. Tic
Horticultural Commission is making
very thorough investigation, with the
hope of discovering parasite that
will effectually combat the moth
and has good hopes of ultimate sue
cess. The Santa Ana grape disease
is spreading to Northern California;
and for this disease of the vines nc
remedy has been discovered.
A New York genius has just patent
an anti-swear buttOnLole moistener
1t is machine for moistening the
button-holes of stiff-starched shirts
for the benefit Of mems tempers. The
Pathfinder thinks an automatic collar
button finder is all that is needed now
to make male existence serene.
The New York Herald puts Pa
after all it's dispatches dated at Phil
adelphia, to show it's metropolitan con
tempt for the quiet trans-Jersey City