Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-25

If the revolution In Cuba Is the
trivial affair that the Madrid govern
ment would have the world believe.
the action OF Spain In sending large
bodies OF additional troops to the
island would seem to require consid-
cradle explaining. IL Is difficult to
believe that she Is sending 5000
soldiers to Cuba merely for the bene-
fit they may derive from the sea
voyage.
The Japanese army IL modelled
upon the conscript systems OF Ger
many and France. It's navy Is
wholly English in type, though for a
number OF years only Japanese
officers have been actively employed.
The Chinese system Is in this re-
spect quite different. In proportion
to the limited wealth of the nation,
it's expenditures upon the navy have
been enormous and prove now fully
justified.
Two new enterprises have just
been originated by Miss Frances f.
Willard, one the raising of fund to
extend the work of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union among
colored women. which she desires to
be a memorial to Mrs. Mary T. La.
throp, the other free literature
fund, to be named for Mrs Mary A.
Woodbridge. The funds are to be
raised by means OF a monograph at
the " omans' temple, Chicago, which,
Tor the sum OF 10 cents, will repro
duce the two-minute addresses of
leading speakers.
THP agricultural department at
Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y, claims to
have made an important discovery,
which will prove of great economic
value to farmers. 1t Is found that
butter fat can be extracted from
whey by running it through sepa-
rator. The department now has in
press bulletin explaining the pro-
cess. 1t is estimated that general
adoption of the process would save
the agricultural interests Of New
York State nearly 81, 900, 900 every
year, or, to put it in another way,
that the entire expense Of making
cheese would be paid by the saving
Of what has heretofore been q waste
product.
The Sunday laws in Connecticut
have dwindled from mass of enact
ments in force 100 years ago to less
than half dozen statutes embodied
in the revision of 1887. The present
legislature has abolished the last Of
the provisions, the bill repeating the
old legislation being now in the hands
of the governor for approval. The
law that has been repealed by the
general assembly provides that when
any justice Of the peace shall have
personal knowledge that person
was guilty of drunkenness, profane
swearing, cursing, or Sabbath break
ing, that knowledge shall be suffi-
cient evidence for the justice to render
judgment against the offender with
out previous complaint and warrant.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston
Transcript, now in japan, writes:
There are many individual China
men who would, if they could, bring
their country into the fraternity Of
nations. A nephew of the famed Ii
Hung Chang, Lord Hi, lately minis
ter from China to Japan, once said
to me: 'Mypoor country it is bar
barian.' In recent visit made to
Canton / met a wealthy merchant
who would, had he the power, open
the empire to the science and hui
manities of the West. But there is
the mighty officialdom everything the
whole empire, fastened upon the peo-
pie by the force OF sanctified tradi-
ton, battening upon it's hundreds OF
millions of victims who are too fear
full and ignorant to cast it off and de-
stroy it. That incubus is the coun-
try's curse. There is no hope for
China until it is thrown off. The
Chinese themselves evidently are
helpless. Japan seems to be the
agent by which the empire shall be
set free. That civilized power which
would stay Japan's hand now is nei-
ther wise for the worlds welfare nor
obedient to it's own duties. / say
this, recognizing all Japan's limita-
TONS"
THE retirement OF Wilson Shannon
Bissell from the Office of postmaster
general recalls the fact that the only
President of the United States whose
cabinet remained intact from the be.
ginning until the close of his term
was Franklin Pierce. He made his
appointments on taking Office March
4, 1858, and all his legal advisers re-
manned with him until Buchanan
became President, on March 4, 1857.
VIM. l.. Marcy, of New York, was Mr..
Pierce's secretary of state; James
Guthrie, of Kentucky, afterward
United States senator, was secretary
Of the treasury; Jefferson Davis, of
Mississippi, afterward president of
the Southern confederacy, was secre-
tary Of war; James Campbell, of
Pennsylvania, was postmaster gen.
eral, and Caleb Gushing, Of Massa-
chusetts, was attorney general. An
drew Jackson made many changes in
his cabinet. He had four secretaries
of state, five secretaries of the treas.
ury, four secretaries OF war, three
secretaries OF the navy. two post
master generals, and three attorney
generals during his two terms.
AS IF the cotton planter Of the
South had not enough to contend
with in natural forces the science Of
chemistry has been invoked to enter
into competition against the great
staple. United States Consul Nor
ris, at Client, Belgium, in a special