Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-31


st. Kinda, The lonely islet west o
The HebrIdes, has demonstrated tina
II Ii not entirely out Of the world b.
sending a subscription Of $3.50. raises
among Its sixty families of fishermen
TO the fund for the relief of the Arme
mans.
According to recent rarllamentar,
report, seventy-one persons died D
starvation In London during 1906. II
only few cases was the privatd0J
that led to the fatal issue due to self
neglect. The majority of cases wer,
women and over so years old.
An effort is being made by the Gov
eminent authorities OF Missouri to pm
into execution a scheme for changing
the course OF the Usage River near it,
mouuh SO as to make 1t follow Z
etraight course to the Missouri insteat
OF winding around and wasting mucl
valuable land
The big revival now going on ID
Philadelphia eliminated the orher da,
In a street parade of 5000 church
| workers. In a way this suggests tht
religious professions of the Middle
Ages In Europe. The houses along thu
route Of the parade were decorated
with flags and Chinese lanterns; red
| fire was burned, anu skyrockets Were
set or, while the paraders sang va
rious Gospel hymns as they marched.
An extraordinary instance of heredi
tary tendency to suicide was told by
Professor Brouardel, in Paris, recent
ly. A farmer near EraInpes hanged
himself without apparent cause, leav
ing family Of seven sons and -four
daughters. Ten OF the eleven subse-
quensly followed the fatlher's example
burt not until they had married and
begotten children, all of whom like
wise hanged themselves. The only
survivor Is a son, who Is now sixty
eight years of age and has passed safe
ly beyond the family hanging age.
When THE University of Chicago was
started it was thought good policy to
secure eight or ten OF the best men
in The country by Offering them the un.
precedented salary of $1,000. But aside
from the few men thus favored for 4
special reason at the begiuning, other
salaries have been fixed upon about
the scale that obtains ut Yale, Har-
varl, and half a dozen Other first-class
institutions. In other words, $4,000 Is
the maximum that any instructor may
hope to reach, while THE rank and file
Of the men are paid from $500 10
$500.
Colonel ID. w. Hughes is a queer gen.
ius who lives in AudMin County, Mis-
souri,, having selected the little village
Of Vandalia as his permanent place of
residence after testing the advantages
to be found in thirty eight states and
territories. He has invened many con-
tIivances Of one sort or another In the
course of his wandering career, the
most important of which is a corn
planting machine. Out of this he made
considerable money, but his hopes of
a fortune are now founded on an in
strument which, by means of Y rays,
perhaps, will not only reveal the cul-
intary value Of eggs. but also the gen
der of their embryonic occupants. Both
these things, the Colonel says, his in
vention will do with speed and GER
tainty.
Andrew, Messer, vice president OF
the National Grange, says that the
Grange originated in Washington.
Thirty years ago o. III. Kelly, a clerk
in the Interior Department, was sent
out officially to look into the condition
Of the Southern farmers and see what
means could be taken for their relief.
Wnlle making his tour, Mr.. Kelly, who
had once been a farmer himself, con-
ceived the idea Of a great fraternal
order of husbandmen, to be conducted
on cooperative lines, like the Masons.
This order, he proposed, should bridge
over the differences between the farm
ers Of the North and South, and should
teach them that their Interests We're
identical. Wien he returned to Wash
ington he told some friends of his
idea, and the nuclus Of the present or
ganizatlion was then formed by seven
men, all Of them with agricultural in
terests.
Emigration to America has created
so great dearth of labor in the agri-
cultural districts Of Germany that
Chinese coolies are now being imported
In perfect hordes for field work in the
provinces of Silesia, East Prussia, Po-
mi I'M ~
coolies are content to labor for twenty
cents day, all told, the German land
owners are enthusiastic about the in
novation, and those peasants who have
hitherto turned q deaf ear to the argu-
ments in favor Of emigration are now
being driven to the wall, and may
shortly be expected to arrive in this
country in shoals. 1t Is almost certain
that coolie labor will in short time
be extended to other German indus
tries and trades, and before long John
Chinaman Is likely to become as great
n problem in the labor market and in
the political situation of Germany as
he was few years ago in the United
States.
Montse1rat, the little West Indian
island to wqriocl death and destruction
have just been carried by hurricane.
deserves more Of the worlds regard
than It has ever received. At Mont
serrat is made very large part Of
the Nme Juice to which modern sailors
owe their almost complete exemption
from THAT terrible form Of blood pois-
oning which used to be the result Of
almost everv long yOyaQe One of