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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

The fgurec OF the German Imperial
census taken In June OF last year, have
Just been made public, and are highly
instructive. They show that the Ger
mans ARE by far the most numerous
OF all Europeans peoples, excepting OF
course, the Russians, their total num-
Der being ~, $50. 2s4 In 1916 the popu-
latlon Of the area now included Ia the
Empire was 24,S31 1896: in 1897 1t was
81 ,5S9. 547, in 1885 It was 4G,S55, 704.
The average yearly rate Of increase
since the NapoIeonic wars has there
fore been more than D per cent, while
at the present time 1t Is about 1.07 per
cent. The yearly increase In England
Is about 1.35 per cent. IN Austria 10
per cent, In Hungary 100 per cent, In
France .007 per cent, aud In Italy 4
per cent.
''Tlre safety" says a whec.man In
the Philadelphia Record, loves its or
igln to the fact that n certain little Eng
lishman had an abnorinnlly short pair
OF legs and vaulting ambition to ride
the whlrling wheel. j. ii. Lawson,
OF Coventry, England, Is man Of d.
mlnutive proportions, with the neither
limbs Of a four-year-old. About twenty
years ago, when the murder0us high
wheeled ordinary was)in vogue as the
only known form of the bicycle, Mr..
Lawson became filled with consum-
ing desire to risk his neck ON that peril
Gus machine along with the rest. His
short legs barred him out, so he set
his wits to work. had an ordinary cut
down to suit his own peculiar build.
and out of the result was evolved the
chain-driven safety. practically the
same in principle and construction as
the wheels now in USE
The New York Tribune says: Next
year will complete the fourth century
since Vasco da CANA set out from
Portugal on the voyage which carried
him around the Cape of Good Hope
To India. thus opening new pathway
for the commerce between the Orient
and the West. which destroyed old
marts and built up new ones from the
Mediterranean to the Baltic, entirely
shifting the channels of trade in the
European world. and giving n new
direction to its commercial activities.
The anniversary is TO be celebrated by
Portugal in an impressive manner. as
1t deserves, beginning on July 3, 1897.
and continuing through three days of
festival throughout the Kingdom, with
religious and patriotic ceremonies on
scale BETTING the Importance Of the
occasion. There will also be an ex-
hibltion illustrating the contributions
OF Portugal to the art of navigation,
and setting forth her trophies of dis
cOvery, which are almost as glorious
as those of her sister nation Spain. and
in that period eclipsed those OF any
other maritime Power.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
HER WEIGHT IN GOLD.
Compliment Didn't Flatter the Mathomatl.
caIly Inclined Girl.

'.You are worth your weight in gold
he ventured to remark to- the girl lie
wanted to marry.
IAN |. indeed" she returned, land
how much Is that
IL dent know the exact amount" he
replied. but it's good deal"
,Well. / am just going to find out
how much you value me mt. l have
been studying the money question late
ly, and have some books that will tell
me-"
And she went to her library and re-
turned with Il report of the United
States treasury department.
Here it is. Pure gold is worth $20SG
an ounce. That is Troy weight. with
1000 grains to the pound. Have you
n pencil and some paper, Mr.. Chap
leigh:"
''Oh laws" he grOaned.
Whats that sharply.
II only said yes, certainly.
well. figure ont the value of a
pound avoirlupois: you know people
are weighed by avoir,lupois. Only pre-
cious metals and precious stones are
measured"
You're jewell
NO nonsense. Figure it up.
Fer five minutes he wrestled with
the problem. until he felt his collar
climbing up the back of his neck.
At last she inquired:
well, what is it,"
II can't lo it,"
"Give me the paper. Yet they say
men are so much better than women al
figures
In half n minute she read the result.
"a grain Of gold is worth $0.O430GG,
so pound avoirdupois is worth $301.-
49, l weigh 40 pounds. am there
forth worth, in your ctimation. $,3.-
150.S2-my weight In gold. In that
case, Mr.. Chapleigh. think you had
better marry Miss Greenwood; she is
worth $4,000. She Inherited it from
her father. Good day. Nj. Chapleigh."
He feebly protested, but she was i'm
placable, and he left.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS or TIMELY INTEREST TO
THE FARMERS.
Small Fruits on the Farm--Pastuve Is
Compared With SolIing.--Factors q
Butter Making.
PASTURE AS COMPARED WITH
SOILING.

The greater economy of soillng In
summer. and OF silage In the winter,
ak compared with pasture and hay and
grain feeding In the winter. Is equiv
alent to a gain Of one-half or more of
the feed, or the feeding of two to four
head IN place Of one. That Is, one
acre under these more economical sys-
TENS will feed one COW where four
acres under the very best management
VIII be required, and even more under
unskillful management. or course
there Is more work TO be done and paid
for; the feeding is the saving; the work
Is about evenly increased. In proper
tion to the increase in the number Of
cows.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
The cbampion Rome.

The biggest rope ever used for haul
age purposes has just been made for
a district subway in Glasgow. Scot
land. 1t Is seven miles long, four and
fivc-eights inches in circumference
and weighs nearly sixty tons. 1t has
been made I'm one unjointed and I'M
spliced legth OF patent crucible steel.
When in place II will form complete
circle around Glasgow. crossing the
Clyde in its course. and will run at a
speed of fifteen miles an hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Tavern in a Churchyard.

Hendon. north of London, has tav-
err in n churchyard. with tombstones
all around 1t, which has been kept
there for many hundreds years and is
the only licensed house In such a place.
The original building was burned
down 200 years ago. the present house
having been built soon after the restor-
alton of Charles III. 1t is believed that
Il was once a. church house. as by the
terms of the lease n room must be set
aside FOR parish meetinge. and for the
preservation of the parish records.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

Nansen's Fartherest North.

II may be interesting tn compare Dr.
Nansen's approximation to the North
pole with the efforts of his recent pred
cccssors. Admiral Markham, at the
end of his journey. was 400 miles from
the pole. Mr.. Lockwood, the American
traveller. 1896. and DR.. hansen 226
DR. Nansen has. therefore, gone 10
miles further than anybody else.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
TESTED BY A STAR.
A Curious Method Of Regulating limo.
piece.

Some very old printing that was
brought to light the other day contains
curious suggestions for making certain
calculations that will interest many
people. One of the suggestions runs
to the effect that a person may ascer-
tain his rate of walking by the aid of
"A string with piece of lead at one end
of 1t. This string should he knotted ut
distances of "A feet. which distance
il the 120th part of an English mile
and bears the same proportion 10 n
mile that half n minute bears to an
hour. If the traveller when going mt
his usual gait, drops the lead, letting
tie string slip through his hand, the
number Of knots which have passed
in half minute indicate the number OF
inches lie walks In an hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Tn. Hairs Of Your Head.

The number OF hairs ON the human
scalp varies from 10000 to 100000; a
single hair can support weight of
two ounces, and is so elastic that 1t
may be stretched one-third Of its en-
tire length, and then regain Its former
size and coalition,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

The longest tunnel in the world Is St.
Gothnrd. which Is 4S,Si0 feet. The
next longest are Mount Cents. 39,S5O
feet: IIoosack. 25.0sO feet: Severn. a.
092 feet: Nochistongs, 2l,G59 feet; Su-
It's. 81 ,120 feet.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

Abdurrahfan Khan. Amecr Of Az
ghanistan. has introduced vaccination
into his county by the advice Of Miss
IIarlilton, his English physician
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
A $40 AFFAIR.

Teacher--'.what makes you look so
sad :"
Boy-"A teamster called man bad
name"
Mercy. don't wonder you were
shocked"
'.Yes'm; an the man was a good deal
bigger than the teamster. an cu'd n
knocked him sky-high; but the man was
deaf an didn't hear, an there wasn't any
fun after ALL"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

DEFINED.
Needy Nicxels Say, Pete, w'ofs
charity?
PIodding Pcts--Two cold blskits an
cord o. wood.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

man to sell out his timber lands and
follow some other business more profit
able than saving spruce lumber.
In no other country on the face Of the
globe Is the railroad mileage anywhere
near rs large relatively to the number
Of inhabitants as In the United States.
TO see this, one has only to turn to the
latest statistics on the subject. The
chief nations Of Europe Lave one mile
of railroad TO an average of 1000 peo-
pie: while I'm this country the average
is $50 Inhabitants to one mile OF road.
This Is the result of the competition
between different railroad companies.
In Iowa, where the fight il perhaps
bittcrest. tile number OF inhabitants to
one mile OF road is only 243, while
Germany. with very nearly the same
amount of mileage, has 1.S95 inbabit-
ants to the mile. number nearly
eight times as great.
A Havana paper which thinks that
the United States Is criminally careless
i'm letting fllibusters get away from this
coast should give its opinion OF the
Spanish Government for letting them
land in Cuba. If Spain. with a navy
only slightly weaker in the number OF
its vessels than ours. cannot watch the
trihing coast line or Cuba, how can the
United States be expected to have a
naval picket at every little karbor and
cove between New York and Calves
ton? with a fleet Of over 500 war ships
this country only caught a small pro-
portion OF the Confederate blockade
runners. and can hardly hope to do
better with the Cuban greyhounds by
the use of the few available vessels
On the home station.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
MORE rRooes FOR CUBA.
Re-cn nIorcenaents Sent From the Port o
BdroeIonn.

Re-enJorcements Sent From the Port Of
Barcelona.
BARCELONA, SPAIN. Feb. 14.-Further
re-enforcements to tie number OF 22SO
troops sailed from this port for Cuba
to-day.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Feb. 1.-THE
steamer Commodore, the recent career OF
which has created much interest in Cuban
and Spanish as well as in American circles,
steamed from this harbor tonight with
clearance papers indicating that she was
bound for Charleston.
Her cargo, which is in part of arms and
ammunition, with considerable quantity
of stores, leads to the impression that she
is elsewhere bound. Though she LETT at
an hour approaching midnight there was
small crowd on the docks to bid her "bon
voyage" and they cheered her as she left
the port. The Commodore returned the
compliment with the conventional marine
blasts of the whistle.
The Commodore carries a crew compile
ment to vessel of her class, and is COM
manded bv Captain Hughes of the
Laurada One of her engineers IS jeff
Smith, who was chief engineer of the
Brazilian warship Nictheroy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
EUREKA'S NEW RAILWAY
One Hundred and Fifty Men Are
Grading ON the Vance
Route.
An Outlet for the Lumber Along the
Little, klamath and Smith
Rivers.

EUREKA, CAL, Feb. 1.-THE deeds to
the Vance railroad for rights of way have
all been secured and, since the injunction
suit brought against the new corporation
by Korbel Bros. of the Arcata and Mad
River Railroad Company has been dis
posed Of, nothing stands in the way of the
early completion of the road to the ter
minus at Samoa, across the bay from
Eureka. A construction train has been
put ON and $50 men are grading.
When this road is extended, as it will be,
TO Trinidad, Klamath and finally to Cres-
cent City, it will bring an immense traffic
to Eureka. The shipping, however, will
have to be done from the Samoa side of the
bay on account of the great depth of water
in that channel. When completed, the
road will bring the timber and lumber
along the Little, Klamath and Smith
rivers to Hum boldt Bay for shipment.
This is the only harbor along the coast
where vessels can safely load lumber in
rough weather, and since this road will
tap the pine timber belt north of here. as
well as extensive redwood tracts, Eureka,
instead of being port devoted almost ex-
clusively to the shipment of redwood lum-
Der. will have pine interests as well. and
be less dependent upon the ups and downs
in the market for redwood lumber.
The road will be finished about May /.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
Presents FROM THE MIKADo.
Mrs. Gresham Learns of japanese Es-
teent for Her Husband.

Mrs. Gresham Learns of japanese Es-
teeni for Her Husband.
CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 14.-Mrs Walter
Q. Gresham has received the following let
ter from S. Kurino, the Japanese Minister
at Washington. as an accompaniment to
the gifts recently sent TO her by the EN-
peror of Japan:
"His Imperial Majesty, my sovereign,
has been pleased to signify his high ap-
probation of the friendship invariably
displayed by your beloved husband, Wal
ter Quinton Gresham, toward Japan. His
Majesty values greatly the manifestation
of those sentiments of good will to which
your husband, In his high Office of Secre-
tary of State, never failed to give practical
expression whenever suitable opportunity
offered, and has been graciously pleased
also to signify his appreciation of the amia-
BILE and helpful intercourse which the
Secretary always maintained with me as
the representative of Japan.
"As token of this feeling OF apprecia-
tion his Imperial Majesty has COM
manded, through his excellency, the Min
lister of the Imperial Household, that a
roll of Gobelin tapestry and pair oi
enamel vases should be presented to you.
These articles are from among the valued
possessions of his Majesty the Emperor,
and l ave great satisfaction in carrying
out his gracious pleasure.
Mrs. Gresham is naturally much graft.
fed that the late Secretary of State
should be held in so much esteem in hig b
places.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
CENTRAL HILL SHUT down.
An,ador's Only Ectensive Hydra uglc
Mine Forced to Suspend ODerations

Anaador's Only Ertensive Hydra .,Ic
Nine Forced to Suspend Operations.
ANGELS CAMP, CAL, Feb. 14.-The
Central Hill, located at Douglas Flat, the
only extensive hydraulic mine in this
county, has been closed down by order of
Captain Gillette, the Government engi-
neer. 1t is thought that some technical
requirement was not complied with. and
that the owners will be able to arrange for
the immediate resumption of hydraulick-
ing. Meantime they are sluicins.
The mine is sixty miles from navigation,
and there is no testimony to show that
any injury has been done. Although com
paratively poor men. the three owners
have expended years of labor in running a
tunnel and building fumes and dams. and
this was the first time they were equipped
for full seasons work. The stoppage of
the mine even temporarily entails a large
loss, as the water season is short, and it is
considered great injustice by our people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
a wARNING FRoM KEDLAxDs.
Republicans Urged to Keep Clear of San
Francisco Bosses

Republicans Urged to Keep Clear of San
Francisco Bosses.
REDLANDS, CAL, Feb. 14-Under the
heading of Republicans, be Careful" the
Citrograph will tomorrow publish the
following editorial:
To-Day, in San Francisco, the executive com.
mittee of the Republican State Central Com
mittee meets TO prepare call for the State
convention which will select delegates to the
National Convention. From the dispatches il
would seem thet there is likely to be row
over the basis of apportionment. One dis
patch says:
"It is understood that the country members
of the State Central Committee will make a
dead set against the City, and that San Fran
cisco will be shorn OF a good deal of its power
as basis of the pportionment, the representa-
ton to be one delegate for each $50 votes, San
Franciscowlli have but 13S delegates, while
on the Harrison vote she will have 164."
At the last election the basis of representa-
t1on was the vote cast for Bard for Presidential
elector, and not the vote cast for Markham
four years previously. San Francisco politi-
clans do not like the idea of placing the repre-
sentation on the basis of the Estee vote, as,
after having forced his nomination on the
people, that City failed to cast as many Repub-
Hcan votes Dy 1901 she did in the Harrison
campaign.
Let the interior fight shy of any alliance
with the Republican bosses of San Francisco
who led the party to defeat in the last cam
paign. Stand for right and stand together and
the Republican party will be victorious Stand
in with the corrupt bosses and the people Will
see to it that certain defeat is your portion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
BIC GAME IN
MONTEREY BAY,
A Whale Gets Entangled
in the Nets of a
Fisherman.
RICH HARVEST OF OIL.
Dynamite Used to Put a Quietus
to the Unfortunate
Leviathan.
SEAL AND THRAsHER SHARK.
New Arrivals Which Are Distracting
Attention From the Schools
of Salmon.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL. Feb. IA whale
was killed in Monterey Bay to-day, and
500 salmon were taken. The excitement
of killing whale and capturing the fish
was enhanced by the appearance at the
outer edge of the bay of a number
of seals that had followed the whales
that have been here for several
days in numbers ranging from a
dozen to twenty. One of the boats re-
turning from the scene of the whaling in
cident was followed by thrasher shark,
The whale had become entangled in some
sea-bass nets set about half way between
here and Capitola last night. 1t is be-
lieved by the fishermen that thrasher
sharks had attacked the whale, and in it's
efforts to escape it had become fast in the
nets. The nets belonged to W. D. Gore of
Capitola, and, claiming the whale as his
property, he proceeded with his men to
take the big fellow out.
A long piece of gaspipe, with a sharp,
pointed end, was loaded in the point with
dynamite. The hide of the whale was
opened with a knife and the pipe driven
into its body. Then the explosive was
touched off, and the big fish sank to the
Oo'sOAii "a viz Ooy- IL WILL IlSS WltHln q
few days, when the captors will tow the
carcass in and secure the oil. The whale
was forty-seven feet long. and will yield
about twenty barrels of oil. This will not
pay for the nets destroy ed, they being
worth about $1OO.
There has been much excitement here
over the incident, and that, with the fact
that the seals were seen, has drawn the at
tention of some of the local fishermen from
the salmon, but the visitors coming in
from San Francisco and other cities and
towns will keep alive that sport. The
beach was crowded to-day with visitors,
who had been attracted by the story OF the
seal and the whale, but the latter were too
far away to be seen from any point on
shore.
Salmon can now be taken easily with q
trolling line, and that is favorite method
There will be a great many boats out to-
morrow with trollers. There is no doub
of the presence along the coast, between
here and New Years Island, of large mum
bers of seal, as shown by the big catch
made by the Eppinger. which LETT this
harbor on Tuesday afternoon to return tt
the seal grounds. That boat had on board
over 400 skins, and reported sealing in tina
region as being very good.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
YOL0 WINE IN DEMAND,
Orders for Large Consignments
Come for San Francisco
and the East.
Predictions That the Coming Season
Will Be One of Prosperity for
Vineyardists.

WOODLAND, CAL, Feb. 14.-Yolo wine
is coming into great demand. A short
time ago an order was received from the
metropolis by one local company for So
600 gallons of port wine. 1t gave such sat
lsfaction to the purchasers that they i'm
mediately forwarded another order for
10000 gallons. Two cars will be loaded
every day until The order is filed. Nego-
tiatlons are now pending for the sale of
10000 gallons of sweet Muscat wine.
Wine-dealers are of the opinion that the
coming season will be one of unusual
prosperity for the industry in California.
Heretofore the producer has been COM
PEELED to hunt market, and the whole.
sale dealers have been very timid about
making any contracts. But now the situ.
alton has changed. Not only the San
Francisco dealers but Eastern merchants
are travelling over the country and are
eager in their search for good wine in
large quantities.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
NO CURE For LEPROSY.
That Is the Opinion of DIR. Il. C. Snitl
of Ontario.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Feb. 14.-A special
from Ottawa, Ontario. says: An effort is
being made to induce the Dominion Gov
ernment to transfer the nine lepers now
held in restraint in British Columbia to
the new lazaretto recently erected at cost
of $4,000 at Tracadie, New Brunswick In
this institution there are nine male and
sixteen female patients. Three died dur
ing the past year.
For many years DR.. a. G. Smith has
been in charge of this institution. Re-
garding the result of his experience with
leprous patients he says:
''No real cure for leprosy has yet been
discovered. My predecessor, DR.. Nichol-
son, and after him myself, have treated
several of our lepers with colored water to
see il the influence of the mind over the
body would cause change. and in every
instance It did so. For time all symp-
toms of the disease were in abeyance, and
there was decided improvement, but of
course only for time, and it seemed to
me that the disease made up for lost time
afterward."
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
WfLLOWs, MURDER TRIAL.
Seren Talesmen Accepted in tho Case of
Editor Sehorn.

Seren Talesmen Accepted in the Case of
Editor Sehorn.
WILLOWS. CAL, Feb. 14.-Seven jurors
have been secured to sit in the trial of
Editor A. w. Sehorn of the Journal,
charged with the murder of Druggist j. E.
Putnam in street encounter last October
The defendant has exercised twelve of the
twenty peremptory challenges allowed him.
while the prosecution has used only six of
its ten. The work of examining jurymen
will be resumed tomorrow morning and
continue until the noon hour, when the
court will take a recess until Monday.
The wife, brother and aged father of
Sehorn are in attendance most of the time.
Sehorn sits near Attorney Afbery and
closely scans the talesmen as counsel
probes into their sympathies and preju-
6ices.
1t is believed that the jury will be COM
pleted tomorrow. The seven already ac-
cepted are: NJ. G. Campbell, brother of
Assem- blyman ). C. Campbell; A. j. Cot
trell of Fruto, saloon keeper; John Price,
farmer: C. L. Ballard, merchant, Butte
CITY; John Sauires. farmer, Elk Greek !;
Charles Strawn, farmer, and Edward
Poullot of Orland, speculator.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15

saying that ''silence is power" One of
the newspapers had misrepresented and
misquoted him, he said, and in future he
would make no statement whatever for
publication. The people of Sonoma
County who knew him did not believe all
the wild rumors in circulation. be de-
clared, and for the opinion of those who
did not know him he did not care.
Nagasawa is short, stout and phlegmatic.
He has face that is neither good nor bad
but it is certainly not the face of an
asce tic-rather one of the man who counts
his money carefully. He is reputed to be
worth over 81 ,000, 900.