Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22


Mohammedans, 1Sc.00O.OO0. Heathens,
S12,O00,000. Total non-Christians, L.
0O0,OOO,OOO.
A ranch IL about 10 be established at
MERGED. Cal. for the growing Of wild
animals. ELEPHANTS, tigers. llamas, an
telopes, leopar,ls, lions, kangaroos and
other beasts of Jungle and forest are
20 be cultivated. Tie annual crop OF
wild beasts Is expected 10 be large
one. and the institution, IL Is thought,
will pay from the start.
1t seems very odd to have unearthed
playthings as well az the tablets and
weapons OF antiquity, and yet among
the objects found recently in the As
Sob metropolis in Egypt was whole
company Of wooden soldiers fifteen
inches in height. The soldiers carry
lances and give good idea OF the
style OF military equipment prevailing
In the time OF the Phaaohs. Many an
American boy might enjoy playing
with those toy warriors, as perhaps
some Egyptian lad once did with ut
most glee.
The recent school census of Chicago
is interesting to the public ut large in
somuch rs ii shows the nativity Of the
population. Out OF the 1,600,2I5 per-
sons which the dlligent enumerators
have been able to find, only 80, 1888
were born i'm America of American
parents. Some 100000 were born in
this country of foreign parents, and
nearly the same number are foreign
born. Germans number 103. 4S1: Irish.
95,6I6: Swedes, J3,1 Poles. 42.G25;
Italians. 12,30S Chicago seems TO be
fast earning the title of European City,
so long deservedly bestowed on New
York
The peace which has been concluded
between Italy and the Negus involves
the payment of an indemnity to the lat
ter of 100000. This result. so humilia-
ting to Italy. is the first instance
where any African State has got the
best in final military conclusions of an
European Power. Tint the Power in
question is n member of the Triple AL
lance and has been detailed to deal
with the Alpine frontier OF France in
the event OF war between the CONT
mental States is Il fact which makes its
surrender TO the Negus an event of
special moment to European diplo-
macy.
An English writer in Science calls at
tention to tire bad type 80 often found
in school and college textbooks, and
declares that from the kindergarten
clear through the college there seems
to be concerted plan to ruin the eye
sight of young people. This statement
is sweeping, but it is not far from the
truth. When tlie print Of textbook
is clear and good we often find the pa
per highly glazed. so that reading it by
night is great trial 10 the eyes.
Every State superintendent of schools
should act as inspector Of textbooks,
and those which are badly printed or
otherwise injurious to the eyes should
be discarded.
a monument is soon 70 be erected at
Little Falls, y. Y, in honor OF the men,
Dry Of the revolutionary general, Mich
Olas Herkimer. In the naming of the
counties Of New York the achievements
Of various revolutionary heroes and pa
triots were not forgotten, particularly
Hamilton. jefferson, Madison. Monroe,
Montgomery, Schuyler, Steuben. Clin-
ron. Delaware latter Lord De La
Ware, Franklin, Fulton, Lewis,
Greene. Livingston, Putnam, Sullivan,
Wayne, Yates and last. but not least,
Washington. BY some erroneous ne
glect. for which the early democrats of
New York are responsible. there is no
Jackson county in this State.
Germany is increasing its production
of coal more than any other European
country. Some of its coal Is sold in the
California and Oregon markets, to-
gether with that from British Column
bia, Australia, Japan and Great Bri-
tain. Indian and Japanese coal is said
to be driving other supplies out OF the
Far East. They are botls inferior rs
steam producers, but are very cheap.
The steamships using them make a
saving of 10 per cent. over tlfe cost of
British coal. Russia is trying to sup
ply her Black Sea fieeI with coal from
her own mines. She has n duty of 40
per cent. on imported coal. but even
that rate is unable to keep 1t out of the
country.
One result of the increased attention
paid of late years To the army and ma
w is that II is less difficult To keep the
ranks full. and full. too. of the best ma
terial The army lacks less than 400
OF it's full quota of $4,000. and the same
number is to he made up to secure to
the navy its 1900. TIE admiral in
charge Of the enlisted men in the navy
states also that not since the early days
OF the navy has there been so large a
percentage Of the men American citi-
zens, while the personnel is far higher
than il has been, and the enlsting Off
GERS find 1t much easier to keep the
lists full. When all the new ships are
complete there will be needed 10000 in
stead of 1900.
The Chicago InterOccan says: 1t
would appear that at length a remedy
has been discovered for leprosy 1t
consists of powder from the bark Of a
tree known as the hoang-nan. which
grows only on the mountains that sep
aiate the kingdom of AMMAN from the
Chinese province CT Laos. 1t is being
used with much success and efficiency
In the leper hospitals OF the colony of
Trinidad. so much so that the English
government is taking Steps TO intro
duce its use in the government hospi-