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

suhcs ABOUT $lt3,VO worm ol our
| -four.
| Signs OF labor troubles are beginning
to multiply In England. and there Is a
| growing opinion In that country that
| the coming winter will witness many
disagrcemcnts between employers and
employed
Postmaster General Wilson has de-
| cided to try the experiment OF rural
free delivery In the country around
Charleston. w. Va, his home. Three
carriers will cover a territory within
a radius OF four miles from town.
From some figures recently compiled
the fact Is given that there IL invested
| In the beer industry In this country the
sum total of xlG5. 7SS903. or this
amount $143, 1O6,9lG is invested In
breweries. and the remainder, $22 3d.
002, in malthouses.
In an article on the work of the Eng
lish Post Office. in the Strand Maya
zine, the very interesting and suggest
| I've fact Is brought out that last year
the British postal correspondence with
the United States was second only In
magnitude to that with all the great
powers of Europe combined, being
about Al 100000 letters. &C., as against
about 65,0O0,0OO for Europe.
Reports continue to be received re-
garding the pitiful plight of the men
who rushed into Alaska early in the
year. deluded by stories OF the fabu-
lousy rich gold fields in Cooks Inlet.
Hundreds of men are stranded In that
frigid region, destitute of provisions
and proper clothing. Unless aid Is
afforded by the Government before the
Arctic winter becomes severe. many OF
these unfortunate seekers for new
Eldoindo will perish from privation.
Would not housewives bless the arch
itect who could build them bathrooms
of glass and wainscotings with mould
present ones. which accumulate the
dust and so greatly try their PATIENCE
Why not have rugs for bathrooms?
Cloth is now made from waste glass,
that Is even more elastic and softer
than silk. 1t il incombustible and can
be made in all colors. ana OF any de-
sired thickness. And how easy TO
keep clean.
T.. l.. GOdkln. editor of the New York
Evening Post. in AZ article on ''rhe
Expenditure of Rich Men" in Serb
ner's. says that rich Americans, by
building great houses for a display OF
their wealth. excite envy, hatred. and
malice, and Ire advises them 10 avoid
this by expanding it in erecting great
public monuments such as picture gal
leries. museums. arches. statuary, etc.,
which will pcspetuate their names and
rid them completely OF the imputatiOn
of scllisllness.
When the modern clieap house shall
be evolved, it Is probable that paper
and glass will enter largely into its
construction. Paper IL now being used
for weathering. and has become the
universal wall decoration in the house.
Ii will stand the climate under severest
tests. and keeps out the cold of winter
as well as tie heat of summer. For
floors nothing could be better, as it
cuts off the passage of sound. These
uses are but the beginnings, mere hints
of what Will follow.
As yet. more than 100000 square
miles of Arctic territory remain uneX-
plOrcd There has been tendency OF
late to cry down Arctic exploration as
Improbable and uselessly waStcful Of
life Yet the fact is that enterprise in
this direction las been enormously
valuable TO mankind. Within the last
two centuries it has furnished to the
civilized world products aggrcgating
thousand million dollars i'm market
value. the most important OF them be-
ing yielded by the whale fisheries.
"Old Halle" local character OF Mt.
Morris. y. ". Is embarked i'm some
what novel business. The Rochester
Democrat says that during the Pres
idential campaign this fall he will at
tend political demonstrations, pole
raisings and the like and cheer for
money. lie has Il stentorian voice and
can readily make himself heard mile.
At short range the volume OF sound he
can produce is extraordinary for one
pair of lungs. so that he will be a val
liable adjunct to torchlight professions.
Ills terms are moderate. only n dollar
an evening and supper. He has no par
tisan preference and will hurrah for
Democrats or Republicans or Prohibi-
ti0nists.
Not many years since the test Of
the value OF New Hampshire spruce
forests was the lumber of thousand
feet Of saw logs, II inches up in diam
eter Mt the butt. they carried per acre.
Now the valuation. as predicted upon
the wants OF the wood pulp grinder.
Is the number OF cords Of spruce pulp
wood growing on the average acre.
In other words. the spruce lands in the
market at present are more likely to find
customers among the pulp and paper
manufacturers than among the lumber
producers. In many instances good
opportunity il offered to the lumber
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 as 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.