Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09


A German scientist procIain,s that
1.-THE chewing Of cloves will kill I'll the
microbes that happen to get into a
mans mouth" What does II profit q
young man, however, to kill his charac-
ter and his microbes at the same time?
Captain James I'm recent address at
the Royal United Service Institute In
London declared that modern military
development would inevitably shorten
the period OF war. Moreover, he as
serted, while at the actual point Of bat
tie the destruction Of life would be
vastly increased. the aggregate loss
OF men In an entire war would be really
reduced by the improved means OF
treating the wounded.
An Investigator has discovered that
there are 23S lawyers in Congress-, Al
farmers, n editors. % manufacturers,
1 railroad manager, 2 steamboat own
ers, II teachers and college professors,
% bankers, 70 merchants, l house
builder, 3 clergymen. z who say they
are Sengaged in business" doctors,
/ architect, 1 music teacher, 1 owner
of oil wells, miners, 2 insurance
agents, 1 theatcr manager, 1 manufac-
turer of ice, !: civil engineers, . lum-
bermen, . owners OF stone quarries, 2
real estate agents. 1 pharmacist and 1
steamboat captain.
1t has been calculated that IL the
world keeps on developing as at pre-
sent ..Orses, cattle and sheep will ne
come extinct and man will be differ
entiatcd into two distinct animals, an
upper world of feeble prettiness" and
q most repulsive subterranean race re-
duced to mere mechanical industry.
In the course of II few millions Of
years the motion of the earth on its
axis, which is supposed to be growing
slower every year on account OF the
friction of the tides. will have ceased
entirely an the earth will present a
constant face to the sun.
The Atlanta Constitution call atten-
ton to the valuable advertising that has
been given to the South by the EXPOSE
ton. ''Twenty-five governors, II
says, ''twenty-four State press associa-
tons, the chambers of commerce of per-
haps forty leading cities, hundreds cf
mayors, scores Of senator's and con-
gressmen. the President and his cabi-
net, the New England Manufacturers
Association, the bankers of the cOun-
try, the National Farmers Convention
and dozens of other big organizations
have come and gone, and in every
quarter of the Union they have sung
the praises of the Exposition and of the
South"
Uncle Sam puts photography to Il
unique use in the far off seal islands
These he has photographed annually.
The views. taken in sections, are after
ward fitted together in Washington,
where, by means of n strong glass, the
seals are counted. Thus n sort Of CEN
sus is taken, and the increase or de-
crease of the heards Appropriated. IL
will be good day, in the opinion of the
Pathfinder. when our decennial cen
sus enumeration comes to our door,
armed with Il kodak, instead Of volumi-
and says, simply, "One button does It
ALL"
The United States Fish Commission
Ship Albatross. has just returned To
San Francisco, after a cruise of seven
months i'm far northern waters. Dur
ing this time she has been engaged in
deep sea fishing and has made many
important finds of new fishes. One
specimen totally unlike anything yet
described in the books; was taken at
a depth of 100 fathoms, or nearly two
miles. 1t was physically constructed
so as to stand he enormous weight Of
water ut this great depth, a weight that
would crush to death any ordinary
fish. When drawn to the surface its
stomach had been forced out of its
mouth, and both eyes were popped out
Of their sockets. 1t was unable to live
in the shallower depths.
A curious case of prOlongation Of life
comes from Piedmont, Cal. Pneu-
monia had attacked man and closed
up so much of his lungs that he could
not inhale enough air to sustain life.
Oxygen, Of course, was the element
that was wanted, and the physician IN
charge procured n number Of receivers
full of this gas and administered some
of il to the patient every fifteen min
utes. For week the man not only
kept alive but showed marked improve
ment But suddenly paralysis set in,
resulting i'm death. About $500 gal
Ions of oxygen was given within the
week. Small quantities Of the life-giv-
ing gas have been frequently admins
tered. This case tends to show that
it's use in large quantities would be
beneficial i'm some cases.
According to Los Angeles (Cal.)
paper, q number of Los Angeles men
have received n concession from the
Mexican Government of the Island of
Tiburon, in the Gulf of California. A
company of 800 men is being organized
under the command Of /. ii. Folk.
Each man is to receive $3.50 and hun
bred acres Of land, after the island Is
conquered The money for the expe-
tlition is being put up by Colonel Brad
bury, who inherited million or SO n
few years ago. There are only about
100 male Indians on the island, but
they are said to be such valiant fight
ers that the Mexican Government des-
paired of subduing them, and has Of
fered the island to Bradbury and his
companions, II they would undertake