Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

the Assistance of Poor Inventors IA
about to extend its blessings.
During the year 304 lives were lost
ON ste,tn-vessels from a passcngc. n list
OF 1OO,OO0.OO0. In other words Al
traveller by boat takes ONE chacc In a
little less than 2,0OO.UOO of being
drowned. No wonder some people arc
nervous on the water.
Montana raised and sold something
more than x7,O0O,O0O worth of cattle
this year. The State has other re-
sources than her ranches and mines,
too, for the value Of her agricultural
products this year is estimated at S12,-
OOO,O 700.
The United States leads all nations
In it's educational facilities, ract
which is proved by the manner In
which the people avail themselves of
these privileges. The report Of the
Federal Commissioner OF Education
shows that in 1894 the enrolment Of
Pupils in public schools was 14,O12, 49S,
and in private schools 1,517,77O.
There Is parish in the Department
of the Isere, France, which ut the next
drawing for conscripts will be unable
to supply single recruit. Less than
half II century ago the village possessed
200 Inhabitants, but now there are
scarcely half that number, the death
rate being out of proportion to the
plumber of births, and the depression
In trade compelling the young men to
go to the cities. with the result that
not one of the required age for recruits
is forthcoming.
DR. Cyrus Edison, the well known
physician Of New York, claims that
there has been discovered u method of
treatment which will almost instau
tanoously cure consumption. yellow
fever, malaria, and even blood poison
ing. The remedy is not serum, but
chemical well known to the medi-
cal profession, and is applied by sub
cutaneons injection. There is no ply
stefan in the country whose opinion
commands more respect than DR.. Ed
sop's.
Among the flags now preserved in
the War Department ut Washington
there Is one conspicuous by its abseace.
That is the old flag of Fort Sumter.
However," said Grand Army OF the
Republic veteran the other day. 1T il
In good hands, as ii is the priced relic
OF the family of Major-General An
deIson, the hero of Fort Sumter Mrs
Elizabeth Anderson, the widow of the
general. had Il special vault built for IL
In her house in Washington, whence
1t Is taken only OH special occasions"
There are now outstanding $50 O0O.-
COO copper cents, representing a value
OF S7,S00,O00. 1t Is safe to say that
most of these coins do not eXis. to
day for practical purposes; that is to
say, they are lost in one way or an
other. Uncle Sam must keep on sup
plying 100000 or 5O,O00,OOO coppers
annually in order to keep the necessary
number in circulation. Indeed, the
number required will steadily grow
with the increase of population and
the reduction of prices. And yet 1t
seems odd, for one of these copper
pieces is an object practically indestruct-
ibIe. Unlike paper money, it can hard
ly oe chewed up by the family puppy
dog. swallowed by the baby or on
srmed by the parlor stove-all of which
are potent agents for the destruction
Of greenbacks, as Is demonstrated by
the records of the Treasury
1t has been generally supposed that
the strains OF music have "a peculiar
influence in subduing the untamci
spirits Of wild animals. This belief
may possibly have been inculcated By
the line Music hath charms to sooth
the savage breast" That this notion
is a mistaken one is now agreed by
all who have made practical test
of the matter. Dogs sometimes show
their appreciation of music by emit
ting sympathetic bowls. Cats, on the
otler hand. are apparently Disguised
wi.i harmonious sounds as produced
10y human agency, and ut once retire
to q distance, solacing themselves with
their own vocal renditions. Singing
birds, however, are charmingly affect |
ed and thrill as If their little brcas.s |
would break i'm the effort to surpass |
the performer Hyenas, rhinocerOses, |
appropriateness. pigs, ostriches, deer, |
llanas, tigers, lions and leOpards ar |
parently are not affected by music OK
cepting that that. they occasio rally |
show some curiosity.
Telegraph wires and cables have
done much toward making the world
smaller, and the work is still going OIL
The latest movement in that line Is the
laying Of u cable from Para to
a point LOO hiles up the Amazon
liver, with the view of ultimatelr
1t into Peru, which is entered
by the Amazon near the SEVENTEEN
meridian. Here the extensive
branches Of the great river reaches
out west and south to points within
Sc, enty miles of the Pacific. That the
river so far from it's source is broad
and deep Is shown by the fact that
twenty years ago the Peruvians had
sygtem of gunboats on 1t which were
all seagoing vessels Of about 800 tons,
and twelve feet draught. They were
built in Europe, and taken from Callao
to the Amazon through the Straits of
Magellan. People I'm Lima expect that
within Il few years steamers will run
from the headwaters of the Amazon
direct to Europe. This is hint for en-
Americans engaged in the
South American trade.