Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-25

monument is to be erected to their
memory.
The whale-boat industry has lately
been affected by the Cuban war, for
along the New England coast an agent
of the insurgents has been buying all
the whale-boats In sight and shipping
them to New York. The intention il
believed to be to use these boats In
landing men and arms from filibustcr
shipments.
The European Economist publishes
some facts with regard to the growth Of
population In the various countries Of
Europe during the decennial period
l8S5-95. The average increase was 3d.
022, 800. Some states have advanced
greatly. For example. Russia added
12,510,SO0 to her existing pOpu-
lation; Germany, 4,522,6O Austro-
Hungary, 1902, 200; Great Britain, o.
452, 400; Turkey, 100000, and France,
67,1OO.
An article In the Engineering Maya
zine points the moral that the engineer
ing professions and in particular the
! electrical engineering are overcrowded
| and that too many young men are edu-
eating themselves for these profess
sions. Generalizations based on 26O in
Quiries showed that 65 per cent. of the
electrical engineer graduates Of last
year secured employment In the line
Of their study, ut an average salary Of
5000 week. OF the mechanical en-
gineers II per cent. got work, at 1882
week; Of the civil engineers. 81 per
Get. at $13.27 a week.
A popular minister In an Ohio town
recently signed without reading 1t n
petition that purported to be for n
charitable purpose, and then 1t was
signed by nearly every reputable citi-
zen in the town. The fist intimatiOn
the minister had that joke had been
perpetrated was when he received no.
tice that his application for license to
keep saloon had been granted, ami
would be issued as soon as payment
therefor had been made. At first the
minister and his friends were indig-
nant, but soon appreciated the joke, and
1t furnished the preacher with text
on carelessness in signing such petit
tons.
The practice Of carrying babies on
bicycles, in cages or baskets attached
to the handle bars, has become very
warns Harpers Weekly. Physicians
say, too, that the rapid motion and the
jolting are not good for the baby, and
that the nervous system is likely to be
seriously affected. The Illinois HUI
name Society Is trying to put an end
to the practice by invoking a state law
which prohibits the exposure Of child
rem in dangerous positions. The appli-
cation of the law is doubtful, for Of
course it never contemplated such Il
law as this; but the movement in ques-
ton seems to be a wise one. and the
practice should be stopped, II possible,
both for the sake Of the children and
the nervous on-lookers.
The officials Of the Joliet, ILL.,, peni-
Tertiary say that they are going to try
an interesting experiment. They will
have three kinds of suits for the prison
ers, Indicative of their department.
Green suits will be worn by prisoners
of good behavior, cadet gray by those
who are less orderly, and red by those
who are extremely unruly. 1t Is believ-
ed that the plan will be an incentive 70
the prisoners to conduct themselves
properly, and will doubtless be success
full The officials think that 1t will help
the men to win back their self-respect,
and in many cases will be the means
of reformation, especially for those
that are Just starting In crime. 1t will
give the convict the idea that he can
opinion even while confined behind the
bars.
Government action in regard to the
ravages of intemperance is possibili-
ty. bill having been favOrably report
ed to the national house of representa-
tives providing for the appointment by
the president of commission Of five
persons. whose duty ii shall be to inves-
tigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its re-
lation to revenue and taxation, and its
general economic, criminal, moral and
scientific aspects in connection with
pauperism, crime, social vice, the pub
lie health and general welfare of the
people; and also to inquire into and
take testimony as to the practical re-
suits of license and prohibitory legisla-
ton for the prevention of intemper-
ance. An appropriation Of $4,000 is
made to defray the expenses of the in
quiry.
A correspondent Of The Boston
Transcript says that Australia Is
paradise for tramps. They comprise
about one-quarter Of the population,
and spend their life in travelling from
one little colony or station" as it Is
called, to another. The name "sun-
downer'' Is applied to them for the rea-
son that the suns setting is signal for
their coming. The stations" being so
far apart-twenty or thirty miles, or
even more--the people have not the
heart to send them adrift to the bush,
to go hungry for the night, and they are
recognized as necessary evil. The
well-to do farmers have usually
travellers hut" and regular rations
are served out to these wayfarers, a
pound of the inevitable mutton, q PAN
nikin or dipper of -four, the water-bag