Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

foolish manner simply because ~
are imbeciIes.
Ever since the defeat OF General
Baratieri the Italian journals have
praised the way In which King Meme
lex has treated the 2.O0O prisoners that
were quartered In the different towns
Of Abyssinia. Now that the treaty OF
peace has ben signed and these prison
ers are to be transported to Italy, many
are said to have signified their desire OF
remaining In the country OF the Negus.
The Italian Minister OF War, according
to the Don Mario Of Naples, has re-
ceived petitions from over one hundred
soldiers In Abyssinia requesting that
they be permitted to remain where they
are and not be held guilty of desertion
from the army. They assert that they
have neither family nor home in Italy.
nor any prospect Of lettering their for
tunes II they return; in Shoa they have
found occupation mt their various cali
ings. The minister is disposed to grant
their request. but, for fear of popular
feeling In Italy, he has not yet done
SO.
For the purpose Of stimulating pub
lie interest In his wares, an enterprising
Chicago merchant placed In his store
,, window big yellow pumpkin, and Of
fered $50 to the customer who guessed
nearest to the number Of seeds the veg
etable contained. AS guarantee Of
good faith the prize, in shining gold
pieces, was placed on the pumpkin, and
the guessing went on with satisfactory
briskness. One night somebody who
obviously distrusted his powers OF div
ination adopted simpler method Of
winning the offered money. 1t sue
ceeded perfectly, and next morning a
shattered pane of glass allowed the
chill lake breezes to enter by the big
hole out Of which the yellow eagles had
taken flight The thief did not go to
the trouble of leaving any expression
OF opinion as to the number Of seeds
In the pumpkin, and it Is not worth
| anybOdy's while to investigate that
matter now, so it will probably never
be known.
| A Partisan scientist asserts thar he
has compiled trustworthy statistics
concerning the number of eggs anpu-
ally consumed by the nations OF Eu-
rope. According to his tables. the
greatest egg-eating countries are Eng
land and Germany. In 1895 England
imported 1.25O,O00,00O eggs, for which
was paid about $20,0o0,000. The eggs
came principally from France. During
the same year Germany imported 20
100000 pounds Of eggs, also represent
Ing about $20,OO0,009. Most of these
eggs came from Russia and Austria
Russia has made the greatesr advance
in expectation. In 1872 she exported
only IL 900, 900, but In 1895 the number
rose to 1,250.OOO,OO0, representing n
value of $40, 100000. A significant fact
in connection with these statistics Is
that in those countries which are the
greatest exporters OF eggs the omelet
is the favorite dish.
In and around Emporia, Kan, the
buying and selling of cattle seems to be
the only industry, which leads the ia
zette Of that town to remark: ''rhe
great trouble we have here IS the idea
we have in this section Of the country
that II fifteen or twenty fellows can sit
around Nit Whites stove and lie
about what they made on the last
bunch Of cattle, we have the world by
the tail. Well, we haven't. One load
of cattle that came in on the Santa Ice
the other day has ridden in and out Of
Kansas City four times. When such
a big load of engine coal Is fed into a
steer the money is all out IF him. Half
the steers in Lyon county have been on
the train SO much that they go running
up to the bars and below 10 be loaded
every time they hear the whistle blow"