Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-04
NOTES AND comMtnrs

Oh the xuaBdzluco seyb TIC evCHe8O -
AIRY Of a full professor is 5000 A full
student gets NO salary. He gsts Ared
Switzerland is importing large nun-
hers OF American bicycles II this
thing continues we may presently ex-
pect to hear that the Alpine guides
lave equipped themselves With Amer
lean wheels
Clark Geare. of Martinsville. Ind. =
war veteran. has Just returned $3.50 Of
back pension money which he had To
ceived on account of physical dfsabil-
ity, on the ground that he has recov-
cred his health, and is therefore mo-
longer entitled to a pension The PEN
sion officials say that the ease La aS-
most unprecedented.
An enthusiastic church member Of
Philadelphia has just contributed 81 to
the church on his birthday. pledging
himself to double the amount ON each
anniversary of his birth for the rest Of
lis life. II he keeps this pledge and
lives long enough the church viii have
plenty OF money, for the amount Of his
Offering on his birthday twenty-five
years hence will be something over
S1G,OOO,OOO.
Soldiers, sailors and marines in the
active service Of the United States are
tho only persons in the country who
can send their mail c. O. ID. II their
letters are marked soldiers lette,"
"sailor's letter." or marines letter"
as the case may be, and under these
words appears the signature OF the
commanding officer, the postage. but
on delivery.
The vice of intemperance is a hard
one to deal with, and in Turkey they
have an entirely original way Of sub
in the land of the Sultan is found In
an intoxicated condition Keeling down
the street he is taken and given has
tjnado-a cudgeling; the second and
third time he is found in this cOndi-
ton he is classified, but after the third
time he becomes privileged, and is en-
titled to be carefully taken home by a
policeman.
The gradual cooling of the lava
which for the last few years has been
flowing from the small crater at the
foot of the cone of Vesuvius has oc-
casioned an increase of volcanic activ-
ity in the central crater, which had be-
come almost INSTRUCTED. Now the top
Of Xesuvius is lighted up every night
by the incandescent lava within the
crater, while immense pieces are eject
ell to a great height, accompanied by
clouds of steam and ashes. This new
eruption renders the summit of the
mountain difficult to ascend. but the
interesting spectacle attracts many
visitors.
Wisconsin appears to have meas
ure of success in the collection OF
taA on personal property. A recent
compilation of tn assessment roll
showed the confessed ownership of
45,574 musical instruments OF an ave
rage valuation of $40, and Of %. 401
watches worth on an average So. In
this matter of personal property the
Wisconsin law goes deeper than IN
many other States, where a watch
worth less than $40 is exempt An
other development of the assessment
list is the comparatively high average
valuation of $50 on the 46S,676 horses
In the State, despite the development
CT electric street-car lines and the
favor shown the bicycle.
Says a Philadelphia marriage license
clerk: Probably 80 per cent. of those
who come to us for licenses to marry
necessary permit they will be COM
PEELED to tell all their family secrets.
One man who came in one day last
spring was actually prepared to under
go a physical examination to prove |
that his heart and lungs we're all |
right We made out q license last !
week for young fellow who had pre- |
pared with some pains evidently the |
history of his bride, which |
he left with us: Miss -, aged %, in |
Phil. eight years, father and mother |
Both Living Both Willing grand father |
and mother Both dead. Mother fifty |
five yrs old father sixty-five yrs old |
grand father seventy-six when he died ]
grand mother died when father was
eighteen yrs old all from delaware Sus-
sex Co.."
A traveller from Sydney, New South
Wales, Mr.. Philip Lowden, found two
spots on the globe where Uncle Sans
is the most idolized nation on
,arth. He says: ION my way to Amer
ca stopped some days at Samoa and
also at Honolulu. In both countries
he feeling toward the Yankee race is
If the warmest character. In Samoa
he people hate the Germans with alb
,olute detestation, as they have never
orgiven their bombardment by the
German war vessels. In Honolulu
strongly suspect that the extravagant
of affection towards this
are based on the desire for
The controlling element
s simply Grazing to be annexed to the
United States. / thought that IL
ived there I would feel the same way.
it would be a great thing
or the Hawaiians to come under the
of the Stars and Stripes"
The rush to the Alaskan gold fields
s expected to make market for the
emi-wild horses of Washington and
oregon. Hitherto these ponies have
,een regarded as q nuisance, and as