Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

sugar -cane. II was thought probable
that tho cotton would grow equally ~
we'll In Southern Texas, but thorough
experiment proves II to be total
failure. Among others who received
seed from Major Rose was i. Allen,
Of San Antonio. Mr.. Allen planted
the seed on his farm, just south of
that city, where the cotton came up.
looked well and prospered finely dur
ing last years drouth, when ordinary
Texas cotton was almost burned up.
The winter proved too severe for it,
however, and in letter to Major Rose
Mr.. Allen says he dug up some Of the
roots, and in each instance found them
dead and perfectly devoid OF life.
A Missourian, in speaking of Gov
ernor Stevens, of his State, said to-
day: "He is kindly disposed man.
and has many eccentricities. He has
amused the people more than once
since he took his Office. 1t had been
the custom in Missouri for some years
for the Governor to release two pris-
oners on each of the three principal
holidays-July 4, Thanksgiving Day
and December25. Governor Stevens,
without giving any reason at all, in
creased the number to three, and will
exercise clemency on that ratio during
his term. He calls the men in and
gives them little talk before bestow-
ing their pardon upon them. He.
lectures them as to their duty, warns
them against falling back into old
ruts, points out how they may hope
to regain the confidence of people,
and, in parting, gives each cordial
handshake. He makes the whole pro-
ceeding as fatherly and as encourag-
ing as possible. He caused the latest
trio he released to stare at him pretty
hard when he remarked that he had
no doubt there were many innocent
men in prison, and many men who
ought to be in prison walking the
streets free.
The continual growth of the great
cities of the world has of late at
tracted much attention, particularly
on the part Of students of sociology
and hygiene, and at the recent Hy-
gienic Congress this subject was treated
in lecture by DR.. Stephan Sedleczek,
who produced statistics Of the increase
in population of the greatest cities of
the world since 1900. He showed
some very interesting facts. The pop
ulation of Amsterdam, Birmingham,
Brussels, Manchester and Rome
doubled in that period; Copenhagen
and Marseilles have now population
three times as large as at the begin
ming of this century; London, Lyons,
Paris, st. Petersburg and Prague have
quadrupled in the number of inhabi-
tants within the last ninety years;
Breslau, Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne
and Vienna have five times as many
people; Leeds, Liverpool and Warsaw
six times as many; Glasgow and Shelf
field seven times as many; Munich
eight times as many; Berlin, Budapest
and Leipsic, nine times as many; Bal
timore, ten times as many; New York
and Philadelphia, twenty-five times as
many; Chicago, 245 times, and Brook
Ign, 339 times as many as ninety years
ago. Dublin, while slightly larger
now than ninety years ago, has lost
II, 900 inhabitants within the last forty
years, and is the only large city i'll
Europe which shows aretrograde move
ment in its population.
AS much glory as Nansen brought
to Norway from the north a certain
Lieut.. De Gerlache is about to seek
for Belgium at the other end of the
world. His vessel, the steam bark
is now at Antwerp preparing
for an exploring voyage to the Ant
arctic, and the residents of the city are
interested in both ship and
When she arrived to
salutes from the fort at Saint Anne,
'Tete de Flandre, and all the ship
ping in port was decorated in honor of
The handsome little vessel Her hull
Is protected by formidable armor of
The hardest possible wood, bois tie fer,
rs a protection against the pressure of
antarctic ice. At her bows she carries
, powerful steel spur for cutting her
way through ice foes. The interior
are cleverly made with
/ view to comfort, warmth, and econo-
NY of space, for not single corner i3
wasted. The cabins and saloons are
heated from the engine rooms, and as
In extra precaution layers of felt are
aid in between all the partitions to
prevent the heat from escaping. The
Attest implements and machinery for
are on board the Belgica,
whose appearance is unique, and
whose barrel, perched on the top of
Ter mast for the lookout" catches
he eyes of the curious. The Belgica
.egist RS $50 tons, and makes seven
lnots with her 150-horse power en-
zines, though with sails set she can
Easily make nine knots. There is on
BOARD the usual stock of arctic cloth
ng, snow shoes, or Skis and
plendid collection of the most modern
scientific instruments, of which Lieut..
De Gerlache 10 extremely proud.