Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

onions ought to have seen at once tna'
| the strongest arguments were against
her.
| Major Lugard, a competent authority
on African matters, denounces the
liquor traffic there as an infamy, work
| ing the swift destruction of the natives
among whom 1t is introduced, render
| ing missionary and other efforts FOL
their civilization of no avail, and calls
| on the governments of England, Ger
many and France to come to some ar
rangement which will at least In time
put an end to It,
1.-THE Ogden (Utah) Commonwealth
says that while 1t is true that polygamy
still exists in Utah, 1t Is, nevertheless
dying out 1t affirms that has been
doubted, that the Church no longer
| favors 1t, and those Mormons who re-
turn to polygamous connections do SO
with more or less secrecy. 1t thinks
that the Mormon people desire and re-
ally intend that the practice OF polyg-
amy among them shall cease.
According to Whittaker's Protestant
Episcopal Almanac" for 1898, there are
at present in that church 4,77G clergy
men, an increase of 80 over the prevl-
| C>is year: 6,332 churches, an increase
OF 4G; G64, 0S3 communicates, an in
crease of 22,03S, and 433, 600 Sunday
school scholars, an increase of 1901.
It's contributions for all purposes dur
ing the last year were $12,606,S13.OG,
being an increase Of $10,933.Oo over
the previous year.
Mexico has a bull fighter named Ell
Curita, who not long ago suffered In
reputation from the report that he had
been beaten by a woman. This he
denied, and notified all the local news
papers that instead he had knocked the
woman down four times with chair.
To be sure he had been sent to Jail, but
instead of serving out his eight-day
sentence he had been let off on the pay
ment of fine This he construed as
vindication of his character, and in
vited the press to indorse 1t. He is
thus restored to the society of the bull
and woman-fighting class, and no
doubt ranks as burning and shining
light thereof
The greatest heiress in the world is
the baby Grand Duchess Olga, daugh-
ter of the Gar and Czarina OF Russia.
Already she is one of the richest per-
sons in the world, and what she will
inherit Is beyond all computation. Her
bassinnette is studded with precious
stones, and she has a doll whose dress
is ornamented with priceless emeralds.
Every pin used to fasten her imperial
garments is solid gold The week she
was born 5000, 900 was settled on her.
This sum was invested in British,
French and other foreign securities, as
the Car, like other monarchs, is not
absolutely sure of the future, and does
not wish his family to be in need at
any time of the necessities of life.
The police force of the District of
Columbia are to be instructed in the
elements of surgery in spite of the OBJ
lection raised that the police have al
ready more duties than they can pro-
perly attend to. But the commission
ers, in view of the fact that the ability
Of policeman to make simple tour
niquet with his handkerchief or stick
strap may any day check the flow OF
blood from an artery, and save life
that would be beyond saving before
surgeon could be summoned, have de-
termined that surgical instruction the
police shall have. To this end num-
Der of copies of book entitled First
Aid to the Injured" have been sent for
and will be distributed at the different
precincts, whereupon the men will be
instructed to make themselves familiar
with the directions set forth.
Despite the efforts of the govern
ment the locusts have been devastating
the crops in the Argentine Republic,
according to advices received by the
bark Maria L. The Philadelphia Rec
ord says: "One way devised by the
governments officials to destroy the
locusts was to collect the eggs and
burn them, bounty being given to
those who did the work. No less than
one thousand tons of the insects had
been collected at la Plata alone, when
the Maria l.. left there. 1t was with
some difficulty that the sails of the
Maria L. were stretched when she was
getting under way at La Plata, as thou
sands of the locusts had made the folds
of the sails their homes. Captain
D'Urso states that the future of the
Republic was never gloomier, the crops
having been largely ruined, and fam
inc is threatened"
The uttermost parts of the earth |
have never been so sought out as at |
present, and the Antarctic is now at
tracing attention as well as the Arctic |
A Belgian expedition sailed a few
months ago for the Antarctic region, |
and the Royal Geographical Society, |
London, has determined to take upon |
itself the responsibility of organizing
a private expedition to the same,
though the expectation Is that govern
ment aid will contribute to the success
of the important undertaking. All that
Is claimed to be known of the An
tarctic at the present time Is that no
approach to the South Pole nearer than
40 miles has ever been recorded icy
barriers exist which eclipse those of
the North Pole, and mountains have
been discovered of lofty attitudes, some
Of these being volcanoes. Further, the
surface is covered with snow at all
times of the year; no human being has
been met south of SO degrees, no veg
station of any account beyond SO de-
yrees, and no land quadruped is known