Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19

make Z very cre6itahle shcving in tho
years census. From he annual re-
ports " the Indian agents which have
bean received by the commissioners Of
Indian airs II appears that the entire
Indian population Ii 207.D05; Of this
number 05.070 wear c4eixen6 dress,
while 1898 wear mixture Of In
dian and civilized clothing. Those
who can read number 42.587, and 3d.
314 can carry on an ordinary conversa-
ton In English. There are 1928
dwelling houses built for Indians, 1,153
of which were built within the last
year. The number of births was 4,237
and the deaths 5.253. Twenty-six In
dams were killed by white and seven
whites by Indians. One Indian was
killed by other indians. The number
Of Indian crimals punished was 1,469.
There were 81 ,655 Indian church mem
bers and 34S church buildings upon the
various reservations.
A big Western factory has recently
provided dining room for its work
men and serves cheap meals at noon.
Here are some of the prices charged:
Pea soup, two cents; roast lamb, three;
stewed tomatoes, one; mashed pota-
toes, one; ham sandwich, two; bread
puuulng, two; mince pie, three; coffee
and tea, one. The bill Of fare Is
changed daily. The seats are number
ed, and each regular patron occupies
the same one every day. Ine men give
their orders for the next day before
leaving the dining room, and thus
much time Is saved in serving. Every
one has plenty Of time to get all he
wants in the half hour allowed.
The Womans Tribune, always on
the lookout for interesting cases con-
corning the legal status Of women,
says: THAT husband and wife are
one is an axiom in common law, and
under all old interpretations 1t was
equally accepted as automatic that
that one was the husband But it has
been left for a North Carolina judge to
rule that that one was the wife. The
sutton of young woman was invited
by her mother, but forbidden by her
father. Accepting the invitation, the
angry father sued him for trespass.
The mother signed his bond. The case
was tried and the father lost, the mag
istrate holding that as husband and
wife are one she had n right to invite
the young man. An appeal was taken
by the father to the Superior Court.
which will be called on to rule as to
wife's equal rights on the family prem
ises."
The original Ms. of SCOTS story,
'St. Romans Well,' is now owned by
a bookseller in Edinburgh. 1t was Civ
en- by Sir Walter to AIR. Cadet, and
after Cadets death was purchased by
Ruskin. The latter priced the treasure
highly, ana used to dilate upon his
pride in his favorite novelists patience
manuscript, the last page Of which Is
as well written as the first, Ruskin
would say: This novel was written
when Scott was in terrible mental and
bodily suffering" The Ms. presents
important variations from the printed
version, some passages having been
altered at the suggestion of friends of
the author, which makes it particular
ly interesting.
The English law relating to cruelty
to animals is rather nebulOus one. To
qualify for protection the wronged
beast must prove, through his best
friend" that he is not ''ferox naturae."
For this reason lions may safely be
tortured to make a British holiday and
deer hunted to death after a manner
that, while not cruel, would be ridicu-
lous. A short time ago, an elephant in
a London museum trampled one of his
keepers to death and was shot for it.
Nothing was said for some time. But it
now appears that he had been a most
respectable animal for thirty-eight
years. and only grew angry when tor
mented with pair of lances. Accord
ingly, the surviving keeper has been
prosecuted by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals and SEN
teuceu 10 II WEEK imprisonment. Onc
hopes that the incident is indicative Of
some reform in the treatment Of cap
tive brutes, mos; of the performances
of wild beasts have no value i'm them
selves and being interesting only be-
cause the man in the case may be
he very often deserves to be.
he mastery Of man over brute has NO
part in the exhibitions, for the boldest
tiger-tamer would cut but sorry fig
ure before strange tiger in strange
land.
Some Novel Statistics.
A deliver into statistics has discovered
the awful probability that in the year
Of grace 1898 the English-speaking peo-
pies of the earth produced no less than
eighty novels day throughout the
not excepting Sundays and
holidays. His conclusions, says Liter
ature, are not based upon his expe-
rlence as reader, but on the surer ba-
sis of expert calculation. Five new
novels day were actually published in
Great Britain, and three per diem in
the United States-a total of eight
daily for the new Brotherhood. And
L. H. 49, A.