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


yellow journalist.
An armless man was convicted or
having forged q money order In Chi
cago the other day. He did 1t by hold
ing a pen in his teeth.
The New York World thinks 1t -
too bad that an Irishman must 60
abroad and slay his fellow-man In or
der to make himself popular at home.
The United States Senate Is much
disturbed by the discovery that Its
new "solid mahogany" chairs ana
sofas are really ''thinly veneered on
cheap wood"
Judge Capron of Indiana holds that
when church agrees to pay preach
er q fixed salary the salary must be
paid, If the church property has TO be
sold for that purpose.
Seedless grapes are becoming popu-
lar in California but the scare about
grape seeds causing appendicitis has
been shown to be groundless so there
is not much gained.
There is room for just thirteen per-
sons in each of the automobile stages
that are now operated in Fifth ave-
nue., New York city. If the horseless
carriage results in nothing but the
abolition of the thirteen superstition
1t will be well worth all 1t has cost.
What's the use of bachelors and wild
overs tramping on to Cape Nome In
search of wealth, when 1t Is known
that the women of the United States,
most of them unmarried, own $780,
600 900 of national bank stock, together
with $137 100000 of private and State
bank stocks? .
Chicago women have decided to take
active steps toward discouraging the
footprds that have recently become so
numerous there. The plan Is that wo-
men whose duties compel them to be
out after dark shall carry revolvers,
and with these deplete the list OF the
highwaymen who modest them.
Referring to the numerous consolida-
tiOns Of short trolley lines in the East
ern part Of this country, The Electrical
Review says: 1t Is not unlikely that
by the end Of the year one may travel
from Washington, ID. c., to Portland,
Me-, by trolley cars, with only the
tinuous lines of railway.
An American physician in Paris
claims to have discovered process to
make short people grow tall. Now If
he could only devise process for pre-
venting long purses from growing
short during the exposition season he
might win the everlasting gratitude of
his visiting countrymen to the French
capital.
The South Carolina Legislature at its
recent session passed law permitting
homeopathic physicians to have their
own examining board. The Charleston
News and Courier says the bill receiv
ed an overwhelming majority in both
houses, and twill delight the hearts Of
the many people from the Northern
States who prefer to be treated by
physicians bred in that school.
Everybody who likes to see the sum-
mer girl at her best will be glad to
hear that the Sailor" hat will be in
evidence again this season. 1t was at
first thought that the Golf" would
supersede the Sailor" but the rapid
descent of the Golf into low priced
goods, banished it from "genteel So
ciety," and the Sailor" on new lines,
comes to the fore again bearing the
stamp of approval Of fashion.
German mechanics may well ask
what they are coming to when the
Prussian Minister Of Railways says
the American locomotives are faultless
in construction and considerably cheap
er than those made at home. Is the
German Government going to shout
Out CHeup AiueiiSdb ioou anu iiipoit
cheap American locomotives? This
may be fun for the land-owning no
bility but it is a double blow to the
German working classes.
More patents were issued last year
to citizens of Connecticut thar to
those Of any other State. There was
one patent for every 945 Nutmegs
The inventiveness Of the Connecticut
folks is familiar enough, but it is
rather surprising to find that Okla
homa stands fifth on the list, following
the District Of Columbia, Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island in that order. |
New York though seventh on the list.
is credited with nearly 1000 patents
larger number than was issued to any |
other State.
The population Of England, Wales. |
Scotland, Ireland was in 1912, 10000 |
600; 9OO, 900; 1900, 900; 5000, 900, and in !
1891, $1,000 900; 100000; 1000, 600; A.
100000, which means an average in |
crease in the three component parts o.
Great Britain of about IS per cent,
while Ireland shows a decrease OF
nearly As per cent. Referring to Ire
land, Mulhalls Fifty Years Of Ma
tional Progress" records 1,225,000 |
deaths from famine, 3,66S, 0O0 evictions;