Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

EugMnd mas Garden City Aes0cl-
alton whose aim Is to build cities In
such way that they shall combine
the advantages of country life with
those OF town life.
Professor Forbes State Entomologist
OF Illinois. has estimated that without
the assistance of birds the State Of
Illinois would be carpeted with in
sects, one to each square inch OF
ground, 1T the end of twelve years.
In a description OF the compulsory
arbitration law of New Zealand
Henry ID. Lloyd says that its compul-
sion Is three-fold. 1t compels pub
iicity, reference to a disinterested ar
bitter In case the disputants will not
arbitrate voluntarily, and finally obedi-
ence to the award of the arbitrating
tribunal.
At Blackpool, England, the munich
pal authorities operate the street rail-
ways, carrying passengers at 3 1-3
cents per fare. On this basis a sink
ing fund has been laid by, interest and
taxes paid, and a profit left.
When the Prince of Wales ate' "a J0-
cent dinner the other day the fact was
considered to be of sufficient fmpor-
lance to be cabled across the Atlantic
at 20 cents a word. Yet some people
claim 1t Is the thing that is done which
counts and not the person who does 1t.
A woman at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
attempted to commit suicide by poison
recently, and nearby druggist saved
her life by administering emetics. Now
she threatens to bring damage suit
against the druggist on the ground
that his pharmacists license-did not
entitle him to practice medicine!
That the Boer war affects all classes
was proven by a recent painful Incl
dent at the London War Office. One
of the few journalists who have been
there nightly since the beginning of
hostilities, on making his customary
inquiry for the latest list Of the casual
ties, was handed list whereOn, I'M
der the head of killed, was the name
of his own son.
A celebrated veterinary surgeon as
serts that ninety per cent. Of our worm
out horses are only crippled in their
feet or legs because of some foot dis
ease, and that all but a fraction of
that number owe their premature in
capacity to our system of shoeing-
not merely bad workmanship, but the
use of iron or steel shoes.
The cultivation Of fruit trees along
the high roads Of France Is being ex-
tended year by year. Following the
example of the government, the CON-
munes in certain departments adopted
the practice as source OF revenue,
and now it has become an important
branch of national history.
The Rev. A. Il. Church, pastor of the
Universalist Church at Akron, Ohio,
advocates the adjustment of collins,
and says that the dead should be in
TERED with only shroud wrapped
around them. He says that caskets
prolong decomposition, and should,
therefore, be abandoned. He would
also do away with the use Of hearses
and funeral cars as needless expense.
The bulletin issued by Superinten-
dent Andrews Of Chicago in which he
directs teachers in the public schools
to ascertain the physical cases of APP
parent inattention and dullness on the
part of certain pupils and to make spe-
cial provision for accommodating these
defects merits unqualified commenda-
ton. The bulletin recognizes the OBJ
legation of the schools to take some
account of the differing capacities and
physical delinquencies Of children, and
is therefore in line with modern educa-
tional progress.
The soft coal deposits in the United
States are of such vast extent that
the danger which now threatens
Great Britain-viZ., the exhaustion Of
her remaining stores of coal, mostly
down in the deep levels-cannot arise
in this country for many years. 1t
would, therefore, seem to be a wise
policy to market our surplus stock of
coal, widely distributed near the sur
face of the ground, at a time when
there is feverish demand for the
black diamonds all over the world.
A Long Island nurseryman has I'M
dertaken the experiment of raising
flowers by electricity. His theory is
that the lighting of his greenhouses
during the night time will keep his
flowers awake and the plants will
thus do double work and his profits
will increase in the same ratio. When
such experiments are made with ami
NAL life nature usually revolts and the
results are disastrous. The Long ISL
and mans experiments In Horticulture
will be watched with interest to see
the effects upon vegetable life.
The Philadelphia Press says: 1.-THE
decision of the Supreme Court Of
Pennsylvania in the case of Foot VS..
American Product Company estab-
fishes the right of bicycles on the
street to be exactly the same as that
of other vehicles, and IL wheelman