Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-18

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The women OF Paris have decided
that rational dress" SO called Ii i'm
possible, so long as ii is the duty Of
the sex to lApk as pretty as possible
Now that Hawaii Is to have a trolley
the Hawaiians will have to give up
their lazy, indifference sort Of life and
learn how to dodge.
The Beers have shown not only
splendid fighting capacity but more
strategy than they were supposed to
possess and artillery resources that
were not dreamed Of.
Psychologists, after scientific tests,
declare that a single quart Of Boston
atmosphere contains 100000 microbes.
This cerainly looks like overcrowding.
The government Of Sweden has
abolished variety theatre and variety
music halls In the kingdom, on the
ground that such resorts were morally
injurious, especially to the young.
Figures gathered by the Jewish I'm
migration Society of Philadelphia show
that the Jewish immigration to this
country during the past year was 81
600, which was 5000 more than the
year before.
Georgia is waking up to the modern
institute some means for utilizing her
cornstalks. An agricultural expert
says the farmers ought to realize full
$,500,00 each year olt of this product,
,sTrh'ni: has heretofore been wasted
New York has 400 pubic school
buildings, ssh teachers and q daily
average attendance of 347,670 school
children. 1t issued bonds last spring
amounting to $7,637, $40 for buildings.
additions, sites and equipment, and
the total expenditures of the depart
ment during the year amounted to
$15,316, S65. 4S.
The Secretary of the Maine Board Of
Agriculture says that large cattle
ranches i'm Maine will never be prom
able. To manage large herds profit
ably there must be cheap shelter and
cheap food in winter. The freezing to
death of few hundreds of half
starved cattle is unnoticed on the
plains of the West; but in Maine it
would quickly bring prosecution under
laws for the protection of animals.
San Juan hill was naturally strong
position, heavily fortified and defend
ed by regular troops who were armed
with the latest and most destructive
weapons of modern war. Yet our un-
seasoned American soldiers carried it
by direct assault
The war in South Africa Is remark
able for the unusual number of IA
nous British regiments that have suf-
fered. 1t goes without saying that
none of them has lost its historic repu-
tation for fighting qualities; the regret
Is that some of them had not the
chance of showing those qualities to
the full. Perhaps the Black Watch
never suffered SO severely, nor is it
likely that regiments like the Fighting
Fifth or the Royal Irish Rifles ever
cent actions where bravery was I'M
availing.
Why should Hartford be the centre
Of insurance in this country instead of
New York? Why should Boston be the
centre of the copper industry? There
is no copper within 1000 miles of the
Hub. Why should majority of our
shoes be made at Lynn? We can I'M
derstand why Pittsburg should be the
centre of the iron industry, sitting as
she does in the heart of the ore and
coal region; but why should she make
nearly all of our glass when there is
better sand elsewhere? Why is Prov
| idence the great jewelrymaking city?
Modern farming and mining have
both been revolutionized by chemistry,
the former through giving the agricul-
turist an exact knowledge of the soils
he is tilling and the products for whose
cultivation it is adapted. 1t tells him
what elements to apply to an impov-
erished soil to renew its productive
ness. 1t provides him with remedies
for the correction of diseases and the
extirpation of pests in plant lite and
beast 1t makes his occupation as ex-
act and reliable as the fluctuations of
the seasons will permit it to be.
The winter orders disseminating Post
Offices are sometimes suggestive.
Hardly had the weather begun TO get
cool when the service from Hotwater
to Lightfoot was discontinued Three
days later the department discontinued
an Issue, in Maryland, Piano in
Oregon, and Chestnut in Virginia,
| and this suggestive order was promll.