Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Mules AND CUWMENIS.
Is the problem in the problem
play" to find out how far it is possible
to go without police interference
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes must beware.
The Southern Presbyterian intimates
that il it were ON jury to try him for
murder it would hang him forthwith
and that II would not regret very much
the opportunity to sit on such jury.
II mosquitoes are responsible for
malaria, and rats for the plague, and
impure water for typhoid and cholera,
then the mosquito frame, the rat trap
and the filter are the embiems oil
health.
An automobile that cost when new
$4,000 sold at auction recently in Paris
for $13, 200, after making fast record.
1t appears, comments The Trotter and
PAGER, that developed speed is valu-
able in machines as well as in horses.
Army surgeons report that the Maui
ser bullet makes "a humane wound. T"
Few persons have been aware until
now that there could be wounds of
that sort.
In Philadelphia the other day, a
man fell down fight of steps and
fractured his skull from tripping on a
dangling string. Never was
there a more striking illustration of
the necessity of doing small things
well.
DIR. Jameson, who led the famous
raid upon the Transvaal, must think
queer things when he reflects that he
once imagined that he could conquer
the Beers with force of 500 men.
Events have shown him to have been
the prize s-calculator of the age.
The French Under-S Secretary of
State, who is responsiblefor the posts
and telegraphs, has, with view to
avoid the transmission of infectious
diseases, just made an order that the
receivers and transmitters of all
public telephones shall I've disinfected
daily by being washed with strong
solution of carbolic acid.
The reforms promised in the British
army will be most effective if they in
clude the opening of the line and
staff to the common people. Official
position is too commonly reserved for
the aristocracy. Still, yearly larger
percentage of promotions from the
ranks has occurred since commission
by purchase was abolished.
OF course it is not generally known,
but it is fact all the same, that the
larger part of the olive oil imported
into this country is simply the pro-
duct of the cotton seed extracted in
the United States, sent abroad, re-
fined and returned to us as the pure
Mediterranean article. While sailing
under false colors it is possible that
the cotton seed oil is more wholesome
than the genuine olive.
An Atchison man is telling. a story
about servant girl that has been
working for the same family for twenty
one years. If this man would come
out OF the woods and become war
correspondent or worlds fair guide,
or theatrical press agent or some
thing in which there is real progress,
new and lucrative vistas would open
to his peculiar genius.
Among the thirteen countries which
add largely to the supply of new books
the United States occupy the fourth
place Germany provides nearly
twice as many new publications as
the United States and England COM
bined. The circulation figures of
successful books are, however, much
larger in these countries than in Ger
many.
1t is q pie asure to notice the con-
tinued decline in the practice of haz-
ing at the colleges throughout the
country. The prominent universities,
which are more readily influenced by
public opinion, naturally took the
lead in this reform, aud one by one
the smaller colleges have followed
suit. The vigorous stand recently
taken by President Moffatt of Wash
ington and Jefferson University adds
one more to the list of enlightened
institutions. ~ would rather" he
said, '.have 100 student without haz-
ing than 500 with it.
Exhaustive estimates have just been
published of the cost of living at Yale.
From $500 to $1,000 is considered
enough for the average student. The
| investigations show that Yale men are
spending less for drink than they did
decade ago, and are more literally
contributing to religious and philan-
thropic societies. The total cost, too,
of going to college is less than it used
to be. In this improved showing
athletics play not unimportant part,
especially at Yale, where the induce
ments to athletic success are strong
enough to make men willing to under
90 considerable privations for the
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