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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

car cried out TO him; "do you have
any luck catching snakes these days.
And within five minutes Mr.. Bell
was answering questions from nearly
every occupant of the car Were there
really any snakes i'm Floridal Was ii
safe to go througi. the woods! How
big did snakes grow in this State
What sort of snakes are common here
etc. Very graciously the professor an
swered them all and soon had BETRAYED
himself into II dissertation upon rep
tiles generally, till, in an absent way,
just to illustrate ~ point he was eluci-
dating, he unbuttoned a capaeious
pocket in the skirt of his coat and
drew out an enormous and newly
caught "coach-whip,' which he ca
hibited to throng OF staring and ex-
cited people. Its habits and peculiar
tiles were described, and he laid his
subject on the seat and from another
pocket drew out number Of chicken
snakes and water snakes of various
kinds. Would they bite. No, indeed,
they were harmless. They look kindly
a." Gravity" they are SO small
lie replaced them and unstrappcd
his game bag. Here we have" he
said, "a beautiful snake naturally
tame and perfectly harmless, which
anybody can play with" And he drew
out what is probably the biggest king
shake IA Florida, nearly ;ght feet in
length.
There was chorus of screams. and
women and children. men even. He'd
TO the farther end Of the car. During
Jhe rest of jhc zip the dj~concert=d
professor sat alone, and when, at
Gainesville, he rose to leave the train,
little girls hid themselves behind their
mamnlas and screamed with fright.
As travelling Snowman do not
seem 10 be 4 success, said the pr ofes
sor sadly 10 himself as he strobe to
wards his lodgings in Oak hall. Flor
ida Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
\ GRAND CLIMAX.

y gentleman stopping temporarily in
Detroit inquired as to which theatre lie
should attend.
THE Grand, was the reply, and
he went. On the following day he
was out walking and asked the name
Of park he espe cial Y admired.
That's the Grand Circus, said his
friend.
"Oh, and that diagonal street with
the car track
Grand River avenue.
Ard the cne which passes the no
tell"
Michigan Grand avenue.
a few days later he had occasion to
hunt UP tie locality of an old friend,
and he went into tie 20 oil :, to in
quirc
Could YOU toll nae where Hiram
Blair lives:
Yes; on Grand stree. NO. --.
Thanks. This is a 9ecaliar town;
it ought to be called Grand Detroit. ="
THAT would be a grand idea, said
the postmaster, and then he asked the
stranger if he had seen Grand avenue,
but the man was walking off repeating
in q duzed way, Grand circus, grand
theatre, grand town, grand People,
Grand Trunk railway, grandmother
Show me the way to the depot. - Post
and Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
JACK AND BALL.

For 20 years an old man of our coun-
ty, whom We will call Jack Baldwin,
has cultivated the soil and drawn
therefrom II support for himself and
wife; he is childless. Not long si.ce
Jack left his house in search of miss
ing cow His route led him through
an old worn-out piece of clay land of
about six acres in extent. in the center
of which was well about 30 feet deep
that at some time had probably fur
nished the inmates of u dilapidated
house near by with water. In passing
the spot an i'll wind drifted Jacks hat
from his head and maliciously waited
it to the edge of the well, and it tum.
bled. Now Jack had always pracriced
the virtue of econmy, and he immed
ately set about recovering his hat. He
ran TO the well, and finding it dry at
the bottom he unrolled the rope which
he had brought for the purpose of cap
turing the COW, and after several at
tempts TO catch the hat with a moose
he concluded to save time by going
down in the we'll himself. To accom-
plish this he made fast one end of the
rope to a stump hard by and was soon
on his way down into the we'll
1t was n fact of which Jack was les 5
obvious than the reader rhereof-that
mischievous fellow, whom we will call
Neal Willis, was in the old building
and saw Jack go down into tie well.
and it SO happened that Jacks old
blind horse was near by with a bell on
his neck. The devil himself or some
other wicked spirit, put it into Meals
head TO have little fun: 50 he slipped
up 10 the old horse, uubuc.lel the
strap and approached the we'll with ,he
bell in his hand, ting-a.ling. Jack
thought the old horse was coming, and
said he in an audible tone: Hang
the old blind horse, he's coming this
way, sure, and he amt got any more
sense than to fall in here on me-wo.
Ball" But the sound of the bell
came closer, and Jack was resting at
the bottom of the we'll Great Je.
rusalelnl" said Jack; I" the old blind
fool will be right on top of me in a
ninit-wo, Ball-wo, haw, Bali"
Just then Neal got close TO the well
and kicked n little dirt on Jacks head.
Jack thought Ball was about to come,
got close TO the side of the well and
began TO pray ." oh, Lord, have
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
JAY GOULD THE GREAT.
Talk of monopoly! Snrely the mo

Talk Of monopoly. Surely the most
gigantic one ever instituted is that Just
brought about by lay Gouid in con-
ueotion with relogr: pLie and pres.
matters. lie mas secured the leasing
of the Mutual Union lines TO the West
ern Union, and on land and sea, he
controls the great agency by which
news and prices are communicated not
only between loc1liiie. an ti.is country
but Oet"een the United States and the
rest of the world. Jay Gould's en-
plUyes have the power To quote or mis-
quote any OF the worlds commodities
and securities in all the markets of
the world. Cannot the American peo-
pie realize how detrimental to the ma
tion Is the vesting OF this great power
in the hands Of AN unscrupulous spec
ulator! The astonishing apathy Of
Tree and Eeen-witted people in the face
of this danger is Z most gnaccountable
phenomenon.
Nor is this all The rapers of the
country are to-day dominated by two
press monopolies; one great, and the
other small one. gigantic western
press monopoly has captured the New
York associated press, and controls all
the other news agencies save one-a
surll affair known as the United Press
association, but this last is also a mo-
nopoly. The two former have ten
years contracts with the telegraph
companies. and duing TINT length OF
time 70 lew newspapers can be started
in the United States; for 30 capital.
however ample, could compete with
the existing journals, having at their
command the vast resources OF the as
Sociated mcnopolies, and enjoying spe-
cial rates from the great Telegraph mo-
nopoly of Jay Gould. Some newspa-
perS have recently le4n telling us that
Gould has judges in his pay, courts at
his command, legislators who do his
bidding, but they do not emphasize the
fact that every newspaper proprietor
and editor Of a daily paper is to-day ut
the mercy of Jay Gould. 1t is a part
nership in monopoly which they have
in common. This fact will never be
stated by the journals Of the day; il
can only be told 10y the weekly press
and the magazines, who do not depend
for their life on telegraphs and market
reports. The fact is well known to
merchants, business men and members
of boards of trade, but they are cut off
from informing the country through
the press. A postal telegraph i'm the
hands cf the government would rid the
press of this incubus, and in time do
away with jay Gould's control over
the quotations of the market. bur il is
impossible TO get Congress TO act
against the open or silent opposition
of the entire press Of the country.
Jay Gould is to-day more powerful
individual than any ear, emperor or
pope now living. Record and Guide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
CRAWLING, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, MARCH 1 1883

There is one man in New York the
greatest manufacturing city in the
worldwide, years ago, saw the neccs-
sites of the time. Peter Cooper who
by his own Industry collected large
| fortune, erected an institution in which
the youth OF the city receive gratui-
tous instruction in art But that in
stitution is the only one doing for the
artisans of New York what govern
ment funds are doing for every city in
England, France and Belgium. In the
year 1881 the English government
spent $3.50, 900 for the support OF art
art schools for the masses In the
same year the town council Of Paris,
provided $3.50, 600 for gratuitous art
classes alone. Not only ia Paris but
in all the great French manufacturing
towns, the artisans work at the art
schools for five or six nights in the
week, after eight hours spent Mt their
trade. AT liege, Belgium, there are
q, 900 artisan students. out of popu-
patton of 100, 600. 1t is true that we
get great manv of these trained arti
sans in this country, but their best
knowledge is very often not utilized :.
and besides it is unreasonable for us
to hope to do much to compete with
the French and Belgians, unless we
follow their example and teach our
own native aftiaans The t,ma was.
and ii is moi tar IL the past, when 40
manufactures, say of lace, in Noting
ham, England, would have dreamt of
employing an English designer; Paris
WIS the city from which hemust oome
The manufacture was not governed
- caprice, he knew where the good
designers were TO be found. Now it is
contended that the English possess
more originality andenore true artistic
feeling than the French. Mr.. Nun.
della, an English member Of parlin-
ment, who takes great deal OF inter
est in this subject, said recently that
he had seen in Paris piacarls six feet
lone Offering gratuitous instruction in
art TO every person employed in Ger
tain trades who would come and ac-
cept it. He found schools OF art whiuh
were attended by hundreds of thou
sands of students established i'm every
part Of the country. These schools
were supported not only 10y the gov
ernment aid, but by the different mu-
uicipalitieS. out of the local rates and
taxes. Thus, all the artisans of Paris
and n large number of those in the
country were receiving grGtuitous art
instruction. These are pregnant facts,
and they need ventilation in the Unit
ed States. The time will ccme, with
out doubt, when the country will gain
ground in the race, as England has
done over France. The question il.
When will the.gaining process begin p
Minnesota Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

WHOLE CAR T0 HIMSELF.
As the afternoon train on the Flori-
da Transit railroad slowed up to a wa
ter tank where creek flows out of II
drearY cypress swamp ard crosses the
way hunter in high boots and eor
duroy coat, with .ruge bag swung to
his broad shoulders, climbed out of
the high grass and boarded the princi-
pal passenger car. 1t was Prof. Jas.
Bell, the Smithsonian institutions
agent. The train was full of people
who, for three hours, had endured the
innocent babble of two guileless land
agents. We had learned from these
truthful real estate missionari,s that
alligators were as harmless as geese.
and that there were fewer snakes by
far in Florida than in New York city
or Philadelphia. The professor fousd
the one vacant seat and flung himself
into il.
p" Good afternoon, Professor. an ac.
guaLtance at the further eud e the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

nEFAULT having been made in n certain in
- denturc of mortgage bearing date June H.
1881. made an executed by Mark :. Dilley Of
cr'wf fd r)unty. Michigan ~ George Benning-
hof cf Meadgiie, Penn. which was duly record.
"a ~" litil day of June. 1891. in the pfice of
rgistpr of Deeds In aud for Crawford count
- iich in Libcr \ OF Mortgages. at page 255
~ upon which there Is claimed 10 bc due M
o. - V ate of this notice the sum of One Hundred
., IUo and 20.t00 dollars Sl02 70 1901 and all
igi III taxes, and no proceedings having been
q :, II in law or in equity ts collect the payment
T. ny part thereof
Sotce is hereby given. that on Tuesiay March
18Th. A. u. 1883 at one O'Clock IN the afternoon OF
said day said mortgage will b. foreclosed by a
sale Of The premises in said mortgage described.
AT public auction, 10 the highest bidder lsale 10
take place at the west front door of the court
use In thc village Of Graying IN said county of
Crawford. that being the place of holding the
circuit court for said county Of Crawford in
which said mOrtgaged premises are situatedl or
30 much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
and pay the amount due or said mortgage. with
ten per cent interest taxes and legal costs To-
cether with an attorney fee OF TWENTY-FIVE Dol.
lars. covcnantcd for therein. that is 10 saw the
south h-half Of the north-ee quarter OF section
twenfy-six. of town twenty-eight north. Of rancc
-four west Of Crawford county. State Of Michigan
Dated Kalkaska. Mich. Dec s. 1922
GEORGE RENNINGuoTF.
Mxtyaree
Arthur A. BJI47pY.
.Afcr r!e~ fer Ntr~sEec a..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

The AVALANCHE Office il turning
out large quantity of job work, such
~ letter head, note heads, bill heads,
ENVELOPES, tags, etc, etc. We guar
antee satisfaction, and do work as
cheap as any Office in the State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
GOING WEST.

Connections are made at 81. lgnacc WIN Tue
popular steamer City of Cleveland for Detroit
and intermediate points
The Michigan Central Railroad for Detroit and
all points in Michigan and the East, S0uth ana
Southeast.
With the New England Transportation Co 5 ine
for Milwaukee, Ceicago, Coliingwood, and all
doints In Canada.
At Marquette with the Marquette, IIoughton
Ontonagon Railroad for the Iron and Copper Dis
tricts and with steamers for Duluth and the
Northwest.
Through tickets on sale at Marquette and 81.
Ignace and all points in Northern Peninsula
Pullman Slecpers on night express trains
Day trai1s daily except Sundays
For Information 10 passenger nnd treight
ates apply 10 the Office of Geueral Freight and
Passenger Agent
THOS McYEOWN Gen'l Supt Marquette, Mich.
r. MlLLIGAN Genl Frt Passr Agt,
apr23 ~ Marquette. Mich.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
SOUTHWARK.

All trains daily except SUNDAYS.
Il. G. BROWN, Asst General Supt.,
Jackson.
FRANK I. WHITNEY. Asst Gen'l
Pass and Ticket Ag't, Chicago.
II. II. LEDYARD, Gen. Mgr, Detroit.
y. w. RUGGLES, Gen. Pass. and
Ticket Agt., Chicago.
w. A. VAUGHAN, Supt. Mackinaw
Div, Bay City.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
NOTICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Reed City Mich. January 18th, lSs.
Complaint having been entered at this office by
George w Crawford against Levi Hamlin for
abandoning his homestead entry No, sl9o, dated
j une I'D. 1851. upon the n W 1S OF ~ 4 and n g
II of n W Il sec 10. township - n r 4 "; in Craw-
ford county Michigan with view Co the can
collation. of said entry; the said parties are here
ly summoned TO appear at this office on the 18th
day of February, iSt3. at ~ O'Clock M To r~Spond
aud furnish testimony concerS-ig sald alleged
abandonment.
EDWARD STEVENSON Register,
w, II, q, MITCHELL Receiver,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

All trains on Saginaw Division daily
except Sundays. Connecting trains
leave Chicago 8 III daily except Sun
lays, and pm daily except Saturdays.
Wagner Sleeping Cars on night trains.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
Pionser East and West Line

Through the Upper Peninsula @
Wchigdn
24O Miles Shorter dHd II hoHfS qntcher
than any other line detWeeH Detroit,
Southern MichigaR, az" Gh
Points East and Southeast
and the Iron amt Cop-
per Districts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

- A week made at home 10y
u 80 the Industrious Best bus
ID 1 Il iness now before the public.
~ Capital not needed; we will
start you. Men, women, boys and
girls wanted everywhere TO work for us.
Now is the tih.e; you can work in spare
time. or give your whole time TO the
business No other business will pay
you nearly as we'll No one can fail to
make enormous puy, by engaging at
once. Costly outfit and terms free. 49,
Money mad. fast. easily and honora-
Ly. Address True g. Co, Augusta, Me.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
people are
w Il ceS to increase their

w ces to increase their
earnings, and in time
become wealthy; those who do not inn
prove their opportunities remain in
poverty. We offer "A great chance to
make money. We want many men.
women. boys and girls 10 work for us
right in their own localities. ANY one
can do the work properly from theiirst
start. The business will pay more tlan
ten times ordinary wages. Expensive
outfit furnished free. No one who en-
cages fails TO make money rapidly. You
can devote your whole time to the work
or only your spare moments. Full in
formation and all that is needed sent
free. Address Stinsou Il Co, Port
.aad Maine. nov2Oyl
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01
PROF. BELL IN FLORIDA.

S MAN WHo CAN GEsH0ArIy HAVE a
WHOLE CAR r0 uINsULF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-03-01

Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE tariff bill went through. Tt is the great
act of the session, great event in fiscal his.
tory, and a great and suspicious one, We trust,
IN our Industrial history .-5prin gield Repub-
lican.
A GOVERNMENT without power to fulfill the
ends of justice for which it was instituted, or to
uphold the law of its own being, is no less con-
temptible, no less unworthy to llve than the gov
eminent which, having power to fulfill its con-
stltntional ends, refuses to fulfill them.-Chicago
Times.
THE Egyptian problem of the future is whether
Egypt will become boIh in fact and name En-
gish dependency. England's real intentions are
not known, but 1t is to be presumed that she is
not withOt ambitious designs. She certainly
holds the situation. But Europe may possibly
have word to say-Cincnnati Commercial
Gazette.
WE have faith that the general benefits of the
tariff will be great that they will far out
weigh the evil effects to special kinds of work.
And finally, the avoidance of agitation in the flu
tnre, and of probable overthrow OF vital parts of
the protective system next year, is benefit the
value OF which cannot be measured.-New York
Tribune.
KEIFER was bearable until some indisereet
person put it abroad that Gladstone had referred
to one of his rulings and made it a basis of ac-
ton at time when he was lacking plank and
looking for a straw to cling to. Since that time
Keifer has not been the same man. He has
"sweled wisibly'' to meet the burden of two
continents he was carrying Cincinnati News
THE new tariff will not have the effect of de-
pressing prices now, which will be regulated by
the demand and the extent of competition among
for the better il will protect the American man
ufacturers ana the public from the disaster which
the greed of the former would be apt to bring
about in the absence Of the restraints which it
imposes. Chicago Tribune.
So far as the passage of laws is concerned it is
the primary duty of Legislature and Gov
ernOr to decide constitutional objections to in.
choate bills and it is the duty of courts only to
settle constitutional objections discovered
through circumstances or through doubts arising
after presumably constitutional bill has he
come statute. To this doctrine every writer
on constitutional law mas emphatically assented.
New York World.
THE Gar knows absolutely nothing of the true
condition of his empire what he learns
from the officials about him and from occasional
prOcamations and threats which reach him.
the press is strangled, no public meetings are al
lowed, and discussion among individuals must
be carried on in secret. There is no escape
valve for popular discomfort. More enlightened
governments recognize the gravest danger in
such a condition of things The danger is no
doubt imminent in Russia, and those who best
know its extent would be least surprised if these
pentup forces should suddenly break out again
in some act of violence at the ceremony of corona
tion.-New York Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

TO these postal orders shall be issued,
and fee of three cents shall be charged for
the issue thereof. 1t is made payable to the
bearer, and the government is not to be liable
after the order is once paid. A change is also
made in the money-order system, whereby
the amount is increased to 500, and the fees
paid to be at the following rates. For orders
not exceeding $40, eight cents; for orders ex
ceeding $40 and not exceeding SIS, ten cents;
for orders exceeding SIS and not exceeding
$50, fifteen cents; for orders exceeding $50
and not exceeding $40, twenty cents; for or
ders exceeding $40 and not exceeding $50,
twenty-five cents for orders exceeding $50
and not exceeding $50, thirty cents; for or
ders exceeding $50 and not exceeding $40,
thirty-fve cents; for orders exceeding $40
and not exceeding $50, forty cents; for or
ders exceeding $50 and not exceeding 800,
forty-five cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

members OF her household. She intends to build
a new private chapel, to which she will have re-
moved the remains of the late Emperor aud
Prince Imperial.
THIRTEEN has been Wagner's particular num-
oer He was born in 'l3; on March Is, $50, his
"Tanhauser" was whistled off the stage In Paris;
Tor thirteen years Wagner has been happy with
his second wife, and he died on Feb. IS, 1883.
REPRESENTATIVES, RUSSELL, of Massachusetts,,
is not as anxious to go home as most of the con.
gressmen. He was hanged in effigy at Aver
junction by persons who objected to the ap-
pointment OF an unpopular man as postmaster
there.
SENATOR j. ID. CAMERON has been growing bet
ter in health since the important surgical opera
ton performed upon him on Saturday, and has
gone to Fortress Monroe for rest and recupera-
ton. Later in the season he will make a trip to
Europe
BEN HILL, JR., of Atlanta, Ca, son of the lato
Senator Hill, is confined with paralysis of the
vocal chords, and cannot speak. He uses a writ
ing-pad, as his father did last summer. DR. Cal
houn, attending, is quoted as saying he will not
recover.
MARY ANDERSON is said to wear garters that
cost $1,000 a pair. They must be very thickly
studded with precious stones, then, for the ma
terlal cannot cost much. It is darkly limited,
says the Rochester Post, that even Sarah Bern
hards garter diameter is almost equal to Mary's
circumference
PHILADELPHIA Press-"No one idea so thor
oughly and strongly permeates every grade Of
the respectable society of Philadelphia as the
one that young lady should not be seen with
many different men receive their society and
that she should settle exclusively upon one as
soon possible.
HE late Governor Stephens was not named
from Alexander Hamilton. The Alexander came
from his grandfather Stephens. and he adopted
the Hamilton when fifteen years old as a mark
OF esteem for Rev. Alexander Hamilton Webster,
of Washington, Ca, who had befrended the
struggling lad. Mr.. stephens friendships were
always warm.
REV. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE paid lust
tribute to the national courtesy of this country
when he said, in connection with his reference
to women going to the polls, "The American
never misbehaves in the presence of women.
So il they went to the polls they could not hurt
her. and she would elevate the atmosphere
around them"
VERY careful distinction is made in all the
royal palaces in England between crown pro-
perty (which goes from one sovereign to another)
and private property. At present, almost
everything at Bamoral and at Osborne belongs
to the Queen herself; but, except a few pictures
ana statues, she has nothing of her own at
Windsor or at Buckingham Palace
MoNCURE d. CONWAY is at considerable pains
to explain that Emerson. in 1885, found in
book by John Hunter-a dry old anatomist who
wrote $50 years ago-a foot note which antici-
pated Darwin. The scientific men to whom Mr..
Conway showed this evidence of Emerson's in
dustry, as well of his genius in announcing
his belief III the transmutatton OF species, were
greatly surprised