Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-27

latest craze among fashionable young
ladies.--N Y. Graphic.
Judge Estes, of Georgia, has abol-
ished the practice of requiring wit
nesscs and others TO kiss the Bible
when they are sworn.
European bankers estimate that
the loss to the continent during the
past summer by the cholera scare .ex-
ceeds $25, 100000. Switzerland suf-
fered most severely.
AN old lady, whose grandson was
about to proceed to the Black Sea,
among other parting admonitions,
gave him strict injunctions not to
battle in that sea, for she did not want
him to come back a negro.-Boston
Globe.
"A man in Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania, who has wide local
repute for his ability to distort his
countenance and make fun for others,
recently threw his jaw out of joint, his
mouth being firmly set wide open. 1t
was no laughing matter, and he was in,
agony till doctor was procured and
his jaw replaced. The shock caused
him serious illness.
Modern business modes are I'M
wholesome. They take on the forms of
gambling. They have dazzled the eyes
of our young men to their ruin. BY
them they have been drawn into ext
gencies where the laws of God and man,
seem to offer no barrier TO temptation
Our business life has been heaped up of
late with the wrecks of these bewildered
and misguided men.-Zion'S Herald.
-"Wooden WOOL is now used as
cheap and useful dressing for wounds.
and is being prepared extensively as a
commercial staple for surgical dress
ings. 1t is finely ground wood, such as
is extensively used in the manufacture
Of paper. 1t is clean-looking, deli4
cate fibered, soft, yellowish-whit sub
stance, having an odor of fresh wood,
and absorbs an immense quantity of
liquid.
There are $4,000 fishermen in
France. The coast fisheries provide
employment for only $4,000 of this
great force, so that $4,000 French fish,
ermen make their livelihood out of for
eign waters. The value of fish caught
in 1883 was "a, 2S9,076, of which
more than f3,000,000 worth were
drawn from outside their own waters.
About four fishermen out of every
s'ss'~-ssss--. i---i--~- -asa..s.
Once kite-fyer attached to the
tail of large kite Il kitten, sewed in a
canvas bag with netting over the
mouth to give it air. When the kite
was at its greatest height-some two
hundred feet or more-the mewing of
the kitten could be distinctly heard by
those holding the string. To the clear
ness of the air was attributed the hear
ing of the Kittens voice, and no tele-
phone patent was applied. Chicago
Herald.
"A returned traAeler says; II en-
joyed genuine pumpkin pies at one or
two missionary tables in Japan and
China, and other American delicacies
(served without an ocean of crockery),
at the hospitable boards of some of our
representatives in Syria. Oatmeal,
griddle-cakes, hot biscuits, genuine pies
and custards are unknown out of
America, save in few London and
Paris restaurants, where they are some
cess that might be desired"
Tine highest velocity that has been
impaired to shot is given as one thous-
and six hundred and twenty-six feet
per second, being equal to a mile in
three and two-tenths seconds. The
velocity of the earth at the equator,
due to rotation on its axis, is one
thousand miles per hour, or a mile in
three and six-tenths seconds; and thus,
if cannon ball was fired due west,
and could maintain its initial velocity,
it would beat The sun in its apparent
journey round the earth. IN I. San.
There is a convict in the California
State Prison who has made three
attempts to kill his wife, and she is still
alive and hearty. For the first time he
was sentenced to only year, as the
evidence was not clear that he meant
to hurt her seriously, but as he let less
than a day pass after being liberated
before stabbing hor the second assault
daasaa5 ,'etl as'ss>,s-- vs,vss a. ISrs-
to1 in the third onslaught, and went to
prison for ten years, which have nearly
expired. San Francisco Call.
The Medical Record makes the,
startling statement that looking-glasses.
are responsible for mercurial poison
ing. In two cases given, man and his.
wife, the cause of the trouble was in a
looking-glass hanging to the bedroom,
the wooden back of which was dotted
with thousands of minute globules of
mercury. The apartment was heated
during the night. In another instance
the source of poisoning was a mirror,
forty years old, whose back had be-
come weak, and from whose face the
quicksilvery freshness was fading. The
aged culprits having been summarily
removed, their victims speedily re-
covered.
The streets of Winnipeg present
a great variety. Opera glass exquis-
ties are jostled by half-breeds shod
with ntoccasins; daintily dressed
ladies of fashion are side by side with
the Indian mother whose infant rests
in braided pocket or cradle with
wooden back, which is fastened about
the mothers neck by sort of wooden
yoke. The mounted police, whose
duties lie outside the city limits, look
ing after the introduction of liquor into
the province and watching over the
Indians, make bit of bright color.
Their scarlet coats and white helmet
hats can be seen ana distinguished a
long distance away Chicago Tribune.
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o. How Fox Stole a Baby.
Considerable excitement has been