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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

We lead two lives-the outward seeming fair,
And full OF smiles that on the surface lie.
The other, spent in many a silent prayer.
Win thoughts and feelings hidden from the
eye
The weary, weary hours OF mental pain,
Jnsposen yearnings for the dear ones gone.
The wishes. hali-dehant yet crushed again
Make I'D the silent life we lead alone.
Ard happy visions we may never show,
1iio ell this silent life with sweet romance,
Ifst fade Ike sunset clouds we know.
let lie seems brighter for eacn stolen glance.
This silent life not those we love may share,
Tho csy " day we strive 10 draw them close
Cur secret Chamber none may enter there
cave that One Eye that never seeks repose.
And II beneath that Eye we do not Quail,
Tho all the earth may turn from Us aside,
We own q secret power that shall prevail
When every motive OF orr life Is tried.
Anonymous
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
No. HOGAN Old Enigma.

Who is this beautiful virgin that ap.
proaches, clothed in a robe of light green
She has garland of flowers on her mead,
and flowers spring up wherever she sets her
foot. The snow which covered the fields
and the ice which was In the rivers melt
away when she breathes upon them. The
young lambs frisk about her, and the birds
MARBLE in their little threats to welcome her
coming; and when they see her, they begin
TO choose their mates and to build their
nests. Youths and maidens, have ye seen
this beautiful virgin? II ye have, tell me
who she is and what is her name?
Dr.. AIKEN. 90
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
No. 11O4 "A Rebus.

Two asses sat down side OF side,
Although the hour was late;
They drew two circles, and drew them vile
The curving circles were crimson dyed.
The adjacent circles that thus spied
Locked like the figure eight,
And the asses in them side By side.
Made a name for their Deed o. Hate.
J. X p. BAKEE.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
The Readers Latest Chance

For the best lot OF answers TO the "Knotty
Problems of February will be awarded
"Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands" elega ut
~ printed on heavy paper, finely bound aud
profusely illustrated. The solutions for
each week should be forwarded within six
days after the date of the Sentinel contain
ing the puzzles answered.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
Answer

l090.-In Gnnt furi fury ate.
1901 Pant
1092.-1. Mars, 2. Lodge, 8. Lily, 4. Colt,
Ash.
1O93.-Hinton, Mayo Allen, Hume He
mans. Keats, Scott, Lever, Willis, WOOD,
Roe, Yonge, Verne, Norton, Losing, Reads.
Green, Rice, Poe.
I094-Chuck- wills-window Ia South Amer
lean bird allied to the whippoorwill).
1C95.-MILL.
lO96-Finis
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
.JanuarH,s Award.

OF the readers answers 10 the January
sKnotty Problems only one list exceeded
seventy-fve per cent. The percentage of
that list was little more than ninety, en-.
titlipg the sender Sadie Roberts, Indianapo-
lis, to the prize,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
KNOTTYPROBLENS.

Our readers are invited to furnish original eris.
mas, charsdes riddles. refuses and other "knot.y
pronlems." addressing all communications relativs
70 this department 70 4 B. Ohsdbourr. Levizton,
Haina
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
RAILWAYS READY RELIE1
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EAsI

Inflammation of the Kidneya Inflammation q
the Bladder, Inflammation of the Bowels, Congc3.
ton OF the Lungs, Palpitstion OF tie Heart, Hys'
terics. Group, Diphtheris. Cstsrrh. IDfuensas
Nervousness. Sleeplessoess, Rheumatism. SciaucA
Pains in the Chest Back or Limbs. Bruises.
sprsins, Cold Ohills snd Ague Chiils.
The spplic cation of the READY RELIEF -
the part part wf--e the dif1culty or pan Ell
lists will afford easo and comfort
Thirty to sixty dropsin half tumbler OF wstex
win in q few minutes cure Cramps opasms sour
Stomach, Heartburn, sick Headache. Diarrheas
Dysentery, Collie. Wind in the Bowels, snd al In
ternal pains
Travellers should always carry bottle Of kaos
wyv's Ready Relief with them. few drops IL
water viii prevent sickness or pains frol chang1
OF water, 1t Is better than French Brandy or hs-
ters SIS etimulant.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

Try 10 excel; DO not deplore
Whist you may seem 10 need:
Should "a mute lion" try 10 roar
Perhaps he would succeed.
IT'S rivalry that leads men on
To struggle till the prize is won.
NELsONIAS.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
No. IIIO.-CuRt ents.
Mn~nur CsC

l. I'm praised and W coed by many besuN.
Curtailed, my sound rings as it flows
2. When whole. ! mean a class. you know:
But, If cuItaiIed, am TO throw.
>, I'm that in which you may excel:
Curtailed. now hold NE long and well.
1. UNCHANGED, I'm but bill OF fare;
Curtalled, a wagon declare.
GLEN Y, W.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
No. 1io7.-A Double Acrostic.

No. 1i0s.-A Double Acrostic.
Two castles grand their turrets rear,
Each is prison just AS WELL
in one my primals four sppesr,
Ny finals in the other dwell.
!.
One eastles gate required catch,
4 cert of fastening, or latch.
II.
Some kind of molding, I conjecture,
Adorned Of each the architecture.
Ill
A skilliul mason one day went Z
Tie walls TO plaster or cement.
".
For Dfbbling mice well as moth
We're depredating Oh the cloth.
NEIsoSIAy.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
no. 100 -TraDspositions.

l. Nr-a-, gets much - IL yeu
uie mans.
> If our are such q - that
We COLI r1ly - for them.
3. " Tho of a request for the bead
- to -, but he, still - as before
d. g. J.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
No. HOS "A pi.agreeable Road.

No. I1OS "A DitagreeabIe Koad.
i am the way OF pain; but when say
] am in a region very far away.
You will not dread me, thankful your abode
Is nowhere near so soTr0wful q road;
For none would wish to- pass o er me and walt
To enter in the fearful Judgment Gate,
Fen though upon that CO usecrated ground
The Holy Virgins place OF birth were found.
Traditions gloomy cluster round my name,
That has in Romisn Church unsavory fame.
NELSONIAN.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

French astronomer claims to have dis
covered mountain twenty miles high on
the planet Venus.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

A skilliul mason one day went
Tie walls 10 plaster or cement.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Clerk of Board.
Im1tativeness of the Thrush,

Imltativeness of the Thrush.
DR.. Morris Glib in Forest and Stream
says: / remember distinctly hearing a
thrush often repeating in its madcap
song some notes new to my ear, which
could not be ascribed to any Michigan
bird of my acquaintance. After pa
tiently waiting for some time in the
glazing sun of a bright June day, l
heard the notes SO plainly that was
thoroughly convinced they were in i'm
itation of the song of southern bird
the ''chuck-will's widow" SO call
ed, species allied to our whip-poor-
will, and named-as is our famil-
lar representative of the family-from
the words SO plainly uttered. This
thrush, learned, then, the notes of the
chuck-will's-widow at least 500, and
probably quite /, 600 miles from Michi-
gan, and yet reproduced them so dis
tinctly that one could easily distin-
guish them, and from mere descrip
tons in books at once tell the name of
tile bird initiated.
Here, mounting to the top of the
tallest tree near its nest, it pours forth
ecstatic melody, executing the most
difficult strains with the same ease that
it delivers the simplest notes. All nois-
es are attempted; the schoolboy's whis-
tie, the bark of dog. or the bleating
of lamb are equally well executed,
and issue from its throat in continu.
Gus, harmonious strain. frequently OF
an hours duration. What wonderful
mimicry; what n contrast to the best
attempts of ventriloquists and imita.
tors travelling through the country to
reproduce before audiences few mum.
bled sounds or attempted limitations OF
the sounds and notes uttered by birds
and mammals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

Northern Michigan is a wonderful
country, and its people are loyal to its
interests. They think they have a
good thing and leave no opportunity
uninproved to voice their belief. Is
it wonderful, then, that with this sort
of loyalty this section can show n more
permanent and substantial growth
than most any other in the land9 A
quarter of century has hardly elaps-
ed since It was comparatively a track
less wilderness; now IL teens with a
happy, prosperous, and contented
people the equal in point of push and
culture of any in the great West. II
has good churches, good schools, a
productive soil, varied industries, and
wealth of products that find their way
into and are sought after in every
mart. All seeking homes where land
Is good and cheap, and especially those
whose heads are turned with the West.
ern craze, should reInemher these
things and Ego north. kalamazoo
Telegraph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Shade Trees.

We call especial attention to the fol-
lowing section of the statute relating
to the planting of shade trees. 1t will
be observed that 25 per cent. of every
persons highway tax may be paid in
this way. II all citizens would take
advantage of this law every man could
ornament his property without any ex-
pense to himself:
SEC. 2. Any person planting shade
trees along the highway adjacent to
property owned or occupied by such
person, shall be entitled to be credited
25 per cent. upon his highway tax
for every tree so planted, but not to ex-
coed in the aggregate twenty-five per
cent. of such persons highway tax in
any one year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

For June contains designs for a mirror
frame (tulips), dessert plate (myrtle),
wood carving Swamp rose), four dol
lies, and "A fireplace facing Of seventeen
tiles (nasturtiuins) besides two groups
of little girls for the decoration of a
hanging letter rack. The frontispiece
is fine drawing of remarkable Itsl-
ian Renaissance cabinet, brought TO
this country by General Meade. Minis
ter to Spain. A striking feature is the
admirable charcoal drawing of la
Bell Pouland," the famous hostess Of
the inn at Mount st. Michel, celebra-
ted haunt of artists in France. The
Prize Fund Exhibition is reviewed
ut length, with illustrations of the
principle pictures. There are valuable
practical articles on amateur photo
graphy, scene painting, charcoal draw
ing, wall decoration and frame EN-
droidery, and the usual editorial, drs.-
matte, literary and correspondence de-
partlnents are ably sustained. Price
IS cents, Montague Monks, Publisher,
% Union Square, New York.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
SPECIAL SESSION, APRIL 21. 'S5.


The Committee on Claims and Ac-
counts submitted the following report,
which was upon motion of Supervisor
johnson, accepted and adopted:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Crawford County:
Your committee ca claims and &C
counts, would respectfully report a.
follows: That we have had the follow
ing bills under consideration. and
would recommend their allowance as
follows
N. II. Traver, stationery.
Amount claimed, $40. Amt.
allowed. 80. :. -. :.............. s $40
Charles Blanchard, Livery
hire. Amount claimed, 81, 90.
Amount allowed ................ 400
NJ f. Strickland. Liv. hire.
Amount claimed, 800. Amt.
allowed. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 800
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

The following article which we clip
from the Fife Lake Comet, is the best
combination of an obituary and bus
mess notice, that we have seen lately,
and is well worth porusing: The
beautiful home of the Rev. Il. Robin
son is now desolate: Death has been
there, and borne away the light of
the dwelling the wife, and companion
in life. Solitude like a mighty mon
arch holds her sway over the fruitful
and shady trees. while ornamental
shrubbery and beautiful flower gar
den, and abundance of small fruit i'm
vites the attention of the passer by
while drinking of the clear cold water
in the yard by the house. The beauti-
full 40 acre farm lying on the main road
between Fife Lake and South Board
man, can be bought for very low
price. Inquire at the COMET office. 4"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

The Post-Ofice Department is get
ting ready to issue a new postage
stamp. 1t is to be used by newspapers,
postage on which has been reduced
from two cents to one cent per pound.
The stamp will be of the same general
c aracter as the series now in exist
ice. which range from one to ten cents
in denomination. The reduction of
ne vspaper postage goes into effect the
first of next July.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
It is related of Wendell Phillips that

1t is related of Wendell Phillips that
early in the war he was staying for a
day or two at Springfield hotel, when
a Copperhead just picked up n passing
acquaintance with him without recog-
nizing him or hearing his name. After
violently matchmaking all Abolition
lists, and particularly Mr.. Phillips. the
rebel sympathizer remarked, "And, by
the way. see Wendell Phillips, S name
is on the hotel register" Yes" said
the other, unconcernedly, Il wrote it
there. "-Ne1o YORK. Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
1t is said of General Grant that h,

1t is said of General Grant that he
seems neycr under any circumstances
to have been provoked into profanity.
s ,ch an even balance of temper as will
enable man to avoid profanity, under
the serious provocations to which Gen
eral Grant must have been subjected
during his military, to say nothing
about his political career, shows n
purity ormmd and firmness of purpose
such as few men possess. Gen. Grant
is a remarkable man at whatever angle
he is measured.-Bay city Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

At a station down In Indiana the
Lake Shore company employs lady
ticket agent. She Is good agent, and
attends closely to her business. but
she is woman still. The other day a
lady traveller stepped up to the ticket
window and inquired about a train that
was little late.
"Will the train be long1" she asked,
meaning IL It would be long in arriving.
"Oh, yes" was the reply of the fair
ticket agent, longer than last season.
but without so many rufIles around the
edge. Chicago Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
DUANE WILLETT, }
j. MAURICE ] INN,
ID EDTT
CON-.

Moved by Supervisor Finn, that the
Clerk and Chairman be instructed to
draw an order in favor of Shepherd &
Lyon for sos. 90, for services. or part
payment thereof, assisting Prosecut-
ing Attorney in the case of the People
VS.. q. NJ. f. Davis.
Motion prevailed.
The Committee on County Printing
submitted the following report, which
was upon motion of Supervisor John
son, accepted and adopted.
To the Board of Supervisors OF
Crawford County:
Gentlemen-Your committee on Co.
Printing, have under consideration the
proposition of Mr.. o. Palmer, publish
er of the CRAWFORD AVALANCHE, to
publish full proceedings of the Board
of Supervisors; all reports Of County
Officers; Election Notices; Notices of
the Board of School Examiners, for
the sum of 5000, 90 for the ensuing
year; but your committee would most
rcof'CUtrurr. rcvUrrfIffcrru TO CUr1uretCp
with o. Palmer for the same that he
received last year for the work.
Moved by Supervisor Jackson, that
we appropriate one hundred dollars for
the use of the select committee, which
was amended by Supervisor f. y.
Richardson, that the chairman and
clerk be instructed to draw an order
for the same.
Motion as amended prevailed.
Moved by Supervisor Willett, That
a previous motion whereby the coun-
ty officers were to draw their pay at
the close of each quarter, be and the
same IL hereby rescind, d, and that in
the future, they may if they choose,
draw their pay at the end of each
month, and that the clerk and chair
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

The Detroit Post, says: 1.-The word
sheol, which has taken the place of
hell in the revised edition of the Old
Testament, does not mean a place of
torture, but simply the land or place
of departed spirits. There is not a
single suggestion of hell in it," If
tiai.: io. Il fia0-.aaso -4haro sn,lat ha eouao
mistake, for we thoroughly believe that
there is such place. If not, there
ought to be.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
The Civil Service.

No criticisms of moment have been
passed upon the capacity, faithfulness,
or integrity of the members of the civil
service commission which, as at pres
ent constituted, is composed Of two
Republicans and one Democrat. But
Democrats western Democrats of the
stalwart description, says a Washing
ton dispatch-have organized move
ment to secure disappointment of an
entirely new commission, composed of
one Republican and two Democrats.
The purpose of this movement is
apparently partisan and direct blow
'urneu uv rnc-vrry PrfucfPf- or rtVif scr
vice reform. 1t exemplifles, better
than anything the Democrats have
yet done, that to the mind of the aver
age partisan the pledges of his party
platform and the promises of the man
who accepted nomination on that
platform are meaningless subterfuges.
Like the Michigan syndicate. those
western Democrats seem to be planning
without the President. -Det. Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE. REED CITY, Mich.
Nav 1Ith 12Sk
May 81 w5

NJ Office is hereby given that the following
~ settlers have filed notice of their intention
to make final proof in support of their claims
and that said proof will be made before the
nj Crawling, Michigas on June 18th 1888. viz
Edward Slaght, Homestead application No. 1880
for the 5 y of w Il, Sec SO, Town &c, 3
West.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of
said land. viz: James q. Marsh ard Stewart HUT
of Pere Cheney, Z o GEORGE O. Hall and Will
liam WOODBURY., of GTnyling p. o.
Alpheus Slaght Homestead entry No. 74i2 for
the u OF the w 4 Sec rs In Town rs, n Il
West. and names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
tioN Of said tract viz: lasa,ss g Marsh aud Stew.
and William Woodburn of Crawling Post Office
NATHANIEL CLARK,
May 81 VS. REGISTER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

In summing up scathing indictment
of political prohibition in the current
number of the North American Re-
view, Gail Hamilton says:
BY methods not only antagonistic
but quarrelsome, sometimes even to the
borders of scurrility, by misrepresenta-
tions that charity alone can attribute
to misunderstanding, it has shamed its
own prophecies, destroyed its own har-
mony, depleted its own ranks, Initiated
it's own laws, defeated the party from
which ell prohibitory legislation has
come, enthroned the party by which all
prohibitory legislation has been OPP
posed. This it can continue to do in
definitely; but no protestation on the
part of its leaders, and no delusion on
the part of its followers can alter the
fact that it is working in the interests
of intenperance and not in the interest
--,--A -
can fail to recognize its character and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

Hon. Zach. Montgomery, assistant
Encouragement for the interior depart
ment, has been denounced by the NeO
York World. as blatant secessionist,
a man of low ability and a contemner
of the public school system and says he
rec>ived his place because he was a
schoolmate OF the encouragement.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

Mr.. j. Parker Veazey. the new post
master at Baltimore, announces that
no ladies will be appointed to positions
in the Baltimore postoffice during his
administration. The three there now,
however, will be treated with kindness
aud consideration while seeking EN-
ployment elsewhere.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE REED CITY, Mich. May IL, SO.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler las filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof ia support OF his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk Of the Circuit Court OF Crawford County,
at Grayling. Mich, on June 25th 1885, viz: James
G.. Marsh, homestead application No. 74cS, for
the w n Sec 81. 7 20, West.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon. and cultivation OF
said land viz: Alpheus Slaght and Edward Slaght
Of Pcrc Cheney +. o: William Woodburn and
George o. Hall OF Grayling Post Office.
NATHANIEL CLARK.
May 81 WIS REGISTER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
proclamation by the Governor.

~ - =
WHEREAs-The Both day of May Is
holiday set apart by law for the com
nemoration of patriotic dead; there
fore
], Russell A. Alger governor of Mich
gan. do call upon all citizens of the
tate to express upon that occasion
their grateful remembrance of the SER
vices of our army and navy; and in
vite all comrades of the Grand Army
Of the Republic, all soldiers and sail
ors of the late war, the state troops and
all civic societies to do honor to the
memory of those who surrendered only
to the last foe, by parades and cere-
monies appropriate TO Decoration day.
Done at the capitol this Goth day of
May, 1885.
RUSSELL A. ALGRR.
BY the governor. Harry A. Conant,
secretary of state.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28

Mormons ars whining about "break-
ing up family relations" We have in
every penitcntiary in the union a lot
of fellows who deeply sympathize with
the sentiment for similar reasons. But
rney are busy learning trades all the
same. Chit cago Inter Ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Root Crops.

The root crop is far better entitled
to be called "the pivotal crop" of the
farm than grass is. 1t is indeed the
pivot around which the whole of the
farm work will revolve. Five acres of
roots should yield from four thousand
to five thousand bushels or one hun
dred and twenty TO -one-hundretl md
fifty tons. One ton of roots will feed
one cow or one steer for about forty to
fifty days, and the five acres will there
fore provide for the feeding of thirty
head of stock during six months. With
this supply of roots and plenty of straw
and some purchased bran or oil cake
meal, then, thirty head of stock can be
fed or fattened, and by good manage
ment two hundred tons of excellent
manure can be made for the improve
lnent of the land. II this crop, then,
does not deserve to occupy the central
position in the farmers mind, what
other crcp canl 1t is very important
just now to consider this subject. be-
cause il roots are to be grown immedi-
ate preparations should be made.-N
y. Times
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-28
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE, EAST SAGINAW, !
MAY 18th 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his ntcIi-
ton 10 make final proof in support of his claim.
and that said proof viii be made before the
Clerk Of Crawford County. Michigan. at Gray
ling. OH the 10Th day of June 1885 viz: William
h. Steckert. of Crawford County Michigan, for
the L II OF \. W. y and w 4 OF n W Il Of Sec.
e, as an adjoining farm TO the T. Il OF l. Il
of Section 30 Town 20 n r West
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of
said land. viz: Hubbard Head John Leline, VIM
Mapes and John s. Trask, oil of Roscommon
Post ONCE
CHARLES DOUGHTY.
May Avs LEICESTER.